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On This Day...13th July
Programmes
1963
The first edition of The Dick Emery Show airs on BBC TV.
1965
The final episode of Monitor airs on BBC One.
1973
The first episode of Jack the Ripper airs on BBC One.
Radio Times: "A documentary investigation, in six episodes, into the facts of the Whitechapel Murders of 1888 -conducted by TV's two best-known investigators, Det-Chief Supt Barlow and Det-Chief Supt Watt.
"With Stratford Johns as Barlow and Frank Windsor as Watt."
Radio Times: "A documentary investigation, in six episodes, into the facts of the Whitechapel Murders of 1888 -conducted by TV's two best-known investigators, Det-Chief Supt Barlow and Det-Chief Supt Watt.
"With Stratford Johns as Barlow and Frank Windsor as Watt."
1978
The first networked edition of Top Gear airs on BBC Two.
1981
The first edition of Six Fifty-Five Special airs on BBC Two.
1985
The final edition of The Comedians airs on ITV.
1985
Live Aid pop concerts are held in Philadelphia and London and televised around the world.
UK coverage is carried on BBC Two and later BBC One.
The UK TV audience reached 24.5m.
UK coverage is carried on BBC Two and later BBC One.
The UK TV audience reached 24.5m.
1993
The first edition of Far Flung Floyd airs on BBC Two.
1996
The Royal Tournament airs for the final time on BBC One.
The show moved to ITV in 1997.
The show moved to ITV in 1997.
2002
Sport Relief airs for the first time - on BBC One.
Gary Lineker and Ulrika Jonsson host the first half with Clare Balding and Jamie Theakston hosting the second half after the news.
Gary Lineker and Ulrika Jonsson host the first half with Clare Balding and Jamie Theakston hosting the second half after the news.
2021
The first edition of Cooking with the Stars airs on ITV.
Presented by Emma Willis and Tom Allen.
Presented by Emma Willis and Tom Allen.
2024
The first episode of High Country airs on BBC One.
Australian crime drama. Starring Leah Purcell and Ian McElhinney.
Australian crime drama. Starring Leah Purcell and Ian McElhinney.
2025
The final episode of Live Aid at 40: When Rock 'n' Roll Took on the World airs on BBC Two.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1978
BBC Two tape Everything Is a Dream airs for the final time.
1978
BBC Two tape Theme from Z airs for the first time.
On This Day...13th July
Births
1934
Former TV/radio presenter/reporter, Norman Tozer.
1949
Actor and TV presenter, Bryan Murray.
Deaths
2011
Former TV presenter, Barry Westwood.
2018
Former TV presenter, Grahame Dangerfield.
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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