Space Patrol in the UK In the United Kingdom, Space Patrol seems to have had a national distribution, though with only a single screening and few repeats. It would appear that most regions followed (or started to follow) either the Associated-Rediffusion (i.e. Westward) or ABC (Granada & Tyne-Tees) screening orders. Comparisons of the listings in each region highlight certain similarities, suggesting that a synopsis for each story was issued and the various listings newspapers & magazines took what details were the most appropiate (though not always!), or what space allowed. This has been confirmed in the case of Sara and Hoppity. Some regions resorted to a 'stock' outline of the series (see Destruction by Sound, left) and even omitted the episode title. England - South: Associated Rediffusion (A-R)/London area: The screening order for this region is the most consistent with the production order. A-R held the franchise for weekdays, with ATV (ITC) having the weekends. Therefore Space Patrol aired on either Thursday or Friday afternoons, starting from July 5th 1963 and screening all 39 episodes by June 1964. A detailed listing is can be found here. Anglia: Anglia started to show Space Patrol on Thursday July 18th 1963 at 5.25pm. The following week, Associated-Rediffusion moved their screenings to Thursday so the two regions were synchronised. However, it is not known if the same episodes were shown simultaneously. Anglia continued with an unbroken screening of 24 episodes to December 26th. Southern: Southern was the latest region to screen Space Patrol, starting on Thursday October 3rd with a synchronised screening with Associated-Rediffusion as they recommenced after a short summer break. An unbroken run of 13 episodes to December 26th 1963. England - West: Westward: At the time of writing, we can determine Space Patrol started airing on Westward Television in the same slot as the London Associated-Rediffusion schedule up until The Rings Of Saturn. At this point, London took a break of a few weeks but Westward continued with its own order, stopping after 19 episodes. No further transmission dates have yet been sourced. •Series One •The Planet Of Light 04.01.64 •The Wandering Asteroid 05.07.63 •Time Stands Still 11.01.64 •The Dark Planet 12.07.63 •Husky Becomes Invisible 18.01.64 •The Slaves Of Neptune 19.07.63 •The Walking Lake Of Jupiter 25.01.64 •The Fires Of Mercury 25.07.63 •The New Planet 01.02.64 •The Shrinking Spaceman 01.08.63 •The Human Fish 08.02.64 •Robot Revolution 08.08.63 •Message From A Star 02.10.62 •The Cloud Of Death 15.08.63 •Series Twoal" •The Rings Of Saturn 22.08.63 •The Unknown Asteroid 03.07.66 •The Forgers 29.08.63 •The Evil Eye Of Venus 10.07.66 •The Miracle Tree Of Saturn 05.09.63 •Secret Formula 17.07.66 •Volcanoes Of Venus 12.09.63 •The Telepathic Robot 24.07.66 •Mystery On The Moon 19.09.63 •Deadly Whirlwind 31.07.66 •The Invisible Invasion 26.09.63 •The Jitter Waves 07.08.66 •The Buried Space Ship 03.10.63 •Sands Of Death 16.06.68 •The Talking Bell 10.10.63 •The Hairy Men Of Mars 23.06.68 •Explosion On the Sun 17.10.63 •The Grass Of Saturn 30.06.68 •The Planet Of Thought 24.10.63 •Force Field X 07.07.68 •The Swamps Of Jupiter 31.10.63 •The Water Bomb 14.07.68 •Title Unknown 07.11.63 •Destruction By Sound 21.07.68 •The Glowing Eggs Of Titan 28.12.63 •The Shrinking Gas Of Jupiter 28.07.68 Channel: Owing to its small audience, Channel