The 520th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. David Daker and Peter Craze guest star in a strangely-timed (just before Christmas?) anti-drug story.
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The fifth episode of the English-dubbed Japanese action series Monkey airs on BBC2. The series is a translation and dub of a fancifully satirical Japanese adaptation of the Chinese novel “Journey To The West”, starring Masaaki Sakai. 
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The 45th episode of the live-action series based on Marvel’s comic The Incredible Hulk airs on CBS, starring Bill Bixby, Jack Colvin, and Lou Ferrigno. Louise Sorel guest stars.
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The 521st episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. David Daker and Peter Craze guest star in a strangely-timed (just before Christmas?) anti-drug story.
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Disney releases the long-in-development science fiction movie The Black Hole, starring Robert Forster, Maximillian Schell, Anthony Perkins, and Ernest Borgnine. Somewhat predictably hailed as Disney’s answer to Star Wars, the $20,000,000 movie meets with unflattering reviews, though in later years it will be renowned for its unique production design. (more…)
The 46th episode of the live-action series based on Marvel’s comic The Incredible Hulk airs on CBS, starring Bill Bixby, Jack Colvin, and Lou Ferrigno. Mark Lenard (Star Trek, Planet Of The Apes) guest stars.
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The 522nd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Graham Crowden guest stars. Though aired just before Christmas, this is not considered a “Christmas episode.” (more…)
The seventh episode of Douglas Adams’ breakthrough radio science fiction comedy series The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy is first broadcast on BBC Radio, initiating the second series of the now-hit cult science fiction phenomenon, the rest of which won’t be broadcast until the following month. This episode serves as a kind of Hitchhiker’s holiday special as a result. (Some elements of the second radio series will go on to form the basis of Adams’ novel The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe.) (more…)
NBC airs the The 523rd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Graham Crowden guest stars. This is the final Doctor Who episode of the 1970s. (more…)
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The 45th episode of the live-action series based on Marvel’s comic The Incredible Hulk airs on CBS, starring Bill Bixby, Jack Colvin, and Lou Ferrigno. (more…)
NBC airs the 16th episode of Filmation’s animated series The New Adventures of Flash Gordon, based on the classic Alex Raymond comic book character and featuring the voices of Alan Oppenheimer and Melendy Britt. This episode concludes the first season. (more…)
The 524th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Graham Crowden guest stars. This is the first Doctor Who episode of the 1980s. (more…)
BBC1 premieres the 27th episode of Terry Nation’s science fiction series Blake’s 7. This episode kicks off the third season and a running story arc through the third season regarding the Federation’s severe loss of manpower and territory during the intergalactic war that happens off-screen between seasons. Josette Simon and Steven Pacey are introduced as new guest stars, and Paul Darrow as Avon is established as the show’s new lead actor. Richard Franklin (Doctor Who) guest stars. (more…)
NBC airs the The 45th episode of the live-action series based on Marvel’s comic The Incredible Hulk airs on CBS, starring Bill Bixby, Jack Colvin, and Lou Ferrigno.
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Mushroom Records releases the first Split Enz album of the 1980s, True Colours. Produced by future Prince protege David Tickle, the album gives the band a new sound and includes what will become its signature worldwide hit, “I Got You” (written by Neil Finn, who now alternates songwriting and lead vocal duties with his older brother, Enz co-founder Tim Finn). The album is released with eight different color variations, and is the first laser-etched LP. The album also suddenly draws the attention of American labels, resulting in A&M signing up to issue the band’s future output in North America. (more…)
The 525th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Graham Crowden guest stars. Due to the cancellation of the six-part season finale Shada, this episode becomes the closing chapter of season 17. Both producer Graham Williams and script editor Douglas Adams leave the series, which will return in the fall with a radically new look and feel. (more…)
BBC1 premieres the 28th episode of Terry Nation’s science fiction series Blake’s 7. This episode continues the story arc of the Federation’s postwar rebuilding. Michael Sheard and John Hollis (both of whom will be seen later in 1980 in The Empire Strikes Back) guest star. (more…)
NBC airs the first installment of the lavish three-part miniseries based on Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles. Adapted for TV by respected SF author Richard Matheson, the miniseries has already taken an embarrassing public beating by none other than Bradbury itself, inspiring NBC to yank the heavily-publicized off of the fall 1979 schedule and burn off the miniseries in January 1980 prior to the 1980 Winter Oympics. Rock Hudson, Bernie Casey, and Robert Beatty star. The miniseries is a co-production between NBC and the BBC (who won’t air it until later in 1980). 
