TODAYS ARRIVALS
1928 – Bob Monkhouse
FIRST UK REGIONAL SCREENINGS
1963 – 5.15pm – Fireball XL5 – Trial By Robot (Tyne Tees)
1969 – 5.30pm – Joe 90 – Child Of The Sun God (Scottish)
1975 – 11.30pm – UFO – The Responsibility Seat (London Weekend)
1984 – 11.10am – Space:1999 – Devil’s Planet (HTV)
1985 – 11.20am – Captain Scarlet – Big Ben Strikes Again (Yorkshire)
TODAYS OTHER NEWS
1972 – ATV Midlands Television broadcast The Secret Service for the last time at 4.55pm with the episode More Haste Less Speed
1984 – HTV screen the last episode of Space:1999 to be seen in their region – Devil’s Planet. The second series only started in July 1983 and HTV left out four episodes, the four not shown were Seed Of Destruction, Space Warp, The Dorcons and The Immunity Syndrome
1986 – HTV broadcast Captain Scarlet for the last time in their region with the episode The Inquisition at 9.35am