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This is a list of events taking place in 2022 relating to television in the United Kingdom.

Events

January

Date Event
1 Among those from the world of film and television to be recognised in the 2022 New Year Honours are Joanna Lumley and Vanessa Redgrave, who are given damehoods, Daniel Craig, who is made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, and soap stars William Roache and June Brown, who become OBEs.[1]
BBC One airs The Big New Years & Years Eve Party, which sees Olly Alexander of Years & Years joined by Kylie Minogue and the Pet Shop Boys to see out 2021 and welcome in 2022.[2] London's annual fireworks display is also aired at midnight.[3]
3 Eamonn Holmes joins GB News to co-present their weekday breakfast programme alongside Isabel Webster.[4][5]
4 ITV's Good Morning Britain returns following a Christmas break to protect its staff against the Omicron variant of COVID-19.[6]
6 Deborah Turness, a former editor of ITV News and current CEO of ITN, is appointed the BBC's new CEO of news and current affairs, replacing Fran Unsworth.[7]
A suggestion by Conservative MP Andrew Rosindell that the BBC should be made to reinstate "God Save the Queen" at the end of daily broadcasts wins the backing of ministers after he raises the matter in the House of Commons. BBC One last played the national anthem at the end of broadcasts in 1997, but stopped doing so upon the launch of the BBC News channel when BBC One instead switched to relaying the news channel through the night.[8]
The Apprentice returns to BBC One for its sixteenth series, and for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic.[9]
7 Grange Hill creator Sir Phil Redmond announces plans for a film version of the long-running school drama series that will reflect the realities of the modern day classroom. The film is due for release in 2023.[10]
8 Anne Diamond joins GB News to present their weekend breakfast programme alongside Stephen Dixon.[5][11]
The 1960s adaptation of Georges Simenon's Inspector Jules Maigret stories makes its Talking Pictures TV debut.[12]
Danny Dyer quits EastEnders to accept an offer to appear on a Sky original series. His contract with EastEnders had previously not allowed him to appear on rival networks.[13]
9 Emmerdale actors Isabel Hodgins and Matthew Wolfenden return to filming on the soap following their absence caused by a "race row". The pair were accused of mocking the accent of a mixed-race actress and making an "inappropriate comment".[14]
10 The media regulator Ofcom says it will not launch an inquiry into the ITV series Lorraine following an incorrect statement regarding COVID made on the 6 December 2021 edition of the programme by Dr Hilary Jones, who had said 90% of COVID hospital patients were unvaccinated. The figure equates to intensive care patients rather than general hospital patients, and a statement correcting this error was made two days later.[15]
A new 60-minute discussion-based programme Context is launched. It broadcasts from Mondays to Thursdays on the BBC News Channel and BBC World News and features two guests discussing the day's news.[16]
11 BBC Director-General Tim Davie says a "personal error" led to Alan Dershowitz, the former lawyer of Jeffrey Epstein, being interviewed in December 2021 following the conviction of socialite Ghislaine Maxwell for helping Epstein to groom underage girls.[17]
The new £86.7m exterior set of EastEnders is officially unveiled by the BBC replacing the original set built in 1984 and intended to be used for two years. Scenes from the new set will first be seen from the spring.[18]
12–13 David Tag, Andrea Ali and Lysette Anthony leave their roles as Sylver McQueen, Celeste Faroe and Marnie Nightingale from Hollyoaks respectively, following an explosion at Marnie's cafe, killing the three of them.[19]
13 Emmerdale producers Jane Hudson and Laura Shaw have teased the soaps upcoming 50th anniversary celebrations to air on ITV in October 2022 as "epic". With "mind-blowing stunts" and the possible return of past characters with former cast members reprising their roles.[20]
14 News UK have hired Sky News Political Correspondent Kate McCann to become Political Editor at talkTV.[21]
16 Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries says the next announcement about the television licence fee will be the last, and that the time has come to discuss new ways to fund and sell "great British content".[22][23] The following day she announces that the licence will be frozen at £159 until 2024.[24] At the same time Dorries also confirms that the Welsh-language TV channel S4C will receive an extra £7.5m per year from the licence fee from April 2022.[25]
18 At 5.59am GB News begins a daily broadcast of the national anthem before the start of its live programming.[26]
It is revealed that Shama Amin, a contestant on Series 16 of The Apprentice, has quit the show due to health reasons, describing taking part in the series as "physically demanding".[27]
19 Amazon Prime announces the title of its upcoming Lord of the Rings spin-off series, which is to be called The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.[28]
A spoof video produced by the campaign group Led By Donkeys, and purporting to show Prime Minister Boris Johnson being questioned about the Partygate scandal by characters from Line of Duty, has received 5 million views since being posted on Twitter the previous day.[29][30]
20 Aardman Animations animator and creator of Wallace and Gromit, Nick Park announces that a new untitled television film is in development. The new short is planned for release at Christmas 2024 for the BBC.[31]
24 ITV announces plans for a revised weekday evening schedule that will see the ITV Evening News at 6.30pm extended from 30 to 60 minutes, with greater focus on stories and events outside London. Emmerdale will move from 7pm to 7.30pm on weeknights, while Coronation Street will move from six 30 minute episodes to three 60 minute episodes airing on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8pm rather than 7.30pm and 8.30pm on those days.[32]
26 Regional BBC One HD services launch across Virgin Media platforms in England on channel 101 replacing the SD version meaning viewers can now watch regional news in HD for the first time without having to switch over to the now defunct 108 national HD channel.[33]
A new regional programme for England launches on BBC One. Called We Are England, the programme chooses a subject and produces six editions tailored for six different pan-regional areas of England.[34] The series replaces Inside Out which ended last year.
28 Ofcom launches an investigation into the prolonged outage of subtitles on Channel 4 during 2021.[35]
31 BBC Three controller Fiona Campbell announces plans to launch a new soap opera for the channel.[36]

