1993 in British television

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This is a list of British television related events from 1993.

Events

January

• 1 January –
  • Carlton Television takes over the weekday ITV franchise based in London at 00:00 GMT replacing Thames Television after 24 years on the air. Meridian Broadcasting takes over the South of England franchise from Television South, Westcountry Television takes over the South West England franchise from Television South West, Good Morning Television takes over the breakfast television franchise from TV-am and Teletext Ltd takes over the teletext franchises from ORACLE.
  • The ITC removes the limit on the value of prizes which can be given away on ITV game shows in the UK (set at £6000 per episode since 1981), paving the way for the big money game shows of the late 1990s and 2000s.
  • Channel 4 becomes an independent statutory corporation.
• 3 January – The Central Television produced Preschool series Tots TV begins on ITV it starts airing in America the next day. its sponsor was Lego Duplo
• 4 January – John Birt succeeds Sir Michael Checkland as Director-General of the BBC.
• 6 January –
  • Animated series The Animals of Farthing Wood which was based on the books by Colin Dann is broadcast on BBC1.
  • Debut of Clive James' acclaimed series Fame in the 20th Century, an eight part BBC1 series in which James examines the nature of 20th century fame using archive footage and commentary. The series concludes on 24 February.
• 8 January –
  • ITV introduces a third weekly episode of The Bill on Friday evenings.
  • ITV debuts its children's comedy programme ZZZap! starring the amazing show you how its done gloves known as the Handymen, Richard Waites as the trouble causing Cuthbert Lilly and the sneaky villain Tricky Dicky and Neil Buchanan as the smartest artist Smart Arty.
• 20 January – BBC2 airs live coverage of the inauguration of Bill Clinton as the 42nd President of the United States.

February

• 6 February – The Casualty episode "Family Matters" sees an early appearance by the actress Kate Winslet.
• 7 February – Having completed its initial run of all 692 episodes of Prisoner: Cell Block H in December 1991, Central Television begins re-running the series from the first episode. It is shown weekly, late on Sunday evenings, until the end of 1994.
• 12–14 February – Channel 4 airs Love Weekend, a series of programmes with sexually explicit content coinciding with Valentine's Day weekend. The weekend includes the British television debut of Last Tango in Paris, which is aired uncut on 14 February. The makers of Tango pay almost £20,00 for a 30-second commercial advertising the soft drink in the film's first ad break.
• 14 February – Sky One debuts Diana: Her True Story, a dramatisation of Andrew Morton's biography of Diana, Princess of Wales. The film features Serena Scott Thomas as the Princess.
• 15 February – BBC2 airs Oprah Winfrey's interview with singer Michael Jackson.
• 24 February – John Nettles makes a cameo appearance as Jim Bergerac in an episode of the BBC1 comedy The Detectives set in Jersey.
• 27 February – "Boiling Point", an episode of the BBC medical drama series Casualty, is met with great controversy and outrage after it depicts rioting youths setting fire to a hospital's accident and emergency department. The Corporation receives over 700 complaints about the violent nature of the episode, despite showing it after the watershed (at 21:00) and warning viewers accordingly. However, the episode achieves viewing figures of 17.02 million – the highest for the show at the time.
• 28 February – BBC1 screens the first in a twelve part adaptation of Peter Mayle's memoir A Year in Provence. The series, starring John Thaw and Lindsay Duncan, concludes on 16 May. Unlike the book, the miniseries is not well received by critics, and in 2006 it is placed at number ten on a Radio Times list of the worst television programmes ever made The writer John Naughton describes it as a "smugathon ... which achieved the near impossible – creating a John Thaw vehicle nobody liked".

