TODAYS ARRIVALS
1917 – Frank Bellamy
2034 – Patrick Donaghue (Captain Magenta)
TODAYS DEPARTURES
2023 – Ray Austin
UK PREMIERE BROADCASTS
1986 – 11.30am – Terrahawks – Terratomb (ITV Network)
FIRST UK REGIONAL SCREENINGS
1960 – 4.45pm – Torchy The Battery Boy – King Dithers Loses His Crown (Anglia and Associated-Rediffusion)
1962 – 5.25pm – Supercar – Jail Break (ATV Midlands)
1963 – 5.28pm – Fireball XL5 – 1875 (Grampian)
1966 – 4.45pm – Four Feather Falls – Teething Troubles (Grampian)
1966 – 4.45pm – The Adventures Of Twizzle – Twizzle And Footso Go Fruit Picking (Westward)
1968 – 5.00pm – Captain Scarlet – Codename Europa (Grampian)
1968 – 5.00pm – Captain Scarlet – Manhunt (Ulster)
1969 – 5.45pm – Joe 90 – Test Flight (Granada)
1974 – 6.30pm – The Protectors – Fighting Fund (HTV)
OVERSEAS FIRST BROADCASTS
1963 – 7.00pm – Fireball XL5 – Spy In Space (Fuji Television, Japan)
GUEST APPEARANCES IN OTHER TELEVISION SERIES
1961 – 8.00pm – Gary Miller appears on Val Parnell’s Startime on Granada Television
1967 – 8.00pm – Keith Alexander appears in No Hiding Place on Southern Television in the episode A Through And Through With Powder
1970 – 9.10pm – Nyree Dawn Porter is a guest on The Englebert Humperdinck Show on Westward Television
TODAYS OTHER NEWS
1963 – A group of dignitaries from The Polish Ministry Of Culture are invited to tour the A.P.Films studios
1965 – American publication Broadcasting reports that Stingray has been sold in forty five markets with a gross sale exceeding one million dollars, ITC President Abe Mandell adds that the series which went into syndication less than two month ago has been sold to nineteen of the top twenty five markets in the country
1967 – Gerry Anderson is interviewed in The Belfast Newsletter and talks about Thunderbirds and the new series Captain Scarlet
2014 – RAF Cosford hosts the Flight Of Fancy exhibition this weekend which will include talks by Sylvia Anderson, Alan Shubrook, Mary Turner, Brian Johnson and Tony Day as well as original puppet and vehicles seen in the various productions