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List of years in British television (table)
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This is a list of events taking place in 2013 related to British television.

Events

January

Date Event
4 The CBeebies block on BBC Two airs for the last time. The pre-school programming would in future air exclusively on their dedicated channel.
5–6 CITV celebrates its 30th anniversary with an "Old Skool" marathon of archive programming on the weekend.
5 In a poll conducted for the film channel Sky Movies 007 HD, a scene from Goldfinger in which James Bond is strapped to a table while a laser beam begins to cut it in half is voted as the best Bond movie moment.[1][2]
6 BBC One airs the last programme in its astronomy series The Sky at Night to be presented by Sir Patrick Moore, recorded shortly before his death in December 2012. He launched the series in 1957.[3]
7 BBC sports presenter Gabby Logan is appointed Chancellor of Leeds Trinity University.[4]
Anne Wood, creator of Teletubbies criticises the BBC's decision to remove children's programming from its mainstream channels, accusing them of "ghettoising" children's television.[5]
14 ITV1 rebrands back to its original name, ITV, after 12 years, along with the introduction of a new logo on ITV plc-owned channels and online services.[6]
18 After nearly four years, Countdown is filmed at the Granada Studios in Manchester for the last time. Subsequent series are now filmed at MediaCityUK in Salford thus marking the second time that the show has relocated in its 30-year history.
20 The BBC issues an immediate apology after its digital channel CBeebies airs an episode of Tweenies from 2001 in which one of the main characters named Max dresses as Jimmy Savile to present a chart show.[7]
22 Broadcaster Stuart Hall is charged with one account of rape and 14 of indecent assault following a police investigation into historic allegations.[8]
23 Coronation Street, Downton Abbey, This Morning, Strictly Come Dancing and Miranda Hart are among the big winners at the 18th National Television Awards. Joanna Lumley takes home a lifetime achievement accolade.[9]
30 The brother of actress Gemma McCluskie is convicted of her March 2012 murder and jailed for life.[10][11]

February

Date Event
4 More4 launches in high-definition for the first time.
5 Cable television provider Virgin Media announced it is to be acquired by Liberty Global for US$23.3 billion (£15 billion).[12]
8 The BBC Trust approves a twelve-month trial to make some BBC TV content available online through BBC iPlayer ahead of its scheduled television debut.[13]
9 BBC Three celebrates its 10th anniversary.
13 ITV's This Morning apologises after "accidentally" showing a photograph of Kate Middleton in a bikini. The image was used while discussing a recent controversy involving pictures of the Duchess, but should have been blurred out.[14]
14 Former head of BBC News Helen Boaden is appointed Director of BBC Radio by incoming BBC Director-General Tony Hall. She will take up the position from April.[15]
15 ITV drops the actor Michael Le Vell from Coronation Street pending the outcome of legal proceedings after police charge him with 19 child sex offences allegedly committed between 2001 and 2010.[16]
16 Sir Jonathan Ive, Senior Vice-President of Industrial Design for Apple Inc., is presented with Blue Peter's highest accolade, a gold Blue Peter badge in a special edition of the show about gadgets.[17]
18 BBC journalists stage a one-day strike over compulsory redundancies.[18]
25 Telecommunications giant BT, which bought the rights to some Premier League matches in 2012, expands its investment in sports broadcasting with the purchase of ESPN's channels in Britain and Ireland.[19]

March

Date Event
16 The 2013 Comic Relief telethon raises a record £75 million for charity.[20]
17 The final BBC News bulletins are aired from BBC Television Centre before news operations switch to the Broadcasting House in Central London, effective from 18 March.[21]
19 Coronation Street actor William Roache apologises after appearing to suggest victims of paedophiles were being punished for past sins in an interview for New Zealand's One News.[22]
It is reported that Channel 4 will screen a documentary The Murder Trial showing footage of the trial of Nat Fraser, who in 2012 was convicted of the murder of his estranged wife, Arlene.[23]
23 Granada Reports is broadcast from the Granada Studios at Quay Street for the last time.
24 ITV Granada broadcasts from the MediaCityUK studios for the first time.
26 BBC Two launches in high definition for the first time, two and a half years after BBC One did.
Research published by the Archives of Disease in Childhood suggests that five-year-olds who watch more than three hours of television a day are more likely to develop antisocial behaviour than those who do not.[24]
29 BBC journalists stage a twelve-hour strike, disrupting television and radio news programmes.[25]
30 The BBC confirms that David Tennant and Billie Piper will appear in the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special.[26]
31 The BBC Television Centre is closed and all BBC services move to the Broadcasting House.

