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On This Day (USA) - 27 August



The Paradise Of Death: Episode One premiered on BBC Radio 5 live in 1993 at 6:32pm BST

Doctor Who Greatest Moments: The Companions premiered on BBC Three in 2009 at 8:00pm BST, watched by 0.32 million viewers.
David Tennant, Billie Piper, Catherine Tate, Freema Agyeman and John Barrowman go through the greatest moments of the Doctor's finest companions.

Let's Kill Hitler premiered on BBC One in 2011 at 7:09pm BST, watched by 8.10 million viewers.

River Runs Wild premiered on BBC Three in 2011 at 8:00pm BST

This episode goes behind the scenes of Let's Kill Hitler

Achtung! Explosions, vintage bikes, cornfields and time travel make for a mind-boggling start to the second batch of Doctor Who adventures.

Confidential is back on set with Matt Smith and Karen Gillan in 1930s Berlin. We hang out backstage with the cast and crew and bring you all the behind-the-scenes action as the series gets back into full swing.


The Magician's Apprentice premiered on UK Venues (Filmhouse, Edinburgh) in 2015 at 8:30pm BST

Exploding with epic and thrilling adventures, don’t miss the opportunity to see the opening episode of BBC One’s new Doctor Who series ‘The Magician’s Apprentice’, written by Steven Moffat, produced by Peter Bennett and directed by Hettie Macdonald.  The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Executive Producers Stephen Moffatt and Brian Minchin.


Who Do You Think You Are? - Derek Jacobi premiered on BBC One in 2015 at 9:00pm BST, watched by 3.77 million viewers.

Actor Derek Jacobi grew up in Walthamstow, where his parents ran a market stall. But a clue in his mother's family tree hints at a more colourful past - his great-grandmother's name was Salome Laplain. Armed with this tantalising detail, Derek discovers that, far from being from humble roots as he had thought, he is in fact descended from a wealthy French Huguenot fleeing religious persecution in France - who had connections to Protestant royalty on this side of the channel.


 Birthdays
Suranne Jones will be 46 - 3 credits, including Idris in The Doctor's Wife

Suranne Jones is an English actress, born in Chadderton, Oldham, best known for playing the role of Karen McDonald in Coronation Street over a period of four years.

Jones attended a public drama club the Oldham Theatre Workshop. 

Before playing Karen McDonald, she had a very small role in Coronation Street in April 1997 as Mandy Phillips, a girlfriend of Chris Collins. During this period she acted in the theatre, appeared in a short filmcalled Punch opposite fellow soap opera alumnus Jeff Hordley and guest starred in episodes of series such as City Central.

 In 2003, Jones appeared on an edition of Celebrity Stars In Their Eyes as Catherine Zeta Jones. 

In Autumn 2005, Jones starred in an ITV's detective drama series Vincent, with Ray Winstone in the title role, this was Jones' first acting role since leaving Coronation Street the previous year. In the same year she starred on the West End stage in A Few Good Men opposite Rob Lowe and appeared in the musical special Celebrate Oliver! which was screened on BBC1. In 2006, she starred as Snow White in the pantomime Snow White and the Seven Dwarves at the Manchester Opera House alongside Justin Moorhouse and fellow Coronation Street alumnus John Savident. She also appeared in Kay Mellor's Strictly Confidential in which she played a bisexual sex therapist.

 On New Year's Day 2007, Jones starred in a Yorkshire and London based black comedy, Dead Clever with Helen Baxendale and Dean Lennox Kelly on ITV 1. She has also been as a guest reporter on the long-running BBC travel programme Holiday alongside Anthony Crank and special guest on an edition of the BBC2 series A Taste of My Life with Nigel Slater which paid tribute to her friend, John Barrowman. In autumn 2007, Jones toured the UK extensively in the premiere stage run of the film Terms of Endearment opposite Linda Gray and she has recently appeared in a number of plays for BBC Radio 4 and the West End showcase of a new musical, The Lost Christmas by Laurence Mark Wythe.

