UK PREMIERE BROADCASTS
1971 – 5.15pm – UFO – Reflections In The Water (Anglia)
FIRST UK REGIONAL SCREENINGS
1964 – 5.25pm – Supercar – Operation Superstork (Ulster)
1966 – 3.25pm – Thunderbirds – City Of Fire Part Two (Ulster)
1966 – 5.05pm – Thunderbirds – The Cham-Cham (T.W.W.)
1971 – 5.15pm – UFO – Flight Path (Southern)
1971 – 5.15pm – UFO – Close Up (Yorkshire)
1973 – 6.30pm – The Protectors – Bagman (Scottish)
1976 – 5.30pm – Space:1999 – The Troubled Spirit (Border)
1982 – 9.20am – Thunderbirds – Day Of Disaster (Yorkshire)
OVERSEAS FIRST BROADCASTS
1963 – 6.00pm – Supercar – The Sky’s The Limit (ABC 3, Canberra, Australia)
1966 – 6.00pm – Thunderbirds – End Of The Road (NHK, Japan)
1976 – 5.00pm – The Protectors – Lena (NET, Japan)
1976 – 7.00pm – Space:1999 – Collision Course (Television One, New Zealand)
TODAYS OTHER NEWS
1965 – The Manchester Evening News reports on the new puppet series Thunderbirds which is been filmed in Slough, details abut the puppet heads and how they work are included with a photo from the episode Day Of Disaster
1965 – This weeks edition of Look And Learn Comic (no.177) has a two page article inside entitled Electronic Puppets That Speak For Themselves, which includes photos of the main Stingray cast along with a look at the new series Thunderbirds
2003 – The Barbican in London hosts an evening with Gerry Anderson, after the talk they screen Doppleganger, over the weekend various episodes from Thunderbirds, Stingray, Supercar, Space:1999, The Secret Service, The Protectors and Fireball XL5 will be shown along with The Day After Tomorrow
