
On This Day...
6th June
Programmes
1963
The first episode of Lenny the Lion airs on BBC TV.
1966
The first episode of Till Death Us Do Part airs on BBC One, following a successful Comedy Playhouse pilot in 1965.
1973
The first episode of Robbie airs on BBC One.
1973
The first episode of Sutherland's Law airs on BBC One.
1980
The final edition of Magpie airs on ITV.
1984
The first episode of Sorrell and Son airs on ITV.
1989
The final edition of All Well and Good airs on BBC One.
1993
The first episode of Passport airs on BBC One.
1993
The first episode of Lady Chatterley airs on BBC One.
2000
Naked Jungle airs on Channel 5. Game show with naked contestants and presented by a naked Keith Chegwin, wearing only a pith helmet.
2009
The first edition of Totally Sunday airs on BBC One.
2009
The first edition of Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow airs on BBC One.
2020
The first edition of Peter Crouch: Save our Summer airs on BBC One.
2021
The first episode of Time airs on BBC One. Written by Jimmy McGovern. Starring Sean Bean and Stephen Graham.
2024
The final episode of The Tattooist of Auschwitz airs on Sky Atlantic.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1975
BBC One tape Dance Prelude airs for the first time.

On This Day...
6th June
Births
1930
Former model and TV announcer/presenter, Bronwen Pugh.
Deaths
2006
Former actor and TV presenter, Neville Whiting.
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.