FIRST UK REGIONAL SCREENINGS
1960 – 4.45pm – Torchy The Battery Boy – Torchy’s Birthday (Anglia and Associated-Rediffusion)
1961 – 5.25pm – Supercar – Pirate Plunder (Ulster)
1966 – 4.45pm – The Adventures Of Twizzle – Jiffy’s New Twigs (Westward)
1974 – 6.30pm – The Protectors – The Bridge (HTV)
1983 – 11.05am – Joe 90 – Double Agent (Yorkshire)
OVERSEAS FIRST BROADCASTS
1963 – 7.00pm – Fireball XL5 – Wings Of Danger (Fuji Television)
1965 – 6.00pm – Fireball XL5 – Flight To Danger (AMV 4, Albury, Australia)
1966 – 5.25pm – Fireball XL5 – Space Pen (CTC 7, Canberra, Australia)
1979 – 11.56pm – Space:1999 – New Adam New Eve (Tokai Television, Japan)
GUEST APPEARANCES IN OTHER TELEVISION SERIES
1965 – 8.00pm – Wanda Ventham appears in Riviera Police on Southern Television in the episode The Lucky One Was The Snake
TODAYS OTHER NEWS
1973 – The Stage reports that Christine Glanville and Rowena White (as part of Stage Three – puppeteers who made the original Rupert Bear series for ITV) are presenting at The Pier Theatre in Bournemouth, Rupert Bear And His Puppet Pals twice daily. It is reported that a stage version of Thunderbirds will be launched soon
1981 – The Anderfan Minicon takes place at The Lorch Foundation in Lane End from 11.00am to 7.00pm, Gerry Anderson attends the event
