Catacombs International Guide
Space 1999 In The UK

UNITED KINGDOM

ITV4

Launched in autumn 2005, ITV4 was a free-to-air (non-subscription) digital channel. As the name indicates, it was an offshoot of the main commercial analogue station ITV. It featured a number of vintage ITC series (owned by ITV plc/ Granada) including Space: 1999.

The contrast to original 2005 broadcasts was telling: three commercial breaks (there were only two in the 1970s) inserted at random locations (literally mid-sentence, rather than at the act fade-outs), and a station logo permanently living on a corner of the picture (unheard of in UK television until 2000). There were also minor (and seemingly arbitrary) cuts. The extent of cuts is clear when the 52-minute episodes were placed in 50 minute or 45 minute slots (including adverts). Chris Dale notes that War Games was cut particularly harshly, including the sequences when the Alphans run down to the deep shelters, and a chunk of Victor's speech. Possibly because of concerns about photosensitive epilepsy, the sequence as Alan and Koenig attempt to penetrate the planet's forcefield was in slow motion. Of Alpha Child, Chris writes: Cut from that was the scene where the Alphans discuss future births ("You mean we cannot ever expect to have normal children?"), and also the scenes where Jarak stuns a group of recovering Alphans while heading for medical center and Koenig/Helena/Paul find their bodies. This creates a problem, because when they're talking on the commpost at the end of the story Koenig accuses Jarak of killing the people that he stunned...which of course in this version we didn't see happen.

Broadcast order follows the original 1970s order (rather than the production order used by BBC and DVD releases).

Over 5 years, 618 episodes were shown, especially in 2008 (249) and 2009 (268) when up to 3 episodes were run on a single day. The most shown episode was The Testament of Arkadia (18 times), followed by Guardian of Piri (17). The least shown episodes were Seance Spectre and Devil's Planet (each 9 times).

• 2005-6
• 2007
• 2008

2009

Production Order	Episode	Broadcast
20	Space Brain	Thu, 01 January 2009 1:55am - 2:40am
22	Mission of the Darians	Fri, 02 January 2009 2:10am - 3:00am
22	Mission of the Darians	Fri, 02 January 2009 10:30am - 11:30am
22	Mission of the Darians	Fri, 02 January 2009 3:00pm - 4:00pm
3	Black Sun	Wed, 07 January 2009 9:35am - 10:30am
3	Black Sun	Wed, 07 January 2009 2:30pm - 3:30pm
8	Guardian of Piri	Sun, 11 January 2009 9:30am - 10:30am
8	Guardian of Piri	Sun, 11 January 2009 1:55pm - 2:55pm
8	Guardian of Piri	Mon, 12 January 2009 1:00am - 1:50am
16	End of Eternity	Wed, 14 January 2009 9:30am - 10:30am
16	End of Eternity	Wed, 14 January 2009 3:25pm - 4:30pm
2	Matter of Life and Death	Sun, 18 January 2009 9:25am - 10:30am
2	Matter of Life and Death	Sun, 18 January 2009 2:30pm - 3:30pm
5	Earthbound	Wed, 21 January 2009 9:30am - 10:30am
