TODAYS DEPARTURES
1978 – Donald Gray
UK PREMIERE BROADCASTS
1960 – 5.00pm – Four Feather Falls – A Close Shave (Granada, Anglia, ATV Midlands, Associated-Rediffusion, Scottish, Southern, Ulster, Tyne Tees and T.W.W.)
1963 – 4.40pm – Fireball XL5 – Drama At Space City (ATV London and Ulster)
1973 – 5.45pm – The Protectors – Quin (London Weekend)
FIRST UK REGIONAL SCREENINGS
1962 – 5.15pm – Supercar – Space For Mitch (Tyne Tees)
1963 – 4.10pm – Fireball XL5 – Space Vacation (Southern)
1963 – 4.50pm – Fireball XL5 – The Mystery Of The TA2 (Anglia)
1964 – 4.45pm – The Adventures Of Twizzle – Jiffy And Chawky Quarrel (Anglia, Channel and Border)
1965 – 5.25pm – Stingray – The Disappearing Ships (ATV Midlands)
1965 – 6.05pm – Stingray – The Lighthouse Dwellers (Granada)
1966 – 5.00pm – Thunderbirds – Trapped In The Sky (Wales West And North)
1966 – 5.00pm – Thunderbirds – The Cham-Cham (Anglia)
1968 – 4.40pm – Captain Scarlet – Noose Of Ice (Anglia)
1968 – 5.30pm – Captain Scarlet – The Launching (ATV London, Channel, Scottish, Westward and Border)
1968 – 5.30pm – Captain Scarlet – Crater 101 (Tyne Tees)
1975 – 10.30pm – UFO – Timelash (Border)
1977 – 7.00pm – Journey To The Far Side Of The Sun (Westward)
OVERSEAS FIRST BROADCASTS
1962 – 6.30pm – Supercar – Ice-Fall (WPIX Channel 11, New York, USA)
1964 – 4.00pm – Fireball XL5 – Planet Of Platonia (CBOT 4, Ottawa, Canada)
1965 – 6.00pm – Stingray – Tune Of Danger (ABC 3, Canberra, Australia)
GUEST APPEARANCES IN OTHER TELEVISION SERIES
1963 – 2.25pm – Cyril Shaps appears in Danger Man on ABC North Television in the episode Colonel Rodriguez
1966 – 7.00pm – Grant Taylor stars in Weavers Green, a new serial which starts on Anglia Television
1966 – 9.40pm – Vladek Sheybal appears in The Man In Room 17 on Rediffusion London Television in the episode How To Rob A Bank – And Get Away With It
1966 – 10.10pm – Peter Dyneley, Ed Bishop, Paul Maxwell and David Healy appear in Court Martial on Anglia Television in the episode Shadow Of A Man
1966 – 10.15pm – Wanda Ventham appears in Armchair Theatre on Rediffusion London Television in the presentation Daughter Of The House
1967 – 5.25pm – Nicholas Parsons appears in The Adventures Of Robin Hood on Southern Television in the episode Trial By Battle
1969 – 10.30pm – Jerome Willis appears in Danger Man on Harlech Television in the episode Someone Is Liable To Get Hurt
1972 – 3.00pm – Clifton Jones appears in Kate on Yorkshire Television in the episode Dear Monica
1975 – 8.00pm – Georgina Moon appears in How’s Your Father on Yorkshire Television in the story Back To Square One
TODAYS OTHER NEWS
1966 – Thunderbirds starts on Wales West And North Television
1977 – Journey To The Far Side Of The Sun is broadcast for the first time on Westward Television