1961 in British television

List of years in British television (table)
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This is a list of British television related events from 1961.

Events

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January

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February

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  • 3 February – The final live episode of Coronation Street is aired. From now on all episodes are prerecorded. The next live transmission will not occur until 8 December 2000.

March

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April

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May

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  • No events.

June

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July

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  • No events.

August

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  • No events.

September

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October

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  • 1 October – Songs of Praise, featuring Christian congregations singing hymns, debuts on BBC Television, the first programme being hosted by Tabernacle Chapel, Cardiff. The series will still be on the air 60 years later.
  • 2 October – Points of View, featuring the letters of viewers offering praise, criticism and comments on the television of recent weeks, debuts on BBC Television. The series will still be on the air 60 years later.
  • 12 October – ITV debut the popular Morecambe and Wise show Two of a Kind, which runs until 1968.

November

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  • No events.

December

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Unknown

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  • Southern Television launches the UK's first localised news opt-out when it launches a news service for south east England from its new studios in Dover.

Debuts

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BBC Television Service/BBC TV

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ITV

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Continuing television shows

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1920s

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

1930s

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  • Trooping the Colour (1937–1939, 1946–2019, 2023–present)
  • The Boat Race (1938–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–present)
  • BBC Cricket (1939, 1946–1999, 2020–2024)

1940s

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1950s

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1960s

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Ending this year

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Births

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Deaths

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Dechrau Canu, Dechrau Canmol". Radio Times (in Welsh). Vol. 149, no. 1938 (London ed.). BBC Publications. 29 December 1960. p. 16. ISSN 0033-8060. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  2. ^ Little. (2000) p.10. Note: both Kershaw and Little make errors in relating the early transmission of the programme. The information here is taken from broadcast details in contemporary editions of The Times and TV Times.
  3. ^ Hayes, Alan; McGinlay, Richard; Hayes, Alys (26 January 2017). Two Against the Underworld: The Collected Unauthorised Guide to The Avengers Series 1. lulu.com. pp. 253–254. ISBN 978-1326466268.
  4. ^ "Girl stabbed in TV studio". The Daily Express. 12 April 1961.
  5. ^ TV Ark: ITV South News – Day by Day
  6. ^ Mark Duguid "Armchair Theatre (1956–74)", BFI screenonline
  7. ^ "What the Papers Say in pictures". The Guardian. 29 May 2008. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
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