The Catacombs Catacombs International Guide
Space 1999 Around The World

According to ITC's Abe Mandell, "In the fall of 1975, SPACE: 1999 made a worldwide premiere in 101 countries around the world!" For Year 2, 69 countries renewed within 24 hours of announcing it. In 1975 there were 159 countries, but only around 60 had TV channels, and many were communist or dictatorships with export restrictions, which suggests the ITC publicity is unreliable.

In fact, many countries only showed a few episodes, often several years late.

In most countries, there was only one or two TV channels, so prime-time slots were limited. Dubbing or subtitling was an additional expense, and delay, so often a subset of episodes were shown. Regulators and politicians were critical of imported series (in the US and UK too), so broadcasters were discouraged from promoting long runs.

Outside North America, most viewers watched in black and white; colour broadcasts were very recent (1975 for Australia and New Zealand, end 1975 for France, 1979 for Italy, 1980 for Spain, 1984 for Turkey). Even in the UK, the majority of the TV audience had black and white televisions, and one ITV region, Channel, was black and white until 1976.

Below is a survey of the countries known to have shown Space: 1999.

Country First broadcast Title Dubbed/ Subtitled Notes
Australia 1975-9 Space 1999 English Varied by station; earliest run started 16 May 1975; most stations started Jan 1976.
Belgium 1978 Cosmos 1999 Year 1 dubbed into French. Year 2 not shown in French until 1990s French repeats.
Year 2 shown (in English) on Flemish TV in 1978.
Brazil 1976, 1978? Year 1: Espaço 1999
Year 2: Terror no Espaço		 Dubbed into Portuguese.
Canada 1975-1977. French version: Cosmos 1999 French dubbed and English versions. Networked on CBC.
Denmark 1976-1977. Månebase Alpha Subtitled. Only 14 episodes were broadcast.
Finland 1975-1976. Avaruusasema Alfa Subtitled. Only 18 episodes were broadcast, with more in the 1980s
France 1976. Cosmos 1999 Dubbed into French (French Canadian version). Year 2 not shown until 1987-1989
Germany 1977-1978. Mondbasis Alpha 1 Dubbed into German. Only 30 episodes were broadcast.
Greece 1989-1990 ΔΙΑΣΤΗΜΑ 1999 ("Space 1999") Subtitled. All episodes were shown.
Italy 1976-1977, 1979 Spazio 1999 Dubbed into Italian with new music.
Year 2 episodes split into 2 30 minute episodes.		 Also a compilation cinema movie.
Japan 1976. Cosmos 1999 Dubbed into Japanese.
Malaysia Subtitled in Malay.
Mexico Odisea 1999 Dubbed into Spanish
Netherlands 1978. Space 1999 Subtitled. Only 12 episodes were broadcast.
New Zealand 1976-1979. Space 1999
Poland 1977-1979 Kosmos 1999 Dubbed (one actor for all roles) Titled "Kosmos 1999"
Portugal 1976-1978, and 1990. Espaço 1999 Subtitled
South Africa Late 1970s Alpha 1999 Dubbed into Afrikaans
Spain 1976-1977 Espacio: 1999 Dubbed into (Latin American) Spanish
Sweden 1976-1977. Månbas Alpha 1999 Subtitled. Only 14 episodes were broadcast.
Turkey 11 Oct 1975-12 March 1976
Year 2 8 Oct 1977-4 March 1978
Repeats June 1980		 Uzay 1999 Dubbed. On TRT
United Kingdom 1975-1977. Space 1999 Varied by region. Some regions did not broadcast Year 2.
United States Of America 1975-1977 Space 1999 Varied by region.
Yugoslavia 1975-1977 Svemir 1999 RTV Zagreb dubbed in Croatian.

Countries it was NOT shown: Norway.

Other countries (details unknown)

Contents copyright Martin Willey