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On This Day...16th May
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1969
The Postmaster General authorises the introduction of colour on BBC One and ITV from November 1969.
Programmes
1960
The Royal Variety Performance is televised for the first time - on ITV.
1962
The first episode of Top Cat airs on BBC TV.
1989
The final edition of The Book Tower airs on ITV.
2005
The first edition of Celebrity Love Island airs on ITV 2.
2005
BBC Weather introduced new graphics for TV forecasts, replacing the familiar weather symbols that had been in use for over thirty years.
2008
An Audience without Jeremy Beadle airs on ITV.
2017
The first episode of Three Girls airs on BBC One.
Drama. Based on a true story about the Rochdale sexual abuse scandal. Starring Maxine Peake.
Drama. Based on a true story about the Rochdale sexual abuse scandal. Starring Maxine Peake.
2021
50 Years of Mr Men with Matt Lucas airs on Channel 4.
2022
The first edition of The Chris and Rosie Ramsey Show airs on BBC Two. The programme later moved to BBC One, from 12th May 2023.
2022
The first episode of The Time Traveller's Wife airs on Sky Atlantic. Adaptation of Audrey Niffenegger's novel of the same name by Stephen Moffat. Starring Theo James and Rose Leslie.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1967
BBC One tape Devil-May-Care airs for the final time.
1967
BBC Two tape Canzonetta airs for the final time.
On This Day...16th May
Births
1932
Actor and TV presenter, Brian Trueman.
1947
Comedian and TV presenter, Janette Tough.
1948
Former TV presenter, Judy Finnigan.
1960
Former actress and TV presenter, Lynne Kieran.
1975
TV presenter, Liz Barker.
1975
TV/radio presenter, Charlotte Hawkins.
Events
1966
Miranda Connell presents Play School (BBC Two) 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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