UK PREMIERE BROADCASTS
1960 – 5.00pm – Four Feather Falls – A Lawman Rides Alone (ATV Midlands, Granada, Anglia, Scottish, Ulster, Southern, Tyne Tees, Associated-Rediffusion and T.W.W.)
1963 – 4.40pm – Fireball XL5 – Invasion Earth (ATV London and Ulster)
FIRST UK REGIONAL SCREENINGS
1962 – 5.15pm – Supercar – King Kool (Tyne Tees)
1963 – 4.15pm – Fireball XL5 – Space Monster (Southern)
1964 – 4.45pm – The Adventures Of Twizzle – Twizzle And Footso Go Fruit Picking (Anglia, Channel and Border)
1965 – 5.25pm – Stingray – Plant Of Doom (ATV Midlands)
1965 – 6.05pm – Stingray – Eastern Eclipse (Granada)
1966 – 5.00pm – Thunderbirds – Desperate Intruder (Wales West And North)
1968 – 5.30pm – Captain Scarlet – The Inquisition (Anglia)
1968 – 5.30pm – Captain Scarlet – Attack On Cloudbase (Border)
1968 – 5.30pm – Captain Scarlet – Manhunt (Channel and Westward)
1968 – 5.30pm – Captain Scarlet – The Mysterons (Harlech)
1968 – 5.30pm – Captain Scarlet – Noose Of Ice (Tyne Tees)
1976 – 11.30pm – The Protectors – Quin (Tyne Tees)
1984 – 9.35am – Joe 90 – Attack Of The Tiger (Yorkshire)
1987 – 9.25am – Captain Scarlet – The Launching (Yorkshire)
GUEST APPEARANCES IN OTHER TELEVISION SERIES
1967 – 7.30pm – David Graham appears in The Saint on ATV Midlands Television in the episode The Unkind Philanthropist
1968 – 7.25pm – John Bluthal appears in The Avengers in the episode Two’s A Crowd on Border Television
TODAYS OTHER NEWS
1968 – Captain Scarlet starts on Harlech Television
1975 – Yorkshire Television planned to broadcast Thunderbirds Are Go for the first time but due to a Technicians strike which blacked out ITV it wasn’t shown until January 1976. If this had happened Yorkshire would have been the only region to show the film in two parts
1976 – The second series of The Protectors starts on Tyne Tees Television
1990 – Fanderson host a two day event at The Mount Royal Hotel in Marble Arch, London – Fanderson 90
1992 – The Gerry Anderson Tour arrives in Birmingham at The Alexander Theatre