2011 in British television
This is a list of events that took place in 2011 related to British television.
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Events
January
Date | Event |
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1 January | Toonattik after 6 years leaves CITV along with Action Stations! which closes down after 5 years of broadcast. New Year's Day also sees the final appearance of The Fluffy Club on Mini CITV. |
Cable channel Bravo closes down after 25 years of broadcasting along with its sister channel Bravo 2 which also closes down. | |
5 January | Avon and Somerset Police ban ITN from attending a press conference convened to give updates on the Joanna Yeates case after a report on the previous day's ITV News criticised their handling of the investigation.[1] The ban is subsequently lifted.[2] |
6 January | Samantha Womack is to leave her role in EastEnders as Ronnie Mitchell over the controversial baby swap plot.[3] |
9 January | EastEnders viewers have complained in record numbers about the soap's "hurtful", "unrealistic" and "exploitative" cot death storyline involving the character Ronnie Mitchell.[4][5] |
14 January | The S4C Authority confirms it has closed S4C2 due to budget cuts imposed on it by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport.[6][7] |
17 January | Barney Harwood becomes the new Blue Peter presenter taking over from Joel Defries. |
25 January | Reporter Andy Gray is dropped by Sky Sports following sexist comments made by himself and fellow presenter Richard Keys against female official Sian Massey in footage recorded the previous Saturday.[8] Keys resigns the following day, in support of his colleague.[9] |
February
Date | Event |
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1 February | The Sky HD swap is introduced giving HD channels more prominence. Sky also sees the launch of brand-new channel Sky Atlantic, and the Living channels are rebranded as Sky Living. Channel One closed down at 6 am, and was replaced on Freeview by Challenge. |
2 February | John Nettles appears in his final ever episode of Midsomer Murders, having starred in a total of 81 episodes since the series was launched in 1997.[10][11] |
BBC executive Craig Oliver is appointed as Prime Minister David Cameron's Director of Communications.[12] | |
4 February | The BBC apologises for remarks about Mexicans made on its Top Gear television programme but defends the original remarks as well.[13] |
14 February | Channel 5 reverts to its original name after almost a decade. |
16 February | BBC One airs a special hour-long episode of its daytime soap Doctors to celebrate the series 2000th episode.[14] |
28 February | The ban on product placement in television programmes is lifted, allowing advertisers to pay for their goods to be seen on British TV. The first product to be displayed in this regard is a Nescafe coffee machine, which appeared on This Morning.[15][16] A year-long trial also begins allowing commercial television channels to show up to 12 minutes of adverts per hour during films and dramas, bringing them into line with soap operas where this is already permitted.[17] |
March
Date | Event |
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2 March | Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation agrees to sell Sky News to be in a position to buy BSkyB without a Competition Commission inquiry.[18] News Corp receives approval to buy out BSkyB the following day.[19] |
16 March | Coleen Nolan announces her decision to quit ITV daytime panel show Loose Women after over 10 years as a panellist. |
19 March | BBC Three host a major live TV event, Frankenstein's Wedding... Live in Leeds. |
26 March | British terrestrial television premiere of the James Bond film Quantum of Solace on ITV1.[20] |
27 March | Sam Attwater and dancing partner Brianne Delcourt win the sixth series of Dancing on Ice.[21] |
30 March – 13 April | Analogue signals are switched off in the Nottingham and Sandy Heath areas. |
April
Date | Event |