April

Date Event
1 The cox of the Oxford University rowing team apologises for repeated use of the F-word during the previous day's University Boat Race which aired live on television.[27]
4 Countdown co-presenter Rachel Riley will join the presenting team of Channel 5's The Gadget Show when the series returns in the summer, it is announced.[28]
15 The BBC says that an edition of Panorama filmed secretly on a university study trip to North Korea will be broadcast, despite claims by the London School of Economics that students may have been put in danger.[29]
16 James Harding, former editor of The Times, is named as the new BBC Director of News. He replaces Helen Boaden, who was moved from the job to become Director of Radio.[30]
17 BBC One airs the funeral of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who died on 8 April. The three-hour special is watched by an average 3.2 million viewers, peaking at 4.4 million.[31]
A planned showing of the film Four Lions is cancelled by Film4 in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings in which three people died.[32]
19 Channel 5 pulls two programmes narrated by Rolf Harris from its schedule after reports the presenter was interviewed by police over allegations of sexual offences.[33]
23 Current Director of BBC One, Danny Cohen is appointed Director of BBC Television, taking up the position from 7 May.[34]
25 The BBC is to limit the redundancy packages for its managers to £150,000 following criticism about the amount of severance paid to its executives.[35]

May

Date Event
1 Forthcoming scenes from Coronation Street featuring William Roache will be dropped after he is arrested over historic allegations of rape. ITV says he will not appear again in the soap while investigattions are ongoing.[36]
2 Broadcaster Stuart Hall pleads guilty to 14 charges of sexual assault.[37]
6 A man who died along with his daughter in a speedboat crash off the north Cornish coast on 5 May is named as senior BSkyB executive Nick Milligan.[38]
9 BT announces it will offer their BT Sport channels to its broadband customers for free in a bid to challenge Sky's dominance of the pay-per-view market.[39]
16 The BBC apologises for a Newsnight report about Help for Heroes that falsely suggested the charity was responsible for shortcomings in the care of wounded soldiers.[40]
17 Ian Allen, the creator of children's television series Button Moon wins a claim for damages against a businessman he says copied his designs for tee shirts and mugs.[41]
20 The BBC documentary series Panorama airs unseen footage from the 1989 Hillsborough disaster that casts doubt on medical evidence given at the inquest.[42]
23 BBC political editor Nick Robinson apologises after he quoted a source describing the perpetrators of the previous day's Woolwich attack as "of Muslim appearance". The BBC received 43 complaints after Robinson used the term during the BBC News at Six.[43]
24 The BBC scraps its £98m Digital Media Initiative – a project launched in 2008 to change the way the corporation's staff utilised video and audio material. Director-General Tony Hall says the scheme has "wasted a huge amount of licence fee payers' money", and that an investigation will be held to determine what lessons can be learned from the venture.[44]
The BBC apologises after a floor plan for the 23 May edition of Question Time from Belfast described the Northern Ireland Education Minister John O'Dowd as being from Sinn Féin/IRA. The phrase is a pejorative term used by members of the unionist community, but Sinn Féin maintains it and the IRA are separate organisations.[45][46]
27 Former Crimewatch presenter Nick Ross issues a statement in defence of criticism he received for comments he makes about rape in his forthcoming book, Crime.[47]