5	Earthbound	Wed, 21 January 2009 3:30pm - 4:30pm
5	Earthbound	Thu, 22 January 2009 2:10am - 3:00am
15	The Full Circle	Sun, 25 January 2009 9:35am - 10:35am
15	The Full Circle	Sun, 25 January 2009 4:00pm - 5:00pm
15	The Full Circle	Mon, 26 January 2009 2:05am - 2:55am
6	Another Time, Another Place	Wed, 28 January 2009 9:30am - 10:30am
6	Another Time, Another Place	Wed, 28 January 2009 3:25pm - 4:30pm
21	The Infernal Machine	Sun, 01 February 2009 9:30am - 10:30am
4	Ring Around the Moon	Wed, 04 February 2009 9:30am - 10:30am
4	Ring Around the Moon	Wed, 04 February 2009 3:30pm - 4:30pm
7	Missing Link	Wed, 11 February 2009 9:35am - 10:35am
7	Missing Link	Wed, 11 February 2009 3:30pm - 4:30pm
11	The Last Sunset	Wed, 18 February 2009 9:35am - 10:35am
11	The Last Sunset	Wed, 18 February 2009 3:30pm - 4:30pm
20	Space Brain	Wed, 25 February 2009 9:35am - 10:30am
20	Space Brain	Wed, 25 February 2009 3:30pm - 4:30pm
19	The Troubled Spirit	Wed, 04 March 2009 10:30am - 11:30am
19	The Troubled Spirit	Wed, 04 March 2009 3:00pm - 4:00pm
24	The Testament of Arkadia	Sun, 08 March 2009 9:50am - 10:50am
24	The Testament of Arkadia	Sun, 08 March 2009 2:35pm - 3:35pm
18	The Last Enemy	Wed, 11 March 2009 10:30am - 11:30am
18	The Last Enemy	Wed, 11 March 2009 2:30pm - 3:30pm
25	The Metamorph	Fri, 13 March 2009 10:30am - 11:30am
25	The Metamorph	Fri, 13 March 2009 3:00pm - 4:00pm
26	The Exiles	Sun, 15 March 2009 9:30am - 10:30am
26	The Exiles	Sun, 15 March 2009 4:00pm - 5:00pm
29	Journey To Where	Wed, 18 March 2009 9:30am - 10:30am
29	Journey To Where	Wed, 18 March 2009 2:30pm - 3:25pm
27	One Moment of Humanity	Wed, 25 March 2009 10:30am - 11:25am
33	Brian the Brain	Fri, 27 March 2009 10:30am - 11:30am
33	Brian the Brain	Fri, 27 March 2009 4:00pm - 5:00pm
34	New Adam New Eve	Mon, 30 March 2009 2:00pm - 3:00pm
32	The Mark of Archanon	Tue, 31 March 2009 3:00pm - 4:00pm
32	The Mark of Archanon	Wed, 01 April 2009 10:30am - 11:30am
31	The Rules of Luton	Wed, 01 April 2009 2:30pm - 3:30pm
28	All That Glisters	Fri, 03 April 2009 3:00pm - 4:00pm
28	All That Glisters	Sat, 04 April 2009 9:35am - 10:35am
30	The Taybor	Mon, 06 April 2009 1:45am - 2:40am
30	The Taybor	Mon, 06 April 2009 2:00pm - 3:00pm
37	Seed of Destruction	Wed, 08 April 2009 1:10am - 2:05am
37	Seed of Destruction	Wed, 08 April 2009 10:30am - 11:30am
37	Seed of Destruction	Wed, 08 April 2009 2:30pm - 3:35pm
35	The AB Chrysalis	Sat, 11 April 2009 9:35am - 10:30am
35	The AB Chrysalis	Sun, 12 April 2009 1:40am - 2:40am
35	The AB Chrysalis	Sun, 12 April 2009 9:30am - 10:30am
36	Catacombs of the Moon	Wed, 15 April 2009 10:20am - 11:20am
36	Catacombs of the Moon	Wed, 15 April 2009 2:20pm - 3:20pm
40	Space Warp	Sun, 19 April 2009 2:00am - 3:00am
40	Space Warp	Sun, 19 April 2009 9:25am - 10:25am
39	A Matter of Balance	Wed, 22 April 2009 10:20am - 11:20am
39	A Matter of Balance	Wed, 22 April 2009 3:55pm - 4:55pm
38	The Beta Cloud	Mon, 27 April 2009 11:30am - 12:30pm
