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On This Day...11th November
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1936
A weather chart is transmitted on BBC TV for the first time, as part of a trial. After BBC Television closed down due to World War II, weather maps with captions began again in July 1949.
1937
Annual Cenotaph Service is televised for the first time - on BBC TV.
1950
Festival of Remembrance is televised for the first time - on BBC TV.
1953
The first edition of Panorama airs on BBC TV.
1962
The 100th edition of Monitor airs on BBC TV.
1979
The first episode of The Glums airs on ITV.
1979
The final episode of US series Roots – The Next Generation airs on BBC One.
1979
The final episode of the first series of To the Manor Born (BBC One) pulls in an audience of 23.95m, making it the most-watched programme of 1979.
1983
The first episode of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet airs on ITV.
1985
The first episode of Jonny Briggs airs on BBC One.
1989
The final edition of Saturday Matters with Sue Lawley airs on BBC One.
1990
The final episode of The Green Man airs on BBC One.
1991
The first edition of Lifesense airs on BBC One.
1993
The first episode of If You See God, Tell Him airs on BBC One.
1999
The first episode of Extremely Dangerous airs on ITV.
2000
The final episode of The Knock airs on ITV.
2002
The first edition of BBC Look North for east Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and north Norfolk regions airs on BBC One. Presented by Peter Levy and Helen Morton.
2004
The first episode of Blackpool airs on BBC One.
2009
An Audience with Donny and Marie airs on ITV.
2011
The final episode of The Jury airs on ITV 1. Drama. Starring Julie Walters, Anne Reid, Roger Allam, Ronald Pickup and Paul Bhattacharjee.
2013
The first episode of Topsy and Tim airs on CBeebies. Live-action children's show.
2024
Her Majesty The Queen: Behind Closed Doors airs on ITV 1. Documentary following Queen Camilla. Looks at her work to raise the awareness of domestic and sexual violence.
2024
The final episode of Generation X airs on Channel 4. Zombie horror satire. Set in the fictional town of Dambury.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1976
BBC One tape Bill Bailey airs for the first time.
On This Day...11th November
Births
1938
Former radio presenter and TV announcer, Pat Doody.
Deaths
2008
Former TV/radio weather presenter, Jack Scott.
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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