1965 in British television

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This is a list of British television related events from 1965.

Events

January – The BBC collaborates with Ireland's RTÉ on an historic television broadcast as Irish Taoiseach Seán Lemass and Prime Minister of Northern Ireland Terence O'Neill meet for the first time in Belfast.^[1]
2 January – World of Sport premieres on ITV with Eamonn Andrews as its first presenter.
30 May – A televised tribute to the late British bandleader and impresario Jack Hylton called The Stars Shine for Jack is held in London at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.
1 August – Cigarette adverts are banned from UK television. Pipe tobacco and cigar adverts continue until 1991.
6 August – The War Game, a drama-documentary by director Peter Watkins depicting the events of a fictional nuclear attack on the United Kingdom, is controversially pulled from its planned transmission in BBC1's The Wednesday Play anthology strand. The BBC was pressured into this move by the British government, which did not want much of the play's content to become public. It was eventually released to cinemas, and won the 1966 Academy Award for Documentary Feature. The BBC finally screened the play in 1985.
4 October –
- United! premieres on BBC1.
- The BBC announces plans to introduce a new service for Asian immigrants starting the following week.^[2]
13 November – The word "fuck" is spoken for the first time on British television by the theatre critic Kenneth Tynan.

9 January – Not Only... But Also (1965–1970)
31 March – Going for a Song (1965–1977)
13 April – The Bed-Sit Girl (1965–1966)
7 July – Tomorrow's World (1965–2003)
22 July – Till Death Us Do Part (1965–1975)
2 October – BBC-3 (1965–1966)
4 October – United! (1965–1967)
18 October – The Magic Roundabout (1965–1977)
19 October – The Newcomers (1965–1969)
13 December – Jackanory (1965–1996, 2006)

Shows	Moved from	Moved to
Match of the Day	BBC2	BBC1

Andy Pandy (1950–1970, 2002–2005)
The Good Old Days (1953–1983)
Panorama (1953–present)
Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1955–1967, 1973–1974)
Take Your Pick (1955–1968, 1992–1998)
Double Your Money (1955–1968)
Dixon of Dock Green (1955–1976)
Crackerjack (1955–1984)
Opportunity Knocks (1956–1978, 1987–1990)
This Week (1956–1978, 1986–1992)
Armchair Theatre (1956–1974)^[3]
What the Papers Say (1956–2008)
The Sky at Night (1957–present)
Blue Peter (1958–present)
Grandstand (1958–2007)

The Flintstones (1960–1966)
Coronation Street (1960–present)
The Avengers (1961–1969)
Songs of Praise (1961–present)
Hugh and I (1962–1967)
The Saint (1962–1969)
Z-Cars (1962–1978)
Animal Magic (1962–1983)
Ready Steady Go! (1963–1966)
Doctor Who (1963–1989, 2005–present)
World in Action (1963–1998)
The Likely Lads (1964–1966)
Redcap (1964–1966)
The Wednesday Play (1964–1970)
Mr. and Mrs. (1964–1999, 2008–2010, 2012–present)
Top of the Pops (1964–2006)
Match of the Day (1964–present)
Crossroads (1964–1988, 2001–2003)
Play School (1964–1988)

Rag, Tag and Bobtail (1953–1965)
Picture Book (1955–1965)
Noggin the Nog (1959–1965, 1966–1982)
Sykes and A... (1960–1965)
Compact (1962–1965)
Steptoe and Son (1962–1965, 1970–1974)
The Beat Room (1964–1965)
Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life (1964–1965)

4 January – Julia Ormond, British actress
9 January – Joely Richardson, British actress
14 January – Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, English chef
15 January – James Nesbitt, Northern Irish actor
27 January – Alan Cumming, Scottish actor
22 February – John Leslie, television presenter
26 February – Alison Armitage, English model and actress
11 March – Lawrence Llewelyn-Bowen, British television presenter
22 March – Emma Wray, actress
30 March – Piers Morgan, British tabloid journalist
4 April – Sean Wilson, British actor
21 April – Jacquie Beltrao, sports presenter
27 April – Anna Chancellor, British actress
29 April – Rosie Rowell, actress
3 May – Michael Marshall Smith, novelist, screenwriter and short story writer
17 May –
- Jeremy Vine, British BBC radio and television presenter
- Alice Beer, television presenter.
19 June – Simon O'Brien, television actor and radio presenter
4 July – Jo Whiley, British Radio DJ
8 July – Matthew Wright, journalist and television presenter
6 August – Mark Speight, British television presenter (died 2008)
24 September – Sheryl Gascoigne, television personality
14 October – Steve Coogan, British comedian and actor
15 October – Stephen Tompkinson, British actor
4 November – Shaun Williamson, British actor
10 November – Sean Hughes, comedian
12 November – Eddie Mair, British BBC radio and television presenter
16 November - Mark Benton, actor
21 November – Alexander Siddig, Sudanese-born actor