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On This Day In Anderson History – 5th July

TODAYS ARRIVALS

1934 – Philip Madoc

 

 

TODAYS DEPARTURES

1976 – Frank Bellamy

 

UK PREMIERE BROADCASTS

1959 – 5.00pm – Torchy The Battery BoyBad Boy Bogey (ABC Midlands and ABC North)

1986 – 11.30am – TerrahawksTimewarp (ITV Network)

 

FIRST UK REGIONAL SCREENINGS

1960 – 4.45pm – Torchy The Battery BoyThe Twins Learn A Lesson (Anglia and Associated-Rediffusion)

1963 – 5.28pm – Fireball XL5Faster Than Light (Grampian)

1974 – 6.30pm – The Protectors Implicado (HTV)

1977 – 7.30pm – Space:1999Space Brain (Tyne Tees)

 

OVERSEAS FIRST BROADCASTS

1963 – 7.00pm – Fireball XL5The Triads (Fuji Television, Japan)

1979 – 11.56pm – Space:1999All That Glisters (Tokai Television, Japan)

 

GUEST APPEARANCES IN OTHER TELEVISION SERIES

1967 – 8.00pm – Shane Rimmer appears in Court Martial in the episode No Wreath For An Angel on Southern Television

1968 – 7.33pm – John Bluthal appears in The Saint on Border Television in the episode The Happy Suicide

1973 – 11.10am – John Bluthal appears in The Saint on Westward Television in the episode The Damsel In Distress

 

TODAYS OTHER NEWS

1966 – A 35 feet replica of Thunderbird 3 will be at The Royal Show Ground in Stoneleigh Abbey, Coventry, it will be touring around the country as part of Doctor Barnardo’s Homes Centenary to raise funds for the charity