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4 April | Magdalen College, Oxford wins the 2010–11 series of University Challenge, beating the University of York 290–85. |
6 April | Channel 5 officially announced that it had bought the rights to show former Channel 4 reality series Big Brother from August 2011.[22] |
6–20 April | Analogue signals are switched off in the Bromsgrove, Lark Stoke and Ridge Hill (Central and West) areas. |
7 April | Top of the Pops returns to television in its former Thursday evening slot as BBC Four begins airing old episodes from 1976, the point at which the broadcaster's full archive of shows begins.[23] |
19 April | Helen Mirren apologises after swearing during an interview on the day's edition of BBC Breakfast.[24] |
27 April | Tim Anderson wins the 2011 series of MasterChef.[25] |
29 April | Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton shown on BBC One and ITV. Audiences of around 24.5 million watched in the UK alone.[26] |
May
Date | Event |
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11 – 25 May | Analogue signals are switched off in the Darvel and Rosneath (HP and VP) areas. |
5 May | It is confirmed that Simon Cowell and Cheryl Cole will leave their positions as judges on The X Factor to concentrate on the American version of the programme.[27] Cole was later dropped from the US version of the series.[28] |
12 May | ITV axes the Scottish police drama Taggart after 28 years, citing poor viewing figures in other parts of the UK.[29] |
Dennis Tanner, played by Philip Lowrie, returns to Coronation Street, having last appeared in 1968. His break of 43 years is the longest of any actor in the soap's history.[30] | |
14 May | Azerbaijan's Ell & Nikki win the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest with "Running Scared". |
Dannii Minogue announces she will not be appearing on the next series of The X Factor.[31] | |
19 May | A special edition of the BBC's political debate programme Question Time is recorded at Wormwood Scrubbs Prison in London.[32] |
BBC World News America presenter Matt Frei is recruited by Channel 4 News to become their Washington correspondent, while Newsnight correspondent Jackie Long will become Channel 4 News's social affairs editor. Cathy Newman will become the first new presenter to join the in-studio team at Channel 4 for 13 years.[33] | |
24 May | Broadcast magazine reports that ITV is preparing to launch a new investigative series titled Exposure, thirteen years after it axed the award-winning World in Action.[34] |
25 May | It is announced that Jeff Stelling is to leave Countdown after two years to concentrate on Sky Sports.[35] |
30 May | ITV confirms that Gary Barlow, Tulisa Contostavlos and Kelly Rowland will join Louis Walsh as judges for series 8 of The X Factor.[36] |
June
Date | Event |
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1–15 June | Analogue signals are switched off in the Craigkelly area. |
4 June | Scottish singer Jai McDowall wins the fifth series of Britain's Got Talent.[37] |
6 June | The BBC announces that the national variations of BBC One Northern Ireland, BBC One Scotland and BBC One Wales will become available in high definition in 2012.[38] |
ITV children's gadget show Cool Stuff Collective is criticised by Ofcom for "product placement" over the way featured items are reviewed by the programme.[39] | |
The Sun reports that the BBC's So You Think You Can Dance will not return for a third series.[40] | |
9 June | Mandy Salter will be returning to EastEnders as Nicola Stapleton is set to reprise the role for the first time since 1994. |
11 June | Matt Flint wins series two of So You Think You Can Dance.[41] |
13 June | BBC Two airs the controversial documentary Choosing to Die, a film presented by Terry Pratchett which examines the topic of assisted suicide.[42]
The BBC announces that its landmark Television Centre is up for sale.[43] |
17 June | Viewers of the BBC News Channel claim to have been distracted when newsreaders Martine Croxall and Carrie Gracie appear on screen to read the morning's news wearing similar outfits that are an identical colour.[44] |
