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1 Who was the first black female newsreader?
A Moira Stewart in 1981. She presented many news programs for the BBC, including News After Noon, The 5.40 News, The Nine O’Clock News, and The Six O’clock News.
2 Which children’s series was the first programme to be shown on BBC2?
A Playschool – April 21, 1964
3 What was the first product to be advertised on ITV when it launched?
A Toothpaste – (Gibbs SR)
4 Which comic pairing first appeared together in TV’s “The Frost Report”?
A The Two Ronnies
5 Which News at Ten presenter had the first British TV interview with Nelson Mandela after his release?
A Trevor MacDonald
6 In which year was ITV’s Coronation Street first broadcast?
A first broadcast on 9th December 1960.
7 In which year did the Watch With Mother series The Flowerpot Men first make their TV appearance?
A 18th December, 1952
8 In which year was BBC TV’s Top of the Pops first broadcast?
A 1964, broadcast on Wednesday, January 1, 1964, at 6:35 PM
9 Who was the first Blue Peter presenter who was named Peter?
A Peter Purves, from 16 November 1967 until 23 March 1978
10 In which year was Gerry Anderson’s Thunderbirds first shown on TV?
A 1965 – 32 fifty-minute episodes were made, and two feature films were also made. These were Thunderbirds Are Go (1966) and Thunderbird 6 (1968).