March

• 1 March – Screensport and Eurosport merge. Consequently, Screensport closes down. They merge to try to turn two loss making channels into a single profitable channel.
• 5 March – ITV begins airing Doctor Finlay, a continuation series of the original Dr. Finlay's Casebook that aired during the 1960s.
• 6 March – An IRA bomb scare at BBC Television Centre means that the live Saturday night programme Noel's House Party cannot be shown. Instead, after a repeat of the previous year's Noel's Christmas Presents, host Noel Edmonds is forced to introduce a Tom and Jerry cartoon in its place, The Zoot Cat.
• 12 March – BBC1 airs Total Relief, the 1993 Comic Relief telethon.
• 23–24 March – Sky One transmits Episodes 170 and 171 of Australian soap E Street, which features a hard-hitting storyline involving extreme character Sonny Bennett (Richard Huggett), who kills three characters in a car-bomb explosion. Because the series is aired in an early evening timeslot these episodes are preceded by a warning to viewers that they contain scenes that some may find upsetting. The 12.30pm repeat the following day (24 and 25 March) is dropped entirely and replaced by episodes of The Simpsons.
• 26 March – ITV airs "The Final Straw", an episode of The Bill in which Detective Constable Viv Martella (played by Nula Conwell) is killed off when she is shot by a gunman after approaching his car.
• 28 March – The Bluebells' 1984 recording of "Young at Heart" reaches number one in the UK Singles Chart following a re-release after being featured in a Volkswagen Golf commercial. It tops the charts for four weeks.
• 29 March – Central TV becomes the first ITV region to begin screening the New Zealand medical soap opera Shortland Street.

April

• 3 April – The 1993 Grand National is declared void after 30 of the 39 runners begin the race, and carry on despite there having been a false start.
• 4 April – Children's BBC begin to repeat the children's drama series Grange Hill from its first series in 1978, on Sunday mornings on BBC2, as part of the show's 15th anniversary celebrations. These repeats end in 1999 with series 16, Prior to the repeats, Rugrats begins showing on the same date.
• 6 April – BBC1 airs This Is Michael Bolton, a recording of Michael Bolton in concert.
• 13 April – A new look is introduced across all of the BBC's television news bulletins, with a studio that is almost entirely computer-generated and features a cut-glass model of the Corporation's coat of arms.
• 17 April –
  • BBC1 airs the final edition of its Saturday morning magazine programme, Going Live! after six series and 179 editions.
  • Arena presents a new 4 part series "Tales of Rock 'N' Roll" on BBC2 looking at the story of 4 rock songs of how they came about and the history behind them and who and what they involved. Starting with Peggy Sue who was tracked down in Sacramento, California to be found running her own drain-clearing company Rapid Rooter and then to be taken back to Lubbock, Texas to recall how she knew Buddy Holly and how her marriage to drummer Jerry Allison turned out. Heartbreak Hotel where the song came to be written after the 2 songwriters discovered an article about a suicide in a hotel in Miami after reading about it in the Miami Herald. Walk On The Wild Side looks at all the characters that were involved in the song and how Lou Reed used to spend time at Andy Warhol's studio where they all did (Holly Woodlawn & Joe Dallesandro were the only ones still around to tell the tale) and Highway 61 Revisited which looked at Bob Dylan's roots and everything that was connected with U.S. Route 61. The series ran for four weeks on Saturday nights on 17 April, 24 April, 1 May, and 8 May.

May

• 2 May – ITV debut of Jilly Cooper's Riders, after weeks of being trailed as "a sex sizzler".
• 13 May – Peter Dean makes his final appearance as EastEnders market trader Pete Beale. The character goes on the run with an old flame who he had reconnected with, only to discover she was married to a local gangster. Pete is killed off-screen on 16 December after the couple are killed in a car crash.
• 15 May – Ireland's Niamh Kavanagh wins the 1993 Eurovision Song Contest with "In Your Eyes".
• 16 May – Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis and Sylvester Stallone appear as guests on the ITV chat show Aspel & Company. The edition is later censured by the Independent Television Commission because the actors were promoting their joint business venture Planet Hollywood.
• 22 May – Stars in Their Eyes returns with a new presenter. Matthew Kelly takes on the role from Leslie Crowther, who is still recovering from head injuries received in a car crash the previous year.
• 26 May – Noddy's Toyland Adventures begins its Australian television premiere on ABC.
• 27 May – Final showing of the five-part BBC Schools French language adventure series La Marée et ses Secrets (The Tide and its Secrets), which first aired in 1984.