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NBC airs the 14th episode of Buck Rogers In The 25th Century. Gary Coleman guest stars. (more…)
BBC1 premieres the 29th episode of Terry Nation’s science fiction series Blake’s 7. This episode focuses heavily on new series regulars Josette Simon and Steven Pacey; Michael Gough (Batman) guest stars. (more…)
The eighth episode of Douglas Adams’ breakthrough radio science fiction comedy series The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy is first broadcast on BBC Radio, continuing the second series of the now-hit cult science fiction phenomenon. (Some elements of the second radio series will go on to form the basis of Adams’ novel The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe.) Valentine Dyall (Doctor Who’s Black Guardian) guest stars. (more…)
NBC airs the second installment of the lavish three-part miniseries based on Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles. Adapted for TV by respected SF author Richard Matheson, the miniseries has already taken an embarrassing public beating by none other than Bradbury itself, inspiring NBC to yank the heavily-publicized off of the fall 1979 schedule and burn off the miniseries in January 1980 prior to the 1980 Winter Oympics. Rock Hudson, Darren McGavin, Fritz Weaver and Roddy McDowall star. The miniseries is a co-production between NBC and the BBC (who won’t air it until later in 1980). (more…)
The ninth episode of Douglas Adams’ breakthrough radio science fiction comedy series The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy is first broadcast on BBC Radio, continuing the second series of the now-hit cult science fiction phenomenon. (Some elements of the second radio series will go on to form the basis of Adams’ novel The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe.) (more…)
The tenth episode of Douglas Adams’ breakthrough radio science fiction comedy series The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy is first broadcast on BBC Radio, continuing the second series of the now-hit cult science fiction phenomenon. At this point, the story diverges into material that will not be repeated in later iterations of Hitchhiker’s Guide; Rula Lenska and John Le Mesurier guest star. (more…)
NBC airs the 15th episode of Buck Rogers In The 25th Century. Pamela Hensley and Michael Ansara guest star. (more…)
The 11th episode of Douglas Adams’ breakthrough radio science fiction comedy series The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy is first broadcast on BBC Radio, continuing the second series of the now-hit cult science fiction phenomenon. At this point, the story has diverged into material that will not be repeated in later iterations of Hitchhiker’s Guide; Rula Lenska guest stars. (more…)
The 46th episode of the live-action series based on Marvel’s comic The Incredible Hulk airs on CBS, starring Bill Bixby, Jack Colvin, and Lou Ferrigno. Louise Sorel guest stars.
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The 12th episode of Douglas Adams’ breakthrough radio science fiction comedy series The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy is first broadcast on BBC Radio, ending the second series of the now-hit cult science fiction phenomenon. The conclusion of this episode effectively ends the series, though this ending is ignored by all later Hitchhiker’s Guide media, including the 21st century revival of the radio series, which will take its cues from Adams’ post-radio-series novels. Jonathan Pryce, Rula Lenska, and Ken Campbell guest star. (more…)
The first episode of a vastly retooled Battlestar Galactica (or, depending on how you look at it, the first episode of the show’s second season) premieres on ABC, with an almost completely new cast. Kent McCord, Robin Douglass and Barry Van Dyke take over as the series leads; the only holdovers from the original season are Lorne Greene as Adama and Herb Jefferson as Boomer.
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NBC airs the third installment of the lavish three-part miniseries based on Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles. Adapted for TV by respected SF author Richard Matheson, the miniseries has already taken an embarrassing public beating by none other than Bradbury itself, inspiring NBC to yank the heavily-publicized off of the fall 1979 schedule and burn off the miniseries in January 1980 prior to the 1980 Winter Oympics. Rock Hudson, Barry Morse (Space: 1999) and Bernadette Peters star. The miniseries is a co-production between NBC and the BBC (who won’t air it until later in 1980). (more…)
NBC airs the