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On This Day...20th August
Programmes
1966
Match of the Day transfers from BBC Two to BBC One.
1973
The first edition of Why Don’t You...? airs on BBC One.
1985
The Time of Your Life airs on BBC One.
1987
The first edition of Gardeners' Direct Line airs on BBC One.
1998
The final episode of Prisoner Cell Block H airs on ITV (London).
2023
The FIFA Women's World Cup Final airs on BBC One. Spain beat England 1 - 0. The coverage achieved an audience of 7.2m – the 8th most-watched TV programme of the year.
2023
The final episode of World on Fire airs on BBC One.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1974
BBC Two tape Don Pedro airs for the final time.
On This Day...20th August
Births
1934
TV reporter/presenter, Tom Mangold.
1943
Actor and TV presenter, Sylvester McCoy.
1962
Actress and TV presenter, Sophie Aldred.
1981
Actor and TV presenter, Ben Barnes.
Events
1966
Tom Fleming commentates on The Edinburgh Military Tattoo (BBC One) for the first time.
He would continue in the role for 42 years.
He would continue in the role for 42 years.
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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