UK PREMIERE BROADCASTS
1958 – 5.30pm – The Adventures Of Twizzle – Jiffy And Polly Moppet Quarrel (Associated -Rediffusion, Granada, Scottish, T.W.W. and ATV Midlands)
1995 – 7.00pm – Space Precinct – The Fire Within Part One (Sky One)
FIRST UK REGIONAL SCREENINGS
1961 – 5.10pm – Supercar – Rescue (Tyne Tees)
1961 – 5.25pm – Torchy The Battery Boy – A Bell For Penny Farthing (Westward)
1962 – 5.05pm – Supercar – 70-B-Lo (Grampian)
1963 – 5.25pm – Fireball XL5 – Invasion Earth (Granada and Wales West and North)
1963 – 7.00pm – Fireball XL5 – Flight To Danger (ATV Midlands)
1976 – 4.25pm – Thunderbirds – Lord Parker’s ‘Oliday (Yorkshire)
1980 – 11.55am – The Animates – Royal Birthday (Thames)
OVERSEAS FIRST BROADCASTS
1963 – 6.00pm – Supercar – 70 -B-Lo (ABV 2, Melbourne, Australia)
1972 – 9.00pm – The Protectors – The Bodyguards (Nippon Television, Japan)
GUEST APPEARANCES IN OTHER TELEVISION SERIES
1972 – 11.35pm – Vladek Sheybal appears in Strange Report on Southern Television in the episode Report 7931: Sniper When Is Your Cousin Not?
TODAYS OTHER NEWS
1961 – Supercar starts on Tyne Tees Television
1967 – Recording sessions take place at Barry Gray’s studios in Esher for the Captain Scarlet episodes Fire At Rig 15 and Shadow Of Fear
1968 – To promote the Thunderbird 6 film the full size version of Fab 1 and Lady Penelope (in human form) arrive at South Harrow Odeon at 3.30pm and then Kingsbury Odeon at 5.30pm
1968 – The Herald Express reviews Thunderbird 6 saying it is a thrill-a-minute space-age adventure children and a lot of adults are bound to enjoy