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On This Day...27th December
Programmes
1958
The final edition of Six-Five Special airs on BBC TV.
1961
The first edition of Dateline London airs on ITV.
1969
The 350th edition of Dixon of Dock Green airs on BBC One.
1970
The final episode of The Roads to Freedom airs on BBC Two. Adaptation of Jean-Paul Sartre’s trilogy. Starring Michael Bryant.
1973
Top of the Pops – Ten Years of Pop airs on BBC One. Jimmy Savile looks back over 10 years and introduces artists on film and in the studio.
1974
The first edition of All Star Record Breakers airs on BBC One.
1980
The final edition of The Basil Brush Show airs on BBC One.
1980
The Woodhouse World of Animals airs on BBC One. Presented by Harold Williamson.
1983
The first episode of The Wind in the Willows airs on ITV.
1984
The final episode of US series M*A*S*H airs on BBC Two.
1988
The final episode of Executive Stress airs on ITV.
1990
The 21st anniversary edition of A Question of Sport airs on BBC One.
1991
The final episode of Gone to the Dogs airs on ITV.
1992
Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd From Side to Side airs on BBC One.
1996
The final episode of Faith in the Future airs on ITV.
1997
An Evening with David Attenborough and Friends airs on BBC Two.
1997
Gladiators: Celebrity Challenge airs on ITV.
1998
Cider with Rosie airs on ITV.
2003
The final episode of The Office airs on BBC One.
2019
A Question of Sport at 50 airs on BBC One. Documentary looking at back at half a century of the popular sports quiz, with highlights from some of the 1,200-plus episodes that have aired since 1970.
2020
The first episode of Black Narcissus airs on BBC One.
2022
The first edition of Miriam Margolyes: Australia Unmasked airs on BBC Two.
2023
The first episode of Nolly airs on ITV 1. Written by Russell T. Davies. Drama based on real-life events. Starring Helena Bonham-Carter as Noele Gordon. Originally available on ITV X from February 2023.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
2001
BBC Two Christmas tape O Come All Ye Faithful airs for the final time.
2008
BBC Two Christmas tape Away in a Manger airs for the final time.
On This Day...27th December
Births
1937
Former TV news reporter, Brian Shallcross.
1946
TV presenter/executive, Janet Street-Porter.
1958
Actor, writer, director and TV presenter, Robin Kingsland.
1966
TV news presenter, Clare Frisby.
Deaths
2015
Former TV announcer/sports presenter, Dick Woodacre.
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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