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On This Day...14th August
Programmes
1972
The final episode of Doomwatch airs on BBC One.
1978
The final episode of Come Back Mrs Noah airs on BBC One.
2000
The first edition of The Weakest Link airs on BBC Two.
2006
The first edition of The One Show airs on BBC One.
2009
The final episode of Hotel Babylon airs on BBC One.
2010
The final edition of 30 Years of An Audience With... airs on ITV.
2012
The first episode of Bad Education airs on BBC Three.
Sitcom. Set in a dysfunctional secondary school. Starring Jack Whitehall, Layton Williams and Matthew Horne.
Sitcom. Set in a dysfunctional secondary school. Starring Jack Whitehall, Layton Williams and Matthew Horne.
2024
The first episode of Marriage airs on BBC One.
Drama. Starring Sean Bean and Nicola Walker.
Drama. Starring Sean Bean and Nicola Walker.
On This Day...14th August
Births
1942
Former musician and TV presenter, Lionel Morton.
1959
TV presenter, Vicky Licorish.
Events
1987
Julia Somerville presents the Nine o'Clock News (BBC One) for the final time, completing 3 years and 1 month on the TV news presenting team.
She was leaving the BBC to join ITN as a presenter on ITV's new lunchtime news programme.
She was leaving the BBC to join ITN as a presenter on ITV's new lunchtime news programme.
1995
Huw Edwards presents the One o'Clock News (BBC One) for the first time (with John Tusa co-presenting, from Singapore).
Research for On This Day in TV History is by Paul R. Jackson.
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