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On This Day...28th June
Programmes
1957
The final episode of The Grove Family airs on BBC TV.
1962
The first episode of The Andromeda Breakthrough airs on BBC TV.
1963
The first episode of Sergeant Cork airs on ITV.
1971
The first episode of Follyfoot airs on ITV. Children's serial based on the books by Monica Dickens. Starring Gillian Blake, Steve Hodson, Arthur English, Desmond Llewellyn and Christian Rodska.
1981
The BBC announces a major shake-up of the presentation of its TV news programmes. As well as a complete overhaul of studio sets and title sequences, Peter Woon, editor, TV News, took the decision to have more journalists reading the news. The main presenter changes:
(a) former correspondents John Humphrys and John Simpson would present the Nine o'Clock News;
(b) Richard Baker to present the Evening News;
(c) Richard Whitmore to present the new lunchtime bulletin - News After Noon - alongside Moira Stuart;
(d) Jan Leeming and Kenneth Kendall to present weekend news programmes, including News Review.
To mark the changes, a publicity photo was taken, featuring the presenters (Humphrys, Stuart, Simpson, Leeming, Whitmore, Kendall and Baker) on a spiral staircase at TV Centre
New programme editors were also announced:
(a) Ken Callaway, News After Noon;
(b) Derek Maude and Mike Broadbent, Evening News, weekend news and News Review;
(c) Robin Walsh and John Anderson, Nine o'Clock News.
The national press reported that Kenneth Kendall's contract would probably not be renewed at the end of the year and that Peter Woods had been axed and moved to a desk job. The changes meant the end of the prominence of the "old guard" of former announcers like Baker and Kendall.
(a) former correspondents John Humphrys and John Simpson would present the Nine o'Clock News;
(b) Richard Baker to present the Evening News;
(c) Richard Whitmore to present the new lunchtime bulletin - News After Noon - alongside Moira Stuart;
(d) Jan Leeming and Kenneth Kendall to present weekend news programmes, including News Review.
To mark the changes, a publicity photo was taken, featuring the presenters (Humphrys, Stuart, Simpson, Leeming, Whitmore, Kendall and Baker) on a spiral staircase at TV Centre
New programme editors were also announced:
(a) Ken Callaway, News After Noon;
(b) Derek Maude and Mike Broadbent, Evening News, weekend news and News Review;
(c) Robin Walsh and John Anderson, Nine o'Clock News.
The national press reported that Kenneth Kendall's contract would probably not be renewed at the end of the year and that Peter Woods had been axed and moved to a desk job. The changes meant the end of the prominence of the "old guard" of former announcers like Baker and Kendall.
1985
The first episode of And There's More airs on ITV.
1990
The first episode of Waiting for God airs on BBC One.
1990
The final episode of Life on One airs on BBC One.
1991
The final episode of Fast Friends airs on BBC One.
1995
The first edition of Wogan's Island airs on BBC One.
1997
Highlights from the annual Glastonbury musical festival air on BBC TV (BBC Two) for the first time. Coverage of the festival was previously shown on Channel 4 (1994 – 1996).
2010
The first episode of Rev airs on BBC Two.
2011
Blue Peter is broadcast from TV Centre for the final time. It was marked by the programme breaking the world record for the most people to hula-hoop simultaneously (426 people). Ex-presenters Janet Ellis, Diane-Louise Jordan and Anthea Turner took part in the programme.
2019
The final episode of London Kills airs on BBC One.
Drama. Follows detectives of an elite murder investigation squad in London. Starring Hugo Speer.
Drama. Follows detectives of an elite murder investigation squad in London. Starring Hugo Speer.
2020
The British Soap Awards Celebrates 21 Years airs on ITV.
2023
The final episode of Staged airs on BBC One. Starring David Tennant, Michael Sheen, Simon Evans, Georgia Tennant, Anna Lundberg and Lucy Eaton. Series originally available on Britbox.
On This Day...28th June
Births
1958
Former TV news reporter, Alastair Layzell.
Deaths
2021
Former actor and TV presenter, Mike Amatt.
Events
1981
John Humphrys presents a BBC News programme (BBC One) for the first time.
2006
Andy Akinwolere presents Blue Peter (BBC One) for the first time.
2011
Andy Akinwolere presents Blue Peter (BBC One) for the final time (live in the studio).
2021
Anne Robinson presents Countdown (Channel 4) 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.
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