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On This Day...6th September
Channels
1980
BBC Two introduces a new, electronically generated clock device.
RELATED ARTICLE: BBC Two clock goes electronic.
RELATED ARTICLE: BBC Two clock goes electronic.
Programmes
1959
The 100th edition of Farming airs on BBC TV.
1975
The first episode of Space 1999 airs on ITV.
1975
The first episode of Two's Company airs on ITV.
1976
The first episode of George and Mildred airs on ITV.
1977
The first episode of You're Only Young Twice airs on ITV.
1978
The final episode of US series Holocaust airs on BBC One.
1980
The first episode of Metal Mickey airs on ITV.
1981
The first episode of Blood Money airs on BBC One.
1981
The first episode of Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years airs on ITV.
1983
The first episode of Killer airs on ITV. It would later become a series - Taggart.
1984
The first episode of The Magnificent Evans airs on BBC One.
1984
The first episode of The Bird of Prey airs on BBC One.
1985
The first episode of Murder of a Moderate Man airs on BBC One.
1986
The first episode of Casualty airs on BBC One.
1986
The first edition of The Russ Abbot Show airs on BBC One.
1988
The first episode of Double First airs on BBC One.
1988
The first episode of Count Duckula airs on ITV.
1989
The first episode of The Wombles to air on ITV.
1989
The first edition of Posh Frocks and New Trousers airs on ITV.
1992
One-off play A Very Polish Practice airs on BBC One.
1993
The first edition of Supermarket Sweep airs on ITV.
1993
The 1,000th edition of This Morning airs on ITV.
1996
The first episode of Muppets Tonight airs on BBC One.
1997
Live coverage of the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales is carried on BBC One and ITV.
The combined audience is 32.1 million viewers – making it the second most-watched TV special event in UK history, after the 1966 World Cup final (July 1966).
The combined audience is 32.1 million viewers – making it the second most-watched TV special event in UK history, after the 1966 World Cup final (July 1966).
1999
The first edition of Loose Women airs on ITV.
The panel: Kaye Adams, Jane Moore, Nadia Sawalha and Karren Brady.
The panel: Kaye Adams, Jane Moore, Nadia Sawalha and Karren Brady.
1999
The first edition of Tweenies airs on BBC One.
1999
The first episode of The Tweenies airs on BBC One.
2002
The first episode of Still Game airs on BBC One Scotland.
Featured characters Jack and Victor from Chewin' the Fat.
Featured characters Jack and Victor from Chewin' the Fat.
2004
The first edition of Live at The Apollo airs on BBC One.
2005
The first edition of Drama Connections airs on BBC One.
2010
The first edition of Daybreak airs on ITV.
2016
The pilot episode of Motherland airs on BBC Two.
2025
The first edition of Win Win airs on ITV 1.
Interactive quiz. Presented by Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins.
Interactive quiz. Presented by Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1998
BBC Two tape Everything You Need airs for the final time.
On This Day...6th September
Births
1930
TV presenter and entertainer, Bernie Winters.
1933
Former TV announcer/documentary film-maker, Maurice Kanareck.
1952
TV/radio presenter, Steve Blacknell.
1970
TV presenter, Felicity Barr.
Deaths
1984
Former TV presenter, Donny MacLeod.
1985
Former BBC TV senior news editor and occasional news presenter, John Mackinnon.
2000
Former TV presenter/executive/producer, Desmond Wilcox.
2012
Former TV presenter, Terry Nutkins.
2017
Former TV news presenter, Mike Neville.
Events
1971
Sarah Long presents Play School (BBC Two) for the first time.
1981
Peter Woods presents his final BBC TV news programme, completing 13 years and 8 months on the news presenting team.
He made no reference to it being his last appearance.
He made no reference to it being his last appearance.
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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