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On This Day...4th August
Programmes
1977
The final episode of Mr Big airs on BBC One.
1977
The final episode of Rooms airs on ITV.
1981
The final episode of You're Only Young Twice airs on ITV.
1986
The first episode of Fighting Back airs on BBC One.
1990
A Royal Birthday Gala airs on BBC One. Recorded at the London Palladium. In the presence of HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh and HRH the Princess Margaret.
1994
25 Years of Gardeners' World airs on BBC Two.
2022
The final episode of The Undeclared War airs on Channel 4.
Thriller. Starring Adrian Lester.
Thriller. Starring Adrian Lester.
2023
The final episode of Riches airs on ITV 1. Drama. Following the glamourous and wealthy Richards dynasty. Series originally available on ITV X.
2024
The final episode of McDonald and Dodds airs on ITV 1.
Drama. Starring Jason Watkins and Tala Gouvela.
Drama. Starring Jason Watkins and Tala Gouvela.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1972
BBC One tape Lagoon Waltz airs for the first time.
1972
BBC One tape Birth of the Blues airs for the first time.
1972
BBC One tape La Vie Parisienne airs for the first time.
2007
BBC Two server compilation Turn to Me airs for the first time.
On This Day...4th August
Births
1970
TV presenter, Kate Silverton.
Deaths
1990
Former TV announcer/reporter, Bernard Falk.
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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