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On This Day...12th March
Programmes
1981
The first episode of Sorry! airs on BBC One.
1985
The first episode of Who Sir? Me Sir? airs on BBC One.
1985
The final episode of Maelstrom airs on BBC One.
1987
The first episode of Life Without George airs on BBC One.
1995
The first episode of Band of Gold airs on ITV.
2001
The pilot episode of The Inspector Lynley Mysteries airs on BBC One.
2006
The first episode of Mayo airs on BBC One.
2013
The final edition of the BBC News at Ten (BBC One/BBC News channel) to be broadcast from BBC Television Centre. Presented by Huw Edwards.
2023
Tuned In: 100 Years of Scottish Broadcasting airs on the BBC Scotland channel. Presented by Kaye Adams.
2023
The final episode of Endeavour airs on ITV 1.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1962
BBC TV tape Reine de Musette airs for the final time.
1963
BBC TV tape Tom Dooley airs for the final time.
1984
BBC One Ceefax AM tape Sunny Isle airs for the final time.
1984
BBC One Ceefax AM tape Hand in Hand airs for the final time.
On This Day...12th March
Births
1926
Former actress and TV presenter, Gudrun Ure.
1973
TV news reporter/presenter and former TV weather presenter, Chrissie Reidy.
Deaths
1990
Former actor and TV presenter, Ray Kingsley.
Events
1961
Kenneth Kendall left the BBC TV newsreading team, reportedly to go on attachment to the BBC TV Planning Department. He would return to newsreading duties on 14th July 1969, after eight years of TV presenting in other genres.
1999
Broadcast magazine reports that Moira Stuart is to present BBC Breakfast News when it relaunches in the autumn: "The format is yet to be confirmed, although the BBC is believed to be considering the inclusion of news bulletins within the show." In fact, the relaunched version of the programme didn't materialise until October 2000. Moira joined at that point, presenting news bulletins.
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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