June

Date Event
1 The BBC announces that Doctor Who actor Matt Smith will leave his role as the Eleventh Doctor at the end of 2013.[48]
6 In an interview for Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre podcast, actor and comedian Stephen Fry, who has bipolar disorder speaks candidly about an attempted suicide bid while he was filming abroad in 2012.[49]
Coronation Street actor Bill Roache is charged with five historical accounts of indecent assault against four girls during the 1960s.[50]
7 Queen Elizabeth II opens the BBC's rebuilt Broadcasting House, creating a memorable television moment when she appears behind the BBC News channel's on air newsreaders.[51]
8 The series seven finale of Britain's Got Talent is disrupted when a woman runs on stage and throws eggs at the judges. She is later revealed to be a member of one of the performing act's backing group.[52][53]
9 Channel 4 airs an entire commercial break in French to celebrate the launch of its French zombie drama The Returned.[54]
17 BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall is sentenced to 15 months in jail for sexually abusing under age girls, as the BBC issues an "unreserved apology" to his victims.[55]
Ofcom launches an investigation into the broadcasting of footage from the Woolwich attack after receiving about 700 complaints.[56]
Broadcaster Jo Whiley criticises reality shows such as The Voice and Britain's Got Talent, saying the contestants who appear on them are unaware of what they are letting themselves in for.[57]
19 Ofcom is to launch an investigation into BSkyB over the supply of its sports channels to rival broadcasters.[58]

July

Date Event
5 The BBC announces it is suspending production of 3D programming indefinitely, due to a "lack of public appetite" for the technology.[59]
8 Audience figures show Andy Murray's victory in the previous day's Wimbledon Men's Singles final was watched by 17.3 million viewers, making it the most watched programme of the year so far.[60]
9 A special last-minute scene is filmed for inclusion in the day's episode of EastEnders reflecting Andy Murray's Wimbledon victory.[61]
17 Police confirm that a body found at Seaford, East Sussex on 12 July is that of Paul Bhattacharjee, an actor who disappeared on 10 July. Bhattacharjee had appeared in the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale, and EastEnders.[62]
19 An update of Freeview's software leaves owners of Sony DVD recorders unable to access or record Freeview channels through the devices.[63]
21 For the past three consecutive weeks in July 2013, Channel 5 has beaten Channel 4 in terms of daily average share for the week, excluding +1. However, this time since its launch in 1997, Channel 5 (on a 5% share) beat Channel 4 (on a 4.94% share) in terms of daily average share for the week including +1.[64][65]
26 Former BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall has his fifteen month sentence for a series of indecent assaults doubled to 30 months by the Court of Appeal after the Attorney General launched an appeal against the leniency of the original sentence.[66]

August

Date Event
4 Scottish actor Peter Capaldi is unveiled as the Twelfth Doctor in a BBC One special, Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor.[67][68]
7 An advert featuring a team "rescuing" neglected jars of Marmite has received 278 complaints from viewers since it was first shown two days earlier.[69]
12 Paddy Roberts becomes the first male £250,000 winner on Deal or No Deal.[70]
14 Sky News cameraman Mick Deane, 61, is shot dead while covering protests following July's coup d'état in Egypt.[71]
29 Thirty years of Blockbusters.

September

Date Event
5 It is reported that Coronation Street will explore the issue of the right to die when the character Hayley Cropper decides she wants to take her own life after being diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer.[72]
10 Michael Le Vell is cleared of child sex allegations following a trial at Manchester Crown Court.[73]
11 Singer Kylie Minogue will join The Voice as a coach when the series returns in 2014.[74]
18 Sue Barker announces she is stepping down as host of BBC Sports Personality of the Year after 19 years.

October

Date Event
3 ITV celebrates twenty-five years of This Morning, it's original hosts Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan return to present a special live edition from Albert Dock in Liverpool.

November

Date Event
11 Panorama becomes the first ongoing British TV programme to reach and celebrate its 60th anniversary.
23 Doctor Who celebrates its 50th anniversary by airing a special episode.

December

Date Event

Debuts (including scheduled)

