TODAYS ARRIVALS
1942 – Prentis Hancock
UK PREMIERE BROADCASTS
1973 – 11.23pm – The Protectors – Petard (Channel and Westward)
2005 – 10.55am – New Captain Scarlet – The Achilles Messenger (ITV 1)
FIRST UK REGIONAL SCREENINGS
1960 – 5.00pm – Torchy The Battery Boy – Torchy’s Birthday (Tyne Tees)
1961 – 5.20pm – Torchy The Battery Boy – The Hungry Money Box (Southern)
1961 – 5.20pm – The Adventures Of Twizzle – Twizzle And The Golliwog (Tyne Tees)
1963 – 4.45pm – Torchy The Battery Boy – A Trick On Pom-Pom (Wales West And North)
1965 – 5.00pm – Stingray – Count Down (Tyne Tees)
1966 – 5.15pm – Thunderbirds – Martian Invasion Part One (Ulster)
1968 – 5.00pm – Captain Scarlet – The Inquisition (ATV Midlands)
1976 – 6.35pm – The Protectors – Decoy (Granada)
1978 – 2.30pm – Space:1999 – The Taybor (Scottish)
1978 – 3.15pm – Space:1999 – All That Glisters (Channel and Westward)
OVERSEAS FIRST BROADCASTS
1968 – 7.00pm – Captain Scarlet – Model Spy (TBS, Japan)
1985 – 7.30pm – Terrahawks – Close Call (NHK, Japan)
GUEST APPEARANCES IN OTHER TELEVISION SERIES
1961 – 9.05pm – Ed Bishop appears in Drama’61 on ABC North Television in the story Edge Of Truth
1967 – 7.25pm – Nyree Dawn Porter appears in The Saint on Southern Television in the episode The Scorpion
1969 – 6.35pm – Wanda Ventham appears in The Saint on Thames Television in the episode The Death Penalty
1969 – 8.00pm – Grant Taylor appears in The Champions in the episode Happenings on Westward Television
TODAYS OTHER NEWS
1966 – Lady Penelope and Parker (in human form) appear at The Co-Operative Record Bar in Reading to present prizes for the Odeon Saturday Club Fancy Dress Competition
1967 – Recording sessions take place at Barry Gray’s studios in Esher for the Captain Scarlet episodes Operation Time and Renegade Rocket
1969 – Fab 1 appears at the Ideal Homes And Industries Exhibition at Bass’s Recreation Ground in Derbyshire until May 24th
