2007 in British television

none April 2013 June 2020 2007 British television This is a summary of the year 2007 in British television. Events January Date Event2 JanuaryThis Life returns for a ten-year reunion special.Des O'Connor takes over from Des Lynam as co-presenter (with Carol Vorderman) of Channel 4's long-running quiz show Countdown.3 JanuaryCelebrity Big Brother 5 is launched on Channel 4, with celebrities such as Jermaine Jackson, Dirk Benedict and Leo Sayer.http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Who's+who+in+the+Celebrity+Big+Brother+house.-a0156684601 Who's who in the Celebrity Big Brother house Trinity Mirror Birmingham Post 4 January 2007 23 April 2014The Bill airs a new set of opening titles, paying homage to the original 1984 opening titles. The titles also include shots of London, interspersed with police work and shots of Sun Hill Police Station. The break bumpers and music are also updated.5 JanuaryLeslie Ash officially opens the Centre for Healthcare Associated Infections (CHIA), a national facility at the University of Nottingham dedicated to conducting research into superbug infections. Ash is also the Centre's patron.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/nottinghamshire/6233599.stm Actress opens new superbug centre BBC BBC News 5 January 2007 28 June 2014Former Big Brother contestant Jade Goody returns to the Big Brother House to take part in the fifth series of Celebrity Big Brother. On the same evening musician Donny Tourette walks off the show after just 48 hours.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6239457.stm Russell walks out of Big Brother BBC BBC News 8 January 2007 26 May 20157 JanuaryLaura Pearce, a 24-year-old civilian employee of Gloucestershire Constabulary, becomes the first contestant to win the £250,000 on the British version of Deal or No Deal. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6241583.stm Quiz star describes £250,000 win BBC News 8 January 2007 7 July 2009Hannah Waterman and Marti Pellow win the second series of BBC One's Just the Two of Us.https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/01_january/07/just.shtml BBC Press Office Hannah Waterman and Marti Pellow win Just The Two Of Us 2007 BBC 7 January 2007 7 June 2014Film director Ken Russell becomes the second contestant to leave Celebrity Big Brother in two days, following a row with Jade Goody.8 JanuaryMichael Grade takes over as chief executive of ITV plc. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/jan/08/television.citynews Grade takes the helm at ITV The Guardian Chris Tryhorn 8 January 2007 30 April 2009The Calendar East and Calendar South regions are merged to form a new Calendar South region covering central and east Lincolnshire, east and south east Yorkshire, east Nottinghamshire and north Norfolk. The Calendar North region, broadcasting from the Emley Moor transmitter continues as before.STV launches separate news services for the East and West of the STV Central region, initially as a five-minute opt out within the 6:00 pm edition of Scotland Today on weeknights.9 JanuarySky News hires Meridian Tonight presenter Charlotte Hawkins to co-present Sunrise alongside Eamonn Holmes; she makes her debut on 15 January.https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/jan/09/broadcasting.bskyb Meridian presenter Charlotte Hawkins joins Eamonn Holmes at Sky News Guardian Online Chris Tryhorn 9 January 2007 29 January 201912 JanuarySinger Leo Sayer becomes the third person to leave Celebrity Big Brother 5 after walking out of the show.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6256373.stm Leo Sayer quits Big Brother house BBC BBC News 12 January 2007 26 May 201513 JanuaryCoronation Street actor Antony Cotton wins the second series of ITV's Soapstar Superstar.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6260649.stm Corrie star wins TV talent show BBC BBC News 14 January 2007 7 June 2014ITV1 airs the British terrestrial television premiere of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. The film achieves the highest audience of the day, with overnight figures indicating an audience of eight million.Leigh Holmwood https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/jan/15/overnights TV ratings: January 13 Guardian Media Group The Guardian 13 January 2007 26 January 201817 JanuaryProtests are held in India and the UK against Celebrity Big Brother after Jade Goody, Danielle Lloyd and Jo O'Meara are alleged to be racially abusive to Bollywood star, Shilpa Shetty. The programme has also attracted several thousand complaints from viewers to Ofcom, Channel 4 and the police, and is criticised by senior politicians both in the UK and India.Wilson Graeme https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1539701/Brown-flies-in-to-Big-Brother-racism-row.html Brown flies in to Big Brother racism row Telegraph Media Group The Daily Telegraph 17 January 2007 23 April 2014https://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_6270000/newsid_6273600/6273663.stm CBBC Newsround Shilpa says BB bullying is racist BBC 18 January 2007 23 April 2014https://metro.co.uk/2007/01/17/protests-in-india-over-big-brother-559514/ Protests in India over Big Brother Metro 17 January 2007 23 April 201419 JanuaryJade Goody is evicted from Celebrity Big Brother following the racism row. Goody and Shilpa Shetty had both faced eviction, with Goody receiving 82% of the public vote. During a post-eviction interview, from which the wider public is banned, Goody says that she is "embarrassed and disgusted" by her behaviour. She had also apologised to Shetty before leaving the Big Brother house.Karen McVeigh Jeevan Vasagar https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/jan/20/raceintheuk.bigbrother Jade evicted as poll reveals public anger with Channel 4 Guardian Media Group The Guardian 20 January 2007 23 April 201422 JanuaryBBC News 24 is re-branded with new titles and on-screen graphics.26 JanuaryJo O'Meara is evicted from Celebrity Big Brother. Viewing clips of her behaviour in the Big Brother house during a post-eviction interview, she says that it looks "very bad", but says she is not a racist.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6304429.stm Big Brother star Jo denies racism BBC BBC News 26 January 2007 23 April 201428 JanuaryThe final edition of Grandstand, the flagship BBC sports programme, is aired after nearly 50 years on television screens.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tv_and_radio/6271577.stm Grandstand on the BBC BBC BBC News 29 January 2007 15 June 2014Shilpa Shetty wins the fifth series of Celebrity Big Brother. During the live final, Danielle Lloyd apologises for her behaviour toward the actress during the series.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6308443.stm Shetty wins Celebrity Big Brother BBC BBC News 29 January 2007 23 April 2014 February Date Event2 FebruaryPlans by Channel 4 to air a series of documentaries about masturbation in March are postponed after the event has attracted controversy and criticism from senior television figures. The programmes are to be shown separately at a later date and not as part of a season.2 February 2007 https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/feb/02/broadcasting.channel4 18 April 2012 'Wank week' postponed Deans Jason The Guardian Guardian Media GroupFive airs the final episode of In the Grid.9 FebruaryPaul Merton presents his last edition of Room 101.14 FebruaryBBC One airs the biopic Veronica Guerin, starring Cate Blanchett in the title role of Irish journalist Veronica Guerin.