2014 in British television

none April 2014 May 2020 2014 British television This is a list of events that took place in 2014 related to British television. Events January Date Event150th anniversary of the first edition of Top of the Pops. Although an edition was aired on New Year's Eve 2013, the anniversary itself goes unmarked by the BBC because of the programme's association with the late Jimmy Savile.http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/jimmy-savile-sex-abuse-scandal-2977061 Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal: BBC to ignore Top of the Pops' 50th anniversary Daily Record 31 December 2013 6 January 2014ITV screens the terrestrial television premiere of the concluding film in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, which is watched by an average audience of 5.1 million. It is up against the series three premiere of Sherlock on BBC One, which is watched by an average of 9.2 million.John Plunkett https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/jan/02/sherlock-bbc-benedict-cumberbatch-martin-freeman Sherlock: nearly 10m viewers watch BBC detective's return – TV ratings – 1 January The Guardian 2 January 2014 27 January 20182It is reported that newspaper proprietor Richard Desmond has appointed Barclays Bank to advise his company on the possible sale of Channel 5.Mark Sweney https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/jan/02/richard-desmond-sale-channel-5 Richard Desmond appoints Barclays to explore sale of Channel 5 The Guardian 2 January 2014 6 January 2014Responding to a suggestion from former Channel 5 chief executive David Elstein that the BBC should introduce a subscription model for its services, the Corporation rejects the idea, saying it would exclude those who couldn't afford to pay for it.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25576289 BBC News BBC rejects subscription fee calls 2 January 2014 2 January 20144It is reported that Only Fools and Horses will return for a one-off sketch that will air during the BBC's Sport Relief telethon in March.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/10550716/Only-Fools-and-Horses-to-return-for-a-one-off-sketch.html Only Fools and Horses to return for a one-off sketch The Daily Telegraph 4 January 2014 6 January 20145Speaking on an edition of BBC One's The Andrew Marr Show, Prime Minister David Cameron declines an invitation from Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond to take part in a televised debate on Scottish independence ahead of September's referendum on the issue.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-25607826 BBC News Scottish independence: Cameron again rejects Salmond TV debate challenge 5 January 2014 5 January 2014Actor Sir Tony Robinson and TV historian and Labour MP Tristram Hunt criticise Education Secretary Michael Gove after he wrote in a Daily Mail article that "left-wing academics" were using the television series Blackadder "to feed myths" about World War I.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25612369 BBC News Blackadder star Sir Tony Robinson in Michael Gove WW1 row 5 January 2014 6 January 20146The media regulator Ofcom concludes that news coverage of the murder of Lee Rigby didn't breach broadcasting regulations, but issues new guidelines to news outlets on giving appropriate warnings before distressing content is aired.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25624599 BBC News Ofcom clears news coverage of Lee Rigby murder 6 January 2014 6 January 20147Police are investigating death threats made against five people who featured in Channel 4's documentary Benefits Street. The programme also draws criticism for stereotyping people on welfare.Jess Denham https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/benefits-street-residents-subjected-to-death-threats-after-channel-4-show-airs-9043932.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/benefits-street-residents-subjected-to-death-threats-after-channel-4-show-airs-9043932.html 1 May 2022 subscription Benefits Street residents subjected to death threats after Channel 4 show airs The Independent 7 January 2014 7 January 2014The BBC issues a statement rejecting claims of political bias after an episode of Sherlock that aired on 5 January displayed a spoof newspaper article describing a fictional Mayor of London as "dithering, incoherent, and self-interested". Boris Johnson had suggested it was the broadcaster's raison d'être to attack Conservative politicians during an interview for London's LBC.Jenn Selby https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/boris-johnson-on-hairbrained-sherlock-barb-the-bbcs-raison-detre-is-to-attack-conservative-politicians-9044613.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/boris-johnson-on-hairbrained-sherlock-barb-the-bbcs-raison-detre-is-to-attack-conservative-politicians-9044613.html 1 May 2022 subscription Boris Johnson on "hairbrained" Sherlock barb: 'The BBC's raison d'etre is to attack Conservative politicians' The Independent 7 January 2014 1 April 2014Royal Mail releases a set of stamps celebrating 60 years of children's television from the BBC, ITV, Channels 4 and 5, featuring characters such as Bagpuss, Postman Pat and Bob the Builder.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25590353 BBC News Children's TV favourites to appear on stamps 3 January 2014 3 January 2014The Magic House celebrates its 20th anniversary.8The first episode of Benefits Street has attracted 300 complaints to the media regulator Ofcom and 400 to Channel 4. An online petition calling for the broadcaster to axe the remainder of the series has also been launched, so far attracting 3,000 signatures.Hatty Collier https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/jan/08/benefits-street-petition-series-axed-channel-4 Benefits Street backlash continues as petition calls for series to be axed The Guardian 8 January 2014 14 January 2014The Advertising Standards Authority bans two commercials for logbook loans company Loans2Go that feature a man dressed as an Austrian singing a jingle to the tune of "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow", deeming it an inappropriate way to sell expensive loans.Simon Read https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/advertising/loans2go-tv-adverts-banned-over-inappropriate-austrian-costumes-9044812.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/advertising/loans2go-tv-adverts-banned-over-inappropriate-austrian-costumes-9044812.html 1 May 2022 subscription Loans2Go TV adverts banned over "inappropriate" Austrian costumes The Independent 8 January 2014 1 April 2014Conservative MP Penny Mordaunt is confirmed as one of the contestants in the upcoming series of ITV's high-diving reality show, Splash!. Reports describe her party as being "relaxed" about her participation in the show, with the politician set to donate her appearance fee to charity.Adam Sherwin https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/tory-mp-penny-mordaunt-under-fire-after-signing-up-to-reality-tv-show-splash-9046809.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/tory-mp-penny-mordaunt-under-fire-after-signing-up-to-reality-tv-show-splash-9046809.html 1 May 2022 subscription Tory MP Penny Mordaunt under fire after signing up to reality TV show Splash! The Independent 8 January 2014 1 April 20149Channel 4 announces plans for live broadcasts from the International Space Station, including the airing of a 90-minute orbit of the Earth.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25680706 BBC News Space Station orbit to be screened live on Channel 4 10 January 2014 12 January 2014Frances Perraudin https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/jan/09/channel-4-live-from-space Channel 4 in space: viewers to be taken round the world in 90 minutes The Guardian 9 January 2014 12 January 201413West Midlands-born comedian Frank Skinner tells the Birmingham Mail that he turned down an offer to narrate Channel 4's Benefits Street because he had concerns about how people from Birmingham would be portrayed, and did not wish to criticise the city.Roz Laws http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/frank-skinner-turned-down-benefits-6503474 Frank Skinner turned down Benefits Street job over fears about how Brummies would be portrayed Birmingham Mail 13 January 2014 15 January 201415Sky introduces AdSmart, a system enabling customers to receive specifically targeted advertisements depending on income, lifestyle, geography, etc.http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tech/news/a544298/sky-adsmart-launches-bringing-targeted-advertising-to-tv.html Sky AdSmart launches, bringing targeted advertising to TV Digital Spy 15 January 2014 26 January 2014Sky Sports presenter Charlie Webster speaks candidly about a sexual assault she suffered as a teenager during an interview on BBC Radio 5 Live.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25740082 BBC News Sky Sports presenter Charlie Webster speaks of sex assault 15 January 2014 15 January 2014Figures from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport indicate that jobs in the entertainment industry, which includes television, have increased by 8.6% over recent yearsMay 2020, and now make up 5.6% of the UK workforce.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25742231 BBC News UK's creative industries beat employment downturn 15 January 2014 15 January 2014BBC Political Editor Nick Robinson's tablet computer interrupts a heated debate about Prime Minister's Questions on the day's edition of Daily Politics when it begins playing the Queen song "Fat Bottomed Girls".https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-25747267 BBC News Queen on Robinson tablet computer interrupts TV debate 15 January 2014 16 January 201417Channel 4 News broadcasts the only known recording of Cambridge spy Guy Burgess. It is the first time the material, recorded in New York in 1951, has been heard publicly, after it was released to City University London researchers by the US government.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25788024 BBC News 'Cambridge spy' Guy Burgess recording broadcast 17 January 2014 18 January 201418The first edition of weekend breakfast show Scrambled! airs over three years after Toonattik, Action Stations! and The Fluffy Club had all ended.20Julie Hesmondhalgh makes her final appearance in Coronation Street as Hayley Cropper. As soap's first transgender character, Hayley was a regular in the series for several years, and helped to change public attitudes towards transgender issues. She is killed off in a dramatic and emotional right to die storyline after Hesmondhalgh decided to leave the show.Stuart Jeffries https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/jan/17/julie-esmondhalgh-assisted-suicide-coronation-street-hayley-cropper Coronation Street and the right to die: why Hayley Cropper's story matters The Guardian 17 January 2014 27 April 2014Hesmondhalgh Julie http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-01-20/coronation-streets-julie-hesmondhalgh-why-hayley-had-to-die Coronation Street actress Julie Hesmondhalgh on why Hayley had to die Radio Times 20 January 2014 27 April 201422Actress Julie Hesmondhalgh, who played Hayley Cropper in Coronation Street is presented with the award for best serial drama performance at the 2014 National Television Awards for the soap's storyline which saw the character take her own life following a diagnosis of terminal cancer.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25817923 BBC News Corrie's Hayley Cropper wins at National TV awards 22 January 2014 22 January 201424The BBC confirms that John Linwood, the Corporation's former head of technology was sacked in July 2013 over the failure of the Digital Media Initiative.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25886417 BBC News Former BBC technology boss sacked over failed project 24 January 2014 24 January 201427Granada Television weatherman Fred Talbot faces several charges related to a number of alleged sexual offences in a previous profession.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25917895 BBC News TV weatherman Fred Talbot on sex charges 27 January 2014 27 January 201429As part of a four-year deal with Sky, ITV announces the launch of ITV Encore, a pay-TV channel exclusive to Sky that will show recent ITV series and commission new material.Gideon Spanier https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/itv-launches-pay-channel-itv-encore-9093204.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/itv-launches-pay-channel-itv-encore-9093204.html 1 May 2022 subscription live ITV launches pay channel ITV Encore Independent Print Limited The Independent 29 January 2014 16 June 2014A safety advert for Cycling Scotland is banned by the Advertising Standards Authority for showing a rider without a helmet.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-25926572 BBC News Cycling Scotland advert banned over "no helmet" 29 January 2014 2 February 2014Comedian and television presenter Jim Davidson wins the thirteenth series of Celebrity Big Brother.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25956085 BBC News – Jim Davidson wins Celebrity Big Brother Bbc.co.uk 2014-01-30 2014-04-2530The Scottish Football Association agrees a new four-year deal with Sky Sports to show its matches in the UK and Ireland.http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/scottish-football-association-announces-new-3093134 Scottish Football Association announces new four-season television deal with Sky Daily Record 30 January 2014 2 February 2014Ashley Walters announces, during an interview with Charlie Sloth, on BBC Radio 1Xtra that his series Top Boy has been cancelled by Channel 4, after two series. February Date Event3The Law Society of Scotland says it is in favour of allowing cameras into Scottish Courts, and suggests adopting the format used by New Zealand, where filming is left to the Judge's discretion.http://news.stv.tv/scotland/262714-solicitors-in-favour-of-allowing-television-cameras-into-courts/ Solicitors in favour of allowing television cameras into courts STV News STV 3 February 2014 3 February 2014 August 2026 InternetArchiveBot Joe McElderry wins the first series of The Jump.Sam Rigby http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s231/the-jump/news/a548664/joe-mcelderry-wins-channel-4s-the-jump.html#~p3TDz5gedIQjrI Joe McElderry wins Channel 4's The Jump Digital Spy 3 February 2014 10 February 20154Launch of Channel 5 +24, a channel that airs the previous day's primetime content from Channel 5.ITV airs the final edition of the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? after more than 15 years.Osborn Michael https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25910570 BBC News Who Wants To Be a Millionaire's best bits 4 February 2014 11 February 2014 The following week, on 11 February, a compilation of some of the best bits of Millionaire is aired as part of Chris's Final Answer, a documentary taking a look at the show's history.http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/what-s-on/tv-film/one-to-watch-who-wants-to-be-a-millionaire-chris-s-final-answer-itv-9pm-1-6431454 One to watch: Who wants to be a millionaire? Chris's final answer – ITV, 9pm Johnston Press Blackpool Gazette 11 February 2014 13 September 2014 The show is revived in 2018.5The BBC confirms that Sarah Smith will join BBC Scotland to present Scotland 2014, a 30-minute weeknight studio programme about the independence referendum.https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/sarah-smith.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150925073217/http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/sarah-smith.html dead 25 September 2015 BBC Media Centre Sarah Smith joins BBC News BBC 5 February 2014 11 March 2014 The programme replaces Newsnight Scotland from May, which will not return once Scotland 2014 ends in October.Cramb Auslan https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/scotland/scottish-politics/10623182/Scottish-independence-journalist-Sarah-Smith-hits-back-at-accusations-of-BBC-referendum-bias.html Scottish independence: journalist Sarah Smith hits back at accusations of BBC referendum bias The Daily Telegraph 6 February 2014 11 February 2014Debut of the dark comedy anthology series Inside No. 9 on BBC Two.Kendall Paul https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/tv-and-radio-reviews/10620378/Inside-No9-BBC-Two-review.html Inside No9, BBC Two, review Telegraph Media Group The Telegraph 5 February 2014 17 November 20186Sarah Smith criticises Twitter users who have accused her of anti-independence bias following the previous day's announcement of her new presenting role.Coronation Street actor William Roache is cleared of several accusations of historical sexual offences following a trial at Preston Crown Court. ITV says it will discuss his return to the soap.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-26068034 BBC News William Roache found not guilty of rape and indecent assault 6 February 2014 6 February 20147Simon Cowell confirms he will return to The X Factor when the show returns later in the year.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-26086285 The X Factor: Simon Cowell to return in 2014 BBC BBC Newsbeat 4 February 2014 21 June 20148In an interview for the following day's Observer, the BBC Director of Television, Danny Cohen says that the BBC will make no more all male panel shows. His announcement follows recommendations made by the BBC Trust in 2013 to boost the on screen presence of women.Vanessa Thorpe https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/feb/08/bbc-comedy-shows-male-panels-female-presence BBC chief: no more comedy shows with all-male panels The Observer Guardian Media Group 8 February 2014 23 July 201413Former BBC Radio 1 DJ and Top of the Pops presenter Dave Lee Travis is cleared of twelve historic counts of indecent assault, with the jury unable to reach a verdict on the remaining two. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26177136 Dave Lee Travis trial: DJ cleared of indecent assault BBC News 13 February 2014 27 February 2014 It is announced on 24 February that he will face a retrial on the remaining allegations,https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26322552 Dave Lee Travis to face retrial on sex offence charges BBC News 24 February 2014 27 February 2014 and on 28 March that he will face charges on another count.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26787306 BBC News Dave Lee Travis to be charged with indecent assault 28 March 2014 28 March 201415Janice Hadlow will step down as joint Controller of BBC Two and BBC Four to take up a new role in charge of "special projects and seasons" at the BBC.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26139320 BBC News BBC Two controller Janice Hadlow gets new role BBC 11 February 2014 13 April 2014Perri Kiely, a dancer with Diversity, wins the second series of Splash!.http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/02/15/perri-kiely-wins-splash-final_n_4795684.html Perri Kiely Wins Splash! Final After Perfect Dive Huffington Post 15 February 2014 20 June 201416ITV confirms plans for a three-part miniseries about the rise to fame of Cilla Black, which will star Sheridan Smith as Black.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26218681 Sheridan Smith to play Cilla Black in new ITV drama BBC BBC News 16 February 2014 8 September 201417Figures from Broadcasters' Audience Research Board indicate that people in the UK watched an average of 3 hours 55 minutes and 30 seconds of television a day in 2013, down nine minutes from 2012.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-26221364 BBC News Average time spent watching TV fell in 2013, data shows 17 February 2014 17 February 2014It is announced that Lorraine Kelly will leave Daybreak to concentrate on presenting her self-titled show on ITV.Thomson Jenny http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/showbiz/lorraine-kelly-quitting-itv-s-daybreak-to-concentrate-on-own-show-1.226879 Lorraine Kelly quitting ITV's Daybreak to concentrate on own show The Courier 17 February 2014 17 February 2014Big Tobacco advertising returns to British television for the first time in almost 50 years as British American Tobacco launches a television, press and poster campaign for its electronic cigarette brand Vype.Oliver Wright https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/big-tobacco-offers-pure-satisfaction-in-its-return-to-tv-9134568.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/big-tobacco-offers-pure-satisfaction-in-its-return-to-tv-9134568.html 1 May 2022 subscription live Vype e-cig advert: Big Tobacco offers "pure satisfaction" in its return to TV Independent Print Limited The Independent 17 February 2014 28 May 201420The BBC announce that David Dimbleby and Huw Edwards will share the presenting of its 2015 general election coverage, with Dimbleby fronting the programme overnight from 10 pm on 7 May, and Edwards taking over at 7 am the following day. Dimbleby will then present a special post-election edition of Question Time on the evening of 8 May. The announcement is made after media speculation Dimbleby would be replaced by Edwards, although 2015 (Dimbleby's ninth election at the helm) is expected to be the last one he will cover.John Plunkett https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/feb/20/david-dimbleby-huw-edwards-bbc-general-election-coverage David Dimbleby and Huw Edwards to share BBC general election coverage The Guardian 20 February 2014 28 May 201424A camera fault on the lunchtime edition of BBC Look North leads to presenter Caroline Bilton appearing to sink into the floor. Over the following four days, footage of the incident is watched on YouTube by three million viewers.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-humber-26386733 BBC News 'Sinking' BBC TV reporter explains what went wrong 28 February 2014 2 March 201425Media regulator Ofcom says it has launched an investigation into Benefits Street after the show generated more than 1,700 complaints.John Plunkett https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/feb/25/benefits-street-investigated-ofcom-channel-4 Benefits Street to be investigated by Ofcom following viewers' complaints The Guardian 25 February 2014 25 February 2014https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26336909 BBC News Benefits Street series faces Ofcom investigation 25 February 2014 25 February 201426Speaking at the Oxford Media Conference, Maria Miller, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport says Scotland will lose the BBC if it votes for independence in September.John Plunkett https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/feb/26/maria-miller-independent-scotland-lose-bbc Maria Miller says independent Scotland would lose the BBC The Guardian 26 February 2014 27 February 2014A third series of the BBC period crime drama Ripper Street, axed by the broadcaster in 2013, will be produced in Ireland by Amazon for its video on-demand service.Sorcha Corcoran http://www.businessandleadership.com/exporting/item/44899-third-series-of-tv-drama/ Third series of TV drama "Ripper Street" to be produced in Ireland Businessandleadership.com 26 February 2014 27 February 2014Aisling Newton http://www.iftn.ie/broadcast/BroadcastNews/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4286891&tpl=archnews&force=1 Amazon Revives BBC Crime Drama "Ripper Street" The Irish Film & Television Network 26 February 2014 27 February 201428Actress Sheridan Smith will play journalist Lisa Lynch is a BBC adaptation of Lynch's 2010 book, The C-Word, which chronicles her fight against breast cancer.