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In the 1950s, the BBC Television Service ended with the closing bars of Eric Coates' Television March, reinstated for one night only to finish off the BBC's 60th anniversary week, before the national anthem. [2] In Wales, three bars of the Welsh anthem and one bar of the English anthem were played. [3]
The UK government announces plans to give Ofcom more powers over the BBC's online content, including BBC News. [29] The UK government rejects calls from Welsh MPs to add the Six Nations Championship to the list of guaranteed free-to-air sporting events on British television. [30] 24: The 2024 Brit Award nominees are announced.
The majority of special events attracting large audiences are often carried on more than one channel. The most watched special event programme of all time on a single channel in the UK is the 1973 wedding ceremony of Princess Anne, shown only on BBC One. Pre-1981 figures supplied by the British Film Institute (BFI)
Typically, during the late 1960s, the law regulated a 50-hour broadcasting week for all television channels in the UK. This that meant BBC1, BBC2 and ITV could only broadcast normal programming for 7 hours a day from Mondays to Fridays, and 7.5 hours a day on Saturdays and Sundays.
It had been due to take place next week on September 15 at 7:30pm. A date has yet […] ITV and Indigo Television have decided to reschedule this year’s National Television Awards to respect the ...
4–12 August – For the second week of the 1984 Summer Olympic Games, the BBC extends its live coverage until around 4am, as opposed to ending coverage between 2am to 3am during the first week. Rather than closing down, the BBC fills the gap with Ceefax Olympics AM which provides news from the Games to fill the gap between the end of live ...
London Live closes down following the sale of the channel to David Montgomery's Local TV Ltd. [16] 20: London TV, a London version of the Local TV Network, which airs True Crime for most of the day, replaces London Live as London's local television station. [11] 24: Jake Brown and Leanne Quigley win the third series of The Traitors. [17]
9 June – The BBC launches its first parliamentary highlights programme when the first edition of The Lords This Week (renamed The Week in the Lords later in 1986) is shown on BBC2. 13 September – David Frost on Sunday launches on TV-am. 17 October – BBC2 broadcasts a teatime news summary with subtitles for the last time.