
On This Day...
27th November
Programmes
1971
The first colour episode of Whack O! airs on BBC One.
1972
The final episode of Kate airs on ITV. Drama starring Phyllis Calvert as an agony aunt on a popular magazine.
1980
The final episode of Rings on Their Fingers airs on BBC One.
1980
The final episode of Mackenzie airs on BBC One.
1984
The first episode of The Clairvoyant airs on BBC Two.
1988
The first episode of The Beiderbecke Connection airs on ITV.
1990
The final episode of The Paradise Club airs on BBC One.
1991
The first episode of Clarissa airs on BBC Two.
2018
The first episode of Mrs Wilson airs on BBC One.
2023
The first episode of The Couple Next Door airs on Channel 4.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1971
BBC Two tape Cordoba airs for the final time.
1983
BBC Two tape Dixieland Parade (3) airs for the final time.

On This Day...
27th November
Births
1913
Former TV news presenter, Robert Dougall.
1967
TV/radio presenter, Andrea Catherwood.
Deaths
1975
Former TV presenter, Ross McWhirter.
Events
1986
Peter Duncan presents Blue Peter (BBC One) for the final 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.