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On This Day...20th November
Programmes
1964
The first edition of ITN Reports airs on ITV.
1967
The final episode of The Illustrated Weekly Hudd airs on BBC One. All 22 episodes of the programme are believed to have been wiped by the BBC.
1969
The first episode of Softly, Softly: Task Force airs on BBC One.
1971
The first edition of Play Away airs on BBC Two.
1974
The final episode of Bootsie and Snudge (colour series) airs on ITV.
1983
The final episode of Sweet Sixteen airs on BBC One.
1984
The final episode of Rub-a-Dub-Dub airs on ITV.
1986
The final episode of US series Matt Houston airs on BBC One.
1987
The final episode of Pulaski airs on BBC One.
1989
The final edition of Portrait airs on BBC Two.
1992
The first edition of In Bed with Me Dinner airs on ITV. Late-night show presented by Bob Mills.
1995
A special edition of Panorama airs on BBC One. Martin Bashir interviews Diana, Princess of Wales. It was watched by 21m viewers.
2000
The final episode of One Foot in the Grave airs on BBC One.
2002
The first edition of The Life of Mammals airs on BBC One.
2012
The first episode of Last Tango in Halifax airs on BBC One.
2018
The final episode of Informer airs on BBC One.
Teletext
1989
Ceefax implements a major relaunch. The majority of the features/fun pages are discontinued. The service now focused on "hard news". The new editorial structure looked like this:
100s - News;
200s - Business (BBC Two only);
300s - Sport;
400s - Breakfast (weekdays)/Features (weekends);
500s - Weather and Travel (BBC One only);
600s - TV and Radio listings and support information.
100s - News;
200s - Business (BBC Two only);
300s - Sport;
400s - Breakfast (weekdays)/Features (weekends);
500s - Weather and Travel (BBC One only);
600s - TV and Radio listings and support information.
On This Day...20th November
Births
1926
Ventriloquist and TV presenter, Terry Hall.
1934
Former TV/radio news reporter, Michael Clayton.
1957
Former TV weather presenter, Gerald Fleming.
1975
TV presenter, Jason Mohammad.
Deaths
2009
Former TV/radio presenter, Max Robertson.
2015
Former TV presenter/executive, Peter Dimmock.
Events
1967
Peter Purves presents Blue Peter (BBC One) for the first time (from the studio).
1969
HM The Queen opens ITN's new colour studios at Wells Street, London. She visits the Apollo 12 studio and sees a model of the surface of the moon. She meets ITN's science editor Peter Fairley.
2000
Garden designer Judith Keppel is the first £1m winner on ITV's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
2008
Sir Trevor McDonald presents News at Ten (ITV 1) for the final time. He joined ITN in 1971.
Research for On This Day in TV History is by Paul R. Jackson.
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