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On This Day...19th March
Programmes
1954
Thank You, Ally Pally airs on BBC TV.
1957
The first edition of Roving Report airs on ITV.
1975
The first episode of The Wackers airs on ITV.
1984
The first edition of Sporting Chance airs on BBC One.
1985
The first episode of The Day the Universe Changed airs on BBC One.
1989
The final edition of Madhur Jaffrey's Far Eastern Cookery airs on BBC Two.
1992
The final episode of Danger Mouse (original incarnation) airs on ITV.
1995
The first episode of The Choir airs on BBC One.
Adaptation of Joanna Trollope's novel.
Adaptation of Joanna Trollope's novel.
1999
The first edition of Mr and Mrs (the Carlton-produced series) airs on ITV. Presented by Julian Clary.
2000
The final edition of Friday Night's All Wright airs on ITV.
2005
The first edition of An Audience with Al Murray airs on ITV.
2007
The final edition of Holiday airs on BBC One.
2007
The first episode of In the Night Garden airs on CBeebies. Pre-school series for young children about a magical place inhabited by a community of toy characters that care for each other and have fun together.
2007
The first episode of Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies airs on CBeebies. Animated educational wildlife series, featuring live-action footage from the BBC Natural History Unit. Floella Benjamin voices the elephant character Mama Mirabelle.
2014
The first episode of W1A airs on BBC Two.
2021
The first episode of The Flight Attendant airs on Sky One.
2023
The final episode of The Gold airs on BBC One.
Drama. Based on a true story. Starring Hugh Bonneville and Jack Lowden.
Drama. Based on a true story. Starring Hugh Bonneville and Jack Lowden.
2024
The final edition of The Hairy Bikers Go West airs on BBC Two.
The final series featuring Simon King and Dave Myers, before Myers lost his battle with cancer.
The final series featuring Simon King and Dave Myers, before Myers lost his battle with cancer.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1985
BBC One tape Sunflower airs for the final time.
1986
BBC Two tape Rock 'n' Soul airs for the first time.
1992
BBC Two tape Tina airs for the final time.
On This Day...19th March
Births
1908
Former TV presenter, Robert McDermot.
1954
Actress and TV presenter, Leni Harper.
1977
TV news/sport presenter, Dan Walker.
Deaths
2014
Former TV announcer, Gwyn Parry.
Events
1970
HRH Princess Alexandra officially opens ATV Centre in Birmingham. The facility had already been operating for several months.
1979
Sheelagh Gilbey 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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