1962 in British television

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This is a list of British television related events from 1962.

Events[edit]

January[edit]

  • 2 January – Z-Cars premieres on BBC TV, noted as a realistic portrayal of the police. Unusually for its time, the series is set in Northern England; most BBC dramas have been set in southern England. The first three series are transmitted live.
  • 4 January – ITV Anglia region starts showing the US science fiction horror anthology series The Twilight Zone over a year before other ITV regions.
  • 29 January – The Oxford transmitting station at Beckley begins relaying BBC radio and television.

February[edit]

  • No events.

March[edit]

  • No events.

April[edit]

May[edit]

  • 16 May – BBC1 debuts the US cartoon series Top Cat; however, a few weeks later the BBC change the title to "Boss Cat" to avoid similarities with a popular cat food brand of the same name.

June[edit]

July[edit]

August[edit]

  • No events.

September[edit]

October[edit]

November[edit]

December[edit]

Unknown[edit]

  • 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[edit]

BBC Television Service/BBC TV[edit]

ITV[edit]

Continuing television shows[edit]

1920s[edit]

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

1930s[edit]

  • The Boat Race (1938–1939, 1946–2019)
  • BBC Cricket (1939, 1946–1999, 2020–2024)

1940s[edit]

1950s[edit]

1960s[edit]

Ending this year[edit]

Births[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Palmer, Alan; Palmer, 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. Dublin: Independent News and Media. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  6. ^ Byrne, Gay (13 February 2010). "The chameleon of Montrose". The Irish Times. Dublin: Irish Times Trust. Archived from the original on 18 November 2010. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  7. ^ "American Folk Blues Festival Live In Manchester 1962". Manchester: Piccadilly Records. 2020. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
  8. ^ "Kingsley Amis Goes Pop". TV Pop Diaries. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
  9. ^ Mark Duguid "Armchair Theatre (1956–74)", BFI screenonline
  10. ^ "What the Papers Say in pictures". The Guardian. 29 May 2008. Retrieved 2 April 2022.

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