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/53b36c61c73845c482e701c7a6c25f6e https://web.archive.org/web/20181025031604/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/53b36c61c73845c482e701c7a6c25f6e dead 25 October 2018 Veronica Guerin – BBC One London – 14 February 2007 – BBC Genome genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 24 October 2018Samuel Preston walks off live on an episode of Never Mind the Buzzcocks after insults about his wife Chantelle Houghton. Team captain Bill Bailey replaces him with a member of the audience, Ed Seymour.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6361035.stm My night on Never Mind the Buzzcocks BBC BBC News 14 February 2007 15 June 201415 FebruaryMichael Starke, who played Sinbad in Brookside, is to join the cast of Coronation Street as take-away owner Jerry Morton. He will be seen onscreen from 18 March.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6365905.stm Brookside's Sinbad joins Street BBC BBC News 15 February 2007 24 June 201418 FebruaryBBC Two launches 14 new idents designed by Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO and produced by Red Bee Media, with the "2" becoming a "Windows of the World" a portal through which the world is seen differently.Richard & Judy is scrutinised when it is claimed that the winners were already chosen for its premium-rate phone-in quiz, "You Say, We Pay". This results in the start of the phone-in scandal.20 FebruaryThe newly launched Virgin Media launches its new on-demand channel Virgin Central.https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/feb/20/itv.television Virgin Media's TV-on-demand service launches without ITV Katie Allen 20 February 2007 The Guardian 24 October 2018FebruaryUTV in Northern Ireland splits UTV Live and UTV Life into separate programmes and all bulletins outside of the main early evening programme are retitled UTV News. This continues until April 2009. March Date Event1 MarchA channel agreement between Virgin Media and BSkyB for Virgin to broadcast non-premium Sky channels ends at midnight. Virgin Media and Sky have failed to reach agreement on the issue and subsequently Sky One, Sky Two, Sky Travel, Sky Travel Extra, Sky Sports News and Sky News are removed from the Virgin line-up. The Sky Movies and Sky Sports channels (aside from Sky Sports News) are unaffected and continue to broadcast on Virgin as normal.2 MarchThe Attorney General for England and Wales, Lord Goldsmith, obtains an injunction from the High Court preventing the BBC from broadcasting an item about investigations into the alleged cash for honours political scandal.5 MarchITV's quiz channel ITV Play is implicated in the phone-in scandal. As a result, ITV allow independent auditor Deloitte to review programmes with phone-ins that generate revenue such as Dancing on Ice and The X Factor.Shaun the Sheep first airs.7 MarchThe BBC's correspondent in the Gaza Strip, Alan Johnston, who is the only foreign reporter from a major media organisation based in Gaza, is kidnapped. All the main Palestinian militant groups call for his release.Louise Redknapp presents the controversial ITV documentary The Truth About Size Zero in which she attempts to drop to a size zero in 30 days by following a strict weight loss regimen in order to highlight eating disorder issues.http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Louise+tries+size+zero+tolerance+first-hand.-a0160079766 Louise tries size zero tolerance first-hand Sunday Mercury Trinity Mirror 4 March 2007 18 May 2014https://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/it-s-no-big-deal-being-size-zero-1.944673 It's no big deal being size zero Evening Times 7 March 2007 18 May 2014http://www.healthcare-today.co.uk/news/the-dangers-of-being-size-zero/2336/ The dangers of being "size zero" Healthcare Today 12 March 2007 18 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140518190125/http://www.healthcare-today.co.uk/news/the-dangers-of-being-size-zero/2336/ 18 May 2014 dead Five's game show BrainTeaser is suddenly axed by the channel after five years. It is later revealed the sudden axing was in relation to the phone-in scandal, as the show's production company Endemol had faked on-air winners by posing production team members as such. Five is fined a record £300,000 by Ofcom over the incidents.9 MarchThe BBC's Castaway returns for a second, but shorter, series.Merritt Mike http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Lambs+to+the+slaughter%3B+EXCLUSIVE+CASTAWAYS+WARNED+OFF.-a0160077869 Lambs to the slaughter Sunday Mail Trinity Mirror 4 March 2007 20 February 201413 MarchITV Play is shut down permanently due to the phone-in scandal.14 MarchBBC children's programme Blue Peter is now involved with the phone-in scandal, after it is discovered they used a girl who was visiting the studio to pose as a caller live on the show.15 MarchSteven Wallis wins the 2007 series of MasterChef Goes Large.16 MarchDuring Comic Relief night, the last ever episode of The Vicar of Dibley is broadcast. BBC One's Red Nose Day 2007 also includes a special episode of Mr. Bean, a celebrity edition of The Apprentice, and a Catherine Tate sketch in which Lauren Cooper meets Tony Blair while on work experience at 10 Downing Street.http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/2007-03-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20141018225123/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/2007-03-16 dead 18 October 2014 BBC One London – 16 March 2007 BBC Genome BBC 16 July 2017Alex Needham https://www.theguardian.com/culture/tvandradioblog/2007/mar/19/blairmeetscatherinetatewer Blair meets Catherine Tate: were you bovvered? Guardian Media Group The Guardian 19 March 2007 16 July 201717 MarchRugby player Kyran Bracken and skating partner Melanie Lambert win the second series of Dancing on Ice.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6463227.stm Bracken skates to ice dance glory BBC BBC News 17 March 2007 15 June 2014Pop group Scooch are selected to represent the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Flying the Flag (For You)". The Eurovision: Making Your Mind Up show however ends in disarray when a mix-up results in presenters Fearne Cotton and Terry Wogan both simultaneously declaring Scooch and runner-up Cyndi as the winner respectively. Following several seconds of confusion, Scooch were confirmed as the winners of the public vote.18 March 2007 Gaffe mars Scooch Eurovision win BBC News https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6463147.stm live 4 January 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20070318004742/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6463147.stm 18 March 200718 MarchAfter 10 years, Formula One on ITV goes 16:9 widescreen, with the opening race, the Australian Grand Prix, watched by 6 million viewers.19 MarchIn the Night Garden... premieres on BBC Two in the same month as the Teletubbies 10th anniversary.20 MarchDancing on Ice reveals they lost 11,500 phone calls, as they were not delivered to Vodafone until next Monday morning (26 March), but confirm that the affected votes would not have altered the final result.22 MarchFour years after the 2003 invasion of Iraq, a special edition of BBC One's Question Time debates the war's legacy.