22 June | The last analogue television services are switched off in Scotland, making it the second part of the UK to have a fully digital service. |
ITV recruits BBC political correspondent Laura Kuenssberg to be its new business editor. She will take up the role from September, and will also front editions of the Tonight programme.[45] | |
30 June | ITV confirms that Coronation Street will return to its traditional 19:30 timeslot on a Wednesday evening from September 2012.[46] |
July
Date | Event |
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6–20 July | Analogue signals are switched off in the Sudbury area. |
8 July | The BBC announces that Pam St. Clement is to leave EastEnders after 25 years. |
10 July | ITV confirms it has sacked daytime presenters Kate Thornton and Zoe Tyler in a bid to boost flagging ratings for daytime show Loose Women |
13 July | Rupert Murdoch announces that News Corporation is withdrawing its proposal to take full control of the subscription television broadcaster BSkyB due to concerns over the phone hacking scandal. |
17 July | Inventor Tom Pellereau wins the seventh series of The Apprentice, and a £250,000 investment from Lord Sugar, who will become his business partner in exchange for the investment.[47] |
July | UKTV does a deal with BSkyB to provide on-demand content available to Sky customers via Sky Anytime. |
August
Date | Event |
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2 August | Really launches on Freeview.[48] |
3 August | ITV News hires former BBC and 5 News presenter Natasha Kaplinsky to cover for Nina Hossain while the latter is on maternity leave. She will present on London Tonight and national bulletins.[49] |
3–17 August | Analogue signals are switched off in the Belmont and Olivers Mount areas. |
10–24 August | Analogue signals are switched off in the Chesterfield and Sheffield areas. |
11 August | BBC One airs a special edition of the political discussion show Question Time following the recent outbreak of rioting.[50] |
15 August | Virgin Media agrees to sell its 50% stake in UKTV to Scripps Networks for £339m.[51] |
16 August | BBC Magazines agrees a £12m deal to sell the Radio Times – together with ten other titles – to Exponent, owner of thetrainline.com.[52] |
17–31 August | Analogue signals are switched off in the Waltham area. |
18 August | Celebrity Big Brother 2011 launches on Channel 5 marking the first ever series of Celebrity Big Brother to air on the channel. |
The BBC airs a special edition of its Crimewatch programme aimed at identifying people involved in the 2011 England riots.[53][54] | |
25 August | Teesside comedian Patrick Monahan wins the live final of ITV's Show Me the Funny, in which stand-up comedians competed to win £100,000, a 12-date nationwide tour and a DVD release.[55] |
26 August | Channel 4 airs its last episode of Friends, "The One Where Paul's the Man" after 16 years.[56] |
September
Date | Event |
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4 September | E4 airs its last episode of Friends, The Last One after 16 years.[57] |
7–21 September | Analogue signals are switched off in the Fenton, Sutton Coldfield and Emley Moor areas. |
8 September | Paddy Doherty wins Celebrity Big Brother 2011 and became Channel 5's first ever Celebrity Big Brother winner.[58] |
9 September | Big Brother 2011 launches on Channel 5 marking the first ever series of Big Brother to air on the channel. |
9 September – 23 October | ITV airs coverage of the 2011 Rugby World Cup from New Zealand. |
14 September | Cartoon Network launches in HD. |
26 September | Jade Thompson wins Cycle 7 of Britain & Ireland's Next Top Model (formerly Britain's Next Top Model). |
27 September | Labour Party leader Ed Miliband's keynote conference speech is blacked out for five-minute after all media communications are lost by a power outage at the conference centre.[59] |
October
Date | Event |
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4 October | Joanne Wheatley wins the second series of The Great British Bake Off. |
