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On This Day...27th February
Programmes
1962
The first episode of Sara and Hoppity airs on ITV.
1965
The first episode of The Worker airs on ITV.
1970
The final episode of Oh Brother airs on BBC One.
1981
The first episode of US series Magnum PI airs on ITV.
1981
The first episode of Coming Home airs on BBC One.
Comedy. Starring Philip Jackson, Sharon Duce, Roger Sloman and Lynda Marchal.
The pilot aired on 1st June 1980.
Comedy. Starring Philip Jackson, Sharon Duce, Roger Sloman and Lynda Marchal.
The pilot aired on 1st June 1980.
1989
The final edition of Years Ahead airs on Channel 4.
1990
The first episode of Nightingales airs on Channel 4.
1990
The final episode of A Sense of Guilt airs on BBC One.
1992
The first episode of US Girls airs on BBC One.
1994
The first episode of Anna Lee airs on ITV.
1997
The first episode of A Perfect State airs on BBC One.
2000
The first episode of Monarch of the Glen airs on BBC One.
2010
The first edition of Ant and Dec's Push the Button airs on ITV 1.
2019
The final edition of Insert Name Here airs on BBC Two.
2020
The final episode of Flesh and Blood airs on ITV.
2022
The first edition of Extraordinary Portraits airs on BBC One.
2022
The first edition of Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy airs on BBC Two.
2022
The final episode of The Good Karma Hospital airs on ITV.
2025
The first episode of Bergerac (revived series) airs on U&Drama.
Crime drama. Starring Damien Molony as detective Jim Bergerac.
Crime drama. Starring Damien Molony as detective Jim Bergerac.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1966
BBC Two tape Nostalgia airs for the first time.
1973
BBC Two tape C'est Magnifique airs for the final time.
On This Day...27th February
Births
1938
Singer and TV presenter, Jake Thackery.
1949
TV weather presenter, Francis Wilson.
1953
TV news reporter/presenter, Gavin Esler.
1961
Former radio/TV presenter, Allan Robb.
1971
TV/radio weather presenter, Paul Hudson.
1991
TV weather presenter, Gillian Brown.
Deaths
1996
Former actor and TV presenter, Jay Denyer.
2009
Former TV announcer, Elizabeth Burns.
Events
1986
Frances Coverdale co-presents the Six o'Clock News (BBC One) for the first time.
1989
Anna Ford co-presents the Six o'Clock News (BBC One) for the first time. This was Ford's first news presenting role on BBC TV.
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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