Space 1999 Catacombs: International: UK

UNITED KINGDOM

Granada

Granada Television, based in Manchester, covers the north west of England (west of Yorkshire). Thirty years later, Granada would grow to take over most of the UK ITV network, as well as the ITC library including Space: 1999. There was little publicity in TV Times (in common with other regions), although switching the time of the first two episodes an hour earlier is remarkable. Thanks to Richard Farrell.

Production Order	Episode	Broadcast
1	Breakaway	Fri, 26 September 1975 6:35pm (billed at 7:35pm)
9	Force of Life	Fri, 03 October 1975 6:35pm (billed at 7:35pm)
13	Collision Course	Fri, 10 October 1975 6:35pm
17	War Games	Fri, 17 October 1975 6:35pm
14	Death's Other Dominion	Fri, 24 October 1975 6:35pm
12	Voyager's Return	Fri, 31 October 1975 6:35pm
10	Alpha Child	Fri, 07 November 1975 6:35pm
23	Dragon's Domain	Fri, 14 November 1975 6:35pm
22	Mission of the Darians	Fri, 21 November 1975 6:35pm
3	Black Sun	Fri, 28 November 1975 6:35pm
8	Guardian of Piri	Fri, 05 December 1975 6:35pm
16	End of Eternity	Fri, 12 December 1975 6:35pm
2	Matter of Life and Death	Fri, 19 December 1975 6:35pm
5	Earthbound	Fri, 26 December 1975 6:05pm
6	Another Time, Another Place	Fri, 16 January 1976 6:35pm (billed as The Infernal Machine)
21	The Infernal Machine	Fri, 23 January 1976 6:35pm
4	Ring Around the Moon	Fri, 30 January 1976 6:35pm
7	Missing Link	Fri, 06 February 1976 6:35pm
11	The Last Sunset	Fri, 13 February 1976 6:35pm
20	Space Brain	Fri, 20 February 1976 6:35pm
19	The Troubled Spirit	Fri, 27 February 1976 6:35pm
24	The Testament of Arkadia	Fri, 05 March 1976 6:35pm
15	The Full Circle	Fri, 12 March 1976 6:35pm
18	The Last Enemy	Fri, 19 March 1976 6:35pm

Year One repeats, 1977

While most regions started Year Two in autumn 1976, Granada held back, first showing a repeat run of ten Year One episodes in January 1977. Starting with War Games, fourth in the original run, the broadcast order was identical.

Production Order	Episode	Granada broadcast
13	Collision Course	Fri, 31 December 1976 11:00am
17	War Games	Sun, 09 January 1977 3:10pm
14	Death's Other Dominion	Sun, 16 January 1977 3:10pm
12	Voyager's Return	Sun, 23 January 1977 3:10pm
10	Alpha Child	Sun, 30 January 1977 3:10pm
23	Dragon's Domain	Sun, 06 February 1977 3:10pm
22	Mission of the Darians	Sun, 13 February 1977 3:10pm
3	Black Sun	Sun, 20 February 1977 3:10pm
8	Guardian of Piri	Sun, 27 February 1977 3:10pm
16	End of Eternity	Sun, 06 March 1977 3:10pm
2	Matter of Life and Death	Sun, 13 March 1977 3:10pm

Year Two, 1977

Year Two finally began in April 1977, seven months after most of the ITV network. The first six episodes were on Fridays. The series paused for 5 weeks before returning on Sunday lunchtimes at the end of June. There was another 4 week pause from mid-August 1977.

There was no publicity that this was a new series. The TV Times listings had a series one photo of Koenig and Helena for The Exiles, and a photo of Taybor for The Taybor. The final episode in the run, The Lambda Factor, was shown earlier, at 12 noon *. The Year One repeats then followed immediately.