was often synchronised with Westward (or Southern) and simply relayed their networked transmissions. The series begain the same time as Westward (and also Associated-Rediffusion), on July 5th, with small variations which could be errors in listings. •Series One •The Planet Of Light 04.01.64 •The Wandering Asteroid 05.07.63 •Time Stands Still 11.01.64 •The Dark Planet 12.07.63 •Husky Becomes Invisible 18.01.64 •The Slaves Of Neptune 19.07.63 •The Walking Lake Of Jupiter 25.01.64 •The Fires Of Mercury 25.07.63 •The New Planet 01.02.64 •The Shrinking Spaceman 01.08.63 •The Human Fish 08.02.64 •Robot Revolution 08.08.63 •Message From A Star 02.10.62 •The Cloud Of Death 15.08.63 •Series Twoal" •The Rings Of Saturn 22.08.63 •The Unknown Asteroid 03.07.66 •The Forgers 29.08.63 •The Evil Eye Of Venus 10.07.66 •The Miracle Tree Of Saturn 05.09.63 •Secret Formula 17.07.66 •Volcanoes Of Venus 12.09.63 •The Telepathic Robot 24.07.66 •Mystery On The Moon 19.09.63 •Deadly Whirlwind 31.07.66 •The Invisible Invasion 26.09.63 •The Jitter Waves 07.08.66 •Volcanoes Of Venus * 03.10.63 •Sands Of Death 16.06.68 •The Talking Bell 10.10.63 •The Hairy Men Of Mars 23.06.68 •Explosion On the Sun 17.10.63 •The Grass Of Saturn 30.06.68 •The Planet Of Thought 24.10.63 •Force Field X 07.07.68 •The Swamps Of Jupiter 31.10.63 •The Water Bomb 14.07.68 •The Planet Of Thought • 07.11.63 •Destruction By Sound 21.07.68 •The Glowing Eggs Of Titan 28.12.63 •The Shrinking Gas Of Jupiter 28.07.68 * The supposed repeat of Volcanoes Of Venus is listed as The Buried Space Ship by Westward. • This coincides with the London A-R screening, which Westward - and Channel - had already shown. England - North: ATV Midlands: In this region we have an about face from London, with ATV showing programmes during the week and ABC having the weekend. Space Patrol aired on Sundays from April 7th 1963 with the first 26 episodes screened by February 1964. However the remaining 13 episodes which comprised Series 2 were not seen until much later, with 6 episodes screened from July 1966 and the final 7 appearing just prior to the reshuffle of television franchises in the summer 0f 1968. These constitute the last confirmed screenings of Space Patrol in the UK. •Series One Sundays •The Buried Space Ship 04.01.64 •The Swamps Of Jupiter 07.04.63 •The Invisible Invasion 11.01.64 •The Dark Planet 14.04.63 •The Walking Lake Of Jupiter 18.01.64 •The Shrinking Spaceman 21.04.63 •Explosion On the Sun 25.01.64 •The Fires Of Mercury 28.04.63 •Volcanoes Of Venus 01.02.64 •The Slaves Of Neptune 05.05.63 •The New Planet 08.02.64 •The Robot Revolution 12.05.63 02.10.62 •The Cloud Of Death 19.05.63 •Series Twoal" Sundays •The Rings Of Saturn 26.05.63 •The Unknown Asteroid 03.07.66 •The Forgers 02.06.63 •The Evil Eye Of Venus 10.07.66 •Time Stands Still 09.06.63 •Secret Formula 17.07.66 •The Human Fish 16.06.63 •The Telepathic Robot 24.07.66 •The Talking Bell 23.06.63 •Deadly Whirlwind 31.07.66 •The Wandering Asteroid 30.06.63 •The Jitter Waves 07.08.66 •The Glowing Eggs Of Titan 07.07.63 •Sands Of Death 16.06.68 •The Planet Of Thought 25.08.63 •The Hairy Men Of Mars 23.06.68 •Husky Becomes Invisible 01.09.63 •The Grass Of Saturn 30.06.68 •Message From A Star 08.09.63 •Force Field X 07.07.68 •The Miracle Tree Of Saturn 15.09.63 •The Water Bomb 14.07.68 •Mystery On The Moon 22.09.63 •Destruction By Sound 21.07.68 •The Planet Of Light 28.12.63 •The Shrinking Gas Of Jupiter 28.07.68 Granada: Publicity photos distributed by ABC indicate that the North and Tyne-Tees regions started screening at the same time as ATV Midlands, on Sunday April 7th 1963. Newspapers at the time list 'Midlands & North' as having the same programmes at weekends during this period, and the Granada region TV Times gives the same airdates as ATV Midlands during 1963. Tyne-Tees: Starting the same time as ATV Midlands, Tyne-Tees adopted an order more in line with Associated-Rediffusion, completing 26 episodes (seemingly the whole first series) prior to Christmas - the first region to do so.They picked up the second series shortly after, completing it by the summer of 1964. Tyne-Tees were also one of the few regions to repeat Space Patrol, with a near complete run of the first series from the summer of 1966. •Series One •The Talking Bell 11.11.63 •The Swamp On Jupiter (sic) 07.04.63 •The Buried Space Ship 18.11.63 •The Wandering Asteroid 14.04.63 •The New Planet 25.11.63 •The Dark Planet 21.04.63 •Message From A Star 02.11.63 •The Slaves Of Neptune 28.04.63 •Explosion On the Sun 09.12.63 •The Shrinking Spaceman 05.05.63 •The Miracle Tree Of Saturn * 16.12.63 •The Fires Of Mercury 12.05.63 02.10.62 •The Rings Of Saturn 19.05.63 •Series Twoal" •Volcanoes Of Venus 26.05.63 •The Unknown Asteroid 30.03.64 •No details 02.06.63 •The Evil Eye Of Venus 06.04.64 •Mystery on The Moon 09.06.63 •Secret Formula 13.04.64 •No details 16.06.63 •The Telepathic Robot 20.04.64 •The Miracle Tree Of Saturn 23.06.63 •The Deadly Whirlwind 27.04.64 •The Miracle Tree Of Saturn * 16.09.63 •The Jitter Waves 04.05.64 •The Glowing Eggs Of Titan 23.09.63 •Sands Of Death 11.05.64 •The Planet Of Light 30.09.63 •The Hairy Men Of Mars 18.05.64 •Time Stands Still 07.10.63 •The Grass Of Saturn 25.05.64 •Husky Becomes Invisible 14.10.63 •Force Field X 01.06.64 •The Walking Lake Of Jupiter 21.10.63 •The Water Bomb 08.06.64 •The Human Fish 28.10.63 •Destruction By Sound 15.06.64 •The Invisible Invasion 04.11.63 •The Shrinking Gas Of Jupiter 22.06.64 * Quite incredibly The Miracle Tree Of Saturn is listed as being shown three times in the first series - finishing one run and starting and ending the next. It is possible the first airdate was cancelled and rescheduled - but as The Robot Revolution, The Cloud Of Death and The Forgers are missing, this suggests the listings are partially incorrect. Wales: TWW (Television West & Wales): Adopting its own schedule, TWW starting airing the series from Wednesday 18th September 1963 with a complete unbroken run of Series One. As with Midlands, Series Two began in the summer of 1966 but showing all 13 episodes. The entire series is rumoured to have been repeated around 1970 by HTV (Harlech), who took over the franchise for the region in 1968, but this has not been confirmed. However it is known that Sara & Hoppity was sold to Harlech and Southern around this time so this is a distinct possibility. •Series One •The Planet Of Light 07.02.64 •The Wandering Asteroid 18.09.63 •The Buried Space Ship 14.01.64 •The Dark Planet 25.09.63 •Time Stands Still 21.01.64 •The Fires Of Mercury 02.10.63 •The Walking Lake Of Jupiter 28.01.64 •The Shrinking Spaceman 09.10.63 •Explosion On the Sun 06.02.64 •The Robot Revolution 16.10.63 •Message From A Star 13.02.64 •The Slaves Of Neptune 23.10.63 02.10.62 •The Cloud Of Death 30.10.63 •Series Twoal" •The