wait until the following year for colour television broadcasts to begin. 13 September – Westward begins broadcasting in colour from the Stockland Hill and Caradon Hill transmitters and to mark the change, Westward's ident is reshot in colour. 17 September – ITV debuts the action-comedy series The Persuaders! starring Roger Moore and Tony Curtis. 21 September – The Old Grey Whistle Test premieres on BBC2. 25 September – Sesame Street starts airing on LWT and Grampian Television. 30 September – Grampian Television marks its tenth anniversary and begins broadcasting in colour from the Durris transmitter. October 2 October – Debut of The Generation Game on BBC1, presented by Bruce Forsyth. 9 October – ITV airs the UK version of the popular American game show Sale of the Century. 10 October – Upstairs, Downstairs debuts on ITV. November 10 November – Princess Anne opens the BBC's new Pebble Mill studios in Birmingham. 20 November – The long-running children's programme Play Away debuts on BBC2 and is hosted by Brian Cant. December 24 December – BBC1 airs M. R. James' The Stalls of Barchester, the first of several made-for-television short films, shown annually until 1978, known collectively as A Ghost Story for Christmas. Debuts BBC1 17 January – The Last of the Mohicans (1971) 21 January – Dave Allen at Large (1971–1979) 22 January – That's Your Funeral (1971) 13 February – The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977) 22 February – Joe and the Gladiator (1971) 25 February – Mr Benn (1971, 2005) 26 February – Sykes and a Big Big Show (1971) 15 March – Island of the Great Yellow Ox (1971) 1 April – Now, Take My Wife (1971) 10 April – The Two Ronnies (1971–1987, 1991, 1996, 2005) 15 April – It's Awfully Bad for Your Eyes, Darling (1971) 19 April – Alias Smith and Jones (1971–1973) Brett (1971) 14 May – Look, Mike Yarwood! (1971–1976) 18 June – Ryan and Ronnie (1971–1973) 19 June – Parkinson (1971–1982, 1998–2007) 22 August – The Silver Sword (1971) 15 September Barlow at Large (1971–1975) Owen, M.D. (1971–1973) 20 September – A Taste of Honey (1971) 21 September – The Partridge Family (1970–1974) 2 October – The Generation Game (1971–1982, 1990–2002) 4 October – The Witch's Daughter (1971) 15 October – The Onedin Line (1971–1980) 21 October – Edna, the Inebriate Woman (1971) 23 October – Francis Durbridge Presents: The Passenger (1971)