February

Date Event
1 BBC Three relaunches as a television channel six years after becoming an online service.[37][38][39]
5 It is reported that Channel 5 are considering pulling their funding from Neighbours, an Australian soap opera that the channel co-produce with Fremantle Australia. The lack of funding would result in the soap facing cancellation or looking for alternate funding.[40]
6 Channel 5 confirms reports that it will stop showing Neighbours from August. Australia's Network 10, which airs the series in Australia, says it will seek to find a new UK partner to keep the series on air as Neighbours relies on UK funding for its continued production.[41]
7 Channel 4 announces that in a global first 100% of its on-air team for the 2022 Beijing Paralympics will be disabled. Presenters include Ade Adepitan, Arthur Williams, Billy Monger and Sean Rose.[42]
8 ITV airs the 2022 Brit Awards, the first Brit Awards ceremony to be held without gender-related categories. Adele, who wins several awards on the night, makes a rare live appearance at the ceremony and offers her thoughts on the new nominations categories.[43][44]
Gobstopper TV, production company of Just Tattoo of Us cuts ties with ViacomCBS (now Paramount Global) following an investigation into bullying.[45]
9 Amazon Prime have signed a multi-million pound long-term deal with the Shepperton Studios for exclusive use of new production facilities.[46]
10 Channel 4 announces that new episodes of Hollyoaks will premiere on streaming service All 4 the morning prior to their evening television broadcast.[47]
12 Channel 4 airs the first free-to-air Super League Rugby match (a game between Warrington and Leeds) after signing a two-year deal with the Rugby Football League that will see ten matches broadcast by the channel during 2022.[48]
Natalie Imbruglia wins the third series of The Masked Singer disguised as Panda. Overnight viewing figures show that the final was watched by 7.31 million viewers.
13 The Duchess of Cambridge reads a CBeebies Bedtime Story, making her the latest celebrity to do so. She reads The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark by Jill Tomlinson to mark Children's Mental Health Week.[49]
14 Virgin Media removes all of the standard definition versions of all BBC channels, apart from BBC Parliament as it currently does not broadcast in high definition.[50]
15 A mural commissioned by the BBC to mark the final series of Peaky Blinders appears in Birmingham, and reveals the start date of the series as 27 February.[51]
Singers Bryan McFadden and Keith Duffy lend their support to a campaign to save Neighbours when they raise the subject during an appearance on 5 News.[52]
16 Gemma Collins fronts the Channel 4 documentary Gemma Collins: Self-Harm & Me, based around her history with self-harm and her mental health.[53]
17 Sarah Smith, the recently appointed BBC News North America Editor, has said she feels relieved to have left her job as Scotland Editor after enduring what she describes as years of misogynistic "bile and hatred" while covering Scottish politics.[54]
18 Producers of the BBC's MasterChef announce production of the programme will move to Birmingham from 2024.[55]
As the UK is affected by Storm Eunice, the YouTube channel Big Jet TV, which shows livestreamed footage of aeroplanes landing, receives 5.5 million viewers throughout the day, with a peak of 238,000 at one point; the channel usually receives around 100,000 daily views.[56]
Pre-school cookery show, Big Cook Little Cook announces a return after 16 years (last airing prior to this series in 2006). Ibinabo Jack stars as Big Cook Jen and Courtney Bowman as Little Cook Small in this 50 episode revival previously fronted by Steve Marsh and Dan Wright.[57]
21 The BBC One magazine programme Morning Live moves to studios in Manchester as part of the BBC's drive to produce more content outside London.[58]
GB News presenter Dan Wootton launches The Lockdown Inquiry as part of his Dan Wootton Tonight show in which he looks at the impact of COVID-19 lockdowns in the United Kingdom.[59]
The BBC announces a revision to the broadcast schedules for flagship soaps Doctors and EastEnders. The change, set to take place from 7 March, will include repeats of daytime soap Doctors being shown on BBC Two at 7:00 pm, as well as EastEnders moving to a permanent slot of 7:30 pm on BBC One from Monday to Thursday.[60] The change marks firsts for both soaps, with Doctors receiving its first primetime slot (since a brief trial period in mid-2000) and EastEnders being permanently broadcast on a Wednesday for the first time.[61]
22 Jon Sopel and Emily Maitlis announce they are leaving the BBC to join Global Radio, where they will front a podcast for Global and present a show together on LBC.[62]
Professional dancer Oti Mabuse announces she is leaving Strictly Come Dancing after seven years with the show.[63]
23 Amid the ongoing crisis between Russia and Ukraine the UK government asks the media regulator Ofcom to review RT UK's output.[64]
24 Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, organisers of the Eurovision Song Contest say that Russia will be allowed to participate in the 2022 contest as Eurovision is a "non-political cultural event".[65] However, they reverse this decision a day later by disqualifying Russia, and saying that its inclusion would bring the contest into disrepute "in light of the unprecedented crisis in Ukraine".[66][67]
Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond suspends his talk show on RT UK following Russia's invasion of Ukraine and pressure for him to do so.[68]
25 Roisin and Joe from Glasgow make their Gogglebox debut, becoming the first Scottish family to appear in the series for six years.[69]
27 Peaky Blinders returns for its sixth series, with the opening episode dedicated to the memory of Helen McCrory who played the role of Polly Gray in the series.[70]
28 Ofcom launches 15 separate investigations into RT UK for its coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[71]

