
On This Day...
14th February
Programmes
1955
The first episode of Picture Book airs on BBC TV.
1972
The first episode of Fingerbobs airs on BBC One.
1977
The first episode of The Flumps airs on BBC One.
1985
The final episode of Charters and Caldicot airs on BBC One.
1990
The first edition of Boom! airs on Channel 4.
1992
The first episode of Dial Midnight airs on ITV.
1995
The final episode of Ain't Misbehavin airs on BBC One.
1998
Red Dwarf Night airs on BBC Two.
2021
The final episode of The Serpent airs on BBC One.
2024
The final episode of After the Flood airs on ITV 1.
Crime drama. Starring Sophie Rundle.
2024
The first episode of Alice and Jack airs on Channel 4.
Romantic drama. Starring Andrea Riseborough and Domhnall Gleeson.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1985
BBC One tape Water Mountain airs for the final time.

On This Day...
14th February
Births
1924
Former actor and TV presenter, Neville Whiting.
1946
TV presenter/producer, Mick Robertson.
1949
TV presenter, writer and composer, Christopher Lillicrap.
1971
Athlete and TV presenter, Du'aine Ladejo.
Events
2011
Matt Baker becomes a regular co-presenter on The One Show (BBC One).
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.