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26367579 Sheridan Smith to play cancer blogger Lisa Lynch BBC News BBC 28 February 2014 4 May 2015 March Date Event2Tim Pigott-Smith, who plays Prime Minister H. H. Asquith in BBC drama 37 Days, tells The Andrew Marr Show that television needs "more informative drama".https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-26405693 BBC News Tim Pigott-Smith: "TV needs to teach" 2 March 2014 2 March 20143Susanna Reid leaves BBC Breakfast to become a presenter on ITV's Daybreak, which will relaunch later in the year as Good Morning Britain. She will be joined by Ben Shephard, Charlotte Hawkins and Sean Fletcher.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26351796 BBC News Susanna Reid quits BBC for ITV as Daybreak is axed 3 March 2014 3 March 2014EastEnders villain Nick Cotton, last seen on screen in 2009, is to be killed off, it is confirmed, his death occurring off screen.http://www.tv3.ie/entertainment_article.php?locID=1.803.813&article=127927 EastEnders' Nick Cotton to be killed off TV3 Xposé Entertainment TV3 3 March 2014 1 April 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140407090404/http://www.tv3.ie/entertainment_article.php?locID=1.803.813&article=127927 7 April 2014 The episode of the soap featuring his funeral, shown on 27 March, is watched by 6.7 million viewers.Walker Danny https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/eastenders-nick-cotton-funeral-brings-3295890 EastEnders: "Nick Cotton" funeral brings in just over 6.7m viewers Daily Mirror 28 March 2014 2 April 20145A celebrity campaign is launched to save BBC Three amid reports that the channel will become an online-only channel to cut costs.Butterly Amelia https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-26445852 Newsbeat Celebrities campaign to save BBC Three from being axed BBC 5 March 2014 5 March 2014https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26447089 BBC News BBC Three to be axed and move online 5 March 2014 5 March 20146BBC Director-General Tony Hall confirms BBC Three will close in Autumn 2015, and shift its content online. Subject to the approval of the BBC Trust, the plans will also allow an extra £30m to be spent on drama for BBC One and a BBC One +1 service.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26464007 BBC News BBC One to get £30m from Three closure 6 March 2014 6 March 2014An audience member storms out of the studio midway through the evening's edition of Question Time after engaging in a heated debate about immigration with panel member David Aaronovitch.Asa Bennett http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/03/07/immigration-question-time_n_4917191.html Question Time Audience Member Walks Out in Immigration Row The Huffington Post 7 March 2014 29 January 20157Ministers are considering decriminalising non-payment of the TV licence, making it a civil offence instead, the Daily Telegraph reports.Ross Tim https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/10684639/Dodging-TV-licence-will-not-be-a-crime.html Dodging TV licence will not be a crime The Daily Telegraph 7 March 2014 8 March 2014Lewis Smith Lewis Smith More articles from this journalist https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/plan-to-make-nonpayment-of-tv-licence-a-civil-offence-9177874.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/plan-to-make-nonpayment-of-tv-licence-a-civil-offence-9177874.html 1 May 2022 subscription live Plan to make non-payment of TV licence a civil offence The Independent 7 March 2014 8 March 2014Research conducted by TV Licensing indicates that 10% of viewers in Northern Ireland watch television on a screen larger than 50 inches, a higher proportion than does the rest of the UK, where the average is 3%.http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/news/big-screens-and-live-childrens-shows-northern-irelands-tv-habits-revealed-30072240.html Big screens and live children's shows – Northern Ireland's TV habits revealed The Belfast Telegraph 7 March 2014 9 March 2014Channel 4 shows the first of ten days of live coverage of the 2014 Winter Paralympics. This is the first time that the Winter Paralympic Games has ever been seen on British television.9The ninth and final series of Dancing on Ice, titled Dancing on Ice: All Stars, is won by actor Ray Quinn and dance partner Maria Filippov. The programme also sees Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean make their final television performance of Boléro, a routine they made famous at the 1984 Winter Olympics. Dancing on Ice would later return in 2018 before axing again in 2025.Rigby Sam http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s101/dancing-on-ice/news/a556417/dancing-on-ice-all-stars-ray-quinn-wins-final-series.html#~oHhfi5ep8BylzD Dancing on Ice All-Stars: Ray Quinn wins final series Digital Spy 9 March 2014 15 June 201410Linking the licence fee to the rate of inflation is among several suggestions in a BBC commissioned report into post-2020 funding for the broadcaster.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26513597 BBC News BBC to argue for licence fee to be linked to inflation 10 March 2014 11 March 2014Singer Cheryl Cole will return as a judge on The X Factor for its eleventh series, replacing Sharon Osbourne.Rigby Sam http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s103/the-x-factor/news/a556731/cheryl-cole-confirms-return-to-the-x-factor.html#~oHL8jXJZAsB4aN Cheryl Cole confirms return to The X Factor Digital Spy 10 March 2014 20 June 201411An updated version of BBC iPlayer is unveiled by the BBC, with extra features and content.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26529371 BBC News New-look iPlayer unveiled by BBC 11 March 2014 11 March 201412An edition of BBC Three's live debate show, Free Speech attracts criticism after dropping a question asking "When will it be right to be Muslim and gay?". BBC Three says the decision was taken amid security concerns after the show's venue, Birmingham Central Mosque, received threats.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26576673 BBC News BBC Three show denies censorship 14 March 2014 14 March 201415Presenter Kate Garraway confirms she will be part of the Good Morning Britain team when the programme launches later in the year.Catherine Earp http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a557848/kate-garraway-im-staying-with-daybreak-and-good-morning-britain.html Kate Garraway: 'I'm staying with Daybreak and Good Morning Britain' Digital Spy 15 March 2014 16 March 201417The BBC apologises for failing to fully brief students from the London School of Economics about the risks of participating in a 2013 Panorama documentary about North Korea after the BBC Trust found the broadcaster had "failed to consider a number of important issues and risks, and failed to deal with them appropriately".https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26609581 BBC News BBC apologises over Panorama's North Korea programme 17 March 2014 17 March 2014In an address to BAFTA, the comedian Lenny Henry calls for funds to be ringfenced to boost the representation of black, Asian and minority ethnic people in the broadcasting industry.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26626388 BBC News Lenny Henry calls for ethnic TV industry boost 19 March 2014 19 March 2014Tara Conlan https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/mar/18/lenny-henry-black-asian-television Lenny Henry calls for law to boost low numbers of black people in TV industry The Guardian 17 March 2014 19 March 201418BBC News announces the appointment of ITV News Social Affairs Editor Penny Marshall as its new Education Editor. At the same time, BBC Chief Economics Correspondent Hugh Pym is appointed as their new Health Editor.Tara Conlan https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/mar/18/bbc-news-creates-health-education-editor-posts BBC News hires ITV's Penny Marshall for new education editor role The Guardian 18 March 2014 31 January 201519Actress Lisa Hammond is to join EastEnders as market trader Donna Yates, the show's second regular character with a disability. The first was Adam Best, played by David Proud in 2009–10.Harris Jamie http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a558646/eastenders-adds-new-disabled-character-played-by-lisa-hammond.html#~p8ZdE4Urd5pTq2 EastEnders adds new disabled character played by Lisa Hammond Digital Spy 19 March 2014 5 April 2015 24 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924201723/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a558646/eastenders-adds-new-disabled-character-played-by-lisa-hammond.html#~p8ZdE4Urd5pTq2 dead 21Government ministers give their formal backing to decriminalising non-payment of the TV licence.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-26682135 BBC News BBC licence fee: Ministers back plans for decriminalisation 21 March 2014 21 March 2014Highlights of Sport Relief 2014 include an Only Fools and Horses sketch involving David Beckham and a performance of Especially for You by Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan, believed to be their first live performance of the 1988 hit for 25 years. The telethon also raises a record £51,242,186, beating the £50.4m raised in 2012.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26668900 BBC News Sport Relief: Stars help to raise more than £51m 22 March 2014 22 March 2014Research commissioned by the campaign group Action on Junk Food Marketing suggests children are being exposed to a high level of advertising for unhealthy food, and wants commercials for junk food banned from prime-time television.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-26665952 BBC News Ban TV junk food ads until 21:00, say campaigners 21 March 2014 21 March 2014Kylie Minogue says she will leave The Voice at the end of the current series to concentrate on tour commitments.Watts Halina http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/voice-kylie-minogue-reveals-quitting-3269352 The Voice: Kylie Minogue reveals she is quitting because she will be too busy with tour commitments Daily Record 21 March 2014 22 March 2014 She confirms her decision to leave on 11 April.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26985230 BBC News Kylie Minogue quits The Voice BBC 11 April 2014 13 April 201425Non-payment of the television license fee is decriminalised by Government.31Two days after same sex marriage is made legal in England and Wales, Channel 4 airs Our Gay Wedding: The Musical, a documentary featuring Benjamin Till and Nathan Taylor, one of the first couples to marry under the changes in the law, and who decided to celebrate the occasion by turning it into a television musical.https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/our-gay-wedding-making-a-song-and-dance-of-the-big-day-9215281.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/our-gay-wedding-making-a-song-and-dance-of-the-big-day-9215281.html 1 May 2022 subscription Why I'm turning my gay wedding into a Channel 4 musical 26 March 2014 April Date Event1A timeshift Cartoon Network +1 is relaunched, replacing Cartoon Network Too.2David Dimbleby chairs The European Union: In or Out in which Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg and UKIP leader Nigel Farage debate Britain's future in Europe.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-26443312 BBC News BBC to host Nick Clegg and Nigel Farage TV debate 5 March 2014 5 March 2014The BBC confirms that its school drama Waterloo Road will end in 2015, following the conclusion of series 10.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26849461 BBC News Waterloo Road to close doors in 2015 2 April 2014 2 April 2014Radio and television presenter Sandi Toksvig questions the logic of a BBC pledge to ban all-male panel shows, suggesting in a TV Times interview that more female presenters would be a better idea as it would encourage greater female participation in such programmes.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26832570 BBC News Sandi Toksvig questions BBC all-male panel ban 2 April 2014 2 April 2014Ricky Norwood, who plays Fatboy in EastEnders, is suspended from the series for two months after online footage emerged of him smoking cannabis.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-26847921 BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat Ricky Norwood suspended over claims of smoking cannabis BBC 2 April 2014 2 April 20143BSkyB, one of Scotland's largest private sector employers, says it has no plans to make any business changes if Scotland votes for independence in September.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-26871555 BBC News Scottish independence: BSkyB says debate is "for the Scottish people" 3 April 2014 3 April 20144Sir Bruce Forsyth announces that he is stepping down from hosting the regular live shows of Strictly Come Dancing after 10 years but will continue the role for pre-recorded specials.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26889405 BBC News Sir Bruce Forsyth steps down from Strictly Come Dancing 4 April 2014 4 April 2014The BBC Trust approves plans to extend the time content is made available on BBC iPlayer from seven to thirty days.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26888421 BBC News BBC iPlayer shows to be made available for 30 days 4 April 2014 6 April 20145The quiz show Fifteen to One returns to Channel 4 with Sandi Toksvig as host.Jermain Jackman wins the third series of The Voice, becoming the show's first male winner.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26908334 BBC News The Voice crowns Jermain Jackman as its winner 6 April 2014 6 April 20147Model and journalist Peaches Geldof is found dead at her home in Wrotham, Kent.Robert Booth https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/apr/07/peaches-geldof-found-dead-aged-25 Peaches Geldof found dead aged 25 The Guardian 7 April 2014 23 July 2014Trinity College, Cambridge wins the 2013–14 series of University Challenge, beating Somerville College, Oxford 240–135.9Sajid Javid is appointed as Culture Secretary following the resignation of Maria Miller.Andrew Grice https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/culture-secretary-maria-miller-resigns-amid-expenses-row-9247795.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/culture-secretary-maria-miller-resigns-amid-expenses-row-9247795.html 1 May 2022 subscription Maria Miller resigns: Sajid Javid appointed new Culture Secretary following expenses row The Independent 9 April 2014 9 April 2014The Advertising Standards Agency bans a television advert for Wonga.com which it deems has misled viewers about the amount of interest rates charged on payday loans.Lisa Bachelor https://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/apr/09/wonga-advert-banned-payday-lender Wonga ad banned for "misleading" borrowers The Guardian 9 April 2014 9 April 2014EastEnders confirms that Patsy Palmer is to leave the series in the autumn after playing Bianca Jackson for 21 years.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26952972 BBC News Patsy Palmer to leave EastEnders 9 April 2014 9 April 201411Kim Shillinglaw is named Controller of BBC Two and BBC Four, replacing Janice Hadlow.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26990256 BBC News Kim Shillinglaw named controller of BBC Two and Four BBC 11 April 2014 13 April 201413The BBC announces plans to mark the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings with a series of programmes on television and radio.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27009601 BBC News D-Day: BBC to mark 70th anniversary BBC 13 April 2014 13 April 201416Channel 4 is to increase its arts coverage after receiving £3 million in funding from Arts Council England.Griffiths Sarah Jane https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27047095 BBC News Channel 4 "supercharges" arts coverage with £3m boost BBC 16 April 2014 16 April 2014Speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live, Kieran Smith, Executive Producer of Love Productions, confirms plans for a follow-up programme to Benefits Street, provisionally titled Immigration Street, but says Channel 4 are yet to commission it.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27047492 BBC News Benefits Street follow-up in pipeline BBC 16 April 2014 16 April 201417Bid Shopping goes into administration, forcing its channels Shop at Bid and Price Drop off air.Clover Julian http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2014/04/18/sit-up-collapses-after-fall-in-sales/ Sit-up collapses after fall in sales Broadband TV News 18 April 2014 1 May 201418Launch of the "Who Killed Lucy Beale?" storyline in EastEnders, a whodunit plot that will run throughout the rest of 2014 and into early 2015, with the resolution timed to coincide with the soap's 30th anniversary.http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Eastenders-shocker-killed-Lucy-Beale/story-20967351-detail/story.html https://archive.today/20140902222809/http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Eastenders-shocker-killed-Lucy-Beale/story-20967351-detail/story.html dead 2 September 2014 Eastenders shocker: Who killed Lucy Beale? Local World Western Morning News 17 April 2014 2 September 2014 2050th anniversary of the launch of BBC Two.Chiara Rimella Charlie Cooper https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/bbc2-at-50-the-50-facts-you-might-not-know-9271496.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/bbc2-at-50-the-50-facts-you-might-not-know-9271496.html 1 May 2022 subscription BBC2 at 50: The 50 facts you might not know Independent Print Limited The Independent 20 April 2014 25 April 2014BBC News reports that Miranda Hart is in early talks with the BBC about the possibility of reviving The Generation Game.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27095011 BBC News Miranda Hart "in talks to host Generation Game" BBC 20 April 2014 29 July 2014 The broadcaster confirms on 17 August that the show will return, and that Hart will take on the presenting role;John Plunkett https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/aug/17/bbc-generation-game-miranda-hart BBC to revive Generation Game with Miranda Hart as presenter The Guardian 17 August 2014 18 October 2014 however, although a pilot episode is filmed later this year, Hart withdraws from the project.21Debut of BBC One's three-part adaptation of Daphne Du Maurier's novel Jamaica Inn. The first episode attracts several hundred complaints from viewers because of its poor sound quality. The BBC later apologises, saying it could not adjust the sound while the episode was on air, but will do so for the remaining two instalments.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27116881 BBC News Jamaica Inn: Viewers complain over "mumbling actors" BBC 22 April 2014 22 April 2014https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27123439 BBC News Jamaica Inn: Complaints mount over sound BBC 23 April 2014 23 April 2014https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27142035 BBC News Jamaica Inn ends with 2,200 complaints about mumbling BBC 16 July 2013 25 April 2014ITV premieres the Tommy Cooper television biopic Not Like That, Like This in which the late comedian is depicted as a wife beating alcoholic. The film has attracted criticism from Cooper's daughter, Vicki, who says it is a false account of his life and that he did not hit anybody.Jess Denham https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/tommy-cooper-biopic-all-lies-claims-outraged-daughter-9273070.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/tommy-cooper-biopic-all-lies-claims-outraged-daughter-9273070.html 1 May 2022 subscription Tommy Cooper biopic "all lies" claims outraged daughter Vicky Independent Print Limited The Independent 21 April 2014 29 July 2014The Lark Ascending composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams, which featured in Coronation Street during Hayley Cropper's death scene, is voted Britain's favourite piece of classical music by listeners of Classic FM.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/10778394/Lark-Ascending-tops-classical-poll.html Lark Ascending tops classical poll The Daily Telegraph 21 April 2014 29 July 201422Advertisements appear in the day's newspapers advising people who were abused by Jimmy Savile how they can claim compensation. Claims can be made against Savile's estate, the BBC and the National Health Service, with payments capped at £60,000.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27103873 BBC News Jimmy Savile: Adverts advise victims on compensation BBC 22 April 2014 22 April 2014As ITV prepares to launch Good Morning Britain, Nick Owen, a former presenter on TV-am says viewers are alienated from watching breakfast television by reports of presenters receiving high salaries.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27109260 BBC News High breakfast TV salaries "alienate" viewers, says Nick Owen BBC 22 April 2014 22 April 201423Andy Wilman, the executive producer of Top Gear expresses regret over what he describes as a "light-hearted" remark made by Jeremy Clarkson on its Burma special that aired in March. Clarkson had used the word "slope" as an Asian man crossed a newly built bridge spanning the River Kwai, leading to the programme being accused of racism.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27123434 BBC News Top Gear expresses regret for "slope" remark in Burma special BBC 23 April 2014 23 April 2014 Commenting on the bridge, Clarkson had observed "That is a proud moment. But there's a slope on it." Co-presenter Richard Hammond replied "You're right. It's definitely higher on that side." Wilman says that at the time they were unaware the term, not widely known in the UK, is considered offensive in some cultures. On 6 May, Ofcom launches an investigation to determine whether Clarkson's remark breached its regulations.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27291467 BBC News Ofcom examines Jeremy Clarkson's Top Gear Myanmar joke BBC 6 May 2014 6 May 2014Award-winning journalist Nikki Fox is appointed as BBC News's first Disability Correspondent.https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/nikki-fox-appointed News appoints Disability Correspondent BBC Media Centre BBC 23 April 2014 29 July 201425Aled Jones and Kate Garraway present the final edition of ITV's Daybreak. Jones begins presenting a new weekend breakfast show, Weekend from the following day.http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a566813/daybreak-ends-itvs-morning-show-waves-goodbye.html#~oCuAM7LxrWpmMY Daybreak ends: ITV's morning show waves goodbye Digital Spy 25 April 2014 25 April 2014Irish actress Pauline McLynn, who played housekeeper Mrs Doyle in Channel 4 comedy Father Ted will have a "recurring guest role" in EastEnders as Dot Cotton's daughter-in-law, it is confirmed.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27154333 BBC News Father Ted's Mrs Doyle joins EastEnders BBC 25 April 2014 25 April 201427The Wind in the Willows celebrates its 30th anniversary.28Good Morning Britain makes its debut on ITV.John Plunkett Tara Conlan https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/apr/25/itv-new-dawn-good-morning-britain-susanna-reid ITV prepares to usher in new dawn with Good Morning Britain The Guardian 25 April 2014 25 April 2014 The first edition has an average audience of 800,000, just over half of the 1.5 million who tune into BBC Breakfast, but an improvement on ratings for Daybreak.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27203072 BBC News BBC beats ITV in latest breakfast TV battle BBC 29 April 2014 30 April 2014 However, by 30 April audiences have fallen to 600,000, the average Daybreak viewership.John Reynolds https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/may/01/good-morning-britain-audience-itv-daybreak-bbc Good Morning Britain's audience slides to 600,000 The Guardian 1 May 2014 1 May 201429A BBC Trust report into BBC News content finds it is "trusted and highly regarded by audiences" but that some viewers perceive it as "distant".https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27201397 BBC News BBC News "can feel distant", says Trust report BBC 29 April 2014 30 April 201430An Ofcom report highlights the delay between spoken and subtitled content in live programming, but says the accuracy and words per minute of subtitling is very good.