March

Date Event
3 RT UK is removed from all broadcast platforms in the UK as part of a Europe-wide crackdown on Russian propaganda.[72][73]
After failing to secure another British broadcaster to finance the series, producers of Neighbours confirm production of the Australian soap will end in the summer.[74]
5 It is reported that Sky News correspondent Stuart Ramsay was shot and wounded by a Russian reconnaissance unit while covering the war in Ukraine on 28 February.[75]
The BBC temporarily suspends its journalists' work in Russia in response to a new law that threatens to imprison anyone deemed to have spread "fake" news about the country's armed forces, but Russian news will continue to be produced from outside Russia.[76] The service is restored three days later on 8 March.[77]
7 Ofcom rules that the BBC made a "significant mistake" in a television news report during which Sarah Smith incorrectly stated that former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond had said he believed his successor, Nicola Sturgeon, should resign. The error was not acknowledged and corrected on air.[78]
BBC Two begins repeating episodes of Doctors at 7:00 pm, while EastEnders moves to its permanent slot of 7:30 pm.[60]
ITV starts airing the ITV Evening News at the extended time of 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm, while Emmerdale spans from 7:30 pm to 8:00 pm and Coronation Street at 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.[79]
S4C announce the appointment of Llinos Griffin-Williams as their first Chief Content Officer and Geraint Evans as Director of Content and Publishing Strategy.[80]
8 Coronation Street production designer Rosie Mullins-Hoyle announces a new exterior extension of its Trafford Wharf set of a new 7.7 acre site. Weatherfield Precinct will be based on 1960s architecture which will include new local shops, a piazza, maisonettes, balconies and a staircase which is due to be completed in six months time.[81]
Channel 4 airs a special episode of soap Hollyoaks in celebration of International Women's Day. The episode opens with a "time hop" to the 1950s to see how the treatment of women has changed, later showcasing the current treatment of women in the 2020s.[82]
9 ITV confirms plans to extend the Coronation Street set to include the Weatherfield Precinct shopping complex. Building work on the project will begin shortly and is expected to last for six months.[83]
10 Sam Ryder is chosen to represent the United Kingdom in the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest with his song "Space Man".[84]
13 The 75th British Academy Film Awards are held in London, the first fully in person ceremony to take place since 2020.[85]
17 The BBC has paid damages to Patrick Jephson, the former private secretary to Diana, Princess of Wales, for the "harm caused to him" over Martin Bashir's 1995 Panorama interview.[86]
18 Ofcom revokes the UK broadcasting licence for Russian state backed news channel Russia Today "with immediate effect" because its parent company is not "fit and proper to hold a UK broadcast licence".[87]
Zoe Ball, Kylie Minogue and Joel Dommett are forced to pull out of the Red Nose Day 2022 event after testing positive for COVID-19.[88] The Red Nose Day broadcast, aired by the BBC, raises £42.7m by the end of the evening.[89]
24 Former BBC chairman Lord Michael Grade is appointed as the next chairman of Ofcom.[90]
Harpreet Kaur wins series 16 of The Apprentice.[91]
27 Regan Gascoigne and Karina Manta win the fourteenth series of Dancing on Ice.[92]
28 Laura Kuenssberg is to replace Andrew Marr as presenter of BBC One's flagship Sunday morning politics show from September.[93]
BBC TV programming is taken off air on terrestrial television in Afghanistan after the Taliban ordered local television channels not to show international content. Affected are the BBC's Pashto, Uzbek and Persian services, which can now only be viewed by Afghans with satellite television.[94]
Professional dancer Aljaž Škorjanec confirms he is leaving Strictly Come Dancing after almost a decade with the show.[95]
29 Medical drama Holby City airs its final episode after 23 years.[96][97]
Concert for Ukraine, a two-hour fundraising event organised by ITV, Livewire Pictures, Global Radio and the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC), takes place in Birmingham.[98] By the end of the evening £11.3million has been raised for the DEC's Ukraine appeal.[99]
Footage of an in-depth television interview Sir Terry Wogan recorded with a BBC South reporter has been unearthed by a BBC archivist. The recording, made in 1980, sees Wogan speak candidly about his life and career. Much of the footage remained unused, but is to be made available through BBC Sounds as part of a documentary marking the 50th anniversary of Wogan's first BBC Radio 2 breakfast show from 1 April, as well as airing on Radio 2.[100][101]
30 Channel 5 reaches the 25th anniversary of its first day on air.[102]
31 The first episode of The Ministry of Offence, a weekly panel show for GB News, is recorded in London.[103]

