2011 in British television

none January 2020 April 2014 2011 British television This is a list of events that took place in 2011 related to British television. Events January Date Event1 JanuaryToonattik after six years leaves CITV along with Action Stations!, which closes down after five years of broadcast. New Year's Day also sees the final appearance of The Fluffy Club on Mini CITV.Cable channel Bravo closes down after 25 years of broadcasting with some of its programmes moving over to Sky1. Its sister channel Bravo 2 also closes down.5 JanuaryAvon and Somerset Police ban ITN from attending a press conference convened to give updates on the Joanna Yeates case after a report on the previous day's ITV News criticised their handling of the investigation.Halliday Josh https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/jan/05/itv-news-joanna-yeates-investigation ITV News banned from Joanna Yeates press conference The Guardian Guardian Media Group 5 January 2011 10 February 2012 The ban is subsequently lifted.McAthy Rachel https://www.journalism.co.uk/news/sun-offers--50000-reward-in-joanna-yeates-case/s2/a542204/ Sun offers £50000 reward in Joanna Yeates case Journalism.co.uk 7 January 2011 10 February 2012 2 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220102115406/https://www.journalism.co.uk/news/sun-offers--50000-reward-in-joanna-yeates-case/s2/a542204/ dead6 JanuarySamantha Womack is to leave her role in EastEnders as Ronnie Mitchell over the controversial baby swap plot.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12126454 BBC News Samantha Womack to leave EastEnders BBC 6 January 2011 23 June 20149 JanuaryEastEnders viewers have complained in record numbers about the soap's "hurtful", "unrealistic" and "exploitative" cot death storyline involving the character Ronnie Mitchell. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/how-eastenders-lost-the-plot-over-cot-death-2179755.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/how-eastenders-lost-the-plot-over-cot-death-2179755.html 1 May 2022 subscription live How 'EastEnders' lost the plot over cot death Independent Print Limited The Independent on Sunday Andy McCorkell Andrew Johnson 9 January 2011 5 February 2011 https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2011/jan/09/bbc-the-archers-eastenders The Archers and EastEnders: why are fans making such a fuss? Guardian Media Group The Observer Andrew Anthony 9 January 2011 5 February 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110124021735/http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/jan/09/bbc-the-archers-eastenders 24 January 2011 live 14 JanuaryThe S4C Authority confirms it has closed S4C2 due to budget cuts imposed on it by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport.https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/s4c-2-channel-terminated-welsh-2736141 S4C 2 channel is ‘terminated’, Welsh broadcaster says Tom Bodden 15 January 2011 northwales 26 May 2019David Williamson https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/s4c2-scrapped-in-cuts-1858179 S4C2 scrapped in cuts Trinity Mirror The Western Mail 14 January 2011 26 May 201917 JanuaryBarney Harwood becomes the new Blue Peter presenter taking over from Joel Defries.25 JanuaryReporter Andy Gray is dropped by Sky Sports following sexist comments made by himself and fellow presenter Richard Keys against female official Sian Massey in footage recorded the previous Saturday. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/jan/26/andy-gray-richard-keys Andy Gray sacked but pressure on Sky to remove Richard Keys Guardian Media Group The Guardian Owen Gibson 26 January 2011 5 February 2011 Keys resigns the following day, in support of his colleague. https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/9376139.stm Richard Keys resigns from Sky after sexist remarks BBC BBC Sport 26 January 2011 5 February 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110201183203/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/9376139.stm 1 February 2011 live February Date Event1 FebruaryThe Sky HD swap is introduced giving HD channels more prominence. Sky also sees the launch of brand-new channel Sky Atlantic, and the Living channels are rebranded as Sky Living. Channel One closes down at 6 am, and is replaced on Freeview by Challenge.2 FebruaryJohn Nettles appears in his final ever episode of Midsomer Murders, having starred in a total of 81 episodes since the series was launched in 1997.Wilson Benji https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8299382/John-Nettless-final-case-in-Midsomer-Murders-review.html John Nettles's final case in Midsomer Murders: review Telegraph Media Group The Daily Telegraph 3 February 2011 23 June 2014Laughlin Andrew https://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a301846/midsomer-nettles-farewell-grabs-69m.html#~oI2DkgGHxR9qCd 'Midsomer' Nettles farewell grabs 6.9m Digital Spy 3 February 2011 23 June 2014Former BBC executive Craig Oliver is appointed as Prime Minister David Cameron's Director of Communications. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/feb/02/craig-oliver-andy-coulson-no-10-communications-chief BBC editor Craig Oliver replaces Andy Coulson as No 10 communications chief Guardian Media Group The Guardian Nicholas Watt James Robinson 2 February 2011 5 February 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110203063456/http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/feb/02/craig-oliver-andy-coulson-no-10-communications-chief 3 February 2011 live4 FebruaryThe BBC apologises for remarks about Mexicans made on its Top Gear television programme but defends the original remarks as well. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0204/breaking23.html BBC defends 'Top Gear' joke Irish Times Trust Irish Times 4 February 2011 7 February 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110205125103/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0204/breaking23.html 5 February 2011 live14 FebruaryChannel 5 reverts to its original name after almost a decade.16 FebruaryBBC One airs a special hour-long episode of its daytime soap Doctors to celebrate the series 2000th episode.Daniel Kilkelly https://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s16/doctors/news/a287075/doctors-2000th-episode-plans-revealed.html#~p4WqvIGIZLMxSB 'Doctors' 2,000th episode plans revealed Digital Spy 10 November 2010 21 February 201528 FebruaryThe ban on product placement in television programmes is lifted, allowing advertisers to pay for their goods to be seen on British TV. The first product to be displayed in this regard is a Nescafe coffee machine, which appears on This Morning. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12593061 Product placement ban on British TV lifted BBC BBC News 28 February 2011 28 February 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110228173935/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12593061 28 February 2011 live https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/media/8352449/TV-product-placement-makes-a-typically-English-debut.html# TV product placement makes a typically English debut Telegraph Media Group Daily Telegraph Emma Barnett 28 February 2011 28 February 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110310090111/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/media/8352449/TV-product-placement-makes-a-typically-English-debut.html 10 March 2011 live A year-long trial also begins allowing commercial television channels to show up to 12 minutes of adverts per hour during films and dramas, bringing them into line with soap operas where this is already permitted. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8341764/TV-films-to-be-interrupted-by-12-minutes-of-adverts.html# TV films to be interrupted by 12 minutes of adverts Telegraph Media Group Daily Telegraph Anita Singh 23 February 2011 28 February 2011 March Date Event2 MarchRupert Murdoch's News Corporation agrees to sell Sky News to be in a position to buy BSkyB without a Competition Commission inquiry. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12627703 Rupert Murdoch to sell Sky News for takeover approval BBC BBC News 2 March 2011 2 March 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110303032803/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12627703 3 March 2011 live News Corp receives approval to buy out BSkyB the following day. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12631875 Rupert Murdoch BSkyB takeover gets government go-ahead BBC BBC News 3 March 2011 5 March 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110303102812/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12631875 3 March 2011 live16 MarchColeen Nolan announces her decision to quit ITV daytime panel show Loose Women after over 10 years as a panellist. 19 MarchBBC Three host a major live TV event, Frankenstein's Wedding... Live in Leeds.20 MarchGemma Collins makes her debut in the second series of ITV2 reality television series The Only Way Is Essex.26 MarchBritish terrestrial television premiere of the James Bond film Quantum of Solace on ITV1 starring Daniel Craig. The film previously aired on Sky Movies in 2010.https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/history_bond_on_tv.php3 James Bond on TV – Movies MI6 – The Home of James Bond 007 5 April 2011 26 January 2018 6 November 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201106124333/https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/history_bond_on_tv.php3 dead 27 MarchSam Attwater and dancing partner Brianne Delcourt win the sixth series of Dancing on Ice.http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s101/dancing-on-ice/news/a311358/sam-attwater-wins-dancing-on-ice-2011.html#~oHh9Od2rDj4Xnv Sam Attwater wins 'Dancing On Ice' 2011 Digital Spy 27 March 2011 15 June 201430 March – 13 AprilAnalogue signals are switched off in the Nottingham and Sandy Heath areas. April Date Event4 AprilMagdalen College, Oxford wins the 2010–11 series of University Challenge, beating the University of York 290–85.6 AprilChannel 5 officially announces that it has bought the rights to show former Channel 4 reality series Big Brother from August 2011. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12983426 Big Brother moving to Channel 5 BBC BBC News 6 April 2011 19 April 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110408061023/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12983426 8 April 2011 live6–20 AprilAnalogue signals are switched off in the Bromsgrove, Lark Stoke and Ridge Hill (Central and West) areas.7 AprilTop of the Pops returns to television in its former Thursday evening slot as BBC Four begins airing old episodes from 1976, the point at which the broadcaster's full archive of shows begins.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8415563/Top-of-the-Pops-returns-to-BBC-in-original-time-slot.html Top of the Pops returns to BBC in original time slot Telegraph Media Group The Daily Telegraph 30 March 2011 12 April 201519 AprilHelen Mirren apologises after swearing during an interview on the day's edition of BBC Breakfast.Love Ryan https://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a315433/dame-helen-mirren-apologises-for-bbc-gaffe.html#~oKjoKJwPgPvYsS Dame Helen Mirren apologises for BBC gaffe Digital Spy 19 April 2011 17 July 201427 AprilTim Anderson wins the 2011 series of MasterChef.Vicky Frost https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2011/apr/27/masterchef-winner-delivers-culinary-explosion MasterChef winner delivers an unrivalled 'culinary explosion' Guardian Media Group The Guardian 27 April 2011 25 April 201529 AprilThe royal wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton shown on BBC One and ITV. Audiences of around 24.5 million watch in the UK alone. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13248199 Royal wedding watched by 24.5 million on terrestrial TV BBC BBC News 30 April 2011 6 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110506070152/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13248199 6 May 2011 live May Date Event1 MayBrenda Blethyn makes her debut in the ITV crime drama Vera as DCI Vera Stanhope. 11 – 25 MayAnalogue signals are switched off in the Darvel and Rosneath (HP and VP) areas.5 MayIt is confirmed that Simon Cowell and Cheryl Cole will leave their positions as judges on The X Factor to concentrate on the American version of the programme.http://xfactor.itv.com/2010/news/article/read_cheryl-cole-joins-the-x-factor-usa_item_101017.htm Cheryl Cole joins The X Factor USA The X Factor itv.com 5 May 2011 15 May 2011 Cole is later dropped from the US version of the series. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-13675314 X Factor confirms Cheryl Cole is not a judge in US show BBC BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat 6 June 2011 23 March 201212 MayITV axes the Scottish police drama Taggart after 28 years, citing poor viewing figures in other parts of the UK. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-13374238 Taggart police drama axed by ITV BBC BBC Scotland News Jamie McIvor 12 May 2011 15 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110513062542/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-13374238 13 May 2011 liveDennis Tanner, played by Philip Lowrie, returns to Coronation Street, having last appeared in 1968. His break of 43 years is the longest of any actor in the soap's history.Mulkern Patrick http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2011-05-12/coronation-streets-original-badboy-returns Coronation Street's original badboy returns Radio Times 12 May 2011 23 June 201414 MayAzerbaijan's Ell & Nikki win the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest (staged in Düsseldorf) with "Running Scared".Dannii Minogue announces she will not be appearing on the next series of The X Factor.Daniel Sperling https://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s103/the-x-factor/news/a319547/dannii-minogue-quits-the-x-factor.html Dannii Minogue quits 'The X Factor' Digital Spy 14 May 2011 23 March 201219 MayA special edition of the BBC's political debate programme Question Time is recorded at Wormwood Scrubbs Prison in London. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/may/20/question-time-tv-ratings Ken Clarke detains 3 million on Question Time Guardian Media Group The Guardian Ben Dowell 20 May 2011 21 May 2011BBC World News America presenter Matt Frei is recruited by Channel 4 News to become their Washington correspondent, while Newsnight correspondent Jackie Long will become Channel 4 Newss social affairs editor. Cathy Newman will become the first new presenter to join the in-studio team at Channel 4 for 13 years.Jason Deans James Plunkett https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/may/19/matt-frei-channel-4 BBC's Matt Frei joins Channel 4 News Guardian Media Group The Guardian 19 May 2011 15 March 201424 MayBroadcast magazine reports that ITV is preparing to launch a new investigative series titled Exposure, thirteen years after it axed the award-winning World in Action.Kanter Jake https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/itv-to-launch-investigative-journalism-strand/5028043.article ITV to launch investigative journalism strand Broadcast 24 May 2011 1 May 201525 MayIt is announced that Jeff Stelling is to leave Countdown after two years to concentrate on Sky Sports.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13538749 Countdown host Jeff Stelling to leave show BBC News BBC 25 May 2011 1 May 201530 MayAfter six and a half years, Emmerdale sees a new sequence to the opening titles of the series, with a new theme music, with new generic shots alongside a Range Rover driving through the woods, cuts sideways to a woman stroking a man's leg with her foot: a couple running upstairs in Home Farm, a dog in The Dingles' living room; then finally finishing on a new CGI image of the village, angled at Main Street which ends with the new logo fading on to the screen.ITV confirms that Gary Barlow, Tulisa Contostavlos and Kelly Rowland will join Louis Walsh as judges for series 8 of The X Factor.https://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s103/the-x-factor/news/a322195/tulisa-kelly-rowland-confirmed-for-x-factor.html Tulisa, Kelly Rowland confirmed for 'X Factor' Fletcher Alex 30 May 2011 Digital Spy Hachette Filipacchi UK 23 March 2012 London June Date Event1–15 JuneAnalogue signals are switched off in the Craigkelly area.4 JuneScottish singer Jai McDowall wins the fifth series of Britain's Got Talent.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13657454 BBC News Britain's Got Talent: Jai McDowall beats Ronan Parke BBC 5 June 2011 15 June 20146 JuneThe BBC announces that the national variations of BBC One Northern Ireland, BBC One Scotland and BBC One Wales will become available in high definition in 2012.https://downloads.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/reports/pdf/workplan_0611.pdf BBC Executive priorities and summary workplan for 2011/12 11 PDF BBC Online 6 June 2011 4 January 2012ITV children's gadget show Cool Stuff Collective is criticised by Ofcom for "product placement" over the way featured items are reviewed by the programme.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13666547 BBC News ITV children's show breaches product placement rules BBC 6 June 2011 17 May 2013The Sun reports that the BBC's So You Think You Can Dance will not return for a third series.Love Ryan https://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s113/so-you-think-you-can-dance/news/a323322/so-you-think-you-can-dance-axed-by-bbc.html#~p9RoYIr3JXcUrv 'So You Think You Can Dance' axed by BBC? Digital Spy 6 June 2011 14 April 20159 JuneMandy Salter will be returning to EastEnders as Nicola Stapleton is set to reprise the role for the first time since 1994.11 JuneMatt Flint wins series two of So You Think You Can Dance.Sperling Daniel https://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s113/so-you-think-you-can-dance/news/a324411/matt-flint-wins-so-you-think-you-can-dance.html Matt Flint wins 'So You Think You Can Dance' Digital Spy 11 June 2011 14 April 201513 JuneBBC Two airs the controversial documentary Choosing to Die, a film presented by Terry Pratchett which examines the topic of assisted suicide.Gee Catherine https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8573428/Terry-Pratchett-Choosing-to-Die-BBC-Two-review.html Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die, BBC Two, review Telegraph Media Group The Daily Telegraph 13 June 2011 19 July 2014The BBC announces that its landmark Television Centre is up for sale.BBC Television Centre up for sale https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13746250 3 August 201717 JuneViewers of the BBC News Channel claim to have been distracted when newsreaders Martine Croxall and Carrie Gracie appear on screen to read the morning's news wearing similar outfits that are an identical colour.Westcott Sarah https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/253477/BBC-blunder-as-female-presenters-wear-similar-outfits BBC blunder as female presenters wear similar outfits Daily Express Express Newspapers Limited 18 June 2011 19 July 201422 JuneThe last analogue television services are switched off in Scotland, making it the second part of