6 October | BBC Director General Mark Thompson announces that BBC HD will close to be replaced by a high definition simulcast of BBC Two. This BBC Two HD will work much the same way as BBC One HD.[60] This move allows the corporation to save £2.1 million, used to count towards their budget deficit following the freezing of the license fee and the additional financial responsibility of addition services.[61] |
15 October | Helen Flanagan, who plays Rosie Webster in Coronation Street, announces she is leaving the series after twelve years. She will film her final scenes at Christmas and be seen on screen until February 2012.[62] |
18 October | ITV plc buys the Channel Islands franchise Channel Television from the Yattendon Group plc.[63] |
22 October | Phil Vickery wins the 2011 series of Celebrity MasterChef.[64] |
October | High definition versions of Dave and Watch are launched by UKTV. |
November
Date | Event |
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4 November | Jill Evans, a Welsh MEP is fined £575 after refusing to pay her TV licence fee in protest over changes to the Welsh-language channel S4C.[65] |
8 November | ITN confirms it has secured a five-year contract to resume production of 5 News from early 2012. The broadcaster lost the programme to Sky News in 2005. Part of the new deal will see the 7:00 pm bulletin move to an earlier 6:30 pm timeslot.[66] |
9–23 November | Analogue signals are switched off in the Tacolneston area. |
11 November | Aaron Allard-Morgan wins Big Brother 2011 and became Channel 5's first ever Big Brother winner.[67] |
13 November | TV bosses are forced to apologise after the results of a phone vote for the previous evening's The X Factor appeared online before the lines had closed. The episode was also delayed for fifteen minutes by a technical glitch.[68] |
14 November | Coronation Street becomes the first prime time British television programme to use product placement after signing a deal with Nationwide Building Society. A Nationwide cash machine is seen in the episode.[69] |
16 November | Nick Hewer, one of Alan Sugar's advisers on The Apprentice is revealed as the latest host of Countdown. He will take over from outgoing presenter Jeff Stelling from January 2012.[70] |
19 November | Attorney General Dominic Grieve QC seeks leave to prosecute Sky News for contempt of court over its reporting of the kidnapping of Paul and Rachel Chandler after the channel allegedly breached an injunction preventing the disclosure of the couple's welfare.[71] |
December
Date | Event |
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1 December | The BBC has received over 31,000 complaints about comments made by Jeremy Clarkson on the previous evening's The One Show in which he said he would "execute" striking public sector workers.[72] |
3 December | Pop star Dougie Poynter wins the eleventh series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.[73] |
7 December | Matthew Wright, host of The Wright Stuff, apologises for remarks he made on 6 December edition of the show concerning a murder in the Western Isles.[74] |
10 December | After 25 years Casualty airs its last episode to be filmed in Bristol. Subsequent episodes are filmed in Cardiff.[75] |
12 December | Student Zara Brownlees wins the second series of Young Apprentice.[76] |
15 December | Ash Mair wins the fourth series of MasterChef: The Professionals.[77] |
17 December | McFly drummer Harry Judd and his dancing partner Aliona Vilani win the ninth series of Strictly Come Dancing.[78] |
22 December | Cyclist Mark Cavendish is named this year's BBC Sports Personality of the Year.[79] |
Debuts
BBC
Date | Debut | Channel |
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1 January | Eric and Ernie | BBC Two |
The Magicians | BBC One | |
2 January | Zen | |
3 January | Stargazing Live | BBC Two |
The Bear Family & Me | ||
4 January | Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents | BBC Three |
8 January | Match of the Day Kickabout | CBBC |
Dick and Dom's Funny Business | ||
10 January | Episodes | BBC Two |
13 January | Human Planet | BBC One |
14 January | Sadie J | CBBC |
Fast and Loose | BBC Two | |
