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On This Day...29th May
Programmes
1958
The final edition of About the Home airs on BBC TV. Presented by Joan Gilbert. Featured Barry Bucknell with home improvements.
1985
The final episode of Bleak House airs on BBC Two.
2005
The final edition of Breakfast with Frost airs on BBC One.
2011
The first episode of Scott and Bailey airs on ITV.
2021
The first edition of The Masked Dancer airs on ITV. Hosted by Joel Dommett.
2022
Midsomer Murders: 25 Years of Mayhem airs on ITV.
2022
Elizabeth: the Unseen Queen airs on BBC One. Documentary featuring unique archive footage from the Royal Collection. Narrated by HM The Queen.
2024
The final episode of The Gathering airs on Channel 4. Drama about a violent attack on a teenager at an illegal beach rave.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1972
BBC Two tape Swing Cocktail airs for the first time.
1972
BBC Two tape Don Pedro airs for the first time.
1972
BBC Two tape C'est Magnifique airs for the first time.
1979
BBC One tape In the Latest Fashion airs for the first time.
EXTERNAL LINK: recreation of In the Latest Fashion.
EXTERNAL LINK: recreation of In the Latest Fashion.
On This Day...29th May
Births
1926
Former actress and TV/radio announcer/personality, Katie Boyle.
1929
Former TV presenter, Arthur Montford.
1931
Former TV weather presenter, Graham Danton.
1962
TV weather presenter, Carol Kirkwood.
1978
Singer, actor and TV presenter, Adam Rickett.
Deaths
1994
Former cricketer, rugby player and broadcaster, Peter Cranmer.
2007
Former TV presenter, Tony Bastable.
Events
1961
Richard Dimbleby conducts the first interview with a member of the Royal family. Panorama (BBC One) covers Dimbleby's meeting with HRH The Duke of Edinburgh.
2023
Jeremy Paxman presents University Challenge (BBC Two) for the final time. He is the programme's longest-serving host (1994 - 2023).
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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