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On This Day...2nd May
Programmes
1964
The first episode of Theatre 625 airs on BBC Two.
1964
The first edition of Horizon airs on BBC Two.
2018
The final episode of Benidorm airs on ITV.
Teletext
1983
Ceefax In-Vision (later known as Pages from Ceefax) officially replaces Test Card F as a daytime interval filler on BBC One and BBC Two. Ceefax pages had been appearing in daytime slots since March 1980 but Test Card F continued to fill most of the gaps in the daytime programme schedule.
On 2nd May 1983, the first Ceefax In-Vision slot was: BBC Two 11.25am - 2.20pm. As this was a Bank Holiday, BBC One had a full daytime schedule. The new, regular Ceefax In-Vision service on BBC One (excluding Ceefax AM) launched the following day: 9am - 9.30am.
Radio Times did not publicise the daytime Ceefax transmissions (with the exception of Ceefax AM) until January 1984.
On 2nd May 1983, the first Ceefax In-Vision slot was: BBC Two 11.25am - 2.20pm. As this was a Bank Holiday, BBC One had a full daytime schedule. The new, regular Ceefax In-Vision service on BBC One (excluding Ceefax AM) launched the following day: 9am - 9.30am.
Radio Times did not publicise the daytime Ceefax transmissions (with the exception of Ceefax AM) until January 1984.
On This Day...2nd May
Births
1935
Former Thames TV presenter/reporter, Allan Hargreaves.
1944
Former BBC presenter/reporter, Margaret Percy.
1952
Former TV presenter, Isla St Clair.
Deaths
1990
Former actor, David Rappaport.
2004
Former actor, BBC TV announcer and explorer, Duncan Carse.
Research for On This Day in TV History is by Paul R. Jackson.
Details about test card/teletext in-vision music and BBC trade test films are available as a result of decades of research and logging by members of the Test Card Circle.
Details about test card/teletext in-vision music and BBC trade test films are available as a result of decades of research and logging by members of the Test Card Circle.
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