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On This Day...7th February
Programmes
1964
The final edition of For Deaf Children airs on BBC TV.
1973
The final episode of Nearest and Dearest airs on ITV.
1977
The first episode of Headmaster airs on BBC One.
1978
The first edition of Young Musician of the Year airs on BBC Two.
1981
The final episode of The Dick Emery Show airs on BBC One.
1990
The first episode of No Job for a Lady airs on ITV.
1990
The first episode of El C.I.D. airs on ITV.
1995
The final episode of Joking Apart airs on BBC Two.
2004
The first edition of Love on a Saturday Night airs on ITV 1.
Presented by Davina McCall.
Presented by Davina McCall.
2008
The first episode of Ashes to Ashes airs on BBC One.
2011
The first edition of Mr Bloom's Nursery airs on CBeebies.
Ben Faulks played Mr Bloom.
Ben Faulks played Mr Bloom.
2016
The final episode of War and Peace airs on BBC One.
2020
The 10,000th episode of Coronation Street airs on ITV.
2022
The first episode of No Return airs on ITV.
Drama. Starring Sheridan Smith.
Drama. Starring Sheridan Smith.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1966
BBC Two tape Highland Holiday airs for the first time.
2003
BBC Two tape Connexions airs for the first time.
On This Day...7th February
Births
1937
Former actor and TV presenter, Rick Jones.
1939
Former TV weather presenter, Lt Cdr David Brooks.
1943
Former TV announcer, Clem Shaw.
1955
Actor and TV presenter, Jim Sweeney.
1974
TV weather presenter, Alex Deakin.
Deaths
2010
Former radio announcer and TV presenter, Barry Lankester.
2019
Former TV/radio presenter, Arthur Murphy.
2022
Former TV news reporter/presenter, Chris Rogers.
Events
1991
Lynette Lithgow presents a news report on BBC One (am).
There had been a mortar attack on 10 Downing Street, where the war cabinet was meeting to discuss the crisis in the Gulf.
The attack was later claimed by the IRA.
There had been a mortar attack on 10 Downing Street, where the war cabinet was meeting to discuss the crisis in the Gulf.
The attack was later claimed by the IRA.
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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