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On This Day...23rd July
Programmes
1962
The final edition of Dateline London airs on ITV.
1966
The final episode of The Likely Lads airs on BBC Two.
1969
The first edition of Pot Black airs on BBC Two.
1979
The final episode of Spearhead airs on ITV.
1988
The first edition of Michael Barrymore’s Saturday Night Out airs on BBC One.
1989
The final edition of Three of a Kind airs on BBC Two.
Discussion series. Chaired by Jeremy Isaacs.
Discussion series. Chaired by Jeremy Isaacs.
1990
The final episode of Home James! airs on ITV.
2007
The first episode of Finley the Fire Engine airs on CBeebies.
American-Canadian-British-Irish CGI animated pre-school series.
American-Canadian-British-Irish CGI animated pre-school series.
2025
The final episode of Mix Tape airs on BBC Two.
Romantic drama. Starring Teresa Palmer and Jim Sturgess.
Romantic drama. Starring Teresa Palmer and Jim Sturgess.
2025
The final episode of The Couple Next Door airs on Channel 4.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1985
BBC Two tape Jog Trot (1) airs for the first time.
On This Day...23rd July
Births
1957
TV presenter, Quentin Willson.
Deaths
2008
Former artist, actress and TV announcer, Olga Edwardes.
2012
Former actor and TV announcer, Michael Stirrup.
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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