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On This Day...6th May
Programmes
1960
The final episode of Hancock's Half-Hour airs on BBC TV.
1973
The final episode of On the Buses airs on ITV.
1980
The first episode of Cockleshell Bay airs on ITV.
1984
The first edition of Surprise Surprise airs on ITV.
1989
The final episode of My Secret Desire airs on ITV.
2016
The first episode of The Windsors airs on Channel 4.
2020
Captain Tom: We Salute You airs on BBC One.
Presented by Michael Ball.
Presented by Michael Ball.
2022
The final edition of Open House: The Great Sex Experiment airs on Channel 4.
2023
Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla, from Westminster Abbey, airs on BBC One, ITV 1 and Sky.
The event attracts 11.9m viewers.
The event attracts 11.9m viewers.
2023
The final episode of Magpie Murders airs on BBC One.
Murder mystery. Dramatised by Anthony Horowitz from his own novel.
Starring Lesley Manville and Tim McMullan.
Murder mystery. Dramatised by Anthony Horowitz from his own novel.
Starring Lesley Manville and Tim McMullan.
2023
During ITV's coverage of King Charles III's coronation, actress Adjoa Andoh commented that the balcony of Buckingham Palace looked "terribly white".
Ofcom received 8,421 complaints about the comment - the 10th-highest figure since 2004.
The comment was assessed but not pursued.
Ofcom received 8,421 complaints about the comment - the 10th-highest figure since 2004.
The comment was assessed but not pursued.
2025
The final edition of Bradley and Barney Walsh: Breaking Dad airs on ITV 1.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1978
BBC Two tape The Fifth Day airs for the final time.
1981
BBC One tape Carry Me Back to Old Virginny airs for the first time.
EXTERNAL LINK: recreation of Carry Me Back to Old Virginny.
EXTERNAL LINK: recreation of Carry Me Back to Old Virginny.
2004
BBC Two tape Sunny Morning airs for the final time.
On This Day...6th May
Births
1980
TV weather presenter, Jo Blythe.
1982
TV weather presenter, Sean Batty.
Deaths
1980
Former TV announcer, David Findlay.
1999
Former TV presenter, Johnny Morris.
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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