June

• 4 June – When Roy Hattersley fails to appear for that day's edition of Have I Got News for You — the third time he has cancelled at the last minute — he is replaced with a tub of lard (credited as "The Rt. Hon. Tub of Lard MP"), as it is "imbued with much the same qualities and liable to give a similar performance".
• 6 June – The Animals of Farthing Wood makes its television debut in the Republic of Ireland on RTÉ. It still airs on television in this country to this very day.
• 11 June – Fawlty Towers begins its first transmission on Namibian television channel NBC.
• 28 June – Channel 4 airs the last programmes produced for the ITV Schools strand. However, the channel continues to produce its own schools programming for several years afterwards.

July

• 1 July – Two Production companies, Tiger Television and Aspect Film and Television, merge to form Tiger Aspect Productions.
• 4 July – Derek Johns wins the 1993 series of MasterChef.
• 9 July – BBC1 airs the final episode of Eldorado. The soap was axed due to poor ratings.
• 22 July – Three former cable only channels – Discovery, TLC and Bravo – start broadcasting on the Astra satellite, ahead of the launch of the Sky Multichannels package.
• 24 July – The fourth series of ITV's Stars in Their Eyes concludes with the programme's first live Grand Final, enabling viewers to vote for their favourite act. The series is won by Jacquii Cann, performing as Alison Moyet.

August

• 18 August – ITV airs 15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight, Peter Kosminsky's film about a teen, jailed in an adult prison, who took his own life in July 1990.

September

• 1 September – Sky Multichannels launches in the UK. Consequently, many satellite free-to-air channels become pay channels. Three new channels launch – The Family Channel, Nickelodeon UK, and UK Living – and all become part of the Sky Multichannels package.
• 11 September – Sky One moves E Street from its weekday early evening slot to a weekend daytime slot, where it is shown in hour-long episodes on Saturdays from 6.00pm to 7.00pm and Sundays from 1.00pm to 2.00pm. The weekday 6.30pm slot is used to air episodes of Paradise Beach, but E Street is restored to the weekday slot in January 1994 after the move proves to be unpopular.
• 17 September – Cartoon Network and classic movie channel TNT launch in the UK. They share the same transponder with Cartoon Network broadcasting during the day and TNT transmitting during the evening and overnight,
• 21 September – BBC1 airs "A Murderer's Game", an edition of the Crimewatch File series looking at the 1992 hunt for the kidnapper of Birmingham estate agent Stephanie Slater.
• 22 September – BBC1 airs "Hostage", an edition of the Inside Story strand in which Terry Waite speaks about his years of captivity in Beirut.

October

• 1 October – QVC UK launches in the United Kingdom, becoming the UK's first home shopping channel. The channel had originally launched in the United States in 1986.
• 2 October – The Saturday morning magazine programme Live & Kicking debuts on BBC1, presented by Andi Peters, Emma Forbes and John Barrowman. The series follows on from Going Live!, retaining many of the features included in the former show, such as Trevor and Simon and Run the Risk with Shane Richie and Peter Simon, as well as new features like Famous for Five Minutes.
• 19 October – Last on screen appearance of Roly, the EastEnders dog and Queen Vic resident who has been part of the soap since the first episode. Roly is killed off, the episode featuring his demise attracting an audience of 14.8 million viewers. The dog who played Roly died during a heatwave on 2 August 1995.
• 20 October
  • Kirsty Wark debuts as anchor on BBC2's Newsnight.
  • The ITC issues Channel 4 with a formal warning for an episode of the soap Brookside aired on 7 and 8 May, which depicted a wife stabbing her abusive husband to death.
• 21 October – Channel 4 is granted permission by the High Court to show excerpts from Stanley Kubrick's controversial 1971 film A Clockwork Orange as part of its Without Walls series. The film, Forbidden Fruit, is shown on 26 October. Time Warner, distributors of A Clockwork Orange had sought to prevent Channel 4 from showing scenes from the film, which has been banned in the UK since 1973 after Kubrick withdrew it amid concerns it was encouraging violence.

