Remembering the life of actor and comedian Robbie Coltrane who was born #OnThisDate in 1950. Robbie passed away in 2022.
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#OnThisDay 2014 : Kate O'Mara passed away. She was best known as a film, stage and television actress with such shows as Triangle and Howards' Way.
#OnThisDay 1986 : BBC2 unveiled a brand new look with this TWO ident. It lasted until February 1991.
#80s
From w/c 30 March 1991 : I'm an entertainer says Bruce Forsyth on this Radio Times cover.
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A Happy Birthday to Alan Fletcher. 69 today!
#Neighbours
#OnThisDay 1996 : 30 years ago today, Steve Wright joined BBC Radio 2 with a Saturday morning show and then Sunday Love Songs the following day.
Steve passed away in 2024
#90s
High street names in the UK you don't see any more - number 12
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(Image from @neilsmiles.com)
Make sure you check for any Channel 5 interference before its launch back in 1997.
#90s
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#OnThisDay 1997 : Channel 5 was launched with Tim Vine and Julia Bradbury guiding us through the first 30 minutes.
Watch the launch here : www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy6v...
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#OnThisDay 2002 : The death of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother was announced.
It also caused a few problems with BBC One presentation as all of their identities from this point involved moving dance pieces and so a still of the Ballet ident was shown.
