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Programmes
1985
The first edition of Connections airs on ITV.
1990
Transmission of the 9.05pm BBC News (BBC One) with Michael Buerk was halted at 9.17pm due to a power cut, which affected BBC Television Centre and part of London W12. The bulletin resumed at 10pm, with poor studio lighting, after That's Life. Michael Buerk apologised for the interruption.
EXTERNAL LINK: BBC One news programme falls off the air.
EXTERNAL LINK: BBC One news programme falls off the air.
2007
The first episode of Gavin and Stacey airs on BBC Three. Written by and starring James Corden and Ruth Jones.
2013
The first episode of The Fall airs on BBC Two.
2024
The first edition of The Fortune Hotel airs on ITV 1. Reality show. Presented by Stephen Mangan, who opens the doors to a unique hotel in the Caribbean, where 10 pairs try to discover a suitcase with £250,000 inside.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1964
BBC TV/BBC One tape Bugle Call Rag airs for the final time.
1964
BBC One tape El Pizzicatango airs for the first time.
1964
BBC Two tape Miss Universe airs for the first time.
On This Day...13th May
Births
1942
Former TV/radio news presenter, John Milne.
1956
TV/radio presenter, Richard Madeley.
1961
Former TV presenter, Selina Scott.
1967
TV presenter, Grant Stott.
1989
TV/radio presenter, Katie Thistleton.
Events
1981
John Edmunds presents a Newsflash (BBC One) on the shooting of Pope John Paul II.
1997
Jeremy Paxman's now infamous Newsnight (BBC Two) interview with Home Secretary Michael Howard airs, where he asks Howard the same question 12 times. Paxman later revealed he was filling for time as the next package wasn't yet ready.
2009
Iain Stirling and Hacker T. Dog make their CBBC debut, presenting the programme links on the channel.
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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