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27218471 BBC News Live TV subtitling is "too slow", Ofcom says BBC 30 April 2014 30 April 2014Jeremy Paxman announces he will leave Newsnight in June after 25 years with the programme.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27230684 BBC News Jeremy Paxman to quit BBC Two's Newsnight BBC 30 April 2014 30 April 2014 May Date Event1Richard Desmond agrees to sell Channel 5 to Viacom for £450 million, subject to regulatory approval.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-27240335 Viacom to buy Channel 5 for £450m BBC News 1 May 2014 1 May 2014Jeremy Clarkson rejects claims in a Daily Mirror article that he used the word "nigger" while reciting the children's nursery rhyme "Eeny, meeny, miny, moe" as he filmed an episode of Top Gear.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-27236363 BBC Newsbeat Jeremy Clarkson denies chanting racist nursery rhyme BBC 1 May 2014 1 May 2014 After the newspaper subsequently releases footage of the incident, which occurred some time ago, Clarkson concedes he appears to use the word, and issues an apology on video. The BBC says that it has left the presenter "in no doubt how seriously" it takes the incident.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27253880 BBC News Jeremy Clarkson: BBC upbraids presenter over "racist" clip BBC 2 May 2014 2 May 2014 Clarkson later says the BBC has warned him he will be sacked if he makes "one more offensive remark, anywhere, at any time".https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27266102 BBC News Jeremy Clarkson: BBC gave me final warning BBC 3 May 2014 3 May 2014The BBC will provide radio, television and online coverage of the Hay Literary Festival in June, it is announced, as it takes over broadcast rights for the event from Sky Arts.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-27244052 BBC News BBC to broadcast Hay Festival on radio, TV, and online BBC 1 May 2014 1 May 20142It is reported that Miranda Richardson and Anna Chancellor are to star in a new BBC adaptation of E. F. Benson's Mapp and Lucia novels, which will be written by Steve Pemberton.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27254700 BBC News Mapp and Lucia gets BBC makeover BBC 2 May 2014 3 May 2014BBC Two's Newsnight appoints The Guardian newspaper's investigations editor, Nick Hopkins as its investigations correspondent.John Reynolds https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/may/02/guardian-nick-hopkins-joins-newsnight-bbc2 The Guardian's Nick Hopkins joins Newsnight The Guardian 2 May 2014 7 January 20166Chris Patten steps down as Chairman of the BBC Trust following major heart surgery.http://news.sky.com/story/1256325/bbc-trust-chairman-lord-patten-steps-down BBC Trust Chairman Lord Patten Steps Down British Sky Broadcasting Sky News 6 May 2014 6 May 2014https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27300957 BBC News Lord Patten to stand down from BBC for health reasons BBC 6 May 2014 6 May 20147ITV buys a controlling stake in US reality television company Leftfield Entertainment, the firm behind programmes such as Pawn Stars and Real Housewives of New Jersey.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-27304995 BBC News ITV buys US TV producer Leftfield Entertainment BBC 7 May 2014 7 May 2014A Party Election Broadcast by the Labour Party attracts media attention for its parody of the 1950s black-and-white film The Incredible Shrinking Man. Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg is portrayed as The Un-Credible Shrinking Man in a comedy piece that sees him being treated with contempt by his coalition partners in the Conservative Party, shrinking to the size of a doll as he is forced to abandon his party's election manifesto policies, and finally being chased by the Downing Street cat.Joe Murphy https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/that-shrinking-feeling-for-nick-clegg-as-labour-film-mocks-coalition-9331904.html That shrinking feeling for Nick Clegg as Labour film mocks Coalition London Evening Standard 7 May 2014 10 May 2014Nicholas Watt https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/may/07/labour-video-nick-clegg-un-credible-shrinking-man Labour video mocks Nick Clegg as the "Un-Credible Shrinking Man" The Guardian 7 May 2014 10 May 2014 The Liberal Democrats release their own black-and-white film in response, portraying Labour leader Ed Miliband as the "incredible silent man".https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-27323355 BBC News Nick Clegg laughs off Labour "shrinking man" jibe BBC 8 May 2014 10 May 201410Claudia Winkleman is named as Bruce Forsyth's replacement as presenter of Strictly Come Dancing.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27339113 BBC News Claudia Winkleman replaces Sir Bruce on Strictly Come Dancing BBC 10 May 2014 10 May 2014Austrian drag artist Conchita Wurst wins the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest, staged in Copenhagen and broadcast in the UK by the BBC, with "Rise Like a Phoenix". The UK entry, "Children of the Universe", written and sung by Molly, places 17th.11 Alan Hansen co-presents his final Match of the Day after 22 years.Alex Fletcher http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/feature/a570238/alan-hansen-leaves-match-of-the-day-will-you-miss-him.html#~oE91qlFYA27UWa Alan Hansen leaves Match of the Day: Will you miss him? Digital Spy 12 May 2014 13 May 201412In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, television presenters and husband-and-wife team Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan speak candidly about a suicide pact they have made in case one of them is diagnosed with a terminal illness.Lizzie Dearden https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/richard-and-judy-make-suicide-pact-in-case-of-terminal-illness-9356420.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/richard-and-judy-make-suicide-pact-in-case-of-terminal-illness-9356420.html 1 May 2022 subscription Richard and Judy "make suicide pact" in case of terminal illness Independent Print Limited The Independent 12 May 2014 13 May 201413Caroline Aherne is recovering after receiving treatment for lung cancer, it is reported. The news comes as Macmillan Cancer Support says the actress and writer will speak at an event in Manchester aimed at improving care for cancer patients on 26 June.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27389409 BBC News Caroline Aherne, Royle Family star, has lung cancer BBC 13 May 2014 13 May 201415YouTube, The Daily Telegraph and The Guardian announce joint plans to host an online leaders' debate ahead of the 2015 general election. Although it could be televised by other media, such an event would not be governed by the broadcasting rules covering organisations such as the BBC, and could allow greater scope in terms of the party leaders who take part.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-27432791 BBC News YouTube, Telegraph and Guardian joint bid for leader debate BBC 15 May 2014 15 May 201416Following a trial at Preston Crown Court, former BBC presenter Stuart Hall is cleared of two charges of rape, but convicted of an indecent assault.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-27441510 BBC News Stuart Hall cleared of rape but convicted of indecent assault BBC 16 May 2014 16 May 2014 On 23 May he is sentenced to a further 30 months imprisonment.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-27540137 BBC News Stuart Hall sentenced for indecent assaults BBC 23 May 2014 23 May 2014Comedian Frank Skinner will have a guest role in an episode of the eighth series of Doctor Who, it is reported.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27441329 BBC News Frank Skinner to star in Doctor Who BBC 16 May 2014 16 May 2014Ping Coombes wins the 2014 series of MasterChef.https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/masterchef-ping Ping Coombes crowned MasterChef 2014 Champion BBC Media Centre BBC 16 May 2014 25 April 201520An original Humpty toy used in the BBC children's series Play School sells at auction for £6,250.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27490031 BBC News Original Humpty Play School toy sells for £6,250 BBC 20 May 2014 20 May 201421William Roache's return to Coronation Street is confirmed. He will begin filming again within two weeks, with his character, Ken Barlow, reappearing on screen from August.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27500248 BBC News William Roache to resume Coronation Street role BBC 21 May 2014 21 May 201422The final edition of Newsnight Scotland is broadcast on BBC Two Scotland.https://www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p00fzl9b/2014/05/22 BBC Two Scotland – Schedules, Thursday 22 May 2014 BBC 18 November 201823Ofcom has fined sports channel ESPN £120,000 for failing to meet the 5% audio description requirements for its output.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27539749 BBC News ESPN UK fined £120,000 by Ofcom over audio description BBC 23 May 2014 24 May 201427Khali Best, who plays Dexter Hartman in EastEnders, has been suspended from the soap for three months, the BBC confirms.Dainty Sophie http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a573507/eastenders-khali-best-suspended-from-soap-for-three-months.html#~oFFOayJyTC3EHu EastEnders' Khali Best suspended from soap for three months Digital Spy 27 May 2014 29 May 2014 28243 viewers have complained to the BBC about the poor sound quality on the first episode of Irish detective series Quirke, which made its BBC One debut on 25 May.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27585316 BBC News Quirke draws complaints over sound BBC 28 May 2014 28 May 2014 Writer Andrew Davies later tells Radio Times that he watched the programme with the subtitles on after his wife told him she could not hear the dialogue.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27711981 BBC News Quirke screenwriter admits using subtitles BBC 5 June 2014 6 June 201429BBC One's Question Time is broadcast from the newly built Heathrow Terminal 2 ahead of its official opening.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27445732 BBC News Question Time prepares for take off at Heathrow BBC 16 May 2014 17 May 201431Peppa Pig celebrates its 10th anniversary. June Date Event2A recording of the thought-to-be lost 1957 BBC television play Requiem for a Heavyweight, which sees Sean Connery playing a former boxer in his first lead role, has been unearthed by the film's director.Geoghegan Kev https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27665619 BBC News 'Lost' Sean Connery play recording unearthed by director BBC 2 June 2014 3 June 2014Sam Bickley is appointed as acting editor of BBC Three, and will take up the position when Zai Bennett relinquishes the role to join Sky Atlantic in July.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27661302 BBC News BBC Three appoints new channel boss Sam Bickley BBC 2 June 2014 3 June 20145The BBC announce plans to screen three football matches from the 2014 World Cup in 4K resolution to a limited number of televisions.Wakefield Jane https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-27713243 BBC News BBC to stream World Cup matches in 4K ultra HD BBC 5 June 2014 6 June 20146The i newspaper reports that the BBC and Channel 4 lost 12% of their viewers in the 23–34 age range between 2010 and 2013, compared with an average of 7% among other broadcasters.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27737344 BBC News BBC and Channel 4 shed TV viewers in 25–34 group BBC 6 June 2014 6 June 20147The BBC and ITV have retained the broadcast rights for the FIFA World Cup, having signed a deal to air the 2018 and 2022 tournaments from Russia and Qatar.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27750996 BBC Sport BBC and ITV win rights to 2018 and 2022 Fifa World Cup finals BBC 7 June 2014 27 June 2015Operatic boy band Collabro win the eighth series of Britain's Got Talent.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27753449 BBC News Collabro win Britain's Got Talent BBC 8 June 2014 8 June 20149Comedian Rik Mayall dies suddenly at home. His wife later says he collapsed after returning from his morning run and "suffered an acute cardiac event" before his death.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27815348 BBC News Rik Mayall "suffered cardiac event", says wife BBC 12 June 2014 14 June 2014ITV launches the pay-TV channel ITV Encore, its first venture into subscription television since the collapse of ITV Digital more than a decade earlier. The channel will showcase the "best of contemporary British ITV drama", with series such as Broadchurch and Poirot.Mark Sweney https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/jun/03/itv-encore-launch-broadchurch-lucan-sky ITV Encore to launch with Broadchurch and Lucan The Guardian 3 June 2014 16 June 2014 ITV also plans to commission original drama for the channel, in a similar vein to HBO in the United States.Neil Midgley https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/jun/15/itv-encore-drama-hbo-broadchurch Can Encore allow ITV to broaden its drama palette? The Guardian 15 June 2014 16 June 201411Former Spice Girl Mel B is confirmed as a judge on the forthcoming series of The X Factor, joining Simon Cowell, Cheryl Cole and Louis Walsh.http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s103/the-x-factor/news/a576928/the-x-factor-confirmed-mel-b-is-named-fourth-judge.html#~oGTTVAHm7U5Rm3 The X Factor: Confirmed – Mel B is named fourth judge Digital Spy 11 June 2014 11 June 201412The 2014 World Cup begins in Brazil, but viewers watching the opening match between Croatia and Brazil on ITV Player miss key parts of the game because of technical problems caused by a high volume of people watching online.Antonia Molloy https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/itv-player-cuts-out-during-brazil-v-croatia-world-cup-opening-match-9534109.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/itv-player-cuts-out-during-brazil-v-croatia-world-cup-opening-match-9534109.html 1 May 2022 subscription ITV Player cuts out during Brazil v Croatia World Cup match Independent Print Limited The Independent 13 June 2014 14 June 2014Addressing the Better Together Campaign, the cross-party group arguing for Scotland to stay as part of the United Kingdom in the forthcoming referendum, former Prime Minister Gordon Brown says that plans for a state-funded Scottish Broadcasting Service in an independent Scotland would require a significantly higher TV licence fee to enable it to produce the same quantity of programming currently put out by the BBC.Simon Johnson https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/10896354/Gordon-Brown-warns-an-independent-Scotland-faces-higher-TV-licence-fee.html Gordon Brown warns an independent Scotland faces higher TV licence fee The Daily Telegraph 12 June 2014 27 June 201513Granada Television weatherman Fred Talbot is charged with a further count of sexual assault, bringing the total number of sex offence charges he faces to eleven. The historic charges relate to when Talbot was a school teacher at Altrincham Grammar School for Boys.Pidd Helen https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jun/13/weather-presenter-fred-talbot-sexual-assault Former weather presenter Fred Talbot charged with further sexual assault The Guardian 13 June 2014 13 June 2014 14Italy beat England 2–1 in their opening World Cup match, a game aired on BBC One and on which commentary is provided by former Manchester United player Phil Neville. Neville later receives criticism from viewers for his lack of emotion and "monotone" style, while several hundred complaints are made to the BBC.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27867939 BBC News Neville's World Cup commentary style draws complaints BBC 16 June 2014 16 June 201416Ofcom launches an investigation into the BBC's Daily Politics after Conservative MP Nick Herbert swore live on air on the 22 May edition of the show while quoting another guest.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27875432 BBC News Ofcom probes BBC Daily Politics over swearing BBC 16 June 2014 17 June 2014British actress Sheree Murphy has joined the cast of the Australian soap opera Neighbours, it is reported.http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/harry-kewells-wife-sheree-murphy-lands-role-on-neighbours-20140616-zs9p4.html Harry Kewell's wife Sheree Murphy lands role on Neighbours 16 June 2014 The Sydney Morning Herald 1 September 2014171980s cartoon series Danger Mouse will be reprised for CBBC in 2015, it is announced.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27876300 BBC News Danger Mouse to return to TV screens BBC 17 June 2014 17 June 201418After 25 years, Jeremy Paxman steps down as presenter of Newsnight after fronting his final edition.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27903226 BBC News Jeremy Paxman hosts his final Newsnight BBC 19 June 2014 19 June 201420Conservative MP Michael Fabricant apologises after tweeting that he would punch left-wing journalist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown in the throat if he ever had to appear on a discussion programme with her while watching a heated Channel 4 News debate between Alibhai-Brown and right-wing commentator Rod Liddle the previous evening.Alexandra Topping Paul Owen https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jun/20/tory-mp-michael-fabricant-tweet-punch-yasmin-alibhai-brown Tory MP Michael Fabricant apologises for tweet saying he might punch female journalist The Guardian 20 June 2014 20 June 2014Heather Saul https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/michael-fabricant-blasted-for-tweet-saying-he-would-punch-yasmin-alibhaibrown-in-the-throat-9551175.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/michael-fabricant-blasted-for-tweet-saying-he-would-punch-yasmin-alibhaibrown-in-the-throat-9551175.html 1 May 2022 subscription live Michael Fabricant blasted for tweet saying he would "punch Yasmin Alibhai-Brown in the throat" Independent Print Limited The Independent 20 June 2014 20 June 2014The former Coronation Street set in Central Manchester, which was vacated earlier in the year when production was moved to Salford Quays, has been granted a licence to hold weddings, and will be opened up as a marriage venue. Guided tours of the complex are also being held.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27938793 BBC News Coronation Street set gets wedding licence BBC 20 June 2014 20 June 201422Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond agrees to take part in a televised debate on Scottish independence with the head of the Better Together campaign, Alistair Darling, which will be aired by STV.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-27962991 BBC News Scottish independence: Salmond and Darling TV debate confirmed BBC 22 June 2014 23 June 201423The BBC announces the UK's largest ever political debate ahead of the referendum. 12,000 first time voters will gather at Glasgow's SSE Hydro for a BBC One debate on independence on 11 September.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-27966132 BBC News Scottish independence: Plans announced for Scotland's "biggest ever debate" BBC 23 June 2014 23 June 201424ITV celebrity diving series Splash! is axed because of poor ratings.Methven Nicola https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/splash-axed-itv-after-tom-3756986 Splash! axed by ITV after Tom Daley-fronted show takes ratings nosedive Trinity Mirror Daily Mirror 24 June 2014 26 June 201426Sony Pictures Television says it has agreed to buy CSC Media Group and its 15 channels for £107 million ($180 million).Georg Szalai http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sony-pictures-television-acquire-uk-715071 Sony Pictures Television to Acquire U.K. TV Networks Group CSC Media Hollywood Reporter 26 June 2014 28 June 2014ITV announces that Wendi Peters is returning to Coronation Street reprising her role as Cilla Battersby-Brown for a six-week guest stint, after seven years away. Peters last appeared as the character in the 2008 spin-off direct to DVD release Coronation Street: Out of Africa.https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/coronation-street/a580616/coronation-street-wendi-peters-to-return-as-cilla-battersby-brown/ Coronation Street: Wendi Peters to return as Cilla Battersby-Brown Digital Spy Hearst Magazines UK Daniel Kilkelly 26 June 2014 25 March 202130Following an investigation into the Channel 4 programme Benefits Street, Ofcom concludes that the programme did not breach the broadcasting regulations.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28086213 BBC News Benefits Street not in breach in Ofcom rules BBC 30 June 2014 30 June 2014Mark Sweney https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/jun/30/benefits-street-cleared-child-participants-channel-4-ofcom Benefits Street cleared of breaching rules on welfare of child participants The Guardian 30 June 2014 30 June 2014Following a trial at Southwark Crown Court, entertainer Rolf Harris is found guilty on 12 counts of indecent assault between 1968 and 1986.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28094561 Rolf Harris guilty of indecent assaults BBC News 30 June 2014 July Date Event2ITV apologises after repeating an episode of Benidorm that made reference to Rolf Harris a day after he was convicted of indecent assault.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28124959 ITV sorry for Benidorm's Rolf Harris references BBC BBC News 2 July 2014 2 July 20144Rolf Harris is sentenced to five years and nine months in prison after being found guilty of twelve counts of indecent assault,https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jul/04/rolf-harris-jailed-indecent-assault-young-girls?CMP=twt_gu Rolf Harris jailed for more than five years for indecently assaulting young girls The Guardian 4 July 2014 but will not face trial over the allegations of downloading sexual images of children.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28140334 Rolf Harris abuse had 'catastrophic effect, says victim BBC News 4 July 2014A study by researchers at the University of Limerick has noted the high proportion of appearances of junk food on children's television programmes in the UK and Ireland.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-28129658 Children's TV "packed with junk-food references" BBC BBC News 4 July 2014 5 July 2014Research published by Ofcom shows a dramatic fall in the percentage of viewers who believe there is too much sex, violence and bad language on television, falling from 55% in 2008 to 35% in 2013.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28143999 TV sex and violence "more accepted", Ofcom says BBC BBC News 4 July 2014 5 July 20147Vanessa Feltz condemns "vile" negative social media comments made in response to her claims she was sexually assaulted by Rolf Harris during a live broadcast of The Big Breakfast in 1996.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-28190812 'Vile' reaction to Vanessa Feltz's Rolf Harris claims BBC BBC News 7 July 2014 7 July 2014Doctor Who producers ask the show's fans not to share five scripts from the new series that have been leaked onto the internet two months before it is due to be broadcast. An investigation is also launched into the incident.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28201577 Doctor Who scripts leaked online BBC BBC News 7 July 2014 7 July 20148The BBC announces that current BBC Radio 5 Live presenter Victoria Derbyshire will join the BBC News Channel. Derbyshire is scheduled to leave the radio station as part of a shakeup of its schedules.