BBC

Date Debut Channel
2 January Africa BBC One
4 January The Dumping Ground CBBC
5 January Britain's Brightest BBC One
Richard Hammond's Secret Service BBC One
Animal Antics BBC One[75]
6 January The A to Z of TV Gardening BBC Two
An Drochaid/The Bridge Rising BBC Alba[76]
7 January Fit CBBC
The Polar Bear Family & Me BBC Two
Baby Makers: The Fertility Clinic BBC Four[77]
The Battle for Malta BBC Two[78]
10 January Carved with Love: The Genius of British Woodwork BBC Four
11 January Alba BBC Alba[79]
13 January Blandings BBC One
14 January Father Brown BBC One[80]
Why the Industrial Revolution Happened Here BBC Two
15 January Locomotion: Dan Snow's History of Railways BBC Two
16 January Funny Business BBC Two
17 January Dani's Castle CBBC
Fierce Earth CBBC
Winterwatch Unsprung BBC Two
18 January An Evening with Glen Campbell BBC Four
19 January Who Let the Dogs Out and About? CBBC
22 January Allotment Wars BBC One
23 January Absolute Genius with Dick and Dom CBBC
David Attenborough - The Early Years BBC Red Button
Bob Servant Independent BBC Four
24 January The Genius of Invention BBC Two
25 January An Ode to Burns and Ulster BBC Two[81]
27 January Wonders of Life BBC Two
Bachelor Knight BBC Two[82]
29 January The Mary Berry Story BBC Two
31 January The Planners BBC Two
Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe BBC Two
1 February Monty Don's French Gardens BBC Two
A Concert for Bangladesh Revisited BBC Four[83]
4 February Am Prionnsa Beag/The Little Prince BBC Alba[84]
6 February Brain Doctora BBC Two
12 February The Railway: Keeping Britain On Track BBC Two
15 February The Beatles' Please Please Me: Remaking a Classic BBC Four
16 February How To Be Epic @ Everything CBBC
18 February Britain's Empty Homes Revisited BBC One
City of Culture Film BBC Two Northern Ireland
21 February Beneath the Lab Coat BBC Two
23 February The Black Shield of Falworth BBC Two
24 February Dan Cruickshank's Written in Stone BBC One Northern Ireland
3 March Boxing at the Movies: Kings of the Ring BBC Four
4 March Beat the Pack BBC One
5 March Bluestone 42 BBC Three
11 March Caught Red Handed BBC One
Country Show Cook Off BBC Two
12 March Beyond Time: William Turnbull BBC Four
14 March Lee Nelson's Well Funny People BBC Three
17 March In the Flesh BBC Three
18 March Can Eating Insects Save the World BBC Four
The Challenger BBC Two
23 March Britain's Natural World BBC Four
24 March Driven: The Fastest Woman in the World BBC Two
31 March The Village BBC One
2 April Great British Sewing Bee BBC Two
Crossing England in a Punt: River of Dreams BBC Four
8 April Chefs: Put Your Menu Where You Mouth Is BBC One
29 April Dave Allen: God's Own Comedian BBC Two
30 April Sweat the Small Stuff BBC Three
9 May Dance with the Elements BBC Two
12 May Emeli Sande Live in London BBC Three
13 May The Fall BBC Two
The Chef's Protege BBC Two
Cusile BBC Two
16 May The Dambusters: 70 Years On BBC Two
18 May Ceolraidh BBC Alba
20 May Don't Get Done in the Sun BBC One
21 May The Cleveland Captives: What Really Happened? BBC Three
22 May Enlighten Up! BBC Two
25 May Cannes 2013 BBC News Channel
David Bowie - Five Years BBC Two
27 May Dive WWII: Our Secret History BBC One Northern Ireland
30 May DNN CBBC
1 June Curtain Call BBC Two
4 June The Call Centre BBC Three
16 June The White Queen BBC One
13 July Top of the Lake BBC Two
16 July Family Tree BBC Two
27 July Break the Safe BBC One
3 August I Love My Country BBC One
10 August That Puppet Game Show BBC One
16 August Big School BBC One
November An Adventure in Space and Time BBC Two

