Space 1999 Catacombs: International: UK

UNITED KINGDOM

LWT

London. A Saturday tea-time timeslot put the show against Dr Who starring Tom Baker on the BBC. See TV Times listings

Production Order	Episode	Original LWT broadcast
1	Breakaway	Sat, 6 September 1975 5:50pm (Saturday 5:50pm- 6:45pm)
9	Force of Life	Sat, 13 September 1975 5:50pm
13	Collision Course	Sat, 20 September 1975 5:50pm
17	War Games	Sat, 27 September 1975 5:50pm
14	Death's Other Dominion	Sat, 4 October 1975 5:50pm
12	Voyager's Return	Sat, 11 October 1975 5:50pm
10	Alpha Child	Sat, 18 October 1975 5:50pm
23	Dragon's Domain	Sat, 25 October 1975 5:50pm
22	Mission of the Darians	Sat, 1 November 1975 5:50pm
3	Black Sun	Sat, 8 November 1975 5:50pm
8	Guardian of Piri	Sat, 15 November 1975 5:50pm
16	End of Eternity	Sat, 22 November 1975 5:50pm
2	Matter of Life and Death	Sat, 29 November 1975 5:50pm
5	Earthbound	Sat, 6 December 1975 5:50pm
15	The Full Circle	Sat, 13 December 1975 6:25pm (last before Christmas, 6:25pm-7:25pm)
21	The Infernal Machine	Sat, 10 January 1976 11:30am (moves to Saturday 11:30-12:30)
4	Ring Around the Moon	Sat, 17 January 1976 11:30am
7	Missing Link	Sat, 24 January 1976 11:30am
11	The Last Sunset	Sat, 31 January 1976 11:30am
20	Space Brain	Sat, 7 February 1976 11:30am
19	The Troubled Spirit	Sat, 14 February 1976 11:30am
24	The Testament of Arkadia	Sat, 21 February 1976 11:30am
18	The Last Enemy	Sat, 28 February 1976 11:30am
6	Another Time, Another Place	Sat, 6 March 1976 11:30am

Year Two (Initial Batch, 1976)

Year Two moved to Saturday mornings. Fourteen episodes were shown in 1977 (while the series was still being made). The remaining episodes were still in post-production, so they were finally shown nearly a year later.

Production Order	Episode	Original LWT broadcast
25	The Metamorph	Sat, 4 September 1976 11:30am (Saturday 11:30am)
26	The Exiles	Sat, 11 September 1976 11:30am
29	Journey To Where	Sat, 18 September 1976 10:20am
27	One Moment of Humanity	Sat, 25 September 1976 11:00am
33	Brian the Brain	Sat, 2 October 1976 11:00am
34	New Adam New Eve	Sat, 9 October 1976 11:30am
32	The Mark of Archanon	Sat, 16 October 1976 11:30am
31	The Rules of Luton	Sat, 23 October 1976 11:00am
28	All That Glisters	Sat, 30 October 1976 10:55am (billed as Seed of Destruction, 10:55-11:55am)
30	The Taybor	Sat, 6 November 1976 10:55am
37	Seed of Destruction	Sat, 13 November 1976 10:55am
35	The AB Chrysalis	Sat, 20 November 1976 10:55am
36	Catacombs of the Moon	Sat, 27 November 1976 10:55am (billed as A Matter of Balance)
40	Space Warp	Sat, 4 December 1976 10:55am
39	A Matter of Balance	Sat, 11 December 1976 10:55am
38	The Beta Cloud	Sat, 18 December 1976 10:55am (last episode before Christmas, last Year 2 for 10 months)

Year One repeats, 1977

A full repeat of Year 1. Initially episodes from the later part of the original LWT run were shown, before abruptly Breakaway appeared as the 14th episode (the TV Times synopsis was "Adventure for Moonbase Alpha"). The episode order is then exactly the same as the original LWT order. All the episodes were cut by approximately 2 minutes.

During this run, on Sat, 29 January 1977 (just before Missing Link), the LWT children's morning show Saturday Scene featured guests Martin Landau and Barbara Bain live with host Sally James. They set a competition question and the prizes were a laser rifle and a medical bag, both props from the show. It was only broadcast in the London area.

