
On This Day...
21st July
Programmes
1969
The Moon Landing airs on BBC One (at 2.56am). Cliff Michelmore, James Burke and Patrick Moore present coverage of American Apollo astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin as they land and walk on the moon.
1978
The final edition of The Black and White Minstrel Show airs on BBC One.
1981
The final edition of Ask Aspel airs on BBC One.
1983
The final episode of Andy Robson airs on ITV.
1990
The first edition of Stars in Their Eyes airs on ITV.
1997
The first episode of Tiger Bay airs on BBC One.
2016
The first episode of Fleabag airs on BBC Three.
2020
The final episode of The Secrets She Keeps airs on BBC One.
2021
Cricket: The Hundred airs on BBC Two. New 100-ball competition, featuring Oval Invincibles v Manchester Originals.
2022
The final episode of Witness Number 3 airs on Channel 5.
Thriller. Starring Nina Toussaint-White.
2023
The final episode of Queen of Oz airs on BBC One. Comedy. Starring Catherine Tate.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
2009
BBC Two server compilation Cavo Paradiso airs for the first time.

On This Day...
21st July
Births
1935
Former TV presenter, Julian Pettifer.
1961
Former TV news presenter, Chris Eakin.
Deaths
1991
Former TV announcer/presenter,
Jasmine Bligh.
Events
1954
Wallace (Bill) Greenslade presents a BBC TV news programme for the first time.
1975
Stuart McGugan presents Play School (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.