Catacombs International GuideSpace 1999 In The UK
Catacombs International GuideLaunched 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).
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Sun, 13 November 2005 7:00pm |
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9 |
Sun, 20 November 2005 7:00pm |
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13 |
Sun, 27 November 2005 7:00pm |
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17 |
Sun, 4 December 2005 7:00pm |
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14 |
Sun, 11 December 2005 7:00pm |
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12 |
Sun, 18 December 2005 7:00pm |
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10 |
Sun, 25 December 2005 7:00pm |
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23 |
Sun, 1 January 2006 7:00pm |
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22 |
Sun, 8 January 2006 7:00pm |
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3 |
Sun, 15 January 2006 7:00pm |
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8 |
Sun, 22 January 2006 7:00pm |
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16 |
Sun, 29 January 2006 7:00pm |
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2 |
Sun, 5 February 2006 7:00pm |
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5 |
Sun, 12 February 2006 7:00pm |
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15 |
Sun, 19 February 2006 7:00pm |
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6 |
Sun, 26 February 2006 7:00pm |
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21 |
Sun, 5 March 2006 7:00pm |
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4 |
Sun, 12 March 2006 7:00pm |
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7 |
Sun, 19 March 2006 7:00pm |
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11 |
Sun, 26 March 2006 7:00pm |
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20 |
Sun, 2 April 2006 7:00pm |
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19 |
Sun, 9 April 2006 7:00pm |
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24 |
Sun, 30 April 2006 7:00pm |
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18 |
Sun, 7 May 2006 7:00pm |
NB: No episodes were shown on April 16 and 23. Thanks to Ros Connors.
Year Two followed directly after Year One episodes. There were several missing weeks- 4 June, 25 June - 23 July, 10 September, 8 October, 22 October, 12-19 November. On 13 August it shifted slot to 6pm instead of 7pm. One episode, Space Warp, seems not to have been shown. The final episode, Dorcons, was followed immediately by Breakaway.
| Production Order | Episode | Broadcast |
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1 |
Sun, 14 May 2006 7:00pm |
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2 |
Sun, 21 May 2006 7:00pm |
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29 |
Sun, 28 May 2006 7:00pm |
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27 |
Sun, 11 June 2006 7:00pm |
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33 |
Sun, 18 June 2006 7:00pm |
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34 |
Sun, 6 August 2006 7:00pm |
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32 |
Sun, 13 August 2006 6:00pm |
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31 |
Sun, 20 August 2006 6:00pm |
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28 |
Sun, 27 August 2006 6:00pm |
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30 |
Sun, 3 September 2006 6:00pm |
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37 |
Sun, 17 September 2006 6:00pm |
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35 |
Sun, 24 September 2006 6:00pm |
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36 |
Sun, 1 October 2006 6:00pm |
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39 |
Sun, 15 October 2006 6:00pm |
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38 |
Sun, 29 October 2006 6:00pm |
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43 |
Sun, 5 November 2006 6:00pm |
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41 |
Sun, 26 November 2006 6:00pm |
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42 |
Sun, 3 December 2006 6:00pm |
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40 |
Sun, 10 December 2006 6:00pm |
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45 |
Sun, 17 December 2006 7:00pm |
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45 |
Sun, 24 December 2006 7:00pm |
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47 |
Sun, 31 December 2006 7:00pm |
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48 |
Sun, 7 January 2007 6:00pm |
Breakaway was repeated immediately after The Dorcons, ending the Year Two run. After the first few episodes, an additional episode appeared on Wednesdays and Sundays became a double-bill, and the following week a fourth episode appeared on Fridays. The Wednesday episode was dropped after a while, but the entire run was over in 8 weeks and went straight into a repeat of Year 2. This came to an abrupt halt, missing Friday 30th March and Sunday 1st April with just one episode on 8th April (as "Part of Sci-Fi Weekend").