April

Date Event
4 Newsround celebrates 50 years on air, having been first broadcast on 4 April 1972.[104]
The UK government announces it has decided to go ahead with plans to privatise Channel 4.[105] The decision is criticised by celebrities associated with the channel, including Matt Lucas and Kirstie Allsopp.[106]
BBC Breakfast presenter Dan Walker announces he is leaving the BBC to join Channel 5.[107]
The evening's episode of EastEnders is dedicated to the memory of actress June Brown following her death the previous day. Afterwards, the documentary June Brown: A Walford Legend, which originally aired in 2017, to celebrate Brown's 90th birthday, and her 2011 episode of Who Do You Think You Are?, are aired on BBC One, in a change to the original schedule.[108][109]
7 Following a ruling at Belfast Crown Court, the BBC is to hand over footage collected for Spotlight On The Troubles: A Secret History, its documentary series about the Troubles to police.[110]
8 Richard Osman announces his departure as co-presenter on Pointless to focus more on his writing career, although he will still co-present on Pointless Celebrities on a limited contract before leaving permanently. A selection of guest co-presenters will be featured on both series until a replacement is found. Osman's departure does not affect his other show House of Games.[111][112]
11 The Welsh Government is criticised for spending £32,000 on Unlocked: Covid Stories from Wales, a 10-episode podcast in which First Minister Mark Drakeford defends his record on dealing with the pandemic.[113]
Veteran quiz contestant Alice Walker wins the 2022 series of Mastermind.[114]
12 Newcastle will host the first BBC Comedy Festival, it is confirmed. The festival will take place over three days during May.[115]
ITV News Central presenter Bob Warman announces plans to retire after 50 years of presenting news bulletins for ITV in the Midlands. His last edition of Central News will be on Monday 4 July.[116]
13 The BBC appoints Chris Mason as its new Political Editor, succeeding Laura Kuenssberg.[117]
14 The BBC launches Doctor Who: Redacted on BBC Sounds, the first Doctor Who series to be written by and feature a transgender character.[118]
17 A trailer following Easter Sunday's Doctor Who special reveals that the characters Tegan and Ace will join Jodie Whittaker's Thirteenth Doctor for her final adventure when she leaves the series in the autumn.[119]
18 A study carried out by research company Kantar indicates the rising cost of living in Britain has led to households cancelling their streaming subscriptions, with 1.51 million subscriptions cancelled in the first three months of 2022.[120]
As he prepares to launch his Piers Morgan Uncensored show for TalkTV, Piers Morgan describes his 2021 exit from ITV's Good Morning Britain as "a farce" that "focused everyone's minds" on free speech.[121]
19 At Basildon Crown Court, former EastEnders actress Katie Jarvis (who played Hayley Slater in the series) pleads guilty to racially aggravated harassment and common assault after an incident in Essex in July 2020.[122] She subsequently receives a two year community order.[123]
Britain's Got Talent defends its decision to allow two previously known acts (singer Loren Allred and comedian Axel Blake) through to the semi-finals following criticism from viewers.[124]
ITV airs a special Coronation Street documentary to celebrate William Roache as he reaches his 90th birthday.[125]
20 A proposed update to The Highway Code will allow drivers of self-driving cars to watch television on an inbuilt screen while the vehicle is moving, but they will be required to take back control when prompted to do so.[126]
22 During an edition of the GB News lunchtime discussion programme To the Point and while discussing her experience with scammers, comedian Francine Lewis surprises her fellow panellists by claiming to have recently discovered her husband of 17 years has been having an extramarital affair. Her comments are received positively on social media.[127][128][129]
25 Launch of TalkTV with a limited television output and a daytime schedule mostly simulcast from TalkRadio.[130] The launch night includes the first edition of Piers Morgan Uncensored featuring an appearance by former US President Donald Trump.[131] The launch receives a mixed reception from critics, while overnight viewing figures indicate the first edition of Piers Morgan Uncensored was watched by 317,000 viewers.[132] Audience figures also show talkTV outperforming GB News for the debut edition of Piers Morgan Uncensored (aired at 8pm), but with higher figures for GB News for the night as a whole.[133]
26 BBC Three airs the documentary Tim Westwood: Abuse of Power in which several women allege that DJ Tim Westwood committed sexual misconduct and abused his position in the music industry.[134] Westwood steps down from his Capital Xtra programme the following day "until further notice".[135]
TalkTV have hired Sarah Hewson as their Royal Correspondent.[136]
28 The UK government announces plans to publish a new Broadcasting white paper that will include measures to better protect viewers of streaming services from harmful content. Ofcom will be given the power to rule on new content standards and be given new regulatory powers over online content.[137]
The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall take a tour of the BBC's London headquarters, where they meet journalists.[138]
29 TalkRadio presenter Jeremy Kyle confirms he will present a primetime programme on TalkTV, marking his return to television.[139]
ITV announces that Martin Hancock is returning to Coronation Street, reprising his role as Spider Nugent after 19 years away.[140]
Channel 4 announces that Derry Girls will end with an additional final 45 minute special episode The Agreement set a year later during 1998 and the signing of The Good Friday Agreement.[141]
30 Media reports suggest that Jason Donovan and Kylie Minogue will reprise their Neighbours roles as Scott and Charlene Robinson for the soap's final episode on 1 August, with filming for their scenes having taken place in Melbourne's Vermont South suburb.[142] Their return is subsequently confirmed by the show's executive producer, Jason Herbison.[143]

May

Date Event
1 Lord Michael Grade takes up his role as chairman of Ofcom.[144]
3 Countdown presenter Anne Robinson announces she is to leave the programme in the summer after a year in the role.[145]
Paramount+ have signed a deal with Comcast and Sky to launch in the UK and Ireland on 22 June.[146]
Ratings for Piers Morgan Uncensored have dropped dramatically since its launch night, with viewership so low for at least half of the evening's show that no audience figures are recorded. The following evening's edition has an average of 62,000 viewers, a significant fall from the programme's opening night when 316,000 viewers tuned in.[147]
5 Channel 4 publishes its alternative plans for going forward were it not to be privatised.[148]
Eddie Scott wins the 2022 series of MasterChef.[149]
6 TV chef Dave Myers, who is one half of The Hairy Bikers, has revealed he is taking a break from filming and public appearances while he undergoes chemotherapy following a cancer diagnosis.[150]
7 The BBC confirms it will stage the first Proms concert to be dedicated to video gaming during the 2022 Proms season.[151]
8 Actress and Strictly Come Dancing winner Rose Ayling-Ellis becomes the first celebrity to sign a CBeebies bedtime story by reading Can Bears Ski? by Raymond Antrobus to mark Deaf Awareness Week.[152]
Rwandan-Scottish actor Ncuti Gatwa is named by the BBC as the Fourteenth Doctor, succeeding Jodie Whittaker; he will make his Doctor Who debut in 2023.[153]
9 The Scottish Football Writers' Association apologises after television presenter Eilidh Barbour walked out of a gala dinner in Glasgow along with other guests in protest at an awards speech one guest described as "sexist, racist and homophobic".[154]
11 Channel 5 airs the documentary Madeleine McCann: The Case Against Christian B, which alleges the abductor of Madeleine McCann will escape detection because German police have identified the wrong suspect.[155]
Channel 4 strikes a deal to air 1,000 hours of their shows on YouTube for free.[156]
12 Various media outlets confirm that Warner Bros. Discovery and the BT Group are to form a joint-venture, in-which BT Sport will merge into Discovery's Eurosport division.[157]
14 Health campaigners have criticised UK government plans to postpone legislation to restrict pre-watershed advertising of junk food and 2 for 1 offers in supermarkets for a year because of the cost of living crisis.[158]
Kalush Orchestra, representing Ukraine, wins the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest with their entry, "Stefania". Sam Ryder, representing the United Kingdom, finishes in second place, the best result for the UK since 1998.[159] The contest is watched by an average audience of 9 million, with a peak audience of 10.6 million.[160]
15 David Tennant and Catherine Tate are to return to their Doctor Who roles as the Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble for the show’s 60th anniversary in 2023.[161]
16 Yasmin Finney has been cast in Doctor Who for the 60th anniversary in 2023.[162]
The evening's edition of Piers Morgan Uncensored attracts some media attention after an anonymous guest uses the c-word to describe Morgan during a debate about transgender women in sport.[163]
17 Dan Walker presents his final edition of BBC Breakfast after being with the programme for six years.[164]
18 The High Court rules that the BBC can publish a story about a man it says exploited his status as an MI5 informant to abuse his partner, but the individual cannot be named.[165]
19 Secretary of State for Culture Nadine Dorries has criticised Channel 4 News for not doing itself "any favours" in regard to impartiality, but any suggestion of a vendetta against Channel 4 being the reason for its privatisation is "laughable".[166]
The Sun reports that UKTV are in talks to produce a reboot of The Bill, which could air in 2023.[167]
The previous evening's edition of Piers Morgan Uncensored is reported to have attracted 10,000 viewers, a significant fall on the number who tuned in when the programme was launched on 25 April.[168]
20 Bruno Tonioli announces he is leaving Strictly Come Dancing. His place on the judging panel will be taken by Anton Du Beke.[169]
ITV announce that for the eighth series of Love Island, clothes will be sourced from eBay rather than their previous fashion sponsor I Saw It First, who provided contestants with clothing and accessories. Due to receiving criticism for "encouraging a disposable attitude to fashion", executive producer Mike Spencer said: "we strive to be a more eco-friendly production with more focus on ways in which we can visibly show this on screen".[170]
23 Arqiva have carried out an inspection of 48 transmitting masts following the Bilsdale transmitter fire in August 2021.[171]
BBC weather presenter Carol Kirkwood reveals she is engaged live on air during BBC Breakfast.[172]
24 An edition of Panorama covering the Partygate affair alleges that people crowded together, sat on each other's laps and mocked those anxious about COVID-19 at events held during lockdowns in 2020 and 2021.[173] The programme also alleges that Prime Minister Boris Johnson asked civil servant Sue Gray to scrap her report, although this is denied by Downing Street.[174]
The BBC apologises after a message reading "Manchester United are rubbish" appeared on the BBC News Channel's news ticker during an item about tennis. The incident is attributed to someone who was learning how to operate the news ticker and "writing random things".[175]
26 BBC Director-General Tim Davie announces plans to make annual savings of £500m that will see the content of BBC Four and the CBBC channel moving to an online only service, while BBC Radio 4 Extra will also go online. However, they will continue to be available through television platforms for at least the next three years. The BBC News Channel and BBC World News will also merge to become one news service.[176]
29 To coincide with the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II, BBC One airs Elizabeth: The Unseen Queen, a 75-minute documentary showing private family videos of the Queen as a young girl.[177][178]
31 An inquest into the death of Emmerdale actor Andy Devine concludes he died from "hospital-acquired pneumonia" following a fall.[179]

