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Catacombs International Guideby Robert Chwalinski
Titled "Kosmos: 1999" the series was shown in Poland on The First Channel of State Television. It was shown from 8 January 1977 to 8 September 1979 on Saturday afternoons or evenings.
| Date | Time | Polish Title | Original Title |
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| 8 January 1977 | 18.05 | Oderwanie | Breakaway |
| 5 February 1977 | 17.55 | Sprawa zycia i smierci | Matter Of Life And Death |
| 5 March 1977 | 16.10 | Ostatni zachod slonca | The Last Sunset |
| 1 April 1977 | 22.20 | W innym miejscu, w innym czasie | Another Time, Another Place |
| 7 May 1977 | 21.50 | Pierscien wokol Ksiezyca | Ring Around The Moon |
| 4 June 1977 | 16.40 | Dziecko w Alfie | Alpha Child |
| 23 July 1977 | 18.00 | Domena smoka | Dragon's Domain |
| 6 August 1977 | 18.10 | Testament Arkadii | The Testament Of Arkadia |
| 3 September 1977 | 14.50 | Koniec wiecznosci | End of Eternity |
| 29 October 1977 | 20.40 | Mozg kosmosu | Space Brain |
| 19 November 1977 | 18.00 | Tajemnica mgly | The Full Circle |
| 5 August 1978 | 20.40 | Metamorfoza | The Metamorph |
| 2 September 1978 | 16.20 | Nie wszystko zloto, co sie swieci | All That Glisters |
| 7 October 1978 | 16.50 | Wygnancy | The Exiles |
| 11 November 1978 | 15.20 | Znamie Archanonu | The Mark Of Archanon |
| 2 December 1978 | 14.55 | Chwila czlowieczenstwa | One Moment Of Humanity |
| 13 January 1979 | 18.05 | Diabelska planeta | Devils Planet |
| 20 January 1979 | 17.20 | Prawda planety Luton | The Rules Of Luton |
| 3 February 1979 | 16.05 | Ziarno zaglady | Seed of Destruction |
| 3 March 1979 | 15.40 | Syndrom odpornosci | The Immunity Syndrome |
| 7 April 1979 | 16.00 | Podroz w czasie | Space Warp |
| 21 July 1979 | 14.30 | Oblok Beta | The Beta Cloud |
| 4 August 1979 | 16.00 | Czynnik Lambda | The Lambda Factor |
| 8 September 1979 | 15.55 | ? | Brian The Brain |
Many years later, in 1994, two of the many private TV stations ("Aster City" and "Porion") broadcast all 48 episodes.
by Wilson Maffetano
As far as I can remember, "Space: 1999" was shown here in 1976, Thursday nights at 09:00 PM. All the Year 1 episodes were broadcast twice only. Year 2 was shown some 2 years after that (I'm not sure about this), but under the name "Terror in Space". The "Space: 1999" logo was cut, and a new crude one introduced using that name (in Portuguese: "Terror no Espaço"). If memory serves, Year 2 was also broadcast twice only. After that the series disappeared and was never shown on any TV station again (not even on cable).
Of course, the video market here made available the 4 compilations on VHS sometime in the 1980s, but the videos are rare now. Since the end of the 1990s, all the compilations have been shown on TV cable from time to time.
Titled Månebase Alpha ("Moonbase Alpha"), the series was shown on Denmark Radio (the only TV channel at the time). It was shown from November 1976 on Saturday evening prime time, alternated with Kojak and Columbo. After 4 episodes, it was moved to Sunday early evening at 6pm, but a controversial episode (Force Of Life) aroused press condemnation for horrific elements. After one more episode in January 1977 the series was withdrawn. From May to July 1977 six Year Two episodes were shown.
