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On This Day...20th July
Programmes
1953
The first edition of The Good Old Days airs on BBC TV.
1968
The final edition of Billy Cotton's Music-Hall (previously called The Billy Cotton Band Show) airs on BBC One.
1974
The final episode of Thick as Thieves airs on ITV.
1975
The first edition of Celebrity Squares airs on ITV.
1978
The final edition of This Week (original run) airs on ITV.
1983
The final episode of The Black Adder airs on BBC One.
1986
The final edition of The World About Us airs on BBC Two.
1991
The first episode of Roy's Raiders airs on BBC One.
1994
The first episode of US series Burke’s Law airs on ITV.
1994
An Afternoon on the Moon airs on BBC One (CBBC).
Presented by Zoe Ball and Gareth Jones. Marks the 25th anniversary of man's first steps on the moon.
Guests: Patrick Moore; Helen Sharman; the second man on the moon, Buzz Aldrin; and making his only CBBC appearance, Gilbert the Alien from ITV.
Presented by Zoe Ball and Gareth Jones. Marks the 25th anniversary of man's first steps on the moon.
Guests: Patrick Moore; Helen Sharman; the second man on the moon, Buzz Aldrin; and making his only CBBC appearance, Gilbert the Alien from ITV.
2001
The 100th edition of Crossroads (second incarnation) airs on ITV.
2001
The final episode of McCready and Daughter airs on BBC One.
Drama. About an estranged father and daughter who are reunited in their work as private investigators. Starring Patsy Palmer, Lorcan Cranitch and Brendan Coyle.
The pilot aired on BBC One on 15th June 2000.
Drama. About an estranged father and daughter who are reunited in their work as private investigators. Starring Patsy Palmer, Lorcan Cranitch and Brendan Coyle.
The pilot aired on BBC One on 15th June 2000.
2024
The first episode of Piglets airs on ITV 1.
Comedy. Set in a police training college. Starring Mark Heap and Sarah Parish.
Comedy. Set in a police training college. Starring Mark Heap and Sarah Parish.
2025
The first episode of Narrow Road to the Deep North airs on BBC One.
Epic Second World War drama. Based on Richard Flanagan's 2013 novel. Starring Jacob Elordi and Ciarán Hinds.
Epic Second World War drama. Based on Richard Flanagan's 2013 novel. Starring Jacob Elordi and Ciarán Hinds.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1982
BBC One tape In the Latest Fashion airs for the final time.
EXTERNAL LINK: recreation of In the Latest Fashion.
EXTERNAL LINK: recreation of In the Latest Fashion.
On This Day...20th July
Births
1941
Former TV news presenter, Bruce Parker.
1969
TV presenter, Gillian Joseph.
Deaths
2012
Former TV news presenter, Sir Alastair Burnet.
Events
1987
Debbie Thrower presents the One o'Clock News (BBC One) 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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