November

• 2 November – Prime Minister John Major announces a review of the 1988 broadcasting ban, telling the House of Commons that broadcasters are stretching it "to the limit and perhaps beyond".
• 7 November – American animated television series based on the popular Sega video games Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog begins on Channel 4 two months after its US television debut.
• 8 November – The first TV advert for an undertaker's is broadcast during an early evening episode of Scottish soap opera Take the High Road on ITV.
• 16 November – Patsy Palmer makes her EastEnders debut as long-running character Bianca Jackson.
• 18 November –
  • Several schoolchildren are killed in a minibus crash on the M40. The incident is carried as the lead story on ITV's News at 5.45 and News at Ten, while the BBC's flagship Nine O'Clock News carries it as the third item, behind the State Opening of Parliament and a piece about the Troubles. The BBC's decision to put the item third attracts strong criticism from other journalists, who question the reasoning behind it, and accuse the BBC of being out of touch.
  • BBC1 debuts Goodnight Sweetheart, a time travelling comedy series starring Nicholas Lyndhurst.
• 20 November – Leslie Crowther makes his first television appearance since his accident on The Royal Variety Performance, appearing alongside Cilla Black.
• 23 November – 30th anniversary of the first broadcast of Doctor Who in the UK.
• 26–27 November – BBC 1 airs the two-part Doctor Who special Dimensions in Time, a crossover with EastEnders. The episode is part of the 1993 Children in Need telethon, and the first Doctor Who episode to be televised since the series ended in December 1989.

December

• 5 December – "Mr Blobby", a novelty song inspired by the Noel's House Party character of the same name tops the UK Singles Chart. After being replaced a week later by Take That's "Babe", the song returns to the top to become the 1993 Christmas number one.
• 9 December – Peter Sissons hosts his last edition of Question Time, having chaired the political debate programme since 1989.
• 18 December – BBC 2 broadcasts the Arena special "Radio Night", an ambitious simulcast with BBC Radio 4.
• 25 December –
  • Christmas Day highlights on BBC1 include Back to the Future: Part III and the network television premiere of Ghost.
  • Channel 4 airs its first "Alternative Christmas message". The broadcast features a contemporary, often controversial celebrity, delivering a message in the manner of The Queen. The first alternative message is delivered by Quentin Crisp.
• 26 December – The Wrong Trousers, the second short film starring Wallace and Gromit, premieres on BBC2.
• 27 December – Channel 4 broadcasts Prince Cinders, a short animated television film based on a book by children's author and illustrator Babette Cole. The film features the voices of well known celebrities such as Dexter Fletcher, Jonathan Ross, Jim Broadbent, Jennifer Saunders and Craig Charles, as well as two original songs performed by singer Miriam Stockley and comedian Lenny Henry.
• 30 December – Episodes of Emmerdale featuring the controversial plane crash storyline begin airing on ITV. The storyline was developed to win higher ratings for the series, which was threatened with cancellation due to low viewing figures. However, although it succeeded in turning around the fortunes of the series, ITV received many complaints about the timing of the story which came shortly after the fifth anniversary of the Lockerbie Disaster.
• 31 December – BBC2 airs the first Hootenanny, an annual New Year's Eve music show hosted by Jools Holland. The show includes performances from Sting, the Gipsy Kings and Sly and Robbie.
• December – The Marcopolo 1 satellite is sold to Sweden's Nordic Satellite AB and renamed Sirius 1.