| Nr | Date | Time | Danish Title | Original Title | |
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| 1 | 16 Oct 1976 Sat | 22:40 | Løsrivelse | Breakaway | Breakaway |
| 2 | 06 Nov 1976 Sat | 22:05 | Fare for kollision | Danger of Collision | Collision Course |
| 3 | 27 Nov 1976 Sat | 21:55 | Den sorte sol | The Black Sun | Black Sun |
| 4 | 18 Dec 1976 Sat | 21:40 | Rumhjernen | Space Brain | Space Brain |
| 5 | 02 Jan 1977 Sun | 18:00 | Et Rumbarn | Space Child | Alpha Child |
| 6 | 09 Jan 1977 Sun | 18:00 | Livskraft | Life Force | Force Of Life |
| 7 | 16 Jan 1977 Sun | 18:00 | Retur til Jorden? | Return to Earth? | Earthbound |
| 8 | 29 Apr 1977 Fri | 22:10 | Slut på evigheden | End Of Eternity | End Of Eternity |
| 9 | 17 May 1977 Tue | 21:35 | Metamorfose | Metamorphosis | The Metamorph |
| 10 | 23 May 1977 Mon | 21:20 | Eksil | Exile | The Exiles |
| 11 | 06 Jun 1977 Mon | 21:35 | Farligt Mineral | Dangerous Mineral | All That Glisters |
| 12 | 27 Jun 1977 Mon | 21:45 | Pupperne | Chrysalis | The AB Chrysalis |
| 13 | 25 Jul 1977 Mon | 21:00 | Balance | Balance | A Matter Of Balance |
| 14 | 11 Jul 1977 Mon | 20:55 | Zorans skæbne | The Fate of Zoran | The Immunity Syndrome |
In the 1990s the Danish station TV3 broadcast the entire Year 1 in English.
(information from Keld R. Hansen)
[Information from Pele- Pele's homepage]
In 1976 Swedish Television (SVT) broadcast 14 episodes from Year One. The series was considered too violent for the Swedish public and withdrawn at the end of December 1977. SVT could also be viewed in eastern Norway: Norwegian television never showed the series.
The series was titled Månbas Alpha 1999. The episodes were:
| Nr | Date | Time | Swedish Title | Original Title | |
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| 1 | 8 May 1976 | 21.35-22.25 | Katastrofen | The Catastrophe | Breakaway |
| 2 | 15 May 1976 | 21.35-22.25 | Resenären | The Traveller | Voyagers Return |
| 3 | 22 May 1976 | 21.35-22.25 | No Archive* | Ring Around The Moon | |
| 4 | 29 May 1976 | 21.35-22.25 | Black Sun | Black Sun | Black Sun |
| 5 | 5 June 1976 | 21.35-22.25 | No Archive * | Missing Link | |
| 6 | 12 June 1976 | 21.35-22.25 | Antimateria | Antimatter | Matter Of Life And Death |
| 7 | 19 June 1976 | 21.35-22.25 | No Archive * | War Games | |
| 8 | 26 June 1976 | 21.35-22.25 | No Archive * | The Last Sunset | |
| 9 | 3 July 1976 | 21.35-22.25 | No Archive * | The Troubled Spirit | |
| 10 | 10 July 1976 | 21.35-22.25 | No Archive * | Another Time Another Place | |
| 11 | 8 December 1977 | 20.10-21.00 | I Riktning mot Jorden | At course for Earth | Earthbound |
| 12 | 15 December 1977 | 20.10-21.00 | Testamentet | The Testament | The Testament of Arcadia |
| 13 | 22 December 1977 | 20.10-21.00 | Maskin eller Människa | Machine or Man | The Infernal Machine |
| 14 | 29 December 1977 | 20.10-21.00 | Paradiset | The Paradise | Guardian Of Piri |
* No Archive = There is no information available at SVTs archive
Recently the Swedish cable channel Z-Tv broadcast the whole of the first series, but they seem unlikely to broadcast Year Two.