June

Date Event
1 Among those from the world of television to be recognised in the 2022 Birthday Honours are actor Damian Lewis who becomes a CBE, broadcaster and sports presenter Clare Balding who is made an OBE, and BBC Wales weather presenter Derek Brockway (nicknamed Derek the Weather) who receives a British Empire Medal.[180][181] The former Secretary of State for Culture Maria Miller receives a Damehood.[182]
2 The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall make a guest appearance in an episode of EastEnders when they join residents celebrating the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II.[183]
4 BBC One airs the Platinum Party at the Palace to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II. Acts on the bill include Diana Ross, Queen and Adam Lambert, Duran Duran and Sir Rod Stewart.[184] The concert opens with a pre-recorded sketch of Elizabeth II and Paddington Bear acting together, and both tapping teaspoons on their cups to Queen's "We Will Rock You".[185] Overnight viewing figures indicate the broadcast had an average audience of 11.2 million, with a peak audience of 13.4 million tuning in.[186]
6 TalkTV airs a two-hour special of Piers Morgan Uncensored to cover that day's Conservative Party vote of confidence in the leadership of Boris Johnson.[187]
6–11 Hollyoaks airs a week episodes filmed in Mallorca that feature the death of long-term regular character Luke Morgan (Gary Lucy).[188]
9 Sue Barker announces her retirement from her role as the presenter of the BBC's Wimbledon coverage after the 2022 tournament.[189]
10 BBC Northern Ireland confirms it will not resume live television coverage of the Twelfth of July parade in Belfast.[190]
Neighbours has filmed its final scene after 37 years of production, with former stars including Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan and Guy Pearce returning for the show's finale.[191]
11 The British Soap Awards return to ITV for the first time since 2019.[192]
13 The BBC unveils its new-look news studios which will be used for BBC News at Six, BBC News at Ten and London bulletins. The studio is first seen as Huw Edwards presents the BBC News at Ten.[193]
14 Russia publishes a list of UK journalists and public figures who it has banned from entering Russia in response to sanctions against that country. The list includes journalists working for the BBC, Sky, Channel 4 and Channel 5.[194]
GB News confirms it will air coverage of the Twelfth of July parade from Belfast after the BBC decided not to broadcast the event. Former Northern Ireland First Minister Arlene Foster will present coverage of the parade.[195]
17 The BBC is reported to be in talks with the European Broadcasting Union to potentially host the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest in the UK after an assessment by the EBU concluded it would not be feasible for the contest to take place in Ukraine because of the ongoing conflict there.[196]
20 Ofcom finds Channel 4 in breach of its broadcast licence conditions after subtitles, signing or audio description were absent for several weeks following a fire at a broadcast centre in 2021.[197]
22 Paramount+ launches in the UK and Ireland.[146]
29 Keith Lemon announces that his ITV2 panel show Celebrity Juice has been axed after fourteen years.[198]
30 EastEnders confirms Matthew Morrison is to join the cast as Felix Baker, also known by his stage name Tara Misu, and the soap's first drag queen character.[199]

July

Date Event
1 Channel 5 confirms the hour-long finale of Neighbours will air at 9pm on Friday 29 July.[200]
4 Bob Warman presents his final edition of ITV News Central after 50 years with ITV.[201]
8 The BBC confirms that Jon Kay has been appointed as the new regular BBC Breakfast presenter from Mondays to Wednesdays with immediate effect, while Victoria Derbyshire will become joint lead presenter of Newsnight alongside Kirsty Wark from September.[202]
The BBC confirms that Shane Richie will return to EastEnders to reprise his role as Alfie Moon in the autumn.[203]
10 Sue Barker presents her final Wimbledon coverage after 29 years.
29 Channel 5 airs the final episode of Neighbours.[200]

