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On This Day...5th June
Programmes
1956
The first edition of Zoo Time airs on ITV.
1983
The first edition of The Hot Shoe Show airs on BBC One.
1985
The first episode of Bulman airs on ITV. Don Henderson stars as former Detective Chief Inspector George Bulman, retired from police work but active as a private investigator. Produced by Granada TV.
1994
The first edition of News 44 airs on BBC One.
2005
The first edition of Mock the Week airs on BBC Two.
2008
The final episode of Holby Blue airs on BBC One.
2016
The first edition of Escape to the Chateau airs on Channel 4.
2020
The first episode of The Other One airs on BBC One. Comedy. Written by Holly Walsh and Pippa Brown. The pilot aired on 13th September 2017.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1972
BBC Two tape Chelsea Chick airs for the final time.
1972
BBC Two tape Chicky in the Pot airs for the final time.
1972
BBC Two tape Oh No John (2) airs for the final time.
1985
BBC One tape Rio Dancanaro airs for the first time.
1986
BBC Two tape Sweet Moods airs for the final time.
On This Day...5th June
Births
1941
Former TV news reporter, Barbara Blake Hannah.
1977
TV presenter, Emma Crosby.
Events
1981
The BBC announces that BBC Radio 2 newsreader/announcer, Moira Stuart, is to become the first African-Caribbean female newsreader on British TV.
1985
Harry Carpenter presents Sportsnight (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.
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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