- Channels
- 1979 London Weekend Television is blacked out during an episode of Hawaii Five-O due to an industrial dispute. The programme started at 8pm. Other programmes that evening that fell victim to the strike: 9pm Heartland; 10pm News; 10.30pm A Question of Sex; 11.15pm - 12.45am Film: Die Monster, Die. SOURCE: Twitter User - @ITVonstrike.
- Programmes
- 1964 The final episode of Tales of the Riverbank airs on BBC One.
- 1979 The final edition of Westminster airs on BBC Two. Presented by David Holmes.
- 1980 The final edition of The Big Time airs on BBC One.
- 1984 The final edition of Sixty Minutes airs on BBC One.
- 1994 The first episode of Wycliffe (series) airs on ITV.
- 1996 The first edition of The Big, Big Talent Show airs on ITV.
- 2009 The first edition of Bang Goes the Theory airs on BBC One.
- Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
- 1962 BBC TV tape Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 1 airs for the final 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.
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