19th March 2026
- Programmes
- 1954 Thank You, Ally Pally airs on BBC TV.
- 1957 The first edition of Roving Report airs on ITV.
- 1975 The first episode of The Wackers airs on ITV.
- 1984 The first edition of Sporting Chance airs on BBC One.
- 1985 The first episode of The Day the Universe Changed airs on BBC One.
- 1989 The final edition of Madhur Jaffrey's Far Eastern Cookery airs on BBC Two.
- 1992 The final episode of Danger Mouse (original incarnation) airs on ITV.
- 1995 The first episode of The Choir airs on BBC One.
Adaptation of Joanna Trollope's novel. - 1999 The first edition of Mr and Mrs (the Carlton-produced series) airs on ITV. Presented by Julian Clary.
- 2000 The final edition of Friday Night's All Wright airs on ITV.
- 2005 The first edition of An Audience with Al Murray airs on ITV.
- 2007 The final edition of Holiday airs on BBC One.
- 2007 The first episode of In the Night Garden airs on CBeebies. Pre-school series for young children about a magical place inhabited by a community of toy characters that care for each other and have fun together.
- 2007 The first episode of Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies airs on CBeebies. Animated educational wildlife series, featuring live-action footage from the BBC Natural History Unit. Floella Benjamin voices the elephant character Mama Mirabelle.
- 2014 The first episode of W1A airs on BBC Two.
- 2021 The first episode of The Flight Attendant airs on Sky One.
- 2023 The final episode of The Gold airs on BBC One.
Drama. Based on a true story. Starring Hugh Bonneville and Jack Lowden. - 2024 The final edition of The Hairy Bikers Go West airs on BBC Two.
The final series featuring Simon King and Dave Myers, before Myers lost his battle with cancer. - Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
- 1985 BBC One tape Sunflower airs for the final time.
- 1986 BBC Two tape Rock 'n' Soul airs for the first time.
- 1992 BBC Two tape Tina airs for the final time.
More anniversaries
There are more On This Day anniversaries on our other sub-sites:
- SHOWREEL: presenters, announcers.
- STUDIO A: broadcast buildings, studios, outside broadcast facilities.
- TX: transmitters.
- WEBFAX: teletext.
Acknowledgements
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.
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