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On This Day In Anderson History – 31st March

 

UK PREMIERE BROADCASTS

1960 – 5.00pm – Four Feather FallsIndian Attack (Anglia, Granada, ATV Midlands, Associated-Rediffusion, Scottish, Ulster, Southern, Tyne Tees and T.W.W.)

1963 – 4.40pm – Fireball XL5The Mystery Of The TA2 (ATV London and Ulster)

1966 – 7.00pm – ThunderbirdsSecurity Hazard (ATV Midlands)

 

FIRST UK REGIONAL SCREENINGS

1962 – 5.15pm – SupercarCalling Charlie Queen (Tyne Tees)

1963 – 4.20pm – Fireball XL5Planet Of Platonia (Southern)

1963 – 4.50pm – Four Feather FallsTeething Troubles (Border)

1964 – 4.45pm – The Adventures Of TwizzleTwizzle And The Golliwog (Anglia, Channel and Border)

1965 – 5.25pm – StingrayPink Ice (ATV Midlands, Westward and Channel)

1965 – 6.05pm – StingrayRescue From The Skies (Granada)

1966 – 5.00pm – ThunderbirdsMartian Invasion (Anglia)

1968 – 4.40pm – Captain ScarletPlace Of Angels (Anglia)

1968 – 5.30pm – Captain ScarletExpo 2068 (ATV London, Channel, Scottish, Westward and Border)

1968 – 5.30pm – Captain ScarletRenegade Rocket (Tyne Tees)

1973 – 6.10pm – The ProtectorsWith A Little Help From My Friends (Scottish)

 

OVERSEAS FIRST BROADCASTS

1962 – 6.30pm – SupercarA Little Art (WPIX Channel 11, New York, USA)

1964 – 4.00pm – Fireball XL5Hypnotic Sphere (CBOT 4, Ottawa, Canada)

1965 – 6.00pm – StingrayA Nut For Marineville (ABC 3, Canberra, Australia)

1965 – 7.30pm – StingrayAquanaut Of The Year (Fuji Television, Japan)

 

GUEST APPEARANCES IN OTHER TELEVISION SERIES

1962 – 5.50pm – Gary Miller appears on Thank Your Lucky Stars on Southern Television

1963 – 9.35pm – Patrick Wymark appears n Armchair Theatre on ATV London Television in The Invasion

1967 – 10.52pm – Christine Finn appears in Gideon’s Way on Southern Television in the episode The ‘V’ Men

1971 – 8.00pm – Lois Maxwell appears in Department S on Tyne Tees Television in the episode The Ghost Of Mary Burnham

1971 – 9.00pm – David Healy and Jeremy Wilkin appear in the thriller A Kiss Is Just A Kiss on Anglia Television

1972 – 9.00pm – Windsor Davies appears in Spyder’s Web on Tyne Tees Television in the episode Nobody’s Strawberry Fool

1974 – 10.15pm – Paul Maxwell appears in Sunday Night Theatre on Anglia Television in the story Geography Of A Horse Dreamer

1981 – 7.30pm – Shane Rimmer appears in Bognor on Anglia Television in the episode Meet The Mole 

 

TODAYS OTHER NEWS

1963 – 4.50pm – Four Feather Falls is shown for the last time on Border Television with the episode Teething Troubles, nine episodes of the series are unscreened in this region

1965 – The first broadcast of Stingray ends in Japan with nine episodes not shown, these will be screened in 1968