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28217665 BBC News Victoria Derbyshire joins BBC News Channel BBC 8 July 2014 10 July 20149Rhod Gilbert is named as presenter of Never Mind the Buzzcocks, joining the programme from its 28th series and becoming its first regular presenter since Simon Amstell left in 2008.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-28232567 BBC Newsbeat Rhod Gilbert is new Never Mind The Buzzcocks host BBC 9 July 2014 10 July 2014BBC Two brings back the "1991–2001" idents (based around a sans-serif '2') for the channel's 50th anniversary. Since then, the "1991–2001" idents have extended beyond their timeframe, meaning that they are now permanent and will air into 2015 and beyond.10An edition of BBC One's Question Time from Inverness, Scotland, is believed by its producers to be the first to feature a panel without any politicians.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-28254618 BBC News BBC's Question Time panel in Inverness "a UK first" BBC 10 July 2014 10 July 201413The family of Conservative MP Airey Neave have said that an episode of the Channel 4 series Utopia that fictionalises his death should not be aired. Neave was killed by a bomb planted by the Irish National Liberation Army in 1979, but the series attributes his death to a secret MI5 unit.Jack Simpson https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/family-of-murdered-conservative-politician-outraged-by-channel-4-drama-utopia-9602918.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/family-of-murdered-conservative-politician-outraged-by-channel-4-drama-utopia-9602918.html 1 May 2022 subscription live Family of murdered Conservative politician outraged by Channel 4 drama Utopia Independent Print Limited The Independent 13 July 2014 16 July 2014BBC One and ITV air the 2014 World Cup Final from Rio de Janeiro. On BBC One, the coverage is the final to be presented by Alan Hansen before he retires.Hadley Freeman https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/jul/14/bbc-itv-world-cup-final-2014-tv-coverage BBC shade it over ITV but World Cup final TV coverage was just fine The Guardian 14 July 2014 15 July 2014 The simulcast is watched by 20.6 million viewers, with 16.7 million tuning into BBC One and 3.9 million watching ITV.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28289943 BBC News World Cup final draws 20.6m viewers BBC 14 July 2014 16 July 201414BBC Breakfast confirms that Naga Munchetty will leave BBC World News to join the presenting team full-time to present shows alongside Charlie Stayt from Thursdays to Saturdays. Bill Turnbull and Louise Minchin will continue to present from Mondays to Wednesdays.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28291323 BBC News BBC Breakfast line-up confirmed BBC 14 July 2014 16 July 201415BBC journalists announce plans for a 24-hour strike beginning at midday on 23 July after failing to reach agreement with BBC management over pay levels, which the National Union of Journalists says have fallen by 10% in real terms since 2009.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28318601 BBC News BBC staff to strike as Commonwealth Games open BBC 15 July 2014 16 July 2014 The strike is called off on 18 July following talks between union officials and BBC Director-General Tony Hall which sees BBC journalists given an improved pay offer.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28377527 BBC News BBC staff strike action called off BBC 18 July 2014 19 July 201416Ofcom has fined the Discovery Channel £100,000 for showing Deadly Women, a series about female killers, before the 9 pm watershed.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28324118 BBC News Discovery Channel fined £100,000 over killer documentary BBC 16 July 2014 16 July 201417BBC Director of News James Harding announces that the BBC's news department will lose a further 415 jobs as part of cost-cutting measures.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28342929 BBC News BBC News to cut a further 415 jobs BBC 17 July 2014 17 July 2014BBC Worldwide has blamed recent online leaks of Doctor Who scripts and footage on a "damaging mistake".https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28349195 BBC News Doctor Who leaks blamed on "mistake" BBC 17 July 2014 17 July 2014Al Jazeera English announce plans to move their London studios and offices from Knightsbridge where they have been since the channel's founding to The Shard.Prynn Jonathan Bill Peter https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/al-jazeera-to-open-new-tv-studio-in-the-shard-8713331.html Al Jazeera to open new TV studio in The Shard London Evening Standard 17 July 2014 13 September 201418Glenn Thomas, a former BBC journalist who went on to become a media officer with the World Health Organization, is confirmed as having been among 298 people killed in the previous day's crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which came down in Eastern Ukraine.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-28363989 BBC News Malaysia Airlines crash: WHO confirms Glenn Thomas killed BBC 18 July 2014 19 July 2014Research by Ofcom indicates that Hollyoaks has superseded EastEnders as the UK's most violent soap. Hollyoaks had an average of 11.5 violent scenes per hour in 2013, up from 2.1 in 2002, while over the same period, violent scenes in EastEnders fell from 6.1 per hour in 2002 to 2.1 in 2013.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28368746 BBC News Hollyoaks overtakes EastEnders as UK's "most violent soap" BBC 18 July 2014 19 July 2014The British High Court orders Fox Television Studios to rename the US series title Glee in the United Kingdom to another title after it sided with Comic Enterprises, the owners of The Glee Club comedy chain, due to a breach of trademark infringement and copyright issues over the "Glee" name. Fox, claiming that changing the name "would adversely affect fans' enjoyment of Glee in the U.K.," has filed an appeal to challenge this decision.https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/u-k-court-glee-name-change-1201265198/ U.K. Court Demands "Glee" Name Change Variety 19 July 2014 20 July 2014Sophie Thompson wins the 2014 series of Celebrity MasterChef.https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/celebrity-masterchef-winner Sophie Thompson crowned 2014 Celebrity MasterChef champion BBC Media Centre BBC 18 July 2014 25 April 201519As the country gears up for the 2014 Commonwealth Games from Scotland, BBC One airs Live at Edinburgh Castle, a concert from Edinburgh Castle featuring artists such as Smokey Robinson, Kaiser Chiefs, Culture Club, Ella Henderson and Katherine Jenkins.Dantzic Toby https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/tv-and-radio-reviews/10975821/Live-at-Edinburgh-Castle-Scotland-celebrates-ahead-of-the-Commonwealth-Games.html Live at Edinburgh Castle: Scotland celebrates ahead of the Commonwealth Games The Daily Telegraph 19 July 2014 19 July 2014BBC iPlayer and other BBC online services are hit by technical problems, preventing users from accessing the content.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28388585 BBC News Technical problems for BBC services including iPlayer BBC 19 July 2014 19 July 201420Monty Python present the last of 10 reunion shows at London's O2 Arena, the last time the comedy team plan to work together.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26877478 BBC News Monty Python to disband after 10 London reunion shows 4 April 2014 6 April 2014 The show is also aired on Gold.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27830239 BBC News Monty Python reunion to be broadcast on Gold BBC 13 June 2014 14 June 2014An article in the Daily Star Sunday claims that Jill Dando investigated allegations of a paedophile ring at the BBC during the mid-1990s, but that no action was taken on her findings. The BBC says it has seen no evidence to support the claims.http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Plymouth-journalist-Jill-Dando-knew-BBC/story-21663985-detail/story.html Former Plymouth journalist Jill Dando knew of BBC paedophile ring, claims retired colleague Plymouth Herald 21 July 2014 22 July 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140722221125/http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Plymouth-journalist-Jill-Dando-knew-BBC/story-21663985-detail/story.html 22 July 2014http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Jilll-Dando-tried-expose-BBC-paedophile-ring/story-21666998-detail/story.html Jill Dando tried to expose BBC paedophile ring but "nobody wanted to know" Bristol Post 21 July 2014 22 July 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140726212502/http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Jilll-Dando-tried-expose-BBC-paedophile-ring/story-21666998-detail/story.html 26 July 2014 21It is announced that Evan Davis will join Newsnight following Jeremy Paxman's departure. Davis will leave his current role as a presenter of BBC Radio 4's Today programme in the Autumn to take up the new role.https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/jul/21/bbc-evan-davis-newsnight-jeremy-paxman-today BBC's Evan Davis to join Newsnight following Jeremy Paxman's departure Guardian Media Grooup The Guardian 21 July 2014 21 July 2014A trial in which singer and television personality Tulisa Contostavlos is accused of brokering a drugs deal collapses after the judge tells the court he believes the main prosecution witness has lied under oath.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-28403821 BBC News Tulisa Contostavlos drugs trial collapses BBC 21 July 2014 23 July 2014 Ofcom has received 110 complaints from viewers about an item shown on Sky News the previous day during which reporter Colin Brazier picked up items from a suitcase at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28405047 BBC News Ofcom receives complaints after Sky News report on MH17 BBC 21 July 2014 21 July 2014 In a subsequent article for The Guardian, Brazier writes that he was wrong to handle the items.https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/jul/22/mh17-sky-news-reporter-colin-brazier-crash-victims-luggage?CMP=twt_gu MH17: my error of judgment, by Sky News reporter The Guardian 22 July 2014 22 July 2014https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28416029 BBC News Sky reporter "got things wrong" at MH17 crash site in Ukraine BBC 22 July 2014 22 July 2014King Bert Productions, a TV production company owned by comedians David Walliams and Miranda Hart, and television producer Jo Sargent, signs a deal with BBC Worldwide to sell its programmes internationally.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28401063 BBC News David Walliams and Miranda Hart sign BBC Worldwide deal BBC 21 July 2014 21 July 201422Residents in Southampton launch a campaign to stop Channel 4's plans to film its Benefits Street follow up, Immigration Street, in the city.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-28439794 Campaign to stop Immigration Street filming in Southampton BBC BBC News 23 July 2014 2 February 201523An inquest into the death of Peaches Geldof returns a verdict of drugs-related death after hearing how the model and journalist had fought a two-year battle against heroin addiction prior to her death in April.Paul Cheston https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/peaches-geldof-cause-of-death-heroin-addict-socialite-had-taken-fatal-dose-of-drug-inquest-concludes-9623056.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/peaches-geldof-cause-of-death-heroin-addict-socialite-had-taken-fatal-dose-of-drug-inquest-concludes-9623056.html 1 May 2022 subscription live Peaches Geldof cause of death: "Heroin addict" socialite had taken fatal dose of drug, inquest concludes Independent Print Limited The Independent 23 July 2014 23 July 2014The BBC will stream the Commonwealth Games in High-frame-rate (HFR) and ultra-high-definition (UHD) in London and Glasgow to test new ways of covering live events.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28440076 BBC News BBC trials TV innovations at Commonwealth Games BBC 23 July 2014 23 July 2014 The 2014 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony in Glasgow is watched by an average audience of 7.6 million, peaking at 9.42 million.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-28440453 BBC News Glasgow 2014: Commonwealth Games begin at Celtic Park BBC 24 July 2014 24 July 201425BSkyB is to pay £4.9bn to buy Sky Italia and Sky Germany from 21st Century Fox. The move will enable the creation of Sky Europe, and free up resources to allow Fox to pursue plans to launch a takeover bid for Time Warner.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28479200 BBC News BSkyB in £5bn deal to create Sky Europe BBC 25 July 2014 25 July 2014 Fox subsequently announces on 5 August that it is withdrawing its bid for Time Warner.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28668539 BBC News 21st Century Fox withdraws bid for Time Warner BBC 5 August 2014 5 August 2014Tulisa Contostavlos is fined £200 after being convicted of assaulting a celebrity blogger at the 2013 V Festival in August last year.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-28483338 BBC News Pop star Tulisa found guilty of V Festival assault BBC 25 July 2014 25 July 2014A house in Barry, South Wales, described as "the spiritual home" of the BBC series Gavin & Stacey, is on the market for £125,000, BBC Radio 1's Newsbeat reports.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-28458120 BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat Gavin and Stacey house in Barry, south Wales, for sale BBC 25 July 2014 26 July 201428Ofcom rules that Top Gears Burma special broke the broadcasting rules after Jeremy Clarkson used a racial slur during the programme.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28522450 BBC News Top Gear Burma episode breached Ofcom rules BBC 28 July 2014 28 July 201429EastEnders confirms that John Altman will reprise his role as the soap's ultimate villain Nick Cotton after the previous evening's episode revealed that the character's death was faked.http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a587062/eastenders-john-altman-returning-to-show-as-nick-cotton.html EastEnders: John Altman returning to show as Nick Cotton Kilkelly Daniel 29 July 2014 Digital Spy Hearst Magazines UK 21 August 201430The Attorney General's office announces that Rolf Harris's sentence will not be referred to the Court of Appeal despite 150 complaints about its leniency.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28564695 BBC News No appeal over Rolf Harris sex offences sentence BBC 30 July 2014 30 July 2014Lawyers for the Jimmy Savile Charitable Trust are to launch a legal challenge against the compensation scheme under which the Savile estate, NHS and the BBC are liable for compensation payments to Savile's victims. The case will be heard by the Court of Appeal later in the year.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28558442 BBC News Savile charity "to fight against payouts for victims" BBC 30 July 2014 30 July 2014Ofcom grants KMTV a licence to run a local television service in the Maidstone and Tonbridge areas of Kent.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-28563207 Ofcom awards Maidstone local TV licence BBC News BBC 30 July 2014 27 June 2015 August Date Event1The Judicial Office confirms that Rolf Harris has applied for permission to appeal against his conviction for indecent assault.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28604456 BBC News Rolf Harris challenges indecent assault conviction BBC 1 August 2014 1 August 20143BBC One airs the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony which features a performance by Kylie Minogue. Overnight viewing figures released the following day indicate the event is watched by 6.8 million.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28640829 BBC News Glasgow 2014: Commonwealth closing ceremony watched by 6.8m BBC 4 August 2014 4 August 20144The BBC broadcast a series of memorial events in Great Britain and Belgium marking 100 years since Britain's entry into the First World War. BBC Two broadcasts a memorial service at Westminster Abbey, culminating at 11 pm, the hour at which Britain's entry was confirmed.Simon Jane https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-previews/world-war-one-remembered-bbc-3969648 World War One Remembered: BBC runs a day of special programming to commemorate 100th anniversary Trinity Mirror Daily Mirror 4 August 2014 5 August 2014William Roache returns to Coronation Street as Ken Barlow.Heward Emily http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/showbiz-news/ken-barlow-coronation-street-return-7559989 Ken Barlow returns to Corrie tonight for first time since actor Bill Roache clears name Manchester Evening News Trinity Mirror 4 August 2014 14 September 2014UKTV launches its video on demand service UKTV Play.Finbow Katy http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/media/news/a639153/drama-channel-launches-on-uktv-play-on-demand-service.html Drama channel launches on UKTV Play on-demand service Digital Spy 31 March 2015 1 April 20155Alex Salmond and Alistair Darling take part in a televised debate on Scottish independence held by STV at Glasgow's Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-28649354 BBC News Scottish independence: Salmond and Darling clash in TV debate BBC 5 August 2014 5 August 2014 The debate is streamed live online through STV Player, but viewers outside Scotland report encountering problems trying to watch the feed.Kashmira Gander https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/scottish-independence/scottish-independence-stv-live-stream-of-debate-fails-meaning-potential-viewers-outside-scotland-cannot-watch-9650420.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/scottish-independence/scottish-independence-stv-live-stream-of-debate-fails-meaning-potential-viewers-outside-scotland-cannot-watch-9650420.html 1 May 2022 subscription live Scottish independence: STV live stream of debate fails, meaning potential viewers outside Scotland cannot watch Independent Print Limited The Independent 5 August 2014 5 August 20147Protesters in Southampton pelt a television film crew working on Channel 4's planned Immigration Street with eggs.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-28667996 Immigration Street TV crew egged in Southampton BBC BBC News 7 August 2014 2 February 20158The BBC and Sky News are among broadcasters to air a Disasters Emergency Committee appeal for people affected by the Israel–Gaza conflict, having declined to air a similar appeal in 2009.Dugald Baird https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/aug/07/gaza-appeal-bbc-sky-news Gaza appeal to air on BBC and Sky The Guardian 7 August 2014 9 August 2014 The appeal raises £4.5 million during its first 24 hours.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28715052 BBC News Gaza DEC appeal raises £4.5m in less than 24 hours BBC 9 August 2014 9 August 2014Birmingham City TV goes into administration before its planned launch. The channel was due to go on air in November, but its license will now be re-auctioned.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-28714004 BBC News Birmingham local TV firm City TV in administration BBC 8 August 2014 13 August 20149Tumble, a show featuring 10 celebrities who take part in gymnastics to win the votes of the public, debuts on BBC One.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-28533067 BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat BBC Tumble: Check out the stars' gymnastic skills BBC 28 July 2014 30 July 2014https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28731334 BBC News Mixed reviews for BBC One gymnastics show Tumble BBC 10 August 2014 13 August 201413Charlotte Smith is to return as a presenter on BBC One's Countryfile, covering for Tom Heap while he takes a holiday in September. Smith was one of several older female presenters dropped from the show when it was moved to an evening slot in 2009.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28769940 BBC News Countryfile presenter Charlotte Smith set for return BBC 13 August 2014 13 August 2014The BBC confirms that BBC One Scotland will air a debate on Scottish independence featuring Alex Salmond and Alistair Darling on 25 August.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-28780811 Scottish independence: BBC confirms Salmond-Darling debate BBC News BBC 13 August 2014 13 August 201415Police deny that information was leaked to the BBC after the broadcaster received advanced details of a planned police search of the home of singer Cliff Richard, which took place the previous day.Vikram Dodd https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/aug/15/cliff-richard-leak-bbc-police-deny Cliff Richard leak denied by police The Guardian 15 August 2014 17 August 2014 South Yorkshire Police subsequently make a complaint to the BBC accusing it of breaching its own broadcasting guidelines.Heather Saul https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/cliff-richard-south-yorkshire-police-complain-to-bbc-over-search-of-singers-home-leak-9674023.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/cliff-richard-south-yorkshire-police-complain-to-bbc-over-search-of-singers-home-leak-9674023.html 1 May 2022 subscription live Cliff Richard: South Yorkshire Police complain to BBC over search of singer's home "leak" Independent Print Limited The Independent 17 August 2014 17 August 2014Producers of Downton Abbey have removed a promotional image from ITV's Instagram account because it included a plastic bottle, an object invented several years after the period drama is set.Savage Mark https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28794870 BBC News Downton Abbey: Plastic bottle appears in promotional photo BBC 15 August 2014 15 August 2014The former Coronation Street set at Manchester's Quay Street is to be demolished and redeveloped as a housing and retail complex. The site was purchased by builders Allied London, who allowed Granada Television to use it as a temporary visitor's attraction, which is scheduled to close in October.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28712158 BBC News Former Coronation Street set to be demolished BBC 15 August 2014 15 August 2014Helen Wood wins the fifteenth series of Big Brother.Dianne Bourne http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/ex-vice-girl-helen-wood-bolton-7624468 Ex-vice girl Helen Wood, from Bolton, crowned Big Brother champion Trinity Mirror Manchester Evening News 15 August 2014 16 August 201418UKIP MEP Janice Atkinson is forced to apologise after describing a Thai constituent and party member as a "ting tong from somewhere" during an interview on the previous Friday's edition of BBC One's South East Today.Miranda Prynne https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/ukip/11042218/Ukip-MEP-apologises-for-calling-Thai-party-member-a-ting-tong.html Ukip MEP apologises for calling Thai party member a "ting tong" The Daily Telegraph 18 August 2014 18 August 2014https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-28840210 BBC News UKIP MEP Janice Atkinson uses "outrageous" term for Thai woman BBC 18 August 2014 18 August 2014Ofcom launches an investigation into Colin Brazier's Sky News report from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 after receiving 205 complaints about the 20 July broadcast.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28840621 BBC News Ofcom to investigate Sky News over MH17 crash report BBC 18 August 2014 19 August 201419Ofcom launches an investigation into Gold's live broadcast of the Monty Python farewell show following complaints about the airing of bad language before the 9 pm watershed.