ITV

Date Debut Channel
3 January Nursing the Nation ITV
Fake Reaction ITV2
5 January Splash! ITV
6 January Mr Selfridge ITV
The Magaluf Weekender ITV2
11 January Great Night Out ITV
17 January Inside Death Row with Trevor McDonald ITV
22 January Great Houses with Julian Fellowes ITV
31 January The Big Reunion ITV2
13 February From the Heart ITV
18 February Her Majesty's Prison: Aylesbury ITV
27 February Food Glorious Food ITV
Lightfields ITV
4 March Broadchurch ITV
18 March James Nesbitt's Ireland ITV
25 March Plebs ITV2
1 April Cook Me the Money ITV
7 April Off Their Rockers ITV
13 April The Security Men ITV
15 April Rory Bremner's Great British Views ITV
18 April The British Animal Honours ITV
19 April The Ice Cream Girls ITV
20 April Saturday Farm ITV
21 April Country House Sunday ITV
29 April Vicious ITV
The Job Lot ITV
7 May Caroline Quentin's National Parks ITV
9 May Murder on the Home Front ITV
10 May Life of Crime ITV
4 June Animal Heroes ITV
Dirty Britain ITV
5 June Love and Marriage ITV
7 June Britain's Secret Homes ITV
9 June Tipping Point: Lucky Stars ITV
13 June Happy Families ITV
14 June Harbour Lives ITV
18 June Nature's Newborns ITV
25 June Secrets from the Workhouse ITV
29 June Your Face Sounds Familiar ITV
9 July Robson Green: How the North was Built ITV
11 July Married to the Job ITV
17 July Ray Mears' Close Encounters ITV
22 July Take on the Twisters ITV
23 July Hunting the Doorstep Conmen ITV
31 July You Saw them Here First ITV
19 August Star Treatment ITV
22 August Poaching Wars with Tom Hardy ITV
31 August Stepping Out ITV
3 September Aussie Animal Island ITV
Ade in Adland ITV
4 September Big Star's Little Star ITV
5 September Pat & Cabbage ITV
The Guilty ITV
The Big Reunion: On Tour ITV
13 September Gino's Italian Escape ITV
17 September Crazy Beaches ITV2
2 October I Want That Car ITV4
Unknown Breathless ITV
Unknown Country Roads with Christine Bleakley ITV
Unknown James Nesbitt's New Zealand ITV

Channel 4

Date Debut Channel
7 January Face the Clock Channel 4
11 January First Time Farmers Channel 4
15 January Utopia Channel 4
18 February The Common Denominator Channel 4
4 April The Intern Channel 4
6 April Five Minutes to a Fortune Channel 4
10 June Dates Channel 4
Unknown This Is England '90[85] Channel 4

Channel 5

Date Debut Channel
8 July News Talk Live Channel 5

Subscription channels

Date Debut Channel
10 June Ape Man National Geographic Channel
16 June Jo Brand's Great Wall of Comedy Gold
Unknown Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge [86] Sky Atlantic

Channels

New channels

Date Channel
4 February More4 HD
26 March BBC Two HD
28 March Sky Movies Disney
Sky Movies Disney HD
30 April Investigation Discovery +1
TLC
TLC +1
TLC HD
4 June True Drama
8 July Drama
22 July Kix Power
1 August BT Sport 1
BT Sport 1 HD
BT Sport 2
BT Sport 2 HD
13 August TCM +1
Autumn Lifetime[87]

Defunct channels

Date Channel
26 March BBC HD
28 March Disney Cinemagic
Disney Cinemagic +1
Disney Cinemagic HD
30 April Discovery Real Time
Discovery Real Time +1
Discovery Travel & Living
DMAX +2
5 July Blighty
31 July ESPN America
ESPN America HD
ESPN Classic
12 August TCM 2

Rebranding channels

Date Old Name New Name
11 January FX Fox
FX + Fox +
FX HD Fox HD
14 January ITV1 ITV
ITV1 +1 ITV +1
ITV1 HD ITV HD

Changes of network affiliation

Show Moved from Moved to
American Idol ITV2 5*
Birds of a Feather BBC One ITV

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)
Yes, Prime Minister 28 January 1988 BBC Two 15 January 2013 Gold
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway 21 March 2009 ITV 23 February 2013 N/A (Same channel as original)
Catchphrase 19 December 2002 7 April 2013 N/A (Same channel as original)
Coach Trip as Brendan's Magical Mystery Tour 9 March 2012 Channel 4 24 June 2013 N/A (Same channel as original)
Through the Keyhole as Keith Lemon's Through the Keyhole 4 June 2008 ITV 31 August 2013 N/A (Same channel as original)
Birds of a Feather 24 December 1998 BBC One December 2013 ITV

1950s

Programme Date
Panorama (1953–present)
The Sky at Night (1957–present)
Final Score (1958–present)
Blue Peter (1958–present)

