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On This Day...7th September
Programmes
1964
ITV Play of the Week: The Other Man airs on ITV. Produced by Granada TV. Starring Michael Caine. It ran for 2.5 hours and was, at the time, the longest and biggest play shown on British TV.
1977
The first episode of The Secret Army airs on BBC One.
1977
The first edition of The Krypton Factor airs on ITV.
1978
The first edition of TV Eye airs on ITV.
1981
The first edition of News After Noon airs on BBC One, presented by Moira Stuart and Richard Whitmore.
Today also saw the introduction of standardised opening titles and studio set design across all BBC One news programmes. George Fenton composed the new theme tune.
RELATED ARTICLE: BBC One continuity followed by BBC News After Noon opening titles (7th September 1981).
Today also saw the introduction of standardised opening titles and studio set design across all BBC One news programmes. George Fenton composed the new theme tune.
RELATED ARTICLE: BBC One continuity followed by BBC News After Noon opening titles (7th September 1981).
1981
The first episode of Never the Twain airs on ITV.
1981
The final edition of Runaround airs on ITV.
1982
The first edition of In at the Deep End airs on BBC One.
1984
The first episode of 'Allo 'Allo! (series) airs on BBC One. The characters from the series first appeared in a one-off show on 30th December 1982.
1984
The final episode of Jane in the Desert airs on BBC Two.
1985
The first edition of TX airs on ITV.
1987
The first episode of US series Santa Barbara airs on ITV.
1987
The first edition of The Time...The Place... airs on ITV.
1987
The first edition of Chain Letters airs on ITV.
1989
The first episode of US series Police Squad airs on BBC Two.
1990
The first episode of The Piglet Files airs on ITV.
1992
The first edition of Pot Black Timeframe airs on BBC One.
1994
The first episode of Common as Muck airs on BBC One.
1994
The first edition of Police, Camera, Action! airs on ITV.
1995
The final edition of The Imaginatively Titled Punt and Dennis Show airs on BBC One.
2002
The first edition of Popstars: The Rivals airs on ITV 1.
2003
The first edition of The Games airs on Channel 4. Reality sports games show. Presented by Jamie Theakston.
2009
The first episode of Gigglebitz airs on CBeebies.
2010
The first episode of This Is England '86 airs on Channel 4.
2014
The final edition of Time Team airs on Channel 4.
2015
The first edition of Money for Nothing airs on BBC One. Daytime lifestyle show. Narrated by comedian Arthur Smith.
2015
The first episode of Messy Goes to Okido airs on CBeebies.
2021
The first edition of Wonders of Scotland with David Hayman airs on ITV.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
2004
BBC Two tape Crest of a Wave airs for the final time.
On This Day...7th September
Births
1927
TV presenter, Barry Westwood.
1972
TV/radio presenter, Sarah Cawood.
Deaths
1997
Former TV announcer/presenter, Alex Macintosh.
2018
Former actress, singer and TV presenter, Sheila White.
Events
1981
Moira Stuart presents News after Noon (BBC One) for the first time.
1981
John Humphrys presents the Nine o'Clock News (BBC One) for the first time.
1982
It is announced that Richard Baker will leave BBC TV news at the end of the year. ITN embarrasses the BBC by getting the scoop and announcing the news first.
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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