TODAYS ARRIVALS
1940 – Cliff Richard
PREMIERE BROADCASTS
1965 – 7.00pm – Thunderbirds – The Peril’s Of Penelope (ATV Midlands)
1970 – 8.00pm – UFO – A Question Of Priorities (ATV Midlands and Tyne Tees)
1984 – 4.30pm – Terrahawks – Play It Again, Sram (ITV Network except Grampian and Scottish)
FIRST UK REGIONAL SCREENINGS
1961 – 5,15pm – Supercar – Pirate Plunder (Tyne Tees)
1963 – 7.00pm – Fireball XL5 – A Day In The Life Of A Space General (ATV Midlands)
1970 – 8.00pm – UFO – The Cat With Ten Lives (Anglia and Border)
1972 – 5.10pm – UFO – Computer Affair (HTV)
1974 – 6.15pm – The Protectors – Your Witness (Border)
1984 – 5.30pm – Terrahawks – Play It Again, Sram (Grampian and Scottish)
OVERSEAS FIRST BROADCASTS
1960 – 5.00pm – The Adventures Of Twizzle – Jiffy Opens A Barbers Shop (ATN 7, Sydney, Australia)
1963 – 6.00pm – Supercar – The Dragon Of Ho-Meng (ABV 2, Melbourne, Australia)
1964 – 6.00pm – Stingray – The Loch Ness Monster (ABC 3, Canberra and ABN 2, Sydney, Australia)
1965 – 4.00pm – Fireball XL5 – Dangerous Cargo (ATN 7, Sydney, Australia)
1965 – 5.00pm – Fireball XL5 – Plant Man From Space (HSV 7, Melbourne, Australia)
1975 – 6.30pm – Space:1999 – A Matter Of Life And Death (KTVA 11, Anchorage, Alaska, USA)
1977 – 7.30pm – Space:1999 – The Lambda Factor (CTC 7, Canberra, Australia)
GUEST APPEARANCES IN OTHER TELEVISION SERIES
1962 – 7.28pm – Peter Dyneley appears in The Saint on Southern Television in the episode The Careful Terrorist
1962 – 10.35pm – Maxwell Shaw appears in Ghost Squad on T.W.W. in the episode Princess
1967 – 10.45pm – John Tate appears in Trapped on ATV London Television in the episode Chicane
1970 – 9.00pm – Gabrielle Ellis appears in Special Branch on Anglia Television in the episode Sorry Is Just A Word
1977 – 8.00pm – Yasuko Nagazumi appears in The New Avengers on Yorkshire Television in the episode Trap
1978 – 9.00pm – Michael Billington appears in The Professionals on Anglia Television in the episode The Rack
TODAYS OTHER NEWS
1959 – Recording sessions take place at Barry Gray’s Studios in Esher or two Four Feather Falls episodes – Trapped and Escort
1964 – A shortened preview of the first Stingray episode can be seen in colour at The TV and Radio Exhibition at The Kings Hall in Belfast which runs up to 21st October
1965 – Kinematograph Weekly informs readers that a 90 minute cinema feature is to be made based on Thunderbirds
1988 – UFO is seen for the last time on TVS and Channel Television with the episode Close Up at 1.00am
1996 – The UFO episode Flight Path receives its UK Network Premiere on BBC 2 at 6.25pm