Production Order	Episode	Granada broadcast
25	The Metamorph	Fri, 15 April 1977 7:30pm
26	The Exiles	Fri, 22 April 1977 7:30pm
29	Journey To Where	Fri, 29 April 1977 7:30pm
27	One Moment of Humanity	Fri, 06 May 1977 7:30pm
33	Brian the Brain	Fri, 13 May 1977 7:30pm
34	New Adam New Eve	Fri, 20 May 1977 7:30pm
32	The Mark of Archanon	Sun, 26 June 1977 2:35pm
31	The Rules of Luton	Sun, 03 July 1977 2:05pm
28	All That Glisters	Sun, 10 July 1977 2:05pm
30	The Taybor	Sun, 17 July 1977 2:05pm
37	Seed of Destruction	Sun, 24 July 1977 2:05pm
35	The AB Chrysalis	Sun, 31 July 1977 2:05pm
39	A Matter of Balance	Sun, 07 August 1977 2:05pm
40	Space Warp	Sun, 14 August 1977 2:05pm
41	The Bringers of Wonder - Part 1	Sun, 18 September 1977 1:15pm
42	The Bringers of Wonder - Part 2	Sun, 25 September 1977 1:15pm
44	The Seance Spectre	Sun, 02 October 1977 1:15pm
45	Dorzak	Sun, 09 October 1977 1:15pm
46	Devil's Planet	Sun, 16 October 1977 1:15pm
47	The Immunity Syndrome	Sun, 23 October 1977 1:15pm
48	The Dorcons	Sun, 30 October 1977 1:15pm
36	Catacombs of the Moon	Sun, 06 November 1977 1:15pm
38	The Beta Cloud	Sun, 13 November 1977 1:15pm
43	The Lambda Factor	Sun, 20 November 1977 12:00pm

Year One repeats, 1977-1978

The Year One repeats resumed immediately after the first-run Year Two episodes. Five episodes were shown, ending on New Year's Day 1978. The repeats resumed in July 1978 with Breakaway. The Last Enemy was not repeated until April 1980, in the middle of a Year 2 repeat run.

Production Order	Episode	Granada broadcast
6	Another Time, Another Place	Sun, 27 November 1977 1:15pm
21	The Infernal Machine	Sun, 04 December 1977 1:15pm
4	Ring Around the Moon	Sun, 11 December 1977 1:15pm
7	Missing Link	Sun, 18 December 1977 1:15pm
20	Space Brain	Sun, 01 January 1978 1:15pm
1	Breakaway	Sun, 02 July 1978 2:00pm
9	Force of Life	Sun, 09 July 1978 2:00pm
5	Earthbound	Sun, 16 July 1978 2:00pm
15	The Full Circle	Sun, 23 July 1978 2:00pm
11	The Last Sunset	Sun, 30 July 1978 2:00pm
19	The Troubled Spirit	Sun, 06 August 1978 2:00pm
24	The Testament of Arkadia	Sun, 13 August 1978 2:00pm

Year Two Repeats, 1979-1980

Repeats of Year 2 followed at the end of 1979, through to 1980, all on Sundays at 1pm. Note the odd repeat of a Year One episode, The Last Enemy in April 1980. The TV Times had a remarkable entry for The Metamorph, listing the character "Verdeschi (formerly Simon Hayes)".

Production Order	Episode	Granada broadcast
25	The Metamorph	Sun, 18 November 1979 1:00pm
26	The Exiles	Sun, 25 November 1979 1:00pm
33	Brian the Brain	Sun, 02 December 1979 1:00pm
31	The Rules of Luton	Sun, 09 December 1979 1:00pm
28	All That Glisters	Sun, 16 December 1979 1:00pm
37	Seed of Destruction (presumed)	Sun, 30 December 1979 1:00pm
41	The Bringers of Wonder - Part 1	Sun, 13 January 1980 1:00pm
42	The Bringers of Wonder - Part 2	Sun, 20 January 1980 1:00pm
44	The Seance Spectre	Sun, 27 January 1980 1:00pm
45	Dorzak	Sun, 03 February 1980 1:00pm
46	Devil's Planet	Sun, 10 February 1980 1:00pm
36	Catacombs of the Moon	Sun, 17 February 1980 1:00pm
38	The Beta Cloud (as "Beta Cloud")	Sun, 24 February 1980 1:00pm
47	The Immunity Syndrome	Sun, 02 March 1980 1:00pm
48	The Dorcons (as "Return Of The Dorcons")	Sun, 09 March 1980 1:00pm
29	Journey To Where	Sun, 16 March 1980 1:00pm
40	Space Warp	Sun, 23 March 1980 1:00pm
27	One Moment of Humanity	Sun, 30 March 1980 1:00pm
18	The Last Enemy	Sun, 06 April 1980 1:00pm
34	New Adam New Eve	Sun, 13 April 1980 1:00pm
32	The Mark of Archanon	Sun, 20 April 1980 1:00pm
39	A Matter of Balance	Sun, 04 May 1980 1:00pm
43	The Lambda Factor	Sun, 11 May 1980 1:00pm
30	The Taybor	Sun, 18 May 1980 1:00pm
35	The AB Chrysalis	Sun, 25 May 1980 1:00pm

Year One repeats 1982

In common with many other ITV regions, Granada repeated Space: 1999 in 1982-1983, on Saturday mornings from 11.15 to 12.15pm. In the middle of the run, the Year Two episode Space Warp appeared as an unscheduled replacement for cancelled cricket.

