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On This Day...2nd August
Channels
1968
London Weekend Television - the ITV franchisee for the London area (weekends) - begins broadcasting.
Programmes
1962
The final episode of The Andromeda Breakthrough airs on BBC TV.
1968
The first episode of Gazette airs on ITV. Starring Jon Laurimore, Gillian Wray and Gerald Harper.
1982
The first episode of Jane airs on BBC Two.
1985
The first episode of High & Dry airs on ITV.
1985
The final edition of Now Get Out of That airs on BBC One. Presented by Bernard Falk.
1987
The first episode of The Ruth Rendell Mysteries airs on ITV.
2003
The final edition of Treasure Hunt airs on BBC One.
On This Day...2nd August
Births
1943
TV presenter and actress, Sandra Gough.
1953
TV/radio news presenter, Anne Leuchars.
1980
TV presenter, Katie Heavnor.
1986
TV presenter, Katy Ashworth.
Deaths
1998
Former TV presenter, Shari Lewis.
Events
1986
Richard Whitmore presents News View (BBC Two) for the first time.
1988
Laurie Mayer presents the Six o'Clock News (BBC One) for the first time.
Research for On This Day in TV History is by Paul R. Jackson.
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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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