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On This Day...27th August
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1984
Technicians at Thames Television walk out on strike in a dispute over working patterns.
TV-am transmissions are unaffected. The entire Thames TV schedule is blacked out.
Viewers in the London area are presented with a blue apology caption and silence.
RELATED ARTICLE: Thames TV off the air.
TV-am transmissions are unaffected. The entire Thames TV schedule is blacked out.
Viewers in the London area are presented with a blue apology caption and silence.
RELATED ARTICLE: Thames TV off the air.
2020
Sky Two is replaced by Sky Replay.
The new channel features repeats of programmes first aired on Sky Witness and Sky One.
The new channel features repeats of programmes first aired on Sky Witness and Sky One.
Miscellaneous
1950
The first BBC TV outside broadcast from the Continent takes place.
Richard Dimbleby introduces live pictures of the Hotel de Villes in Calais, France.
Richard Dimbleby introduces live pictures of the Hotel de Villes in Calais, France.
Programmes
1975
The first episode of I Didn't Know You Cared airs on BBC One.
1983
Rock Around the Clock airs on BBC Two.
15 hours - from 3.15pm to 6.15am - of films, concerts and documentaries. Presented by David Hepworth, Mark Ellen, Annie Nightingale and Steve Blacknell.
15 hours - from 3.15pm to 6.15am - of films, concerts and documentaries. Presented by David Hepworth, Mark Ellen, Annie Nightingale and Steve Blacknell.
1988
The final episode of US series Cagney and Lacey airs on BBC One.
1989
The final episode of Chelworth airs on BBC One.
1999
The final episode of An Unsuitable Job for a Woman airs on ITV.
2002
The first edition of I'm a Celebrity: Extra Camp airs on ITV 2.
2012
The first episode of Citizen Khan airs on BBC One.
2017
The first episode of Strike airs on BBC One.
2023
The first episode of The Woman in the Wall airs on BBC One.
Thriller. Starring Ruth Wilson.
Thriller. Starring Ruth Wilson.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1974
BBC Two tape Irving Berlin Medley airs for the final time.
1992
BBC One tape Looks Good Feels Good (1) airs for the final time.
On This Day...27th August
Births
1921
Former TV weather presenter, Trevor Baker.
1926
Former actress and occasional TV presenter, Pat Coombs.
1945
Actress and former TV presenter/announcer, Judy Matheson.
1961
Actor and TV presenter, Mark Curry.
Events
1979
Christopher Morris - BBC home news reporter - is the duty news presenter on Bank Holiday Monday.
He announces the assassination of Earl Mountbatten of Burma by the IRA in the first of seven newsflashes within Grandstand.
The main evening news bulletin is extended from 8 to 45 minutes.
He announces the assassination of Earl Mountbatten of Burma by the IRA in the first of seven newsflashes within Grandstand.
The main evening news bulletin is extended from 8 to 45 minutes.
1981
Moira Stuart presents a BBC TV news programme for the first time.
She joins BBC TV News as their first African-Caribbean news presenter.
She joins BBC TV News as their first African-Caribbean news presenter.
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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