Some Dutch viewers could pick up the original 1975-77 broadcasts of Space 1999 from England and others watched broadcasts in 1977 on Germany's ZDF and on Belgian television. In 1978, the Dutch station VARA broadcast 12 episodes of the first series on their second TV channel. The episodes were subtitled and shown without commercial breaks or edits. Despite fan protests, the series was cancelled and replaced by Blake's 7 (only the first two seasons were shown before that too was cancelled). Thanks to Remco Admiraal.
| Nr | Date (Fridays) | Time | Dutch Title | Translation | Original Title |
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| 1 | 2 June 1978 | 20.27-21.17 | De maan uit haar baan | The Moon Out of Orbit | Breakaway |
| 2 | 9 June 1978 | 20.27-21.17 | Ruimteoorlog | Space War | War Games |
| 3 | 16 June 1978 | 20.27-21.17 | Ontmoeting in de ruimte | Meeting In Space | Mission Of The Darians |
| 4 | 23 June 1978 | 20.27-21.17 | Terugkeer van een ruimteverkenner | Return Of The Space Shuttle Specialist | Voyager's Return |
| 5 | 30 June 1978 | 20.27-21.17 | De basisbaby | The Base Baby | Alpha Child |
| 6 | 7 July 1978 | 20.27-21.17 | De laatste vijand | The Last Enemy | The Last Enemy |
| 7 | 14 July 1978 | 20.27-21.17 | Kosmisch Brein | Cosmic Brain | Space Brain |
| 8 | 28 July 1978 | 20.27-21.17 | Levenskracht | Life Force | Force Of Life |
| 9 | 4 August 1978 | 18.58-19.50 | Tijd en Plaats onbekend | Time and Place Unknown | Another Time, Another Place |
| 10 | 11 August 1978 | 18.58-19.50 | Aan de aarde gebonden | Bound to the Earth | Earthbound |
| 11 | 18 August 1978 | 18.58-19.50 | Een kring om de maan | A Ring Around The Moon | Ring Around The Moon |
| 12 | 25 August 1978 rescheduled from Friday 21 July, 20.27-21.17 |
18.59-19.50 | De laatste zonsondergang | The Last Sunset | The Last Sunset |
Media coverage was limited (features often used Year 2 shots).
Merchandising:
Note some foreign items were also available in the Netherlands including the Airfix Eagle, the German Panini stickers and album and the German Zack comics.
by Kai Baer; some information from Erkki Rautio's excellent Phinnweb site
The series was titled Avaruusasema Alfa (literally "Spacestation Alpha") in Finland. It was broadcast in 1975 and 1976. Episodes were subtitled, not dubbed. They showed half of season one and 6 episodes of season 2. According to Erkki Rautio, the series was banned after a campaign by the Association of the Finnish Kindergarten Teachers who considered it too terrifying for children.
In the beginning of the 1980s a new tv channel showed the rest of the series. A few episodes never aired (including The Bringers Of Wonder)
Merchandising included the Airfix model kits, the dolls (sold in just one toystore in Turku) and bubblegum cards. There were no articles or any other media coverage whatsoever except for the few tv-magazines telling what episode they were going to show.
Still, the series seems to be quite fondly remembered here by people my age. It was a bigger hit here than Battlestar Galactica or the original Star Trek ever was. Nowadays, of course with Voyager and Babylon 5 on the air I'm afraid those shows would be voted as their favorite sci-fi shows.
by Steven van der Merwe; episode list by Shaqui
Space: 1999 (Y1) was shown in the late seventies by the South African Broadcasting Corporation - at the time the only TV broadcaster in the country and operated by the state, and broadcasting countrywide.
The Afrikaans-dubbed version we saw here was called "Alpha 1999" - with just a space in-between Alpha and 1999.
