
On This Day...
27th June
Programmes
1964
The final episode of Taxi! airs on BBC One.
Starring Sid James. With Ray Brooks, Diane Aubrey, Jennifer Jayne.
1965
The final episode of Stingray airs on ITV.
1967
The final episode of Emergency - Ward 10 airs on ITV.
1973
The final episode of Barnaby airs on BBC One.
1990
The first episode of The Gravy Train airs on Channel 4.
Starring Christoph Waltz, Ian Richardson and Alexei Sayle.
1991
The final edition of Les Dennis’s Laughter Show airs on BBC One.
1992
The final edition of Saint and Greavsie airs on ITV.
2009
The final episode of Robin Hood airs on BBC One.
2024
The first episode of Douglas Is Cancelled airs on ITV 1.
Comedy drama. Written by Steven Moffat. Starring Hugh Bonneville and Karen Gillan.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1964
BBC One tape Devil-May-Care airs for the first time.

On This Day...
27th June
Births
1929
Former actor and TV presenter, Stuart Hutchison.
1962
TV news presenter,
Carrie Gracie.
1974
TV announcer.
Jennie Browne.
Deaths
2018
Former TV announcer/director, Terry Dyddgen-Jones.
Events
1988
Biddy Baxter is editor of Blue Peter (BBC One) for the final time.
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.