the UK to have a fully digital service.ITV recruits BBC political correspondent Laura Kuenssberg to be its new business editor. She will take up the role from September, and will also front editions of the Tonight programme.Jason Deans https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/jun/22/bbc-laura-kuenssberg-to-join-itv BBC's Laura Kuenssberg to join ITV Guardian Media Group The Guardian 22 June 2011 19 March 201430 JuneITV confirms that Coronation Street will return to its traditional 19:30 timeslot on a Wednesday evening from September 2012.https://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s3/coronation-street/news/a327711/coronation-street-moves-back-to-wednesday-nights.html 'Coronation Street' moves back to Wednesday nights Digital Spy 30 June 2011 31 May 2013 July Date Event6–20 JulyAnalogue signals are switched off in the Sudbury area.8 JulyThe BBC announces that Pam St. Clement is to leave EastEnders after 25 years.10 JulyITV confirms it has sacked daytime presenters Kate Thornton and Zoe Tyler in a bid to boost flagging ratings for daytime show Loose Women.13 JulyRupert Murdoch announces that News Corporation is withdrawing its proposal to take full control of the subscription television broadcaster BSkyB due to concerns over the phone hacking scandal.17 JulyInventor Tom Pellereau wins the seventh series of The Apprentice, and a £250,000 investment from Lord Sugar, who will become his business partner in exchange for the investment.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14178436 BBC News Lord Sugar chooses Tom Pellereau as Apprentice BBC 17 July 2011 5 May 2014JulyUKTV does a deal with BSkyB to provide on-demand content available to Sky customers via Sky Anytime. August Date Event2 AugustReally launches on Freeview.http://uktv.co.uk/network/item/aid/645227 UKTV secures free to air slot for Really, its cutting edge lifestyle channel UKTV 14 June 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110618023550/http://uktv.co.uk/network/item/aid/645227 18 June 2011 dmy-all3 AugustITV News hires former BBC and 5 News presenter Natasha Kaplinsky to cover for Nina Hossain while the latter is on maternity leave. She will present on London Tonight and national bulletins.Mark Sweney https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/aug/03/natasha-kaplinsky-takes-itv-news-role Natasha Kaplinsky takes ITV news anchor role Guardian Media Group The Guardian 3 August 2010 2 April 20143–17 AugustAnalogue signals are switched off in the Belmont and Olivers Mount areas.10–24 AugustAnalogue signals are switched off in the Chesterfield and Sheffield areas.11 AugustBBC One airs a special edition of the political discussion show Question Time following the recent outbreak of rioting. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/aug/12/question-time-riots-special Question Time riots special draws 3.6m viewers Guardian Media Group The Guardian Ben Dowell 12 August 2011 16 August 201115 August Virgin Media agrees to sell its 50% stake in UKTV to Scripps Networks for £339m.https://www.ft.com/content/04a841ee-c729-11e0-a9ef-00144feabdc0 Virgin Media sells £239m stake in UKTV Financial Times 15 August 201116 AugustBBC Magazines agrees a £12m deal to sell the Radio Times – together with ten other titles – to Exponent, owner of thetrainline.com. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14548951 BBC sells Radio Times as part of £121m sell-off BBC BBC News 16 August 2011 16 August 201117–31 AugustAnalogue signals are switched off in the Waltham area.18 AugustCelebrity Big Brother 2011 launches on Channel 5 marking the first series of Celebrity Big Brother to air on the channel.The BBC airs a special edition of its Crimewatch programme aimed at identifying people involved in the 2011 England riots. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8709138/London-riots-CCTV-shows-thugs-blasting-man-defending-shop-with-fire-extinguisher.html London riots: CCTV shows thugs blasting man defending shop with fire extinguisher Telegraph Media Group The Telegraph Andrew Hough London 18 August 2011 19 August 2011 https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/9205324.Police_release_shocking_fire_extinguisher_attack_footage/ Police release shocking fire extinguisher attack footage from Battersea riots Guardian Media Group The Guardian 19 August 2011 19 August 201125 AugustTeesside comedian Patrick Monahan wins the live final of ITV's Show Me the Funny, in which stand-up comedians competed to win £100,000, a 12-date nationwide tour and a DVD release.BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14678380 Patrick Monahan wins Show Me The Funny BBC News 26 August 2014 20 November 201426 AugustChannel 4 airs its last episode of Friends, "The One Where Paul's the Man" after 16 years. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/the-one-where-channel-4-finally-stops-showing-repeats-of-friends-2344677.