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On This Day...17th February
Channels
1956
ATV Midlands - the ITV franchisee for central England (weekdays) - begins broadcasting. From 30th July 1968, ATV Midlands provided a 7-day service.
1985
The final full day on air for BBC One's mechanical globe ident and all associated on-screen presentation.
2007
The final full day on air for BBC Two's yellow robot '2' idents and all associated on-screen presentation.
Programmes
1967
The first episode of Mr Rose airs on ITV.
1971
The first episode of Elizabeth R airs on BBC Two.
1976
The first edition of One Man and His Dog airs on BBC Two.
1983
The first episode of Gran airs on BBC One. The programme was produced by the makers of Postman Pat.
1984
The final episode of A Fine Romance airs on ITV.
1985
Michael Fish presents the final BBC TV weather forecast to use the magnetic weather symbols.
1986
The first edition of Hospital Watch airs on BBC One.
1986
The first episode of Dear John airs on BBC One.
1986
The first edition of Scott Free airs on BBC One.
1989
The final edition of Railwatch airs on BBC One.
1992
Mr Bean Rides Again airs on ITV.
1993
The 1,000th edition of The Time...The Place airs on ITV.
1993
Mind the Baby, Mr Bean airs on ITV.
1993
The Brit Awards airs on ITV for the first time. Presented by Richard O’Brien.
1994
The first episode of Nelson's Column airs on BBC One.
2012
The final episode of Hustle airs on BBC One.
2019
The first episode of Baptiste airs on BBC One. Spin-off serial from The Missing, featuring one of the central characters, Julien Baptiste, played by Tchéky Karyo.
2020
The final episode of Cold Feet (revived series) airs on ITV.
2020
The final episode of Cold Feet (revived series) airs on ITV.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1965
BBC One tape The Merry Chicken Yard airs for the first time.
1979
BBC One tape Finally: Swing-Time airs for the final time.
On This Day...17th February
Births
1921
Former TV presenter, Jean Morton.
1934
Former radio presenter and TV announcer, Paul Kaye.
1941
Radio/TV presenter, Pete Brady.
1947
Former TV/radio financial reporter/presenter, Peter Day.
1961
Former TV announcer, Andrew Brittain.
1971
Actor and TV presenter, Jeremy Edwards.
Deaths
2013
Former TV presenter, Derek Batey.
Events
1990
Lynette Lithgow, formerly of East Midlands Today, presents NewsView (BBC Two) for the first time.
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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