1960s

Programme Date
Coronation Street (1960–present)
Points of View (1961–present)
Songs of Praise (1961–present)
University Challenge (1962–1987, 1994–present)
Doctor Who (1963–1989, 1996, 2005–present)
Match of the Day (1964–present)
Top of the Pops (1964–present)
Mr. and Mrs. (1964–1999, 2008–2010, 2012–present)
Gardeners' World (1968–present)

1970s

Programme Date
A Question of Sport (1970–present)
Emmerdale (1972–present)
Mastermind (1972–present)
Newsround (1972–present)
Arena (1975–present)
One Man and His Dog (1976–present)
Top Gear (1977–2001, 2002–present)
Antiques Roadshow (1979–present)
Question Time (1979–present)

1980s

Programme Date
Family Fortunes (1980–1985, 1987–2002, 2006–present)
Children in Need (1980–present)
Thomas & Friends (1984–present)
EastEnders (1985–present)
Comic Relief (1985–present)
Casualty (1986–present)
ChuckleVision (1987–present)
This Morning (1988–present)
Countryfile (1988–present)
Red Dwarf (1988–1999, 2009–present)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989–present)

1990s

Programme Date
Have I Got News for You (1990–present)
MasterChef (1990–2001, 2005–present)
Junior MasterChef (1994, 2010–present)
Room 101 (1994–2007, 2012–present)
Hollyoaks (1995–present)
Soccer AM (1995–present)
Never Mind the Buzzcocks (1996–present)
Silent Witness (1996–present)
Midsomer Murders (1997–present)
Y Clwb Rygbi, Wales (1997–present)
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (1998–present)
Holby City (1999–present)

