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On This Day In Anderson History – 21st June

 

UK PREMIERE BROADCASTS

1986 – 11.30am – TerrahawksRunaway (ITV Network)

 

FIRST UK REGIONAL SCREENINGS

1960 – 4.45pm – Torchy The Battery BoyThe Hungry Money Box (Anglia and Associated-Rediffusion)

1963 – 5.28pm – Fireball XL5A Day In The Life Of A Space General (Grampian)

1966 – 4.45pm – The Adventures Of TwizzleJiffy Opens A Barber’s Shop (Westward)

1974 – 6.30pm – The ProtectorsWam Part One (HTV)

1975 – 6.45pm – Journey To The Far Side Of The Sun (Border)

1977 – 7.30pm – Space:1999 The Last Sunset (Tyne Tees)

 

OVERSEAS FIRST BROADCASTS

1963 – 7.00pm – Fireball XL5Space Pen (Fuji Television, Japan)

1965 – 6.00pm – StingrayThe Cool Cave Man (ABV 2, Melbourne, Australia)

1966 – 5.25pm – Fireball XL5The Doomed Planet (CTC 7, Canberra, Australia)

1979 – 11.56pm – Space:1999The Exiles (Tokai Television, Japan)

 

GUEST APPEARANCES IN OTHER TELEVISION SERIES

1967 – 8.00pm – George Sewell appears in No Hiding Place on Southern Television in the episode Personal Feelings Don’t Count

1973 – 11.00am – Maxwell Shaw appears in Danger Man on Southern Television in the episode It’s Up To The Lady

 

TODAYS OTHER NEWS

1960 – Recording sessions take place for the film Crossroads To Crime at IBC Studios in Marylebone

1975 – Journey To The Far Side Of The Sun is broadcast for the first time on Border Television

1976 – Filming begins on the Space:1999 episode Catacombs Of The Moon