TODAYS DEPARTURES
1999 – Christine Glanville
UK PREMIERE BROADCASTS
1965 – 5.35pm – Stingray – Tom Thumb Tempest (Anglia, Grampian, Southern and ATV London)
FIRST UK REGIONAL SCREENINGS
1960 – 5.00pm – Torchy The Battery Boy – Bossy Boots Goes To Topsy Turvey Land (Ulster)
1962 – 5.25pm – Supercar – What Goes Up (Grampian)
1962 – 5.25pm – Supercar – Supercar “Take One” (Anglia)
1963 – 5.25pm – Fireball XL5 – Wings Of Danger (Scottish)
1965 – 4.00pm – Stingray – The Ghost Of The Sea (Ulster)
1965 – 5.35pm – Stingray – The Big Gun (Scottish)
1973 – 8.00pm – The Protectors – Talkdown (Anglia)
1973 – 8.00pm – The Protectors – It Could Be Practically Anywhere On The Island (Ulster)
1976 – 11.30am – Space:1999 – The Last Enemy (London Weekend)
1976 – 11.30pm – The Protectors – The Insider (Border)
1982 – 3.30pm – Stingray – The Pilot (Yorkshire)
OVERSEAS FIRST BROADCASTS
1966 – 6.00pm – Fireball XL5 – Faster Than Light (AMV 4, Albury, Australia)
1966 – 7.00pm – Thunderbirds – 30 Minutes After Noon (GTV 9, Melbourne, Australia)
1976 – 7.00pm – Space:1999 – The Infernal Machine (Kron-TV, San Francisco, USA)
1976 – 10.00pm – Space:1999 – Alpha Child (RAI, Rete 2, Italy)
GUESTS APPEARANCES IN OTHER TELEVISION SERIES
1962 – 11.05pm – Rupert Davies appears in Interpol Calling on ATV Midlands Television in the episode The Angola Brights
TODAYS OTHER NEWS
1976 – The first episode of Space:1999 was due to be seen on Television One in New Zealand at 7.00pm but was removed for coverage of the Nelson By-Election, the series started a week later
1982 – Yorkshire Television broadcast Stingray for the first time