17 January | Perfection | |
19 January | Hattie | BBC Four |
25 January | How TV Ruined Your Life | BBC Two |
31 January | Rastamouse | CBeebies |
3 February | The Ultra Zionists | BBC Two |
4 February | The Lock Up | BBC Three |
5 February | All Over the Place | CBBC |
7 February | Outcasts | BBC One |
9 February | Madagascar | BBC Two |
12 February | Secret Fortune | BBC One |
14 February | The Sparticle Mystery | CBBC |
20 February | South Riding | BBC One |
21 February | ||
22 February | Silk | |
Junior Doctors: Your Life in Their Hands | BBC Three | |
6 March | Wonders of the Universe | BBC Two |
11 March | The British at Work | |
14 March | Twenty Twelve | BBC Four |
19 March | Christopher and His Kind | BBC Two |
22 March | White Van Man | BBC Three |
29 March | See You in Court | BBC One |
4 April | Justice | |
5 April | Candy Cabs | |
23 April | Don't Scare the Hare | |
24 April | United | BBC Two |
1 May | Exile | BBC One |
4 May | Two Greedy Italians | BBC Two |
5 May | The Shadow Line | |
8 May | Atlantis: End of a World, Birth of a Legend | BBC One |
9 May | The Field of Blood | |
16 May | The Street That Cut Everything | |
27 May | Paul Merton's Birth of Hollywood | BBC Two |
30 May | Horrible Histories: Gory Games | CBBC |
6 June | World's Craziest Fools | BBC Three |
8 June | In with the Flynns | BBC One |
18 June | Lee Mack's All Star Cast | |
4 July | Pointless Celebrities | |
5 July | Restoration Home | BBC Two |
14 July | The Pranker | BBC Three |
24 July | Sugartown | BBC One |
20 August | Epic Win | |
4 September | World's Most Dangerous Roads | BBC Two |
13 September | The Body Farm | BBC One |
21 September | The Fades | BBC Three |
26 September | Home Cooking Made Easy | BBC Two |
1 October | I Want My Own Room | |
3 October | Dirty Tricks of the Tradesmen | BBC One |
5 October | All Roads Lead Home | BBC Two |
6 October | Hidden | BBC One |
19 October | Holy Flying Circus | BBC Four |
23 November | That's Britain! | BBC One |
26 December | The Royal Bodyguard |
ITV
Date | Debut | Channel |
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5 January | Kidnap and Ransom | ITV |
7 January | Penn & Teller: Fool Us | |
9 January | That Sunday Night Show | |
3 February | Marchlands | |
10 March | Monroe | |
22 March | Jean-Claude Van Damme: Behind Closed Doors | ITV4 |
28 March | The Dales | ITV |
16 April | Sing If You Can | |
21 April | Long Lost Family | |
1 May | Vera | |
29 May | Scott & Bailey | |
6 June | Secret Dealers | |
Injustice | ||
10 June | Love Your Garden | |
17 July | Born To Shine | |
3 September | Red or Black? | |
The Jonathan Ross Show | ||
4 September | Appropriate Adult | |
26 September | There's No Taste Like Home | |
11 October | High Stakes | |
22 November | The Adventurer's Guide To Britain | |
11 December | Text Santa | |
18 December | Just Henry |
Channel 4
Date | Debut | Channel |
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2 January | Famous and Fearless | Channel 4 |
4 January | David Walliams' Awfully Good | |
5 January | Britain's Fattest Man | |
16 January | Comics Choice | |
18 January | Big Fat Gypsy Weddings | |
19 January | The Joy of Teen Sex | |
20 January | 10 O'Clock Live | |
23 January | Alys | S4C |
6 February | The Promise | Channel 4 |
The People's Supermarket | ||
25 February | Friday Night Dinner | |
2 March | Jamie's Dream School | |
28 March | Fern | |
17 April | The Hotel | |
9 May | Made in Chelsea | E4 |
The Secret History of Eurovision | More4 | |
11 May | 24 Hours in A&E | Channel 4 |
24 May | Four Rooms | |
17 June | King Of... | |
27 June | Sirens | |
3 October | Random Acts | |
4 October | Mary Queen of Frocks | |
14 October | The Hunt for Tony Blair | |
12 December | Christmas Coach Trip |
Five/Channel 5
Date | Debut | Channel |
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14 February | OK! TV | Channel 5 |
18 August | Celebrity Big Brother | |
9 September | Big Brother | |
3 October | Celebrity Wish List |
Other channels
Date | Debut | Channel |
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4 January | Louie Spence's Showbusiness | Sky1 |