Rings Of Saturn 06.11.63 •Deadly Whirlwind 26.05.66 •The Miracle Tree Of Saturn 13.11.63 •The Unknown Asteroid * 02.06.66 •Mystery On The Moon 20.11.63 •The Telepathic Robot 09.06.66 •The Invisible Invasion 27.11.63 •The Evil Eye Of Venus 16.06.66 •The Forgers 04.12.63 •Secret Formula 20.06.66 •Volcanoes Of Venus 11.12.63 •The Jitter Waves 27.06.66 •The Swamps Of Jupiter 18.12.63 •Sands Of Death 04.07.66 •The Glowing Eggs Of Titan 26.12.63 •The Hairy Men Of Mars 11.07.66 •The Planet Of Thought 03.01.64 •Force Field X 24.07.66 •Husky Becomes Invisible 10.01.64 •Destruction By Sound 31.07.66 •The New Planet 17.01.64 •The Shrinking Gas Of Jupiter 07.08.66 •The Human Fish 24.01.64 •The Grass Of Saturn 14.08.66 •The Talking Bell 31.01.64 •The Water Bomb 21.08.66 * The Unknown Asteroid is listed as being shown twice in this run, with the second screening being on Monday July 18th. It is possible the original airdate was cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances and rescheduled. Teledu Cymru (Wales West & North): No details sourced independently but transmission of Space Patrol may have been shared with TWW. Scotland: Border (Northern England/Southern Scotland): No details at present but possibly as Midlands & Granada. Scottish Television (Central Scotland): STV started in August with a consistent run of 26 episodes, screened at 5.25pm on Thursdays. From October 3rd (Volcanoes of Venus) the episodes were synchronised with Associated-Redifussion in London, until the end of the first series. No airdates are currently known for the second series. •Series One •The Human Fish 26.12.63 •The Wandering Asteroid 08.08.63 •The Invisible Invasion 02.01.64 •The Dark Planet 15.08.63 •The Talking Bell 09.01.64 •The Slaves Of Neptune 22.08.63 •The Buried Space Ship 16.01.64 •The Fires Of Mercury 29.08.63 •Message From A Star 23.01.64 •The Shrinking Spaceman 05.09.63 •Explosion On the Sun 30.01.64 •Robot Revolution 12.09.63 02.10.62 •The Cloud Of Death 19.09.63 •Series Twoal" •The Rings Of Saturn 26.09.63 •Deadly Whirlwind •Volcanoes Of Venus 03.10.63 •The Unknown Asteroid •Mystery On The Moon 10.10.63 •The Telepathic Robot •The Miracle Tree Of Saturn 17.10.63 •The Evil Eye Of Venus •The Forgers 24.10.63 •Secret Formula •The Swamps Of Jupiter 31.10.63 •The Jitter Waves •The Planet Of Thought 07.11.63 •Sands Of Death •The Glowing Eggs Of Titan 14.11.63 •The Hairy Men Of Mars •The Planet Of Life (sic) 21.11.63 •Force Field X •Time Stands Still 28.11.63 •Destruction By Sound •Husky Becomes Invisible 05.12.63 •The Shrinking Gas Of Jupiter •The Walking Lake Of Jupiter 12.12.63 •The Grass Of Saturn •The New Planet 19.12.63 •The Water Bomb Grampian (North East Scotland): No details at present. Ireland: Ulster & Northern Ireland: Belfast Channel 9 Television showed some episodes in an extremely sporadic screening from Sunday June 30th 1963. A second episode was shown on Sunday July 7th then there was a break of six weeks before another run of five was shown. No individual titles were listed, and no further episodes shown. Perhaps they didn't like the portrayal of the Irish Professor Haggarty... With thanks to Russ J Graham of Transdiffusion.org. Mike Noon, Gerald McMullon, the British Library and the BFI Library. Research is still on-going and Space Patrol - The Website would welcome any further information on screenings in the UK regions, especially Scotland and Ireland.