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On This Day...3rd August
Programmes
1964
The first episode of Cluff (series) airs on BBC One.
1965
The first episode of 199 Park Lane airs on BBC One.
1967
The first edition of Face the Music airs on BBC Two.
1996
The final edition of Pets Win Prizes airs on BBC One. Presented by Dale Winton.
1997
The final episode of Staying Alive airs on ITV.
2005
The final episode of Born and Bred airs on BBC One.
2013
The first edition of I Love My Country airs on BBC One.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1972
BBC One tape Royal Daffodil airs for the final time.
1972
BBC One tape The Lark in the Clear Air airs for the final time.
1972
BBC One tape The Day the Hula Was Born airs for the final time.
1972
BBC One tape One More Swing airs for the final time.
1972
BBC One tape Foolery airs for the final time.
2012
BBC Two server compilation Sunbright airs for the final time.
On This Day...3rd August
Births
1938
Former TV/radio presenter, Sir Terry Wogan.
1938
Actress and TV presenter, Miranda Connell.
Deaths
2025
Former actor and TV announcer, Philip Elsmore.
Events
1982
Richard Whitmore (sporting a moustache for his performance in Guys & Dolls) had a coughing fit during an interview with an NUT representative on News After Noon. Moira Stuart - out of shot - passed a glass of water to Richard, which he accidentally knocked over with his elbow.
1989
Jill Dando 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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