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On This Day...3rd April
Programmes
1938
Having previously relied solely on British Movietone News and Gaumont-British News cinema newsreels, the BBC Television Service today broadcast its first news bulletin, according to surviving Radio Times listings.
The initial daily sound-only bulletin on Sunday 3rd April is listed as News from the National Programme, whilst subsequent programmes are billed as simply News Bulletin and described as "A recording of the Third News from the National programme."
Cinema newsreels continued to be shown in separate slots.
The initial daily sound-only bulletin on Sunday 3rd April is listed as News from the National Programme, whilst subsequent programmes are billed as simply News Bulletin and described as "A recording of the Third News from the National programme."
Cinema newsreels continued to be shown in separate slots.
1954
The first edition of In Town Tonight airs on BBC TV.
1967
The first episode of Market in Honey Lane airs on ITV.
1974
The first episode of The Family airs on BBC One.
1974
The first episode of Shoulder to Shoulder airs on BBC Two.
Drama. About the women's suffrage movement. Starring Sian Phillips (Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst), Angela Down (Sylvia Pankurst), Patricia Quinn (Christabel Pankhurst) and Georgia Brown (Annie Kenney).
Drama. About the women's suffrage movement. Starring Sian Phillips (Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst), Angela Down (Sylvia Pankurst), Patricia Quinn (Christabel Pankhurst) and Georgia Brown (Annie Kenney).
1977
The first episode of Jesus of Nazareth airs on ITV.
1978
The first episode of Rumpole of the Bailey airs on ITV.
1981
The final episode of Together airs on ITV.
1981
The final episode of Coming Home airs on BBC One.
Comedy. Starring Philip Jackson, Sharon Duce, Roger Sloman and Lynda Marchal.
Comedy. Starring Philip Jackson, Sharon Duce, Roger Sloman and Lynda Marchal.
1982
The final edition of Tiswas airs on ITV.
1982
The final edition of OTT airs on ITV.
1984
The final episode of The Jewel in the Crown airs on ITV.
1985
The first episode of Arthur C. Clarke's World of Strange Powers airs on ITV.
1987
The first edition of The Education Programme airs on BBC Two.
1989
The first edition of The Channel 4 Daily airs on Channel 4.
Presented by Carol Barnes.
Presented by Carol Barnes.
1989
The final edition of Thames Reports airs on Thames TV.
1989
The first episode of Making the Break airs on ITV.
1991
The first episode of Police Rescue airs on BBC One.
1992
The final episode of In Sickness and in Health airs on BBC One.
1993
The final edition of Sounds of the 70s airs on BBC Two.
1994
The Trouble with the 70s airs on ITV.
1997
The first edition of Bring Me the Head of Light Entertainment airs on Channel 5.
Comedy panel game show.
Comedy panel game show.
1999
An Audience with Lennox Lewis airs on ITV.
2000
The first episode of 64 Zoo Lane airs on BBC One.
Animated series about Lucy, a girl who lives next to a zoo.
Animated series about Lucy, a girl who lives next to a zoo.
2005
The final edition of Everyman airs on BBC One.
2009
The final episode of Moving Wallpaper airs on ITV.
2012
The first edition of The Undateables airs on Channel 4.
2015
The final edition of Alex Polizzi: Chefs on Trial airs on BBC Two.
2022
The final episode of Peaky Blinders airs on BBC One.
Written by Steven Knight and starring Cillian Murphy.
Written by Steven Knight and starring Cillian Murphy.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1975
BBC One tape The Poacher airs for the final time.
1992
BBC Two tape Soledad airs for the first time.
On This Day...3rd April
Births
1929
Former TV announcer and TV news presenter, John Edmunds.
1947
Singer and TV presenter, Artie Tresize.
1948
Former TV announcer, Adrian Edwards.
1973
TV/radio weather presenter, Reham Khan.
1974
TV presenter, Jez Edwards.
Deaths
2007
Former ventriloquist and TV presenter, Terry Hall.
He appeared with the Lenny the Lion puppet in the 1950s and 1960s.
He appeared with the Lenny the Lion puppet in the 1950s and 1960s.
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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