1962 in British television

Events

January
  • 2 January – Z-Cars premieres on BBC TV, noted as a realistic portrayal of the police.

February
  • No events.

March
  • No events.

April

May
  • No events.

June
  • 14 June – BBC television broadcasts the first episode of the sitcom Steptoe and Son, written by Galton and Simpson.

July

August
  • No events.

September
  • 1 September – Channel Television, the ITV franchise for the Channel Islands, goes on air.
  • 14 September – Wales West and North Television (Teledu Cymru) goes on air to the North and West Wales region, extending ITV to the whole of the UK.
  • 21 September – First broadcast of the long-running television quiz programme University Challenge, made by Granada Television with Bamber Gascoigne as quizmaster.
  • 22 September – Anglia Television launches Match of the Week, which shows highlights of matches from around East Anglia.[4] Shortly after, Tyne Tees Television in the North East of England began broadcasting local matches soon after under the title Shoot.

October

November
  • 24 November – The first episode of influential satire show That Was The Week That Was is broadcast on BBC Television.[1]

December
  • No events.

Unknown
  • Cigarette adverts are banned from children's programmes in the UK. Actors in these adverts now have to be over 21, and connection to social success is no longer allowed. The tobacco companies also start a policy of not advertising before 9pm.

Debuts

BBC Television Service/BBC TV
  • 2 January –
  • 8 January – Crying Down the Lane (1962)
  • 22 January – Studio 4 (1962)
  • 2 February – Corrigan Blake (1962–1963)
  • 19 February – Barbara in Black (1962)
  • 10 March – The Six Proud Walkers (1962)
  • 8 April – Stranger in the City (1962)
  • 13 April – Animal Magic (1962–1983)
  • 14 April – Mr. Pastry's Progress (1962)
  • 17 April – Brothers in Law (1962)
  • 30 April – Suspense (1962–1963)
  • 16 May – Boss Cat (1961–1962)
  • 21 May – The Franchise Affair (1962)
  • 26 May – William (1962–1963)
  • 27 May – The Master of Ballantrae (1962)
  • 9 June – The Big Pull (1962)
  • 14 June – Steptoe and Son (1962–1965, 1970, 1972–1974)
  • 28 June – The Andromeda Breakthrough (1962)
  • 8 July – The Dark Island (1962)
  • 17 July – Hugh and I (1962–1968)
  • 21 July – Outbreak of Murder (1962)
  • 7 August – Silent Evidence (1962)
  • 16 August – Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1962–1971)
  • 16 August – Katy (1962)
  • 12 September – Dial RIX (1962–1963)
  • 17 September – Wales Today (1962–present)
  • 3 October – Zero One (1962–1963)
  • 6 October – The Last Man Out (1962)
  • 14 October – The River Flows East (1962)
  • 14 October – Raise Your Glasses (1962)
  • 8 November – The Monsters (1962)
  • 12 November – Top of the Form (1962–1975)
  • 24 November – That Was The Week That Was (1962–1963)

ITV
  • 27 February – Sara and Hoppity (1962–1963)
  • 4 June – Richard the Lionheart (1962–1963)
  • 30 June – Out of This World (1962)
  • 1 July – Police 5 (1962–1992)
  • 19 September – Bulldog Breed (1962)
  • 21 September – University Challenge (1962–1987 ITV, 1994–present BBC)
  • 29 September – Man of the World (1962–1963)
  • 29 September – The Sword in the Web (1962)
  • 4 October – The Saint (1962–1969)
  • 11 October – It's a Living (1962)
  • 26 October – Francie and Josie (1962–1965)
  • 28 October –
    **Fireball XL5 (1962–1973)**
    **** The New Adventures of Madeline (1962–1969)**
  • 17 November – City Beneath the Sea (1962)
  • 20 December – It Happened Like This (1962–1963)

Continuing television shows

1920s
  • BBC Wimbledon (1927–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–2024)

1930s
  • BBC Cricket (1939, 1946–1999, 2020–2024)

1940s

1950s

1960s

Ending this year

Births
gollark: For example, I do not really donate money to charity, despite at least having theoretically nonzero money. I feel somewhat guilty about this if I think about it very hard.
gollark: Distributing punishment based on that would make things like advertisements for charities horrible infohazards.
gollark: If you want to know about what *you* should do, then it's more reasonable to ask about the morality of actions, not people, because the people way runs into accursed counterfactuals very fast.
gollark: For that the purpose is probably something like "should you be eternally tortured", which I think the answer to is literally always "no".
gollark: First, consider for what purpose you want to know whether it's "evil" or not to have been that person.

See also

References
  1. Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 419–420. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
  2. "Live satellite TV marks 50th birthday – UK". The Scotsman. Johnston Press. 23 July 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
  3. "Television pictures from across the Atlantic 'had huge impact'". BBC News. BBC. 23 July 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
  4. Bourn, John. "History of football on ITV". Archived from the original on 12 January 2005. Note that the reference says Match of the Week started in 1963; however according to Soccerbase Archived 2007-10-02 at the Wayback Machine, Ipswich's 3–2 loss to Wolves actually occurred in 1962.
  5. Kelleher, Lynne (6 March 2011). "In my life: Fab Four asked me to manage them, reveals Gaybo". Irish Independent. Independent News and Media. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  6. Byrne, Gay (13 February 2010). "The chameleon of Montrose". The Irish Times. Irish Times Trust. Archived from the original on 13 February 2010. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  7. Mark Duguid "Armchair Theatre (1956–74)", BFI screenonline
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