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/question_time/4549698.stm Classic Question Times BBC BBC News 20 February 2008 7 April 201426 MarchSinger Katherine Jenkins will make a cameo appearance in Emmerdale, the soap's producers confirm. Her appearance will be in May, and coincide with the resolution of the Tom King murder storyline.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/6495573.stm Emmerdale cameo role for Jenkins BBC BBC News 26 March 2007 19 February 201527 MarchMoira Stuart is replaced as presenter of the news bulletin during Sunday AM, leaving her without a regular news slot.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6500013.stm Moira Stuart loses BBC News slot BBC BBC News 27 March 2007 20 April 2014 The decision to remove her from the programme prompts media allegations of ageism at the BBC, something which is rejected by Director-General Mark Thompson, who in April tells the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee that Stuart was replaced because of the changing role of television news presenting, which is moving towards television journalism rather than traditional news presenting.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6587667.stm BBC boss defends Stuart's removal BBC BBC News 24 April 2007 20 April 2014 Stuart continues to present for the broadcaster, but on 3 October, it is confirmed that she will leave BBC News.Leigh Holmwood https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/oct/04/1 Moira Stuart leaves BBC news amid allegations of ageism Guardian Media Group The Guardian 4 October 2007 20 April 2014The teleshopping channel iBuy closes after just under two years on air.30 MarchITV announces that Dermot O'Leary will replace Kate Thornton as host of The X Factor after Thornton was sacked from the programme after presenting three (and one celebrity) series. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/mar/31/uknews O'Leary to host X factor The Guardian Owen Gibson 31 March 2007 14 June 2009Five celebrates ten years of its launch.31 MarchFreema Agyeman makes her debut as Doctor Who assistant Martha Jones as the science fiction drama returns for a third series. Any Dream Will Do, a search for someone to play Joseph in the Lloyd Webber musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat also debuts on BBC One.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6515635.stm Doctor Who series is ratings hit BBC BBC News 1 April 2007 12 June 2014The Teletubbies celebrate their 10th anniversary. April Date Event1 AprilThe Sky at Night celebrates 50 years with a special anniversary edition.4 AprilSky Movies rebrands with each channel having its own genre.5 AprilITV News announces the award of a new six-year contract from ITV, worth £250 million.7 AprilDebut of ITV's Grease is the Word which will search for two actors to play Danny and Sandy in a new stage production of Grease.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6536885.stm Millions watch musical wannabes BBC BBC News 8 April 2007 18 January 201510 AprilBBC One airs the concluding episode of the second and final series of Life on Mars.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ec34b0d3e5944c0fb5c5589f5df37fdd https://web.archive.org/web/20181123070114/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ec34b0d3e5944c0fb5c5589f5df37fdd dead 23 November 2018 Life on Mars – BBC One London – 10 April 2007 – BBC Genome genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 22 November 201813 AprilHave I Got News for You starts to produce a video podcast featuring unbroadcast material.16 AprilThe University of Warwick wins the 2006–07 series of University Challenge, beating the University of Manchester 170–140.21 AprilBBC sports journalist Jacqui Oatley becomes the first female commentator to appear on Match of the Day.Paula Cocozza https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/apr/19/football.media Paula Cocozza on Match of the Day's first female commentator Jacqui Oatley Guardian Media Group The Guardian 19 April 2007 6 January 201423 AprilA BBC Panorama discloses that callers to GMTV's phone-in competitions may have been defrauded out of millions of pounds, because the telephone system operator, Opera Interactive Technology, had determined the winners before the phone lines had closed. GMTV responded by suspending the phone-in quizzes, but claims that "it was confident it had not breached regulators' codes". Opera Interactive also denies any wrongdoing.24 AprilIt is announced that the BBC celebrity singing contest Just the Two of Us will not return for a third series.30 AprilChannel 4 airs the Cutting Edge documentary Blind Young Things, a programme about students at the Royal National College for the Blind in Hereford. The film won a Royal Television Society award for Channel 4 and the Cutting Edge team in 2008. https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/3221775.Hereford_students__key_role_for_Blind_Young_Things/ Hereford students' key role for Blind Young Things Hereford Times 21 July 2008 30 November 2009 May Date Event12 MaySerbia's Marija Šerifović wins the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest with "Molitva".14 MayBBC One broadcasts "Scientology and Me" a Panorama investigation into Scientology by journalist John Sweeney. A clip from the programme of Sweeney losing his temper and shouting at a disruptive scientologist representative is widely released on the internet and by DVD by scientologists prior to airing.16 MayLaunch of Freesat, a free-to-air digital satellite television joint venture between the BBC and ITV plc.17 MayIn Emmerdale, the Tom King whodunit storyline reaches its conclusion as the identity of the killer is revealed.http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Shock+confession+at+trial%3B+Sunday+Mail+soap+whodunnit+special...-a0163297669 Shock confession at trial; Sunday Mail soap whodunnit special Trinity Mirror The Sunday Mail 13 May 2007 19 February 2015 The killer is Tom's son, Carl King (Tom Lister).http://www.itv.com/emmerdale/extras/christmas-moments-who-killed-tom-king Christmas moments: Who killed Tom King? ITV itv.com 4 December 2014 19 February 2015 The episode also features a cameo appearance by singer Katherine Jenkins, who plays herself attending a village pageant as its guest of honour.WalesOnline https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/jenkins-cameo-pivotal-episode-emmerdale-2250960 Jenkins to cameo in pivotal episode of 'Emmerdale' Trinity Mirror The Western Mail 12 May 2007 16 July 201724 MayOfcom rules that Celebrity Big Brother breached its code of conduct during the last series, and that Channel 4 made "serious editorial misjudgements" in the way it dealt with some of the incidents that sparked the racism row.