Hover your mouse over the asterisks below for notes *Further comments will appear in a pop up
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15 April 1977 |
Wentelbaan |
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22 April 1977 |
Alpha Kind |
Alpha Child |
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29 April 1977 |
Die Dood Se Ander Ryk |
Death Will Reach Others *(literal translation) |
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6 May 1977 |
'n Kwissie Van Lewe Of Dood |
A Matter of Life and Death |
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13 May 1977 |
Ruimtebrein |
Space Brain |
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20 May 1977 |
No title given *(episode identified by listing description) |
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27 May 1977 |
Bewaker Van Piri |
Awakening of Piri |
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3 June 1977 |
No title given *(episode identified by listing description) |
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10 June 1977 |
Die Laaste Sonsondergang |
The Last Sunset |
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17 June 1977 |
Die Draak Se Gebied |
The Dragon's Region |
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11 |
24 June 1977 |
Voyager Se Terugkeer |
Voyager is Coming Back |
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25 November 1977 |
Die Gevaarlike Masjien |
The Dangerous Machine |
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2 December 1977 |
Testament Van Arkadia |
Testament of Arcadia |
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9 December 1977 |
No title or description given |
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16 December 1977 |
Not listed |
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23 December 1977 |
Die Volle Kringloop |
The Full Circle *(kring is 'circle' but 'kringloop' is a circular walkway) |
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30 December 1977 |
Botsingkoers |
Crash Course |
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6 January 1978 |
'n Vreemde Lewenskrag |
A Strange Being |
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13 January 1978 |
Die Vermiste Skakel |
The Lost Connection |
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20 January 1978 |
Ander Tyd, Ander Plek |
Other Time, Other Place |
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27 January 1978 |
Bestemming, Die Arde |
Destination Earth |
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3 February 1978 |
Kring Om Die Moon |
Circle Round The Moon |
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10 February 1978 |
Die Swart Son |
The Black Sun |
Y2 followed several years later (also dubbed into Afrikaans), but at the time I was unpleasantly surprised by the change of direction in the show, and only watched it on the odd occasion. So I can't remember much of Y2's local rendition.
As far as I can recall, there was never much merchandising over here, but I do recall a S1999 cartoon strip published for a short period in the SABC's own weekly magazine called "Family Radio & TV", as well as in its Afrikaans language counterpart "Radio & TV Dagboek". (Dagboek = Diary). Neither magazine exist any more. The cartoon strip was most surely purchased on a syndication basis from overseas. One cartoon scene rings a bell - the Alphans encounter a planet which they think might be Earth, but the planet has been taken over by giant ants. (Perhaps this will assist you in establishing which cartoon series was published here.) [Ed: This is either the John Burns Look-In strip or the Farinas-Cardona Zack comic story).
by Leonidas Papadopoulos
Space:1999 was broadcast here in Greece from the Mega TV channel, from early December 1989 to mid July 1990. All 48 episodes were shown but not with the original production order exactly. I don't remember the whole order in which the episodes were shown here, but I do remember that Breakaway and Matter Of Life And Death were the first two. Black Sun wasn't the third episode to be shown, but the last of the first season(24th) before the second season was shown. The Infernal Machine was the 4th episode in broadcast order and Another Time, Another Place was the fifth. I do recall that these two episodes had given me the creeps when I watched them back then. I can't remember the order of the other episodes, but all were shown. I had missed Breakaway at the time it was shown and started watching Space from Matter Of Life And Death and on. But during the Christmas holidays of 1989, Mega channel reran some of the episodes and I could watch Breakaway at last. The show was on every Wednesday at 3 pm and when the second season started, I think it moved to 5pm.
The series was broadcast untouched, with no dubbing (I guess I was one of the lucky ones!) and the original theme music and scenes. No merchandising was sold (not anything that I remember though), but Mega Channel advertised Space almost every day (at least during the first episodes of the first season).
Man, these were the days! I couldn't possibly think that I could spend a week without watching my favorite series and when I lost one first season episode due to school (we had one day at school in the afternoon and it happened to be Wednesday!) and three season two episodes due to summer holidays (we didn't have any TV set back then) I was the saddest boy on Earth. I was 10 years-old in 1989 and was going to the fifth grade of elementary school. At the time I couldn't think of cutting from school to go and watch Space (after all, I was only 10 years-old). During my summer holidays, lasting one month, I would go to a neighbour's house just to watch Space. And they had a colour TV set! We only had b/w TV. Maybe that was part of the magic. With the b/w TV not all things were obvious to the eye, and I had to use my imagination and that was even better from the "obvious".
Anyway, these were the best days of my life. Space had marked my childhood and had universally influenced the way I watched TV.
Breakaway was previewed on channel 7 on Monday July 23, 1975 at 7.30pm. The series began on 23 February 1976, in a Monday 7.30pm slot. The run was cut short, with the final Year One episodes returning in December 1976 in the same slot. The series re-appeared in mid-November 1978 in a Saturday 7.30pm slot, first with repeats of Year One followed by Year 2.
Copyright Martin Willey
