FIRST UK REGIONAL SCREENINGS
1961 – 5.25pm – Supercar – Keep It Cool (Westward and T.W.W.)
1971 – 5.10pm – UFO – Destruction (Granada)
1971 – 5.20pm – UFO – E.S.P. (Grampian)
1976 – 5.45pm – Space:1999 – The Last Sunset (Ulster)
1977 – 2.05pm – Space:1999 – A Matter Of Balance (Granada)
1980 – 11.55am – The Animates – Snow Time (Thames)
OVERSEAS FIRST BROADCASTS
1963 – 6.00pm – Supercar – The Runaway Train (ABC 3, Canberra and ABN 2, Sydney, Australia)
1966 – 6.00pm – Thunderbirds – Danger At Ocean Deep (NHK, Japan)
1976 – 7.00pm – Space:1999 – Ring Around The Moon (Television One, New Zealand)
1977 – 4.30pm – Space:1999 – Matter Of Life And Death (TBS, Japan)
GUEST APPEARANCES IN OTHER TELEVISION SERIES
1968 – 9.00pm – Cyril Shaps appears in Frontier on Border Television in the episode Dastui
1972 – 9.00pm – Paul Maxwell makes his first appearance in Man At The Top on Southern Television in the episode Living Like A Lord, he will appear in further episodes of the series
TODAYS OTHER NEWS
1971 – The East Midlands Motor Show opens in Nottingham at The Goose Fair, one of the cars from UFO is on show until 15th August
1974 – Filming begins on the Space:1999 episode Voyager’s Return
1982 – Ulster Television broadcast Thunderbirds for the last time at 11.05am with the episode Security Hazard
