TODAYS DEPARTURES
2008 – Donald James
UK PREMIERE BROADCASTS
1960 – 5.00pm – Four Feather Falls – Gunrunners (Granada, ATV Midlands, Anglia, Associated-Rediffusion, Southern, Scottish, Ulster, Tyne Tees and T.W.W.)
1963 – 4.40pm – Fireball XL5 – The Robot Freighter Mystery (ATV London and Ulster)
FIRST UK REGIONAL SCREENINGS
1962 – 5.15pm – Supercar – The Sky’s The Limit (Tyne Tees)
1963 – 4.50pm – Fireball XL5 – The Granatoid Tanks (Anglia)
1964 – 4.45pm – The Adventures Of Twizzle – Twizzle Builds Stray Town (Anglia, Channel and Border)
1965 – 5.25pm – Stingray – A Nut For Marineville (ATV Midlands and Westward)
1965 – 6.05pm – Stingray – Deep Heat (Granada)
1966 – 5.00pm – Thunderbirds – Terror In New York City (Wales West And North)
1968 – 5.30pm – Captain Scarlet – The Launching (Anglia)
1968 – 5.30pm – Captain Scarlet – Fire At Rig 15 (Tyne Tees)
1968 – 5.30pm – Captain Scarlet – Winged Assassin (ATV London, Channel, Scottish, Westward and Border)
1969 – 4.55pm – Joe 90 – Hi-Jacked (Channel and Westward)
1984 – 9.35am – Joe 90 – The Race (Yorkshire)
OVERSEAS FIRST BROADCASTS
1962 – 6.30pm – Supercar – Deep Seven (Channel 11, WPIX, New York, USA)
1964 – 4.00pm – Fireball XL5 – The Sun Temple (CBOT 4, Ottawa, Canada)
1965 – 6.00pm – Stingray – A Christmas To Remember (ABC 3, Canberra, Australia)
GUEST APPEARANCES IN OTHER TELEVISION SERIES
1958 – 7.00pm – George Murcell appears in Sword Of Freedom on Granada Television in the episode Caterina
1966 – 9.40pm – George Sewell appears in Gideon’s Way in the episode Boy With Gun on Granada Television
1970 – 11.20pm – David Graham appears in The Four Just Men on Granada Television in the episode The Beatniques
1972 – 7.30pm – George Murcell appears in Jason King in the episode That Isn’t Me, It’s Somebody Else on ATV Midlands Television
1973 – 11.30m – George Sewell appears in Man In A Suitcase on Southern Television in the episode The Sitting Pigeon
TODAYS OTHER NEWS
1969 – Production starts on UFO in Borehamwood with the first episode Identified
1992 – The Gerry Anderson Tour continues at The Embassy Centre in Skegness