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2022
BBC One launches dedicated continuity for viewers in the north of England: Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, North West England and North East England. Announcer Anthony Lewis voiced the first link on the new service at 7pm.
RELATED ARTICLE: Dedicated BBC One North continuity launches.
RELATED ARTICLE: Dedicated BBC One North continuity launches.
Programmes
1956
The final episode of Life with the Lyons airs on BBC TV.
The programme later moved to ITV (1957 - 1960).
The programme later moved to ITV (1957 - 1960).
1967
The first edition of Ask the Family airs on BBC One.
1969
The first episode of US series Star Trek airs on BBC One.
1969
The first episode of Doctor in the House airs on ITV.
1979
The first episode of Shelley airs on ITV.
1979
The final episode of Garnock Way airs on ITV.
1982
The first episode of A. J. Wentworth, BA airs on ITV. Comedy series. Starring Arthur Lowe in the title role. It would be his final sitcom. Lowe died on 15th April.
1989
The final episode of Split Ends airs on ITV.
1991
The pilot of Joking Apart (within Comic Asides) airs on BBC Two.
1992
The final edition of Frankie's On... airs on ITV. A series of stand-up programmes with the master of comedy, Frankie Howerd.
1994
The 1,000th edition of EastEnders airs on BBC One.
1994
The first episode of Chandler and Co airs on BBC One.
2002
The Gathering Storm airs on BBC One. A one-off play starring Albert Finney as Winston Churchill.
2005
The final episode of Cutting It airs on BBC One.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
2011
BBC Two server compilation Chillin' Out airs for the final time.
EXTERNAL LINK: Pages from Ceefax accompanied by Chillin' Out.
EXTERNAL LINK: Pages from Ceefax accompanied by Chillin' Out.
On This Day...12th July
Births
1897
Former TV weather presenter, Cyril Ockenden.
1928
Former TV news presenter, Sir Alastair Burnet.
1933
Former actor and TV presenter, Brian Cant.
1964
TV/radio presenter, Gaby Roslin.
Deaths
2009
Former TV news reporter/presenter, Donald MacCormick.
Events
1982
A BBC TV news programme is presented by two women for the first time. Moira Stuart and Linda Alexander present News After Noon (BBC One). Alexander was seconded from Newsnight to stand in for Richard Whitmore, who was on leave for a week.
1989
Sir Robin Day presents Question Time (BBC One) for the final time.
2001
Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan present This Morning (ITV) for the final time.
2022
Announcer Anthony Lewis voices the first programme link on a new service providing dedicated continuity for BBC One viewers in the north of England: Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, North West England and North East England.
RELATED ARTICLE: Dedicated BBC One North continuity launches.
RELATED ARTICLE: Dedicated BBC One North continuity launches.
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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