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On This Day...14th May
Programmes
1961
The pilot episode of The Marriage Lines airs on BBC TV.
1968
The final episode of Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons airs on ITV.
1969
The final edition of Do Not Adjust Your Set airs on ITV.
1988
The final episode of Help! airs on BBC One.
1995
The first episode of The Hanging Gale airs on BBC One.
Period drama. Starring the McGann brothers – Joe, Mark, Paul and Stephen.
Period drama. Starring the McGann brothers – Joe, Mark, Paul and Stephen.
1995
The first episode of The Governor airs on ITV.
Starring Janet McTeer.
Starring Janet McTeer.
2018
The first episode of Innocent airs on ITV.
2019
The first episode of Years and Years airs on BBC One.
Written by Russell T. Davies. Starring Rory Kinnear, Anne Reid and Emma Thompson.
Written by Russell T. Davies. Starring Rory Kinnear, Anne Reid and Emma Thompson.
2021
The first episode of Domina airs on Sky Atlantic.
2023
The first episode of Ten Pound Poms airs on BBC One.
Period drama. Written by Danny Brocklehurst. Following a group of Brits starting afresh in Australia in 1956.
Starring Michelle Keegan and Warren Brown.
Period drama. Written by Danny Brocklehurst. Following a group of Brits starting afresh in Australia in 1956.
Starring Michelle Keegan and Warren Brown.
2023
The first edition of I Kissed a Boy airs on BBC Three.
The UK's first ever gay dating show. Presented by Danni Minogue.
The UK's first ever gay dating show. Presented by Danni Minogue.
2024
The first episode of The Gathering airs on Channel 4.
Drama. About a violent attack on a teenager at an illegal beach rave.
Drama. About a violent attack on a teenager at an illegal beach rave.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1991
BBC Two tape Somewhere in My Heart airs for the first time.
On This Day...14th May
Births
1945
Actress and TV presenter, Francesca Annis.
1952
Former TV presenter, Pattie Coldwell.
1965
TV presenter, Emma Forbes.
1983
TV presenter, Keeley Donovan.
Deaths
2017
Former TV announcer, Clem Shaw.
2024
Former actress and TV presenter, Gudrun Ure.
Events
1976
Peter Woods is taken off the air as he reads the opening headlines on Newsday (BBC Two).
He is sent home and replaced as presenter of Newsnight later that evening on BBC Two.
Viewers complained that Woods appeared to be drunk, as his speech was slurred. The official line from the BBC was that he had suffered a reaction to medication.
He is sent home and replaced as presenter of Newsnight later that evening on BBC Two.
Viewers complained that Woods appeared to be drunk, as his speech was slurred. The official line from the BBC was that he had suffered a reaction to medication.
2005
John Inverdale presents Rugby Special (BBC Two) for the final 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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