2000s

Programme Date
2000
Big Brother (2000–present)
Bargain Hunt (2000–present)
BBC Breakfast (2000–present)
Click (2000–present)
Doctors (2000–present)
A Place in the Sun (2000–present)
The Unforgettable (2000–present)
Unreported World (2000–present)
2001
Celebrity Big Brother (2001–present)
BBC South East Today (2001–present)
Football Focus (2001–present)
Rogue Traders (2001–present)
2002
Cash in the Attic (2002–2013)
Escape to the Country (2002–present)
Fifth Gear (2002–present)
Flog It! (2002–present)
Foyle's War (2002–present)
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (2002–present)
In It to Win It (2002–present)
Inside Out (2002–present)
River City (2002–present)
Saturday Kitchen (2002–present)
2003
The Daily Politics (2003–present)
QI (2003–present)
Peep Show (2003–present)
This Week (2003–present)
Celebrity Mastermind (2003–present)
New Tricks (2003–present)
Eggheads (2003–present)
Extraordinary People (2003–present)
Grumpy Old Men (2003–present)
Homes Under the Hammer (2003–present)
Traffic Cops (2003–present)
2004
Doc Martin (2004–present)
Match of the Day 2 (2004–present)
Shameless (2004–2013)
Strictly Come Dancing (2004–present)
The X Factor (2004–present)
60 Minute Makeover (2004–present)
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004–present)
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year (2004–present)
The Culture Show (2004–present)
Football First (2004–present)
The Gadget Show (2004–present)
Live at the Apollo (2004–present)
NewsWatch (2004–present)
New Tricks (2004–present)
SadlerVision (2004–present)
Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two (2004–present)
Who Do You Think You Are? (2004–present)
2005
8 out of 10 Cats (2005–present)
Deal or No Deal (2005–present)
The Andrew Marr Show (2005–present)
The Adventure Show (2005–present)
The Apprentice (2005–present)
Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model (2005–present)
Dragons' Den (2005–present)
The F Word (2005–present)
The Hotel Inspector (2005–present)
The Jeremy Kyle Show (2005–present)
Mock the Week (2005–present)
Springwatch (2005–present)
Ukwia (2005–present)
2006
Dancing on Ice (2006–present)
Waterloo Road (2006–present)
The Album Chart Show (2006–present)
Animal Spies! (2006–present)
The Apprentice: You're Fired! (2006–present)
Banged Up Abroad (2006–present)
Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe (2006–present)
Cricket AM (2006–present)
Dickinson's Real Deal (2006–present)
Don't Get Done, Get Dom (2006–present)
Lewis (2006–2013)
Monkey Life (2006–present)
Not Going Out (2006–present)
The One Show (2006–present)
People & Power (2006–present)
Peschardt's People (2006–present)
Secret Millionaire (2006–present)
The Slammer (2006–present)
2007
Britain's Got Talent (2007–present)
Outnumbered (2007–present)
Skins (2007–2013)
Would I Lie to You? (2007–present)
The Alan Titchmarsh Show (2007–present)
Benidorm (2007–present)
The Big Questions (2007–present)
Don't Tell the Bride (2007–present)
Embarrassing Bodies (2007–present)
Escape from Scorpion Island (2007–present)
The Graham Norton Show (2007–present)
Harry & Paul (2007–present)
Heir Hunters (2007–present)
Helicopter Heroes (2007–present)
Inspector George Gently (2007–present)
An Island Parish (2007–present)
Jeff Randall Live (2007–present)
London Ink (2007–present)
Mary Queen of Shops (2007–present)
Primeval (2007–present)
Rapal (2007–present)
The Real MacKay (2007–present)
Real Rescues (2007–present)
2008
An Là (2008–present)
Argumental (2008–present)
Being Human (2008–2013)
Big & Small (2008–present)
Bizarre ER (2008–present)
CCTV Cities (2008–present)
Celebrity Juice (2008–present)
Chuggington (2008–present)
Country House Rescue (2008–present)
The Hot Desk (2008–present)
House Guest (2008–present)
It Pays to Watch! (2008–present)
Only Connect (2008–present)
Police Interceptors (2008–present)
Rubbernecker (2008–present)
Rude Tube (2008–present)
Seachd Là (2008–present)
Snog Marry Avoid? (2008–present)
Supersize vs Superskinny (2008–present)
Wallander (2008–present)
2009
Miranda (2009–present)
PhoneShop (2009–present)
Pointless (2009–present)
Russell Howard's Good News (2009–present)
The Chase (2009–present)
The Cube (2009–present)
Alan Carr: Chatty Man (2009–present)
Bang Goes the Theory (2009–present)
Cast Offs (2009–present)
Copycats (2009–present)
Countrywise (2009–present)
Cowboy Trap (2009–present)
Fern Britton Meets... (2009–present)
The Football League Show (2009–present)
Four Weddings (2009–present)
Grow Your Own Drugs (2009–present)
Horrible Histories (2009–2013)
I Can Cook (2009–present)
Inside Nature's Giants (2009–present)
Katie (2009–present)
Land Girls (2009–present)
Piers Morgan's Life Stories (2009–present)
Peter Andre: The Next Chapter (2009–present)

2010s

Programme Date
2010
Accused (2010–present)
Dave's One Night Stand (2010–present)
Daybreak (2010–present)
Downton Abbey (2010–present)
The Great British Bake Off (2010–present)
Great British Railway Journeys (2010–present)
Him & Her (2010–2013)
ITV Breakfast (2010–present)
James May's Man Lab (2010–present)
Late Kick Off (2010–present)
A League of Their Own (2010–present)
Little Crackers (2010–present)
Lorraine (2010–present)
Luther (2010–2013)
The Million Pound Drop Live (2010–present)
The Nightshift (2010–present)
The Only Way Is Essex (2010–present)
Pocket tv (2010–present)
Scream! If You Know the Answer (2010–present)
Sherlock (2010–present)
Stand Up for the Week (2010–present)
Strike Back (2010–present)
Sunday Morning Live (2010–present)
Take Me Out (2010–present)
Thorne (2010–present)
The Trip (2010–present)
Turn Back Time – The High Street/ Turn Back Time - The Family (2010–present)
2011
All Over the Place (2011–present)
Four Rooms (2011–present)
Friday Download (2011–present)
Junior Doctors: Your Life in Their Hands (2011–present)
Made in Chelsea (2011–present)
Match of the Day Kickabout (2011–present)
Mad Dogs (2011–present)
Perfection (2011–present)
Red or Black? (2011–2012)
Sadie J (2011–present)
Sam and Mark's Big Friday Wind-Up (2011–present)
The Sparticle Mystery (2011–present)
Scott & Bailey (2011–present)
Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents (2011–present)
Text Santa (2011–present)
The Jonathan Ross Show (2011–present)
Vera (2011–present)
Black Mirror (2011–present)
2012
The Bank Job (2012–present)
Call the Midwife (2012–present)
Prisoners' Wives (2012–present)
Pramface (2012–present)
The Syndicate (2012–present)
Stella (2012–present)
The Exit List (2012–present)
The Voice UK (2012–present)
Line of Duty (2012–present)
Tipping Point (2012–present)
Hebburn (2012–present)
Ripper Street (2012–present)
Help! My Supply Teacher is Magic (2012–present)
Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs (2012–present)
Bad Education (2012–present)
Last Tango in Halifax (2012–present)
2013
The Dumping Ground (2013–present)
Splash! (2013–present)