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28849960 BBC News Monty Python live broadcast prompts Ofcom investigation BBC 19 August 2014 19 August 2014Writing in The Guardian, former BBC Director General John Birt discusses the "devastating" impact he feels a Yes vote in the forthcoming Scottish independence referendum would have on the BBC, and that Scottish viewers would have to pay to receive BBC services.https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/19/scottish-independence-bbc-scotland-income Scottish independence would have a devastating impact on the BBC John Birt The Guardian 19 August 2014 21 August 2014 His views are echoed in a speech the following day by Margaret Curran, the Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-28863806 BBC News Scottish independence: "Yes" vote "would devastate" broadcasting BBC 20 August 2014 21 August 201421BBC Director General Tony Hall says the broadcaster "acted appropriately" over its news coverage of the police raid on Cliff Richard's house.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28886012 https://web.archive.org/web/20140821230139/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28886012 dead 21 August 2014 BBC News – BBC "acted appropriately" in Sir Cliff Richard coverage BBC 21 August 2014 21 August 2014The Iain Banks novel Stonemouth is to be adapted into a two part television drama for BBC Scotland in a joint project between the broadcaster and production company Slate North.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-28881411 BBC News Iain Banks' novel Stonemouth to be dramatised by the BBC for UK audience BBC 21 August 2014 21 August 201422The Home Affairs Select Committee has summoned BBC bosses and representatives of South Yorkshire Police to answer questions about how the BBC knew in advance about the raid on a property belonging to Cliff Richard.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28901918 BBC News MPs to quiz BBC and police bosses over Cliff Richard raid BBC 22 August 2014 27 August 201450th anniversary of the first edition of Match of the Day.23Deep Breath, the feature length opening episode of series eight of Doctor Who, which sees Peter Capaldi make his debut as the Twelfth Doctor, is screened simultaneously in cinemas as it airs on BBC One.https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/jul/25/doctor-who-cinema-broadcast-first-episode First episode of new Doctor Who series to be broadcast in cinemas The Guardian 25 July 2014 28 July 201425BBC One Scotland airs a second televised debate on Scottish independence, featuring Alex Salmond and Alistair Darling.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-28934691 BBC News Scottish independence: Alex Salmond claims "momentum" after TV debate BBC 26 August 2014 27 August 201427Meyne Wyatt, the first indigenous Australian actor to have a leading role in Neighbours, makes his debut in the soap as Nate Kinski.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28417336 BBC News Neighbours: Indigenous actor joins cast BBC 22 July 2014 22 July 2014Controversy hits The Great British Bake Off when Iain Waters is disqualified after he throws his melted Baked Alaska in the bin, prompting viewers to express their anger on the culprit Diana Beard who is disqualified by the producers the following week. 28Ofcom reveals that six viewers have complained after a lesbian kiss was shown in the opening episode of the latest series of Doctor Who, but says it will not launch an investigation. The scene, featuring Madame Vastra and Jenny Flint (played by Neve McIntosh and Catrin Stewart), had prompted concern among the complainants that the material was inappropriate, although it was generally received positively by the majority of the episode's seven million viewers.Jess Denham https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/doctor-who-series-8-ofcom-responds-to-lesbian-kiss-complaints-9696628.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140829221958/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/doctor-who-series-8-ofcom-responds-to-lesbian-kiss-complaints-9696628.html dead 29 August 2014 Doctor Who series 8: Ofcom will not investigate lesbian kiss Independent Print Limited The Independent 28 August 2014 20 May 201529The Specials, a UK web series about a group of young adults with learning disabilities in Brighton that failed to attract a British television commission, has been picked up by the Oprah Winfrey Network in the United States, it is reported.Core Kevin https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28982741 Thrones team helps UK web series onto Oprah network BBC News BBC 29 August 2014 31 August 2014Channel 5 airs Episode 6000 of Home and Away.https://www.backtothebay.net/news/2023/05/19/look-back-home-and-away-airs-8000th-episode/ Looking back as Home and Away celebrates its 8000th episode Dan Foster 19 May 2023 Back to the Bay 10 November 202330Rona Fairhead, a former head of Financial Times Group, is appointed as Chair of the BBC Trust, becoming the first woman to hold the post.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29001401 Rona Fairhead to be BBC Trust chairwoman BBC BBC News 30 August 2014 30 August 2014 September Date Event1BBC staff vote to take strike action in an ongoing disagreement over the broadcaster's plans to cut 500 jobs.https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/bbc-staff-back-strike-over-job-losses-9704742.html BBC staff back strike over job losses London Evening Standard 1 September 2014 1 September 20144The BBC says it has removed a scene from the Doctor Who episode "Robot of Sherwood" in which a character is beheaded following the recent beheadings of two U.S. hostages held by the Islamic State jihadist group.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-29068551 Doctor Who "beheading scene" edited out BBC BBC News 4 September 2014 4 September 2014Judy Finnigan will return to daytime television as a panellist for Loose Women when the series returns on 8 September.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29059682 Judy Finnigan returns to TV as Loose Women panellist BBC BBC News 4 September 2014 4 September 20145Channel 4 game show Countdown reaches its 6000th edition, earning itself a place in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest running programme of its type.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29072573 Countdown gets Guinness World Record 5 September 2014 BBC7Bruce Forsyth hands over the Strictly Come Dancing presenting role to Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman with a dance routine to kick off the show as the programme returns for its eleventh series.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29100649 Sir Bruce Forsyth bows out from Strictly Come Dancing BBC BBC News 7 September 2014 7 September 201410The BBC begins airing the first Invictus Games, a Paralympic-style multi-sport event for wounded service personnel. Events kick off with the opening ceremony in London.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-29145610 Prince Harry's Invictus Games open BBC BBC News 10 September 2014 11 September 201411Former actor Giles Watling, best known for his role as Oswald in the television sitcom Bread, is selected as the Conservative Party candidate to fight the forthcoming Clacton by-election on 9 October.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-29163450 Clacton: Bread's Giles Watling to stand for Conservatives BBC BBC News 11 September 2014 11 September 2014Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond is involved in a heated exchange with BBC journalist Nick Robinson during a referendum press conference in Edinburgh after Salmond accuses the Treasury of leaking market sensitive information outside of trading hours. Robinson had reported plans by The Royal Bank of Scotland to relocate to England in the event of a Yes vote the previous evening, causing some overnight negative market reaction in Asia, and prompting the First Minister to call for an investigation into the source of the leak, which he felt the BBC should co-operate with. An official announcement from the bank was due to be made at 7.00 am on 11 September.https://www.theguardian.com/politics/video/2014/sep/11/alex-salmond-heckled-bbc-reporter-nick-robinson-scotland-independence-rbs-video Alex Salmond heckled by BBC reporter – video The Guardian 11 September 2014 12 September 2014http://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-09-11/salmond-shouts-down-heckles-from-bbcs-robinson/ Salmond claims journalist "heckled" him at conference ITV ITV News 11 September 2014 14 September 2014https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29185319 Robert Peston Treasury briefed RBS move before board decision BBC News BBC 12 September 2014 13 September 2014Mason Rowena Carrell Severin https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/sep/12/scottish-independence-rbs-leak-claim-cabinet-secretary-alex-salmond RBS leak claim: cabinet secretary hits back at Alex Salmond The Guardian 12 September 2014 14 September 2014BBC One airs Scotland Decides: The Big, Big Debate in which 16 and 17-year-old first time voters are given the opportunity to quiz a Question Time-style panel of politicians about issues surrounding the Independence referendum.Green Chris https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/scottish-independence/scottish-independence-bored-teenagers-at-bbcs-big-big-debate-take-to-twitter-mostly-to-complain--or-look-for-boyfriends-9727617.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/scottish-independence/scottish-independence-bored-teenagers-at-bbcs-big-big-debate-take-to-twitter-mostly-to-complain--or-look-for-boyfriends-9727617.html 1 May 2022 subscription Scottish independence: Bored teenagers at BBC's Big Big Debate take to Twitter mostly to complain – or look for boyfriends The Independent Independent Print Limited 12 September 2014 12 September 2014McDowall Julie http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/tv-radio/tv-review-the-big-big-debate.1410471562 TV review: The Big, Big Debate Newsquest The Herald 12 September 2014 12 September 2014 subscription 12US actor Gary Busey wins the fourteenth series of Celebrity Big Brother, becoming the first American to take the accolade.Ryan Gajewski http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/celebrity-big-brother-gary-busey-732677 Gary Busey Becomes First American to Win "Celebrity Big Brother" The Hollywood Reporter 13 September 2014 13 September 201413Actress and director Samantha Morton tells The Guardian that she suffered sexual abuse while in care as a child, saying she has decided to speak out in the wake of the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-29188700 Actress Samantha Morton tells of childhood sexual abuse BBC BBC News 13 September 2014 14 September 2014Bobby Lockwood and gymnastics partner Kristin Allen win the first and only series of Tumble.Love Ryan http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a596520/bobby-lockwood-crowned-champion-of-bbc-ones-tumble.html#~oPMWKUxMwlMbE6 Bobby Lockwood crowned champion of BBC One's Tumble Digital Spy 13 September 2014 13 September 201414Demonstrators gather outside BBC Scotland's Glasgow headquarters to protest against what they perceive to be the BBC's anti-independence bias.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-29196912 Scottish independence: Crowd protests against "BBC bias" BBC BBC News 14 September 2014 14 December 2014The closing ceremony of the inaugural Invictus Games takes place in London, with a music concert at Olympic Park featuring artists and groups such as Bryan Adams, Ellie Goulding, James Blunt and the Kaiser Chiefs.Ringwood Shaun http://www.scunthorpetelegraph.co.uk/Invictus-Games-Closing-Concert-BBC-tonight/story-22920953-detail/story.html The Invictus Games – Closing Concert on BBC Two tonight featuring Foo Fighters, Kaiser Chiefs, Ellie Goulding & Diversity Local World Scunthorpe Telegraph 14 September 2014 15 September 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140917004505/http://www.scunthorpetelegraph.co.uk/Invictus-Games-Closing-Concert-BBC-tonight/story-22920953-detail/story.html 17 September 2014Paine Andre= https://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/music/invictus-games-closing-concert-queen-elizabeth-olympic-park--music-review-foo-fighters-frontman-dave-grohl-dedicated-my-hero-to-all-the-heroes-9732799.html Invictus Games Closing Concert, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park – music review: Foo Fighters singer Dave Grohl dedicated My Hero to "all the heroes" London Evening Standard 15 September 2014 15 September 2014McCormick Neil https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/live-music-reviews/11095378/Invictus-Games-closing-concert-Olympic-Park-review-heroic-endeavour.html Invictus Games closing concert, Olympic Park, review: "heroic endeavour" The Daily Telegraph 15 September 2014 15 September 201416Two days before the Scottish independence referendum, BBC One airs Scotland Decides: The Dimbleby Interviews in which David Dimbleby conducts an in-depth interview with Gordon Brown for the No campaign and Alex Salmond for the Yes campaign.McDowall Julie http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/tv-radio/tv-review-dimbleby-takes-on-salmond-and-brown.1410903546 TV review: Dimbleby takes on Salmond and Brown Newsquest The Herald 16 September 2014 17 September 2014 subscription BBC One airs a special edition of Crimewatch marking 30 years of the series.Ross Nick https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/11092390/Why-30-years-on-Crimewatch-is-still-a-force-for-good.html Why 30 years on Crimewatch is still a force for good The Daily Telegraph 13 September 2014 13 September 2014In an interview with the Radio Times, actor David Morrissey criticises the "intern culture" of acting that he says is excluding people from working-class backgrounds from entering the profession.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29223188 David Morrissey says acting has fallen prey to "intern culture" BBC BBC News 16 September 2014 18 September 201418Comedian Alexander Armstrong is to become the voice of Danger Mouse, taking over from David Jason when the series returns in 2015.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29239681 Danger Mouse to be voiced by Alexander Armstrong BBC BBC News 18 September 2014 18 September 201418–19The BBC, ITV and Sky News provide coverage of the results of the Scottish independence referendum as the results are counted overnight. Shortly after 5.00 am, it is announced that Scotland has voted to reject secession from the United Kingdom.Plunkett John https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/sep/19/broadcast-media-covered-scottish-referendum-results-sky-bbc Scottish referendum: how broadcast media covered results The Guardian 19 September 2014 19 September 201419Dennis Waterman, best known for his roles as DS George Carter in The Sweeney and Terry McCann in Minder announces he will leave the role of Gerry Standing as the last original cast member of BBC detective series New Tricks in 2015.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29274247 Dennis Waterman to leave New Tricks BBC BBC News 19 September 2014 19 September 201422The BBC apologises after seven viewers complained about an edition of TOTP2 that aired on 13 September on BBC Two which included a brief clip of Jimmy Savile from a 1971 edition of Top of the Pops. The footage has since been edited out of the programme.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29308337 BBC apologises for airing Jimmy Savile appearance BBC BBC News 22 September 2014 22 September 201423Following a trial at Southwark Crown Court, broadcaster Dave Lee Travis is convicted of indecently assaulting a television researcher, but cleared of two further sexual assault charges.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-29331740 Dave Lee Travis found guilty of indecent assault BBC News BBC 23 September 2014 24 September 2014 On 26 September, he is given a three-month suspended sentence.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-29372564 BBC News – Dave Lee Travis given suspended sentence BBC News BBC 26 September 2014 28 September 2014The BBC Trust introduces a current affairs quota to safeguard news programming, stipulating that BBC One's peak time schedule must include a minimum of 40 hours of current affairs programming annually.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29323726 Current affairs minimum set for BBC One's evening schedule BBC BBC News 23 September 2014 23 September 2014Rita Ora will be a panelist on the fourth series of The Voice, replacing Kylie Minogue.Holden Steve https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-29319556 And Kylie's replacement on The Voice UK is... Rita Ora BBC BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat 23 September 2014 23 September 2014The local TV channel Sheffield Live goes on air at 6 pm. The channel is available on Freeview and cable in the Sheffield area.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-29322248 Sheffield Live TV channel launches on Freeview and cable BBC BBC News 23 September 2014 25 September 2014A power outage at the BBC's Plymouth studios affects output from BBC South West, requiring the evening's edition of BBC Spotlight to be broadcast as a joint programme with BBC Points West.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-29330109 Power cut affects BBC South West services BBC BBC News 23 September 2014 3 October 201424Channel 4 confirms that Jeremy Paxman will be hosting their coverage of the 2015 general election.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29345406 BBC Jeremy Paxman to host Channel 4 election coverage BBC News 24 September 2014 24 September 201426Jonathan King, the music mogul who was convicted of child sex offences in 2001, is to appear in Genesis Together, a BBC documentary about the group Genesis, a band that he discovered and nurtured. The BBC says King's appearance in the documentary reflects the "significant role" he played in the group's success.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29374866 Jonathan King to appear in BBC Genesis documentary BBC News BBC 26 September 2014 28 September 201428BBC One's Midlands news programme, Midlands Today, celebrates its 50th anniversary.Young Graham http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/nostalgia/bbc-midlands-today-celebrates-50-7840021 BBC Midlands Today celebrates 50 year anniversary Trinity Mirror Birmingham Mail 27 September 2014 24 April 201529Newsnight is relaunched with Evan Davis as presenter, who has promised a less combative interviewing style than Jeremy Paxman. The edition, in which Davis interviews David Cameron, is watched by 549,000 viewers. 606,000 tune in the following day for an interview with Boris Johnson.John Plunkett https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/oct/01/bbc-newsnight-evan-davis-tv-ratings BBC Newsnight: Evan Davis draws more than 600,000 viewers The Guardian 1 October 2014 6 October 2014 October Date Event1The BBC confirms that a live episode of EastEnders will be aired to coincided with its 30th anniversary. Each episode during the week leading up to the anniversary will have a live element, with the live edition itself revealing the killer of Lucy Beale.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29440568 EastEnders to reveal Lucy Beale's killer in live episode BBC News BBC 1 October 2014 12 October 2014BBC Two airs the This World documentary, Rwanda's Untold Story, which questions official accounts of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide.Gerard O'Donovan https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/tv-and-radio-reviews/11133986/This-World-Rwandas-Untold-Story-BBC-Two-review-intense.html This World: Rwanda's Untold Story, BBC Two, review – "intense" The Daily Telegraph 1 October 2014 1 March 20152EastEnders Executive Producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins confirms that the BBC will stop airing omnibus editions of the soap from April 2015 because of declining viewing figures.Sam Rigby http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a600781/eastenders-omnibus-to-be-taken-off-air-from-april-2015.html#~p4Rs8yAygxKvZZ EastEnders omnibus to be taken off air from April 2015 Digital Spy 2 October 2014 20 February 20153BBC One's Question Time apologises after the sister of murdered teenager Alice Gross complained about a discussion on the previous day's edition of the show that linked the case with the immigration debate.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-29471094 Question Time apologises over Alice immigration debate BBC BBC News 3 October 2014 3 October 2014It is reported that a Top Gear special in Argentina has been cut short after one of the cars used for the programme sparked protests because of an apparent reference to the Falklands War in its number plate. However, the BBC says that the Porsche, with the registration H982 FKL, had not been chosen deliberately.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29474422 Protests cut short Top Gear shoot BBC BBC News 3 October 2014 3 October 2014 Top Gear Executive Producer Andy Wilman later says the choice of number plate was not a stunt.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29581183 Executive producer denies Top Gear number plate 'stunt' BBC News BBC 11 October 2014 12 October 20146Ofcom is critical of Colin Brazier's report from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in which the reporter examined items of luggage, but does not reprimand Sky News or Brazier, because Brazier had immediately expressed regret over his actions and Sky updated their guidelines for journalists following the incident.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29503477 BBC Sky News MH17 crash report case escapes censure BBC News 6 October 2014 6 October 20141950s Cambridge-set crime drama Grantchester makes its debut on ITV starring Robson Green as DI Geordie Keating.7The BBC has defended a controversial rape storyline in EastEnders after 278 complaints were made to Ofcom. The scenes, featuring the characters Dean Wicks (played by Matt Di Angelo) and Linda Carter (Kellie Bright) were aired in the previous day's episode of the soap, which some viewers felt was inappropriate before the 9 pm watershed. The BBC says the story was well signposted and that care was taken to handle it sensitively.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29519061 BBC BBC defends EastEnders rape storyline BBC News 7 October 2014 7 October 2014The BBC asks the public to submit entries for the UK's entry for the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest, the first time this has happened since 2008.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29517710 BBC Eurovision Song Contest: BBC asks public for entries BBC News 7 October 2014 7 October 2014A version of The Beach Boys song "God Only Knows" is simulcast across BBC television and radio channels to launch BBC Music. It features Brian Wilson and other major artists from different musical genres (creating a supergroup called The Impossible Orchestra). The song will be released to raise money for Children in Need.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29519065 BBC Stars unite for BBC Music collaboration BBC News 7 October 2014 9 October 2014Alexis Petridis https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/oct/08/god-only-knows-bbc-music God Only Knows: not quite a perfect day as BBC sings its own praises The Guardian 8 October 2014 9 October 20148Viacom, the new owners of Channel 5, outline plans to overtake Channel 4 in the ratings as "the first step" in their plans to increase the channel's profile. Viva will also be pulled from Freeview to enable Spike to be launched in the UK.Mark Sweney https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/oct/08/channel-5-channel-4 Channel 5 owner wants to overtake Channel 4 The Guardian 8 October 2014 9 October 2014The BBC says it will no longer show editions of Top of the Pops presented by Dave Lee Travis following his recent conviction for indecent assault.