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On This Day...25th January
Programmes
1957
The final edition of The Tony Hancock Show airs on ITV.
1965
The final episode of Crane airs on ITV.
Drama. Starring Patrick Allen (Richard Crane), Sam Kydd (Orlando O’Connor), Gerald Flood (Colonel Sharif Mahmoud) and Laya Raki (Halima).
Drama. Starring Patrick Allen (Richard Crane), Sam Kydd (Orlando O’Connor), Gerald Flood (Colonel Sharif Mahmoud) and Laya Raki (Halima).
1977
The final episode of The Magic Roundabout airs on BBC One.
1984
The final edition of Whicker's World: QE2 Cruise airs on BBC One.
1987
The 1,500th edition of Farming airs on BBC One.
1987
The first episode of Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel airs on BBC One.
1988
The first edition of Talking Pictures airs on BBC One.
1991
The first episode of The Boys from the Bush airs on BBC One.
1996
The first episode of Thief Takers airs on ITV.
1997
The first edition of Last Chance Lottery airs on Channel 4.
2001
The first edition of The Base airs on ITV (Carlton London).
Regional programme.
Regional programme.
2007
The first episode of Skins airs on Channel 4.
2021
The first edition of Lightning airs on BBC Two.
Daytime quiz. Presented by Zoe Lyons.
Daytime quiz. Presented by Zoe Lyons.
2022
The first episode of The Gilded Age airs on Sky Atlantic.
Written by Julian Fellowes.
Written by Julian Fellowes.
2023
The first episode of The Catch airs on Channel 5.
Starring Jason Watkins.
Starring Jason Watkins.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1977
BBC One tape Festival March airs for the first time.
On This Day...25th January
Births
1922
Former writer and TV presenter, Raymond Baxter.
1949
Former TV news reporter/presenter, Chris Lowe.
1956
Former TV/radio presenter, Bill Turnbull.
1962
TV/radio presenter, Emma Freud.
1982
TV news presenter, Duncan Golestani.
1991
TV presenter, Chris Johnson.
Events
1990
Diane-Louise Jordan presents Blue Peter (BBC One) for the first time.
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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