UK PREMIERE BROADCASTS
1973 – 6.30pm – The Protectors – Blockbuster (Scottish)
1975 – 7.00pm – Space:1999 – Collision Course (ATV Midlands, Scottish, Grampian, Ulster, Tyne Tees, Yorkshire, Westward, Channel and Border)
1976 – 10.20am – Space:1999 – Journey To Where (London Weekend)
FIRST UK REGIONAL SCREENINGS
1961 – 5.25pm – Supercar – Pirate Plunder (Westward and T.W.W.)
1971 – 5.00pm – UFO – Destruction (Border)
1971 – 5.00pm – UFO – Identified (London Weekend)
1971 – 6.10pm – UFO – Conflict (Granada)
1973 – 1.00pm – The Protectors – Lena (Grampian)
1976 – 5.15pm – Space:1999 – The Exiles (Channel and Westward)
1976 – 5.40pm – Space:1999 – Journey To Where (ATV Midlands)
1977 – 1.15pm – Space:1999 – The Bringers Of Wonder Part One (Granada)
1977 – 3.20pm – Space:1999 – The AB Chrysalis (Anglia)
1977 – 3.20pm – Space:1999 – Space Brain (Yorkshire)
1977 – 3.20pm – Space:1999 – Brian The Brain (Tyne Tees)
1982 – 11.20am – Space:1999 – One Moment Of Humanity (Border)
OVERSEAS FIRST BROADCASTS
1961 – 4.30pm – The Adventures Of Twizzle – Twizzle Papers The Cabin (GTV 9, Melbourne, Australia)
1963 – 6.00pm – Supercar – Precious Cargo (ABC 3, Canberra and ABN Channel 2, Sydney, Australia)
1965 – 7.30pm – Stingray – The Pilot (WAST 13, Rutland, Vermont, USA)
1966 – 6.00pm – Thunderbirds – The Imposters (NHK, Japan)
1976 – 7.00pm – Space:1999 – Journey To Where (Channel 4, Kron TV, San Francisco, USA)
1977 – 4.30pm – Space:1999 – The Troubled Spirit (TBS, Japan)
GUEST APPEARANCES IN OTHER TELEVISION SERIES
1959 – 9.35pm – George Murcell appears in Television Playhouse on Associated-Rediffusion Television entitled The Trouble Raiser
1964 – 10.05pm – Gary Miller is a guest on Call In On Carroll on Rediffusion Television
1966 – 2.50pm – Shane Rimmer and Neil McCallum appear in The Saint on Southern Television in the episode The Hi-Jackers
1968 – 8.00pm – Vladek Sheybal appears in The Baron in the episode And Suddenly You’re Dead on Border Television
1970 – 9.00pm – Cyril Shaps appears in Diamond Crack Diamond on Ulster Television in the episode Diamond V. Diamond
1971 – 5.00pm – Dolores Mantez appears in Randall And Hopkirk (Deceased) on HTV in the episode My Late, Lamented Frend And Partner
1977 – 8.45pm – Nick Tate appears in The Strange Case Of The End Of Civilisation As We Know It on Yorkshire Television
TODAYS OTHER NEWS
1961 – Tex Tucker’s Four Feather Falls Annual published by Collins goes on sale priced 7s 6d
1961 – Production starts on the Supercar episode The Runaway Train
1965 – The first episode of Stingray is broadcast at 11.30am on WMAR 2 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, the series is advertised over the next few weeks in the local newspapers
1965 – Stingray starts on WAST 13 in Rutland, Vermont, USA
1965 – The third Fireball XL5 Annual goes on sale
1971 – UFO starts on London Weekend Television today
1980 – Space:1999 is broadcast for the last time on Yorkshire Television at 11.10am with the episode A Matter Of Balance
1982 – Joe 90 is broadcast for the last time on Tyne Tees Television at 9.50am with the episode The Birthday
1995 – Space Precinct starts on BBC 2