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On This Day In Anderson History – 16th May

TODAYS ARRIVALS

1914 – Reg Hill

 

 

UK PREMIERE BROADCASTS

1965 – 5.35pm – StingraySea Of Oil (Anglia, Border, Grampian, Southern and ATV London)

 

FIRST UK REGIONAL SCREENINGS

1962 – 5.25pm – SupercarJail Break (Anglia)

1963 – 5.25pm – Fireball XL5The Granatoid Tanks (Scottish)

1965 – 4.15pm – StingrayStand By For Action (Ulster)

1965 – 5.35pm – Stingray Secret Of The Giant Oyster (Scottish)

1968 – 4.45pm – The Adventures Of TwizzleBouncy The Ball (Grampian)

1968 – 5.00pm – Captain ScarletInferno (Granada)

1970 – 5.15pm – The Secret ServiceA Case For The Bishop (Southern)

1973 – 7.00pm – The Protectors2000Ft To Die (HTV)

1973 – 7.00pm – The ProtectorsTalkdown (Yorkshire)

1976 – 3.10pm – Space:1999The Last Enemy (Border)

 

OVERSEAS FIRST BROADCASTS

1975 – 10.35pm – Space:1999Breakaway (CTC 7, Canberra, Australia)

 

GUEST APPEARANCES IN OTHER TELEVISION SERIES

1963 – 9.45pm – Ray Barrett appears in Television Playhouse on Grampian Television entitled 31 Backwards

1965 – 10.05pm – Paul Maxwell appears in Armchair Mystery Theatre on Border Television in Licence To Murder

1966 – 8.00pm – Wanda Ventham appears in Mrs.Thursday on Border Television in the episode Hunter’s Moon

1970 – 11.20pm – Shane Rimmer appears in Court Martial on Southern Television in the episode All Roads Lead To Callaghan

1972 – 9.00pm – Zienia Merton appears in Crime Of Passion on Southern Television in the episode Modeste

 

TODAYS OTHER NEWS

1970 – Southern Television starts to broadcast The Secret Service with the first episode A Case For The Bishop

1973 – The Protectors begins on HTV

1975 – Space:1999 receives it’s World Premiere on CTC 7 in Canberra, Australia with the first episode Breakaway

1992 – The Gerry Anderson Tour continues at The Thameside Theatre in Thameside