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6687091.stm Big Brother rapped over race row BBC BBC News 24 May 2007 23 April 201429 MayITV axes its celebrity singing contest, Soapstar Superstar after two series, believing it to be too similar in format to The X Factor.https://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a58374/soapstar-superstar-axed-after-two-series.html#~oGvWsCOCpZXMW4 'Soapstar Superstar' axed after two series Digital Spy 29 May 2007 7 June 201431 MayThe BBC Trust approves plans for several BBC departments, including BBC Sport, to be moved to a new development in Salford.BBC move to Salford gets green light https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/05_may/31/salford.shtml 23 June 2012 BBC Press Office BBC 31 May 2007 June Date Event4 JuneIt is announced that Dannii Minogue will replace Louis Walsh as a judge on the forthcoming series of The X Factor, https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6718815.stm Dannii to become X Factor judge BBC News 4 June 2007 14 June 2009 joining Simon Cowell and Sharon Osbourne. Walsh had intended to leave the show, but later decides to return after being invited back. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6229690.stm Louis Walsh in X Factor comeback BBC News London 22 June 2007 14 June 20097 JuneFollowing the Celebrity Big Brother racism controversy earlier in the year, a contestant on the eighth series of Big Brother is removed from the show after her use of the word "nigger" during a conversation with another contestant.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6729673.stm Entertainment | Emily thrown out of Big Brother BBC BBC News 7 June 2007 9 June 20138 JuneAdele Adkins, a 19-year-old singer from London makes her television debut on BBC Two's Later... with Jools Holland, performing her song "Daydreamer", becoming one of the first artists to appear on the show without having released a record because producer Alison Howe booked her after hearing a demo tape. Adele's debut album, 19, is released in January 2008.https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007ng7w BBC Two – Later... with Jools Holland, Series 29, Episode 6 BBC 8 June 2007 25 April 2014http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/16df1c4bfc424ca4a93dbd6cbe0e9bed https://web.archive.org/web/20161026084238/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/16df1c4bfc424ca4a93dbd6cbe0e9bed dead 26 October 2016 Later with Jools Holland – BBC Two England – 8 June 2007 BBC Genome BBC 26 October 2016Caroline Sullivan https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/nov/23/popandrock1 Caroline Sullivan meets Adele Guardian Media Group The Guardian 23 November 2007 25 April 20149 JuneLee Mead wins BBC One's Any Dream Will Do and will take the lead role of Joseph in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat at the Adelphi Theatre from 17 July. ITV's Grease is the Word is won by Danny Bayne and Susan McFadden, who will play Danny and Sandy in a forthcoming production of Grease beginning at the Piccadilly Theatre on 8 August.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6735303.stm Lee becomes Joseph in TV victory BBC BBC News 9 June 2007 12 June 2014Debut of Britain's Got Talent, a co-production between Talkback Thames and Simon Cowell's SyCo for ITV. The series is a search for a variety act to perform at this year's Royal Variety Performance. The winner will also receive a prize of £100,000.Matthewman Scott http://blogs.thestage.co.uk/tvtoday/2007/06/first-look-britains-got-talent/ First Look: Britain's Got Talent The Stage 7 June 2007 15 June 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130128142551/http://blogs.thestage.co.uk/tvtoday/2007/06/first-look-britains-got-talent/ 28 January 201311 JuneThe Mirror reports that Emmerdale actress Adele Silva is to quit her role as Kelly Windsor.https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/jun/11/pressandpublishing Weekend Media Briefing Guardian Media Group The Guardian 11 June 2007 25 September 201813 JuneSimon Ambrose wins the third series of The Apprentice.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6749303.stm Simon named The Apprentice winner BBC BBC News 14 June 2007 5 May 201415 JuneA contestant on Britain's Got Talent is withdrawn from the contest after police contact the series to alert producers that he is on the Sex Offenders Register.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6759717.stm Police alert over TV contestant BBC BBC News 16 June 2007 15 June 2014Nadia Sawalha wins the 2007 series of Celebrity MasterChef.17 JuneOpera singer Paul Potts wins the first series of Britain's Got Talent.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6762345.stm Opera singer is TV talent winner BBC BBC News 18 June 2007 15 June 201419 JuneNick Ross announces he is leaving Crimewatch, with July's edition of the show being the final one he will present.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6767463.stm Crimewatch host Ross leaves job BBC BBC News 19 June 2007 20 April 2014 The announcement renews media speculation that the BBC has an ageist policy towards its presenters.25 June–8 July Live coverage of Wimbledon 2007 is aired by the BBC with the last Wimbledon season to be shot in 4:3 fullscreen and the second season to be shot in 16:9 widescreen. July Date Event1 JulyBBC One airs the Concert for Diana on what would have been the 46th birthday of the late Diana, Princess of Wales.http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/eef194d1295341b392560a833d5a924e https://web.archive.org/web/20141023124819/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/eef194d1295341b392560a833d5a924e dead 23 October 2014 Concert for Diana – BBC One London – 1 July 2007 – BBC Genome Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 2018-01-132 JulyNick Ross presents his final episode of Crimewatch after 23 years at the helm. He had been on the programme since it began in 1984.https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/06_june/19/ross.shtml BBC Press Office Nick Ross to leave Crimewatch BBC 19 June 2007 21 June 2014Launch of Press TV, an English-language global news channel owned by the Iranian state broadcaster IRIB.Oliver Burkeman Helen Pidd Robert Tait https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/jul/03/iran.television 'An antidote to Fox': Iran launches English TV channel | Media Guardian Media Group The Guardian 3 July 2007 10 April 201211 JulyBBC Two debuts The Alastair Campbell Diaries, a series in which Campbell reads extracts from his memoirs over footage of key moments in the recently ended Blair government.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/9639dcb8fe1f465e8cad9616cc06e992 https://web.archive.org/web/20181123070255/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/9639dcb8fe1f465e8cad9616cc06e992 dead 23 November 2018 The Alastair Campbell Diaries – BBC Two England – 11 July 2007 – BBC Genome genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 23 November 2018 The three part series is aired over three nights, concluding on 13 July.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/eeb58c215c26498bad9832d36eee75f5 https://web.archive.org/web/20181123070721/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/eeb58c215c26498bad9832d36eee75f5 dead 23 November 2018 The Alastair Campbell Diaries – BBC Two England – 12 July 2007 – BBC Genome genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 23 November 201815 JulyThe 28th series of Last of the Summer Wine begins on BBC One.18 JulySix BBC programmes, Children in Need, Comic Relief, Sport Relief, TMi and two radio programmes (The Liz Kershaw Show and White Label) have been discovered to have been involved in the phone in scandals.23 JulyAll music channels have permanently suspended their viewer selection aspects due to the ongoing premium rate phone-in scandals.25 JulyThe acclaimed US science fiction series Heroes makes its debut on BBC Two.