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On This Day...16th September
Programmes
1955
The first edition of Gardening Club airs on BBC TV.
1957
The character of Chief-Det Supt John Lockhart first appears in Murder Bag.
He would later appear in his own series No Hiding Place (1959 - 1967).
He would later appear in his own series No Hiding Place (1959 - 1967).
1959
The first episode of No Hiding Place airs on ITV.
1969
The first episode of Hadleigh airs on ITV.
Drama. Starring Gerald Harper (his character first appeared in Gazette (1968)).
Drama. Starring Gerald Harper (his character first appeared in Gazette (1968)).
1973
The final episode of Follyfoot airs on ITV.
1974
The first colour episode of Captain Pugwash airs on BBC One.
1974
The first edition of Newsday airs on BBC Two.
1976
The first episode of The Crezz airs on ITV.
1981
The first episode of Postman Pat airs on BBC One.
1983
The longstanding weekday morning airing of Play School is broadcast on BBC Two for the final time.
The programme moved to BBC One the following Monday, in the same 10.30am timeslot.
The programme moved to BBC One the following Monday, in the same 10.30am timeslot.
1985
The first episode of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ airs on ITV.
1987
The first edition of The Victorian Kitchen Garden airs on BBC Two.
1990
The first episode of Close to Home airs on ITV.
1991
The first edition of Standing Room Only airs on BBC Two, as part of DEF II.
1994
The first episode of Knowing Me, Knowing You...with Alan Partridge airs on BBC Two.
2003
The first episode of Little Britain (series) airs on BBC Three.
2004
25 Years of Question Time airs on BBC One.
2006
The final edition of How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? airs on BBC One.
2020
The final episode of Des airs on ITV.
Drama. Starring David Tennant.
Drama. Starring David Tennant.
2021
Help airs on Channel 4.
One-off drama. Set in a fictional Liverpool care home during the Covid-19 pandemic. Written by Jack Thorne. Starring Stephen Graham and Jodi Comer.
One-off drama. Set in a fictional Liverpool care home during the Covid-19 pandemic. Written by Jack Thorne. Starring Stephen Graham and Jodi Comer.
2022
The first episode of Am I Being Unreasonable? airs on BBC One.
Comedy thriller. Starring and written by Daisy May Cooper and Selin Hizli.
Comedy thriller. Starring and written by Daisy May Cooper and Selin Hizli.
2023
The first edition of Alan Carr's Picture Slam airs on BBC One.
2025
The first edition of Michael Palin in Venezuela airs on Channel 5.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1992
BBC One tape Looking Around airs for the first time.
On This Day...16th September
Births
1943
Former TV announcer, Peter Brook.
1945
TV presenter, James Montgomery.
1955
TV presenter, Janet Ellis.
1959
TV/radio presenter, Debbie Greenwood.
Deaths
2015
Former TV presenter, David Cook.
2020
Former TV news presenter, Joe Pengelly.
2024
Former TV/radio presenter, Chris Serle.
Events
1971
Shep the dog first appeared on Blue Peter (BBC One).
He was named on 23rd September.
He was named on 23rd September.
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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