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Programmes
1950
The first edition of Come Dancing airs on BBC TV.
1962
The first episode of On the Braden Beat airs on ITV.
1964
The first edition of BBC Look East airs on BBC One East. Regional news programme based in Norwich.
1965
The 500th episode of Coronation Street airs on ITV.
1965
The final episode of Mogul airs on BBC One.
1966
The first edition of The Frost Programme airs on ITV.
Talk show produced by Associated Rediffusion. Presented by David Frost.
Talk show produced by Associated Rediffusion. Presented by David Frost.
1967
The first episode of Man in a Suitcase airs on ITV.
1967
The first episode of The Prisoner airs on ITV (ATV Midlands and Grampian). This was the programme's first airing on ITV. The episode would be transmitted in other ITV regions in October.
1967
The first episode of Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons airs on ITV (ATV Midlands). This was the programme's first airing on ITV. The episode would be transmitted in other ITV regions in October.
1968
The first episode of Joe 90 airs on ITV (Midlands). This was the programme's first airing on ITV. The episode would be transmitted in other ITV regions in October.
1972
The first episode of The Protectors airs on ITV.
1973
The first edition of New Faces airs on ITV.
1981
The first edition of Rod, Jane and Freddy airs on ITV.
1982
The first edition of Timewatch airs on BBC Two.
1982
The final edition of After Noon Plus airs on ITV.
1982
The final episode of Bric-a-Brac airs on BBC One.
1992
The final edition of Floyd on Spain airs on BBC Two.
1992
The final episode of Fraggle Rock airs on ITV.
2001
The final edition of Moment of Truth airs on ITV. Hosted by Cilla Black.
2005
The first edition of The Hotel Inspector airs on Channel 5. Presented by Ruth Watson.
2008
The first episode of Chuggington airs on CBeebies/BBC Two. Animated series. Set in Chuggington, a place where trains don't need drivers.
2019
The first episode of World on Fire airs on BBC One.
2020
The first episode of Life airs on BBC One. Written by Mike Bartlett.
2020
The final episode of Honour airs on ITV.
2021
The first episode of Hollington Drive airs on Channel 4.
2022
The first edition of Fantasy Football League (revived series).
Presented by Matt Lucas and Elis James.
Presented by Matt Lucas and Elis James.
2024
The first episode of Joan airs on ITV 1. Crime drama. Inspired by the real-life escapades of jewel thief Joan Hannington. Starring Sophie Turner.
2024
The final episode of Tom Jones airs on ITV 1.
Period drama. Starring Sophie Wilde and Solly McLeod.
Originally available on ITV X (in 2023).
Period drama. Starring Sophie Wilde and Solly McLeod.
Originally available on ITV X (in 2023).
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1968
BBC One tape Holiday Highway airs for the first time.
1987
BBC One tape Jewel in the Night airs for the first time.
On This Day...29th September
Births
1960
TV news reporter/presenter, David Willis.
Deaths
1996
Former comedian, actor and TV presenter, Leslie Crowther.
Events
1991
Lynette Lithgow presents the new early morning BBC One weekend news bulletin 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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