17th December 2025
- Births
- 1927 Actress and TV presenter, Patricia Driscoll.
- 1927 Former TV/radio presenter, Robert Robinson.
- 1936 Actress and TV presenter, Marian Diamond.
- 1946 TV/radio presenter and voiceover artist, Simon Bates.
- 1960 TV news reporter/presenter, Kay Burley.
- 1970 Actor and TV presenter, Richard Norton.
- 1970 TV presenter, Craig Doyle.
- Events
- 1957 Kenneth Kendall's name was the first to be superimposed on screen during a BBC TV news programme.
- 1962 Blue Peter dog Petra made her first appearance.
More anniversaries
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- 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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