6 February

Events

 * 1685 - King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland died.

Behind the scenes

 * 1949 - Carmen Gómez (Anita in TV: The Two Doctors) was born.
 * 1965 - "Inferno", Episode 4 of TV: The Romans, was first broadcast.
 * 1971 - Episode 2 of TV: The Mind of Evil was first broadcast.
 * 1985 - Neil McCarthy (George Patrick Barnham in TV: The Mind of Evil and Thawn in TV: The Power of Kroll) died.
 * 1996 - Patsy Smart (the Ghoul in TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang) died.
 * 1996 - Gerald Savory, Head of Serials at the BBC in the 1960s, died.
 * 2008 - TV: Meat was first broadcast.