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On This Day...5th March
Programmes
1975
The first episode of You're on Your Own airs on BBC One.
Police drama. Starring Denis Quilley.
Police drama. Starring Denis Quilley.
1976
The final edition of National News airs on BBC One.
1989
The first edition of Floyd on TV airs on ITV.
1990
The first edition of Plunder airs on BBC Two.
1991
The final edition of Rod, Jane and Freddy airs on ITV.
1992
The first episode of The Camomile Lawn airs on Channel 4.
1993
The final edition of Terry Wogan's Friday Night airs on BBC One.
1995
The final episode of The Buccaneers airs on BBC One.
1996
The final episode of Murder One airs on BBC Two.
1996
The first episode of Married For Life airs on ITV.
1998
The final episode of Mosley airs on Channel 4.
1999
The final edition of News at 5.40 airs on ITV.
1999
The final edition of ITV News at Ten (original incarnation) airs on ITV.
2001
The first episode of Crossroads (second incarnation) airs on ITV.
2002
The final edition of Food and Drink (original incarnation) airs on BBC Two.
2006
The first edition of The Planet Earth airs on BBC One.
It was the first major BBC series to be filmed in high definition.
It was the first major BBC series to be filmed in high definition.
2009
The final episode of The Green Green Grass airs on BBC One.
2012
Sports bulletins on the BBC News channel are broadcast from MediaCity UK in Salford Quays for the first time. The first bulletin is presented by Olly Foster.
2013
The first episode of Bluestone 42 airs on BBC Three.
2014
The final episode of Outnumbered (series) airs on BBC One.
A Christmas special was shown on 26th December 2016.
A Christmas special was shown on 26th December 2016.
2017
The first episode of Clique airs on BBC Three.
2020
The first episode of Noughts + Crosses airs on BBC One.
2022
The National Comedy Awards for Stand Up to Cancer airs on Channel 4.
Presented by Tom Allen from the Roundhouse, north London. Postponed from March and December 2021 due to Covid.
Presented by Tom Allen from the Roundhouse, north London. Postponed from March and December 2021 due to Covid.
2024
The first episode of Mary and George airs on Sky Atlantic.
Fact-based historical drama. About the scheming Mary Villiers and her son George who seduced King James 1. Starring Julianne Moore, Nicholas Galitzine and Tony Curran.
Fact-based historical drama. About the scheming Mary Villiers and her son George who seduced King James 1. Starring Julianne Moore, Nicholas Galitzine and Tony Curran.
2025
The first episode of A Cruel Love: the Ruth Ellis Story airs on ITV 1.
True-crime drama. Set in the 1950s. About the last woman hanged in Britain. Starring Lucy Boynton.
True-crime drama. Set in the 1950s. About the last woman hanged in Britain. Starring Lucy Boynton.
2025
The first episode of Get Millie Black airs on Channel 4.
Crime drama. Starring Tamara Lawrance.
Crime drama. Starring Tamara Lawrance.
On This Day...5th March
Births
1943
Former TV presenter, Hugh Scully.
1943
Actress and TV announcer, Jane Rossington.
1944
TV news reporter/presenter, Graham Purches.
Events
1976
Richard Baker presents the final edition of National News (BBC One).
1976
Angela Rippon and Peter Woods present the final edition of the Nine o’Clock News (BBC One) to use two presenters (until two-presenter presentation was re-introduced on 2nd September 1985).
1999
John Suchet presents the ITV Early Evening News for the final time.
1999
Trevor McDonald presents the final edition of ITV News at Ten, before the programme is moved to a later timeslot.
It includes a report by Norman Rees about the major news stories covered by the programme over the past thirty years.
ITV News at Ten returned in January 2001.
It includes a report by Norman Rees about the major news stories covered by the programme over the past thirty years.
ITV News at Ten returned in January 2001.
Research for On This Day in TV History is by Paul R. Jackson.
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