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#OnThisDay 1 March 1997
#MichaelFrench stars alongside Chloë Annett and #SueJohnston in the first episode of #AnthonyHorowitz's science-fiction detective series CRIME TRAVELLER.

#OnThisDay 1 March 1982
#TracieBennett makes the first of over 200 appearances as Rita's foster child Sharon Gaskell in #CoronationStreet. Here she is saying 'hiya' to Rita in 1982 and bidding her farewell in 2021.

#OnThisDay 1 March 1979
#ArthurLowe stars for the first time as Redvers Potter in the new sitcom by Roy Clarke, POTTER.
Here's a trailer from the first series, the opening to the first episode, and Arthur discussing the character in his final TV interview in 1982.

#OnThisDay from March 1993 INSIDE SOAP
#EastEnders' #SidOwen says that Ricky should "GET OUT THERE AND PLAY THE FIELD!"
In #CoronationStreet HAS ANGIE FINALLY FOUND MR RIGHT?
DANNY'S DREAM HOME - Danny McCall from #Brookside in his bachelor pad.

#WhatWeWereWatching #OTD 34 years ago
📺TV Ratings for w.e. 1 March 1992
1. #EastEnders 21.81m
2. #CoronationStreet 19.55
3. You've Been Framed 19.30
4. #Neighbours 17.92
5. Darling Buds of May 17.88
6. Inspector Morse 16.44
7. One Foot in the Grave 16.16
8. #Casualty 15.80

#OnThisDay 1 March 1989
DIRTY DEN'S #EASTENDERS DIARY
Leslie Grantham was angry about the way Den's last scenes were handled. "I was annoyed that the new producer decided to cut closing shots when Den fell dead and plunged into the canal," he says . . .

#OnThisDay 1 March 1985
The newspaper cartoonists have their say on Michael Grade's decision to cancel #DoctorWho.

#OnThisDay 1 March 1985
The Daily Star blasts the BBC's decision to axe #DrWho, asking "Who else but the barmpots of the BBC would fight a campaign for more public money by treating the public with such contempt?" They then launch a campaign to Save #DoctorWho!

#OnThisDay 1 March 1983
TUCKER LEAVES GRANGE HILL FOR NEW ROLE
Teenage heart-throb Tucker Jenkins bounces back to our TV screens next week. The cheeky lad from #GrangeHill is the hero of a new drama by Liverpool writer #PhilRedmond . . .

#OnThisDay 28 February 1993
A 12-part adaptation of Peter Mayle's A YEAR IN PROVENCE began on BBC1. Starring #JohnThaw and #LindsayDuncan, it was neither a critical or a ratings success and was described as achieving "the near impossible – a John Thaw vehicle nobody liked".

#WhatWeWereWatching #OTD 40 years ago
📺TV Ratings for the whole of February 1986
1. #EastEnders 24.35m
2. #CoronationStreet 19.25
3. Wish You Were Here 18.35
4. Boxing: Barry McGuigan 18.30
5. Noel Edmonds Late Late Breakfast Show 16.75
6. Duty Free 16.10
7. Surprise, Surprise 15.19

📺TV Ratings for the whole of February 1983
1. #CoronationStreet 18.45m
2. It'll Be Alright on the Night 16.00
3. This Is Your Life 15.65
4. Last of the Summer Wine 15.60
5. Wish You Were Here 14.75
6. 3-2-1 14.60
6= Tom, Dick and Harriet

#WhatWeWereWatching #OTD 44 years ago
📺TV Ratings for the whole of February 1982
1. This Is Your Life 18.10m
2. #CoronationStreet 18.00
3. Wish You Were Here 15.50
4. The Gaffer 15.45
5. The #BennyHill Show 15.35
6. Last of the Summer Wine 15.30
7. Family Fortunes 15.10

#OnThisDay 28 February 1991
Yvette Fielding and Diane-Louise Jordan take us behind the scenes of Studio 1 at the BBC Television Centre for #BluePeter.

#OnThisDay 28 February 1985
Buster Merryfield makes his first appearance as Uncle Albert in #OnlyFoolsAndHorses in the episode 'Strained Relations'.
Here's continuity from the original broadcast, interviews with Buster, and the reaction of young fans to the new character.

