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On This Day...2nd September
Programmes
1968
The first edition of The Morecambe and Wise Show airs on BBC Two.
1974
The pilot episode of Rising Damp airs on ITV.
1975
The first edition of Runaround airs on ITV.
1975
The first episode of The Growing Pains of PC Penrose airs on BBC One. By Roy Clarke.
1980
The first episode of Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World airs on ITV.
1985
The Nine o'Clock News (BBC One) is relaunched, with a new title sequence and set.
The theme tune is composed by George Fenton. The programme now has two presenters each night. On launch night, John Humphrys and Julia Somerville present.
Patrick Lunt - BBC Radio 2 announcer/news presenter - provides the presenter namecheck over the opening titles.
RELATED ARTICLE: BBC One continuity followed by BBC Nine o’Clock News opening titles (20th January 1987).
The theme tune is composed by George Fenton. The programme now has two presenters each night. On launch night, John Humphrys and Julia Somerville present.
Patrick Lunt - BBC Radio 2 announcer/news presenter - provides the presenter namecheck over the opening titles.
RELATED ARTICLE: BBC One continuity followed by BBC Nine o’Clock News opening titles (20th January 1987).
1985
A new 9.25pm regional news slot was due to launch today according to Radio Times. However, the post-Nine o'Clock News bulletin would not materialise until 6th January 1986.
RELATED ARTICLE: The mystery of the delayed launch for the new BBC regional news slot.
RELATED ARTICLE: The mystery of the delayed launch for the new BBC regional news slot.
1986
The first episode of Help! airs on BBC One.
1987
The final episode of US series The Colbys airs on BBC One.
1988
The first edition of Twenty-Two Years of the Two Ronnies airs on BBC One.
1988
The final edition of Eating Out with Tovey airs on BBC Two.
1989
The first episode of The Saint (1980s incarnation, starring Simon Dutton) airs on ITV.
1989
The first episode of Saracen airs on ITV.
1994
The 500th edition of The Big Breakfast airs on Channel 4.
1995
The first edition of Raise the Roof airs on ITV.
Hosted by Bob Holness.
Hosted by Bob Holness.
1996
The final edition of Match of the Seventies airs on BBC One.
1996
The first edition of Style Challenge airs on BBC One.
1996
The first edition of Can't Cook, Won't Cook airs on BBC One.
1997
The first edition of Rory McGrath's Commercial Breakdown airs on BBC One.
2001
The final episode of Chambers airs on BBC One. Sitcom set in a barrister's office. Starring John Bird, James Fleet and Jonathan Kydd.
2002
The first episode of Balamory airs on CBeebies.
2004
The first episode of Doc Martin airs on ITV 1.
2019
The first edition of Rise of the Nazis airs on BBC Two.
2020
Coronation Street Icons: Roy Cropper airs on ITV.
On This Day...2nd September
Births
1938
Former radio/TV presenter, Glyn Worsnip.
1943
Former TV news presenter and radio announcer, Moira Stuart.
Deaths
1994
Former entertainer and TV presenter, Roy Castle.
2003
Former TV presenter/sports commentator, Peter West.
Events
1989
Brian Hayes presents Right to Reply (Channel 4) for the first time.
Research for On This Day in TV History is by Paul R. Jackson.
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