7th January 2026
- Births
- 1932 TV announcer and radio presenter, Colin Bower.
- 1958 TV presenter, Arabella Warner.
- 1971 Former TV news reporter/presenter, Giles Dilnot.
- 1972 TV presenter, Dan Lobb.
- 1980 TV presenter, Zöe Salmon.
- Deaths
- 1981 Former radio announcer and TV news presenter, Alvar Lidell.
- 2007 Former TV presenter, Magnus Magnusson.
- 2021 Former TV news presenter, Rory MacPherson.
- Events
- 1974 Barbara Edwards presents a BBC TV weather forecast for the first time.
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Acknowledgements
Research for On This Day in TV History is by Paul R. Jackson.
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