Production Order	Episode	LWT broadcast
16	End of Eternity	Sat, 8 January 1977 11:30am -12:30
15	The Full Circle	Sat, 15 January 1977 11:30am
4	Ring Around the Moon	Sat, 22 January 1977 11:30am
7	Missing Link	Sat, 29 January 1977 11:30am
6	Another Time, Another Place	Sat, 5 February 1977 11:30am
11	The Last Sunset	Sat, 12 February 1977 11:30am
20	Space Brain	Sat, 19 February 1977 11:30am
21	The Infernal Machine	Sat, 26 February 1977 11:30am
19	The Troubled Spirit	Sat, 5 March 1977 11:30am
5	Earthbound	Sat, 12 March 1977 11:30am
2	Matter of Life and Death	Sat, 19 March 1977 11:30am
24	The Testament of Arkadia	Sat, 26 March 1977 11:30am
18	The Last Enemy	Sat, 2 April 1977 11:30am
1	Breakaway	Sat, 9 April 1977 11:30am
9	Force of Life	Sat, 16 April 1977 11:30am
13	Collision Course	Sat, 23 April 1977 11:30am
17	War Games	Sat, 30 April 1977 11:30am
14	Death's Other Dominion	Sat, 7 May 1977 11:30am
12	Voyager's Return	Sat, 14 May 1977 11:00am (moves to 11:00am-12)
10	Alpha Child	Sat, 21 May 1977 11:00am
23	Dragon's Domain	Sat, 28 May 1977 11:30am (moves back to 11:30am-12:30)
22	Mission of the Darians	Sat, 4 June 1977 11:30am
3	Black Sun	Sat, 11 June 1977 11:30am
8	Guardian of Piri	Sat, 18 June 1977 11:30am

Year Two (Second Batch, 1977)

The remaining episodes of Year Two were shown in autumn 1978.

Production Order	Episode	Original LWT broadcast
44	The Seance Spectre	Sat, 10 September 1977 11:30am (11:30am-12:30. 2 week break before next episode)
46	Devil's Planet	Sat, 24 September 1977 11:30am (2 week break before next episode)
43	The Lambda Factor	Sat, 8 October 1977 11:00am (11:00am-12:00)
41	The Bringers of Wonder - Part 1	Sat, 15 October 1977 11:00am
42	The Bringers of Wonder - Part 2	Sat, 22 October 1977 11:00am
47	The Immunity Syndrome	Sat, 29 October 1977 11:00am
45	Dorzak	Sat, 5 November 1977 11:00am
48	The Dorcons	Sat, 12 November 1977 11:00am

Year Two repeats, 1978

A repeat of 19 episodes of Year 2. All episodes shown were cut, with the exception of Journey To Where, an unscheduled episode on New Year's Eve. A number of episodes were not shown: Seed of Destruction, The Bringers of Wonder - Part 1, The Bringers of Wonder - Part 2, The Immunity Syndrome and The Dorcons.

Production Order	Episode	LWT broadcast
25	The Metamorph	Sat, 22 July 1978 11:30am
26	The Exiles	Sat, 29 July 1978 11:30am
35	The AB Chrysalis	Sat, 5 August 1978 11:30am
34	New Adam New Eve	Sat, 19 August 1978 11:30am
32	The Mark of Archanon	Sat, 26 August 1978 11:30am (First episode with new LWT ident)
31	The Rules of Luton	Sat, 02 September 1978 11:30am (last Saturday episode)
28	All That Glisters	Sun, 17 September 1978 1:25pm (moves to Sunday, 1:25-2:20pm)
30	The Taybor	Sun, 24 September 1978 1:25pm
33	Brian the Brain	Sun, 1 October 1978 1:30pm (moves to 1:30-2:30pm)
27	One Moment of Humanity	Sun, 8 October 1978 1:30pm
39	A Matter of Balance	Sun, 15 October 1978 1:30pm (billed as Seed of Destruction)
40	Space Warp	Sun, 29 October 1978 1:30pm
36	Catacombs of the Moon	Sun, 5 November 1978 1:30pm
38	The Beta Cloud	Sun, 12 November 1978 1:30pm
43	The Lambda Factor	Sun, 19 November 1978 1:30pm
46	Devil's Planet	Sun, 3 December 1978 1:30pm
44	The Seance Spectre	Sun, 10 December 1978 1:30pm
45	Dorzak	Sun, 17 December 1978 1:30pm
29	Journey To Where	Sun, 31 December 1978 9:05am (Sunday 9:05am-11:00. Unscheduled episode due to a strike at Yorkshire Television; the only episode uncut)

1982 repeats.

A full repeat of Year 1 with 4 episodes of Year 2. LWT bought the rights to Space: 1999 on behalf of the entire ITV network, and later extended the rights until May 1985.

