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On This Day...31st May
Channels
1998
Sky Scottish ceases broadcasting, after just over 18 months on air. The channel was a joint venture between BSkyB and ITV franchise-holder SMG plc. It was aimed at Scottish people who lived outside Scotland who would not otherwise have been able to receive local programming from STV, Grampian Television and BBC Scotland. Sky Scottish broadcast hours were 6pm – 8pm.
Programmes
1963
The first episode of Stars and Garters airs on ITV (Associated Rediffusion).
1975
The first edition of Jim'll Fix It airs on BBC One.
1986
The final episode of Mapp and Lucia airs on Channel 4. Drama. Starring Geraldine McEwan and Prunella Scales in the title roles.
1988
Tumbledown airs on BBC One. Drama set during the Falklands War. Starring Colin Firth, Paul Rhys and David Calder. Directed by Richard Eyre.
2001
The final edition of Live Talk airs on ITV. Daytime talk show filmed in Manchester.
2004
The first episode of Peppa Pig airs on Channel 5.
2008
An Audience with Neil Diamond airs on ITV.
2023
The first edition of The Gallows Pole airs on BBC Two. Period drama. Based on the novel by Benjamin Myers and set against the backdrop of the Industrial Revolution.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1982
BBC Two tape Water Mountain airs for the first time.
1994
BBC One tape Hazel Crest airs for the first time.
On This Day...31st May
Births
1982
TV presenter, Steph McGovern.
1983
Radio/TV presenter, Reggie Yates.
1990
TV news presenter, Gareth Barlow.
Deaths
2010
Former TV announcer, Avis Scott.
Events
1991
Andrew Harvey presents the One o'Clock News (BBC One) for the first time.
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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