Production Order	Episode	Broadcast
1	Breakaway	Sat, 10 April 1982 11:15am
8	Guardian of Piri	Sat, 17 April 1982 11:15am
5	Earthbound	Sat, 24 April 1982 11:15am
6	Another Time, Another Place	Sat, 01 May 1982 11:15am
7	Missing Link	Sat, 08 May 1982 11:15am
11	The Last Sunset	Sat, 15 May 1982 11:15am
17	War Games	Sat, 29 May 1982 09:00am
18	The Last Enemy	Sat, 05 June 1982 11:15am
4	Ring Around the Moon	Sat, 12 June 1982 11:15am
2	Matter of Life and Death	Sat, 19 June 1982 11:15am
21	The Infernal Machine	Sat, 26 June 1982 11:15am
22	Mission of the Darians	Sat, 03 July 1982 11:15am
3	Black Sun	Sat, 10 July 1982 11:15am (as "The Black Sun")
10	Alpha Child	Sat, 17 July 1982 11:15am
15	The Full Circle	Sat, 24 July 1982 11:15am
13	Collision Course	Sat, 31 July 1982 11:15am
40	Space Warp	Sat, 7 August 1982 11:15am
24	The Testament of Arkadia	Sat, 14 August 1982 11:15am
20	Space Brain	Sat, 21 August 1982 11:15am
9	Force of Life	Sat, 28 August 1982 11:15am
14	Death's Other Dominion	Sat, 04 September 1982 11:15am
19	The Troubled Spirit	Sat, 11 September 1982 11:15am
16	End of Eternity	Sat, 18 September 1982 11:15am
12	Voyager's Return	Sat, 25 September 1982 11:15am
23	Dragon's Domain	Sat, 02 October 1982 11:15am

Year Two Repeats, 1982-1983

Year Two immediately followed the Year One repeats, but after the first episode the slot shifted to Sundays at 1.30pm. Over Christmas and January 1983 the show disappeared, resurfaced in February and March, then disappeared again until June. One episode appeared on a Saturday morning in August, with three more in October on Sundays again.

A Matter of Balance was scheduled three times and The Lambda Factor scheduled twice, but Devil's Planet was not scheduled- presumably one of these repeats was preempted or another episode was shown. Space Warp had previously been shown as an unscheduled replacement during the Year One run in August 1982. The Dorcons was also shown unscheduled, but the date is unknown.

Production Order	Episode	Granada broadcast
25	The Metamorph	Sat, 09 October 1982 11:15am
26	The Exiles	Sun, 17 October 1982 01:30pm
33	Brian the Brain	Sun, 24 October 1982 01:30pm
29	Journey To Where	Sun, 31 October 1982 01:30pm
34	New Adam New Eve	Sun, 07 November 1982 01:30pm
32	The Mark of Archanon	Sun, 14 November 1982 01:30pm
31	The Rules of Luton	Sun, 21 November 1982 01:30pm
30	The Taybor	Sun, 05 December 1982 01:30pm
37	Seed of Destruction	Sun, 12 December 1982 01:30pm
35	The AB Chrysalis	Sun, 19 December 1982 01:30pm (as "A.B.Chrysalis")
27	One Moment of Humanity	Sun, 13 February 1983 01:30pm
28	All That Glisters	Sun, 20 February 1983 01:30pm
39	A Matter of Balance	Sun, 27 February 1983 01:30pm
36	Catacombs of the Moon	Sun, 06 March 1983 01:30pm
38	The Beta Cloud	Sun, 13 March 1983 01:30pm
43	The Lambda Factor	Sun, 05 June 1983 01:30pm
41	The Bringers of Wonder - Part 1	Sun, 12 June 1983 01:30pm
42	The Bringers of Wonder - Part 2	Sun, 19 June 1983 01:30pm
44	The Seance Spectre	Sun, 26 June 1983 01:30pm
45	Dorzak	Sun, 03 July 1983 01:30pm

39	A Matter of Balance	Sat, 06 August 1983 10:00am

47	The Immunity Syndrome	Sun, 02 October 1983 01:00pm During screening, the picture went blank, followed by the blue ITV emergency caption. The episode was repeated 3 weeks later.
39	A Matter of Balance	Sun, 09 October 1983 01:00pm
43	The Lambda Factor	Sun, 16 October 1983 01:00pm
47	The Immunity Syndrome	Sun, 23 October 1983 01:00pm

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Thanks to Richard Farrell. Also thanks to Andrew Pixley, Ros Connors, Ben Rigsby

Catacombs International Guide Space 1999 In The UK