Broadcast
"Winged Assassin" was postponed on its scheduled first airdate in ATV London region, 8 October 1967 (1967-10-08), due to the death of former British Prime Minister Clement Attlee the same day. A tribute programme was run in its place. The British Board of Film Classification notes that "Winged Assassin" contains "some action and mild horror" in spite of its "U" certificate. When a digitally-remastered re-run of Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons began in the United Kingdom in September 2001, "Winged Assassin" was originally to be broadcast as the second episode as recommended by the continuity. However, it was postponed from its BBC Two transmission date of 17 September 2001 (2001-09-17) due to parallels between the plot, which revolves around the Mysteron "hi-jacking" of an airliner, and the September 11 attacks which occurred during the previous week. At the same time, the Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons pages on the Carlton website were taken down. The episode was eventually broadcast much later in the run.
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