British broadcaster ABC airs the tenth episode of science fiction anthology series Out Of This World. Adapted by Denis Butler from Frank Crisp’s novel Ape Of London, the story is introduced by Boris Karloff. This episode no longer exists in the archives.
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The 195th episode of Sam Rolfe’s western series Have Gun – Will Travel is broadcast on CBS in the United States, starring Richard Boone. This episode is written by future Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and directed by Boone.
The 27th episode of Sydney Newman’s spy series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee, airs on UK broadcaster ABC, opening the show’s second season. Honor Blackman joins the cast as Cathy Gale.
UK broadcaster ATV Midlands premieres
The 204th episode of Sam Rolfe’s western series Have Gun – Will Travel is broadcast on CBS in the United States, starring Richard Boone. This episode is written by future Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry.
NASA launches the experimental, RCA-built Relay 1 communications satellite. This is the first satellite to relay television signals from the United States to Japan, including the first word of the assassination of President Kennedy in
The 103rd episode of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone airs on CBS. George Grizzard and Gail Kobe star in the fourth season premiere. Though technically cancelled at the end of its third season, CBS offers Rod Serling the chance to revive the series at midseason to replace – ironically – the hour-long series that took its place on the schedule. This necessitates a brief experiment, for the remainder of the shortened fourth season, in making The Twilight Zone an hour-long show over Serling’s protest.