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On This Day...9th December
Miscellaneous
1988
The first of the BBC's new bi-media foreign bureaux opens in Paris. Philip Short was head of the bureau and a radio news correspondent, with Edward Stourton reporting for TV news.
Programmes
1960
The first episode of Coronation Street airs on ITV.
William Roache makes his debut appearance as Ken Barlow. Roache is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest-serving television actor in a continuous role in the world.
He was awarded the MBE in the 2000 New Year's Honours, for services to TV drama.
William Roache makes his debut appearance as Ken Barlow. Roache is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest-serving television actor in a continuous role in the world.
He was awarded the MBE in the 2000 New Year's Honours, for services to TV drama.
1980
Play for Today: The Flipside of Dominick Hide airs on BBC One.
1981
The final episode of Postman Pat airs on BBC One.
1985
The final episode of Edge of Darkness airs on BBC Two.
1986
The final edition of My Music airs on BBC Two.
1987
The final edition of The Victorian Kitchen Garden airs on BBC Two.
1990
The final episode House of Cards airs on BBC One.
1992
The final edition of Pole to Pole airs on BBC One.
1996
The final episode of Moll Flanders airs on ITV.
1997
The final episode of Soldier, Soldier airs on ITV.
1998
The final episode of Drop the Dead Donkey airs on Channel 4.
1998
The final episode of Is It Legal? airs on Channel 4.
2006
An Audience with Lionel Ritchie airs on ITV.
2010
The Royal Variety Performance airs on BBC TV (BBC One) for the final time.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1994
BBC Two tape Jump In airs for the first time.
The tape transferred across from BBC One, where it was used from October 1992 until December 1994.
EXTERNAL LINK: Pages from Ceefax accompanied by Jump In (BBC Two, 30th March 1996).
The tape transferred across from BBC One, where it was used from October 1992 until December 1994.
EXTERNAL LINK: Pages from Ceefax accompanied by Jump In (BBC Two, 30th March 1996).
On This Day...9th December
Births
1944
Former writer, comedian, musician and TV presenter, Neil Innes.
1962
TV presenter, Mark Evans.
Deaths
1990
Former radio announcer and TV news presenter, Andrew Timothy.
1993
Former footballer and TV presenter, Danny Blanchflower.
2004
Former TV news reporter/presenter, Dominic Di-Natale.
2012
Former astronomer and TV presenter, Sir Patrick Moore.
Events
1987
Debbie Thrower presents the Six o'Clock News (BBC One) 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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