In January 2009, she appeared in Unforgiven, a three-part drama on ITV1, where she plays Ruth Slater, a woman released from prison after serving a 15-year prison sentence for the murder of two policemen. In November 2009 she played the role of the Mona Lisa in the episode "Mona Lisa's Revenge" in The Sarah Jane Adventures.


Reece Shearsmith will be 55 - 2 credits, including Rassmussen in Sleep No More

Reece Shearsmith is an English actor, writer, comedian, television producer and magician

He will play Patrick Troughton in An Adventure in Space and Time,  the docu-drama.detailing the creation of Doctor Who.

He created, wrote and acted in one of the UK's top 10 most popular sitcom/sketch shows, The League of Gentlemen, along with fellow performers Steve Pemberton, Mark Gatiss and co-writer Jeremy Dyson. Shearsmith played over 30 characters. He also created, wrote and acted in another award-winning series, Psychoville, along with Pemberton.


Cheryl Ferguson will be 59 - credited as Mrs Lloyd in The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances

Cheryl Fergison is an English actress most notable for playing Heather Trott in the long-running BBC soap opera EastEnders.

She played Mrs Lloyd in the 2005 Doctor Who stories The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances.

After training at Rose Bruford College, Fergison started playing the role of Heather Trott in June 2007. The idea of Heather was conceived by the EastEnders executive producer Diederick Santer. Prior to starring as Heather, Fergison made a brief appearance on the show as a friend of Mo Harris in 2005.

Her stage credits include Measure For Measure, for the Royal Shakespeare Company and most recently the 2006 season at the Scoop at More London.

Fergison is also known for playing Joanna Harding, the "Big Fat Lezza" in the Linda Flint sketches of Little Britain, opposite David Walliams. She also played Judy in The IT Crowd. Other British television series in which she has appeared include 'Allo 'Allo!Little Miss JocelynBad Girls and Casualty. Fergison also starred in a Keane promotional video for Atlantic, which is on the Under The Iron Sea DVD.

Fergison made her first appearance in EastEnders on 26 June 2007. She had previously appeared in the soap as a cellmate of Mo Harris.

In November 2007, Fergison participated in the Children in Need charity appeal alongside her EastEnders co-stars which was broadcast on BBC One. On 26 June 2008, she appeared on anEastEnders special of the quiz show The Weakest Link and emerged victorious. She won £22,700 for Great Ormond Street charity.

Since appearing on EastEnders, she has made a variety of television appearances on shows such as GMTVThe Paul O'Grady ShowThis Morning and Loose Women

On 15 August, Cheryl entered the Celebrity Big Brother 10 house. On 24 August, she became the second housemate to be evicted.


Peter Craze (died 2020 aged 74) would be 78 - 3 credits, including Dako in The Space Museum

Peter Craze is a British actor. 

He is the brother of actor Michael Craze. He has had many film and television appearances including in Doctor WhoEastEnders andBlake's 7.

He is the principal at Drama Studio London.


Norman Mitchell (died 2001 aged 82) would be 106 - credited as First Policeman in The Daleks' Master Plan

Norman Mitchell was an English television, stage and film actor.

He played a policeman in the 1965 Doctor Who story The Daleks' Master Plan.

Born in SheffieldWest Riding of Yorkshire, his father was a mining engineer and his mother a concert singer. He attended Carterknowle Grammar School and the University of Sheffield, before appearing in repertory theatre and with the Royal Shakespeare Company. During World War II he served with the Royal Army Medical Corps.

