TODAYS ARRIVALS
1925 – Zena Ralph
1927 – Francis Matthews
UK PREMIERE BROADCASTS
1958 – 5.00pm – The Adventures Of Twizzle – Chawky Gets A Present (Associated-Rediffusion, Granada, T.W.W. and ATV Midlands)
FIRST UK REGIONAL SCREENINGS
1961 – 5.00pm – Supercar – Keep It Cool (Tyne Tees)
1963 – 7.00pm – Fireball XL5 – Drama At Space City (ATV Midlands)
1974 – 11.00pm – The Protectors – Chase (Tyne Tees)
1976 – 4.20pm – Thunderbirds – End Of The Road (Yorkshire)
1978 – 11.30am – Space:1999 – The Bringers Of Wonder Part Two (Grampian)
1986 – 11.05am – Fireball XL5 – Spy In Space (Yorkshire)
OVERSEAS FIRST BROADCASTS
1977 – 7.30pm – Space:1999 – The Mark Of Archanon (CTC 7, Canberra, Australia)
GUEST APPEARANCES IN OTHER TELEVISION SERIES
1963 – 11.08pm – Peter Dyneley appears in Interpol Calling on Anglia Television in the episode Game For Three Hands
TODAYS OTHER NEWS
1962 – The Sunday Mercury interviews John Blundall and talks about Supercar and new series Fireball XL5
1965 – The Daily Mirror reports on Thunderbirds with the focus on Lady Penelope and Fab 1, the article mentions that the series costs £38,000 per episode and a feature film will be made next year. It is also reported that Lady Penelope will also have her own magazine
1965 – Various Newspapers print the details of the yearly statement from Associated Television given to their shareholders, Stingray is listed as earning the highest prices ever paid in syndication revealing it is likely to exceed $1.500,00 in the United States alone
1967 – Paul Maxwell is interviewed in this weeks TV Times (2 Sep – 8 Sep) as part of a feature on the wedding in this weeks Coronation Street
1967 – Martin Landau and Barbara Bain are interviewed in this weeks TV Times (2 Sep – 8 Sep) London Edition regarding their roles in Mission: Impossible
1975 – Martin Landau and Barbara Bain appear on The Merv Griffin Show on NBC at 9.00am promoting Space:1999
1987 – Fireball XL5 is seen for the last time at 3.30pm on Scottish Television with the episode Space Magnet
2000 – To celebrate it’s return to BBC Television, Thunderbirds is featured on the front cover of The Radio Times with four different images available
