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On This Day In Anderson History – 6th October

TODAYS ARRIVALS

1930 – Ron Embleton

 

 

 

UK PREMIERE BROADCASTS

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

1963 – 4.00pm – Fireball XL5 –   Ghosts Of Space (ATV London and Ulster)

1967 – 5.25pm – Captain ScarletWinged Assassin (ATV Midlands)

1968 – 5.30pm – Joe 90Most Special Astronaut (ATV Midlands and Tyne Tees)

1972 – 8.00pm – The ProtectorsFor The Rest Of Your Natural (Granada)

 

FIRST UK REGIONAL SCREENINGS

1961 – 5.25pm – SupercarSupercar “Take One” (Granada)

1964 – 4.45pm – The Adventures Of Twizzle Footso Gets A New Tail (Border, Southern and Channel)

1964 – 7.00pm – StingrayThe Pilot (ATV Midlands, Westward and Channel)

1966 – 6.30pm – ThunderbirdsThe Duchess Assignment (Grampian)

1972 – 7.00pm – The Protectors It Was All Over In Leipzig (Channel, Westward and London Weekend)

1972 – 7.30pm – The ProtectorsBrother Hood (ATV Midlands)

1972 – 7.30pm – UFOExposed (Ulster)

1973 – 9.55am – Joe 90Test Flight (London Weekend)

1974 – 1.10pm – The ProtectorsA Pocketful Of Posies (Anglia)

 

OVERSEAS FIRST BROADCASTS

1961 – 4.30pm – The Adventures Of TwizzleTwizzle Builds Stray Town (GTV 9, Melbourne, Australia)

1965 – 4.00pm – Fireball XL5 Space Pen (ATN 7, Sydney, Australia)

1965 – 5.00pm – Fireball XL5The Fire Fighters (HSV 7, Melbourne, Australia)

1965 – 5.30pm – Fireball XL5Hypnotic Sphere (BCV 8, Bendigo, Australia)

1965 – 5.35pm – Fireball XL5Mystery Of The TA2 (GMV 6, Shepparton, Australia)

 

 

TODAYS OTHER NEWS

1962 – Four Feather Falls appears in TV Comic for the final time – Issue 564

1964 – Stingray starts on ATV Midlands, Channel and Westward Television