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On This Day...29th December
Programmes
1965
The final edition of ITN Reports airs on ITV.
1969
The final episode of Chigley airs on BBC One.
1972
The final edition of Newsroom airs on BBC Two.
Presented by Clive Jacobs.
Presented by Clive Jacobs.
1973
The final episode of Doctor in Charge airs on ITV.
1981
The final episode of Pipkins airs on ITV.
1988
The pilot of You Rang M'Lord airs on BBC One.
1988
The final edition of Cannon and Ball airs on ITV.
1990
Thirty Years of the Royal Variety Performance airs on BBC One.
1991
Auntie's Bloomers airs on BBC One.
1991
Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors airs on BBC One.
1993
The final episode of Spender airs on BBC One.
1993
The final episode of Sitting Pretty airs on BBC One.
1993
The final episode of Sean's Show airs on Channel 4.
1994
The final edition of Strike It Lucky airs on ITV.
The programme returned in 1996 under the title Michael Barrymore's Strike It Rich.
The programme returned in 1996 under the title Michael Barrymore's Strike It Rich.
1995
The final episode of Knowing Me, Knowing You...With Alan Partridge airs on BBC Two.
1997
Auntie's New Winter Bloomers airs on BBC One.
1997
The final edition of Talking Telephone Numbers airs on ITV.
1998
The final edition of Come Dancing airs on BBC One.
Billed as Come Dancing 50. From the Royal Albert Hall, with former presenters: Peter West, David Jacobs, Angela Rippon and (a pre-recorded piece from) Terry Wogan.
Billed as Come Dancing 50. From the Royal Albert Hall, with former presenters: Peter West, David Jacobs, Angela Rippon and (a pre-recorded piece from) Terry Wogan.
1999
The final edition of Fun House airs on ITV.
2004
A Question of Sport – The Glory Years airs on BBC One.
35th anniversary.
35th anniversary.
2004
The final episode of Auf Wiedersehen Pet airs on BBC One.
2006
The final edition of Antiques Roadshow: The Next Generation airs on BBC One.
2012
The final edition of the T4 strand airs on Channel 4.
2019
The first episode of The Trial of Christine Keeler airs on BBC One.
2020
The final episode of Black Narcissus airs on BBC One.
2022
The final episode of Mayflies airs on BBC One.
Dramatisation of Andrew O'Hagan's novel. Starring Tony Curran and Martin Compston.
Dramatisation of Andrew O'Hagan's novel. Starring Tony Curran and Martin Compston.
2022
The first episode of Marie Antoinette airs on BBC Two.
Historical drama. Starring Emilia Schűle and Louis Cunningham.
Historical drama. Starring Emilia Schűle and Louis Cunningham.
2023
Men Up airs on BBC One.
Drama. Inspired by a true-story about the first medical trial of Viagra in Wales in 1994.
Drama. Inspired by a true-story about the first medical trial of Viagra in Wales in 1994.
2023
The final episode of Nolly airs on ITV 1.
Drama based on real-life events. Written by Russell T. Davies. Starring Helena Bonham-Carter as Noele Gordon.
Originally available on ITV X from February 2023.
Drama based on real-life events. Written by Russell T. Davies. Starring Helena Bonham-Carter as Noele Gordon.
Originally available on ITV X from February 2023.
2024
The first episode of The Split: Barcelona airs on BBC One.
Two-part special of Abi Morgan's drama. Starring Nicola Walker and Stephen Mangan.
Two-part special of Abi Morgan's drama. Starring Nicola Walker and Stephen Mangan.
2024
The first episode of Archie airs on ITV 1.
Drama. About the life of Cary Grant. Starring Jason Isaacs.
Originally available on ITV X from November 2023.
Drama. About the life of Cary Grant. Starring Jason Isaacs.
Originally available on ITV X from November 2023.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1960
BBC TV tape Mes Pieds airs for the final time.
1960
BBC TV tape Reine de Musette airs for the first time.
1971
BBC One tape One More Swing airs for the first time.
1975
BBC One tape Dixieland Parade (2) airs for the first time.
1976
BBC Two tape Five Spanish Dances airs for the first time.
1989
BBC One tape Stretching airs for the final time.
2004
BBC Two Christmas tape A Christmas Suite airs for the final time.
2011
BBC Two Christmas tape Christmas Traditions airs for the final time.
EXTERNAL LINK: Christmas Traditions.
EXTERNAL LINK: Christmas Traditions.
On This Day...29th December
Births
1916
Former TV/radio weather presenter, David Dean.
1919
Former magician and TV presenter, David Nixon.
1928
Actor and TV presenter, Bernard Cribbins.
1935
Former TV announcer and radio presenter, Hilary Osborn.
1966
TV presenter and former rugby player, Martin Offiah.
1970
Singer and TV presenter, Aled Jones.
Deaths
2019
Former writer, comedian, musician and TV presenter, Neil Innes.
Events
1968
Bob Langley presents a BBC TV news programme for the final time.
1986
BBC One announcer David Miles links into a newsflash.
Nicholas Witchell reports the death of former Conservative Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, aged 92.
Nicholas Witchell reports the death of former Conservative Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, aged 92.
1987
Michael Buerk presents the Nine o'Clock News (BBC One) for the first time during the September 1985 - October 1988 era.
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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