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On This Day...4th September
Programmes
1955
The first edition of The Brain's Trust airs on BBC TV.
1976
The first episode of The Many Wives of Patrick airs on ITV.
1976
The first episode of Duchess of Duke Street airs on BBC One.
1979
The first episode of Prince Regent airs on BBC One.
1980
The first episode of Mackenzie airs on BBC One.
1981
The first episode of Kinvig airs on ITV.
1982
The first edition of The Late Late Breakfast Show airs on BBC One.
1982
The final edition of Search for a Star airs on ITV.
1982
The final edition of Saturday Action airs on ITV.
1984
The first episode of The Invisible Man airs on BBC One.
1984
The first edition of Daytime airs on ITV.
1984
The first episode of The Lenny Henry Show (original incarnation) airs on BBC One.
1985
The first episode of The Brothers McGregor airs on ITV.
1987
The first episode of Bust airs on ITV.
1988
The first episode of First of the Summer Wine (series) airs on BBC One.
1990
The first edition of Trivial Pursuit airs on BBC One.
1990
The first episode of On the Up airs on BBC One.
1992
The first episode of Between the Lines airs on BBC One.
1993
The first episode of US series New Baywatch airs on ITV.
1995
The first episode of Shortland Street airs on ITV.
1995
The first edition of Bruce's Price is Right airs on ITV.
1995
The pilot episode of The Peter Principle airs on BBC One.
1996
The first edition of Changing Rooms airs on BBC Two.
1997
The final episode of Pilgrim's Rest airs on BBC One.
1998
The first edition of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? airs on ITV.
1998
The final episode of Hetty Wainthropp Investigates airs on BBC One.
2000
First of a two-part pilot episode of Waking the Dead airs on BBC One.
2004
The first edition of The X Factor airs on ITV.
2005
The final edition of Call My Bluff (revived series) airs on BBC One.
Presented by Fiona Bruce with team captains Alan Coren and Rod Liddle.
Presented by Fiona Bruce with team captains Alan Coren and Rod Liddle.
2011
The first edition of Appropriate Adult airs on ITV.
2013
The first edition of Big Star's Little Star airs on ITV.
2022
The first edition of Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg airs on BBC One.
2023
The first episode of The Inheritance airs on Channel 5.
Drama. Starring Gaynor Faye and Larry Lamb.
Drama. Starring Gaynor Faye and Larry Lamb.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1986
BBC Two tape Good Days airs for the first time on BBC One, to accompany Ceefax AM.
The tape was used primarily on BBC Two, where it first aired on 9th June 1986.
The tape was used primarily on BBC Two, where it first aired on 9th June 1986.
On This Day...4th September
Births
1969
TV news reporter/presenter, Jon Kay.
1991
Actor and TV announcer, Ian Kay.
Events
1955
Kenneth Kendall is the first of the BBC TV newsreaders to be seen in-vision, although still unnamed on screen, reading the 11pm summary.
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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