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On This Day...7th March
Programmes
1971
The final episode of The Last of the Mohicans airs on BBC One.
1972
The 100th edition of Vision On airs on BBC One.
1978
The first episode of Pennies from Heaven airs on BBC One.
1979
The final episode of Take My Wife airs on ITV.
1982
The first edition of Around Whicker's World airs on ITV.
1984
The first episode of Fresh Fields airs on ITV.
1985
The first episode of Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye airs on BBC One.
1994
The first episode of The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes airs on ITV.
1995
The first edition of Madhur Jaffrey's Flavour of India airs on BBC Two.
1998
Citizen Caine airs on BBC Two - an evening of programmes and films to celebrate Michael Caine's 65th birthday. Presented by Paul Whitehouse.
2005
The first edition of Coach Trip airs on Channel 4.
2013
The first edition of Gogglebox airs on Channel 4.
2020
The final edition of The Greatest Dancer airs on BBC One.
2022
The new EastEnders set appears on BBC One for the first time. Based at BBC Elstree Centre, Borehamwood, the revamp took 10 years and cost £87m.
2022
The ITV Evening News is extended to a regular one-hour slot (6.30pm - 7.30pm), presented by Mary Nightingale. Emmerdale moves to 7.30pm.
2022
The first episode of Our House airs on ITV. Thriller. Starring Tuppence Middleton and Martin Compston.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1961
BBC TV tape La Foule airs for the final time.
On This Day...7th March
Births
1892
Former comedy writer and TV presenter, Ted Kavanagh.
1911
Former documentary maker and TV presenter, Jill Craigie.
1928
TV news presenter, David Geary.
1958
Former actor, comedian and TV presenter, Rik Mayall.
1975
TV news reporter/presenter, Matt Teale.
Events
1987
Nicholas Witchell presents hourly news summaries within Grandstand on BBC One, reporting the aftermath of the capsizing of the MS Herald of Free Enterprise at Zeebrugge.
1987
Nicholas Witchell presents NewsView (BBC Two) for the first time. The programme included reports on the aftermath of the capsizing of the MS Herald of Free Enterprise at Zeebrugge.
1987
Martyn Lewis presents the BBC weekend news (BBC One) for the first time - reporting on the aftermath of the capsizing of the MS Herald of Free Enterprise at Zeebrugge.
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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