38	The Beta Cloud	Mon, 27 April 2009 3:30pm - 4:30pm
43	The Lambda Factor	Wed, 29 April 2009 10:20am - 11:20am
43	The Lambda Factor	Wed, 29 April 2009 2:20pm - 3:20pm
41	Bringers Of Wonder part 1	Wed, 06 May 2009 10:50am - 11:50am
41	Bringers Of Wonder part 1	Wed, 06 May 2009 2:50pm - 3:50pm
42	Bringers Of Wonder part 2	Wed, 13 May 2009 10:20am - 11:25am
42	Bringers Of Wonder part 2	Wed, 13 May 2009 2:25pm - 3:25pm
40	Seance Spectre	Fri, 15 May 2009 2:55pm - 3:55pm
45	Dorzak	Wed, 20 May 2009 10:35am - 11:35am
45	Dorzak	Wed, 20 May 2009 2:25pm - 3:25pm
45	Devil's Planet	Thu, 21 May 2009 3:00pm - 4:00pm
45	Devil's Planet	Fri, 22 May 2009 11:30am - 12:30pm
45	Devil's Planet	Fri, 22 May 2009 2:55pm - 3:55pm
47	The Immunity Syndrome	Sun, 24 May 2009 10:25am - 11:30am
47	The Immunity Syndrome	Mon, 25 May 2009 9:50am - 10:50am
48	The Dorcons	Wed, 27 May 2009 2:05am - 2:50am
48	The Dorcons	Wed, 27 May 2009 10:20am - 11:20am
48	The Dorcons	Wed, 27 May 2009 2:20pm - 3:25pm
01	Breakaway	Fri, 29 May 2009 11:20am - 12:20pm
01	Breakaway	Fri, 29 May 2009 2:25pm - 3:25pm
9	Force of Life	Wed, 03 June 2009 10:20am - 11:20am
9	Force of Life	Wed, 03 June 2009 2:25pm - 3:30pm
13	Collision Course	Fri, 05 June 2009 11:20am - 12:25pm
13	Collision Course	Fri, 05 June 2009 2:55pm - 3:55pm
17	War Games	Wed, 10 June 2009 10:20am - 11:25am
17	War Games	Wed, 10 June 2009 2:30pm - 3:30pm
14	Death's Other Dominion	Wed, 17 June 2009 10:30am - 11:30am
14	Death's Other Dominion	Wed, 17 June 2009 2:30pm - 3:30pm
14	Death's Other Dominion	Thu, 18 June 2009 2:10am - 2:55am
12	Voyager's Return	Fri, 19 June 2009 11:30am - 12:30pm
12	Voyager's Return	Fri, 19 June 2009 4:00pm - 4:55pm
10	Alpha Child	Wed, 24 June 2009 10:20am - 11:20am
10	Alpha Child	Wed, 24 June 2009 2:20pm - 3:25pm
23	Dragon's Domain	Fri, 26 June 2009 10:20am - 11:20am
23	Dragon's Domain	Fri, 26 June 2009 3:00pm - 4:00pm
22	Mission of the Darians	Wed, 01 July 2009 10:30am - 11:30am
22	Mission of the Darians	Wed, 01 July 2009 2:30pm - 3:30pm
3	Black Sun	Fri, 03 July 2009 10:30am - 11:30am
3	Black Sun	Fri, 03 July 2009 3:00pm - 4:00pm
8	Guardian of Piri	Wed, 08 July 2009 10:25am - 11:25am
8	Guardian of Piri	Wed, 08 July 2009 3:00pm - 4:00pm
8	Guardian of Piri	Thu, 09 July 2009 2:00am - 2:50am
16	End of Eternity	Fri, 10 July 2009 11:30am - 12:30pm
16	End of Eternity	Fri, 10 July 2009 3:00pm - 4:00pm
2	Matter of Life and Death	Wed, 15 July 2009 10:25am - 11:25am
2	Matter of Life and Death	Wed, 15 July 2009 3:00pm - 4:00pm
2	Matter of Life and Death	Thu, 16 July 2009 2:00am - 2:45am
5	Earthbound	Fri, 17 July 2009 11:25am - 12:30pm
5	Earthbound	Fri, 17 July 2009 3:00pm - 4:00pm
15	The Full Circle	Wed, 22 July 2009 10:20am - 11:20am
15	The Full Circle	Wed, 22 July 2009 3:00pm - 4:00pm
15	The Full Circle	Thu, 23 July 2009 1:45am - 2:35am
6	Another Time, Another Place	Fri, 24 July 2009 10:30am - 11:30am
6	Another Time, Another Place	Fri, 24 July 2009 2:55pm - 4:00pm
