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On This Day...17th July
Programmes
1962
The first episode of Hugh and I airs on BBC TV.
1969
The final episode of The First Lady airs on BBC One.
1983
The 1,000th edition of News Review airs on BBC Two.
1983
The first episode of Potter airs on BBC One. Starring Robin Bailey.
1986
The final edition of TV Eye airs on ITV.
1988
The final edition of Farming airs on BBC One.
1989
The final episode of The Nineteenth Hole airs on ITV.
1993
The first episode of What Are You Lookin' At? airs on ITV.
2005
Top of the Pops airs on BBC Two - the programme's new home, after 41 years on BBC One. Presented by Fearne Cotton.
2009
The first edition of As Seen on TV airs on BBC One.
2010
The first edition of 30 Years of An Audience With... airs on ITV.
2022
The final edition of Sunday Morning airs on BBC One.
Presented by Sophie Raworth.
Presented by Sophie Raworth.
2022
The first episode of The Control Room airs on BBC One. Thriller. Starring Iain de Caestecker.
2022
The first episode of Murder in Provence airs on ITV. Crime drama. Based on the novels by M. L. Longworth. Starring Roger Allam.
2023
The first episode of The Sixth Commandment airs on BBC One. Crime drama. Based on a true story. Starring Timothy Spall, Anne Reid and Eanna Hardwicke.
2024
The first episode of Mr Bigstuff airs on Sky Max. Comedy. Written by and starring Ryan Sampson. Also stars Danny Dyer.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1978
BBC One tape Melancholic Rock airs for the first time.
On This Day...17th July
Births
1934
Former TV announcer/presenter, Martin Muncaster.
1942
Former TV news presenter, Peter Sissons.
1943
Former TV presenter, Liz Fox.
1957
TV presenter, Fern Britton.
1968
Singer, actor and TV presenter, Darren Day.
1969
TV presenter, Howie Watkins.
Deaths
1971
Former rugby player and TV presenter, Ernie Strathdee.
Events
1979
Kenneth Kendall loses a tooth whilst reading the BBC Two news.
2023
Amol Rajan presents University Challenge (BBC Two) for the first time. He replaced Jeremy Paxman, who presented the programme for the final time on 29th May 2023.
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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