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2007
ITV announces that ITV Play will close following recent concerns about premium rate services on BBC, ITV and Channel 4.
The overnight ITV Play strand on ITV 1 and ITV 2 would continue.
The overnight ITV Play strand on ITV 1 and ITV 2 would continue.
Programmes
1937
The first use of the programme/strand title For the Children in surviving copies of Radio Times.
The first programme was George Queen's Pantomime Goose, which was broadcast at 3pm on the BBC Television Service.
The first programme was George Queen's Pantomime Goose, which was broadcast at 3pm on the BBC Television Service.
1970
The final episode of Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) airs on ITV.
1972
The first episode of Spy Trap airs on BBC One.
1983
The first episode of Cuffy airs on ITV.
1983
The first episode of Nanny airs on BBC One.
1985
The final episode of Blott on the Landscape airs on BBC Two.
1988
The final edition of Weather to Ski? airs on BBC Two.
1988
The final edition of Whicker's World: Living with Waltzing Matilda airs on BBC One.
1994
The first episode of Honey for Tea airs on BBC One.
1994
The first episode of Pie in the Sky airs on BBC One.
1998
The final episode of Mortimer's Law airs on BBC One.
2000
The first edition of Bargain Hunt airs on BBC One.
2005
The first episode of Casanova airs on BBC Three.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1992
BBC One tape Start Up airs for the first time.
On This Day...13th March
Deaths
1997
Former TV announcer/presenter, Graham Bell.
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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