21	The Infernal Machine	Mon, 27 July 2009 9:35am - 10:30am
21	The Infernal Machine	Mon, 27 July 2009 3:00pm - 4:00pm
4	Ring Around the Moon	Wed, 29 July 2009 10:30am - 11:30am
4	Ring Around the Moon	Wed, 29 July 2009 3:00pm - 4:00pm
7	Missing Link	Fri, 31 July 2009 10:30am - 11:30am
7	Missing Link	Fri, 31 July 2009 3:00pm - 4:00pm
11	The Last Sunset	Wed, 05 August 2009 10:20am - 11:20am
11	The Last Sunset	Wed, 05 August 2009 2:20pm - 3:20pm
20	Space Brain	Fri, 07 August 2009 10:25am - 11:25am
20	Space Brain	Fri, 07 August 2009 2:55pm - 3:55pm
19	The Troubled Spirit	Wed, 12 August 2009 10:20am - 11:20am
19	The Troubled Spirit	Wed, 12 August 2009 2:30pm - 3:30pm
24	The Testament of Arkadia	Fri, 14 August 2009 10:25am - 11:25am
24	The Testament of Arkadia	Fri, 14 August 2009 2:55pm - 3:55pm
24	The Testament of Arkadia	Sat, 15 August 2009 1:35am - 2:25am
18	The Last Enemy	Wed, 19 August 2009 10:20am - 11:20am
18	The Last Enemy	Wed, 19 August 2009 2:25pm - 3:25pm
18	The Last Enemy	Thu, 20 August 2009 1:35am - 2:25am
25	The Metamorph	Fri, 21 August 2009 10:20am - 11:20am
25	The Metamorph	Fri, 21 August 2009 4:00pm - 5:00pm
26	The Exiles	Wed, 26 August 2009 10:20am - 11:20am
26	The Exiles	Wed, 26 August 2009 2:25pm - 3:25pm
29	Journey To Where	Fri, 28 August 2009 10:30am - 11:30am
27	One Moment of Humanity	Tue, 01 September 2009 9:35am - 10:35am
27	One Moment of Humanity	Tue, 01 September 2009 1:25pm - 2:30pm
33	Brian the Brain	Wed, 02 September 2009 10:30am - 11:30am
33	Brian the Brain	Wed, 02 September 2009 1:50pm - 2:55pm
34	New Adam New Eve	Thu, 03 September 2009 9:35am - 10:30am
34	New Adam New Eve	Thu, 03 September 2009 2:00pm - 3:00pm
32	The Mark of Archanon	Fri, 04 September 2009 10:45am - 11:50am
32	The Mark of Archanon	Fri, 04 September 2009 3:10pm - 4:15pm
31	The Rules of Luton	Tue, 08 September 2009 9:35am - 10:35am
31	The Rules of Luton	Tue, 08 September 2009 2:00pm - 3:00pm
28	All That Glisters	Wed, 09 September 2009 10:20am - 11:20am
28	All That Glisters	Wed, 09 September 2009 1:50pm - 2:55pm
30	The Taybor	Thu, 10 September 2009 9:25am - 10:20am
37	Seed of Destruction	Fri, 11 September 2009 10:20am - 11:20am
37	Seed of Destruction	Fri, 11 September 2009 2:55pm - 4:00pm
35	The AB Chrysalis	Tue, 15 September 2009 9:35am - 10:35am
35	The AB Chrysalis	Tue, 15 September 2009 2:00pm - 3:00pm
36	Catacombs of the Moon	Wed, 16 September 2009 10:25am - 11:25am
36	Catacombs of the Moon	Wed, 16 September 2009 2:55pm - 3:55pm
40	Space Warp	Thu, 17 September 2009 9:25am - 10:25am
40	Space Warp	Thu, 17 September 2009 2:00pm - 3:00pm
39	A Matter of Balance	Fri, 18 September 2009 10:25am - 11:25am
39	A Matter of Balance	Fri, 18 September 2009 4:00pm - 5:00pm
38	The Beta Cloud	Tue, 22 September 2009 9:40am - 10:40am
38	The Beta Cloud	Tue, 22 September 2009 1:30pm - 2:30pm
43	The Lambda Factor	Wed, 23 September 2009 10:40am - 11:40am
43	The Lambda Factor	Wed, 23 September 2009 2:00pm - 3:00pm
