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24/09/2013 GMT

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Executive producer Michael Berk on the birth of a global hit TV show in September 1989

The first episode of Baywatch aired on 22 September 1989. It went on to be one of the world's biggest TV shows, broadcast in 44 languages in 148 countries. Executive producer Michael Berk remembers the birth of the programme.

(Photo: Baywatch promotional poster. Credit: Getty Images)

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