Aden

I found some stuff recently relating to the South Arabian Broadcasting Service (SABS). SABS ran the the TV service in Aden - which showed Doctor Who in 1965-66. 

First, here's an example of their television schedule for week commencing 19 May 1966. Doctor Who is on at 6:40 on Sunday:

Abbott and Costello! The Saint! Football Match! Arabic Song! Wrestling! Closing Down! That's what I call a schedule. 

Anyway. That's from a British Petroleum employee magazine called - rather wonderfully, I think - 'Jottings'. There are a few more editions here. But they mostly don't have TV listings. Presumably on health and safety grounds. It would be dangerous to risk overexciting people who work around heavy machinery and flammable liquids, I imagine.

The other thing I found was an article about how SABS was set up. It includes a few details of the involvement of Television International Enterprises Ltd (TIE) and Thomson Television (International) Ltd - TTI for short. It also confirms that the BBC provided some engineering staff on secondment.  

I'll come back to TIE, TTI and the issue of BBC secondments at a later date. For now, enjoy (if you can) these historic pages. Specifically, these historic pages 61 to 63 of the Port of Aden Annual for 1966-7, the whole of which you can find here.