#OnThisDay 28 February 1990
WILL BILLY BOUNCE BACK INTO THE STREET?
Ken Farrington, who quit #CoronationStreet five years ago after a row with the scriptwriters, wants to return. The 53 year-old actor, who played Billy Walker for 25 years, will be out of work . . .

#OnThisDay 28 February 1986
DR WHO'S WHO
#DrWho is on the way back . . . and he's facing the most deadly battle of his time-travelling life! Forget the Daleks. This time he's up against the toughest warlord of the lot - BBC boss #MichaelGrade . . .

#OnThisDay 28 February 1985
PAY UP TO SAVE DR WHO
Fans of #DrWho may be able to save their favourite programme. The BBC, which yesterday announced the sci-fi programme was being dropped, revealed today it would consider this novel way of raising money . . .

#OnThisDay 28 February 1985
TA-TA TARDIS!
#DoctorWho is being dropped by the BBC. He will disappear from our screens for eighteen months. The Doctor, who has seen off Daleks and Cybermen, met his match yesterday in the Amazing Axeman, BBC1's new controller #MichaelGrade . . .

#OnThisDay 28 February 1985
DR WHO IS AXED IN A BBC PLOT
#DoctorWho was axed by the BBC last night . . . and furious fans claimed it was a plot to back up demands for a higher licence fee . . .

#OnThisDay 28 February 1984
CORONATION STREET SAYS FAREWELL
Stars of television's #CoronationStreet went to Manchester Cathedral today to pay their last respects to actress #VioletCarson, who played Ena Sharples . . .

#OnThisDay 28 February 1978
GET OUT OF THAT, SUNSHINE
#EricMorecambe "cheers up" #DesOConnor after he slips in the bath and breaks his leg, leaving him unable to go to Australia on tour.

Big Wednesday, which features a boxer, was the original first episode. However, two days before broadcast, the boxer Gerald McClellan, during a fight with Nigel Benn, collapsed and fell into a coma. Therefore, the Game On episode was postponed out of sensitivity to this.

#OnThisDay 27 February 1995
The first episode of the sitcom GAME ON was broadcast at 9.30 on BBC2. Initially starring Samantha Janus, Ben Chaplin and Matthew Cottle, it ran for three series and 18 episodes. In a change to the listings, the first episode shown was 'Working Girls'.

#WhatWeWereWatching #OTD 43 years ago
📺TV Ratings for w.e. 27 February 1983
1. #CoronationStreet 18.45m
2. This Is Your Life 15.10
3. Last of the Summer Wine 15.00
4. Wish You Were Here 14.75
5. 3-2-1 13.40
6. #Crossroads 13.10
7. Family Fortunes 13.00
8. Brass 12.95

From February 2001
RENT BOY
Heard the joke about #AdamRickitt? His career. Nurse! Sixty million corsets - the nation's sides are about to split. The country's favourite punchline is back, and as the lead role in a touring production of Rent, he may just have the last laugh . . .

#OnThisDay 27 February 1991 - FAST FORWARD
It's after midnight in Albert Square in #EastEnders the cartoon.
What are #AndiPeters and #SimonParkin up to in TV Centre?
Have they invented the car of the future in #GrangeHill?
Plus, The Proggy Pages.

#OnThisDay 27 February 1991 - FAST FORWARD
DANNII'S DAY - Meet Kylie's little sister, #DanniiMinogue.
SCOTT'S SKOOL REPORT - That's Life's new boy tells all.
EAT MY SHORTS MAN - #TheSimpsons are bigger than The Turtles!

#OnThisDay 27 February 1993
SUN MAY SET ON ELDORADO
#AlanYentob took over as Controller of BBC1 yesterday - and immediately sounded a possible death knell for #Eldorado. "It doesn't seem to have done the business . . ."

#OnThisDay 27 February 1982
HILDA'S NEW HOME IN THE STREET
Hilda Ogden is getting a new house in the most famous street in Britain . . . and she's doubly delighted. The address is the same, Nº 13 #CoronationStreet, but the house will be twice as big . . .