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On This Day...4th November
Programmes
1965
The first episode of Man Alive airs on BBC Two.
1967
The 100th edition of Match of the Day airs on BBC One.
1969
The pilot episode of In Loving Memory airs on ITV.
1979
The first episode of Testament of Youth airs on BBC Two.
1982
The 100th edition of Question Time airs on BBC One.
1985
The first episode of Fingermouse airs on BBC One.
1985
The first episode of Edge of Darkness airs on BBC Two.
1986
The final episode of Big Deal airs on BBC One.
1987
The first episode of A Perfect Spy airs on BBC One.
1987
The first episode of Damon and Debbie airs on Channel 4.
1988
The first edition of The Late Show with Clive James airs on BBC Two.
1988
The final episode of Me and My Girl airs on ITV.
1994
The first episode of Harry Enfield and Chums airs on BBC One.
1996
Neighbours Tenth Anniversary Special airs on BBC One.
2002
The first edition of Cash in the Attic airs on BBC One.
2003
The final episode of Brookside airs on Channel 4.
2020
Children in Need: 40 Fabulous Years airs on BBC One.
2021
The first episode of Dalgliesh airs on Channel 5. Starring Bertie Carvel as DCI Adam Dalgliesh.
2023
The first edition of Sort Your Life Out with Stacey Solomon airs on BBC One. Pilot edition transmitted on 5th April 2021.
2024
The final episode of Mr Loverman airs on BBC One. Drama. Based on the novel by Bernadette Evaristo. Starring Lennie James, Ariyon Bakare and Sharon D. Clarke.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1963
BBC TV/BBC One tape Tag airs for the first time.
1979
BBC Two tape Salute to the Olympians airs for the final time.
1997
BBC One tape Slide Rule airs for the final time.
On This Day...4th November
Births
1967
TV news presenter, Anna Botting.
1980
TV news reporter/presenter, Amy Cole.
Deaths
1980
Former radio presenter and TV announcer, Paul Kaye.
2019
Former TV/radio presenter, Gay Byrne.
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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