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On This Day...11th September
Programmes
1959
The first episode of The Saga of Noggin the Nog airs on BBC TV.
1960
The first episode of Danger Man airs on ITV.
1964
The final edition of Line-Up airs on BBC Two.
1970
The final edition of Junior Points of View airs on BBC One.
1972
The first edition of Mastermind airs on BBC One.
1977
The first episode of The Rag Trade (LWT series) airs on ITV.
1978
The first episode of Lillie airs on ITV.
1982
The first edition of The Pyramid Game airs on ITV.
1983
The first episode of US series Winds of War airs on ITV.
1984
The first episode of Towser airs on ITV.
1992
The first edition of Terry and Julian airs on Channel 4.
1994
Screen One: Pat and Margaret airs on BBC One. Comedy drama. About a Lancashire-born American soap star Pat (Julie Walters) who reunites live on TV, with her sister Margaret (Victoria Wood).
1995
The first episode of Oakie Doke airs on BBC One. Stop-motion animation produced by Cosgrove Hall Films.
1997
The first edition of Clive James on TV airs on ITV.
1999
The first edition of The Greatest... series - The 100 Greatest TV Moments airs on Channel 4.
2000
The first edition of The Wright Stuff airs on Channel 5.
2001
BBC One, BBC News 24, ITV and Sky News run live coverage of the terrorist attacks in New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania. Almost 3,000 people were killed.
2003
The first edition of QI airs on BBC Two.
2005
The first edition of Sunday AM airs on BBC One.
2011
The final edition of Appropriate Adult airs on ITV 1.
2017
The first episode of Liar airs on ITV.
2021
The first edition of Paul O'Grady's Saturday Night Line-Up airs on ITV.
2022
The first edition of Simon Reeve's South America airs on BBC Two.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1984
BBC One Ceefax AM tape Take-Off airs for the first time.
1992
BBC One tape Looks Good Feels Good (2) airs for the first time.
On This Day...11th September
Births
1908
Radio announcer/news presenter and occasional TV news presenter, Alvar Lidell.
1931
Former actor and TV announcer, Bill Simpson.
1937
Former TV news reporter, Tony Scase.
1981
TV presenter, Mark Rhodes.
Events
1970
Robert Dougall presents the final edition of the Main News (BBC One) before the title, format and duration of the programme changed.
1991
Desmond Lynam becomes the regular presenter of Sportsnight (BBC One).
1994
John Inverdale becomes the regular presenter of Rugby Special (BBC Two).
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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