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

Events

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January

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February

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  • No events.

March

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April

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  • 7 April – BBC1 airs Three Clear Sundays, a Wednesday Play about the events leading to a man's conviction for capital murder.[3] It is repeated on BBC2 on 16 July.[4]

May

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June

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July

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August

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  • 1 August – Cigarette adverts are banned from British television. Pipe tobacco and cigar adverts will continue until 1991.
  • 6 August – The War Game, a drama-documentary by director Peter Watkins depicting the events of a future nuclear attack on the United Kingdom, is controversially pulled from its planned transmission in BBC1's The Wednesday Play anthology strand. The BBC has been pressured into this move by the British government, which does not want much of the play's content to become public.[5] It is released to cinemas, and wins the 1966 Academy Award for Documentary Feature; the BBC finally screens the play in 1985.

September

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October

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  • 2 October – American science-fiction series Lost in Space debuts on ITV, it is later adapted for the feature film version in 1998 and then again for the revived television series in 2018, after the original series ends in 1968.
  • 4 October
    • 24 Hours premieres on BBC1.
    • Football-based drama serial United! premieres on BBC1.
    • Science-fiction anthology series Out of the Unknown premieres on BBC2.
    • The BBC announces plans to introduce a new service for Asian immigrants starting the following week.[7]
  • 10 October – The BBC Asian service, broadcast on Sunday mornings, launches with a programme called In Logon Se Miliye and at the start of 1966 it is renamed Apma Hi Ghar Samajhiye. Later in the decade it is called Nai Zindagi-Naya Jeevan and in June 1982 it is renamed and relaunched as Asian Magazine.
  • 18 October – The British version of children's stop-motion animation The Magic Roundabout, with narration written and read by Eric Thompson, debuts on BBC1; it continues until 1977.
  • 31 October – BBC2 in the North of England goes on the air.

November

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December

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  • 13 December – The long-running children's storytelling series Jackanory makes its debut on BBC1. It runs until 1996 and is briefly revived in 2006.
  • 20 December – Anglia starts broadcasting on VHF channel 20 from Belmont transmitting station, extending coverage into Lincolnshire, East Riding of Yorkshire and northern parts of Norfolk.
  • 25 December – The episode of Doctor Who broadcast that day, "The Feast of Steven", is a largely self-contained comedic one which concludes with the Doctor breaking the fourth wall to wish viewers a happy Christmas.[8]

Undated

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Debuts

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BBC1

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BBC2

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ITV

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Television shows

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Changes of network affiliation

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Shows Moved from Moved to
Match of the Day BBC2 BBC1

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. ^ "RTÉ Libraries and Archives: preserving a unique record of Irish life". RTÉ.ie. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Not Only.... But Also – – BBC Two England – 9 January 1965 – BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  3. ^ "The Wednesday Play: Three Clear Sundays – BBC One London – 7 April 1965 – BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Encore: Three Clear Sundays – BBC Two England – 16 July 1965 – BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  5. ^ Chapman, James (2006). "The BBC and the Censorship of The War Game". Journal of Contemporary History. 41 (1): 84. doi:10.1177/0022009406058675. S2CID 159498499.
  6. ^ "BBC-2 Comes to Wales – BBC Two England – 12 September 1965 – BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  7. ^ "Immigrants feel at home with BBC". BBC On This Day. 1965-10-04. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
  8. ^ Wright, Mark, ed. (2017). "Galaxy 4, Mission to the Unknown, The Myth Makers and The Daleks' Master Plan". Doctor Who: The Complete History. 6 (47). London: Panini Comics: 110, 133–134, 145. ISSN 2057-6048.
  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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