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29533353 BBC Travis dropped from Top of the Pops repeats BBC News 8 October 2014 9 October 2014Nancy Birtwhistle wins the fifth series of The Great British Bake Off.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29542639 BBC Great British Bake Off winner is crowned BBC News 9 October 2014 9 October 20149Rona Fairhead is officially confirmed as the new Chair of the BBC Trust.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29538615 BBC Rona Fairhead begins BBC Trust chairwoman role BBC News 9 October 2014 9 October 2014Thomas and Friends celebrates its 30th anniversary.11A suspected attempt is made to steal the statue of the late comedian, Eric Morecambe from its seafront position in the Lancashire town of Morecambe.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-29584017 Eric Morecambe statue: Police probe suspected theft attempt BBC News BBC 11 October 2014 12 October 2014 A man is subsequently detained under the Mental Health Act after trying to saw off one of the statue's legs. Work is carried out to repair the statue, which is restored to its position in December.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-30432651 Eric Morecambe statue returns after attempted theft BBC BBC News 11 December 2014 11 December 201413The UK's main broadcasters announce plans for three televised debates before next year's general election, one of which will see UKIP leader Nigel Farage invited to take part. The debates will follow a 2–3–4 format, with the first being a joint Channel 4-Sky News debate featuring Prime Minister David Cameron and Leader of the Opposition Ed Miliband. A BBC debate will include Cameron, Miliband and Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg, and an ITV debate will feature Cameron, Miliband, Clegg and Farage. The broadcasters say the debates, planned for 2 April, 16 April and 30 April 2015, reflect "changes in the political landscape" since the debates ahead of the 2010 general election. However, other parties such as the Greens and the Scottish National Party have expressed anger that they will not be invited to take part, while Farage, whose party recently won its first seat in the House of Commons, is keen to be included in a second debate. Steven Swinford https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/ukip/11158291/Nigel-Farage-invited-to-join-political-leaders-TV-debate.html Nigel Farage invited to join political leaders' TV debate 13 October 2014 The Daily Telegraph 18 October 2014https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-29595529 Rival parties' anger at TV debate offer to Nigel Farage BBC News BBC 13 October 2014 18 October 2014Judy Finnigan issues an apology after comments she made on the day's edition of Loose Women concerning footballer and convicted rapist Ched Evans sparked anger on social media.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29598732 Judy Finnigan apologises for Loose Women rape comments BBC News BBC 13 October 2014 13 October 201415The local television channel Made in Cardiff goes live at 8 pm.Huw Thomas https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-29617740 Local TV: Made in Cardiff takes to the air BBC News 15 October 2014 15 October 2014Launch of the BBC Genome Project, an online resource allowing users to browse through back copies of the Radio Times from 1923 to 2009, including television and radio listings.http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/aboutthebbc/posts/Genome-The-Radio-Times-Archive-is-now-live https://web.archive.org/web/20141019034330/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/aboutthebbc/posts/Genome-The-Radio-Times-Archive-is-now-live dead 19 October 2014 Genome – Radio Times archive now live Bishop Hilary BBC Online BBC 15 October 2014 15 October 2014https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/oct/16/bbc-digitises-radio-times-back-issues-genome-project BBC digitises Radio Times back issues Mark Sweney The Guardian 16 October 2014 16 October 201416The Welsh language soap opera Pobol y Cwm celebrates its 40th anniversary.McCrum Kirstie http://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/film-news/40-pobol-y-cwm-facts-7916603 40 Pobol y Cwm facts to mark 40 years of the S4C and BBC soap Trinity Mirror The Western Mail 10 October 2014 15 January 2016ITV airs the 7000th episode of Emmerdale.17Martin Clunes and Neil Morrissey perform a sketch as Gary and Tony from the 1990s sitcom Men Behaving Badly for Channel 4's Stand Up to Cancer, the first time the characters have been seen on screen since 1998.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29598727 Men Behaving Badly return for charity sketch BBC News BBC\date=13 October 2014 13 October 201418Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson says that he will have penalty points on his driving licence for the first time in three decades after he was caught speeding between Whitby and London.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29674351 Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson admits speeding BBC News BBC 18 October 2014 19 October 201420ITV announces that Sally Ann Matthews is returning to Coronation Street reprising her role as Jenny Bradley after more than two decades away.http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s3/coronation-street/news/a604688/coronation-street-boss-confirms-jenny-bradley-return.html#~oTfc9NE1EWqF5T Corrie boss confirms Jenny Bradley return Digital Spy Hearst Magazines UK Sophie Dainty 20 October 2014 12 March 202121Alicia Castro, the Argentinian ambassador to the UK, calls on the BBC to issue a public apology over the recent Top Gear row involving her country. Castro has also made an official complaint to the broadcaster alleging that presenter Jeremy Clarkson behaved provocatively and made offensive remarks about Argentina. The Argentinian embassy confirms that Castro met with BBC Director of Television Danny Cohen to discuss the matter on 20 October.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29706449 Top Gear: Argentine ambassador calls for apology BBC BBC News 21 October 2014 21 October 2014Appearing before the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, BBC Trust Chair Rona Fairhead gives her backing to the licence fee, saying it is the best way to fund the broadcaster.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29702501 BBC Trust boss Rona Fairhead backs licence fee BBC BBC News 21 October 2014 21 October 2014BBC One airs the Panorama film To Walk Again, documenting a pioneering therapy that enabled a paralysed man to walk again by transplanting cells from his nasal cavity into his spinal cord.Fergus Walsh https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-29645760 Paralysed man walks again after cell transplant BBC News BBC 21 October 2014 21 October 201422ITV airs a special edition of Loose Women recorded before the death of actress and presenter Lynda Bellingham, who died from colorectal cancer on 19 October. In the edition, Bellingham talks about her wish to spend a final Christmas with her family.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29712940 Lynda Bellingham's last TV interview aired on Loose Women BBC News BBC 22 October 2014 23 October 201423 ITV announces that Tina O'Brien is returning to Coronation Street after eight years away reprising her role of Sarah Platt.http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s3/coronation-street/news/a605379/coronation-street-tina-obrien-returning-as-sarah-platt.html#~oTxpcfLuGp3D5l Coronation Street: Tina O'Brien returning as Sarah Platt Kilkelly Daniel 23 October 2014 Digital Spy Hearst Magazines UK 12 March 2021 In what is believed to be a first for British television, ITV announces that Phillip Schofield will make a 24-hour non-stop broadcast on the ITV network to raise funds for charity. He will begin the challenge on This Morning on 1 December and appear on other ITV shows throughout the next 24 hours, raising funds for the broadcaster's Text Santa appeal.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29743804 Phillip Schofield faces 24-hour live TV challenge BBC News BBC 23 October 2014 23 October 2014Two episodes of the 1960s ITV sketch series At Last the 1948 Show, which featured John Cleese and Graham Chapman, have been discovered in the private collection of the late Sir David Frost, the British Film Institute announces.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29722866 Pre-Monty Python TV comedy episodes rediscovered BBC News BBC 23 October 2014 23 October 2014Appearing on BBC Radio 2's Steve Wright in the Afternoon, comedian Miranda Hart announces there will be no more episodes of her sitcom, Miranda after Christmas 2014. The series, which started in 2009, will end with two Christmas specials.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29747338 Miranda Hart calls time on BBC sitcom BBC News BBC 23 October 2014 23 October 2014Publication of the Home Affairs Select Committee report into the police raid on a property belonging to Cliff Richard, which describes the process as "inept", and says that South Yorkshire Police should not have tried to agree a deal with a BBC reporter to provide coverage of the raid.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-29742349 Sir Cliff Richard police raid inept say MPs BBC News BBC 24 October 2014 24 October 201426Channel 4 has commissioned a drama about the talks that led to the forming of the coalition government following the 2010 general election, starring Mark Gatiss as Peter Mandelson, Bertie Carvel as Nick Clegg, Mark Dexter as David Cameron and Ian Grieve as Gordon Brown.Robert Dex https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/sherlock-star-mark-gatiss-to-play-peter-mandelson-in-new-channel-4-coalition-drama-9818924.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/sherlock-star-mark-gatiss-to-play-peter-mandelson-in-new-channel-4-coalition-drama-9818924.html 1 May 2022 subscription Sherlock star Mark Gatiss to play Peter Mandelson in new Channel 4 coalition drama The Independent Independent Print Limited 26 October 2014 26 October 2014 The 90-minute drama, written by Mark Graham, looks at the rise to prominence of Clegg during the coalition talks, with filming beginning in London within days.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29777004 Trunchbull star Bertie Carvel to play Nick Clegg BBC News BBC 26 October 2014 26 October 201429Channel 4 announces plans for a mockumentary imagining what would happen if the UK Independence Party were to win the 2015 general election.John Plunkett https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/oct/30/nigel-farage-ukip-documentary-spoof-channel-4 Nigel Farage to take power in Ukip documentary spoof The Guardian 30 October 2014 31 January 2015 Announced under the working title of 100 Days of UKIP, it aired in February 2015 as UKIP: The First 100 Days.31The Judicial Office confirms that Rolf Harris has lost the first round of an appeal against his conviction for indecent assault.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-29852227 Rolf Harris loses first conviction appeal bid BBC News BBC 31 October 2014 31 October 2014The BBC says it will not issue an apology over its Top Gear Argentina special, and will broadcast the programme.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29852603 BBC refuses to make Top Gear apology over Argentina row BBC News BBC 31 October 2014 31 October 2014 November Date Event1The BBC announces plans to launch a public consultation on televised debates for the 2015 general election. The move is welcomed by the Scottish National Party, which had urged broadcasters to think again about the present arrangement which excludes them from taking part.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-29862071 SNP welcomes TV debate consultation BBC News BBC 1 November 2014 1 November 20142Fans of the ITV soap Crossroads celebrate the programme's 50th anniversary at a former filming location in Sutton Coldfield. The show was launched on 2 November 1964, and axed in 1988. It was briefly revived in 2001 before being axed again two years later.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-29821439 Crossroads fans mark 50th anniversary BBC BBC News 2 November 2014 2 November 20143More4 will screen The Vote, a play by James Graham set on election night 2015, on the night of the next general election, the channel announces.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29877717 More4 to screen Donmar Warehouse's election night drama BBC News BBC 3 November 2014 3 November 20145Hugh Bonneville, who plays Robert Crawley in the ITV period drama Downton Abbey, dismisses rumours that the programme's dog Isis was killed off in a recentMay 2020 episode because of the similarity of her name to an acronym used for the extremist group Islamic State. Speculation began following the episode's transmission a few days earlier, but Bonneville describes anyone adhering to the theory as "a complete berk".Harry Fletcher http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s183/downton-abbey/news/a608131/downton-abbeys-hugh-bonneville-calls-isis-theorists-berks.html#~p049ooVGfBmNpu Downton Abbey's Hugh Bonneville calls Isis theorists "berks" Digital Spy 5 November 2014 31 December 2014BBC Education Editor Penny Marshall announces she is returning to ITV News to resume her role as their Social Affairs Editor. Her announcement comes a day after she appeared before a House of Lords select committee on women and broadcasting.Mark Sweney https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/nov/05/penny-marshall-itv-bbc Penny Marshall returns to ITV News after five months at BBC The Guardian 5 November 2014 31 January 20156ITV's This Morning airs a live vasectomy operation ahead of World Vasectomy Day on 7 November.Tom Eames http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a608292/ouch-this-morning-airs-live-vasectomy-breakfasts-avoided-everywhere.html#~p044fLterSj1gM Ouch! This Morning airs live vasectomy, breakfasts avoided everywhere Digital Spy 6 November 2014 31 December 20147Former BBC journalist Olenka Frenkiel criticises the broadcaster for discriminating against female presenters.Jane Martinson https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/nov/07/bbc-journalist-olenka-frenkiel-reject-gagging-clause Journalist Olenka Frenkiel says BBC sexism and ageism still an issue The Guardian 7 November 2014 31 January 2015Channel 5 airs the Episode 7000 of Neighbours.http://www.neighboursepisodes.com/index.php?year=2014&episode=7000 Neighbours Episode 7000 from 2014 - NeighboursEpisodes.com www.neighboursepisodes.com 7 October 20188James Jordan, a dancer on the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing, accuses the programme's producers of trying to turn the public against his wife, Ola, also a dancer on the programme, after an article appeared in the Daily Mail alleging that she was bullying her dance partner, Steve Backshall.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-29972729 James Jordan attacks Strictly Come Dancing producers after Ola bullying claims BBC BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat 8 November 2014 16 November 20149A video in which Doctor Who star Peter Capaldi appears in character as the Twelfth Doctor to deliver a personal message of comfort to a nine-year-old autistic boy whose grandmother had recently died has been viewed more than 500,000 times on YouTube, it is reported.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-29976527 Doctor Who actor Peter Capaldi comforts bereaved boy BBC BBC News 9 November 2014 20 November 201410A change in advertising regulations comes into force that allows the use of electronic cigarettes to be shown on television for the first time. Although commercials for e-cigarettes have aired for some time, showing the act of using the cigarette, known as vaping, was not permitted.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-29959379 First e-cigarette "vaping" appear on TV BBC BBC News 10 November 2014 11 November 2014ITV confirms that it has dropped the comedian Dapper Laughs from its schedules following controversial comments he made about rape and homeless people. His series, Dapper Laughs: On the Pull, will not be recommissioned for a second series following an online campaign for it to be discontinued.Jim Connolly https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-29993873 Dapper Laughs: ITV2 says no second series for comedian BBC BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat 10 November 2014 11 November 201411Following requests from the public, My Christmas Advert, a 1984 Oxo commercial featuring Lynda Bellingham, will air on ITV on Christmas Day as a tribute to the actress, Oxo have confirmed.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30008548 Lynda Bellingham Oxo advert to be repeated at Christmas BBC BBC News 11 November 2014 11 November 2014Television sports presenter Charlie Webster resigns as a patron of Sheffield United after footballer and convicted rapist Ched Evans is allowed to begin training at the club following his recent release from jail.Tom Sheen https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/ched-evans-charlie-webster-resigns-as-patron-of-sheffield-united-after-the-club-allowed-convicted-rapist-to-return-to-training-9855062.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/ched-evans-charlie-webster-resigns-as-patron-of-sheffield-united-after-the-club-allowed-convicted-rapist-to-return-to-training-9855062.html 1 May 2022 subscription live Charlie Webster resigns as patron of Sheffield United after club allowed convicted rapist Ched Evans to return to training Independent Print limited The Independent 12 November 2014 12 November 201413The BBC2 "Window on the World" ident package is seen for the final time after about 8 years in use, although elements of it (programme slides) are retained.15The BBC celebrity gymnastics competition Tumble is axed after one series, due to poor ratings.16The BBC issues an apology after Strictly Come Dancing judge Len Goodman swore during the previous evening's live edition of the show.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30073124 Strictly Come Dancing: BBC apologises for judge swearing BBC BBC News 16 November 2014 16 November 2014Gareth Malone's All-Star Choir reach number one in the UK Singles Chart with their version of Avicii's "Wake Me Up", recorded for Children in Need 2014.Susannah Alexander http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a610447/gareth-malones-all-star-choir-score-no1-single-for-children-in-need.html#~oVOdiOHvwBvJeH Gareth Malone's All Star Choir score No.1 single for Children in Need Digital Spy 16 November 2014 16 November 2014The Band Aid 30 version of "Do They Know It's Christmas?" is broadcast for the first time on ITV's The X Factor, a day after it was recorded to raise money for the victims of the Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30074650 Band Aid 30: X Factor unveiling for Ebola charity song BBC BBC News 16 November 2014 17 November 2014 The song tops the UK chart the following week (23 November) after selling 312,000 copies.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30167530 Band Aid 30 single storms to number one BBC BBC News 23 November 2014 23 November 2014BBC One airs a repeat of an edition of Countryfile first shown in August which includes an interview with Northern Ireland blacksmith Barney Devlin, who inspired Seamus Heaney's poem, The Forge. The piece is shown with subtitles, prompting nationalist and unionist politicians to accuse the BBC of being "patronising".Jess Denham https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/bbc-countryfile-subtitles-on-northern-irish-blacksmith-branded-insulting-and-patronising-9868162.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/bbc-countryfile-subtitles-on-northern-irish-blacksmith-branded-insulting-and-patronising-9868162.html 1 May 2022 subscription live BBC Countryfile subtitles on Northern Irish blacksmith branded "insulting and patronising" Independent Print Limited The Independent 18 November 2014 21 November 201417Sky News presenter Jayne Secker cuts short an interview with Sir Bob Geldof after he uses the word "bollocks" twice while live on air.Sam Rigby http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a610734/sir-bob-geldof-cut-off-by-sky-news-for-saying-bollocks-twice-on-air.html#~oWi7eG4Hwigp9i Sir Bob Geldof cut off by Sky News for saying "bollocks" twice on air Digital Spy 17 November 2014 21 November 2014Ofcom launches an investigation into EastEnders following its storyline involving the rape of Queen Vic landlady Linda Carter.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30080764 EastEnders investigated by Ofcom over rape storyline BBC BBC News 17 November 2014 17 November 2014Singer Myleene Klass criticises Labour Party leader Ed Miliband for his plans to introduce a mansion tax for houses costing over £2m during an edition of ITV's The Agenda, claiming it will hit "little grannies" in modest London homes rather than the super-rich at whom it is aimed.https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/nov/18/myleene-klass-ed-miliband-mansion-tax Myleene Klass "goes full Paxman" on Ed Miliband over mansion tax The Guardian 18 November 2014 18 November 201418Ofcom launches an investigation into the way the Premier League sells the broadcast rights for live football matches following a complaint from Virgin Media.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30095012 Premier League TV rights to be probed by Ofcom BBC BBC News 18 November 2014 18 November 2014The charity Prostate Cancer UK praises EastEnders for "[breaking] down one of the biggest taboos in men's health" with a storyline in which the character Stan Carter (played by Timothy West) is diagnosed with prostate cancer.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30094560 EastEnders "breaking cancer taboo" with prostate storyline BBC BBC News 18 November 2014 18 November 2014Ofcom rules that STV was in breach of broadcasting rules after airing a repeat edition of Scotland Tonight discussing the independence referendum on the day the vote was being held.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-30098805 STV "breached broadcasting rules" on referendum day BBC BBC News 18 November 2014 18 November 2014 The Only Way Is Essex star Gemma Collins withdraws from the fourteenth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! after spending 72 hours in the jungle.21David Prowse, who played the Green Cross Code man in a 1970s road safety ad campaign, is to reprise the role for two short YouTube films aimed at teaching adults road safety.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30145697 Green Cross Code Man back on screen BBC News BBC 21 November 2014 22 November 2014Phoebe Riley wins the 2014 series of Junior MasterChef.http://www.sevenoakschronicle.co.uk/Talented-schoolgirl-Ide-Hill-crowned-winner/story-24593535-detail/story.html https://archive.today/20150426005237/http://www.sevenoakschronicle.co.uk/Talented-schoolgirl-Ide-Hill-crowned-winner/story-24593535-detail/story.html dead 26 April 2015 Talented schoolgirl from Ide Hill is crowned winner of Junior MasterChef 2014 Courier Media Group Sevenoaks Chronicle 21 November 2014 25 April 2015 25Top Gears Argentina special will air at Christmas as part of two programmes recorded in South America, the BBC confirms.