- Programmes
- 1959 The 100th episode of Dixon of Dock Green airs on BBC TV.
- 1968 The first episode of High Living airs on STV.
- 1968 The final episode of Mr Rose airs on ITV.
- 1974 The final edition of Monty Python's Flying Circus airs on BBC Two.
- 1978 The final episode of The Upchat Connection airs on ITV.
- 1987 The final edition of Copy Cats airs on ITV.
- 1988 The first edition of Supersense airs on BBC One.
- 1996 Hillsborough airs on ITV.
- 1996 The final episode of Is It Legal? airs on ITV.
- Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
- 1974 BBC Two tape Serenade Nach Altenglischen Motiven airs for the final time.
- 1994 BBC Two tape Time Kode airs for the final time.
EXTERNAL LINK: Pages from Ceefax accompanied by some tracks from Time Kode (16th December 1993).
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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