What was on BBCTV the day you were born?

[CorgiRegisteredFriend]

The power of the Internet.

Use this site to see what was on TV any day 1923-2009

http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/issues#decade-1960

 

[Bladders]

Dads Army. Episode: Man of Action

A bomb drops on the outskirts of Walmington-on-Sea. Mainwaring declares martial law.

 

[Notters]

Hasn't got the one from my birthday

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

The Black and White Minstrel Show

 

[CorgiRegisteredFriend]

Z cars
Sportsview
Two Watch With Mothers
The Wednesday Play
Hours of Open University.

 

[wunt be druv]

How boring,the bloody News!

 

[The Large One]

At the moment I was born, Bob Holness was on Radio 1, Radio 2 and Radio Brighton.

On BBC1, it was Hold Down a Chord
Fingerpicking
John Pearse shows a group of friends how to ' pick ' melodies in the style of four famous American folk guitarists. This week it's The Rev Gary Davis and ' Candy Man'

There's a good chance BBC2 has closed down for the night.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

The Black and White Minstrel Show

The Black & White Minstrel Show Christmas Special here.

(After Grandstand with Frank Bough, featuring international table tennis & showjumping, Bruce Forsyth's Generation Game, and Multi-Coloured Swap Shop).

 

[The Brighton Bear]

Some excellent teatime viewing in July 1959:

17.10: RAILWAY ROUNDABOUT
A magazine programme for railway enthusiasts with John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse who devised and filmed the series
Introduced by Peter Cranmer
This month's edition includes:
Can You Guess?
•S.L.S.' Special
Narrow Gauge in the Dolomites
Spotters' Notebook
Produced by PEGGY BACON
From the BBC's
Midland television studio

 

[carteater]

The vicar of dibley

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

The Black & White Minstrel Show Christmas Special here.

(After Grandstand with Frank Bough, featuring international table tennis & showjumping, Bruce Forsyth's Generation Game, and Multi-Coloured Swap Shop).

Snap! I had Grandstand as well. No table tennis but it did open up with "Fight of the Week"

 

[super-seagulls]

Jackanory.
The Dukes of Hazard.
The Thorn Birds.

 

[The Large One]

Also on the same day I was born...

14.05 : For Schools and Colleges
2.05 Science All Around: Five Senses
This first programme in a new series looks at the way animals use their senses and asks just how far can we rely on our own?
Narrated by FERGUS O'KELLY

2.30 Going to Work: Working for the Council
Through the work and the words of young employees of Chester City and Cheshire Councils, this film shows some of a local authority's operations and the wide range of career opportunities they offer school-leavers Introduced by PETER WEST

2.55 People of Many Lands Japanese Bay
About fishing, tea-growing, the cultivation of pearl oysters and silkworms - and kite flying Commentary by CHRISTOPHER TRACE

3.20 Twentieth-Century Focus
Topical programme: A close look at the story behind the headlines

Contributors
Introduced By: Peter West
Commentary By: Christopher Trace

Puts today's daytime TV into perspective.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

2.55 pm Rugby at Twickenham - Royal Navy v Army

8.30 pm Cliff Gordon in Thrice Upon A Time

 

[beardy gull]

Royal Shakespeare Company in All's Well That Ends Well.....

 

[Tooting Gull]

 

[Mowgli37]

I was born at about 6:00am so the first show broadcast on BBC One in my lifetime was a repeat of Jim Henson's Animal Show.

 

[Worthingite]

The Mathis Magic on BBC 2. BBC 1 was the world of golf

 

[CorgiRegisteredFriend]

Also on the same day I was born...

14.05 : For Schools and Colleges.

I remember bunking off school and by lunchtime being so bored I would end up watching all the schools programs.

 

[Man of Harveys]

I just WON:

22.45 : World Cup Grandstand
Who goes through? from Mexico featuring Brazil v Rumania
Commentator DAVID COLEMAN
Direct by satellite from Guadalajara this vital match, plus tonight's four other World Cup matches
DAVID COLEMAN sets the scene in Mexico where eight countries are playing their last Group matches
At 10.50 Brazil v Rumania from the Jalisco Stadium
At 12.45 West Germany v Peru Commentator
KENNETH WOLSTENHOLME Sweden v Uruguay
Commentator BARRY DAVIES El Salvador v Russia
Commentator ALAN WEEKS
Production team
In Mexico: SAM LEtTCH, JACK OATEN , ALEC WEEKS, JOHN MCGONAGLE , RICHARD TILLING , JOHN SHREWSBURY, JOHN MCNICHOLAS
In London: ALAN HART , BRIAN VENNER , FRED VINER , BILL TAYLOR , CHARLES MUNRO , HUW JONES
Presented in co-operation with, Telesistema Mexicana and the EBU