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On This Day...23rd August
Programmes
1973
The first colour edition of What's My Line? airs on BBC One.
1986
The final episode of Return to Treasure Island airs on ITV.
1987
The final episode of The Ruth Rendall Mysteries: Wolf to the Slaughter airs on ITV.
1989
The final edition of Three of a Kind airs on BBC Two.
Discussion series. Chaired by Jeremy Isaacs.
Discussion series. Chaired by Jeremy Isaacs.
1999
The final edition of Michael Barrymore's Strike It Rich airs on ITV.
2019
The final edition of The 100k Drop airs on Channel 4.
Presented by Davina McCall.
Presented by Davina McCall.
2020
The first edition of Harry Hill's World of TV airs on BBC Two.
2022
The first edition of The Hotel People airs on BBC Two.
Observational documentary. Following the Hastings Hotel group in Northern Ireland.
Observational documentary. Following the Hastings Hotel group in Northern Ireland.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1979
BBC One tape Well, All Right airs for the final time.
1985
BBC Two tape Country Express airs for the first time.
1994
BBC One tape In the Open airs for the first time.
1999
BBC Two tape Secret Crystal airs for the first time.
On This Day...23rd August
Births
1999
TV presenter, Michael Adams.
Deaths
2000
Former actress and TV announcer, Monica Grey.
2006
Former actress and TV presenter, Sandra Michaels.
2019
Former TV announcer/presenter, Meryl O'Keeffe.
Events
1974
Angela Rippon presents a BBC TV news programme for the first time.
2021
Clive Myrie presents Mastermind (BBC Two) for the first time.
Clive would be the programme's third presenter since it began in 1972.
Clive would be the programme's third presenter since it began in 1972.
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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