Debuts

BBC1

• 3 January – Breakfast with Frost (1993–2005)
• 5 January – First Letter First (1993)
• 6 January –
  • / The Animals of Farthing Wood (1993–1995)
  • Fame in the 20th Century (1993)
  • The Adventures of Buzzy Bee and Friends (1993)
  • The Return of the Psammead (1993)
• 10 January – Gallowglass (1993)
• 27 January – The Detectives (1993–1997)
• 15 February – Bonjour la Classe (1993)
• 17 February – Century Falls (1993)
• 9 March – Luv (1993–1994)
• 11 March – Chef! (1993–1996)
• 2 April – The Riff Raff Element (1993–1994)
• 10 April – Westbeach (1993)
• 6 June – Lady Chatterley (1993)
• 7 September –
  • // Tales of the Tooth Fairies (1992)
  • /// Moomin (1990–1991)
• 10 September – The X-Files (1993–2002, 2016–present)
• 18 September – Harry (1993–1995)
• 21 September – The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer (1993–1995)
• 24 September – Philbert Frog (1993)
• 25 September – Marlene Marlowe Investigates (1993–1994)
• 27 September – The Greedysaurus Gang (1993)
• 30 September – The Adventures of Blinky Bill (1994)
• 2 October – Live & Kicking (1993–2001)
• 19 October – Children's Hospital (1993–2003)
• 31 October – Scarlet and Black (1993)
• 9 November – It'll Never Work? (1993–1999)
• 11 November –
  • If You See God, Tell Him (1993)
  • The Boot Street Band (1993)
• 15 November – Mortimer and Arabel (1993–1994)
  • Goodnight Sweetheart (1993–1999)
  • Life in the Freezer (1993)
• 29 November – Doctor Who: Thirty Years in the TARDIS (1993)
• 8 December – / Stark (1993)
• 30 December – Health and Efficiency (1993–1995)
• 31 December – Only an Excuse? (1993–present)

BBC2

• 12 January – Magic Grandad (1993–2009)
• 24 March – Goggle-Eyes (1993)
• 4 April – Rugrats (1991–1995; 1996–2004)
• 4 June – One Foot in the Past (1993–2000)
• 13 July – Far Flung Floyd (1993)
• 22 July – No Stilettos (1993)
• 20 September – Numbertime (1993–2001)
• 23 September – Come Outside (1993–1997)
• 26 September – // Albert the 5th Musketeer (1993)
• 3 November – The Buddha of Suburbia (1993)
• 26 December – The Wrong Trousers (1993)
• 27 December – Shooting Stars (1993–1997, 2002, 2008–2011)

ITV

• 1 January – GMTV (1993–2010)
• 3 January – Tots TV (1993–1998)
• 4 January –
  • ITV News Meridian (1993–present)
  • Harry's Mad (1993–1996)
  • Westcountry Live (1993–2009)
• 5 January –
  • Oasis (1993)
  • Doctor Finlay (1993–1996)
  • Wizadora (1993–1998)
• 7 January – / Where's Wally?: The Animated Series (1991)
• 8 January –
  • ZZZap! (1993–2001)
  • Eye of the Storm (1993)
• 9 January – Tracey Ullman: A Class Act (1993)
• 10 January – Anna Lee (1993–1994)
• 23 January – Saturday Disney (1993–1996)
• 17 February –
  • Mr. Bean in Room 426 (1993)
  • Three Seven Eleven (1993–1994)
• 23 February – The 10 Percenters (1993–1996)
• 5 March – Doctor Finlay (1993–1996)
• 9 March – The Brighton Belles (1993–1994)
• 29 March – Shortland Street (1992–present)
• 7 April – The Lodge (1993)
• 25 April – Seekers (1993)
• 2 May – Riders (1993)
• 5 May – Sharpe (1993–2008)
• 10 May – Peak Practice (1993–2002)
• 21 May – Strange but True? (1993–1997)
• 10 June – Telltale (1993)
• 29 June – Rubbish, King of the Jumble (1993–1994)
• 8 July – Michael Ball (1993–1995)
• 18 August – 15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight (1993)
• 6 September –
  • Dale's Supermarket Sweep (1993–2001, 2007)
  • Sooty & Co. (1993–1998)
• 10 September –
  • The Legends of Treasure Island (1993–1995)
  • Alphabet Castle (1993–1995)
• 22 September –
  • Avenger Penguins (1993–1994)
  • Lose A Million (1993)
• 24 September – Old Bear Stories (1993–1997)
• 27 September – Cracker (1993–1996, 2006)
• 2 November – // Hurricanes (1993–1997)
• 4 November – Wolf It (1993–1996)
• 29 November – A Woman's Guide to Adultery (1993)