August

Date Event

September

Date Event

October

Date Event
16 Emmerdale celebrates its 50th anniversary.[20]
18 The BBC celebrates its centenary 100th anniversary across the corporation special programmes will air including a three-part documentary series titled David Dimbleby's BBC: A Very British History, Here's One I Made Earlier celebrating 100 years of children's programming presented by Konnie Huq, and a programme presented by Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse titled The Love Box In Your Living Room that takes a humorous look at the BBC's history.[204]

November

Date Event
2 Channel 4 celebrates its 40th anniversary.[205]

December

Date Event

Debuts

BBC

Date Debut Channel
1 January The Tourist BBC One
This is Joan Collins BBC Two
3 January Four Lives BBC One
4 January Toast of Tinseltown BBC Two
9 January The Green Planet BBC One
10 January Van Gogh – Life and Art BBC Four
11 January Rules of the Game BBC One
24 January Great Coastal Railway Journeys BBC Two
The Nilsen Files
The Responder BBC One
26 January We Are England
1 February Lazy Susan BBC Three
6 February Chloe BBC One
Dodger CBBC
8 February Cheaters BBC One
This Is Going to Hurt
9 February The Fast and the Farmer-ish BBC Three
14 February Rebel Cheer Squad
16 February Gassed Up
1 March Mood
7 March Life and Death in the Warehouse
8 March The Witchfinder BBC Two
21 March Then Barbara Met Alan
18 April Bluey
19 April Life After Life
25 April Peacock BBC Three
15 May Conversations with Friends
7 June Everything I Know About Love BBC One
10 June Avoidance
My Name is Leon[206] BBC Two
13 June Sherwood[207] BBC One
1 July Rex the Runt BBC Three
6 July Stunners BBC Three
17 July The Control Room BBC One
November Marie Antoinette BBC Two
TBC Black Ops BBC One
Porth Purgatory BBC Two Wales
SAS: Rogue Heroes
The Gallows Pole BBC One
Wrecked BBC Three

ITV

Date Debut Channel
2 January Anne ITV
8 January Ant & Dec's Limitless Win
11 January The Secret Life of Our Pets
13 January Martin Clunes: Islands of the Pacific
23 January Trigger Point
7 February No Return
12 February Starstruck
22 February Kate Garraway: Caring for Derek
6 March The Ipcress File
7 March Our House
14 March Holding
17 March Joanna Lumley's Great Cities of the World
28 March Deep Heat ITV2
9 April The 1% Club ITV
16 April Garraway's Good Stuff
Romeo & Duet
17 April Big Zuu's Breakfast Show
The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe
2 May D.I. Ray
12 June Vick Hope's Breakfast Show
17 July Murder in Provence
September Lloyd of the Flies CITV
TBC
Redemption ITV
A Spy Among Friends ITVX
The Confessions of Frannie Langton
Litvinenko
Nolly
Tell Me Everything
Three Little Birds
Without Sin

Channel 4

Date Debut Channel
4 January Davina McCall's Language of Love Channel 4
6 January Screw
31 January The Great Cookbook Challenge
6 February The Curse
7 February 60 Days with the Gypsies
16 February Gemma Collins: Self-Harm & Me
13 March One and Six Zeros
22 March The Simpler Life
1 April Open House: The Great Sex Experiment
3 April Inside The Superbrands
12 April Hullraisers
21 April Chivalry
13 May Let’s Make a Love Scene
15 May The Light In The Hall (Welsh: Y Golau) S4C
23 May Teen Mum Academy E4
26 May Big Boys Channel 4
19 June Suspect
24 June One Question
30 June The Undeclared War
TBC The Birth of Daniel F Harris

Channel 5

Date Debut Channel
6 January Our Great Yorkshire Life Channel 5
31 January The Teacher
1 March The Holiday
5 April Deadline
12 April Compulsion
July Witness No.3

Sky

Date Debut Channel
10 February The Fear Index Sky Atlantic
11 February Little Darlings Sky Kids
14 February The Big Design Challenge Sky Arts
22 April The Rising Sky Max
2 June The Midwich Cuckoos
16 June The Lazarus Project
7 July The Baby Sky Atlantic
October Funny Woman Sky Max
TBC Romantic Getaway Sky Comedy
Then You Run
This England Sky Atlantic

Other channels

Date Debut Channel
27 January Hotel Portofino BritBox
4 February Suspicion Apple TV+
10 February Magpie Murders BritBox
1 March Murder in Provence
28 March Newark, Newark Gold
1 April The Last Bus Netflix
Slow Horses Apple TV+
6 April Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story[208] Netflix
12 April Hard Cell[209]
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? BritBox
15 April Anatomy of a Scandal Netflix
22 April Heartstopper
28 April Ten Percent Amazon Prime
5 May The Dry BritBox
13 May The Essex Serpent Apple TV+
31 May Pistol Disney+ / Star
24 June Man vs. Bee Netflix
13 July Sneakerhead Dave
19 August Bad Sisters Apple TV+
August Perfect Dave
TBC Anansi Boys Amazon Prime
The Devil's Hour
Liaison Apple TV+
Marlow BritBox
Culprits Disney+ / Star
Lockwood & Co Netflix
Flatshare Paramount+
Kensal Town TBC

Channels and streaming services

New channels

Date Channel
1 February BBC Three (relaunch)
31 March MTV 80s
MTV 90s
25 April TalkTV
29 June E4 Extra

New streaming services

Date Channel
11 January Dazzler+
22 June Paramount+
October ITVX

Defunct channels/streaming services

Date Channel
30 March Syfy +1
Pick +1
Sky Cinema Comedy (SD)
Sky Cinema Crime & Thriller (SD)
Sky Cinema Drama & Romance (SD)
31 March MTV Classic
MTV Base
29 June Box Hits
30 June Forces TV

Rebranding channels/streaming services

Date Old name New name
19 January Paramount Network 5Action
28 April IMDb TV Amazon Freevee
30 June CBS Drama RealityXtra
CBS Justice HorrorXtra
Horror Channel Legend

