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Channels
2007
ITV Play is formally closed down, following recent concerns about premium rate services on BBC, ITV and Channel 4. The overnight ITV Play strand on ITV 1 and ITV 2 would continue.
Programmes
1962
The final episode of The Hot Chestnut Man airs on BBC TV.
1963
The 200th edition of Dixon of Dock Green airs on BBC TV.
1970
The first episode of Crime of Passion airs on ITV.
1975
The final edition of Ragtime airs on BBC One.
1976
The final episode of Bod airs on BBC One.
1978
The 500th edition of Tomorrow's World airs on BBC One.
1980
The final episode of The Many Wives of Patrick airs on ITV.
1983
The first episode of Widows airs on ITV.
1990
The final episode of Campion airs on BBC One.
1992
The first edition of Gibberish airs on BBC One.
1996
The first episode of Dalziel and Pascoe airs on BBC One.
1997
The final edition of A Night in with the Girls airs on BBC Two.
Documentary. Celebrating the contribution made by women to the development of British television.
Documentary. Celebrating the contribution made by women to the development of British television.
2001
The final episode of Cold Feet (original incarnation) airs on ITV.
2005
The final edition of Jamie's School Dinners airs on Channel 4.
2013
The final episode of Dancing on the Edge airs on BBC Two.
2023
The first episode of A Town Called Malice airs on Sky Max. Crime thriller. Set in the 1980s. Starring Jason Flemying and Jack Rowan.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
2004
BBC Two tape Feel the Love airs for the final time.
On This Day...16th March
Births
1941
Actor and TV presenter, Roy North.
1943
Actor and TV presenter, John Leeson.
Deaths
1980
Former TV/radio weather presenter, Tom Kelly.
2005
Former TV weather presenter, Laurie West.
2008
Former TV announcer/presenter, John Hewer.
Events
1989
Chris Lowe presents the daytime BBC TV news summaries 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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