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On This Day...
20th May
Channels
1968
Harlech (which became HTV in 1970) - the new ITV franchisee for Wales and the west of England (replacing the interim ITSWW, which replaced TWW in March) - begins broadcasting.
People
1947
Former LWT executive and BBC Director-General, Greg Dyke, is born.
Programmes
1989
The first edition of That's Showbusiness airs on BBC One.
2015
The final episode of The Delivery Man airs on ITV. Sitcom. Starring Darren Boyd, Fay Ripley, Paddy McGuinness and Aisling Bea.
2015
The first edition of Give a Pet a Home airs on ITV. Presented by Amanda Holden.
2018
The first episode of A Very English Scandal airs on BBC One. Adapted by Russell T. Davies from John Preston's book. Starring Hugh Grant (Jeremy Thorpe) and Ben Whishaw (Norman Scott).
2023
The first episode of Annika airs on BBC One. Crime drama. Starring Nicola Walker. Series originally aired on Alibi.

On This Day...
20th May
Births
1913
Former TV announcer/presenter, Jasmine Bligh.
1918
Former actor and TV presenter, Jeremy Hawk.
1930
Former actor and announcer, Bill Steel.
1952
Former radio news presenter and TV/radio announcer, Avril Carson.
1959
Former TV/radio presenter and news reporter, Triona Holden.
1974
TV news reporter/presenter, James Reynolds.
Deaths
1996
Former actor and TV presenter, Jon Pertwee.

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.
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