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On This Day In Anderson History – 26th July

TODAYS ARRIVALS

1937 – Clifton Jones

TODAYS DEPARTURES

2002 – Tony Anholt

 

UK PREMIERE BROADCASTS

1986 – 11.30am – TerrahawksGold (ITV Network)

 

FIRST UK REGIONAL SCREENINGS

1960 – 4.45pm – Torchy The Battery BoyTorchy And The Man In The Moon (Anglia and Associated-Rediffusion)

1963 – 5.28pm – Fireball XL5 Space City Special (Grampian)

1973 – 9.00pm – UFOTimelash (Ulster)

1974 – 6.30pm – The ProtectorsBorderline (HTV)

1977 – 7.30pm – Space:1999Journey To Where (Tyne Tees)

 

OVERSEAS FIRST BROADCASTS

1960 – 5.00pm – Torchy The Battery BoyThe Glubell Wood (ABV 2, Melbourne, Australia)

1963 – 7.00pm – Fireball XL5XL5 To H20 (Fuji Television, Japan)

1966 – 5.25pm – Fireball XL5Spy In Space (CTC 7, Canberra, Australia)

1979 – 11.56pm – Space:1999The Mark Of Archanon (Tokai Television, Japan)

 

GUEST APPEARANCES IN OTHER TELEVISION SERIES

1968 – 7.33pm – John Tate appears in The Saint on Border Television in the episode The Crooked Ring on Border Television

1973 – 11.15am – Dolores Mantez appears in Danger Man on Westward Television in the episode The Man On The Beach

 

TODAYS OTHER NEWS

1962 – The Stage reports that some of the Supercar puppets will feature in an exhibition at the Wallington Public Library in Surrey

1967 – Barry Gray records The Spectrums version of the Captain Scarlet end titles

1968 – Fab 1 and Lady Penelope (in human form) appear at the Kilburn State Cinema to promote the Thunderbird 6 film

1976 – Filming begins on the Space:1999 episode The Beta Cloud