he appeared in over 200 TV series including MeanwhileFate & FortuneLighthouseLast of the Summer WineUnnatural ActsThe Great KandinskyCasualtyDirty WeekendYou Rang, M'Lord?Screen OneTake Off with T-BagRevenge of Billy the KidPrisoner of HonorAll Creatures Great and SmallNever the TwainVanity FairT-Bag Strikes AgainKing of the GhettoLytton's DiaryDramaramaHammer House of Mystery and SuspenseThe Lonelyheart KidI Thought You'd GoneDream StuffingThe Hello Goodbye ManPotterAre You Being Served?The Wicked LadyOnly When I LaughKeep It in the FamilyThe Return of the SoldierYoung at HeartWorzel GummidgeThe GoodiesGrandadThe Basil Brush ShowHow's Your Father?GrundyWhy Didn't They Ask Evans?RentaghostYes MinisterThe Jim Davidson ShowBernieKelly MonteithGeorge & MildredSykeRings on Their FingersYou're Only Young TwiceLovely CoupleDanger UXBWodehouse PlayhouseCarry on EmmannuelleFamous FiveCome Back Mrs. NoahThe Big SleepThe Mike Reid ShowRobin's Nest1990A Hitch in TimeCrown CourtJust WilliamIt Ain't Half Hot MumRipping YarnsA Roof Over My HeadLord TrampBeryl's LotThe FostersZ CarsThe Heavy MobThe Pink Panther Strikes AgainBeastsThe Dick Emery ShowThe Fall and Rise of Reginald PerrinIt's ChildsplayMoon Over the AlleyGoodies Rule - O.K.?The Tomorrow PeopleLegend of the WerewolfThrillerWhatever Happened to the Likely Lads?Man About the HouseBrief EncounterNo StringsMy Name Is Harry WorthNot on Your NellieReg VarneyThe Boy with Two HeadsEmmerdaleThe Dragon's OpponentSpring and AutumnFollyfootFrankenstein and the Monster from Hell And Now the Screaming Starts!Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'EmNow Look HereLady Caroline LambFather Dear FatherAlcock and GanderThe Train Now StandingSix Days of JusticeIt's Murder But Is It ArtThe MoonstoneThe Fenn Street GangThe Onedin LineNearest and DearestWhack-O!Bless This HousePlay for TodayOn the BusesMisleading CasesDoctor at LargeOn the BusesThe Trouble with LilianBiographyAtlantic WallThe GamesThe TroubleshootersOne More TimeSome Will, Some Won'tDoctor in the HouseThe Wednesday PlayUp Pompeii!Two a PennyGerminalTake Three GirlsDad's ArmyTwo Gentlemen SharingPublic EyeThe Main ChanceW. Somerset MaughamThe First LadyThirty-Minute TheatreThe Tenant of Wildfell HallSoftly SoftlyDiamonds for BreakfastOliver!GazetteUkridgeDetectiveComedy PlayhouseFreewheelersNicholas NicklebyCity 68'he Magnificent Six and ½: Bob-a-JobHalf a SixpenceThe GamblersMan in a SuitcaseLes MisérablesThe PrisonerThe Lion, the Witch and the WardrobeDanger IslandA Challenge for Robin HoodThe Revenue MenA Home of Your OwnBlandings CastleNo StringsBBC Play of the MonthQuick Before They Catch UsCourt MartialCoronation StreetCarry on Screaming!Three Hats for LisaI Was Happy HereThe Great St. Trinian's Train RobberyThe Hunchback of Notre DameTheatre 625InvasionBunny Lake Is MissingYou Must Be Joking!CluffThe Little OnesThe Mind of the EnemyThe Valiant VarneysDr. Finlay's CasebookSherlock HolmesThe Brothers KaramazovCarry on CleoCrossroadsCatch HandCall the Gun ExpertCarry on SpyingSilas MarnerThe Dickie Henderson ShowITV Play of the WeekSergeant CorkMeet the WifeNo Hiding PlaceIt's Dark OutsideFriday NightEspionageNo Cloak - No DaggerLorna DooneThe Yellow Teddy BearsTwo of a KindCarry on CabbyEmergency-Ward 10Sierra NineSuspenseThe MonstersThe SaintOutbreak of MurderThe Rag TradeStudio 4MaigretYou Can't WinHamletPolice SurgeonDixon of Dock GreenNo Wreath for the GeneralBeat GirlArmchair Mystery TheatreMan from InterpolKnight Errant LimitedInternational DetectiveThe Adventures of Robin HoodBBC Sunday-Night TheatreThe Price of SilenceThe ViseThe LarkinsWilliam TellThe Man Who Wouldn't TalkThree Sundays to LiveFive Clues to FortuneThe Adventures of Sir LancelotDick Turpin: HighwaymanPolice DogA Kid for Two FarthingsUp to His NeckThe SeekersKaleidoscopeThe Trial of Andy Fothergill