7 February | Bedlam | Sky Living |
10 February | Mad Dogs | Sky1 |
21 February | Ross Kemp: Extreme World | |
27 February | Mud Men | History |
31 March | The Runaway | Sky1 |
2 May | Cartoon Network | |
19 May | Al Murray's Compete for the Meat | Dave |
24 May | Geordie Shore | MTV |
30 May | Alexander Armstrong's Big Ask | Dave |
17 June | Wall of Fame | Sky1 |
4 August | Trollied | |
24 August | Mount Pleasant | |
19 September | This is Jinsy | Sky Atlantic |
6 September | Jelly Jamm | Cartoonito |
22 September | Jo Brand's Big Splash | Dave |
31 October | Nicktoons & CITV | |
7 November | Boomerang | |
23 November | The Café | Sky1 |
The Devil's Dinner Party | Sky Atlantic |
Channels
New channels
Date | Channel |
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11 January | ITV +1 (ITV1 +1/STV +1/UTV +1) |
1 February | Sky Atlantic |
Sky Atlantic HD | |
MTV Music | |
7 April | Sony Entertainment Television |
Sony Entertainment Television +1 | |
15 June | Argos TV |
10 October | Dave HD |
12 October | Watch HD |
1 November | PBS UK |
Defunct channels
Date | Channel |
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1 January | Bravo |
Bravo +1 | |
Bravo 2 | |
Challenge Jackpot | |
1 February | Channel One |
Channel One +1 | |
MTV Shows | |
7 April | Film 24 |
23 May | TeleG |
Rebranded channels
Date | Old Name | New Name |
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1 January | Rocks TV | Gems TV Extra |
1 February | Living | Sky Living |
Living +1 | Sky Living +1 | |
Living HD | Sky Living HD | |
Livingit | Sky Livingit | |
Livingit +1 | Sky Livingit +1 | |
Living Loves | Sky Living Loves | |
Sky Box Office | Sky Movies Box Office | |
14 February | Five | Channel 5 |
28 February | Sky3 | Pick TV |
Sky3 +1 | Pick TV +1 | |
7 March | Fiver | 5* |
Fiver +1 | 5* +1 | |
Five USA | 5USA | |
Five USA +1 | 5USA +1 | |
26 April | Lava | Greatest Hits TV |
7 May | Playhouse Disney | Disney Junior |
Playhouse Disney + | Disney Junior + |
Changes of network affiliation
Show | Moved from | Moved to |
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The Ricky Gervais Show (First Run Rights) | Channel 4 | E4 |
Big Brother | Channel 5 | |
Celebrity Big Brother | ||
NewsRadio | Paramount Comedy Channel | Sony Entertainment Television |
Primeval | ITV | Watch |
Beyblade: Metal Fusion | Channel 5 | CITV |
TNA Impact! | Bravo | Challenge |
Top of the Pops 2 | Yesterday | Dave |
Art Attack | CITV | Disney Junior |
Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids[80] | Nickelodeon | |
Winx Club | POP | |
Glee | E4 | Sky1 |
The Weakest Link (Daytime version) | BBC One | BBC Two |
QI | ||
Pointless | BBC Two | BBC One |
Friends | Channel 4 & E4 | Comedy Central |
Television shows
Returning this year after a break of one year or longer
Programme | Date(s) of original removal | Original channel(s) | Date of return | New channel(s) |
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Art Attack | 13 July 2007 | CITV | 6 June 2011 | Disney Junior |
Born to Be Different | 2004 13 September 2007 5 May 2009 |
Channel 4 | 9 June 2011 | N/A (Same channel as original) |
Celebrity Big Brother | 27 January 2010 | 18 August 2011 | Channel 5 | |
Big Brother | 10 September 2010 | 9 September 2011 | ||
Shipwrecked | 19 December 2001 10 May 2009 |
23 October 2011 | E4 | |
Young Dracula | 8 February 2008 | CBBC | 31 October 2011 | N/A (Same channel as original) |
Absolutely Fabulous | 7 November 1996 25 December 2004 |
BBC One | 25 December 2011 |
Continuing television shows
1920s
Programme | Date |
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BBC Wimbledon | (1927–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–present) |
1950s
Programme | Date |
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Panorama | (1953–present) |
The Sky at Night | (1957–present) |
Blue Peter | (1958–present) |
1960s
Programme | Date |
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Coronation Street | (1960–present). |
Points of View | (1961–present) |
Songs of Praise | |
University Challenge | (1962–1987, 1994–present) |
