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On This Day In Anderson History 24th December

 

UK PREMIERE BROADCASTS

1983 – 11.30am – TerrahawksA Christmas Miracle (ITV Network)

 

FIRST UK REGIONAL SCREENINGS

1962 – 5.25pm – Fireball XL5Space Pirates (Border)

1965 – 5.25pm – StingrayA Christmas To Remember (Granada)

1967 – 5.30pm – Captain ScarletThe Heart Of New York (Southern)

1967 – 5.30pm – Captain ScarletPoint 783 (ATV London, Channel, Scottish, Westward and Border)

1968 – 4.35pm – The Adventures Of TwizzleThe Lazy Broomstick Man (Grampian)

1969 – 10.05am – Joe 90The Unorthodox Shepherd (Harlech)

1969 – 2.40pm – ThunderbirdsGive Or Take A Million (Ulster)

 

OVERSEAS FIRST BROADCASTS

1963 – 4.00pm – Fireball XL5The Triads (CBOT 4, Ottawa, Canada)

1965 – 6.00pm – Fireball XL5Ghosts Of Space (BTV 6, Ballarat, Australia)

1971 – 8.04pm – UFO E.S.P. (CHTV 3, Christchurch, New Zealand)

1977 – 7.30pm – Space:1999The Bringers Of Wonder Part Two (RTP, Portugal)

 

GUEST APPEARANCES IN OTHER TELEVISION SERIES

1969 – 8.15pm – Lois Maxwell and David Healy appear in The Saint on Westward Television in the episode Simon and Delilah

1971 – 7.45pm – Shane Rimmer and David Healy appear in The Persuaders on HTV in the episode Element Of Risk

1974 – 12.30pm – John Bluthal appears in Charles Dickins World Of Christmas on ATV Midlands Television

 

TODAYS OTHER NEWS

1965 – Lady Penelope and Scott Tracy are featured in this weeks TV Times (Dec 24 – Dec 31) Southern Edition on The Tivvy Club Page although in Granada’s issue a different photo was used

1983 – The Terrahawks episode A Christmas Miracle shown on the ITV Network would be the only one in the series never to be repeated