41	Bringers Of Wonder part 1	Thu, 24 September 2009 9:25am - 10:20am
41	Bringers Of Wonder part 1	Thu, 24 September 2009 1:55pm - 3:00pm
41	Bringers Of Wonder part 1	Fri, 25 September 2009 1:15am - 2:05am
42	Bringers Of Wonder part 2	Fri, 25 September 2009 10:30am - 11:30am
42	Bringers Of Wonder part 2	Fri, 25 September 2009 3:00pm - 4:00pm
40	Seance Spectre	Tue, 29 September 2009 9:25am - 10:25am
40	Seance Spectre	Tue, 29 September 2009 1:50pm - 2:55pm
45	Dorzak	Wed, 30 September 2009 10:20am - 11:20am
45	Dorzak	Wed, 30 September 2009 2:55pm - 3:55pm
45	Devil's Planet	Thu, 01 October 2009 9:25am - 10:25am
47	The Immunity Syndrome	Fri, 02 October 2009 10:20am - 11:25am
47	The Immunity Syndrome	Fri, 02 October 2009 3:00pm - 4:00pm
48	The Dorcons	Tue, 06 October 2009 9:35am - 10:30am
48	The Dorcons	Tue, 06 October 2009 1:25pm - 2:30pm
01	Breakaway	Wed, 07 October 2009 10:30am - 11:35am
01	Breakaway	Wed, 07 October 2009 3:00pm - 4:00pm
9	Force of Life	Thu, 08 October 2009 9:25am - 10:20am
9	Force of Life	Thu, 08 October 2009 1:55pm - 3:00pm
13	Collision Course	Fri, 09 October 2009 10:20am - 11:25am
13	Collision Course	Fri, 09 October 2009 2:55pm - 4:00pm
17	War Games	Tue, 13 October 2009 9:30am - 10:30am
17	War Games	Tue, 13 October 2009 2:00pm - 3:00pm
14	Death's Other Dominion	Wed, 14 October 2009 10:20am - 11:20am
14	Death's Other Dominion	Wed, 14 October 2009 2:55pm - 3:55pm
14	Death's Other Dominion	Thu, 15 October 2009 9:25am - 10:20am
12	Voyager's Return	Fri, 16 October 2009 10:20am - 11:25am
12	Voyager's Return	Fri, 16 October 2009 2:55pm - 3:55pm
10	Alpha Child	Tue, 20 October 2009 9:25am - 10:20am
10	Alpha Child	Tue, 20 October 2009 1:30pm - 2:30pm
23	Dragon's Domain	Wed, 21 October 2009 10:20am - 11:20am
23	Dragon's Domain	Wed, 21 October 2009 2:55pm - 3:55pm
22	Mission of the Darians	Fri, 23 October 2009 10:30am - 11:35am
22	Mission of the Darians	Fri, 23 October 2009 3:00pm - 4:00pm
3	Black Sun	Tue, 27 October 2009 10:20am - 11:20am
3	Black Sun	Tue, 27 October 2009 1:55pm - 2:55pm
8	Guardian of Piri	Wed, 28 October 2009 10:20am - 11:25am
8	Guardian of Piri	Wed, 28 October 2009 4:00pm - 5:00pm
8	Guardian of Piri	Thu, 29 October 2009 12:55am - 1:50am
16	End of Eternity	Thu, 29 October 2009 9:25am - 10:20am
16	End of Eternity	Thu, 29 October 2009 1:55pm - 3:00pm
2	Matter of Life and Death	Fri, 30 October 2009 10:20am - 11:25am
2	Matter of Life and Death	Fri, 30 October 2009 2:55pm - 4:00pm
5	Earthbound	Tue, 03 November 2009 9:25am - 10:20am
5	Earthbound	Tue, 03 November 2009 1:55pm - 2:55pm
15	The Full Circle	Wed, 04 November 2009 10:20am - 11:20am
15	The Full Circle	Wed, 04 November 2009 2:55pm - 3:55pm
6	Another Time, Another Place	Fri, 06 November 2009 10:20am - 11:25am
6	Another Time, Another Place	Fri, 06 November 2009 2:55pm - 4:00pm
21	The Infernal Machine	Tue, 10 November 2009 9:25am - 10:20am
21	The Infernal Machine	Tue, 10 November 2009 1:55pm - 2:55pm
