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On This Day...4th April
Programmes
1961
The first edition of Day by Day airs on ITV. Regional news programme on Southern TV.
1967
The first edition of Dee Time airs on BBC One.
1968
The first episode of Freewheelers airs on ITV.
1969
The first episode of Castle Haven airs on ITV. Yorkshire TV's first soap, created by Kevin Laffan. Cast included Kathy Staff, Roy Barraclough, Gretchen Franklin, Sally James, Jack Carr, Jill Summers, John Comer and George Waring.
1971
The final episode of Catweazle airs on ITV.
1972
The first edition of Newsround airs on BBC One.
1973
The first episode of Barnaby airs on BBC One.
1975
The first episode of The Good Life airs on BBC One.
1978
The first edition of Stopwatch airs on BBC One. Presented by Peter Purves and Joanne Watson.
1979
The first episode of Q8 airs on BBC Two.
1980
The final episode of Bruce Forsyth's Big Night airs on ITV.
1982
The first episode of A Kind of Loving airs on ITV.
1985
The first episode of T-Bag airs on ITV.
1985
The first episode of Fox Tales airs on ITV.
1986
The final episode of That's My Boy airs on ITV.
1988
The final episode of Crossroads (original series) airs on ITV.
1989
The final episode of Hill Street Blues airs on Channel 4.
1991
The final episode of Doctor at the Top airs on BBC One.
1992
The final edition of Motormouth airs on ITV.
1993
The final episode of Watching airs on ITV.
1995
The first episode of My Good Friend airs on ITV.
1996
The final episode of Annie's Bar airs on Channel 4.
1997
The first episode of The Grand airs on ITV.
1998
The first episode of City Central airs on BBC One.
2003
The final episode of Barbara airs on ITV.
2005
The first edition of Dick and Dom's Ask the Family airs on BBC Two.
On This Day...4th April
Births
1928
Former performer, TV presenter, theatrical producer, impresario and theatre director, Jimmy Logan.
1936
Former TV announcer/presenter, Kennedy Thomson.
1943
Former TV announcer, Peter Tomlinson.
1977
TV/radio presenter, Stephen Mulhern.
1979
Radio/TV presenter/announcer, O. J. Borg.
Deaths
1995
Former TV/radio presenter, Kenny Everett.
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