Channel 4

• 2 January – Spiff and Hercules (1989)
• 4 January – Lift Off (1992–1995)
• 21 February – Lipstick on Your Collar (1993)
• 27 February – Fourways Farm (1993–1996)
• 12 June – The Legend of White Fang (1992–1994)
• 10 July – Little Dracula (1991–1999)
• 13 July – / The Adventures of T-Rex (1992–1993)
• 25 August – Mr Don & Mr George (1993)
• 24 September – Eurotrash (1993–2004)
• 17 October – / Dog City (1992–1994)
• 31 October – The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 (1990)
• 7 November – Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog (1993)
• 27 December – Prince Cinders (1993)
• 30 December – Jo Brand Through the Cakehole (1993–1996)

Sky One

• January – The Round Table (1992)
• 14 February – / Diana: Her True Story (1993)
• 8 March – Games World (1993–1998)
• August – Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999)
• October – Paradise Beach (1993)
• 31 October – Bloodlines: Murder in the Family (1993)
• 14 November – / The Sands of Time (1992)
• 21 November – JFK: Reckless Youth (1993)
• Unknown –
  • X-Men (1992–1997)
  • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993–1995)

The Family Channel

• 25 December – Family Catchphrase (1993–1994)

Nickelodeon UK

• 1 September –
  • Hey Dude (1989–1991)
  • Nickelodeon Guts (1992–1996)
• Unknown – Rocko's Modern Life (1993–1996)

Cartoon Network UK

• Unknown – Peter Potamus (1964–1966)

The Children's Channel

• Unknown – Super Mario World (1991)

Channels

New channels

Date	Channel
1 September	The Family Channel
	Nickelodeon
	UK Living
17 September	Cartoon Network
	TNT
1 October	QVC

Defunct channels

Date	Channel
31 January	Lifestyle
	Lifestyle Satellite Jukebox
1 March	Screensport

Rebranded channels

Date	Old Name	New Name
1 September	Sky Movies Plus	Sky Movies
Unknown	Super Channel	NBC Super Channel

Television shows

Changes of network affiliation

Shows	Moved from	Moved to
James the Cat	ITV	Nickelodeon
// Wowser		Channel 4
/ Widget	The Children's Channel
Muppet Babies	BBC1 & BBC2	ITV
Wallace and Gromit	Channel 4	BBC1 & BBC2
Eureeka's Castle		Nickelodeon
Quick Draw McGraw	BBC1	Cartoon Network
The Flintstones

Returning this year after a break of one year or longer

• Watch with Mother (1946–1973) (1987, 1989, 1993 VHS Only)
• Celebrity Squares (1975–1979, 1993–1997, 2014–present )

1920s

• BBC Wimbledon (1927–present)

1930s

• BBC Cricket (1939–1999, 2020–2024)

1940s

• Come Dancing (1949–1998)

1950s

• Panorama (1953–present)
• Take Your Pick (1955–1968, 1992–1998)
• What the Papers Say (1956–2008)
• The Sky at Night (1957–present)
• Blue Peter (1958–present)
• Grandstand (1958–2007)

1960s

• Coronation Street (1960–present)
• Songs of Praise (1961–present)
• World in Action (1963–1998)
• Top of the Pops (1964–2006)
• Match of the Day (1964–present)
• Mr. and Mrs. (1964–1999)
• Jackanory (1965–1996, 2006)
• Sportsnight (1965–1997)
• Call My Bluff (1965–2005)
• The Money Programme (1966–2010)

1970s

• Emmerdale (1972–present)
• Newsround (1972–present)
• Last of the Summer Wine (1973–2010)
• That's Life! (1973–1994)
• Wish You Were Here...? (1974–2003)
• Arena (1975–present)
• Jim'll Fix It (1975–1994)
• One Man and His Dog (1976–present)
• Grange Hill (1978–2008)
• The Paul Daniels Magic Show (1979–1994)
• Antiques Roadshow (1979–present)
• Question Time (1979–present)

