ALT Executive Stress Sitcom ITV (Thames) 20 October 1986 - 27 December 1988 After 26 years of marriage, mother-of-five Caroline Fairchild decides to go back to work. Her husband Donald would like her to work part-time in their home town. Instead she gets a job in London. Cast includes: Penelope Keith Geoffrey Palmer Peter Bowles Harry Ditson Elizabeth Counsell Mark Caven Hilary Gish Wanda Ventham Donald Pickering Richard Marner Timothy Carlton Elspeth March David Neville Lorraine Doyle Ben Robertson Vincent Brimble Geoffrey Whitehead

ALT Henry's Leg Comedy ITV (TVS) 20 October - 6 November 1986 Based on the novel by Ann Pilling The story of a young man, a prosthetic leg and the treasures stored within it. Cast includes: Courtney Roper-Knight Peter Corey Ian Congdon Colin Heywood Alex Kingston Su Elliot Grant Olding Colin Farrell Alison Jay Reynolds Sarah Barnard Janet Henfrey Iain Lovejoy Jane Wood Don Henderson Mark Straker Roger Sloman Jo Warne Eric Francis Brian Coburn Kid Jensen

ALT Tottering Towers Comedy ITV (Thames) 20 October 1971 - 12 January 1972 Clarence Emsworth Archibald Montmorency Maltravers is the 43rd Duke of Tottering. He lives in Tottering Towers - a somewhat crumbling mansion that he clung to as his everlasting heritage. The Duke was an ex-boffin who had provided war service with WOOSI and CRACPOTS. Cast includes: William Mervyn Tim Barrett Robert Gillespie Stacey Gregg Avice Landone Leon Lissek David Lodge John Louis Mansi Magda Miller Tom Owen Patsy Rowlands David Stoll Talfryn Thomas Harry Towb Vic Wise

ALT The Other Man Mystery BBC tv 20 October - 24 November 1956 A Francis Durbridge serial in six episodes. Cast includes: Tony Britton (pictured) Duncan Lamont Victor Brooks Jack Lambert Patricia Driscoll Peter Copley Brenda Dean Philip Guard Ronald Baddiley Brenda Cowling David Tilley John Kidd Vanda Godsell John Arnatt Marla Landi Ian Whittaker William Patenall Peter Morny

ALT Stranger from Space Sci-Fi BBC tv 20 October 1951 - 20 December 1952 Each episode introduced by Humphrey Lestocq The BBC's first television science-fiction series. Adventures of a human boy befriended by a Martian boy who crashlands on Earth. Cast includes: Valentine Dyall Richard Pearson Brian Smith Peter Hawkins John Gabriel Bruce Beeby Betty Woolfe Michael Newell Isabel George

ALT Sherlock Holmes Mystery BBC tv 20 October - 1 December 1951 The first televised series of the legendary sleuth. Adapted for television by CA Lejeune from the novels of Arthur Conan Doyle. Cast includes: Alan Wheatley Raymond Francis Iris Vandeleur Bill Owen Donald Kemp Pamela Barnard Sebastian Cabot Alan Judd Stanley Van Beers Olga Edwardes Alvys Maben John Le Mesurier Sam Kydd Geoffrey Chater Eric Dodson

ALT Anneke Wills Doctor Who companion Polly Born on 20 October 1941 Happy 85th Birthday 🎂🎈🎁🎉

ALT 19 October 1946 BBC tv show their first live football game since the end of World War II. Barnet played Wealdstone at Underhill. The BBC showed 20 minutes of the first half and 35 minutes of the second before it was too dark. Barnet won 3-2.

ALT David Copperfield Costume drama BBC 1 19 October - 21 December 1986 Based on the novel by Charles Dickens David Copperfield grows up in the care of the cruel Murdstones after his mother passes away. He escapes to the care of his aunt Betsey Trotwood and later travels to London where he meets the Micawbers and the evil Uriah Heep. Cast includes: Colin Hurley Brenda Bruce Simon Callow Jeremy Brudenell Francesca Hall Jenny McCracken Ronald Herdman Hilary Mason Natalie Ogle Owen Teale Stephen Thorne Thorley Walters Paul Brightwell Oliver Cotton Sandra Payne Irene Richard Neal Swettenham Fanny Carby Sarah Crowden David Dexter Valerie Gogan Nolan Hemmings Terence Lodge Nyree Dawn Porter John Baker Nicholas Bond-Owen Chris Chandler Dylan Dolan Leon Eagles Alison Fiske Jonathan Lacey Artro Morris Reggie Oliver John Savident Ann Way

ALT 19 October 1991 Channel Television publishes its final edition of their own version of the TV Times.