4	Ring Around the Moon	Wed, 11 November 2009 10:20am - 11:20am
4	Ring Around the Moon	Wed, 11 November 2009 4:00pm - 5:00pm
7	Missing Link	Thu, 12 November 2009 9:25am - 10:25am
7	Missing Link	Thu, 12 November 2009 2:00pm - 3:00pm
11	The Last Sunset	Fri, 13 November 2009 10:20am - 11:20am
11	The Last Sunset	Fri, 13 November 2009 2:55pm - 3:55pm
20	Space Brain	Tue, 17 November 2009 9:25am - 10:25am
20	Space Brain	Tue, 17 November 2009 1:50pm - 2:55pm
19	The Troubled Spirit	Wed, 18 November 2009 10:25am - 11:25am
19	The Troubled Spirit	Wed, 18 November 2009 3:55pm - 4:55pm
24	The Testament of Arkadia	Thu, 19 November 2009 9:25am - 10:25am
24	The Testament of Arkadia	Thu, 19 November 2009 2:00pm - 3:00pm
24	The Testament of Arkadia	Fri, 20 November 2009 1:05am - 2:00am
18	The Last Enemy	Fri, 20 November 2009 10:25am - 11:30am
18	The Last Enemy	Fri, 20 November 2009 2:55pm - 3:55pm
25	The Metamorph	Tue, 24 November 2009 1:55pm - 2:55pm
26	The Exiles	Wed, 25 November 2009 10:20am - 11:20am
26	The Exiles	Wed, 25 November 2009 3:55pm - 4:55pm
29	Journey To Where	Fri, 27 November 2009 10:20am - 11:20am
29	Journey To Where	Fri, 27 November 2009 2:55pm - 3:55pm
27	One Moment of Humanity	Tue, 01 December 2009 1:55pm - 2:55pm
33	Brian the Brain	Wed, 02 December 2009 4:00pm - 5:00pm
34	New Adam New Eve	Thu, 03 December 2009 2:00pm - 3:00pm
31	The Rules of Luton	Tue, 08 December 2009 1:55pm - 2:55pm
28	All That Glisters	Wed, 09 December 2009 10:20am - 11:25am
28	All That Glisters	Wed, 09 December 2009 3:55pm - 5:00pm
30	The Taybor	Fri, 11 December 2009 10:20am - 11:25am
30	The Taybor	Fri, 11 December 2009 2:55pm - 4:00pm
37	Seed of Destruction	Tue, 15 December 2009 9:25am - 10:20am
37	Seed of Destruction	Tue, 15 December 2009 2:00pm - 3:00pm
35	The AB Chrysalis	Wed, 16 December 2009 10:20am - 11:20am
35	The AB Chrysalis	Wed, 16 December 2009 4:00pm - 5:00pm
36	Catacombs of the Moon	Thu, 17 December 2009 9:25am - 10:25am
36	Catacombs of the Moon	Thu, 17 December 2009 1:55pm - 2:55pm
40	Space Warp	Fri, 18 December 2009 10:20am - 11:25am
40	Space Warp	Fri, 18 December 2009 2:55pm - 4:00pm
39	A Matter of Balance	Mon, 21 December 2009 1:55pm - 3:00pm
38	The Beta Cloud	Tue, 22 December 2009 9:25am - 10:20am
43	The Lambda Factor	Tue, 22 December 2009 1:55pm - 3:00pm
41	Bringers Of Wonder part 1	Wed, 23 December 2009 10:20am - 11:20am
42	Bringers Of Wonder part 2	Wed, 23 December 2009 3:55pm - 4:55pm
40	Seance Spectre	Mon, 28 December 2009 2:25pm - 3:25pm
45	Dorzak	Tue, 29 December 2009 9:30am - 10:30am
45	Dorzak	Tue, 29 December 2009 2:00pm - 3:00pm
47	The Immunity Syndrome	Wed, 30 December 2009 10:25am - 11:30am
47	The Immunity Syndrome	Wed, 30 December 2009 4:00pm - 5:00pm
48	The Dorcons	Thu, 31 December 2009 9:25am - 10:20am
48	The Dorcons	Thu, 31 December 2009 1:55pm - 2:55pm

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After heavy exposure throughout 2009 (and previous years), Space: 1999 abruptly disappeared from ITV4 in 2010.