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On This Day...15th April
People
1984
Comedian and magician Tommy Cooper collapses during a live TV broadcast - Live from Her Majesty's on ITV.
He was later pronounced dead, on arrival at hospital. He was 63.
The incident was reported on the ITN News that followed Live from Her Majesty's.
He was later pronounced dead, on arrival at hospital. He was 63.
The incident was reported on the ITN News that followed Live from Her Majesty's.
Programmes
1958
The first edition of Lucky Dip airs on ITV.
1978
The final episode of Within These Walls airs on ITV.
1980
The first episode of The Enigma Files airs on BBC Two.
1985
The first episode of Three Up, Two Down airs on BBC One.
1988
The final edition of Black and White airs on BBC One.
1989
The first episode of My Secret Desire airs on ITV.
1990
The final episode of Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less airs on BBC One.
1990
The first episode of All Our Children airs on BBC One.
1991
The final episode of Taking the Floor airs on BBC One.
1992
The first episode of Sean's Show airs on Channel 4.
1996
The 4,000th episode of Coronation Street airs on ITV.
2001
The final episode of Ballykissangel airs on BBC One.
2002
The first episode of The Story Makers airs on BBC Two/CBeebies.
2019
The first episode of Ghosts airs on BBC One.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1980
BBC One tape Flying High airs for the final time.
1988
BBC One tape Ocean Blue airs for the final time.
On This Day...15th April
Births
1930
Former TV announcer/news presenter, Tom Coyne.
1961
Former TV news reporter/presenter, Clarence Mitchell.
1971
TV/radio presenter, Katy Hill.
Deaths
1971
Former TV director/presenter, Armand Denis.
1986
Former TV news presenter, Robin Holmes.
Events
1968
Lionel Morton presents Play School for the first time.
1993
Edward Stourton presents the One o’Clock News (BBC One) for the first time.
1993
Michael Buerk presents the Nine o’Clock News (BBC One) for the first time from its new studio.
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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