TODAYS DEPARTURES
2004 – Julian Lugrin
UK PREMIERE BROADCASTS
1960 – 5.00pm – Four Feather Falls – Gunfight On Main Street (Anglia, Granada, ATV Midlands, Associated-Rediffusion, Scottish, Southern, Ulster, Tyne Tees and T.W.W.)
1972 – 8.00pm – The Protectors – See No Evil (Granada)
FIRST UK REGIONAL SCREENINGS
1963 – 3.45pm – Fireball XL5 – The Granatoid Tanks (Southern)
1964 – 4.45pm – The Adventures Of Twizzle – The Toys Go To School (Border and Channel)
1965 – 6.05pm – Stingray – Trapped In The Depths (Granada)
1968 – 5.30pm – Captain Scarlet – Spectrum Strikes Back (Harlech)
1973 – 6.05pm – The Protectors – Border Line (London Weekend)
1973 – 6.05pm – The Protectors – Petard (Scottish)
1973 – 6.35pm – The Protectors – Quin (Ulster)
1974 – 1.00pm – The Protectors – Sugar And Spice (Anglia)
1974 – 4.20pm – The Protectors – A Matter Of Life And Death (Border)
1979 – 9.30am – Space:1999 – The Bringers Of Wonder Part Two (Yorkshire)
1980 – 11.55am – The Animates – Mopey Gets The Measles (Thames)
1983 – 10.25am – Space:1999 – The Exiles (HTV)
1984 – 9.35am – Joe 90 – Viva Cordova (Yorkshire)
GUEST APPEARANCES IN OTHER TELEVISION SERIES
1966 – 10.10pm – Grant Taylor appears in Court Martial on Border Television in the episode A Date With Celeste
1971 – 8.00pm – Paul Maxwell appears in The Champions on HTV in the episode The Silent Enemy
1972 – 9.00pm – Charles Tingwell appears in a new series Man From Haven which begins on Southern Television
TODAYS OTHER NEWS
1962 – Two Of A Kind starring Morecambe And Wise which features the Supercar sketch is shown at 9.40pm on ATV London
1965 – The Des O’Connor Show featuring the Stingray sketch is shown at 9.10pm on ATV Midlands Television
1975 – Filming begins on Into Infinity
1983 – Gerry Anderson is interviewed on Six Fifty-Five on BBC 2 at 6.55pm as the programme looks at the history of television puppets