27 October

Behind the scenes

 * 1923 - Producer and script editor Peter Bryant was born.
 * 1939 - Actor John Cleese was born.
 * 1945 - Actor John Kane was born.
 * 1969 - Eric Maschwitz, who began the process of creating Doctor Who, died.
 * 1979 - Part two of The Creature from the Pit was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1991 - Writer Paul Erickson died.
 * 2008 - Part two of Secrets of the Stars was first broadcast on CBBC.
 * 2008 - Actor Roy Stewart died.