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/the-one-where-channel-4-finally-stops-showing-repeats-of-friends-2344677.html 1 May 2022 subscription The one where Channel 4 finally stops showing repeats of Friends Independent Print Limited The Independent Will Dean 27 August 2011 27 August 2011 September Date Event4 SeptemberE4 airs its last episode of Friends, The Last One after 16 years. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14761922 Friends' end ushers in new comedy on E4 BBC BBC News 2 September 2011 5 September 20117–21 SeptemberAnalogue signals are switched off in the Fenton, Sutton Coldfield and Emley Moor areas.8 SeptemberPaddy Doherty wins Celebrity Big Brother 2011 and becomes Channel 5's first Celebrity Big Brother winner.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14834856 BBC News Gypsy Wedding star Paddy Doherty wins Celebrity Big Brother BBC 9 September 2011 25 April 20149 SeptemberBig Brother 2011 launches on Channel 5 marking the first series of Big Brother to air on the channel.9 September – 23 OctoberITV airs coverage of the 2011 Rugby World Cup from New Zealand.14 SeptemberCartoon Network launches in HD.26 SeptemberJade Thompson wins Cycle 7 of Britain & Ireland's Next Top Model (formerly Britain's Next Top Model).27 SeptemberLabour Party leader Ed Miliband's keynote conference speech is blacked out for five-minute after all media communications are lost by a power outage at the conference centre. https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2011/09/27/labour-leader-ed-miliband-s-keynote-speech-attacks-tories-and-promises-new-bargain-despite-broadcast-black-out-from-liverpool-100252-29495983/ Labour leader Ed Miliband's keynote speech attacks Tories and promises 'new bargain' despite broadcast black-out from Liverpool Trinity Mirror Liverpool Echo 27 September 2011 30 September 2011 October Date Event4 OctoberJoanne Wheatley wins the second series of The Great British Bake Off.6 OctoberBBC Director General Mark Thompson announces that BBC HD will close to be replaced by a high definition simulcast of BBC Two. This BBC Two HD will work much the same way as BBC One HD.BBC set to cut 2,000 jobs by 2017 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15165926 4 January 2012 BBC News 6 October 2011 This move allows the corporation to save £2.1 million, used to count towards their budget deficit following the freezing of the license fee and the additional financial responsibility of addition services.BBC cuts at a glance https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15186116 4 January 2012 BBC News 6 October 201114 OctoberCBeebies airs the final re-run of Numberjacks series 1. Re-runs of the second series continue until 2015.15 OctoberHelen Flanagan, who plays Rosie Webster in Coronation Street, announces she is leaving the series after twelve years. She will film her final scenes at Christmas and be seen on screen until February 2012.Kilkelly Daniel 'Coronation Street' star Helen Flanagan confirms soap exit https://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s3/coronation-street/news/a345779/coronation-street-star-helen-flanagan-confirms-soap-exit.html Digital Spy Hearst Magazines UK 15 October 2011 15 October 201118 OctoberITV plc buys the Channel Islands franchise Channel Television from the Yattendon Group plc.Tara Conlan Mark Sweney https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/oct/18/itv-plc-buys-channel-television ITV plc buys Channel Television Guardian Media Group The Guardian 18 October 2011 6 June 201422 OctoberRugby player Phil Vickery wins the 2011 series of Celebrity MasterChef.Sperling Daniel https://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s127/masterchef/news/a346981/celebrity-masterchef-winner-announced.html#~paUhtquVZlTI5w 'Celebrity MasterChef' winner announced – MasterChef News Digital Spy 22 October 2011 25 April 201510, 12 OctoberHigh definition versions of Dave (10/10) and Watch (12/10) are launched by UKTV.31 OctoberChannel 4 air the first episode of Top Boy, a four-part British crime drama series, written by Ronan Bennett and starring UK rappers Ashley Walters and Kano, about gang culture and drug dealing on a council estate in Hackney, East London. The series premiere is watched by 1.1 million viewers. November Date Event4 NovemberJill Evans, a Welsh MEP is fined £575 after refusing to pay her TV licence fee in protest over changes to the Welsh-language channel S4C. