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On This Day In Anderson History – 18th August

TODAYS DEPARTURES

1993 – Tony Barwick

2014 – John Bluthal

 

UK PREMIERE BROADCASTS

1960 – 5.00pm – Four Feather FallsA Cure For Everything (Granada, Anglia, ATV Midlands, Associated-Rediffusion, Scottish, Southern, Ulster, Tyne Tees and T.W.W.)

1972 – 8.00pm – The ProtectorsThe Quick Brown Fox (Granada)

1977 – 7.30pm – Space:1999The Seance Spectre (Ulster and ATV Midlands)

 

FIRST UK REGIONAL SCREENINGS

1963 – 3.45pm – Fireball XL5A Day In The Life Of A Space General (Southern)

1964 – 4.45pm – The Adventures Of Twizzle The Naughty Girl (Border and Channel)

1965 – 6.05pm – StingrayThe Master Plan (Granada)

1973 – 6.00pm – The ProtectorsWam Part Two (Scottish)

1973 – 6.35pm – The ProtectorsGoodbye George (Ulster)

1974 – 1.00pm – The ProtectorsZeke’s Blues (Anglia)

1983 – 10.25am – Space:1999One Moment Of Humanity (HTV)

 

OVERSEAS FIRST BROADCASTS

1961 – 4.30pm – The Adventures Of TwizzleCandy Floss Has A Birthday (GTV 9, Melbourne, Australia)

1975 – 7.30pm – Space:1999Force Of Life (HSV 7, Victoria, Melbourne, Australia)

 

GUEST APPEARANCES IN OTHER TELEVISION SERIES

1966 – 10.10pm – Harry Baird appears in Court Martial on Border Television in the episode Operation Makeshift

1967 – 7.30pm – Nancy Nevinson appears in The Saint on Southern Television in the episode The Spanish Cow

1967 – 8.55pm – Grant Taylor appears in Escape on Southern Television in the episode Five Men For Freedom

1968 – 10.10pm – George Sewell and Gabrielle Drake appear in the play The Ticket on Border Television, part of the For Amusement Only series

1971 – 8.00pm – Charles Tingwell appears in The Avengers on Southern Television in the episode Return Of The Cybernauts

 

TODAYS OTHER NEWS

1985 – Grampian Television broadcast Captain Scarlet for the final time at 9.30am with the episode The Inquisition 

2001 – Captain Scarlet is featured on the front cover of this weeks Radio Times along with Postman Pat and Gordon the gopher