📺 'Dad's Army' Thursday 11 September 1969 -- BBC1: 19:30 The first Dad's Army episode filmed in colour was aired. However, since BBC1 was still broadcasting in black and white at the time, it wasn't until November that the series could be seen in colour. #DadsArmy | Bernie Briffa

📺 'The Liver Birds' Friday 25 July 1969 - BBC1: 20:20 The first series of 'The Liver Birds' airs, following a 'Comedy Playhouse' pilot. "You dancing'?', 'You askin'?', 'I'm askin'!', 'I'm dancing!" 'The Liver Birds' were the distaff answer to 'The Likely Lads' and charted the exploits of two oestrogen-charged "sassy" dolly-birds with more loon pants than sense, living in a pokey bedsit in Liverpool and hell-bent on parties and trawling for ‘talent’. These best friends shared everything—clothes,

#OnThisDay 1969: Concorde took to the skies. The Anglo-French plane took off from Toulouse on a test flight piloted by André Turcat. | BBC Archive