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/29f375599928445b81a3f24438c16ae8 https://web.archive.org/web/20200903235141/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/29f375599928445b81a3f24438c16ae8 dead 3 September 2020 Heroes – BBC Two – 25 July 2007 BBC BBC Genome 10 March 201926 JulyThe 2005 British Comedy Awards broadcast on ITV now become involved with the phone-in scandal, when it is discovered that people phoning in to vote for the People's Choice Award called when the programme was not being broadcast live, and the last half-hour of the show had been recorded when ITV showed a news broadcast. August Date Event2 August2007 sees the BBC celebrating their 75-year service in television (85 years for radio). The first BBC Television Service began on 2 August 1932.6 AugustITV airs the final episode of the light-hearted horticultural crime drama Rosemary & Thyme titled Enter Two Gardeners.8 AugustFormer Peak Practice actor Gray O'Brien joins the cast of Coronation Street as catalogue salesman Tony Gordon.Roberts Brian https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/corries-new-heartthrob-497147 Corrie's new heartthrob Trinity Mirror The Mirror 9 August 2007 23 June 20149 AugustThe success of Australian soaps such as Neighbours on British television has led to the wide use of phrases such as "no worries" in British English since the late 1980s, a report on Australia's Nine News suggests.Danielle Cahill 9 August 2007 No worries infiltrates British English National Nine News news.ninemsn.com.au11 AugustITV1 airs the British terrestrial television premiere of the 2004 sci-fi action adventure film Thunderbirds. At the same time, the Motorola Razr V3X ITV Movies sponsorship idents return for one night only.18 AugustWho Wants to Be a Millionaire? returns to ITV1 for a new series and a revised format in which the number of questions to answer to win the £1 million prize is reduced from 15 to 12.26 AugustThe last episode of the BBC children's television series Smile is broadcast presented by Barney Harwood and Kirsten O'Brien, from 7:30 until 10:00 on BBC Two.31 AugustBrian Belo wins series eight of Big Brother.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6971261.stm Brian scoops Big Brother victory BBC BBC News 31 August 2007 2 April 2014 September Date Event3 SeptemberCBBC identity relaunched, with its third marketing campaign since the launch of the CBBC channel. Escape from Scorpion Island premieres.Lauren McAvoy wins Cycle 3 of Britain's Next Top Model.4 SeptemberBBC One airs the 2004 romantic comedy Raising Helen, starring Kate Hudson.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/e9cb0d3bc06a4708b4b21586d2d2cd48 https://web.archive.org/web/20181123201226/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/e9cb0d3bc06a4708b4b21586d2d2cd48 dead 23 November 2018 Raising Helen – BBC One London – 4 September 2007 – BBC Genome genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 23 November 20185 SeptemberThe BBC scraps plans for Planet Relief, a programme like Comic Relief and Sport Relief for fear of bias against critics of climate change and that people would prefer more factual programmes on the subject.7 September–20 OctoberITV provides coverage of the 2007 Rugby World Cup, hosted by France.9 SeptemberIn an advertising first, eBay begin showing live auction adverts between programmes, showing an auction with picture, current bid, time auction ends, and postage and packaging chargesThe BBC One Sunday morning political programme Sunday AM is renamed The Andrew Marr Show when it returns after its summer break.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/sunday_am/6985925.stm The Andrew Marr Show: Labour focus on action BBC BBC News 9 September 2007 20 February 2019Barney Jones https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2007/09/whats_in_a_name_1.html The Editors: What's in a name? BBC 26 September 2007 20 February 201910 SeptemberITV and Trevor McDonald are cleared of racism by Ofcom over remarks made on McDonald's News Knight show. The remarks concerned comedian Bernard Manning, who had died a few months previously, with McDonald referring to Manning as a 'fat, white bastard'.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6987536.stm TV's Sir Trevor cleared of racism BBC BBC News 10 September 2007 23 June 201413 SeptemberThe BBC signs a two-year deal to provide coverage of the Super Bowl, the first time the event will be aired by the BBC. Super Bowl XLII will air in 2008, and Super Bowl XLIII in 2009.https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/09_september/13/superbowl.shtml BBC Sport to broadcast Super Bowl for first time BBC BBC Press Office 13 September 2007 3 February 201917 SeptemberChildren's show Mister Maker is first aired on CBeebies.18 SeptemberIt is announced that E.ON is to end its sponsorship of ITV Weather after 16 years.http://www.marketingmagazine.co.uk/news/738465/EON-abandons-18-year-ITV-weather-sponsorship?DCMP=ILC-BETASEARCH E.ON abandons 18-year ITV weather sponsorship Marketing Nicola Clark 18 September 2007 16 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20111006025122/http://www.marketingmagazine.co.uk/news/738465/EON-abandons-18-year-ITV-weather-sponsorship?DCMP=ILC-BETASEARCH 6 October 2011 live The sponsorship deal was the longest on UK terrestrial TV to date, beginning on 22 September 1991 (when sponsorship of ITV programmes was first allowed). Until June 2007, ITV Weather was sponsored by the energy supplier Powergen, and since then by Powergen's parent company E.ON.Dame Kelly Holmes presents the weekly round-up of sports news on BBC London News as an apparent substitute for regular presenter Mark Bright; she is introduced by anchorwoman Riz Lateef without explanation.21 SeptemberITV postpone broadcasting the 2007 British Comedy Awards due to the phone-in scandals.26 SeptemberABC1 ceases broadcasting.The Bionic Woman returns after a break of nearly 30 years but is axed again 2 months later.28 SeptemberTrapped! appears as CBBC's first ever Halloween-themed game show since CITV's Terror Towers.29 SeptemberDate on which the BBC finally airs an unedited version of the 1990 Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The High Ground", which caused controversy at the time when one of the characters made reference to an Irish reunification occurring in 2024.Michael Sheils McNamee https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68342135 The 'banned' Star Trek episode that promised a united Ireland 3 March 2024 3 March 2024 BBC News BBC October Date Event1 OctoberVirgin1 launches at 9 pm, replacing Ftn.The BBC announces that former 5 News presenter Kirsty Young will replace Fiona Bruce as presenter on Crimewatch from January 2008. Bruce is to take over as presenter of The Antiques Roadshow from Michael Aspel, who plans to retire.Gardham Duncan https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1564721/Kirsty-Young-is-new-face-of-BBC-Crimewatch.html Kirsty Young is new face of BBC Crimewatch Telegraph Media Group 1 October 2007 20 April 2014John Plunkett https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/oct/01/television Kirsty Young to front Crimewatch Guardian Media Group The Guardian 1 October 2007 20 April 20144 OctoberIt is announced that ITV News and the ITV regional newsrooms are to switch from the traditional 4:3 format to 16:9 widescreen on 2 December.5 OctoberBBC newsreader Natasha Kaplinsky is to leave the broadcaster to present Five News, it is reported. She will take up the new presenting role in the New Year.