TODAYS ARRIVALS
2035 – Richard Fraser (Captain Ochre)
UK PREMIERE BROADCASTS
1968 – 5.25pm – Captain Scarlet – Treble Cross (ATV Midlands)
FIRST UK REGIONAL SCREENINGS
1960 – 4.45pm – Torchy The Battery Boy – Pom-Pom And The Toys (Anglia and Associated-Rediffusion)
1963 – 5.00pm – Fireball XL5 – The Triads (Scottish)
1964 – 4.05pm – Supercar – Hi-Jack (Southern)
1966 – 5.25pm – Thunderbirds – Danger At Ocean Deep Part One (Granada)
1966 – 6.05pm – Thunderbirds – Danger At Ocean Deep Part Two (Granada)
1966 – 6.35pm – Thunderbirds – The Man From MI.5 (Grampian)
1968 – 5.00pm – Captain Scarlet – Renegade Rocket (Grampian)
1968 – 5.25pm – Captain Scarlet – Fire At Rig 15 (Ulster)
1969 – 12.15pm – Joe 90 – Double Agent (Harlech)
1969 – 5.30pm – Joe 90 – The Professional (Granada)
1969 – 5.30pm – Joe 90 – King For A Day (Scottish)
1969 – 5.30pm – Joe 90 – See You Down There (Anglia)
1969 – 5.30pm – Joe 90 – Child Of The Sun God (ATV Midlands, Westward, Ulster and Channel)
1969 – 5.30pm – Joe 90 – Breakout (Tyne Tees)
1973 – 7.00pm – The Protectors – It Could Be Practically Anywhere On The Island (Channel, Westward and London Weekend)
1973 – 8.00pm – The Protectors – With A Little Help From My Friends (ATV Midlands)
1973 – 11.30pm – UFO – Mindbender (HTV)
1973 – 11.45pm – UFO – Mindbender (HTV Cymru)
OVERSEAS FIRST BROADCASTS
1965 – 7.00pm – Stingray – Plant Of Doom (WJBK 2, Detroit, USA)
1966 – 5.35pm – Fireball XL5 – Convict In Space (GMV 6, Shepparton, Australia)
1972 – 5.00pm – Joe 90 – The Birthday (Tokyo Channel 12, Japan)
1977 – 7.00pm – Space:1999 – All That Glisters (Television One, New Zealand)
GUEST APPEARANCES IN OTHER TELEVISION SERIES
1973 – 7.35pm – Barbara Bain appears in the Friday TV Movie – Murder Once Removed on Southern Television
TODAYS OTHER NEWS
1960 – Torchy The Battery Boy starts on Anglia and Associated-Rediffusion Television under the Small Time banner which runs for fifteen minutes each weekday
1967 – This weeks edition of The Stage reports that Thunderbirds along with The Saint and The Baron have been sold to Telesistema Mexicano the biggest commercial network in Mexico City, the series also launched the first colour transmission on Saturday
1986 – 4.30pm – The Protectors is seen for the last time on HTV with the episode It Could Be Practically Anywhere On The Island