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On This Day In Anderson History – 2nd April

TODAYS DEPARTURES

2008 – Johnny Byrne

 

UK PREMIERE BROADCASTS

1968 – 5.00pm – Captain ScarletThe Launching (ATV Midlands)

1973 – 11.15pm – The ProtectorsFighting Fund (Channel and Westward)

 

FIRST UK REGIONAL SCREENINGS

1960 – 5.15pm – Torchy The Battery BoyThe Twins Learn A Lesson (Tyne Tees)

1961 – 5.20pm – Torchy The Battery BoyTorchy Is Stolen (Southern)

1962 – 5.25pm – Supercar 70-B-Lo (Granada)

1963 – 4.45pm – Torchy The Battery BoyTorchy And The Broken Rocket (Grampian and Westward)

1965 – 5.00pm – StingrayPink Ice (Tyne Tees)

1966 – 6.00pm – ThunderbirdsSecurity Hazard (ATV London)

1976 – 6.35pm – Space:1999The Last Enemy (HTV)

1976 – 6.35pm – The ProtectorsPetard (Granada)

 

OVERSEAS FIRST BROADCASTS

1968 – 7.00pm – Captain ScarletThe Heart Of New York (TBS, Japan)

1977 – 7.00pm – Space:1999 The Dorcons (Kron TV, San Francisco, USA)

1985 – 7.30pm – TerrahawksExpect The Unexpected Part One (NHK, Japan)

 

GUEST APPEARANCES IN OTHER TELEVISION SERIES

1971 – 4.50pm – Christine Finn appears in The Adventures Of Robin Hood on HTV in the episode The Profiteer

1976 – 9.00pm – Shane Rimmer appears in Hadleigh on ATV Midlands Television in the episode Divorce

 

 

TODAYS OTHER NEWS

1974 – Filming begins on the Space:1999 episode Another Time, Another Place

1985 – Terrahawks begins on NHK in Japan

2015 – Thunderbird Four appears on The River Thames in London to promote the new series Thunderbirds Are Go