UK PREMIERE BROADCASTS
1966 – 5.05pm – Thunderbirds – Atlantic Inferno (Anglia, Tyne Tees, Southern, T.W.W. and ATV London)
1975 – 7.00pm – Space:1999 – Death’s Other Dominion (ATV Midlands, Grampian, Tyne Tees, Ulster, Scottish, Yorkshire, Westward, Channel and Border)
1976 – 11.00am – Space:1999 – Brian The Brain (London Weekend)
FIRST UK REGIONAL SCREENINGS
1961 – 5.25pm – Supercar – Flight Of Fancy (Westward and T.W.W.)
1965 – 6.35pm – Thunderbirds – Trapped In The Sky (Anglia, Scottish, Ulster and ATV London)
1970 – 7.00pm – UFO – Identified (Anglia)
1971 – 5.00pm – UFO – Flight Path (Border)
1971 – 5.00pm – UFO – Conflict (London Weekend)
1971 – 6.10pm – UFO – E.S.P. (Granada)
1973 – 6.30pm – The Protectors – The Bridge (Scottish)
1973 – 8.30pm – The Protectors – Zeke’s Blues (Ulster)
1976 – 11.05am – Space:1999 – Dragon’s Domain (Southern)
1976 – 5.00pm – The Protectors – Wam Part One (Southern)
1976 – 5.15pm – Space:1999 – One Moment Of Humanity (Channel and Westward)
1976 – 5.40pm – Space:1999 – Brian The Brain (ATV Midlands)
1977 – 1.15pm – Space:1999 – The Seance Spectre (Granada)
1977 – 3.20pm – Space:1999 – The Last Sunset (Yorkshire)
1977 – 3.20pm – Space:1999 – The Mark Of Archannon (Tyne Tees)
1977 – 3.20pm – Space:1999 – Space Warp (Anglia)
1982 – 11.20am – Space:1999 – The Mark Of Archanon (Border)
OVERSEAS FIRST BROADCASTS
1963 – 6.00pm – Supercar – The Day That Time Stood Still (ABC 3 and ABN 2, Sydney, Canberra, Australia)
1965 – 6.03pm – Stingray – Plant Of Doom (CHTV 3, Christchurch, New Zealand)
1966 – 6.00pm – Thunderbirds – Brink Of Disaster (NHK, Japan)
1968 – 7.00pm – Joe 90 – The Most Special Agent (Nippon Educational Television, Japan)
1970 – 7.30pm – UFO – Identified (ATN 7, Sydney, Australia)
1971 – 7.30pm – UFO – The Man Who Came Back (ATN 7, Sydney, Australia)
1976 – 4.00pm – Space:1999 – The Metamorph (KPRC 2, Houston, USA)
1976 – 7.00pm – Space:1999 – New Adam New Eve (Channel 4, Kron TV, San Francisco, USA)
GUEST APPEARANCES IN OTHER TELEVISION SERIES
1960 – Ian Hendry appears on the front cover of this weeks TV Times (Oct 2 – Oct 8) Southern Edition, starring in Police Surgeon
1961 – 9.35pm – Clifton Jones appears in Probation Officer on Southern Television
1964 – 5.15pm – Don Spencer presents a new series on Anglia Television In Between for youngsters
1969 – 11.00pm – Lois Maxwell appears in Gideon’s Way on Ulster Television in the episode The Millionaire’s Daughter
1971 – 11.40pm – Ray Barrett appears on Scales Of Justice on Yorkshire Television in the episode Moment Of Decision
1973 – 3.25pm – Ed Bishop appears in The Saint on Southern Television in the episode The Revolution Racket
1978 – 4.45pm – Shane Rimmer appears in Enid Blyton’s Famous Five on Anglia Television in the episode Five On Finniston Farm
TODAYS OTHER NEWS
1965 – Thunderbirds starts on Anglia, Scottish, Ulster and ATV London Television
1966 – The second series of Thunderbirds debuts on ATV London, Tyne Tees, Southern, T.W.W. and Anglia Television
1967 – From today until 11th November Century 21 Merchandising organise a personality tour of more than 1000 sites in the London and Midlands television areas, with two models dressed as Captain Scarlet and an Angel pilot. They will arrive in a Mini Moke at toy shops, department stores, cinemas, schools and shopping centres where they hand out leaflets, pennants and window stickers
1967 – Captain Blue and Rhapsody Angel (in human form) appear at Claycots Infant School in Britwell, the two will spend the week visiting The Midlands and London areas in a mini-moke to publicise the latest Century 21 production. Captain Blue played by actor Malcolm Morley and Rhapsody played by model Jill Wale were both chosen for their physical resemblance to their puppets from the series
1967 – The Daily Mirror reviews the first episode of Captain Scarlet which started on ATV London yesterday, with the heading Puppets With A Punch.
1968 – Joe 90 starts on Nippon Educational Television in Japan
1970 – UFO begins on Anglia Television
1970 – The first episode of UFO is previewed on ATN 7 in Sydney, Australia although the series won’t be broadcast again until May 1971 when it begins again with Identified
1976 – The second series of Space:1999 starts on KPRC 2 in Houston, USA
2015 – Fanderson’s The Future Is Fantastic Convention takes place this weekend at The Holiday Inn at Maidenhead