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7029902.stm Kaplinsky to leave BBC for Five BBC BBC News 5 October 2007 2 April 20148 OctoberFive has bought the rights to 8 Simple Rules starting on 21 October.9 OctoberSky One apologises to viewers after a "technical fault" during a public vote on the 7 October edition of its show, Cirque de Celebrite, meant some of the votes were not registered.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7035689.stm Sky apologises for circus mix-up BBC BBC News 9 October 2007 21 June 201414 OctoberUKTV Bright Ideas ceases broadcasting to be replaced on Freeview by Dave.15 OctoberUKTV G2 is rebranded as Dave and becomes a free-to-air channel replacing newly defunct UKTV Bright Ideas.Oatts Joanne https://www.digitalspy.co.uk/media/news/a76007/uktv-g2-becomes-dave-joins-freeview.html#~oLfp1MzDCKK3sx UKTV G2 becomes Dave, joins Freeview Digital Spy 20 September 2007 27 July 2014 The name for the channel, aimed at a young male audience, was chosen by UKTV because "everyone knows a bloke called Dave".Leigh Holmwood https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/sep/20/television UKTV to launch channel called 'Dave' Guardian Media Group The Guardian 20 September 2007 27 July 201417 October – 14 NovemberThe town of Whitehaven in Cumbria becomes the first place in the UK to lose their analogue television signals and start the digital switchover, starting with BBC Two. The other four channels were switched off on 14 November.20 OctoberThe BBC Switch teenage block of shows is launched to cater for the underserved 12- to 16-year-olds.29 OctoberSky News issues an apology after an aside from presenter Julie Etchingham was accidentally broadcast during live coverage of a speech by Conservative Party leader David Cameron when Etchingham's microphone was accidentally left switched on. Sky apologies over Tory 'extermination' quip Telegraph Media Group The Daily Telegraph 30 October 2007 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/10/29/nsky129.xml https://web.archive.org/web/20071101033700/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2007%2F10%2F29%2Fnsky129.xml dead 1 November 2007 23 March 2012 London Emma Henry The BBC announces that Patsy Palmer will return to EastEnders to reprise her role as Bianca Jackson.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7066949.stm Palmer making EastEnders comeback BBC BBC News 29 October 2007 26 May 2015 The following day it is also confirmed that Sid Owen, who played her on-screen husband, Ricky Butcher, will also return to the series.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7068667.stm Owen to join Palmer in EastEnders BBC BBC News 30 October 2007 26 May 201530 OctoberRoger Cook's Greatest Hits (a 20th Anniversary retrospective of The Cook Report airs on ITV.31 OctoberITV confirms that Julie Etchingham will join the broadcaster to present a relaunched News at Ten alongside Sir Trevor McDonald from January 2008.News at Ten returns to ITV itv.com 31 October 2007 http://www.itv.com/news/articles/news-at-ten-returns-to-itv.html 23 March 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080105114800/http://www.itv.com/news/articles/news-at-ten-returns-to-itv.html 5 January 2008 https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/oct/31/itv.tvnews?gusrc=rss&feed=media ITV confirms News at Ten return Guardian Media Group The Guardian Chris Tryhorn 31 October 2007 23 March 2012 London November Date Event2 NovemberEmily Nakanda withdraws from The X Factor due to a "happy slapping" video she had been involved in at her university.21 NovemberInsurance firm esure is revealed as E.ON's successor as the sponsor of ITV's national weather bulletins. The two-year deal, rumoured to be worth £10 million, was negotiated by Carat Sponsorship and will take effect from 1 January 2008, with esure and Sheilas' Wheels as the sponsors, alternating between the two brands every two months.esure becomes new ITV Weather sponsor Digital Spy 21 November 2007 http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcasting/a80312/esure-becomes-new-itv-weather-sponsor.html 16 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090805055342/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcasting/a80312/esure-becomes-new-itv-weather-sponsor.html 5 August 2009 live27 NovemberThe BBC announces that Billie Piper will reprise her role as Rose Tyler in the fourth series of Doctor Who after leaving at the end of the second series.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7114699.stm Entertainment | Billie Piper to return to Dr Who BBC News 2007-11-27 2014-08-20http://uk.ign.com/articles/2007/11/28/billie-piper-returns-to-doctor-who Billie Piper Returns to Doctor Who – IGN Uk.ign.com 2007-11-27 2014-08-20http://www.aoltv.com/2007/11/27/billie-piper-to-return-to-doctor-who/ Billie Piper to return to Doctor Who Aoltv.com 2014-08-20 19 August 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140819090627/http://www.aoltv.com/2007/11/27/billie-piper-to-return-to-doctor-who/ dead 29 NovemberKelly Brook is forced to withdraw from Strictly Come Dancing following the death of her father, Kenneth.30 NovemberChristopher Biggins wins the seventh series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7120417.stm Actor Biggins crowned jungle king BBC BBC News 30 November 2007 23 April 2014 December Date Event1 DecemberITV News and the ITV regional newsrooms cease being broadcast in 4:3 aspect. Freeview Channel in the UK also sees ITV News and the ITV regional newsrooms cease being cropped to 14:9 format.2 DecemberITV News and the ITV regional newsrooms began using 16:9 widescreen.3 DecemberJay Hunt is confirmed as the next Controller of BBC One, replacing Peter Fincham. She will take up the role in early 2008.https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/bbc-names-new-bbc-one-controller/ BBC names new BBC One controller Press Gazette 3 December 2007 11 November 2018Leigh Holmwood https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/dec/03/bbc.channelfive Jay Hunt appointed BBC1 controller Guardian Media Group The Guardian 3 December 2007 11 November 20189 DecemberBoxer Joe Calzaghe is named as this year's BBC Sports Personality of the Year.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/front_page/7135700.stm Calzaghe wins Sports Personality BBC BBC Sport 9 December 2007 6 November 201515 DecemberLeon Jackson wins the fourth series of The X Factor.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7146469.stm Leon Jackson takes X Factor crown BBC BBC News 16 December 2007 23 April 201422 DecemberSinger Alesha Dixon and her dancing partner Matthew Cutler win the fifth series of Strictly Come Dancing.