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On This Day...14th June
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2023
Channel 4's 'Giant' idents air for the final time.
RELATED ARTICLE: The giant ‘4’ airs for the final time this evening.
RELATED ARTICLE: The giant ‘4’ airs for the final time this evening.
People
1946
John Logie Baird dies. He was one of the inventors of mechanical television and demonstrated the first working television system on 26th January 1926. He was the inventor of both the first publicly demonstrated colour television system and the first purely electronic colour television picture tube.
Programmes
1958
The first edition of The Black and White Minstrel Show airs on BBC TV.
1968
The first edition of The Basil Brush Show airs on BBC One. Having appeared previously on ITV and BBC shows, Basil Brush finally gets his own show. Basil (Ivan Owen) was partnered on the first series by actor Rodney Bewes (or "Mr Rodney"). The show was scripted by George Martin and produced by Johnny Downes.
1968
The first edition of Colour Me Pop airs on BBC Two. Initially part of the Late-Night Line-Up programme and billed as a "Friday diversion", it showcased current pop and rock acts.
1968
The pilot episode of Me Mammy airs on BBC One as part of Comedy Playhouse.
1989
The first edition of The Thrower Report airs on BBC One.
1990
The final edition of Matchpoint airs on BBC One.
1995
The first edition of Eureka! airs on BBC One.
1996
Top of the Pops moves to Friday nights (7.30pm for one week due to football; 7pm would be the new, regular time), having occupied a peak-time slot on Thursday evenings since 1964.
1998
The final episode of A Prince Among Men airs on BBC One.
2000
The final episode of Coupling airs on BBC Two.
2020
The first episode of The Salisbury Poisonings airs on BBC One.
2023
The final episode of The Gallows Pole airs on BBC Two. Period drama. Based on the novel by Benjamin Myers and set against the backdrop of the Industrial Revolution.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1974
BBC Two tape Magic Potion airs for the final time.
1976
BBC Two tape La Princesse Jaune - Overture airs for the first time.
2003
BBC Two tape Easy Driver airs for the first time.
On This Day...14th June
Births
1944
TV announcer/presenter, Peter Macann.
1969
TV/radio presenter, Shaun Ley.
Events
1968
Michael Aspel presents the news on BBC TV for the final time. He spent 7 years and 8 months on the newsreading team.
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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