TODAYS ARRIVALS
1930 – Keith Alexander
UK PREMIERE BROADCASTS
1963 – 4.50pm – Fireball XL5 – Wings Of Danger (ATV London, Ulster, Channel, Westward and Anglia)
1966 – 7.00pm – Thunderbirds – Danger At Ocean Deep (ATV Midlands)
1971 – 8.00pm – UFO – The Man Who Came Back (Anglia and ATV Midlands)
2000 – 3.50pm – Lavender Castle – Galactic Park (ITV Network)
FIRST UK REGIONAL SCREENINGS
1962 – 5.05pm – Four Feather Falls – Gunfight In Main Street (Border)
1963 – 4.40pm – Fireball XL5 – Last Of The Zanadus (Tyne Tees)
1963 – 4.50pm – Fireball XL5 – Spy In Space (Southern)
1965 – 5.25pm – Stingray – The Cool Cave Man (ATV Midlands)
1965 – 6.05pm – Stingray – Set Sail For Adventure (Granada)
1966 – 6.30pm – Thunderbirds – Vault Of Death (T.W.W.)
1968 – 5.12pm – Captain Scarlet – Renegade Rocket (Southern)
1971 – 8.00pm – UFO – The Psychobombs (Tyne Tees)
1974 – 1.40pm – The Protectors – Trial (Grampian)
1975 – 11.05pm – The Protectors – The Bridge (Channel and Westward)
OVERSEAS FIRST BROADCASTS
1962 – 6.30pm – Supercar – Pirate Plunder (Channel 11, WPIX, New York, USA)
1965 – 6.00pm – Stingray – The Lighthouse Dwellers (ABC 3, Canberra, Australia)
1965 – 7.30pm – Stingray – Sea Of Oil (Fuji Television, Japan)
1978 – 7.30pm – Space:1999 – Catacombs Of The Moon (CTC 7, Canberra, Australia)
GUEST APPEARENCES IN OTHER TELEVISION SERIES
1966 – 9.40pm – David Graham appears in The Liars on Rediffusion London Television
1966 – 9.40pm – George Sewell appears in Gideon’s Way in the episode Boy With A Gun on Southern Television
TODAYS OTHER NEWS
1965 – Issue 3 of TV Century 21 Comic goes on sale with another free gift inside – an easy to build model of Fireball XL5
1973 – It is reported that Fab 1 (the 22ft version) has sold at auction for £8,000 to Doctor Gerald Moore, he has purchased the vehicle to add to his collection of vintage cars at a pleasure park he owns
1974 – 11.35am – Southern Television broadcast The Secret Service for the last time in this region with the episode More Haste Less Speed