6th November 2025
- Births
- 1925 Former TV news presenter/announcer, Nan Winton.
- 1926 Former TV announcer/presenter/news reporter, Jacqueline MacKenzie.
- 1953 TV news presenter/reporter, Vyvyan Mackeson.
- 1962 Former TV weather presenter, Suzanne Charlton.
- 1967 TV presenter, Andrea Boardman.
- Deaths
- 2019 Former TV news presenter/reporter, Richard Lindley.
- Events
- 1989 The BBC announces that Moira Stuart will join the Six o'Clock News (BBC One) presenting team, appearing on Mondays and Fridays. She would continue to present weekend bulletins also.
- 1989 Peter Sissons presents the Six o'Clock News (BBC One) for the first time. He joined the BBC earlier in the year from ITN and also presented Question Time (BBC One), from June 1989.
- 1989 John Humphrys presents the Nine o'Clock News (BBC One) for the first time since its relaunch on 31st October 1988.
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Acknowledgements
Research for On This Day in TV History is by Paul R. Jackson.
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