Ending this year

Date(s) Programme Channel(s) Debut(s)
4 January CBBC on BBC Two BBC Two 1985
11 February Lewis ITV 2006
15 February Great Night Out 2013
21 February Way To Go BBC Three 2013
10 March Being Human 2008
30 March Life's Too Short BBC Two 2011
2 April Heading Out 2013
10 April Anna & Katy Channel 4 2013
28 May Shameless 2004
28 May The Wright Way BBC One 2013
23 July Luther 2010
26 July Horrible Histories CBBC 2009
5 August Skins E4 2007
27 September The IT Crowd Channel 4 2006
Autumn Misfits E4 2009
Autumn Him & Her BBC Three 2010
Winter Cash in the Attic BBC Two 2002

Deaths

Date Name Age Broadcast credibility
1 January Christopher Martin-Jenkins[88] 67 Test Match Special commentator
11 January Robert Kee[89] 93 Writer and broadcaster
15 February Pat Derby[90] 69 British-born American animal trainer for numerous television shows in the United States and animal rights activist
17 February Richard Briers[91] 79 Narrator, Actor, Voice actor (Marriage Lines, Roobarb, The Good Life, Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk, Watership Down, Ever Decreasing Circles, Bob The Builder, Monarch of the Glen)
Derek Batey[92] 84 Television presenter and executive (Mr. and Mrs.)
21 February Raymond Cusick[93] 84 BBC designer (designed the Daleks on Doctor Who)
22 February Bob Godfrey[94] 91 Animator, Director, Narrator, Voice actor (Roobarb, Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk, Henry's Cat)
11 March Tony Gubba[95] 69 Sports commentator (also known for his role as voiceover on Dancing on Ice)
14 March Norman Collier[96] 87 Comedian
16 March Frank Thornton[97] 92 Actor (Last of the Summer Wine, Are You Being Served?)
28 March Richard Griffiths[98] 65 Actor (Pie in the Sky, Harry Potter films)
5 May Nick Milligan[38] 51 BSkyB executive
16 May Paul Shane[99] 72 Actor (Hi-de-Hi!, You Rang, M'Lord?, Oh, Doctor Beeching)
22 May Richard Thorp 81 Actor (Emmerdale)
27 May Bill Pertwee 86 Actor (Dad's Army), Author
24 June Mick Aston 66 Media personality and archeologist (Time Team)
4 July Bernie Nolan[100] 52 Singer and actress (Brookside)
7 July Anna Wing[101] 98 Actress (EastEnders)
12 July Alan Whicker[102] 87 Journalist and broadcaster (Whicker's World)
July Paul Bhattacharjee[62] 53 Actor (EastEnders)
17 July Briony McRoberts[103] 56 Actress (Take the High Road)
19 July Mel Smith[104] 60 Comedian (Alas Smith and Jones, Not the Nine O'Clock News)
27 July Jon Leyne 55 Reporter of BBC News, BBC News (TV channel), BBC World News, Reporters
14 August Mick Deane[71] 61 Sky News cameraman
31 August Sir David Frost[105] 74 Television presenter, journalist, comedian and writer (host of Through the Keyhole, That Was the Week That Was and The Frost Report)
2 September David Jacobs[106] 87 Actor and broadcaster (Top of the Pops, Juke Box Jury, A Song for Europe, Come Dancing)

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