UK PREMIERE BROADCASTS
1975 – 7.00pm – Space:1999 – Breakaway (ATV Midlands, Scottish, Grampian, Ulster, Tyne Tees, Yorkshire, Westward, Border and Channel)
1976 – 11.30am – Space:1999 – The Metamorph (London Weekend)
FIRST UK REGIONAL SCREENINGS
1961 – 5.25pm – Supercar – Ice-Fall (Westward and T.W.W.)
1971 – 5.10pm – UFO – Flight Path (Granada)
1971 – 12.30pm – The Adventures Of Twizzle – Twizzle Goes Fishing (Grampian)
1971 – 5.15pm – UFO – Computer Affair (Grampian)
1976 – 11.35am – Space:1999 – War Games (Southern)
1976 – 5.15pm – Space:1999 – The Last Enemy (Ulster)
1976 – 5.40pm – Space:1999 – The Metamorph (ATV Midlands)
1982 – 11.15am – Space:1999 – The Exiles (Border)
OVERSEAS FIRST BROADCASTS
1961 – 4.30pm – The Adventures Of Twizzle – Polly Moppet Disappears (GTV 9, Melbourne, Australia)
1963 – 6.00pm – Supercar – The Magic Carpet (ABC 3, Canberra and ABN Channel 2, Sydney, Australia)
1966 – 6.00pm – Thunderbirds – Move – And You’re Dead (NHK, Japan)
1977 – 4.30pm – Space:1999 – Another Time, Another Place (TBS, Japan)
GUEST APPEARANCES IN OTHER TELEVISION SERIES
1965 – 7.20pm – Peter Dyneley appears in The Saint on ATV London Television in the episode The Careful Terrorist
1966 – 3.40pm – Maxwell Shaw appears in Gideon’s Way on Border Television in the episode Big Fish, Little Fish
1968 – 8.00pm – Lois Maxwell appears in The Baron on Border Television in the episode Something For A Rainy Day
1973 – 10.10am – Vladek Sheybal and Paul Maxwell appear in The Saint on Westward Television in the episode The Helpful Pirate
1973 – 12.00am – Ray Barrett stars in Scales Of Justice on Tyne Tees Television entitled Moment Of Decision
1978 – 4.45pm – Prentis Hancock appears in Enid Blyton’s Famous Five on Westward Television in the episode Five Go On A Hike Together
TODAYS OTHER NEWS
1967 – The Spectrum are featured in todays Daily Mirror under the headline Puppets win the pop boys £100.000. The group are pictured on the set of Captain Scarlet
1975 – Space:1999 makes it’s debut on ATV Midlands, Scottish, Border, Yorkshire, Westward, Channel, Grampian, Ulster and Tyne Tees Television today
1976 – The second series of Space:1999 starts on London Weekend and ATV Midlands Television today
2002 – The Daily Echo reports on a sand-sculpting competition held on Bournemouth beach where hundreds of children took part trying to recreate their own versions of craft from Thunderbirds with one expert creating a nine foot Fab 1 along with Parker
2005 – A one day event takes place at Pinewood Studios – Destination Moonbase Alpha