1980s

• Children in Need (1980–present)
• Timewatch (1982–present)
• Brookside (1982–2003)
• Countdown (1982–present)
• Right to Reply (1982–2001)
• Spitting Image (1984–1996)
• The Bill (1984–2010)
• Channel 4 Racing (1984–2016)
• EastEnders (1985–present)
• The Cook Report (1985–1998)
• Crosswits (1985–1998)
• Telly Addicts (1985–1998)
• Comic Relief (1985–present)
• Beadle's About (1986–1996)
• The Chart Show (1986–1998, 2008–2009)
• Casualty (1986–present)
• Lovejoy (1986–1994)
• Allsorts (1987–1995)
• Going for Gold (1987–1996, 2008–2009)
• The Time, The Place (1987–1996)
• Chain Letters (1987–1997)
• ChuckleVision (1987–2009)
• You Bet! (1988–1997)
• Playdays (1988–1997)
• London's Burning (1988–2002)
• On the Record (1988–2002)
• Fifteen to One (1988–2003, 2013–present)
• This Morning (1988–present)
• Birds of a Feather (1989–1998, 2014–present)
• A Bit of Fry & Laurie (1989–1995)
• Desmond's (1989–1994)
• Bodger & Badger (1989–1999)

1990s

• Waiting for God (1990–1994)
• Mr. Bean (1990–1995)
• The Crystal Maze (1990–1995, 2016–present)
• Keeping Up Appearances (1990–1995)
• Turnabout (1990–1996)
• The Upper Hand (1990–1996)
• Drop the Dead Donkey (1990–1998)
• Stars in Their Eyes (1990–2006)
• Big Break (1991–2002)
• 2point4 Children (1991–1999)
• The House of Eliott (1991–1994)
• The Brittas Empire (1991–1997)
• Bottom (1991–1995)
• Soldier Soldier (1991–1997)
• Noel's House Party (1991–1999)
• GamesMaster (1992–1998)
• Heartbeat (1992–2010)
• Men Behaving Badly (1992–1998)
• The Big Breakfast (1992–2002)
• Absolutely Fabulous (1992–1996, 2001–2004, 2011–2012)
• 999 (1992–2003)

Ending this year

• Blockbusters (1983–1993, 1994–95, 1997, 2000–01, 2012)
• First Tuesday (1983–1993)
• Highway (1983–1993)
• Henry's Cat (1983–1993)
• Busman's Holiday (1985–1993)
• Every Second Counts (1986–1993)
• Going Live! (1987–1993)
• Runway (1987–1993)
• Watching (1987–1993)
• Count Duckula (1988–1993)
• You Rang, M'Lord? (1988–1993)
• I, Lovett (1989–1993)
• Absolutely (1989–1993)
• KYTV (1989–1993)
• Press Gang (1989–1993)
• Rolf's Cartoon Club (1989–1993)
• The $64,000 Question (1990–1993)
• Jeeves and Wooster (1990–1993)
• Uncle Jack (1990–1993)
• Families (1990–1993)
• The Darling Buds of May (1991–1993)
• Spider (1991–1993)
• Spender (1991–1993)
• Eldorado (1992–1993)
• Funnybones (1992–1993)
• Grace & Favour (1992–1993)
• The Good Guys (1992–1993)

Births

• 8 March – Stephanie Davis, actress
• 25 June – Barney Clark, actor
• 23 November – Isabel Hodgins, actress

Deaths

Date	Name	Age	Cinematic Credibility
18 February	Jacqueline Hill	63	actress (Doctor Who)
10 June	Les Dawson	62	comedian
31 August	Stuart Latham	81	television producer (Coronation Street)
20 September	Leonard Parkin	64	newsreader
12 October	Patrick Holt	81	actor
28 November	Kenneth Connor	75	actor ('Allo 'Allo!)

See also

• 1993 in British music
• 1993 in British radio
• 1993 in the United Kingdom
• List of British films of 1993