Posted by
Mark Davies on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/Hi-from-a-newbie-tp4022091p4022093.html
On 31/07/2012 21:17, Gordon wrote:
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> Hello All,
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> >I'm a newbie on this group and I thought I would introduce myself.
> I've been into UFO since the early seventies, and I've just >completed
> the DVD set and have started re watching them, brings back a lot of
> memories. This series was a very big part of my >youth and I collected
> all the books, gum cards, dinky toys etc, which is significantly some
> of the only remaining stuff I have >from my childhood -- must have
> felt the need to keep it. It's great to watch it again and actually
> understand a lot of it, as I never >did as a kid!
> >I was wondering if someone could help me with a few queries regarding
> the series:-
> >>1. Transmission dates. I used to watch UFO on what I think must have
> been the first or second re runs -- 11.10 on a Sunday AM >on Anglia
> TV, then 2.10 on Sunday afternoon for Midlands. We could get both in
> our area. This would have been in the early to >mid 1970's, I guess
> between 1973 and 1976 but does anyone have the exact dates? I missed
> this first transmissions in 1970 >1971 as I was only 3 or 4 at the time!
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Hello Gordon......Welcome.
As an avid fan of UFO,watching the series in the Midlands area
at the time,I can tell you that as far as the
Midlands is concerned,the re-run started on Sunday 30th December
1973 until around May 1974.I say around May 1974 because it then
changed to a late Saturday night slot in order to show the more adult
episodes.The end of that run co-incided with the start of the 1974
World Cup in Munich in June.
The time of transmission for Sunday was Lunchtime,normally around
1.15.It was usually,at least to start with,
preceded by Weekend World introduced at the time by Peter Jay and
laterly by the American family cartoon Wait Till Your Father Gets
Home.It was followed by Star Soccer.
The Anglian episodes overlapped with the Midland episodes.I am not
sure exactly how the overlap occured,but I can check,as I have a lot of
old TV TImes from that time.
Regards Mark UK
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