Production Order	Episode	LWT broadcast
1	Breakaway	Sat, 13 February 1982 9:35am (Saturday 9:35am)
6	Another Time, Another Place	Sat, 20 February 1982 9:35am
19	The Troubled Spirit	Sat, 27 February 1982 9:35am
5	Earthbound	Sat, 6 March 1982 9:35am
7	Missing Link	Sat, 13 March 1982 9:35am
20	Space Brain	Sat, 20 March 1982 9:35am
24	The Testament of Arkadia	Sat, 27 March 1982 9:35am
18	The Last Enemy	Sat, 3 April 1982 9:35am
10	Alpha Child	Sat, 10 April 1982 11:15am (moves to 11:15am)
15	The Full Circle	Sat, 17 April 1982 11:15am
11	The Last Sunset	Sat, 24 April 1982 11:15am
14	Death's Other Dominion	Sat, 1 May 1982 11:15am
13	Collision Course	Sat, 8 May 1982 11:15am
3	Black Sun	Sat, 15 May 1982 11:15am
21	The Infernal Machine	Sat, 5 June 1982 11:15am
17	War Games	Sat, 12 June 1982 11:15am
22	Mission of the Darians	Sat, 19 June 1982 11:10am (moves to 11:10am)
8	Guardian of Piri	Sat, 26 June 1982 11:10am
2	Matter of Life and Death	Sat, 3 July 1982 11:10am
4	Ring Around the Moon	Sat, 10 July 1982 11:15am (returns to 11:15am)
9	Force of Life	Sat, 17 July 1982 11:15am
12	Voyager's Return	Sat, 24 July 1982 11:15am
16	End of Eternity	Sat, 7 August 1982 11:15am
25	The Metamorph	Sat, 14 August 1982 11:15am
26	The Exiles	Sat, 21 August 1982 11:15am
29	Journey To Where	Sat, 28 August 1982 11:15am
27	One Moment of Humanity	Sat, 4 September 1982 11:15am (last episode for 5 weeks)
23	Dragon's Domain	Sat, 16 October 1982 11:15am (the missing year 1 episode, end of repeat run)

1983-5 repeats.

A number of additional episodes- one in 1983, two at the end of 1984, and a run of eight episodes in early 1985. The 1980s repeats did not include New Adam New Eve, Space Warp, The Bringers of Wonder - Part 1, The Bringers of Wonder - Part 2, The Seance Spectre, Dorzak, Devil"s Planet and The Dorcons.

Production Order	Episode	Original LWT broadcast
33	Brian the Brain	Sat, 27 August 1983 11:20am (Saturday 11:20am-12:25, the only episode in 1983)
32	The Mark of Archanon	Sat, 8 December 1984 11:20am (Saturday 11:20am-12:25)
31	The Rules of Luton	Sat, 15 December 1984 11:20am (last before Christmas)
28	All That Glisters	Tue, 1 January 1985 11:20am
30	The Taybor	Sat, 12 January 1985 11:20am
37	Seed of Destruction	Sat, 19 January 1985 11:20am
35	The AB Chrysalis	Sat, 26 January 1985 11:20am
39	A Matter of Balance	Sat, 2 February 1985 11:20am
36	Catacombs of the Moon	Sat, 9 February 1985 11:20am
38	The Beta Cloud	Sat, 16 February 1985 11:20am
43	The Lambda Factor	Sat, 23 February 1985 11:20am
47	The Immunity Syndrome	Sat, 2 March 1985 11:20am

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Notes from Ros. "Circle" was the first episode broadcast on LWT with two commercial breaks, the previous 12 only had one. But then it was broadcast 35mins later than normal at 6.25pm. You also may like to know that Anglia TV took LWT's output for these first 13 and therefore the dates for the east of England are identical. After Christmas it was a different story.

Notes from Kevin Birnie. 1975 Year 1: After Death's Other Dominion, Kevin thinks the order was Dragon's Domain, Mission of the Darians, Alpha Child, Voyager's Return. (Ros is sure it is the order as shown above -also the same order as HTV). "It had replaced Doctor Who as the show that we had to be back from the shops in time to watch."

1976 Year 2. Kevin is sure the 5th episode on 2nd October was New Adam, New Eve, because it was the first episode he saw in colour, and he saw Dr Who's Hand Of Fear later that day. Ros is certain "Brian the Brain" was the fifth episode (shown on both ATV and London the very same day). ATV and London's episodes tallied for the first 16 weeks with ATV sliding in "The Lambda Factor" just before Christmas. In fact the continuity announcer points out over the end credits of "Brian...." that "New Adam, New Eve" would be shown the following week back in the regular 11.30 time slot.

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