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On This Day...13th February
Channels
2023
Sky Kids begins broadcasting.
Programmes
1972
The final episode of Please Sir! airs on ITV.
1973
The 500th edition of Nationwide airs on BBC One.
1976
The final episode of Bouquet of Barbed Wire airs on ITV.
1978
The final episode of Miss Jones and Son airs on ITV.
1982
The final edition of The Goodies airs on ITV. Note: all previous series aired on the BBC.
1983
The first episode of Number 10 airs on ITV.
1984
The first episode of Duty Free airs on ITV.
1985
The final edition of The Railway Carriage Game Show airs on BBC One.
Celebrity laughter show. Devised and presented by Gyles Brandreth. With Lennie Bennett and Stan Boardman.
Celebrity laughter show. Devised and presented by Gyles Brandreth. With Lennie Bennett and Stan Boardman.
1989
The first edition of Railwatch airs on BBC One.
1989
The first edition of News at 5.40 airs on ITV.
1989
The first edition of ITV National Weather airs on ITV.
1989
The infamous The Brits 89 airs on BBC One. Sam Fox and Mick Fleetwood presented the show live from the Royal Albert Hall. Because of a string of mishaps by the presenters, autocue issues and guests arriving late on stage, the television airing of the show was pre-recorded from 1990 until 2006 (with ITV taking over in 1993).
1990
The first edition of Travelog airs on Channel 4.
1990
The first episode of US series Quantum Leap airs on BBC Two.
1991
The first episode of Shrinks airs on ITV.
1993
The first edition of Tarrant's Ten Years on TV airs on ITV.
1996
The final episode of Outside Edge airs on ITV.
2009
The final episode of Trial and Retribution airs on ITV.
2011
The final episode of Lark Rise to Candleford airs on BBC One.
2023
The first edition of Scarlett's Driving School airs on BBC One.
2023
The first episode of Better airs on BBC One. Thriller. Starring Leila Farzad and Andrew Buchan.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1985
BBC One Ceefax AM tape Samantha (1) airs for the final time.
1985
BBC One Ceefax AM tape Samantha (2) airs for the final time.
On This Day...13th February
Births
1942
TV announcer and voiceover artist, Simon Prebble.
1970
Former TV presenter, Diane Youdale.
1974
Singer and former TV presenter, Robbie Williams.
Deaths
1991
Former TV sports commentator/presenter, Ron Pickering.
2014
Former actor and TV presenter, Ken Jones.
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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