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On This Day In Anderson History – 24th March

 

 

UK PREMIERE BROADCASTS

1960 – 5.00pm – Four Feather FallsSheriff For A Day (Anglia, ATV Midlands, Associated-Rediffusion, Scottish, Southern, Ulster, Tyne Tees, Granada and T.W.W.)

1963 – 4.50pm – Fireball XL5Dangerous Cargo (ATV London, Ulster, Westward and Channel)

1966 – 7.00pm – ThunderbirdsThe Cham-Cham (ATV Midlands)

1968 – 5.30pm – Captain ScarletFlight To Atlantica (ATV London, Channel, Scottish, Westward and Border) 

 

FIRST UK REGIONAL SCREENINGS

1962 – 5.15pm – SupercarHi-Jack (Tyne Tees)

1963 – 4.35pm – Fireball XL5Prisoner On The Lost Planet (Tyne Tees)

1964 – 4.45pm – The Adventures Of TwizzleFootso Is Stolen (Anglia, Channel and Border)

1965 – 5.25pm – StingrayStand By For Action (ATV Midlands)

1965 – 6.05pm – StingrayThe Ghost Of The Sea (Granada)

1966 – 5.00pm – ThunderbirdsAttack Of The Alligators! (Anglia)

1968 – 4.40pm – Captain ScarletFlight 104 (Anglia)

1968 – 5.30pm – Captain ScarletTraitor (Tyne Tees)

1973 – 6.10pm – The ProtectorsVocal (Scottish)

1975 – 11.00pm – The ProtectorsBlockbuster (Channel and Westward)

1978 – 11.45pm – The ProtectorsBagman (Yorkshire)

 

OVERSEAS FIRST BROADCASTS

1964 – 4.00pm – Fireball XL5Ghosts Of Space (CBOT 4, Ottawa, Canada)

1965 – 6.00pm – StingrayIn Search Of The Tajmanon (ABC 3, Canberra, Australia)

1965 – 7.30pm – StingrayThe Lighthouse Dwellers (Fuji Television, Japan)

 

GUEST APPEARANCES IN OTHER TELEVISION SERIES

1959 – 8.30pm – Lois Maxwell appears in Play Of The Week on Associated-Rediffusion Television in Skyline For Two 

1961 – 9.35pm – Francis Matthews appears in No Hiding Place on Southern Television in the story Payment In Kind

1968 – 7.25pm – Wanda Ventham appears in The Avengers on Border Television in the episode The Grave Diggers

1968 – 7.25pm – Robert Easton appears in The Saint on ABC London Television in the episode The Latin Touch

1969 – 10.30pm – Ian Hendry appears in Danger Man on Harlech Television in the episode Say It With Flowers

1972 – 11.05pm – John Bluthal appears in The Baron on London Weekend Television in the episode The Long, Long Day 

1973 – 11.05pm – Robert Vaughan is a guest on Parkinson on BBC 1

1973 – 11.55pm – John Tate appears in Department S on London Weekend Television in the episode Les Fleurs Du Mal

1974 – 1.10pm – Gabrielle Drake appears in The Adventurer on Anglia Television in the episode The Good Book

1974 – 5.35pm – Brian Blessed stars in Boy Dominic a new thirteen part series starting on Tyne Tees Television

 

TODAYS OTHER NEWS

1965 – A three minute film appears on ATV Today broadcast in The Midlands area with details on the sound effects used in Stingray, the report features John and Jean Taylor re-creating key noises from the series