- Programmes
- 1998 The final edition of Hale & Pace airs on ITV.
- 1998 The final episode of Holding the Baby airs on ITV.
- Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
- 1981 BBC Two tape I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little Bit More Babe airs for the final time.
- 1981 BBC Two tape Samba-Bamba airs for the first time. This tape was also aired on BBC One during Ceefax AM on 28th February 1983.
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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