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7157971.stm Dixon wins Strictly Come Dancing BBC BBC News 23 December 2007 23 April 201425 DecemberBBC One gets its highest rated Christmas Day schedule in years, with "Voyage of the Damned", the Christmas special of Doctor Who, getting the shows' biggest audience since 1979 (13.31 million) and a special episode of EastEnders getting 14.38 million, that shows' biggest rating in three years and the highest rated show of 2007. Another success is a one-off special of To the Manor Born, returning after 26 years, with an audience of 10.25 million.BBC iPlayer, an online service for watching previously aired shows, is launched.27–28 December"Assault on Sun Hill", a two-part The Bill story, features an armed siege at the fictional police station that leaves several characters traumatised.30 DecemberBabe is aired on BBC One for the last time. Debuts BBC One Date Debut1 JanuaryThe Sarah Jane Adventures8 JanuaryM.I. HighThe Likeaballs12 JanuaryLiliesAfter You've Gone25 JanuaryFive Days25 FebruaryRecovery5 MarchShaun the Sheep16 MarchCelebrity Apprentice23 MarchA Class Apart25 MarchPlay It Again31 MarchAny Dream Will Do8 AprilInspector George Gently13 AprilRuddy Hell! It's Harry and Paul24 AprilLife Line8 MayHolbyBlue25 MayRonni Ancona & Co16 JuneJekyllWould I Lie to You?23 JulyFinley the Fire Engine4 AugustEmpathy6 AugustHow to Live Longer28 AugustOutnumbered2 SeptemberComing Down the Mountain3 SeptemberBear Behaving Badly16 SeptemberMichael Palin's New Europe28 SeptemberTrapped!15 OctoberReal Rescues26 OctoberThe Armstrong & Miller Show17 NovemberThe Omid Djalili ShowWho Dares Wins4 NovemberJoe's Palace10 NovemberA Real Summer12 NovemberCapturing Mary18 NovemberCranford19 NovemberAnimalia18 DecemberOliver Twist26 DecemberBallet Shoes30 DecemberThe Shadow in the North BBC Two Date Debut2 JanuaryThis Life + 1011 JanuaryBill Oddie Back in the USA11 FebruaryThe Verdict22 FebruaryFear, Stress & Anger19 MarchIn the Night Garden...20 MarchThe Underdog Show12 AprilRoman's Empire16 AprilGet 1004 MayMaxwell25 JulyHeroes30 JulyIndia with Sanjeev Bhaskar29 AugustThe Restaurant23 SeptemberStuart: A Life Backwards4 OctoberThe Life and Times of Vivienne VyleThe Peter Serafinowicz Show5 OctoberThe Tudors BBC Three Date Debut19 MarchRush Hour21 MayComing of Age23 MayGavin & Stacey27 SeptemberHow Not To Live Your Life BBC Four Date Debut 9 May Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall 31 May World News Today15 OctoberDoctors to Be: 20 Years On22 OctoberFanny Hill30 OctoberThe History of the World Backwards ITV (1/2/3/4/CITV) Date Debut1 FebruaryBenidorm10 FebruaryPrimeval19 FebruaryThe Bad Mother's Handbook26 FebruaryInstinct11 MarchFallen AngelAtomic Betty22 MarchThe Yellow House4 AprilCity Lights22 AprilKingdom10 JuneTalk to Me11 June24 Hours with...18 JuneGolden BallsThe Time of Your Life9 JuneBritain's Got Talent24 JuneNews Knight with Sir Trevor McDonald26 AugustThe Man Who Lost His Head3 SeptemberThe Alan Titchmarsh Show19 SeptemberTorn27 SeptemberSecret Diary of a Call GirlThe Whistleblowers8 OctoberEmu24 OctoberFrankenstein28 OctoberHalf Broken Things4 NovemberA Room with a View11 NovemberMy Boy Jack Channel 4 3 JanuaryEmbarrassing Bodies5 JanuaryUgly Betty21 JanuaryConsent25 JanuarySkins14 AprilTrick or Treat30 MayBig Brother 816 JulyWin My Wage4 OctoberBritz5 OctoberOther People12 OctoberLadies and Gentlemen19 OctoberPlus One2 NovemberFree Agents9 NovemberThe Kevin Bishop Show26 NovemberBoy A Five Date Debut28 FebruaryKitchen12 MarchThe Beeps9 AprilThe Milkshake! Show7 MayRoary the Racing Car3 SeptemberBig School Other channels Date Debut Network3 FebruaryThe ReplacementsDisney Channel5 MarchShaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!Boomerang9 JulySkunk Fu!CBBC6 AugustLola & VirginiaPop Girl29 OctoberStorm HawksCartoon Network Channels New channels/streaming services DateChannel1 MarchDiscovery Turbo24 MayCartoonito20 JulyFilm 246 AugustPop Girl9 AugustFtn +120 AugustChannel 4 +11 OctoberVirgin1Virgin1 +17 NovemberSky Real LivesSky Real Lives +1Sky Real Lives 219 NovemberGeo News UK10 DecemberChannel 4 HD Defunct channels List of former TV channels in the United Kingdom#2007 DateChannel28 FebruaryDiscovery Kids1 MarchDiscovery Wings13 MarchITV Play27 MarchiBuy23 MayToonami20 JulyBonanza26 SeptemberABC11 OctoberFtnFtn +15 OctoberRadio Music Shop15 OctoberUKTV Bright Ideas7 NovemberSky TravelSky Travel +1Sky Travel Extra Rebranded channels DateOld nameNew name13 MarchITV PlayITV Bingo15 OctoberUKTV G2DaveUKTV G2 +1Dave +1 Television shows Changes of network affiliation Show Moved from Moved to TNA Impact TWC Fight Bravo 2 1 The Apprentice BBC Two BBC One Top of the Pops American Dad! BBC Three Prison Break Five Sky One Robot Wars Challenge 8 Simple Rules ABC1 Five Fraggle Rock CITV Cartoonito 1 1 It later moved to Bravo in early 2008 Returning this year after a break of one year or longer ProgrammeDate of original removalOriginal channelDate of returnNew channel(s)Dale's Supermarket Sweep6 September 2001ITV12 February 2007N/A (Same channel as original)Teletubbies16 February 2001CBBC (BBC Two)31 March 2007CBeebiesThe Hoobs13 June 2003Channel 4May 2007N/A (Same channel as original)The Bionic Woman13 May 1978ITV26 September 2007To the Manor Born29 November 1981BBC One25 December 2007 Continuing television shows 1920s BBC Wimbledon (1927–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–present) 1930s Trooping the Colour (1937–1939, 1946–2019, 2023–present) The Boat Race (1938–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–present) 1950s Panorama (1953–present) What the Papers Say (1956–2008)What the Papers Say in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/media/gallery/2008/may/29/what.the.papers.say The Guardian 2 April 2022 29 May 2008 The Sky at Night (1957–present) Blue Peter (1958–present) 1960s Coronation Street (1960–present) Songs of Praise (1961–present) Doctor Who (1963–1989, 1996, 2005–present) Match of the Day (1964–present) The Money Programme (1966–2010) 1970s Emmerdale (1972–present) Newsround (1972–present) Last of the Summer Wine (1973–2010) Arena (1975–present) One Man and His Dog (1976–present) Top Gear (1977–2001, 2002–present) Grange Hill (1978–2008) Ski Sunday (1978–present) Antiques Roadshow (1979–present) Question Time (1979–present) 1980s Children in Need (1980–present) Postman Pat (1981, 1991, 1994, 1996, 2004–2008) Timewatch (1982–present) Countdown (1982–present) The Bill (1984–2010) Channel 4 Racing (1984–2016) Thomas & Friends (1984–2021) EastEnders (1985–present) Comic Relief (1985–present) Casualty (1986–present) ChuckleVision (1987–2009) Fireman Sam (1987–1994, 2005–2013) This Morning (1988–present) The Simpsons (1989–present) 1990s Have I Got News for You (1990–present) A Touch of Frost (1992–2010) Heartbeat (1992–2010) Time Team (1994–2013) Room 101 (1994–2007, 2012–2018) The National Lottery Draws (1994–2017) Top of the Pops 2 (1994–2017) Hollyoaks (1995–present) Arthur (1996–present) Never Mind the Buzzcocks (1996–2015) Silent Witness (1996–present) Midsomer Murders (1997–present) King of the Hill (1997–2010) South Park (1997–present) Airline (1998–2007) Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (1998–2014) Bob the Builder (1998–present) Bremner, Bird and Fortune (1999–2010) British Soap Awards (1999–2019, 2022–present) Ed, Edd n Eddy (1999–2009) SpongeBob SquarePants (1999–present) Family Guy (1999–2002, 2005–present) Holby City (1999–2022)Holby City – an oral history by the show's stars and creators https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/holby-city/a35594857/holby-city-an-oral-history-by-the-shows-stars-and-creators/ Digital Spy 4 April 2022 29 March 