Television programmes

Changes of network affiliation

Programme Moved from Moved to
Bull Fox Sky Witness
NCIS: New Orleans Sky Max
NCIS: Los Angeles Sky One
A Discovery of Witches
Magnum P.I.
The Blacklist
Frayed
Resident Alien
The Flight Attendent
The Simpsons (First run rights) Sky Showcase
Bloods Sky Comedy
Outlander Amazon Prime StarzPlay
This Is Us Disney+
9-1-1: Lone Star Sky Witness
Atlanta Fox
Daredevil Netflix
Jessica Jones
Luke Cage
Iron Fist
The Defenders
The Punisher
RuPaul's Drag Race WOW Presents Plus
Star Trek: Discovery Paramount+
Yellowstone Paramount Network
City On A Hill Sky Atlantic
Flatbush Misdemeanors Sky Comedy
Sanditon ITV BritBox
Toast of London Channel 4 BBC Two
When Calls the Heart Movies 24 Hallmark TV

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)
Celebrity Coach Trip 24 January 2020 E4 3 January 2022 N/A (same channel as original)
The Apprentice 18 December 2019 BBC One 6 January 2022
The John Bishop Show 18 July 2015 8 January 2022 ITV
Derry Girls 9 April 2019 Channel 4 12 April 2022[210] N/A (same channel as original)
Britain's Got Talent 10 October 2020 ITV 16 April 2022
The Andrew Neil Show 11 March 2020 BBC Two 8 May 2022 Channel 4
The Games 25 March 2006 Channel 4 9 May 2022 ITV
Challenge Anneka 6 June 2007 BBC One
ITV 		TBC Channel 5
Doc Martin 13 November 2019 ITV N/A (same channel as original)
Waterloo Road[211] 9 March 2015 BBC One
BBC Three 		BBC One
Ninja Warrior UK 1 June 2019 ITV N/A (same channel as original)
The Big Breakfast 29 March 2002 Channel 4

Continuing television programmes

1920s

Programme Date
BBC Wimbledon (1927–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–present)

1930s

Programme Date
The Boat Race (1938–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–present)
BBC Cricket (1939, 1946–1999, 2020–present)

1950s

Programme Date
Panorama (1953–present)
Crackerjack! (1955–1984, 2020–present)
Eurovision Song Contest (1956–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
University Challenge (1962–1987, 1994–present)
Doctor Who (1963–1989, 1996, 2005–present)
Horizon (1964–present)
Match of the Day
Top of the Pops (1964–2006, 2006–present) (Christmas specials only)
Gardeners' World (1968–present)
A Question of Sport (1968, 1970–2023

1970s

Programme Date
Emmerdale (1972–present)
Mastermind (including Celebrity Mastermind) (1972–1997, 2003–present)
Newsround (1972–present)
Football Focus (1974–present)
Pobol y Cwm (1974–present)
Arena (1975–present)
One Man and His Dog (1976–present)
Top Gear (1977–2001, 2002–present)
Blankety Blank (1979–1990, 1997–2002, 2016, 2020–present)
Antiques Roadshow (1979–present)
Question Time

1980s

Programme Date
Children in Need (1980–present)
See Hear (1981–present)
Countdown (1982–present)
ITV Breakfast (1983–present)
EastEnders (1985–present)
Comic Relief (1988–present)
Catchphrase (1986–2002, 2013–present)
Casualty (1986–present)
Red Dwarf (1988–1999, 2009, 2012–present)
This Morning (1988–present)
Countryfile

1990s

Programme Date
The Crystal Maze (1990–1995, 2016–present)
Have I Got News for You (1990–present)
MasterChef (1990–2001, 2005–present)
ITV News Meridian (1993–present)
Top of the Pops 2 (1994–present)
Hollyoaks (1995–present)
Soccer AM
National Television Awards (1995-2008, 2010–present)
Silent Witness (1996–present)
Midsomer Murders (1997–present)
Teletubbies (1997–2001, 2007–2009, 2015–present)
Y Clwb Rygbi (1997–present)
Cold Feet (1998–2003, 2016–present)
Classic Emmerdale (1998–2004, 2019–present)
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (1998–2014, 2018–present)
Holby City (1999–2022)[97]
Loose Women (1999–present)

2000s

Programme Date
2000
Bargain Hunt (2000–present)
BBC Breakfast
Click
Doctors
A Place in the Sun
Unreported World
2001
BBC South East Today (2001–present)
2002
Escape to the Country (2002–present)
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (2002–2009, 2013–2018, 2020–present)
Most Haunted (2002–2010, 2014–present)
River City (2002–present)
Saturday Kitchen
2003
QI (2003–present)
Eggheads
Homes Under the Hammer
Traffic Cops
2004
Match of the Day 2 (2004–present)
Strictly Come Dancing
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year
The Gadget Show
Live at the Apollo
Newswatch
Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two
Who Do You Think You Are?
2005
8 Out of 10 Cats (2005–present)
Coach Trip (2005–2006, 2009–present)
The Andrew Marr Show (2005–present)
The Adventure Show
Dragons' Den
The Hotel Inspector
Mock the Week
Springwatch
2006
The Apprentice: You're Fired! (2006–present)
Banged Up Abroad
Dancing on Ice (2006–2014, 2018–present)
Dickinson's Real Deal (2006–present)
Horrid Henry
Monkey Life
Not Going Out
The One Show
Peschardt's People
Waterloo Road (2006–2015, 2022–present)
2007
Would I Lie to You? (2007–present)
Don't Tell the Bride
The Graham Norton Show
Shaun the Sheep
2008
An Là (2008–present)
Celebrity Juice
Chuggington
Police Interceptors
Seachd Là
Soccer Aid (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018–present)
2009
Pointless (2009–present)
The Chase
Kate Garraway's Life Stories
Rip Off Britain

