UK PREMIERE BROADCASTS
1969 – 5.30pm – The Secret Service – Last Train To Buffler’s Halt (ATV Midlands)
FIRST UK REGIONAL SCREENINGS
1961 – 5.25pm – Supercar – Grounded (ATV Midlands)
1965 – 4.45pm – Four Feather Falls – Pedro Has A Plan (Grampian)
1968 – 5.15pm – Joe 90 – Hi-Jacked (Harlech)
1968 – 5.15pm – Joe 90 – Most Special Astronaut (Southern)
1968 – 5.30pm – Joe 90 – Project 90 (London Weekend)
1970 – 4.55pm – Captain Scarlet – Expo 2068 (Harlech)
1970 – 4.55pm – Joe 90 – The Fortress (Border)
1972 – 7.00pm – The Protectors – 2000Ft To Die (Ulster)
1973 – 7.00pm – The Protectors – Baubles, Bangles And Beads (ATV Midlands)
1973 – 7.00pm – The Protectors – Dragon Chase (London Weekend)
OVERSEAS FIRST BROADCASTS
1961 – 4.30pm – The Adventures Of Twizzle – Twizzle And The Naughty Break Down Van (GTV 9, Melbourne, Australia)
1961 – 6.30pm – Supercar – Amazonian Adventure (CKW 9, Monroe, Michigan, USA)
1964 – 6.00pm – Stingray – Treasure Down Below (ABV 2, Melbourne, Australia)
1964 – 7.00pm – Stingray – Count Down (Fuji Television, Japan)
1965 – 4.00pm – Fireball XL5 – Last Of The Zanadus (ATN 7, Sydney, Australia)
1965 – 5.00pm – Fireball XL5 – The Doomed Planet (HSV 7, Melbourne, Australia)
1970 – 7.00pm – UFO – The Square Triangle (TV13, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada)
1985 – 6.00pm – Terrahawks – First 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
1965 – An advertisement is placed in todays Daily Telegraph for craftsmen and manufacturers of small crockery and glassware to contact Bob Bell
1986 – The Protectors is 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
