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On This Day...26th January
Programmes
1959
The final episode of Quatermass and the Pit airs on BBC TV.
1976
The first colour episode of Ivor the Engine airs on BBC One.
1979
The final episode of General Hospital airs on ITV.
1985
The final edition of The Saturday Starship airs on ITV.
1989
The first episode of Joint Account airs on BBC One.
1992
The final episode of A Time to Dance airs on BBC One.
2001
The first edition of Renovation Street airs on ITV (Carlton London).
Regional programme.
Regional programme.
2002
The first edition of Saturday Kitchen Live airs on BBC One.
2016
The first edition of The Real Marigold Hotel airs on BBC One.
2020
The final episode of The Trial of Christine Keeler airs on BBC One.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1973
BBC Two tape La Belle Hélène (1) airs for the final time.
1981
BBC One tape Bach: Prelude and Fugue in D airs for the final time.
1986
BBC Two tape Jog Trot (1) airs for the final time.
On This Day...26th January
Births
1922
Comedian and TV/radio presenter, Michael Bentine.
1932
Former TV news presenter, Ronald Allison.
1973
TV presenter, Simon Thomas.
Deaths
2008
Former actor, writer, musician and TV presenter, Gordon Clyde.
2024
Former TV/radio presenter/announcer, Walter Love.
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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