After a 3 week break Year 2 is abandoned mid-season, and a Year 1 episode appears in a half hour slot. Then after a 2 week break, another Year Two episode, and then the series disappears.
| Production Order | Episode | Broadcast |
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1 |
Sun, 7 January 2007 7:00pm |
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9 |
Sun, 14 January 2007 6:00pm |
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13 |
Sun, 21 January 2007 7:05pm ITV4's description brings a whole new subplot to the episode- Alan is in love with Arra. "The course of true love doesn't run smooth for Carter, who has the misfortune to meet a beautiful woman at a time when the moon is on a deadly collision course." |
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17 |
Wed, 24 January 2007 8:00pm |
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14 |
Sun, 28 January 2007 6:00pm |
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12 |
Sun, 28 January 2007 7:00pm |
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10 |
Wed, 31 January 2007 8:00pm |
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23 |
Sun, 4 February 2007 6:00pm |
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22 |
Sun, 4 February 2007 7:00pm |
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3 |
Wed, 7 February 2007 8:00pm |
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8 |
Fri, 9 February 2006 7:00pm |
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16 |
Sun, 11 February 2007 7:05pm |
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2 |
Sun, 11 February 2007 8:00pm |
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5 |
Wed, 14 February 2007 8:00pm |
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15 |
Fri, 16 February 2007 7:00pm |
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6 |
Sun, 18 February 2007 7:05pm |
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21 |
Sun, 18 March 2007 8:00pm |
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4 |
Fri, 23 February 2007 7:00pm |
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7 |
Sun, 25 February 2007 7:00pm |
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11 |
Sun, 25 February 2007 8:00pm |
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20 |
Fri, 2 March 2007 7:00pm |
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19 |
Sun, 4 March 2007 7:00pm |
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24 |
Sun, 4 March 2007 8:00pm |
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18 |
Fri, 9 March 2007 6:00pm |
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1 |
Sun, 11 March 2007 7:00pm |
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2 |
Sun, 11 March 2007 8:00pm |
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29 |
Fri, 16 March 2007 6:00pm |
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27 |
Sun, 18 March 2007 7:00pm |
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33 |
Sun, 18 March 2007 8:00pm |
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34 |
Fri, 23 March 2007 6:00pm |
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32 |
Sun, 25 March 2007 7:00pm |
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31 |
Sun, 25 March 2007 8:00pm |
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28 |
Fri, 30 March 2007 6:00pm |
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30 |
Sun, 8 April 2007 6:00pm |
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7 |
Sun, 22 April 2007 6:00pm - 6:30pm |
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37 |
Sun, 6 May 2007 6:00pm |
Year One reappears in September 2007. Generally there is an episode on Friday evening and Saturday afternoon. At the end of December, the Saturday episode starts to repeat Friday's episode (and, after holiday films caused a skipped week, another series run re-starts in parallel on Mondays). In February 2008 the first double-repeat on Saturday appeared (once on Friday, and twice on a Saturday), often with episodes on Sunday, Monday and Friday, up to 5 a week. This then changed to Sunday, Monday and two episodes on Wednesday. Late night episodes were shown with on-screen signing for the hard-of-hearing.
| Production Order | Episode | Broadcast |
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1 |
Sat, 29 September 2007 6:00pm |
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9 |
Sat, 6 October 2005 3:25pm- 4:30pm |
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13 |
Fri, 12 October 2007 7:00pm |
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17 |
Fri, 26 October 2007 7:00pm - 8:00pm |
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14 |
Sat, 27 October 2007 2:45pm - 3:45pm |
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12 |
Fri, 02 November 2007 7:00pm |
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10 |
Sat, 03 November 2007 2:30pm - 3:30pm |
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23 |
Fri, 09 November 2007 7:00pm |
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22 |
Sat, 10 November 2007 3:30pm |
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3 |
Sat, 24 November 2007 3:00pm |
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8 |
Fri, 30 November 2007 7:00pm |
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16 |
Sat, 01 December 2007 3:00pm |
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2 |
Fri, 07 December 2007 7:00pm |
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5 |
Fri, 14 December 2007 7:00pm |
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15 |
Sat, 15 December 2007 3:15pm |
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6 |
Sat, 22 December 2007 3:00pm |
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21 |
Fri, 28 December 2007 7:00pm |
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21 |
Sat, 29 December 2007 3:00pm |