ALT 19 October 1991 Channel Television publishes its final edition of their own version of the TV Times.

ALT 19 October 1991 Channel Television publishes its final edition of their own version of the TV Times.

ALT 19 October 1991 Channel Television publishes its final edition of their own version of the TV Times.

ALT 19 October 1996 Fox Kids UK launches on satellite.

ALT Billy the Cat Animation from Canada, France, Belgium and Germany Fox Kids UK (EVA/Films du Triangle/Dupuis/NOA/Sofidoc/Cologne Cartoon/WIC/Siriol) From 19 October 1996 A boy named Billy is transformed into a cat by an angry magician who decides to teach the boy a lesson after seeing him bullying a cat. No matter how much he begged, Billy was never turned back. Voice cast includes: Scott McNeil Jesse Moss Kelly Sheridan Jay Brazeau Ian James Corlett Michael Donovan Janyse Jaud Terry Klassen Robert O Smith Ward Perry Daphne Goldrick Kathleen Barr Richard Newman

ALT Holy Flying Circus Comedy BBC Four (TalkBack Thames/Hillbilly TV) 19 October 2011 The film is a "Pythonesque" dramatisation of events following the completion of Monty Python's Life of Brian, culminating in the BBC 2 live discussion show Friday Night, Saturday Morning broadcast in 1979 where Cleese and Palin debated the film with Malcolm Muggeridge and the Bishop of Southwark. Cast includes: Darren Boyd Charles Edwards Steve Punt Rufus Jones Tom Fisher Phil Nichol Michael Cochrane Roy Marsden Tom Price Simon Greenall Paul Chahidi Jason Thorpe Mark Heap

ALT HIM Drama horror ITV (Mainstreet Pictures) 19 & 26 October, and 2 November 2016 The series follows a boy referred to only as HIM who discovers that he has telekinetic powers. Cast includes: Fionn Whitehead James Murray Katherine Kelly Patrick Robinson Lucy Liemann Simona Brown Bobby Smalldridge Susan Jameson Alec Newman Angela Bruce Mckell David Aaron Phagura Anastasia Hille

ALT Crazyhead Comedy horror E4 (Urban Myth Films/Channel 4/Netflix) 19 October - 23 November 2016 Netflix from 16 December 2016 (except UK and Ireland). Amy and Raquel attempt to navigate their way through the choppy waters of their early twenties whilst simultaneously kicking ass on some seriously gnarly demons. What could possibly go wrong? Cast includes: Cara Theobold Susan Wokoma Riann Steele Arinzé Kene Lewis Reeves Tony Curran Charlie Archer Lu Corfield Billy Seymour Ciarán Owens Craig Vye Edward Molony Luke Allen-Gale Will Rogers Rita Dando Marcus Bentley

ALT Russell Howard & Mum: USA Road Trip Comedy travel series Comedy Central UK (Liberty Bell Productions) 19 October 2016 - 30 April 2018 Join Russell and Ninette on their road trip. The pair drive in a minivan discovering all the eccentricities of the country and meeting people with unusual hobbies. From an Armageddon "preppers" community in Utah to a luxury birthday party for a 3 year old French Bulldog in New York!

ALT Pam Dawber Actress in Mork & Mindy Born 18 October 1951 Happy 75th Birthday (Pictured with her husband Mark Harmon)

ALT The Trick One-off drama BBC One (Vox Pictures) 18 October 2021 Conspiracy thriller based on the events of the 'Climategate' scandal in 2009. A university professor and his team find that their work has been hacked by climate change deniers. Cast includes: Jason Watkins Victoria Hamilton George MacKay Jerome Flynn Aneirin Hughes Adrian Edmondson Pooky Quesnel Tara Divina Rhashan Stone Justin Salinger David Calder Andrew Dunn

ALT 18 October 2021 Sky Glass was launched in the UK (Ireland on the 25th). Sky Glass is a streaming TV with Sky inside, providing the total integration of hardware, software and content. Now you are able to get Sky TV over WiFi, with no satellite dish, no box and no fuss.

ALT Comedian and celebrity fisherman Paul Whitehouse is recovering after an attempt to mug him at a cashpoint in London. He fought back and the mugger fled empty-handed.