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On This Day...17th September
Programmes
1957
Life with the Lyons airs on ITV for the first time. The first two series aired on BBC TV (1955 – 1956).
1962
The first edition of Wales Today airs on BBC TV Wales.
1969
The first episode of Up Pompeii! airs on BBC One.
1969
The first episode of Special Branch airs on ITV.
1970
The first episode of Bachelor Father airs on BBC One.
1970
The final episode of The Worker airs on ITV.
1970
The first episode of US cartoon series Scooby-Doo Where Are You? airs on BBC One.
1971
The first episode of The Persuaders airs on ITV.
1976
The final edition of News Night airs on BBC Two. Angela Rippon presented.
1987
The first episode of Blackadder the Third airs on BBC One.
1991
The first episode of Bottom airs on BBC Two.
1991
The final episode of Titmuss Regained airs on ITV.
1993
The final edition of Whatever Happened To...? airs on BBC One. Series presenters: Kenneth Kendall, Richard Whitmore, Gordon Honeycombe, Jan Leeming and Angela Rippon.
1994
The first edition of TOTP2 airs on BBC Two.
1994
The first edition of The Danny Baker Show airs on BBC One.
2000
The 100th edition of T4 airs on Channel 4.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1970
BBC One tape Small Town airs for the first time.
1985
BBC One tape An Old Romance airs for the final time.
1990
BBC Two tape Rock 'n' Soul airs for the final time.
On This Day...17th September
Births
1922
Former TV/radio presenter, Tom Salmon.
1924
Former comedian, actor and TV presenter, Peter Glaze.
1934
Actor, musician and TV/radio presenter, Robin Ray.
Deaths
1958
Former writer and TV presenter, Ted Kavanagh.
2014
Former TV news presenter, Barry McQueen.
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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