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30190663 Top Gear Argentina special to air at Christmas BBC BBC News 25 November 2014 29 November 2014Jazz Journal reports that the 2014 M&S Christmas ad campaign features a duet of Gregory Porter and Julie London singing London's 1963 recording of "Fly Me to the Moon". Decca Records have also released the song as a single to raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation UK.Sally Evans-Darby http://www.jazzjournal.co.uk/jazz-latest-news/834/gregory-porter-duets-with-julie-london Gregory Porter duets with Julie London JJ Publishing Ltd, Invicta Press Ltd Jazz Journal 25 November 2014 19 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141219185210/http://www.jazzjournal.co.uk/jazz-latest-news/834/gregory-porter-duets-with-julie-london 19 December 2014 dead 27Linda Henry, who plays Shirley Carter in EastEnders, will stand trial in February 2015 for racially aggravated harassment following an incident in September, it is reported.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30228797 EastEnders actress to stand trial for harassment BBC BBC News 27 November 2014 29 November 2014 December Date Event1The BBC Trust declines a request to take further action against Jeremy Clarkson for his apparent use of the N-word.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30278278 BBC Trust says no to Clarkson complaint appeal BBC BBC News 1 December 2014 3 December 2014Stephen Fry will be part of the voice cast of the 2015 Danger Mouse revival, it is confirmed. He will play the role of Colonel K.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30267641 Stephen Fry joins Danger Mouse voice cast BBC BBC News 1 December 2014 3 December 20141–2Phillip Schofield completes his 24-hour broadcasting marathon for ITV's Text Santa. The event, aired on ITV3, sees the presenter doing a number of things, including abseiling down a building and meeting Prime Minister David Cameron.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30289977 Phillip Schofield completes 24-hour TV marathon BBC BBC News 2 December 2014 3 December 20144The programme content of the Welsh language channel S4C becomes available to view live and on demand through BBC iPlayer. S4C is the only independent channel available via the service, and programmes will be viewable for 30 days.https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/s4c-comes-to-bbc-iplayer S4C comes to BBC iPlayer BBC Media Centre BBC 4 December 2014 11 April 2015Conservative MP Alec Shelbrooke seeks a House of Commons debate on the topic of the number of repeats being shown on television over Christmas after the day's edition of the Daily Mirror reported that 63% of the programming shown on the UK's mainstream channels over Christmas 2014 will be repeats. Shelbrooke's request is turned down.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30329929 Christmas TV repeats raised in Parliament BBC BBC News 4 December 2014 5 December 20145The BBC Trust announces plans for a full public consultation into its proposed transfer of BBC Three to online-only.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30345379 BBC Three: Trust to consult public over proposed closure BBC BBC News 5 December 2014 5 December 20147Jeremy Paxman is confirmed as the presenter of Churchill: The Nation's Farewell, an hour-long documentary to air in January 2015 to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the State funeral of Winston Churchill, held on 30 January 1965. BBC Parliament will air television coverage of the funeral in real time on 30 January.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30367210 Churchill: Jeremy Paxman to host new BBC documentary BBC BBC News 7 December 2014 7 December 2014World Superbike champion Carl Fogarty wins the fourteenth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.John Plunkett https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/dec/08/im-a-celebrity-final-carl-fogarty More than 11m tune in for I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here! final The Guardian 8 December 2014 8 December 20148Barbara Windsor will reprise her role as EastEnders pub landlady Peggy Mitchell for a special episode of the soap to culminate with its 30th anniversary, it is reported.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30377626 Barbara Windsor to return for EastEnders 30th anniversary BBC BBC News 8 December 2014 8 December 20149The BBC One late evening regional news bulletins in England will be extended from 7 1 2 to 15 minutes in the run-up to next year's general election, the BBC confirms.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30389997 Longer BBC regional evening TV news for election BBC BBC News 9 December 2014 9 December 2014Figures released by Ofcom indicate that the number of households owning a TV set fell by 300,000 between the end of 2012 and 2013, the first decrease to be recorded. The figure dropped from 26.33 million to 26.02 million as more people used online resources to watch TV content.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30392654 Number of UK homes with TVs falls for first time BBC BBC News 9 December 2014 9 December 201410Further details of plans to move BBC Three online are unveiled, where the channel will broadcast 24 hours a day and have an emphasis on comedy and long form content. Subject to the approval of the BBC Trust, a BBC One + 1 service will occupy the channel space vacated by BBC Three, while CBBC's daily airtime will be extended by two hours.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30409171 BBC Three proposals are unveiled BBC BBC News 10 December 2014 10 December 201411The BBC announce plans for a series based on author J. K. Rowling's Cormoran Strike crime series, which she writes under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30409174 JK Rowling's detective novels to be adapted for the small screen BBC BBC News 11 December 2014 11 December 2014Chris Evans and Fearne Cotton present the first BBC Music Awards live from the Earls Court Exhibition Centre in London.Mark Savage https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30410145 Absent Pharrell Williams dominates BBC Music Awards BBC BBC News 11 December 2014 11 December 2014 Among the winners are Ed Sheeran for British Artist of the Year, and Pharrell Williams, who picks up the awards for Best International Artist of the Year, and Single of the Year for "Happy".Chris Johnston https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/dec/11/bbc-music-award-pharrell-williams-ed-sheeran-winners Ed Sheeran and Pharrell Williams big winners at inaugural BBC music awards The Guardian 11 December 2014 11 December 2014 Overnight figures suggest the Awards, aired simultaneously by BBC One, BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2, were watched by an average audience of 3.9 million, peaking at 4.7 million.Mark Savage https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30448036 BBC Music Awards watched by 3.9m BBC BBC News 12 December 2014 12 December 2014Comedian Russell Brand and UKIP leader Nigel Farage are involved in a heated exchange on BBC One's Question Time during which Brand criticises Farage for being a "pound shop Enoch Powell", a reference to the politician who made the infamous Rivers of Blood speech in 1968.Christopher Hooton https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/russell-brand-calls-nigel-farage-a-poundshop-enoch-powell-in-bbc-question-time-debate-9919527.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/russell-brand-calls-nigel-farage-a-poundshop-enoch-powell-in-bbc-question-time-debate-9919527.html 1 May 2022 subscription Russell Brand calls Nigel Farage "poundshop Enoch Powell" in BBC Question Time debate Independent Print Limited The Independent 12 December 2014 12 December 2014142014 Formula One winner Lewis Hamilton is named this year's BBC Sports Personality of the Year.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/30456847 Lewis Hamilton wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2014 BBC BBC Sport 14 December 2014 15 December 2014Ben Haenow wins the eleventh series of The X Factor.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30472760 X Factor final: Ben Haenow wins 2014 contest BBC BBC News 15 December 2014 15 December 201415BBC reporter Alan Little announces he will leave the broadcaster at the end of 2014, after working for them for three decades.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30485295 Veteran reporter Allan Little to leave the BBC BBC BBC News 15 December 2014 15 December 2014BBC Three's Don't Tell the Bride is to move to BBC One, it is announced. The programme had faced the axe if BBC Three is given the go ahead to move its content online.Nesta McGregor https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-30486111 Don't Tell The Bride moves to BBC One from BBC Three BBC BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat 15 December 2014 15 December 201416Fox Broadcasting announces that Gracepoint, the US version of ITV's Broadchurch, will not return for a second series because of poor ratings.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30501671 US version of Broadchurch cancelled BBC BBC News 16 December 2014 16 December 2014The possible finalists of the tenth series of The Apprentice may have been revealed ahead of the following day's semi-final after an error on the programme's website saw two of the remaining five candidates deleted. They were later restored.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30513102 Website glitch reveals Apprentice finalists BBC BBC News 17 December 2014 17 December 201418Channel 4 confirm that the Michael family have left the TV series Gogglebox because father, Andrew, has been selected as a candidate for the UK Independence Party at the next general election; seeking elected office is against the show's rules.Daniel Rosney https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-30530736 Gogglebox drops family because of dad running for UKIP BBC BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat 18 December 2014 18 December 2014Nick Hewer announces he will leave The Apprentice at the end of the current series.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30527547 Nick Hewer to leave The Apprentice BBC BBC News 19 December 2014 19 December 201420Caroline Flack and dance partner Pasha Kovalev win the twelfth series of Strictly Come Dancing.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30536720 Strictly Come Dancing: Caroline Flack lifts glitterball trophy BBC BBC News 20 December 2014 20 December 2014 21Australian businessman Mark Wright wins the tenth series of The Apprentice.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30568860 The Apprentice: Mark Wright is Lord Sugar's new partner BBC BBC News 21 December 2014 21 December 201422Data released by Ofcom indicated that Big Brother was the most complained about television programme of 2014, with 3,784 complaints. Most of these concerned the behaviour of the show's 2014 winner, Helen Wood.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30578208 Big Brother most complained about TV show of the year BBC BBC News 22 December 2014 23 December 201423William Pooley, a British nurse who survived Ebola, is to present Channel 4's Alternative Christmas message.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30586677 Ebola nurse to deliver Channel 4 Christmas message BBC BBC News 23 December 2014 23 December 2014Jamie Scott wins the seventh series of MasterChef: The Professionals.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-30595562 Scottish cook takes Masterchef title 24 December 2014 31 December 2017 BBC24The Advertising Standards Agency has banned three commercials for e-cigarettes. Two ads for VIP Electronic Cigarettes were banned because they were deemed to be glamourising the product, while it was felt that a commercial for KIK e-cigarettes was encouraging their use by ex-smokers.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30595394 Three e-cigarette TV adverts banned BBC BBC News 24 December 2014 27 December 2014James Bond film Skyfall makes its British television debut on ITV at 8 pm. Overnight viewing figures later reveal the film was watched by 6.33 million viewers, the highest audience of the day excluding soaps.Kate Goodacre http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a618304/james-bond-movie-skyfall-tops-christmas-eve-ratings-with-over-6-million.html#~p2AemZG3AJhBDi James Bond movie Skyfall tops Christmas Eve ratings with over 6 million Digital Spy 25 December 2014 27 January 201525The Christmas Day episode of Doctor Who reveals that Jenna Coleman will return in the next series as The Doctor's assistant, Clara Oswald.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30602537 Doctor Who: Jenna Coleman staying in series BBC BBC News 25 December 2014 27 December 2014 Doctor Who producer Steven Moffat later tells Doctor Who Magazine that Coleman had planned to leave the series before or during the 2014 Christmas special, but later changed her mind because she felt Clara's story was not finished.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-31762466 BBC News Doctor Who: Jenna Coleman "planned to quit" last year BBC 6 March 2015 6 March 201526Overnight viewing figures for Christmas Day indicate that the Royal Christmas Message was the most watched programme of the day. The broadcast, aired simultaneously by BBC One and ITV, received an audience of 7.82 million. BBC One's Mrs. Brown's Boys had 7.61 million viewers, and was the single most watched show of the day. BBC One also had seven of the top ten Christmas Day programmes.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30603390 Queen tops combined Christmas Day viewing figures BBC BBC News 26 December 2014 27 December 201427Part One of the Top Gear Patagonia Special is aired on BBC Two and seen by an average audience of 4.7 million viewers.Liam Martin http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a618578/top-gear-special-peaks-with-511-million-on-bbc-two.html#~p04q34F3OV17lk Top Gear special peaks with 5.11 million on BBC Two Digital Spy 28 December 2014 31 December 2014 The second part, which features the controversial Argentina leg of the programme's visit to South America, airs the following day and is watched by an average of 4.8 million viewers.Daisy Wyatt https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/twitter-reacts-to-controversial-top-gear-patagonia-special-ending-9948007.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/twitter-reacts-to-controversial-top-gear-patagonia-special-ending-9948007.html 1 May 2022 subscription Top Gear Patagonia Special: Twitter reacts to "controversial" ending Independent Print Limited The Independent 29 December 2014 31 December 2014Jason Deans https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/dec/29/top-gear-jeremy-clarkson-falklands-number-plate-tv-ratings Top Gear Patagonia episode attracts nearly 5m viewers The Guardian 29 December 2014 31 December 201429BBC One's crime drama Happy Valley is voted as the best drama of 2014 by a group of Radio Times critics.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30621769 Happy Valley tops Radio Times critics' poll BBC BBC News 29 December 2014 1 January 2015Jamie Oliver reveals that he was offered a role as a Hobbit in one of Peter Jackson's films as a thank you for providing the catering for the director's 50th birthday, but turned it down because of work commitments.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30621767 Jamie Oliver "turned down Hobbit role" BBC BBC News 29 December 2014 1 January 201530Singer Sam Smith, who performed live on the 2014 final of The X Factor, criticises the series for being damaging to songwriters because contestants are required to perform cover versions of popular songs.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-30634928 Sam Smith says The X Factor is "damaging for songwriters" BBC BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat 30 December 2014 1 January 2015 31It is reported that Police Scotland are investigating several complaints concerning tweets made by TV personality Katie Hopkins about an Ebola patient.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-30641705 Katie Hopkins' tweets on "Ebola bombs" examined by police BBC BBC News 31 December 2014 1 January 2015As part of its New Year's Eve celebration, BBC One airs Queen & Adam Lambert Rock Big Ben Live, a concert at Westminster's Central Hall featuring the surviving members of Queen and American vocalist Adam Lambert, the runner up on the 2009 season of American Idol.Gerard Gilbert https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/new-years-eve-2014-what-to-watch-on-your-tv-night-in-from-mapp-and-lucia-to-the-fireworks-9951543.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/new-years-eve-2014-what-to-watch-on-your-tv-night-in-from-mapp-and-lucia-to-the-fireworks-9951543.html 1 May 2022 subscription live From Adam Lambert and Queen to Mapp and Lucia: what to watch on New Year's Eve Independent Print Limited The Independent 31 December 2014 1 January 2015Rebecca Pocklington https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/adam-lambert-showered-praise-after-4902125 Adam Lambert showered with praise after incredible collaboration with Queen for New Year's Eve celebrations Trinity Mirror Daily Mirror 1 January 2015 1 January 2015 Most watched television of this year Top 20 Most Watched Broadcasts Rank Show Number of Viewersin millions Date Network Brief Description 1 World Cup 2014: GER v ARG 14.92 13 July BBC One Germany beat Argentina 1 – 0 in the final of the World Cup, making it their fourth victory. 2 World Cup 2014: ENG v ITA 14.70 14 June England played their first game of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, losing 2 – 1 to Italy. 3 FIFA World Cup 2014: Uruguay v England 13.87 19 June ITV England lose to Uruguay 2 – 1, making it impossible to progress to the knockout stages of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. 4 The Great British Bake Off 13.51 8 October BBC One Nancy Birtwhistle is crowned the winner of the fifth series of The Great British Bake Off. 5 World Cup 2014: BRA v GER 13.46 8 July Brazil lose to Germany national football team 7 – 1, which is the biggest winning margin in a World Cup semi-final or final. 6 Sherlock 12.72 1 January The first episode of the third series of Sherlock, where it's revealed how Sherlock Holmes survived a fall from St Bartholomew's Hospital. 7 New Year's Fireworks 12.50 31 December The airing of the annual fireworks around the London Eye. 8 Britain's Got Talent 11.84 12 April ITV The premiere of the eighth series of the hit show, where the new "golden-buzzer" are introduced into the auditions. 9 Strictly Come Dancing 11.67 20 December BBC One The dance performances for the final of Strictly Come Dancing. Caroline Flack & Pasha Kovalev achieve two perfect scores of 40. 10 I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! 11.62 16 November ITV The premiere of the fourteenth series of the hit show, where it's revealed which celebrities will be going into the jungle, including Tinchy Stryder, Melanie Sykes, Craig Charles and Carl Fogarty.Strictly Come Dancing: The Results 20 December BBC One Caroline Flack and her dance partner Pasha Kovalev are crowned champions, with Frankie Bridge and Simon Webbe being runners-up. 12 Britain's Got Talent 11.53 7 June ITV Collabro are crowned champions of the eighth series, with Lucy Kay being runner-up. Cheryl premiered her new single "Crazy Stupid Love", performing alongside Tinie Tempah. 13 Strictly Come Dancing: The Results 11.46 15 November BBC One The show's annual broadcast, live from the Blackpool Tower. 14 Sherlock 11.38 5 January Doctor Watson marries Mary Morstan.Sherlock 12 January The finale to the third series. 16 Call the Midwife 11.35 19 January The premiere of the third series, and the midwives move into a new house, and Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon makes a visit. 17 I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! 11.15 7 December ITV Carl Fogarty is crowned King of the Jungle. 18 Strictly Come Dancing 10.98 13 December BBC One The semi-final, where Caroline Flack achieves the first perfect score of the series. It was also the first show following the shock exit of favourite Pixie Lott. 19 10.97 6 December The quarter-final which featured a waltz-athon. 20 10.93 1 November The annual Halloween special, which featured the first ten given out by one of the regular judges, Bruno Tonioli, for Frankie Bridge's Tango. Debuts BBC Date Debut Channel 2 January Dolphins – Spy in the Pod BBC One 4 January Catherine Tate's Nan 5 January Operation Grand Canyon with Dan Snow BBC Two 6 January The 7.39 BBC One 9 January Tough Young Teachers BBC Three 11 January Reflex BBC One 14 January House of Fools BBC Two 16 January Hidden Kingdoms BBC One 17 January The Dog Ate My Homework CBBC 20 January The Great Interior Design Challenge BBC Two 27 January Britain's Great War BBC Onehttps://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/ww1-beyond-the-mud-and-trenches-bbcs-plans-for-the-centenary-of-world-war-one-8877564.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/ww1-beyond-the-mud-and-trenches-bbcs-plans-for-the-centenary-of-world-war-one-8877564.html 1 May 2022 subscription live WW1 beyond the mud and trenches: BBC's plans for the centenary of World War One The Independent 13 October 2013 28 January Hank Zipzer CBBC 29 January The Restaurant Man BBC Two 5 February Inside No. 9 6 February Pound Shop Wars BBC One 7 February Alan Davies Après-Ski BBC Twohttp://sroaudiences.com/application.asp?show_id=1231 Free audience tickets for THE ALAN DAVIES SHOW from SRO Audiences 22 January 2014 8 February Salamander BBC Four 10 February The Life of Rock with Brian Pern 13 February The Brits Who Built the Modern World 24 February Revenge of the Egghead BBC Two25 February Hair BBC Three 27 February Jumbo: The Plane that Changed the World BBC Two3 March Sport Relief's Top Dog Mary Berry Cooks 3 March Mind the Gap: London vs the Rest 6 March 37 Days 10 March The Michael McIntyre Chat Show BBC OneWatchdog Test House 12 March Famous, Rich and Hungry Collectaholics BBC Two 13 March The Walshes BBC Four 17 March Life and Death Row BBC Three 19 March W1A BBC Two 20 March Turks & Caicos 24 March The Voice: Louder on Two 27 March Salting the Battlefield 1 April Killer Magic BBC Three2 April The European Union: In or Out BBC Two Invasion of the Job Snatchers BBC Three Monkey Planet BBC One 6 April The Crimson Field 12 April The Guess List 15 April Watermen: a Dirty Business BBC Two 15 April The Big Allotment Challenge 17 April Parking Mad BBC One 21 April Jamaica Inn 29 April Happy Valley 30 April A Poet in New York BBC Two 5 May The Link BBC One 15 May Tyger Takes On... BBC Three 17 May WHOOPS I MISSED THE BUS CBBC 22 May From There to Here BBC Onehttps://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/sep/14/bbc1-from-there-to-here-manchester BBC1 drama From There to Here recalls 1996 Manchester bombing The Guardian 14 September 2013 21 October 2013 Plunkett, John 25 May Quirke BBC One 2 June A Very British Airline BBC Two 2 June World War I at Home BBC One & BBC Four 3 June Tigers About the House BBC Two 21 June A Question of Sport: Super Saturday BBC One 3 July The Honourable Woman BBC Two 6 July Common BBC One 21 July Pop Slam! CBBC 4 August Kate & Mim-Mim CBeebies 5 August Harriet's Army CBBC In the Club BBC Onehttp://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a491029/the-syndicates-kay-mellor-to-write-new-bbc-one-drama-in-the-club.html 'The Syndicate's Kay Mellor to write new BBC One drama 'In the Club Digital Spy 18 June 2013 21 October 2013 Jeffery, Morgan 7 August Our World War BBC Three8 August Sweets Made Simple BBC Two The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice 9 August Tumble BBC One 15 August Boomers 18 August Two Tribes BBC Two 19 August Young Vets BBC Two 30 August Crimes of Passion BBC Four1 September The Housing Enforcers BBC One A Taste of Britain 3 September Our School CBBC Our Zoo BBC One 4 September Castles in the Sky BBC Two 7 September The Secrets BBC One 9 September The Motorway: Life in the Fast Lane BBC Two 12 September Lorraine Pascale: How to Be a Better Cook 23 September The Driver BBC One 25 September Your Home in Their Hands 26 September The Furchester Hotel CBeebies 29 September Home Away from Home BBC One 1 October Millie Inbetween CBBC 2 October Detectorists BBC Four 5 October Wonders of the Monsoon BBC Two 6 October The Kitchen 20 October Holiday of My Lifetime BBC One Big Dreams Small Spaces BBC Two 23 October Life Story BBC One 28 October The Missing 3 November The Passing Bells 9 November The Mekong River with Sue Perkins BBC Two 10 November Glorious Garden's From Above BBC One 13 November Puppy Love BBC Four 18 November Secrets of the Castle BBC Two 23 November Remember Me BBC One24 November Don't Mess with Me Channel Patrol 8 December Oxford Street Revealed 15 December Operation Meet the Street 17 December Hey Duggee CBeebies 24 December The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm BBC One 26 December The Boy in the Dress 27 December Win Your Wish List 29 December Mapp & Lucia ITV Date Debut Channel 6 January A Great Welsh Adventure with Griff Rhys Jones ITV 14 January Paul O'Grady's Animal Orphans 18 January Scrambled! ITV & CITV 4 February Births, Deaths and Marriages ITV 14 February Student Nurses: Bedpans and Bandages 21 February Edge of Heaven 26 February Party Wright Around the World ITV2 3 March I Never Knew That About Britain ITV16 March Educating Joey Essex ITV2 Harry's South Pole Heroes ITV17 March Auf Wiedersehen My Pethttp://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep1week12/auf-wiedersehen-my-pet#.UxS_feN_vY8 Auf Wiedersehen My Pet Episode 1 ITV Press Sencre ITV 5 March 2014 The WidowerEnglish Paul http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/tv-radio/reece-shearsmith-playing-wife-killer-3214179 Reece Shearsmith on playing wife killer Malcolm Webster in new STV drama The Widower Daily Record 6 March 2014 8 March 2014 20 March Ade at Sea Dangerous Dogs 7 April Undeniable 10 April Tom Daley Goes Global ITV2 11 April Weekend Escapes with Warwick Davis ITV 12 April Amazing Greys 21 April Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This 22 April Warren United ITV4 24 April Wanted: A Family of My Own ITV26 April Weekend Let Me Entertain You 27 April Viral Tap ITV228 April Jo Frost: Family Matters ITV Good Morning Britain Ejector Seat Prey 7 May Billy Connolly's Big Send Off 5 June TV OD ITV2 11 July The Cruise Ship ITV 14 July The Speakmans 4 August The 21st Question 6 August Secrets from the Clinc 7 August Kids with Cameras: Diary of a Children's Ward 10 August Come on Down! The Game Show Story The Great War: The People's Story 11 August Judge Rinder 18 August Gift Wrapped 20 August Secrets from the Asylum 1 September Who's Doing the Dishes? 