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-15593559 MEP Jill Evans fined for TV licence protest over S4C BBC BBC News 4 November 2011 5 November 20118 NovemberITN confirms it has secured a five-year contract to resume production of 5 News from early 2012. The broadcaster lost the programme to Sky News in 2005. Part of the new deal will see the 7:00 pm bulletin move to an earlier 6:30 pm timeslot.https://www.digitalspy.co.uk/media/news/a349773/channel-5-axes-ok-tv-after-itn-news-deal.html Channel 5 axes 'OK! TV' after ITN news deal – Media News Digital Spy 8 November 2011 23 January 20129–23 NovemberAnalogue signals are switched off from the Tacolneston transmitting station in Norfolk.11 NovemberAaron Allard-Morgan wins Big Brother 2011 and becomes Channel 5's first Big Brother winner.Mark Sweney https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/nov/14/big-brother-live-final Big Brother live final opens its door to 2m Guardian Media Group The Guardian 14 November 2011 2 April 201413 NovemberTV bosses are forced to apologise after the results of a phone vote for the previous evening's The X Factor appeared online before the lines had closed. The episode was also delayed for fifteen minutes by a technical glitch.http://news.sky.com/home/showbiz-news/article/16109309 Amelia Lily Replaces Frankie Cocozza on X Factor Amid Twitter Claims Of 'Fix' In Phone Voting Sky News British Sky Broadcasting 13 November 2011 13 November 201114 NovemberCoronation Street becomes the first prime time British television programme to use product placement after signing a deal with Nationwide Building Society. A Nationwide cash machine is seen in the episode. http://news.sky.com/home/business/article/16109619 Coronation Street Uses Product Placement Skynews.com Sky News 14 November 2011 14 November 201116 NovemberNick Hewer, one of Alan Sugar's advisers on The Apprentice is revealed as the latest host of Countdown. He takes over from outgoing presenter Jeff Stelling from January 2012. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15757855 Apprentice star Nick Hewer to host Countdown BBC BBC News 16 November 2011 16 November 201119 NovemberAttorney General Dominic Grieve QC seeks leave to prosecute Sky News for contempt of court over its reporting of the kidnapping of Paul and Rachel Chandler in the Seychelles after the channel allegedly breached an injunction preventing the disclosure of the couple's welfare prior to their release in 2010. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-15801828 Attorney General seeks to sue Sky over Chandler kidnap BBC BBC News 19 November 2011 20 November 2011 December Date Event1 DecemberThe BBC has received over 31,000 complaints about comments made by Jeremy Clarkson on the previous evening's The One Show in which he said he would "execute" striking public sector workers.https://www.digitalspy.co.uk/media/news/a354458/jeremy-clarksons-one-show-rant-complaints-top-31000.html Jeremy Clarkson's 'One Show' rant complaints top 31,000 Digital Spy 5 December 2011 5 December 20113 DecemberPop star Dougie Poynter wins the eleventh series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16021195 BBC News McFly bassist Dougie Poynter wins I'm a Celebrity BBC 4 December 2011 25 April 20147 DecemberMatthew Wright, host of The Wright Stuff, apologises for remarks he made on 6 December edition of the show concerning a murder in the Western Isles.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-16068297 Matthew Wright apologises for comments on Lewis murder BBC BBC News 7 December 2011 8 December 2011A scheduled BBC Newsnight investigation which would have exposed the Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal two months after the presenter's death is cancelled.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-19918192 Sir Jimmy Savile inquiry: BBC responds to staff concerns BBC News BBC 12 October 2012 12 October 2012 The BBC broadcasts two tributes to Savile over Christmas and it will not be until an October 2012 ITV documentary that the allegations become public.10 DecemberAfter 25 years Casualty airs its last episode to be filmed in Bristol. 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TVChannel 5201119 DecemberMongrelsBBC Three201023 DecemberBritain's Best DishITV200730 DecemberChristmas Coach TripChannel 42011 Deaths DateNameAgeBroadcast credibility2 JanuaryPete Postlethwaite64Character actor5 JanuaryHelene PalmerCorrie star bows out http://www.bridlingtonfreepress.co.uk/news/local/corrie_star_bows_out_1_2926210 Bridlington Free Press 13 January 2011 24 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110119104200/http://www.bridlingtonfreepress.co.uk/news/local/corrie_star_bows_out_1_2926210 19 January 2011 dead 82Actress (Coronation Street)15 January Susannah York"Susannah York, British Actress, Dies at 72" from New York Times (17 January 2011)72Actress (Jane Eyre, Armchair Theatre)2 FebruaryMargaret John https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2011/feb/02/margaret-john-gavin-and-stacey Gavin & Stacey star Margaret John dies Guardian Media Group The Guardian London Tara Conlan 2 February 2011 2 February 201184Actress (Gavin & Stacey)22 FebruaryNicholas Courtney https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2011/feb/23/nicholas-courtney-obituary Nicholas Courtney obituary Guardian Media Group The Guardian London 23 February 2011 23 February 2011 Toby Hadoke81Actor (Doctor Who, The Sarah Jane Adventures)15 MarchKeith Fordycehttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/keith-fordyce-unflappable-host-of-lsquoready-steady-gorsquo-2255628.html# https://web.archive.org/web/20110401040305/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/keith-fordyce-unflappable-host-of-lsquoready-steady-gorsquo-2255628.html 2011-04-01 subscription Keith Fordyce: Unflappable host of 'Ready Steady Go!’ Independent Print Limited The Independent 29 March 2011 4 March 2012 London Spencer Leigh82Radio and television presenter (Ready Steady Go!)14 AprilTrevor Bannisterhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13098312 Are You Being Served? star Trevor Bannister dies at 76 BBC BBC News 17 October 2016 15 April 201176Actor (Are You Being Served?, Last of the Summer Wine)19 AprilElisabeth Sladen https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13137674 Doctor Who's Elisabeth Sladen dies aged 63 BBC BBC News 19 April 2011 19 April 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110420045136/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13137674 20 April 2011 live65Actress (Doctor Who, The Sarah Jane Adventures, Coronation Street)22 AprilJohn Sullivan64Scriptwriter (Only Fools and Horses, Citizen Smith)23 AprilJames Casey88Comedian, radio scriptwriter and producer (The Clitheroe Kid)26 MayFlick Colbyhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture//music/music-news/8545936/Pans-People-co-founder-Flick-Colby-dies-age-65.html Pan's People co-founder Flick Colby dies aged 65 The Daily Telegraph 29 May 2011 13 November 201165U.S. dancer and choreographer (co-founder/creator of the Top of the Pops dance troupes Pan's People, Ruby Flipper, Legs & Co., and Zoo; The Two Ronnies)27 MayJanet Brownhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13574208 Actress Janet Brown dies aged 87 bbc.co.uk 27 May 2011 28 February 202087Actress and comedian4 JuneDonald Hewletthttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13661352 It Ain't Half Hot Mum's Donald Hewlett dies at 90 BBC BBC News 5 June 2011 6 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110606113057/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13661352 6 June 2011 live90Actor (It Ain't Half Hot Mum, You Rang, M'Lord?)8 JuneRoy Skelton79Actor (Doctor Who, Rainbow)25 JuneMargaret Tyzack https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13936252 Forsyte Saga's Margaret Tyzack dies after short illness BBC BBC News 27 June 2011 27 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110628112213/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13936252 28 June 2011 liveActress (The Forsyte Saga, EastEnders)2 AugustRichard Pearson https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2011/aug/02/richard-pearson-obituary Richard Pearson obituary The Guardian Michael Billington Michael Billington (critic) London Guardian Media Group 2 August 2011 24 November 201393Actor22 AugustJohn Howard Davieshttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/aug/24/john-howard-davies-obituary John Howard Davies obituary The Guardian Guardian Media Group London Matthew Sweet Matthew Sweet (writer) 24 August 2011 29 August 201872Child actor and comedy director (Fawlty Towers)11 SeptemberAndy Whitfield https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14878973 Spartacus TV actor Andy Whitfield dies at 39 BBC BBC News 12 September 2011 12 September 201139Actor and model (Spartacus: Blood and Sand)27 SeptemberDavid Croft https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15072847 Dad's Army co-creator David Croft dies aged 89 BBC BBC News 27 September 2011 27 September 201189Television producer15 OctoberBetty Driver https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15320895 Coronation Street actress Betty Driver dies, aged 91 BBC BBC News 15 October 2011 15 October 201191Actress (Coronation Street)29 OctoberJimmy Savile https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15507374 DJ and TV presenter Jimmy Savile dies, aged 84 BBC BBC News 29 October 2011 29 October 201184DJ, television presenter (Top of the Pops, Jim'll Fix It), charity fundraiser and serial sex offender20 NovemberAngie Dowds42Personal trainer (The Biggest Loser)18 DecemberRonald Wolfe https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-16239183 On The Buses writer Ronnie Wolfe dies BBC BBC News 18 December 2011 16 February 201789Writer (On The Buses, The Rag Trade) See also 2011 in British music 2011 in British radio 2011 in the United Kingdom List of British films of 2011 References External links List of 2011 British television series at IMDb 2011