On This Day: 17 Dec

2000 A.D. (Rebellion) Prog 2004 (2003).

First Appearances:

Gaunt in Eagle and Scream! (IPC Magazines Ltd.) #144 (22 Dec 1984).

Births:

Cyril Kenneth Bird (Fougasse; 1887); Neville Colvin (1918); Jacqueline Wilson (1945); Elena Casagrande (1983)

Deaths:

Notable Events:

Bill Tidy was the subject of the BBC television show This Is Your Life in 1975.
Modesty Blaise: A Taste of Death radio adaptation began on the "15 Minute Drama" slot on BBC Radio 4 in 2012, featuring the voices of Daphne Alexander, Alun Armstrong, and Carl Prekopp. The series ran for five fifteen minute episodes.