TODAYS DEPARTURES
2012 – Peter Wragg
2019 – Martin King
UK PREMIERE BROADCASTS
1958 – 4.45pm – The Adventures Of Twizzle – Bouncy The Ball (Associated-Rediffusion)
1961 – 5.40pm – Supercar – Island Incident (ATV London and Southern)
1962 – 5.20pm – Supercar – The Day That Time Stood Still (ATV London)
1995 – 7.00pm – Space Precinct – Deadline (Sky One)
1999 – 3.50pm – Lavender Castle – Traitor (ITV Network)
FIRST UK REGIONAL SCREENINGS
1959 – 12.47pm – The Adventures Of Twizzle – Twizzle And His Friends Go To The Circus (Southern)
1963 – 5.25pm – Fireball XL5 – Space Vacation (Granada and Wales West And North)
1963 – 7.00pm – Fireball XL5 – Space Immigrants (ATV Midlands)
1968 – 4.55pm – Captain Scarlet – Codename Europa (Ulster)
1972 – 11.35pm – UFO – Mindbender (Southern)
1976 – 4.25pm – Thunderbirds – Trapped In The Sky (Yorkshire)
1977 – 7.30pm – Space:1999 – The Metamorph (Granada and Ulster)
1978 – 11.30am – Space:1999 – The Exiles (Grampian)
1978 – 11.45pm – The Protectors – A Pocketful Of Posies (Tyne Tees)
OVERSEAS FIRST BROADCASTS
1960 – 4.45pm – The Adventures Of Twizzle – Twizzle And His Friends Go To The Circus (ATN 7, Sydney, Australia)
1962 – 10.00am – Supercar – Jungle Hazard (Nippon Television, Japan)
1972 – 9.00pm – The Protectors – The Quick Brown Fox (Nippon Television, Japan)
GUEST APPEARANCES IN OTHER TELEVISION SERIES
1961 – 5.45pm – Michael Holliday is a guest on Thank Your Lucky Stars on ABC Granada Television
1965 – 8.00pm – David Graham appears in The Saint on Border Television in the episode The Wonderful War
1968 – 11.05pm – George Sewell appears in Gideon’s Way in the episode Boy With Gun on Granada Television
1970 – 8.00pm – George Murcell appears in The Baron on Westward Television in the episode The Legions Of Ammak
1970 – 8.00pm – John Tate appears in The Baron on Granada Television in the episode A Memory Of Evil
TODAYS OTHER NEWS
1960 – The Adventures Of Twizzle starts on ATN 7 in Sydney, Australia
1976 – Filming begins on the Space:1999 episode The Taybor
1976 – Thunderbirds (the series) is shown on Yorkshire Television for the first time
1977 – The second series of Space:1999 begins on Granada and Ulster Television
1995 – Fanderson’s Danger Zone Convention begins at The Dean Park Hotel in Watford
