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On This Day...16th June
Channels
1997
CBBC broadcasts continuity links from the new Studio 9 at BBC Television Centre for the first time. The service had a new fax number: 0181 811 1011. Presenters: Kirsten O'Brien, Richard McCourt and Dominic Wood.
People
1971
John Charles Walsham Reith - the first BBC general manager (1922 - 1927) and later, BBC director-general (1927 - 1938) - dies at the age of 81.
Programmes
1956
The first live BBC television broadcast from a submarine at sea. Broadcast within Saturday-Night Out Goes Below the Sea.
1971
The final episode of The Doctors airs on BBC One.
1977
The final episode of Royal Heritage airs on BBC One.
1989
The final episode of Comic Asides airs on BBC Two.
1994
The first episode of Roughnecks airs on BBC One.
1998
The final episode of Keeping Mum airs on BBC One.
2007
The first edition of Would I Lie to You? airs on BBC One. The comedy panel show was presented by Angus Deayton and featured team captains David Mitchell and Lee Mack. Rob Brydon took over as presenter from series three.
2007
The final episode of The Inspector Lynley Mysteries airs on BBC One.
2020
The final episode of The Salisbury Poisonings airs on BBC One.
2022
The first episode of The Lazarus Project airs on Sky Max. Sci-fi thriller. Starring Paapa Essiedu.
2023
The first episode of Queen of Oz airs on BBC One. Comedy. Starring Catherine Tate.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1961
BBC TV tape Morro Morenito airs for the final time.
2002
BBC Two tape A Girl Like You airs for the first time.
On This Day...16th June
Deaths
2004
Former TV/radio presenter, Barry Cowan.
Events
1997
Kirsten O'Brien, Richard McCourt and Dominic Wood present continuity links from the new Studio 9 at BBC Television Centre for the first time. The service had a new fax number: 0181 811 1011.
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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