UK PREMIERE BROADCASTS
1958 – 4.45pm – The Adventures Of Twizzle – Footso And The Naughty Girl (Associated-Rediffusion)
2005 – 10.59am – New Captain Scarlet – Contact (ITV Network)
FIRST UK REGIONAL SCREENINGS
1961 – 4.30pm – Supercar – Rescue (Scottish)
1967 – 5.30pm – Captain Scarlet – The Mysterons (ATV London and Scottish)
1975 – 11.35pm – The Protectors – Goodbye George (Border)
1977 – 9.50am – Space:1999 – One Moment Of Humanity (Scottish)
OVERSEAS FIRST BROADCASTS
1963 – 4.00pm – Fireball XL5 – Planet 46 (CBOT 4, Ottawa, Canada)
1965 – 5.00pm – Fireball XL5 – Planet Of Platonia (HSV 7, Melbourne, Australia)
1965 – 5.00pm – Fireball XL5 – Space Monster (ATN 7, Sydney, Australia)
1965 – 6.00pm – Fireball XL5 – The Forbidden Planet (BTV 6, Ballarat, Australia)
1977 – 7.30pm – Space:1999 – Brian The Brain (RTP, Portugal)
1985 – 7.30pm – Terrahawks – Unseen Menace (NHK, Japan)
GUEST APPEARANCES IN OTHER TELEVISION SERIES
1961 – 3.15pm – Ray Barrett appears in Call Uxbridge 2000 on Southern Television
1963 – 8.00pm – Francis Matthews appears in No Hiding Place on Granada Television in the episode The Smoke Boys
1966 – 4.30pm – A new series Topo Gigio Comes To Town starts on Southern Television with Keith Alexander providing the voice of Topo
TODAYS OTHER NEWS
1961 – Supercar starts on Scottish Television
1963 – Fireball XL5 begins on CBOT 4 in Ottawa, Canada
1965 – ATV’s new Autumn schedule for Saturday’s and Sunday’s which includes Thunderbirds is advertised in the Evening Standard
1967 – Captain Scarlet begins on ATV London and Scottish Television
1970 – Anglia Television start broadcasting in colour which will include the start of the the second screening of Joe 90 at 4.50pm
1993 – Captain Scarlet receives it’s UK premiere broadcast on BBC 2 at 6.00pm