4 September Chasing Shadows 9 September Wilderness Walks with Ray Mears 11 September Bad Bridesmaid ITV215 September The Undriveables ITV Cilla 29 September Dapper Laughs: On the Pull ITV2 6 October Grantchester ITV 8 October Ladies of London ITVBe 13 October Seven Days With... 16 October The Great Fire ITV 17 October Secrets from the Sky 26 October Keep It in the Family 5 November Broadmoor 10 December The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies 23 December Below Deck ITVBe Collage and Service: Meets G & G1 ITV Channel 4 Date Debut Channel 6 January Benefits Street Channel 4 7 January The Taste 10 January Jamie & Jimmy's Friday Night Feast 26 January The Jump 6 February Big Ballet 9 February Babylon 17 February Superstar Dogs: Countdown to Crufts 25 February Kirstie's Best of Both Worlds 1 April New Worlds 20 April For the Love of Cars 26 April Weekend Kitchen with Waitrose 5 May Draw It! The Island with Bear Grylls 21 July Virtually Famous E4 1 August The Singer Takes It All Channel 44 August Win It, Cook It Cooks' Questions More4 1 September Jamie's Comfort Food Channel 4 4 September Educating the East End 15 September Glue E4 29 September 24 Hours in Police Custody Channel 4 2 October Lovesick (Scrotal Recall) 3 October Stars at Your Service 13 October Daily Brunch 3 November Small Animal Hospital 11 November Bad Robots E4 Channel 5 Date Debut Channel 12 February Suspects Channel 5 17 April Beware! Cowboy Builders: Abroad 29 April GPs: Behind Closed Doors 5 May Lily's Driftwood Bay 12 June Pip Ahoy! 11 July On the Yorkshire Buses 24 October Rome: The World's First Superpower Other channels Date Debut Channel 7 February Duck Quacks Don't Echo Sky 1 6 March Brian Conley's Timeline Challengehttp://www.skymedia.co.uk/marketplace/duck-quacks-don't-echo.aspx Duck Quacks Don't Echo 9 August 2013 22 April Ex on the Beach MTV 23 April Marooned with Ed Stafford Discovery Channel 24 April Trying Again Sky Living 9 May The Football's On BT Sport 23 May Mr. Sloane Sky Atlantic 16 June Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled Dave 21 August Most Haunted Really 6 October Wallykazam! Nick Jr. 10 October The Evermoor Chronicles Disney Channelhttps://variety.com/2014/tv/news/disney-greenlights-england-set-spooky-house-tale-evermoor-1201136103/ Disney Greenlights England-set Spooky House Tale 'Evermoor' Barraclough Leo Variety 17 March 2014 8 October 2014 World Cup FIFA World Cup 2014 The winner of the 2014 World Cup was Germany. Channels New channels DateChannel4 FebruaryChannel 5 +24http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-01-17/channel-5-to-launch-catch-up-channel-channel-5-24 Channel 5+24 to launch on February 4 Radio Times 17 January 2014 3 February 2014Eames Tom http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a544785/channel-5-to-launch-catch-up-channel-24.html Channel 5 to launch catch-up channel +24 Digital Spy 17 January 2014 17 January 2014 23 March 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140323191820/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a544785/channel-5-to-launch-catch-up-channel-24.html dead 24 MarchMustard TV31 MarchLondon Live1 AprilCartoon Network +19 JuneITV Encorehttp://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/itv-encore-launch-sky ITV Encore to launch on Sky ITV 29 January 2014 29 January 201410 JuneForces TV14 JulyPop +14 AugustTruTVEames Tom http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a574484/trutv-to-launch-in-the-uk-on-digital-free-to-air.html truTV to launch in the UK on digital free-to-air Digital Spy 30 May 2014 22 July 201412 AugustSky Sports 5Rumsby Ben https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/10888216/Sky-Sports-to-launch-new-European-football-channel.html Sky Sports to launch new European football channel The Telegraph 10 June 2014 10 June 20148 OctoberITVBehttp://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s143/the-only-way-is-essex/news/a550652/itv-announces-new-channel-itvbe-exclusive-new-home-of-towie.html ITV announces new channel ITVBe, exclusive new home of TOWIE Digital Spy 12 February 2014 12 February 2014 Defunct channels DateChannel3 February5* +11 AprilCartoon Network Too17 AprilShop at BidPrice Drop14 JulyKix + Rebranding channels DateOld NameNew Name10 MarchBidShop at Bid12 AugustSky Sports NewsSky Sports News HQ Television shows Changes of network affiliation ShowMoved fromMoved toBirds of a Feather BBC One ITVThe Kumars Sky1 The Sky at Night BBC FourPlunkett John https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/oct/29/sky-at-night-bbc-new-slot-petition The Sky at Night gets new slot on BBC4 following 40,000-signature petition The Guardian 29 October 2013 29 October 2013 Only Connect BBC Four BBC TwoVictoria Coren Mitchell https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/only-connect-bbc-two.html https://web.archive.org/web/20131018134551/http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/only-connect-bbc-two.html dead 18 October 2013 Media Centre – Only Connect moves to BBC Two BBC 18 October 2013 4 November 2013 Russell Howard's Good News BBC Three The Great British Bake Off BBC Two BBC Onehttp://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s215/great-british-bake-off/news/a523634/great-british-bake-off-moving-to-bbc-one-for-series-five.html 'Great British Bake Off' moving to BBC One for series five Digital Spy 15 October 2013 20 November 2013 19 November 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131119012317/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s215/great-british-bake-off/news/a523634/great-british-bake-off-moving-to-bbc-one-for-series-five.html dead Robot Wars (repeats) Dave Challenge The Hoobs Channel 4 YouTube 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December Daily Brunch Channel 4 7 December Remember Me BBC One 13 December The Munch Box CITV 2013 17 December Secrets of the Castle BBC Two 2014 18 December Puppy Love BBC Four Babylon Channel 4 22 December Derek 2012 28 December Got to Dance Sky 1 2009 31 December Mapp & Lucia BBC One 2014 Deaths DateNameAgeBroadcast credibility12 JanuaryAlexandra Bastedohttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25708277 BBC News Alexandra Bastedo: The Champions actress dies aged 67 13 January 2014 13 January 201467Actress (The Champions)15 JanuaryRoger Lloyd-Packhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25762006 BBC News Roger Lloyd Pack, star of Only Fools and Horses, dies aged 69 16 January 2014 16 January 201469Actor (Only Fools and Horses, The Vicar of Dibley, The Old Guys, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)18 JanuaryKomla Dumorhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25796151 BBC News BBC World TV's Komla Dumor dies 18 January 2014 18 January 201441Journalist and presenter (BBC World News)19 JanuaryChristopher Chatawayhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-12991697 BBC News Obituary: Christopher Chataway 19 January 2014 19 January 201482Broadcaster5 FebruarySamantha Justehttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10629079/Samantha-Juste-obituary.html Samantha Juste – obituary The Daily Telegraph 10 February 2014 4 March 201469Model, television personality and fashion designer (Top of the Pops)13 FebruaryKen Joneshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-26186650 BBC News Porridge actor Ken Jones, who played "Horrible" Ives, dies 14 February 2014 14 February 201483Actor (Porridge, The Liver Birds)15 FebruaryChristopher MalcolmMichael Coveney https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/feb/17/christopher-malcolm Christopher Malcolm obituary The Guardian 17 February 2014 22 July 201467Actor (Only Fools & Horses, The Comic Strip Presents, The Rocky Horror Picture Show)18 FebruaryMalcolm TierneyMichael Coveney Vanessa Redgrave https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/feb/21/malcolm-tierney Malcolm Tierney obituary The Guardian 21 February 2014 22 July 201475Actor (Brookside, Lovejoy, A Bit of a Do, Braveheart, The Saint)8 MarchJimmy Ellishttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-26498852 BBC News Jimmy Ellis: Belfast-born Z-Cars actor dies aged 82 8 March 2014 8 March 201482actor (Z-Cars)15 MarchClarissa Dickson Wrighthttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26611394 BBC News TV cook Clarissa Dickson Wright dies 17 March 2014 17 March 201466Celebrity chef and television presenter, surviving half of the Two Fat Ladies30 MarchKate O'Marahttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/mar/30/dynasty-kate-omara-dies-age-74 Former Dynasty star Kate O'Mara dies at the age of 74 The Guardian 30 March 2014 30 March 201474Actress (Howards' Way, Doctor Who)31 MarchBob LarbeyAntonia Molloy https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/bob-larbey-cowriter-of-the-good-life-dies-aged-79-9240479.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/bob-larbey-cowriter-of-the-good-life-dies-aged-79-9240479.html 1 May 2022 subscription Bob Larbey, co-writer of The Good Life, dies aged 79 The Independent 5 April 2014 6 April 201479Comedy script writer (The Good Life)7 AprilPeaches Geldofhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26931337 BBC News Peaches Geldof: Writer and TV presenter dies aged 25 7 April 2014 7 April 201425Journalist, television presenter and model11 AprilEdna Doréhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/apr/14/edna-dore-mo-butcher-eastenders-actress-dies-92 EastEnders actor Edna Doré dies aged 92 following battle with emphysema Hannah Ellis-Petersen The Guardian 14 April 2014 92Actress (EastEnders, Les Misérables, Another Year, Doctor Who, Gavin & Stacey)29 AprilBob HoskinsCatherine Shoard https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/apr/30/bob-hoskins-dies Bob Hoskins, one of Britain's best-loved actors, dies aged 71 The Guardian 30 April 2014 30 April 2014https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27224995 BBC News Bob Hoskins dies of pneumonia aged 71 BBC 30 April 2014 30 April 201471Film and television actor (Van der Valk, Pennies from Heaven, The Long Good Friday, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, BT ad campaign, Hook, Nixon, Frasier, Mrs Henderson Presents, Outlaw, A Christmas Carol, Snow White and the Huntsman)1 MayEli WoodsWebber Chris http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/11190618.Tributes_are_paid_to_legendary_comedian/?ref=mr Tributes are paid to legendary Stockton comedian 2 May 2014 Northern Echo 3 May 2014Robson Dave http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/whats-on/comedy-news/eli-woods-died-aged-91-7067278 Eli Woods died aged 91 2 May 2014 Gazette Live 2 May 201491Comedian and comic actor (Over the Garden Wall)5 MayTimothy John Byfordhttp://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2014&mm=05&dd=05&nav_category=12&nav_id=844024 Umro Timoti Džon Bajford Timothy John Byford Dies Serbian Staff 5 May 2014 b92.net B92 5 May 201472Director and screenwriter9 JuneRik Mayallhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27770266 Comedian and actor Rik Mayall dies BBC BBC News 9 June 2014 9 June 201456Actor and comedian (The Young Ones, Blackadder, Bottom, The New Statesman)14 JuneSam Kellyhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27851420 'Allo 'Allo star Sam Kelly dies at 70 BBC BBC News 14 June 2014 15 June 201470Actor (Porridge, 'Allo 'Allo!, Barbara)Francis MatthewsGavin Gaughan https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/jun/15/francis-matthews Francis Matthews obituary The Guardian 15 June 2014 15 June 201486Actor (Paul Temple, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons)17 JunePatsy Byrnehttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10918102/Patsy-Byrne-obituary.html Patsy Byrne – obituary The Daily Telegraph 22 June 2014 24 June 201480Actress (Blackadder II, Watching)1 JulyMarylyn Webbhttp://www.itv.com/news/calendar/update/2014-07-01/former-calendar-presenter-dies-aged-66/ Former Calendar presenter dies aged 66 ITV News 1 July 2014 2 July 201466Journalist (Calendar News)Harry Whittakerhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28265506 BBC News Emmerdale: Tributes paid to child actor Harry Whittaker BBC 11 July 2014 12 July 20143Actor (Leo Dingle in Emmerdale)11 JulyRay LonnenToby Hadoke https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/jul/13/ray-lonnen Ray Lonnen obituary The Guardian 13 July 2014 13 July 201474Actor (Harry's Game)14 JulyJohn MilneAtholl Duncan http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/obituaries/john-milne.24765068 John Milne Newsquest The Herald 16 July 2014 16 July 201472Journalist and broadcaster with BBC Scotland17 JulyGlenn Thomas49BBC journalist and World Health Organization press officerElaine StritchBerkvist, Robert Weber, Bruce Elaine Stritch, Tart-Tongued Broadway Actress and Singer, Is Dead at 89 https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/18/theater/elaine-stritch-tart-tongued-broadway-actress-and-singer-is-dead-at-89.html?_r=0 The New York Times 17 July 2014 17 July 201489Actress (Two's Company)23 JulyDora BryanAdrian Imms http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/11360791.Family_announce_the_death_of_actress_Dora_Bryan/ Family announce the death of actress Dora Bryan Newsquest The Argus 23 July 2014 23 July 201491Actress (Last of the Summer Wine)28 JulySally FarmiloeDion Dassanayake http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/493373/Sally-Farmiloe-dies-aged-60 Sally Farmiloe: Jeffrey Archer's former mistress and Howards' Way actress died aged 60 Daily Express Express Newspapers Limited 29 July 2014 30 July 2014https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10998904/Sally-Farmiloe-obituary.html Sally Farmiloe – obituary The Daily Telegraph 29 July 2014 31 July 201460Actress (Howards' Way)31 JulyKenny IrelandAnthony Hayward https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/jul/31/kenny-ireland Kenny Ireland obituary The Guardian 31 July 2014 31 July 201468Actor and theatre director (Victoria Wood As Seen On TV, Benidorm)1 AugustMike Smithhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28623367 Former Radio 1 DJ Mike Smith dies aged 59 BBC BBC News 2 August 2014 2 August 201459Television and radio presenter 24 AugustSir Richard Attenboroughhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28923074 BBC News Actor and director Richard Attenborough dies aged 90 BBC 24 August 2014 24 August 201490Actor and film director3 SeptemberRoy Heather79Actor (Only Fools and Horses)4 SeptemberClare Cathcarthttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/clare-cathcart-dead-call-the-midwife-and-doctors-actress-dies-aged-48-9714528.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/clare-cathcart-dead-call-the-midwife-and-doctors-actress-dies-aged-48-9714528.html 1 May 2022 subscription Call the Midwife and Doctors actress dies aged 48 The Independent 5 September 201448Actress (Call the Midwife, Doctors)11 SeptemberSir Donald Sindenhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11091536/Sir-Donald-Sinden-obituary.html Sir Donald Sinden – obituary The Daily Telegraph 12 September 2014 12 September 201490Actor (Two's Company, Never the Twain)12 SeptemberJohn BardonAlexander Ella https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/john-bardon-dead-eastenders-actor-dies-aged-75-9729376.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/john-bardon-dead-eastenders-actor-dies-aged-75-9729376.html 1 May 2022 subscription John Bardon dead: Eastenders actor, who played Jim Branning, dies, aged 75 Independent Print Limited The Independent 12 September 2014 12 September 201475Actor (EastEnders, Rumpole of the Bailey)14 SeptemberAngus Lenniehttps://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/angus-lennie-dead-great-escapes-4261636 The Mirror 15 September 2014 Angus Lennie dead: Great Escape's The Mole dies aged 8484Actor (The Great Escape, Crossroads, Doctor Who)30 SeptemberSheila TracyClaire Duffin https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/11134116/Sheila-Tracy-the-first-woman-to-read-the-news-on-Radio-4-dies.html Sheila Tracy, the first woman to read the news on Radio 4, dies 1 October 2014 The Daily Telegraph 3 October 201480Television announcer, radio broadcaster, and newsreader1 OctoberLynsey de PaulSpencer Leigh https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/lynsey-de-paul-singer-songwriter-and-artist-a-gritty-and-determined-star-who-penned-a-string-of-hits-and-won-two-ivor-novello-awards-9771188.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/lynsey-de-paul-singer-songwriter-and-artist-a-gritty-and-determined-star-who-penned-a-string-of-hits-and-won-two-ivor-novello-awards-9771188.html 1 May 2022 subscription Lynsey de Paul: A gritty and determined star who penned a string of hits and won two Ivor Novello awards 3 October 2014 The Independent Independent Print Limited 5 October 201464Singer, songwriter, artist and presenter (singer of No, Honestly theme, presenter of Lynsey's Love Songs)19 OctoberLynda Bellinghamhttps://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/oct/20/lynda-bellingham-dies-cancer-actor-presenter Lynda Bellingham, actor and presenter, dies aged 66 Matthew Weaver The Guardian 20 October 2014 20 October 201466Actress, presenter and writer (Oxo ad campaign, All Creatures Great and Small, Second Thoughts, Faith in the Future, Loose Women, The Bill)11 NovemberRebekah GibbsKirsty McCormack http://www.express.co.uk/news/showbiz/534535/Rebekah-Gibbs-Casualty-actress-cancer Late casualty star Rebekah Gibbs' husband pays tribute to "beloved" wife Express Newspapers Limited Daily Express 12 November 2014 13 November 201441Actress (Casualty)12 NovemberWarren ClarkeAnthony Hayward https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/nov/12/warren-clarke Warren Clarke obituary The Guardian 12 November 2014 13 November 201467Actor (Dalziel and Pascoe)14 NovemberCherry Wainerhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11263698/Cherry-Wainer-obituary.html Cherry Wainer – obituary The Daily Telegraph 30 November 2014 15 November 201579Pianist with Lord Rockingham's XI (Oh Boy!, Lunchbox)25 NovemberArthur MontfordShan Ross http://www.scotsman.com/news/scotland/top-stories/scottish-commentator-arthur-montford-dies-at-85-1-3617246 Scottish commentator Arthur Montford dies at 85 Johnston Press The Scotsman 27 November 2014 29 November 201485Broadcaster and sports commentator (Scotsport)Joanna DunhamMichael Coveney https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/dec/01/joanna-dunham Joanna Dunham obituary The Guardian 1 December 2014 3 December 201478Actress (Van der Valk, Sanctuary)11 DecemberTom Adamshttps://www.news.com.au/world/breaking-news/great-escape-actor-tom-adams-dies/news-story/53d6d303878e7ab3602be7f5fb8bee8d Great Escape actor Tom Adams dies news.com.au 13 December 2014 17 December 2015 13 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141213234907/http://www.news.com.au/world/breaking-news/great-escape-actor-tom-adams-dies/story-e6frfkui-1227155329417 live76Actor (The Onedin Line, The Great Escape)Gerald Simhttps://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/mar/04/gerald-sim Gerald Sim obituary Michael Coveney 4 March 2015 The Guardian89Actor (Gandhi, Patriot Games, Frenzy)20 DecemberJohn Freemanhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11306433/John-Freeman-obituary.html John Freeman – obituary The Daily Telegraph 21 December 2014 22 December 201499Broadcaster and journalist (Face to Face)21 DecemberBillie Whitelawhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30571601 Billie Whitelaw, star of stage and screen, dies aged 82 BBC BBC News 22 December 2014 22 December 201482Stage, film and television actress (Dixon of Dock Green)23 DecemberJeremy LloydHannah Ellis-Petersen https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/dec/23/comedy-writer-jeremy-lloyd-dies-aged-84 Comedy writer Jeremy Lloyd dies aged 84 The Guardian 23 December 2014 23 December 201484Comedy writer ('Allo 'Allo!, Are You Being Served?, Grace & Favour, Which Way to the War)25 DecemberDavid RyallMatilda Battersby https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/harry-potter-the-village-and-outnumbered-actor-david-ryall-dies-at-79-9946925.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/harry-potter-the-village-and-outnumbered-actor-david-ryall-dies-at-79-9946925.html 1 May 2022 subscription Harry Potter, The Village and Outnumbered actor David Ryall dies at 79 Independent Print Limited The Independent 28 December 2014 28 December 201479Actor (The Elephant Man, The Singing Detective, Inspector Morse, The Chief, The Men's Room, To Play the King, Outnumbered)Bernard Kayhttp://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/obituaries/actor-bernard-kay-dies-aged-86-1.765043 Actor Bernard Kay dies aged 86 D. C. Thomson & Co. The Courier 1 January 2015 1 January 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150426160931/http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/obituaries/actor-bernard-kay-dies-aged-86-1.765043 26 April 201586 Actor (Coronation Street, Z-Cars, Doctor Who) See also 2014 in British music 2014 in British radio 2014 in the United Kingdom List of British films of 2014 References 30em External links List of 2014 British television series at IMDb 2014