Updates from our television presentation sites in the last 24 hours
The latest recordings from TV Home
Updates from our television presentation sites over the last 7 days
Older updates
On This Day...22nd October
Channels
1984
The technicians strike at Thames Television continues, blacking out the channel.
Programmes
1946
The first edition of Telecrimes airs on BBC TV.
1957
The first episode of Quatermass II airs on BBC TV.
1979
The final episode of Tinker, Tailer, Soldier, Spy airs on BBC Two
1981
The first episode of Tenko airs on BBC One.
1984
The final edition of Ask the Family airs on BBC One.
1987
The final episode of Blackadder the Third airs on BBC One.
1989
Screen One: Blore MP airs on BBC One.
1993
The first episode of US series The Larry Sanders Show airs on BBC Two.
1994
An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck airs on ITV.
1997
The final episode of Chalk airs on BBC One.
2004
Midlands Today is broadcast from the BBC Pebble Mill complex for the final time.
2006
The first episode of Torchwood airs on BBC Three.
2020
The first all-black panel on ITV's Loose Women. Featuring Charlene White, Judi Love, Brenda Edwards and Kellie Bryan.
Teletext
2012
Pages from Ceefax is broadcast for the final time on BBC TV. Ceefax and music was first used as programme filler on BBC One and BBC Two in 1980. The final teletext in-vision broadcast took place 4.45am - 6am on BBC Two.
Announcer Dean Lydiate marked the milestone: "And that was TV history. Farewell and thank you Ceefax for the last 38 years."
The final piece of music to be played was BART, performed by Ruby - a popular filler track during the BBC Schools & Colleges strand in the 1970s and 1980s.
EXTERNAL LINK: the final Pages from Ceefax.
Announcer Dean Lydiate marked the milestone: "And that was TV history. Farewell and thank you Ceefax for the last 38 years."
The final piece of music to be played was BART, performed by Ruby - a popular filler track during the BBC Schools & Colleges strand in the 1970s and 1980s.
EXTERNAL LINK: the final Pages from Ceefax.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1991
BBC One tape Twilight Break airs for the first time.
1993
BBC Two tape Slide Rule airs for the first time.
2012
BBC Two server compilation Great Ocean Road (2) airs for the final time.
On This Day...22nd October
Births
1918
Former actor and TV presenter, Jimmy Hanley.
1936
Explorer, author and TV presenter, John Blashford-Snell.
1950
TV presenter, Harry Gration.
1973
Actress and TV presenter, Carmen Ejogo.
Deaths
2012
Former TV presenter, Mike Morris.
Events
1988
Andrew Harvey presents a BBC One weekend news programme for the first time.
1988
Andrew Harvey presents News View (BBC Two) for the first time.
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.
TV Pres has been created to promote our partnership of independent television presentation sites. These feature high-quality, curated video content that documents the history of TV ephemera such as idents, promotions, advertisements, programme graphics and set design. The partner sites self-host their videos so as not to rely on video-sharing services such as YouTube.
TV Pres from The Ident Gallery © 2021-2024 Andrew J Wood