2010s

Programme Date
2010
Dinner Date (2010–present)
The Great British Bake Off
Great British Railway Journeys
A League of Their Own
Lorraine
The Only Way Is Essex
Sunday Morning Live
2011
Junior Bake Off (2011–present)
Made in Chelsea
Vera
24 Hours in A&E
Top Boy (2011–2013, 2019, 2022–present)
2012
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (2012–present)
Endeavour
Call the Midwife
Stand Up To Cancer
The Voice UK
Tipping Point
Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs
Claimed and Shamed
2013
The Dumping Ground (2013–present)
Shetland
Two Doors Down (2013, 2016–present)
2014
Agatha Raisin (2014–present)
GPs: Behind Closed Doors
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
Good Morning Britain
Happy Valley (2014, 2016, 2022)
Judge Rinder (2014–present)
Grantchester
2015
Hunted (2015–present)
SAS: Who Dares Wins
Taskmaster
Travel Man
The Last Kingdom (2015–2022)
2016
Bake Off: The Professionals (2016–present)
Celebs Go Dating (2016–present)
Class Dismissed (2016–2017, 2019–present)
The Crown (2016–present)
Got What It Takes?
Marcella
Naked Attraction
Upstart Crow
2017
Ackley Bridge (2017–present)
All Round to Mrs. Brown's
Back
The Good Karma Hospital
The Voice Kids
Impossible
The Playlist
The Repair Shop
Richard Osman's House of Games
Strike
2018
Britannia (2018–present)
Celebs on the Farm
Derry Girls (2018–2022)
A Discovery of Witches
Killing Eve
Mark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema (2018–present)
Peston
Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators
Stath Lets Flats
2019
Almost Never (2019–present)
Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star
The Hit List
Ladhood
Mandy
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
Sex Education
After Life (2019–2022)

2020s

Programme Date
2020
Beat the Chasers (2020–present)
It's Pony
Code 404
Alan Carr's Epic Gameshow
Mystic
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
The Masked Singer
Noughts + Crosses
2021
Bloods (2021–present)
Hope Street
The Masked Dancer

Ending this year

Date(s) Programme Channel(s) Debut(s)
5 January Four Lives BBC One 2022
Anne ITV
14 January After Life Netflix 2019
18 February A Discovery of Witches Sky Max 2018
9 March The Last Kingdom Netflix 2015
29 March Holby City[97] BBC One 1999
3 April Peaky Blinders 2013
10 April Killing Eve BBC Three 2018
9 May The Split BBC One
18 May[212] Derry Girls Channel 4
29 July Neighbours Channel 5 1986
November Doc Martin[213][214] ITV 2004
TBA Celebrity Juice[215] ITV2 2008

Deaths

Date Name Age Broadcast credibility
1 January Gary Burgess[216] 46 Radio and television presenter (ITV Channel Television)
5 January George Rossi[217] 60 Scottish actor (The Bill, Roughnecks, The Singing Detective)
9 January Nicholas Donnelly[218] 83 Actor (Grange Hill, Dixon of Dock Green, Lifeforce)
10 January Gary Waldhorn[219] 78 Actor (The Vicar of Dibley, Brush Strokes)
11 January Jana Bennett[220] 66 Television executive (BBC Worldwide)
14 January Sean Rice[221] 49 Canadian pair skater (Dancing on Ice)
25 January Barry Cryer[222] 86 Writer (The Two Ronnies, Doctor in the House), comedian and actor
27 January Andy Devine[223] 79 Actor (Emmerdale, Queer as Folk)
29 January Leonard Fenton[224] 95 Actor (EastEnders)
Jo Kendall[225] 81 Actress (Emmerdale), comedian and writer
8 February Bamber Gascoigne[226] 87 Television presenter (University Challenge)
9 February Joseph Horovitz[227] 95 Composer (Rumpole of the Bailey) and conductor
13 February Beryl Vertue[228] 90 Television producer (Men Behaving Badly, Sherlock)
16 February Jack Smethurst[229] 89 Actor and comedian (Love Thy Neighbour)
22 February Anna Karen[230] 85 Actress (On the Buses, EastEnders)
24 February Henry Lincoln[231] 92 Writer (Doctor Who) and actor (The Avengers)
1 March Bob Wellings[232] 87 Television presenter and journalist (Nationwide)
2 March John Stahl[233] 68 Actor (Game of Thrones, Take the High Road)
3 March Angela Crow[234] 86 Actress (Coronation Street, Grange Hill, Barney Is My Darling)
4 March Dai Jones[235] 78 Television presenter (Cefn Gwlad)
5 March Lynda Baron[236] 82 Actress (Open All Hours, Come Outside, EastEnders)
6 March Kenneth Ives[237] 87 Actor (Doctor Who) and director (Poldark, Secret Army)
8 March Ron Pember[238] 87 Actor (Only Fools and Horses, Secret Army), stage director and dramatist
17 March Peter Bowles[239] 85 Actor (To the Manor Born, Rumpole of the Bailey, The Irish R.M., Only When I Laugh, Executive Stress)
20 March Ralph Riach[240] 86 Actor (Hamish Macbeth, Lost Empires)
3 April June Brown[241] 95 Actress (EastEnders)
13 April Phoebe Frances Brown[242] 29 Actress
21 April Eric Chappell[243] 88 Television comedy writer, playwright and author (Rising Damp, Home to Roost)
26 April Ann Davies[244] 87 Actress (Doctor Who, EastEnders)
7 May Robin Parkinson[245] 92 Actor ('Allo 'Allo!, Button Moon, Twisted Nerve)
8 May Dennis Waterman[246] 74 Actor (Minder, The Sweeney, Tube Mice, Stay Lucky, On the Up, New Tricks) and singer
15 May Kay Mellor[247] 71 Actress and writer (Children's Ward, Families, Fat Friends)
28 May Patricia Brake[248] 79 Actress (Porridge, The Two Ronnies, Coronation Street)
May
(announced on 28 May) 		Bob Hall[249] Sports reporter (Central News, Soccer Saturday)
4 June David Nicholas[250] 92 Television news editor (ITN News)
11 June Hilary Devey[251][252] 65 Businesswoman (Dragons' Den)
16 June Gordon Peters[253] 95 Actor (Dad's Army, Are You Being Served?, One Foot in the Grave)
24 June Harry Gration[254] 71 Television news presenter (BBC Look North)
26 June Frank Williams[255] 90 Actor (The Army Game, Dad's Army, You Rang, M'Lord?)
27 June Jasmine Burkitt[256] 28 Television personality (Small Teen, Bigger World)
2 July Alain de Cadenet[257] 76 Television presenter (Legends of Motorsport, Victory by Design)
4 July Mona Hammond[258] 91 Actress (EastEnders, Desmonds, Us Girls)

See also

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