26th September 2025
- Births
- 1925 Former TV announcer/presenter, Sylvia Peters.
- Events
- 1955 Robert Dougall presents the BBC TV news in-vision for the first time (the 10pm programme).
- 2013 Helen Skelton presents Blue Peter (BBC One) for the final time.
More anniversaries
There are more On This Day anniversaries on our other sub-sites:
- REWIND: programmes, channels, branding, teletext, test card/in-vision teletext music, people.
- STUDIO A: broadcast buildings, studios, outside broadcast facilities.
- TX: transmitters.
Acknowledgements
Research for On This Day in TV History is by Paul R. Jackson.
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