Doctor Who | (1963–1989, 1996, 2005–present) |
Top of the Pops | (1964–present) |
Match of the Day | |
The Money Programme | (1966–present) |
1970s
Programme | Date |
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A Question of Sport | (1970–present) |
Film... | (1971–present) |
Upstairs, Downstairs | (1971–1975, 2010–2012) |
Emmerdale | (1972–present) |
Mastermind | |
Newsround | |
Arena | (1975–present) |
One Man and His Dog | (1976–present) |
ITV News at 6:30 | |
Top Gear | (1977–2001, 2002–present) |
Antiques Roadshow | (1979–present) |
Question Time |
1980s
Programme | Date |
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Children in Need | (1980–present) |
Timewatch | (1982–present) |
Taggart | (1983–2011) |
Channel 4 Racing | (1984–2016) |
Thomas & Friends | (1984–present) |
EastEnders | (1985–present) |
Neighbours | |
Comic Relief | |
Watchdog | |
Casualty | (1986–present) |
Fireman Sam | (1987–1994, 2005–2013) |
This Morning | (1988–present) |
Home and Away | |
Red Dwarf | (1988–1999, 2009–present) |
Agatha Christie's Poirot | (1989–2013) |
The Simpsons | (1989–present) |
1990s
Programme | Date |
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Have I Got News for You | (1990–present) |
MasterChef | (1990–2001, 2005–present) |
BBC World News | (1991–present) |
Meridian Tonight | (1993–present) |
Time Team | (1994–2013) |
Junior MasterChef | (1994, 2010–present) |
The National Lottery Draws | (1994–2017) |
Top of the Pops 2 | (1994–present) |
Hollyoaks | (1995–present) |
Soccer AM | |
Never Mind the Buzzcocks | (1996–2015) |
Silent Witness | (1996–present) |
Midsomer Murders | (1997–present) |
Bob the Builder | (1998–present) |
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? | (1998–2014) |
DIY SOS | (1999–present) |
G@mers | (1999–2006, 2010–present) |
Holby City | (1999–present) |
Loose Women | |
Newsnight Scotland | (1999–2014) |
Tonight | (1999–present) |
2000s
2010s
Programme | Date |
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71 Degrees North | (2010–2011) |
Accused | (2010–2012) |
Ant & Dec's Push the Button | (2010–2011) |
Ask Rhod Gilbert | |
Being... N-Dubz | |
Being Victor | (2010–present) |
Come Fly with Me | (2010–2011) |
A Comedy Roast | |
Celebrity Coach Trip | (2010–2012, 2019–present) |
Dave's One Night Stand | (2010–2012) |
Daybreak | (2010–2014) |
DCI Banks | (2010–2016) |
Dirty Sexy Funny | (2010–present) |
Downton Abbey | (2010–2015) |
EastEnders: E20 | (2010–2011) |
Eddie Stobart: Trucks & Trailers | (2010–2014) |
Facejacker | (2010–present) |
Frank Skinner's Opinionated | |
Gordon's Great Escape | (2010–2011) |
The Great British Bake Off | (2010–present) |
Great British Railway Journeys | |
Him and Her | (2010–2013) |
Hotter Than My Daughter | (2010–2011) |
An Idiot Abroad | (2010–2012) |
James May's Man Lab | (2010–2013) |
Junior Apprentice | (2010–present) |
Lip Service | (2010–2013) |
Late Kick Off | (2010–present) |
A League of Their Own | |
Lee Nelson's Well Good Show | |
Little Crackers | |
Lorraine | |
Luther | |
The Million Pound Drop | (2010–2015) |
The Nightshift | (2010–present) |
Odd One In | |
The Only Way Is Essex | |
Paul O'Grady Live | (2010–2011) |
Pen Talar | (2010–present) |
Penelope Princess of Pets | |
Pete versus Life | (2010–2011) |
Pocket tv | (2010–present) |
Popstar to Operastar | (2010–2011) |
Rev. | (2010–2014) |
Richard Bacon's Beer & Pizza Club | (2010–2011) |
The Rob Brydon Show | (2010–2012) |
Rock and Chips | (2010–2011) |
Roger & Val Have Just Got In | (2010–2012) |
The Scheme | (2010–2011) |
Scream! If You Know the Answer | (2010–2012) |
Sherlock | (2010–present) |
So You Think You Can Dance | (2010–2011) |
Stand Up for the Week | (2010–2013) |
Strike-back | (2010–present) |
STV Sports Centre | |
Sunday Morning Live | |
Take Me Out | (2010–2020) |
Tracy Beaker Returns | (2010–2012) |
The Trip | (2010–present) |
Turn Back Time - The High Street | |
The Zone |
Ending this year
Date | Programme | Channel | Debut(s) |
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1 January | Toonattik | CITV | 2005 |
Action Stations! | 2006 | ||
