The episode they refer to "Shadow Dancing" was broadcast in the UK on 15th Sep (from teletext) And usenet confirms https://groups.google.com/g/uk.media.tv.sf.

The episode they refer to "Shadow Dancing" was broadcast in the UK on 15th Sep (from teletext) And usenet confirms https://groups.google.com/g/uk.media.tv.sf.babylon5/c/_6WzOCiRSE8/m/rPdypUzHn_MJ https://groups.google.com/g/uk.media.tv.sf.babylon5/c/_6WzOC... https://groups.google.com/g/uk.media.tv.sf.babylon5/c/KxNjFfe_Rn4/m/2-ng-AEvun8J https://groups.google.com/g/uk.media.tv.sf.babylon5/c/KxNjFf... That it was 1996 was the year https://babylon5.fandom.com/wiki/Shadow_Dancing https://babylon5.fandom.com/wiki/Shadow_Dancing Says it was first broadcast in the US on 21st October 1996 Was B5 really broadcast in the UK ahead of the US?! Star Trek in that era was months to years behind -- evidence in November 1997 https://groups.google.com/g/uk.media.tv.sf.startrek/c/apVB4RNP95w/m/l9h91XYD_60J https://groups.google.com/g/uk.media.tv.sf.startrek/c/apVB4R... BBC (free to air) were broadcasting episodes first shown in the US in June 1996, and Sky (Pay TV) were on October 1996.