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1 |
Mon, 07 January 2008 3:05pm |
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4 |
Fri, 11 January 2008 7:00pm |
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4 |
Sat, 12 January 2008 3:25pm |
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9 |
Mon, 14 January 2008 3:00pm-3:45pm |
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7 |
Fri, 18 January 2008 7:00pm |
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7 |
Sat, 19 January 2008 3:30pm |
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13 |
Mon, 21 January 2008 3:10pm-4:00pm |
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11 |
Fri, 25 January 2008 7:00pm |
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11 |
Sat, 26 January 2008 3:30pm |
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20 |
Fri, 01 February 2008 7:00pm |
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20 |
Sat, 02 February 2008 2:30pm |
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17 |
Mon, 04 February 2008 2:40pm - 3:30pm |
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19 |
Fri, 08 February 2008 7:00pm |
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19 |
Sat, 09 February 2008 10:00am - 11:00am |
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19 |
Sat, 09 February 2008 1:30pm - 2:30pm |
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14 |
Mon, 11 February 2008 3:00am - 3:50am |
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24 |
Fri, 15 February 2008 7:00pm |
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24 |
Sat, 16 February 2008 10:00am |
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24 |
Sat, 16 February 2008 1:30pm |
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12 |
Mon, 18 February 2008 3:05am |
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10 |
Wed, 20 February 2008 3:00am |
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23 |
Mon, 25 February 2008 3:20am |
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22 |
Wed, 27 February 2008 2:55am - 3:50pm |
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18 |
Fri, 29 February 2008 7:00pm |
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3 |
Mon, 03 March 2008 3:00am |
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8 |
Tue, 04 March 2008 3:20am-4:10am |
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1 |
Sat, 05 March 2008 9:00am |
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1 |
Sat, 05 March 2008 2:00pm |
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1 |
Fri, 07 March 2008 7:00pm |
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1 |
Sat, 08 March 2008 9:30am |
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1 |
Sat, 08 March 2008 1:30pm |
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16 |
Sun, 09 March 2008 3:50am |
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2 |
Mon, 10 March 2008 3:15am-4:10am |
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2 |
Fri, 14 March 2008 7:00pm |
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2 |
Sat, 15 March 2008 9:30am |
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2 |
Sat, 15 March 2008 1:00pm |
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5 |
Sun, 16 March 2008 3:30am |
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15 |
Mon, 17 March 2008 3:00am |
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9 |
Tue, 18 March 2008 9:30am |
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9 |
Tue, 18 March 2008 2:00pm |
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6 |
Sun, 23 March 2008 3:00am |
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21 |
Mon, 24 March 2008 3:05am - 3:50am |
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13 |
Wed, 26 March 2008 10:30am |
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13 |
Wed, 26 March 2008 3:00pm |
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7 |
Mon, 31 March 2008 2:50am-3:40am |
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17 |
Wed, 02 April 2008 10:30am |
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17 |
Wed, 02 April 2008 3:00pm |
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4 |
Thur, 03 April 2008 2:50am-3:40am |
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11 |
Sun, 06 April 2008 3:05am-3:55am |
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20 |
Mon, 07 April 2008 2:55am-3:45am |
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14 |
Wed, 09 April 2008 10:30am |
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14 |
Wed, 09 April 2008 03:00pm |
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19 |
Sun, 13 April 2008 2:55am - 3:45am |
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24 |
Mon, 14 April 2008 2:50am-3:35am |
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18 |
Sun, 20 April 2008 2:55am - 3:45am |
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25 |
Mon, 21 April 2008 2:55am - 3:45am |
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26 |
Sun, 27 April 2008 2:15am - 3:05am |
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27 |
Sun, 27 April 2008 3:05am - 3:55am |
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12 |
Wed, 30 April 2008 10:30am |
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12 |
Wed, 30 April 2008 3:00pm |
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27 |
Sun, 04 May 2008 2:55am - 3:45am |
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33 |
Mon, 05 May 2008 3:00am - 3:50am |
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10 |
Wed, 07 May 2008 10:30am |
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10 |
Wed, 07 May 2008 3:00pm |
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34 |
Mon, 12 May 2008 3:05am - 3:50am |
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23 |