2022 2000s The Weakest Link (2000–2012, 2017–present) Big Brother (2000–2010, 2011–2018) My Family (2000–2011) Real Crime (2001–2011) Flog It! (2002–2020) Foyle's War (2002–2015) I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (2002–present) Harry Hill's TV Burp (2002–2012) Spooks (2002–2011) River City (2002–2026) Daily Politics (2003–2018) New Tricks (2003–2015) Peep Show (2003–2015) All Grown Up! (2003–2008) Tiny Pop (2003–2008) Politics Show (2003–2011) QI (2003–present) The Royal (2003–2011) This Week (2003–2019) Doc Martin (2004–2022) Sea of Souls (2004–2007) Supernanny (2004–2008, 2010–2012) Shameless (2004–2013) Strictly Come Dancing (2004–present) The X Factor (2004–2018) More4 News (2005—2009) Love Soup (2005–2008) Come Dine with Me (2005–present) Pocoyo (2005–2012, 2017–present) The Jeremy Kyle Show (2005–2019) It's Me or the Dog (2005–2012) Deal or No Deal (2005–2016) Sunday AM (2005–2021) Mock the Week (2005–2022) Dancing on Ice (2006–2014) Don't Get Done, Get Dom (2006–2016) Hotel Babylon (2006–2009) Numberjacks (2006–2009) Robin Hood (2006–2009) That Mitchell and Webb Look (2006–2010) Torchwood (2006–2011) Waterloo Road (2006–2015) Star Stories (2006–2008) Ugly Betty (2006–2010) Big Brother racism controversy Celebrity Big Brother racism controversy 2007 saw Channel 4 reality show Big Brother involved in two high-profile race-rows. Celebrity Big Brother 5 In January, Jade Goody, her mother Jackie Budden and boyfriend Jack Tweed, along with Danielle Lloyd and Jo O'Meara, were accused of racist bullying towards Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty. This resulted in protests in India and a record number of complaints to British TV regulator Ofcom and to Channel 4. At the end of May, Channel 4 broadcast an apology for not intervening. Big Brother 8 In response to the incident, Channel 4 introduced a zero-tolerance policy for racism. All housemates in this series were given strict warnings about racism before entering. Just one week after the launch, Emily Parr was removed from the house in the early hours of the morning for saying the word "nigger" to black housemate Charley Uchea just hours before. This incident was widely discussed in the media; viewers complained about Channel 4 broadcasting the word, however, other viewers complained that Emily had been treated unfairly, as she did not use the word in a spiteful context, instead possibly imitating rappers who use the word in their songs. Ending this year Date Show Channel(s) Debut(s) 4 JanuaryGreen WingChannel 42004CITV weekday afternoon blockITV1983The Holiday ProgrammeBBC1969What Not to Wear2001 7 JanuaryJust the Two of Us2006 12 JanuaryThe Price Is RightITV1984 13 JanuarySoapstar Superstar2006 19 JanuaryAirline1998 28 January GrandstandBBC1958 13 February Bill Oddie Back in the USA2007 15 FebruaryThe Verdict2007 3 March PokerFaceITV2006 7 March BrainTeaserChannel 52002 13 March Fallen AngelITV2007 16 MarchThe Vicar of DibleyBBC1994 10 AprilLife on Mars2006 19 AprilSea of Souls2004 23 AprilRush Hour2007 31 MayThe Last DetectiveITV2003 13 JulyArt Attack1990 14 JulyPopworldChannel 42001 21 JulyPointlessBlogBBC Two2003 23 JulyThe Time of Your LifeITV2007 28 JulyJekyllBBC 10 AugustWin My WageChannel 4 26 AugustThe ChaseBBC2006 31 AugustDale's Supermarket SweepITV1993 & 2007 1 SeptemberSchool's OutBBC2006 13 SeptemberBorn to Be DifferentChannel 42003 & 2006 3 OctoberTornITV2007 28 OctoberMichael Palin's New EuropeBBC 28 NovemberThe Bionic WomanITV1976 & 2007 16 DecemberCranfordBBC2007 22 DecemberOliver TwistParkinsonITV1971 Top 10 highest rated shows of 2007 Rank Show Rating1EastEnders14.34 million2Doctor Who13.31 million3Rugby World Cup 200713.10 million4Coronation Street13.08 million5The Vicar of Dibley13.08 million6X Factor results12.23 million7Concert for Diana12.22 million8Strictly Come Dancing12.09 million9The X Factor11.7810Britain's Got Talent11.58 million Deaths DateName Age Broadcast credibility7 JanuaryMagnus Magnusson77television presenter (Mastermind)15 JanuaryBarbara Kelly83actress and panelist (What's My Line?)22 JanuaryAnna Cropper68actress (The Jewel in the Crown, Midsomer Murders)30 JanuaryGriffith Jones97actor6 FebruaryDick Allen62television film editor (Hotel du Lac, Portrait of a Marriage)9 FebruaryIan Richardson72Scottish actor (House of Cards)20 FebruaryDerek Waring79actor (Z-Cars)21 FebruaryKeith Kyle81television presenter (Tonight)8 MarchJohn Inman71actor (Are You Being Served?)14 MarchGareth Hunt65actor (Upstairs, Downstairs, The New Avengers)30 MarchDave Martin72television scriptwriter (Doctor Who, Z-Cars)2 AprilGeorge Sewell82actor (Softly, Softly, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), Manhunt, The Sweeney)3 AprilTerry Hall80ventriloquist on television27 AprilAl Hunter Ashton49actor and scriptwriter26 MayAubrey Singer80television executive18 JuneBernard Manning76comedian19 JuneTommy Eytle80actor (Jules Tavernier in EastEnders)27 JuneHugh Johns83football commentator9 JulyPenny Thomson56television producerPeter Tuddenham88voice actor (Blake's 7)13 JulyFrank Maher78television stuntman20 JulyIvor Emmanuel79actor26 JulyJohn Normington70actor (Softly, Softly, Crown Court; Upstairs, Downstairs, My Family and Other Animals)29 JulyPhil Drabble93television presenter, author and countryman (One Man and His Dog)Mike Reid67comedian and actor (EastEnders, Runaround) aka Frank Butcher5 AugustPeter Graham Scott83television producer and director16 AugustClive Exton77scriptwriter (Poirot, Jeeves and Wooster, Rosemary & Thyme)30 AugustMichael Jackson65writer and television presenter (The Beer Hunter)6 SeptemberRonald Magill87actor (Emmerdale)1 OctoberRonnie Hazlehurst79theme tune composer (Only Fools and Horses, Yes Minister, Are You Being Served?, The Two Ronnies)Ned Sherrin76television producer (That Was The Week That Was, Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life)6 OctoberRodney Diak86actor12 OctoberNoel Coleman87actor (Doctor Who, Emergency – Ward 10, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Z-Cars, Dixon of Dock Green, The Avengers)16 OctoberDeborah Kerr86actress (A Woman of Substance)21 OctoberPeter Moffatt85television director (All Creatures Great and Small, Doctor Who)27 OctoberMoira Lister84South African-born actress (Danger Man, The Avengers)6 NovemberHilda Braid78actress (Citizen Smith, Nana Moon in EastEnders)9 NovemberTrish Williamson52TV weather presenter, journalist, producer and director http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article2885413.ece Trish Williamson: Television weather girl who became a noted producer and director News International The Times London 17 November 2007 7 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110524062413/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article2885413.ece 24 May 2011 dead19 NovemberDick Wilson91actor22 NovemberVerity Lambert71TV producer (Doctor Who)28 NovemberTony Holland67television writer (EastEnders)1 DecemberAnton Rodgers74actor (Fresh Fields, French Fields, May to December)5 DecemberChristine Finn77actress (Quatermass and the Pit)Peter Orton72television producer8 DecemberDonald Burton83actor (Upstairs, Downstairs, Public Eye, Minder)25 DecemberPat Kirkwood86actress See also 2007 in British music 2007 in British radio 2007 in the United Kingdom List of British films of 2007 References External links List of 2007 British television series at IMDb 2007