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On This Day In Anderson History – 9th August

TODAYS ARRIVALS

1936 – Roger Woodburn

 

 

FIRST UK REGIONAL SCREENINGS

1960 – 4.45pm – Torchy The Battery BoyThe Moon Falls Asleep (Associated-Rediffusion and Anglia)

1961 – 5.25pm – SupercarPhantom Piper (Ulster)

1966 – 4.45pm – The Adventures Of TwizzleThe Naughty Girl (Westward)

1974 – 6.30pm – The ProtectorsLena (HTV)

1977 – 11.30pm – The ProtectorsPetard (Tyne Tees)

 

OVERSEAS FIRST BROADCASTS

1960 – 5.00pm – Torchy The Battery BoyKing Dithers And Daffy (ABV 2, Melbourne, Australia)

1963 – 7.00pm – Fireball XL5Mystery Of The TA2 (Fuji Television, Japan)

1965 – 6.00pm – Fireball XL5Prisoner On The Lost Planet (AMV 4, Albury, Australia)

1966 – 5.25pm – Fireball XL5Convict In Space (CTC 7, Canberra, Australia)

1979 – 11.56pm – Space:1999Brian The Brain (Tokai Television, Japan)

 

GUEST APPEARANCES IN OTHER TELEVISION SERIES

1961 – 8.30pm – Peter Dyneley appears in Family Solicitor on Granada Television in the episode Strike Action

1971 – 9.00pm – David Healy appears in The Sinners on Southern Television in the episode The Little Mother

1972 – 9.00pm – Windsor Davies appears in The Main Chance on Southern Television in the episode Choice Of Jungles

 

TODAYS OTHER NEWS

1963 – Recording sessions begin at Pye Studios for the first episode of Stingray along with the Gary Miller version of Aqua Marina