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On This Day...7th November
Programmes
1960
The final episode of The Love of Mike airs on ITV.
1967
The final edition of At Last the 1948 Show airs on ITV.
1976
The first networked edition of Reports Action airs on ITV.
1977
The first episode of Who Pays the Ferryman? airs on BBC Two.
1977
The final episode of The Upchat Line airs on ITV.
1982
The final episode of Boys from the Blackstuff airs on BBC Two.
1983
The first episode of So You Want to be Top? airs on BBC One.
1984
The first episode of Chish 'n' Fips airs on ITV.
1985
The first episode of Ulysses 31 airs on BBC One. Phillip Schofield encouraged viewers to sing along to the theme tune at home - and on at least one occasion, he appeared in-vision singing the theme tune.
1985
The final episode of Up the Elephant and Round the Castle airs on ITV.
1986
The final episode of Call Me Mister airs on BBC One.
1986
The final edition of Cheggers Plays Pop airs on BBC One.
1998
An Audience with the Bee Gees airs on ITV.
2005
The first episode of Charlie and Lola airs on CBeebies.
2010
The final episode of Taggart airs on ITV.
2011
The first edition of The Choir: Military Wives airs on BBC Two.
Presented by Gareth Malone.
Presented by Gareth Malone.
2020
The final edition of Little Mix: The Search airs on BBC One.
2021
The first edition of Sitting on a Fortune airs on ITV. Quiz show hosted by Gary Lineker.
2021
The first episode of Close to Me airs on Channel 4.
2024
The first episode of The Day of the Jackal airs on Sky Atlantic. Starring Eddie Redmayne (in the title role) and Lashana Lynch.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1963
BBC TV tape Bayrische Baum airs for the final time.
1973
BBC Two tape Serenata airs for the final time.
1988
BBC Two tape Heaven Makes You Happy airs for the final time.
1997
BBC One tape Europa Time airs for the final time.
EXTERNAL LINK: test card and Pages from Ceefax accompanied by some tracks from Europa Time (30th August 1993).
EXTERNAL LINK: test card and Pages from Ceefax accompanied by some tracks from Europa Time (30th August 1993).
On This Day...7th November
Births
1930
Former TV news reporter/presenter, Peter Woods.
1957
TV news presenter, Sally Taylor.
1962
TV weather presenter, David Braine.
1962
TV news reporter/presenter, Penny Marshall.
1969
TV presenter, Barney Harwood.
Deaths
2013
Former journalist and TV news reporter, John Cole.
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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