The Fluffy Club | 2009 | ||
5 January | The Bear Family & Me | BBC Two | 2011 |
6 January | Paradise Café | CBBC | 2009 |
7 January | Famous and Fearless | Channel 4 | 2011 |
16 January | Zen | BBC One | |
4 February | Live from Studio Five | Channel 5 | 2009 |
12 February | Brain Box | STV | |
13 February | Lark Rise to Candleford[81] | BBC One | 2008 |
11 March | Strictly Money | CNBC Europe | 2009 |
13 March | Outcasts | BBC One | 2011 |
21 March | M.I. High | CBBC | 2007 |
22 March | Secret Diary of a Call Girl | ITV2 | |
26 March | The Tudors | BBC Two | |
8 April | Coming of Age | BBC Three | |
11 April | Waking the Dead | BBC One | 2000 |
19 April | Candy Cabs | 2011 | |
22 April | Fern | Channel 4 | |
28 April | Rock and Chips | BBC One | 2010 |
10 May | Campus | Channel 4 | 2011 |
12 May | Lunch Monkeys | BBC Three | 2008 |
18 May | Vacation, Vacation, Vacation | Channel 4 | 2011 |
24 May | Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps | BBC Three | 2001 |
30 May | The Scheme | BBC One | 2010 |
1 June | Life of Riley | 2009 | |
6 June | Psychoville | BBC Two | |
24 June | Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is | BBC One | 2008 |
30 June | Ideal | BBC Three | 2005 |
5 July | Lead Balloon | BBC Two | 2006 |
10 July | Popstar to Operastar | ITV | 2010 |
31 July | The Royal[82] | 2002 | |
2 August | Sirens | Channel 4 | 2011 |
12 August | Sorry, I've Got No Head | CBBC | 2008 |
2 September | My Family | BBC One | 2000 |
11 September | Appropriate Adult | ITV | 2011 |
12 September | Shooting Stars | BBC Two | 1995 |
15 September | Torchwood | BBC Two, BBC Three, BBC One | 2006 |
1 October | Doctor Who Confidential | BBC Three | 2005 |
18 October | The Sarah Jane Adventures | CBBC | 2007 |
21 October | EastEnders: E20 | BBC Three | 2010 |
23 October | Spooks | BBC One | 2002 |
11 December | The Politics Show | 2003 | |
14 December | That's Britain! | 2011 | |
15 December | The World's Strictest Parents | BBC Three | 2008 |
16 December | OK! TV | Channel 5 | 2011 |
19 December | Mongrels | BBC Three | 2010 |
23 December | Britain's Best Dish | ITV | 2007 |
30 December | Christmas Coach Trip | Channel 4 | 2011 |
Deaths
Date | Name | Age | Broadcast credibility |
---|---|---|---|
2 January | Pete Postlethwaite | 64 | Actor |
5 January | Helene Palmer[83] | 82 | Actress |
15 January | Susannah York[84] | 72 | Actress (Jane Eyre, Armchair Theatre) |
2 February | Margaret John[85] | 84 | Actress |
22 February | Nicholas Courtney[86] | 81 | Actor (Doctor Who) |
15 March | Keith Fordyce[87] | 82 | Radio and television presenter (Ready Steady Go!) |
15 April | Trevor Bannister[88] | 76 | Actor (Are You Being Served?, Last of the Summer Wine) |
19 April | Elisabeth Sladen[89] | 65 | Actress (Doctor Who, The Sarah Jane Adventures) |
23 April | John Sullivan | 64 | Writer (Only Fools and Horses, Citizen Smith) |
James Casey | 88 | Comedian, radio scriptwriter and producer (The Clitheroe Kid) | |
26 May | Flick Colby[90] | 65 | Dancer and choreographer (co-founder/creator of the Top of the Pops dance troupes Pan's People, Ruby Flipper, Legs & Co., and Zoo; The Two Ronnies) |
27 May | Janet Brown[91] | 87 | Actress and comedian |
4 June | Donald Hewlett[92] | 90 | Actor (It Ain't Half Hot Mum, You Rang M'Lord?) |
8 June | Roy Skelton | 79 | Actor (Doctor Who, Rainbow) |
25 June | Margaret Tyzack[93] | Actress (The Forsyte Saga) | |
2 August | Richard Pearson[94] | 93 | Actor |
22 August | John Howard Davies[95] | 72 | Child actor and comedy director (Fawlty Towers) |
11 September | Andy Whitfield[96] | 39 | Actor and model (Spartacus: Blood and Sand) |
27 September | David Croft[97] | 89 | Television producer |
15 October | Betty Driver[98] | 91 | Actress (Coronation Street) |
29 October | Jimmy Savile[99] | 84 | DJ and television presenter (Top of the Pops, Jim'll Fix It) |
20 November | Angie Dowds | 42 | Personal trainer (The Biggest Loser) |
18 December | Ronald Wolfe[100] | 89 | Writer (On The Buses, The Rag Trade) |
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See also
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