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 * 1963 - The first edition of long-running Granada investigative current affairs programme World in Action is broadcast, arguably one of ITV's most important programmes. It outlasted many other ITV programmes of its kind before it eventually broadcast its last edition on 7 December 1998. It was replaced by Tonight with Trevor McDonald, now known as simply Tonight since he left the programme.


 * 1967 - The popular BBC TV adaptation of The Forsyte Saga begins. It was originally shown on BBC2 in twenty-six episodes from 7 January to 1 July, when only a small proportion of the population could receive the channel. Therefore it was later repeated on Sunday evenings BBC1 from 8 September 1968, a year and eight months (and a day) later, with 18 million people tuning in for the BBC1 repeat of the final episode in 1968. It was also the last major British drama serial to be produced in black-and-white, as delaying the series to shoot in colour would have meant recasting, and producer Donald Wilson felt he had the perfect cast for his adaptation.


 * 1991 - The first edition of BBC East Midlands Today was broadcast.