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On This Day In Anderson History – 19th October

 

 

 

UK PREMIERE BROADCASTS

1969 – 5.30pm – The Secret ServiceLast Train To Buffler’s Halt (ATV Midlands)

 

FIRST UK REGIONAL SCREENINGS

1961 – 5.25pm – SupercarGrounded (ATV Midlands)

1965 – 4.45pm – Four Feather FallsPedro Has A Plan (Grampian)

1968 – 5.15pm – Joe 90Hi-Jacked (Harlech)

1968 – 5.15pm – Joe 90Most Special Astronaut (Southern)

1968 – 5.15pm – Joe 90 Project 90 (London Weekend)

1970 – 4.55pm – Captain ScarletExpo 2068 (Harlech)

1970 – 4.55pm – Joe 90The Fortress (Border)

1972 – 7.00pm – The Protectors2000Ft To Die (Ulster)

1973 – 7.00pm – The ProtectorsBaubles, Bangles And Beads (ATV Midlands)

1973 – 7.00pm – The ProtectorsDragon Chase (London Weekend)

 

OVERSEAS FIRST BROADCASTS

1961 – 4.30pm – The Adventures Of TwizzleTwizzle And The Naughty Break Down Van (GTV 9, Melbourne, Australia)

1964 – 6.00pm – StingrayTreasure Down Below (ABV 2, Melbourne, Australia)

1964 – 7.00pm – StingrayCount Down (Fuji Television, Japan)

1965 – 4.00pm – Fireball XL5Last Of The Zanadus (ATN 7, Sydney, Australia)

1965 – 5.00pm – Fireball XL5The Doomed Planet (HSV 7, Melbourne, Australia)

1970 – 7.00pm – UFO The Square Triangle (TV13, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada)

1985 – 6.00pm – TerrahawksFirst Strike – (ATN 7, Sydney, Australia)

 

GUEST APPEARANCES IN OTHER TELEVISION SERIES

1963 – 10.05pm – Charles Tingwell appears in The Avengers in the episode The Nutshell on Southern Television

1972 – 11.20pm – Rupert Davies appears in The Champions on Ulster Television in the episode Project Zero

1978 – 9.00pm – George Sewell appears in The Sweeney on Anglia Television in the episode Bait 

 

TODAYS OTHER NEWS

1962 – Recording sessions take place at IBC Studios in London for the Fireball XL5 episodes Flying Zodiac and XL5 To H20

1986 – The Protectors are broadcast for the last time on Channel Television at 2.30pm with the episode The Big Hit

1991 – The first issue of Thunderbirds The Comic goes on sale – priced 65p