8th December 2025
- Births
- 1929 Magician and TV presenter, Ali Bongo.
- 1932 Former TV presenter/director, Mike Scott.
- 1948 Former TV announcer, Ian de Stains.
- 1971 Actor, TV announcer/producer, Steve Ryde.
- 1984 TV presenter, Sarah Cruddas.
- Deaths
- 2008 Former animator, puppeteer, writer and TV presenter, Oliver Postgate.
- 2013 Former actress and TV presenter, Lynne Kieran.
- Events
- 1960 The Standard newspaper reports that Nan Winton has been reinstated as a newsreader and will read the late night BBC bulletins.
- 1986 Moira Stuart begins presenting weekend news and hourly weekday news summaries (BBC One/BBC Two).
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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