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On This Day...17th May
People
2012
Colin McIntyre, the founding editor of Ceefax, passed away.
Programmes
1957
Round the World in Forty Minutes airs on BBC TV.
His Royal Highness, The Duke of Edinburgh, talks about his solo tour of the Commonwealth last winter in the Royal Yacht Britannia.
His Royal Highness, The Duke of Edinburgh, talks about his solo tour of the Commonwealth last winter in the Royal Yacht Britannia.
1966
The pilot episode of All Gas and Gaiters airs on BBC One.
Part of Comedy Playhouse and under the title The Bishop Rides Again.
Part of Comedy Playhouse and under the title The Bishop Rides Again.
1973
The final episode of Thirty-Minute Theatre: Shakespeare Country airs on BBC Two.
Starring Alfred Fagon and Carmen Munroe.
Starring Alfred Fagon and Carmen Munroe.
1981
The first edition of Sunday Grandstand airs on BBC Two.
1983
Engineering Announcements airs on ITV for the final time.
The programme moved to Channel 4 where it continued to be aired weekly, until 1990.
The programme moved to Channel 4 where it continued to be aired weekly, until 1990.
1985
The first edition of Catchword airs on BBC One Scotland.
Quiz. Presented by Gyles Brandreth.
The programme would move to a network slot on BBC Two from 5th January 1988.
Quiz. Presented by Gyles Brandreth.
The programme would move to a network slot on BBC Two from 5th January 1988.
2000
The first edition of Location, Location, Location airs on Channel 4.
2012
Tales of Television Centre airs on BBC Four.
2015
The final episode of Tatau airs on BBC Three.
Supernatural murder mystery series. Set on the Cook Islands.
Supernatural murder mystery series. Set on the Cook Islands.
2018
The final episode of Innocent airs on ITV.
2021
The first episode of The Pact airs on BBC One.
2022
The final episode of Noughts + Crosses airs on BBC One.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1967
BBC One tape Golondrina airs for the first time.
1967
BBC Two tape Holiday Highway airs for the first time.
1971
BBC One tape The Day the Hula Was Born airs for the first time.
1984
BBC One tape Carry Me Back to Old Virginny airs for the final time.
EXTERNAL LINK: recreation of Carry Me Back to Old Virginny.
EXTERNAL LINK: recreation of Carry Me Back to Old Virginny.
1984
BBC Two tape Kung Flute airs for the final time.
1984
BBC Two tape Samba-Bamba airs for the final time.
On This Day...17th May
Births
1956
TV presenter, Sue Carpenter.
1965
TV/radio presenter, Jeremy Vine.
1980
TV presenter, Amanda Houston.
Deaths
1990
Former radio announcer and TV presenter, Bob Danvers-Walker.
Events
2014
Reeta Chakrabarti presents a BBC TV news programme for the first 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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