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On This Day...18th September
Programmes
1955
The first edition of Sooty airs on BBC TV.
1970
The first edition of Ask Aspel airs on BBC One.
1977
The first edition of It'll Be Alright on the Night airs on ITV.
1978
The first episode of Tycoon airs on BBC One.
1978
The first episode of The Sandbaggers airs on ITV.
1987
Twenty-One Years of The Two Ronnies airs on BBC One.
1988
The first edition of On the Record airs on BBC One.
1988
The first edition of Scruples airs on BBC One.
1993
The first edition of Happy Families airs on BBC One. Game show.
1993
The first episode of Harry airs on BBC One.
1995
The first episode of Space Precinct airs on BBC Two.
1998
The final edition of Vanessa airs on ITV.
2023
The first episode of Juice airs on BBC Three.
Comedy. Starring Mawaan Rizwan and Russell Tovey.
Series debuted the following day on BBC One.
Comedy. Starring Mawaan Rizwan and Russell Tovey.
Series debuted the following day on BBC One.
2023
The first episode of Australian soap Neighbours (revived series) is made available on Amazon Prime.
Test Card/Teletext In-Vision Music
1969
BBC Two tape Highland Holiday airs for the final time.
1997
BBC One tape Summer High airs for the final time.
EXTERNAL LINK: Pages from Ceefax accompanied by some tracks from Summer High (9th April 1996).
EXTERNAL LINK: Pages from Ceefax accompanied by some tracks from Summer High (9th April 1996).
2004
BBC Two tape Edge of Blue (1) airs for the first time.
On This Day...18th September
Births
1911
Former BBC weather presenter, Tom Clifton.
1930
Ventriloquist and TV presenter, Ray Alan.
1956
Former TV weather presenter, Byron Chalcraft.
1957
Former TV news presenter/reporter, Maxine Mawhinney.
1961
TV presenter, Simon Biagi.
1962
Former footballer and TV presenter, John Fashanu.
Deaths
2024
Former TV naturalist presenter and co-founder of the BBC Natural History Unit, Tony Soper.
Events
1977
Brian Walden presents Weekend World (LWT/ITV) for the first time.
1978
Christopher Wenner presents Blue Peter (BBC One) for the first 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.
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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