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On This Day...25th June
Programmes
1966
The final edition of Thank Your Lucky Stars airs on ITV.
1966
The final episode of Redcap airs on ITV.
1967
Our World - the first live, international, satellite television production - airs on BBC One.
Radio Times: "The European Broadcasting Union, in association with the television services of eighteen nations, presents Our World.
"This evening in Europe, this afternoon in America, tomorrow in Japan, live television circles the globe for the first time ever, linking five continents and bringing man face-to-face with mankind in places as far apart as Canberra and Cape Kennedy, Moscow and Montreal, Samarkand and Soderfors, Takamatsu and Tunis."
Note: one hitch was the sudden pull-out of the Eastern Bloc countries headed by the Soviet Union in the week leading up to the broadcast. Apparently, it was a protest at the Western nations' response to the Six-Day War.
Radio Times: "The European Broadcasting Union, in association with the television services of eighteen nations, presents Our World.
"This evening in Europe, this afternoon in America, tomorrow in Japan, live television circles the globe for the first time ever, linking five continents and bringing man face-to-face with mankind in places as far apart as Canberra and Cape Kennedy, Moscow and Montreal, Samarkand and Soderfors, Takamatsu and Tunis."
Note: one hitch was the sudden pull-out of the Eastern Bloc countries headed by the Soviet Union in the week leading up to the broadcast. Apparently, it was a protest at the Western nations' response to the Six-Day War.
1974
The final edition of Europa airs on BBC Two.
Presented by Derek Hart.
Presented by Derek Hart.
1991
The final episode of Chalkface airs on BBC Two.
1991
The first episode of Good Sport airs on BBC One.
1992
The first episode of 999 airs on BBC One.
1996
The final episode of Cardiac Arrest airs on BBC One.
2005
The final episode of Balamory (original run) airs on CBeebies.
However, the final episode to be made was Seeking Santa which was made at the beginning of 2005 in Glasgow and Finland. This episode went straight to video and has never been shown on British TV.
The programme was revived in 2026.
However, the final episode to be made was Seeking Santa which was made at the beginning of 2005 in Glasgow and Finland. This episode went straight to video and has never been shown on British TV.
The programme was revived in 2026.
2016
The 1,000th episode of Casualty airs on BBC One.
2020
The final episode of Staged airs on BBC One.
Starring David Tennant, Michael Sheen, Simon Evans, Georgia Tennant, Anna Lundberg and Lucy Eaton.
Starring David Tennant, Michael Sheen, Simon Evans, Georgia Tennant, Anna Lundberg and Lucy Eaton.
2022
The final edition of Catchpoint airs on BBC One.
Celebrity special. Presented by Paddy McGuinness.
Celebrity special. Presented by Paddy McGuinness.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1973
BBC Two tape Prague Elegy airs for the first time.
2000
BBC Two tape Rolling Along airs for the final time.
On This Day...25th June
Births
1938
Former TV announcer, Margaret Donald.
1983
TV news presenter, Yalda Hakim.
Events
1980
Jan Leeming presents the Nine o'Clock News (BBC One) for the first time.
1998
Krishnan Guru-Murthy presents Channel 4 News for the first time.
2008
Zoe Salmon presents Blue Peter (BBC One) for the final time (live from the studio).
2008
Gethin Jones presents Blue Peter (BBC One) for the final time (live from the studio).
2021
Nick Hewer presents Countdown (Channel 4) for the final time, after 9.5 years in the chair.
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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