Original 1967 transmission dates on Tyne Tees TV

by **Shade** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 2:19 pm

At this time 40 years ago, I remember that TV21 was dropping hints about the upcoming new series by mentioning a mysterious organisation with a logo that looked like a roundel covered in an odd "S" shape. Eventually it culminated in, IIRC, Zero X nearly crashing into a UFO that turned out to be Cloudbase (I freely admit my memories of that last bit might be a bit off) and when Zero X lande, Captain Black sneaked away. This led up to TV21 announcing the new series - Captain Scarlet. For weeks it ran the classic comic strip with art by Ron Embleton and featured Captain Scarlet on the cover, but was the series on ITV in all the regions? ISTR that TV21 had had the new strip in for a goof few weeks before Tyne Tees got around to showing it, possibly a month or so behind the rest of the country.

So what I'm asking is: Does anyone know the dates on which Tyne Tees TV first started showing the series, and what was the date that the series first went out on ITV, and in which region?

(The reason I'm asking is that while I know that the 40th anniversary is coming up, I'd like to watch the DVDs I have of Captain Scarlet starting on the same date as they first went out in 1967, with perhaps the commentary version of the first episode on the 40th anniversary of the first Tyne Tees showing.)

by **Marion** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 5:00 pm

Can't help you much with Tyne Tees dates - the original transmission dates are in 'The Complete Book of Captain Scarlet' by Chris Bentley - starting with ep 1 - The Mysterons on Friday 29 September 1967 at 5.25pm - on ATV Midland. It was 1993 before the show got its first UK network broadcast - 6.00pm Friday 1st October on BBC2.

BTW - Was does IIRC and ISTR stand for, please?

by **Shade** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 10:23 am

Marion wrote:Can't help you much with Tyne Tees dates - the original transmission dates are in 'The Complete Book of Captain Scarlet' by Chris Bentley - starting with ep 1 - The Mysterons on Friday 29 September 1967 at 5.25pm - on ATV Midland. It was 1993 before the show got its first UK network broadcast - 6.00pm Friday 1st October on BBC2.

BTW - Was does IIRC and ISTR stand for, please?

Nothing to do with SIG or SIR.

IIRC: If I Remember Correctly;

ISTR: I Seem To Remember.

As I recall, Tyne Tees started running the series on a Thursady afternoon at first, then sometime during the run, shifted it to Sunday afternoons. It's just the date it first went out on TTTV that eludes me.

by **shaqui** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 7:33 am

Not all UK regions started showing the series in late 1967 - some held it back until the start of 1968.

IIRC when I was researching 'Space Patrol' and looking for the 1968 repeats in various regions, i did stumble across a feature (have to look it up in my notebooks) where they actually showed a behind-the-scenes shot from Joe 90! So considering this was around (I think) Dec 1967 or Jan/Feb 1968, this would have been one of the earliest published photos from that series! The feature also indicated that Jeremy Wilkins (Captain Ochre) did the voice of the Mysterons! Whether this was a boo-boo, or indicated that Donald Grey didn't always do the voice, I still don't know...