
On This Day...
6th October
Programmes
1957
The first edition of News Review airs on BBC TV. Regular news presenters were: Robert Dougall, Richard Baker and Kenneth Kendall.
1961
The first episode of The Rag Trade airs on BBC TV.
1969
The first episode of Chigley airs on BBC One.
1985
The first episode of Pob's Programme airs on Channel 4.
1985
The final episode of Open All Hours (1976 - 1985 run) airs on BBC One. The programme would return in 2013.
1991
30th anniversary edition of Songs of Praise airs on BBC One.
1991
The final episode of US series Dallas airs on BBC One.
1994
The first episode of Revelations airs on ITV.
1996
The first edition of Clive Anderson All Talk airs on BBC One.
1998
The first edition of Fort Boyard airs on Channel 5.
2001
The first edition of Pop Idol airs on ITV.
2001
An Audience with Kylie Minogue airs on ITV.
2006
The first episode of Not Going Out airs on BBC One.
2014
The first episode of Grantchester airs on ITV. Detective drama. Set in the 1950s. Starring Robson Green and James Norton.
2015
The final episode of New Tricks airs on BBC One.
2015
The first episode of Chewing Gum airs on Channel 4.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1961
BBC TV tape Paladio airs for the first time.
2012
BBC Two server compilation Sunlips airs for the final time.

On This Day...
6th October
Births
1932
Former TV announcer,
Barri Haynes.
1957
Former footballer and TV presenter, Bruce Grobbelaar.
1961
Former TV announcer, Reg Sanders.
Deaths
2017
Former TV announcer, Paul Lally.
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.