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On This Day...6th March
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2007
Programming on ITV Play is suspended to allow an audit to take place, in the wake of a scandal involving premium rate services on BBC, ITV and Channel 4.
Programmes
1961
Coronation Street begins airing on Mondays and Wednesday at 7.30pm. Previously, it was broadcast at 7pm on Wednesdays and Fridays.
1964
The first edition of Vision On airs on BBC TV.
1976
The first edition of Saturday Night at the Mill airs on BBC One.
1982
The final episode of Dick Turpin airs on ITV.
1990
The first episode of Chancer airs on ITV.
1993
Noel's House Party (BBC One) is cancelled due to a bomb scare at BBC Television Centre. The show is replaced by a repeat of the 1991 edition of Noel's Christmas Presents, followed by a Tom and Jerry cartoon. Noel appeared live from NC1 Con/CBBC Broom Cupboard to link the replacement programmes.
EXTERNAL LINK: A decade of Crinkley Bottom: Noel's House Party remembered.
EXTERNAL LINK: A decade of Crinkley Bottom: Noel's House Party remembered.
1994
The final episode of The House of Eliott airs on BBC One. Created by Eileen Atkins and Jean Marsh. Starring Stella Gonet, Louise Lombard and Aiden Gillett.
1998
The first edition of Airline airs on ITV.
2005
The final episode of Down to Earth airs on BBC One.
2009
The final edition of In the Night Garden airs on CBeebies.
2019
The first episode of FatherMotherSon airs on BBC Two.
2019
The first edition of Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star airs on BBC Three.
2022
The first episode of The Ipcress File airs on ITV. Drama. Starring Joe Cole as 1960s spy Harry Palmer.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1965
BBC Two tape La Gran Via - Mazurka airs for the final time.
1986
BBC Two tape Jog Trot (2) airs for the first time.
On This Day...6th March
Births
1934
Former TV presenter and actor, John Noakes.
1943
TV news reporter/presenter, Michael Cole.
Events
1986
Nicholas Witchell presents the Nine o'Clock News (BBC One) for the first time since the programme's relaunch in September 1985.
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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