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On This Day...13th August
Programmes
1961
The final edition of Does the Team Think? airs on BBC TV. Chaired by McDonald Hobley.
1975
The final episode of Peter Wimsey airs on BBC One.
Dorothy L. Sayers murder mysteries. Starring Ian Carmichael in the title role.
Dorothy L. Sayers murder mysteries. Starring Ian Carmichael in the title role.
1998
The final edition of Hale & Pace airs on ITV.
1998
The final episode of Holding the Baby airs on ITV.
2020
The first episode of Mandy airs on BBC Two. Comedy. Starring Diana Morgan. Pilot episode aired on 28th July 2019.
2021
The first episode of Deceit airs on Channel 4. Drama. Starring Eddie Marsan and Niamh Algar.
2022
The first edition of The Big Breakfast (revived series) airs on Channel 4. Presented by Mo Gilligan and AJ Odudu.
2023
The final episode of A Spy Among Friends airs on ITV 1. Spy thriller. Based on real events. Starring Damian Lewis and Guy Pearce. Series originally available on ITV X.
2024
The first edition of Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams on Tour airs on BBC One.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1981
BBC Two tape I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little Bit More Babe airs for the final time.
1981
BBC Two tape Samba-Bamba airs for the first time. This tape was also aired on BBC One during Ceefax AM on 28th February 1983.
On This Day...13th August
Births
1928
Former TV/radio reporter/presenter, John Tidmarsh.
1935
Former TV presenter, Rod Hull.
1959
Actor and TV/radio presenter, Howard Leader.
1967
Former TV/radio weather presenter, Dianne Oxberry.
Deaths
1997
Former actor, artist, teacher, writer and TV presenter/executive, Marjorie Sigley.
2015
Former actor and TV presenter, Paul Danquah.
Events
1988
Caroline Righton presents News View (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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