At 8.15pm 50 years ago today, aged 14, I found out my father had died and my life changed for ever, writes BRIAN VINER. Then decades on came an astonishing twist, and all my emotion and pride came swiftly flooding back

There probably isn't anyone else alive who can remember what was showing on ITV 50 years ago today, just after 8.15pm. I can. It was And Mother Makes Five, starring Wendy Craig.