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On This Day...24th September
Channels
1955
ATV - the ITV franchisee for the London area (weekends) - begins broadcasting.
Programmes
1957
The first programme for schools airs on BBC TV.
1961
The first episode of Stranger on the Shore airs on BBC TV.
1961
The first episode of Call Oxbridge 2000 airs on ITV. Spin-off from Emergency Ward 10.
1963
The final edition of Tuesday Rendezvous airs on ITV.
1966
The final episode of Weavers Green airs on ITV.
1968
The first episode of How We Used to Live airs on ITV.
1971
The first episode of The Fenn Street Gang airs on ITV.
1978
The final episode of The Cedar Tree airs on ITV.
1978
The first episode of Lillie airs on ITV.
1978
The first episode of Bless Me, Father airs on ITV.
1978
The first episode of A Horseman Riding By airs on BBC One.
Drama. Based on R. F. Delderfield's novels. Starring Nigel Havers.
Drama. Based on R. F. Delderfield's novels. Starring Nigel Havers.
1980
The first episode of Munch Bunch airs on ITV.
1981
The first episode of Taff Acre airs on ITV. Twice-weekly serial set in a Welsh village.
1984
The first edition of Beat the Teacher airs on BBC One.
1984
The first episode of Tripper's Day airs on ITV.
1993
The first edition of Eurotrash airs on Channel 4.
1995
The first episode of Pride and Prejudice airs on BBC One. Starring Colin Firth (Mr Darcy) and Jennifer Ehle (Elizabeth Bennet).
1997
The Ebb-Tide airs on ITV. Period drama starring Robbie Coltrane and Nigel Terry.
2001
The first edition of The Blue Planet airs on BBC One.
2002
The first episode of River City airs on BBC One Scotland.
2008
The first edition of Celebrity Juice airs on ITV 2. Presented by Leigh Frances (as Keith Lemon), with team captains Fearne Cotton and Holly Willoughby.
2010
The final edition of The Michael Ball Show airs on ITV.
2020
The first edition of The Grand Party Hotel airs on BBC One.
2023
The final episode of The Woman in the Wall airs on BBC One.
Thriller. Starring Ruth Wilson.
Thriller. Starring Ruth Wilson.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1962
BBC TV tape It's a Fine Day for Walkin' Country Style airs for the final time.
On This Day...24th September
Births
1930
TV presenter and voiceover artist, Geoffrey Wheeler.
1967
TV/radio weather presenter, Shefali Oza.
Deaths
2011
Former TV producer/presenter, Nigel Farrell.
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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