Wed, 14 May 2008 10:25am |
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23 |
Wed, 14 May 2008 1:55pm |
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32 |
Mon, 19 May 2008 3:05am - 3:55am |
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31 |
Tue, 20 May 2008 3:00am - 3:45am |
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22 |
Wed, 21 May 2008 10:30am |
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22 |
Wed, 21 May 2008 2:00pm |
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28 |
Sun, 25 May 2008 2:35am - 3:20am |
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3 |
Wed, 28 May 2008 11:30am |
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3 |
Wed, 28 May 2008 3:00pm |
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30 |
Mon, 02 June 2008 2:20am - 3:05am |
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8 |
Wed, 04 June 2008 9:55am |
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8 |
Wed, 04 June 2008 2:30pm |
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37 |
Fri, 06 June 2008 2:05am - 2:55am |
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35 |
Mon, 09 June 2008 2:50am - 3:40am |
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36 |
Tue, 17 June 2008 3:10am - 4:00am |
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16 |
Wed, 18 June 2008 10:15am |
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16 |
Wed, 18 June 2008 2:20pm |
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40 |
Mon, 23 June 2008 3:10am - 4:00am |
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39 |
Tue, 24 June 2008 2:45am - 3:35am |
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2 |
Wed, 25 June 2008 10:30am |
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2 |
Wed, 25 June 2008 2:30pm |
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38 |
Thu, 26 June 2008 2:50am - 3:40am |
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43 |
Mon, 30 June 2008 2:30am - 3:20am |
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41 |
Tue, 01 July 2008 3:10am - 4:00am |
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5 |
Wed, 02 July 2008 11:25am - 12:25pm |
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5 |
Wed, 02 July 2008 4:00pm - 5:00pm |
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42 |
Thur, 03 July 2008 2:40am - 3:30am |
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40 |
Mon, 07 July 2008 2:45am - 3:35am |
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45 |
Wed, 09 July 2008 3:10am - 4:00am |
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15 |
Wed, 09 July 2008 10:25am - 11:25am |
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15 |
Wed, 09 July 2008 3pm |
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45 |
Thur, 10 July 2008 2:45am - 3:35am |
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47 |
Mon, 14 July 2008 3:05am - 3:50am |
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48 |
Wed, 16 July 2008 2:45am - 3:35am |
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6 |
Wed, 16 July 2008 10:25am - 11:25am |
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6 |
Wed, 16 July 2008 3:00pm - 4:00pm |
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Fri, 18 July 2008 2:50am |
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9 |
Mon, 21 July 2008 2:45am - 3:35am |
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13 |
Tue, 22 July 2008 2:40am - 3:25am |
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17 |
Wed, 23 July 2008 2:35am - 3:25am |
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21 |
Wed, 23 July 2008 10:25am - 11:25am |
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14 |
Sun, 27 July 2008 2:35am - 3:25am |
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12 |
Mon, 28 July 2008 2:40am - 3:30am |
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10 |
Wed, 30 July 2008 2:40am - 3:30am |
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4 |
Wed, 30 July 2008 10:20am - 11:25am |
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4 |
Wed, 30 July 2008 3:00pm - 4:00pm |
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23 |
Sun, 03 August 2008 2:55am - 3:45am |
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22 |
Tue, 05 August 2008 2:55am - 3:45am |
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3 |
Wed, 06 August 2008 3:00am - 3:50am |
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7 |
Wed, 06 August 2008 10:20am |
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7 |
Wed, 06 August 2008 3:00pm |
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8 |
Mon, 11 August 2008 3:10am - 4:00am |
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16 |
Tue, 12 August 2008 2:20am - 3:10am |
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11 |
Wed, 13 August 2008 10:20am - 11:20am |
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11 |
Wed, 13 August 2008 3:00pm - 4:00pm |
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2 |
Fri, 15 August 2008 2:55am - 3:45am |
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5 |
Tue, 19 August 2008 2:50am - 3:35am |
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15 |
Wed, 20 August 2008 3:05am - 4:00am |
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20 |
Wed, 20 August 2008 10:15am - 11:15am |
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20 |
Wed, 20 August 2008 3:00pm - 4:00pm |
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6 |
Fri, 22 August 2008 2:30am - 3:20am |
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21 |
Tue, 26 August 2008 3:15am - 4:00am |
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19 |
Wed, 27 August 2008 10:25am - 11:25am |
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19 |
Wed, 27 August 2008 3:00pm - 4:00pm |
Thanks to Ros Connors, Chris Dale