
On This Day...
9th March
Channels
1998
ITV in the north east of England returns to Tyne Tees branding, replacing the Channel 3 North East identity.
Programmes
1963
The 250th edition of Grandstand airs on BBC TV.
1970
The first episode of Girls About Town airs on ITV.
ATV comedy series. Starring Julie Stevens and Denise Coffey. The pilot was transmitted on 2nd October 1969.
1983
The final episode of The Cleopatras airs on BBC Two.
1983
The first episode of Chips' Comic airs on Channel 4.
1987
The first edition of French and Saunders airs on BBC Two.
1989
The first episode of A Touch of Spice airs on BBC One.
1989
The first episode of Out of Order airs on ITV.
1993
The first episode of Luv airs on BBC One.
1993
The first edition of Travel UK airs on ITV.
1996
The first edition of The Shane Ritchie Experience airs on ITV.
1998
The final episode of Pleasure Beach airs on BBC One.
1998
The final episode of Our Mutual Friend airs on BBC Two.
1998
The final episode of Our Mutual Friend airs on BBC Two. Concluding the adaptation of Charles Dickens' epic novel. Starring Paul McGann.
2001
The first edition of Celebrity Big Brother airs on Channel 4.
2001
The final edition of The Krypton Factor airs on ITV.
2001
The first edition of Celebrity Big Brother airs on Channel 4.
2006
The first episode of Waterloo Road airs on BBC One.
2009
The first episode of CBeebies Bedtime Stories airs on CBeebies. Rob Brydon is the first guest to sit in the story chair.
2014
The final edition of Dancing on Ice (original run) airs on ITV. The show returned in January 2018.
2015
The final episode of Waterloo Road airs on BBC Three. The programme returned to BBC One in 2023.
2016
The first edition of Shop Well for Less airs on BBC One.
2016
The first edition of Shop Well for Less airs on BBC One.

On This Day...
9th March
Births
1913
Former TV news reporter, Conrad Voss Bark.
1984
TV/radio weather presenter, Owain Wyn Evans.
Events
1978
Anna Ford presents an ITN news programme for the first time.
2006
The BBC announces that Huw Edwards will present a new early evening slot (5pm - 6pm) on BBC News 24 from 10th April. Also from this date, the BBC News at One and the BBC News at Six will be simulcast on BBC News 24.
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.