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On This Day...23rd January
Programmes
1965
The first episode of Public Eye airs on ITV.
1974
The first episode of Barlow airs on BBC One.
1985
A debate in The House of Lords is televised for the first time - on BBC One.
Introduced by David Dimbleby.
Highlights of the first day include a speech by former Prime Minister Harold Macmillan (Earl of Stockton) describing his vision for a National Government and a protest from the public gallery by striking miners that briefly stopped proceedings.
Introduced by David Dimbleby.
Highlights of the first day include a speech by former Prime Minister Harold Macmillan (Earl of Stockton) describing his vision for a National Government and a protest from the public gallery by striking miners that briefly stopped proceedings.
1985
The final edition of Game for a Laugh airs on ITV.
1988
The final edition of Supersense airs on BBC One.
1998
The first edition of Friday Night's All Wright airs on ITV.
2000
The first episode of Clocking Off airs on BBC One.
2010
Newsnight at 30 airs on BBC Two.
Presented by Jeremy Paxman.
Presented by Jeremy Paxman.
2017
The first episode of Numberblocks airs on CBeebies.
Animated adventure series.
Animated adventure series.
2022
The first episode of Trigger Point airs on ITV.
Drama. Starring Vicky McClure as a police bomb disposal operative.
Produced by Jed Mercurio's HTM Television.
Drama. Starring Vicky McClure as a police bomb disposal operative.
Produced by Jed Mercurio's HTM Television.
2023
The first episode of Everyone Else Burns airs on Channel 4.
Sitcom. Starring Simon Bird.
Sitcom. Starring Simon Bird.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1970
BBC One tape Coquetita airs for the first time.
On This Day...23rd January
Births
1919
Former actor and TV presenter, Humphrey Lestocq.
1929
Former TV presenter and journalist, George Ffitch.
1937
Former TV announcer/presenter, June Imray.
1942
Actor and TV presenter, Brian Croucher.
1986
TV presenter, Anne Foy.
Deaths
1994
Former TV news reporter/presenter, Tony Scase.
Events
1988
Martyn Lewis presents NewsView (BBC Two) for the first time.
2008
Kirsty Young presents Crimewatch UK (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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