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On This Day...21st August
Programmes
1958
The final episode of Rag, Tag and Bobtail airs on BBC TV.
2014
The final episode of The Honourable Woman airs on BBC Two.
2023
The first episode of The Confessions of Frannie Langton airs on ITV 1. Originally available on ITV X.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1984
BBC One Ceefax AM tape Concierto de Aranjuez (1) airs for the final time.
1984
BBC One Ceefax AM tape Concierto de Aranjuez (2) airs for the final time.
2011
BBC Two server compilation Carpe Diem airs for the final time.
On This Day...21st August
Births
1933
Former film critic and TV presenter, Barry Norman.
1968
TV news reporter/presenter, Laura Trevelyan.
1969
TV news presenter, Julie Etchingham.
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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