1961 in British television

none December 2018 1961 British television This is a list of British television related events from 1961. Events January 1 January – Dechrau Canu, Dechrau Canmol, featuring congregational Christian singing in the Welsh language, debuts on BBC Television. The series will still be on the air, now being broadcast on S4C, 60 years later.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctv/1961-01-01#at-13.30 https://web.archive.org/web/20141016211708/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctv/1961-01-01#at-13.30 dead 16 October 2014 Dechrau Canu, Dechrau Canmol 29 December 1960 Radio Times BBC Publications 149 1938 London 16 0033-8060 25 January 2020 cy 5 January – Hanna-Barbera's cartoon series The Flintstones debuts in the ITV London region. Other regions begin broadcasting the show later, with ITV North on 31 August. 7 January – The Avengers premieres on ITV. February 3 February – The final live episode of Coronation Street is aired. From now on all episodes are prerecorded. The next live transmission will not occur until 8 December 2000. March 6 March – Coronation Street: scheduling: Coronation Street begins airing on Monday and Wednesday evenings at 7:30pm. Previously, it has been transmitted on Wednesday and Friday evenings at 7pm.Little. (2000) p.10. Note: both Kershaw and Little make errors in relating the early transmission of the programme. The information here is taken from broadcast details in contemporary editions of The Times and TV Times. 18 March – The BBC broadcasts the 6th Eurovision Song Contest from Cannes. It is won by Luxembourg with "Nous les amoureux" sung by Jean-Claude Pascal. The UK entry places second for the third consecutive contest, with "Are You Sure?" sung by male duo The Allisons. March – An edition of ABC's Sunday evening religious programme The Sunday Break features a performance of the Passion Play "A Man Dies", depicting Jesus Christ dressed in a pair of jeans.https://books.google.com/books?id=N2FUCwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Janice+Willett%22+%22ABC%22&pg=PA253 Two Against the Underworld: The Collected Unauthorised Guide to The Avengers Series 1 Alan Hayes Richard McGinlay Alys Hayes lulu.com 26 January 2017 978-1326466268 253–254Girl stabbed in TV studio The Daily Express 12 April 1961 April 4 April – Southern launches a weeknight 30-minute regional news programme called Day By Day.TV Ark: ITV South News – Day by Day 29 April – Westward Television, the first ITV franchise for South West England, goes on air. June 9 June – The Radio Ham episode of Hancock is first transmitted on BBC TV. 23 June – The Blood Donor episode of Hancock is first transmitted on BBC TV. September 1 September – Border Television, the ITV franchise for the English-Scottish Border and Isle of Man, goes on air. 30 September – Grampian Television, the ITV franchise for North East Scotland, goes on air. October 1 October – Songs of Praise, featuring Christian congregations singing hymns, debuts on BBC Television, the first programme being hosted by Tabernacle Chapel, Cardiff. The series will still be on the air sixty years later. 2 October – Points of View, featuring the letters of viewers offering praise, criticism and comments on the television of recent weeks, debuts on BBC Television. The series will still be on the air sixty years later. 12 October – ITV debuts the Morecambe and Wise show Two of a Kind, which runs until 1968. December 15 December – The BBC broadcasts the first Comedy Playhouse. The series broadcasts a series of one-off unrelated sitcoms. Over the next fourteen years, the series will air the pilot episodes of many comedies, including Steptoe and Son, Till Death Us Do Part, Up Pompeii!, The Liver Birds, Are You Being Served? and Last of the Summer Wine. 25 December – Debut of Disney Time on the BBC, a Walt Disney-themed clips-based television specials. Broadcast on Bank holidays as well as Christmas time, it will run until 1998. Each episode is hosted by a different celebrity, with Julie Andrews being the first presenter after a change in the original title from The World of Walt Disney. Unknown Southern Television launches the UK's first localised news opt-out when it launches a news service for south east England from its new studios in Dover. Debuts BBC Television Service/BBC TV 15 January – Paradise Walk (1961) 27 January – The House Under the Water (1961) 11 February – The Valiant Years (1961) 3 March – Rashomon (1961) 25 March – Ask Mr. Pastry (1961) 4 April – They Met in a City (1961) 9 April – Rob Roy (1961) 14 April – Amelia (1961) 30 April – Ask Anne (1961) 18 May – Court of Mystery (1961) 4 June – Triton (1961) 16 June – Magnolia Street (1961) 7 June – Moody In... (1961) 20 June – Walk a Crooked Mile (1961) 2 July – Hurricane (1961) 28 July – Storyboard (1961) 1 August – Our Mister Ambler (1961) 14 September – The Randy Dandy (1961) 24 September – Stranger on the Shore (1961) 1 October – Songs of Praise (1961–present) 2 October – Points of View (1961–1971, 1979–present) 3 October – A for Andromeda (1961) 5 October – You Can't Win (1961) 6 October – The Rag Trade (1961–1963, 1977–1978) 3 November – Anna Karenina (1961) 4 November – Gamble for a Throne (1961) 16 November The Seven Faces of Jim (1961–1963) Jacks and Knaves (1961) 19 November – The Charlie Chester Music Hall (1961–1962) 21 November – The Escape of R.D.7 (1961) 22 November – A Chance of Thunder (1961) 3 December – Vice Versa: A Lesson to Fathers (1961) 10 December – Gilbert and Sullivan (1961) 15 December Comedy Playhouse (1961–1974) Where the Difference Begins (1961) 25 December – Disney Time (1961–1998) ITV 7 January – The Avengers (1961–1969) 17 January – The Blackness (1961) 25 January – Jango (1961) 28 January – Supercar (1961–1962) 29 January – The Mask of the Clown (1961) 1 February – Survival (1961–2001) 12 February – Happily Ever After (1961–1964) 5 March – Pathfinders to Venus (1961) 11 March – The Arthur Askey Show (1961) 14 March – A Brother for Joe (1961) 19 March – Drama 61-67 (1961–1967) 29 March – Tales of Mystery (1961–1963) 1 April – Thank Your Lucky Stars (1961–1966) 29 April – If the Crown Fits (1961) 30 April – The Secret of the Nubian Tomb (1961) 15 May – Three Live Wires (1961) 26 June – Harpers West One (1961–1963) 28 June – Family Solicitor (1961) 11 August – Top Secret (1961–1962) 24 August – Echo Four Two (1961) 9 September Ghost Squad (1961–1964) The Jo Stafford Show (1961) Winning Widows (1961–1962) 11 September – Home Tonight (1961) 12 September – Tuesday Rendezvous (1961–1963) 14 September – Hamlet (1961) 15 September – Colonel Trumper's Private War (1961) 22 September – Frontier Drums (1961) 24 September – Plateau of Fear (1961) 24 September – Call Oxbridge 2000 (1961–1962) 12 October – Two of a Kind (1961–1968) 31 October – Thirty Minute Theatre (1961–1965) 12 November – Sir Francis Drake (1961–1962) 24 December – Journey of a Lifetime (1961–1962) Unknown One Step Beyond (1959–1961) The Pursuers (1961–1962) Tempo (1961–1968) Continuing television shows 1920s BBC Wimbledon (1927–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–2024) 1930s Trooping the Colour (1937–1939, 1946–2019, 2023–present) The Boat Race (1938–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–present) BBC Cricket (1939, 1946–1999, 2020–2024) 1950s Andy Pandy (1950–1970, 2002–2005) Come Dancing (1950–1998) Watch with Mother (1952–1975) Rag, Tag and Bobtail (1953–1965) The Good Old Days (1953–1983) Panorama (1953–present) Picture Book (1955–1965) Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1955–1967, 1973–1974) Take Your Pick! (1955–1968, 1992–1998) Double Your Money (1955–1968) Dixon of Dock Green (1955–1976) Crackerjack (1955–1970, 1972–1984, 2020–2021) ITV Wimbledon (1956–1968) Opportunity Knocks (1956–1978, 1987–1990) This Week (1956–1978, 1986–1992) Armchair Theatre (1956–1974)Mark Duguid "Armchair Theatre (1956–74)", BFI screenonline What the Papers Say (1956–2008)What the Papers Say in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/media/gallery/2008/may/29/what.the.papers.say The Guardian 2 April 2022 29 May 2008 The Sky at Night (1957–present) Blue Peter (1958–present) Grandstand (1958–2007) Face to Face (1959–1962) Noggin the Nog (1959–1965, 1970, 1979–1982) 1960s Sykes and A... (1960–1965) The Flintstones (1960–1966) Coronation Street (1960–present) Mess Mates (1960–1962) Ending this year All Your Own (1952–1961) Hancock's Half Hour (1956–1961) The Army Game (1957–1961) Danger Man (1960–1961, 1964–1968) Saturday Playhouse (1958–1961) Deadline Midnight (1960–1961) Torchy the Battery Boy (1960–1961) The Jo Stafford Show (1961) Births 1 January Fiona Phillips, journalist, broadcaster and television presenter Mark Wingett, British actor 12 January – Simon Russell Beale, British actor 26 January – Mark Urban, journalist and military historian 20 February – Imogen Stubbs, British actress 21 February – Ross King, television presenter, actor and author 10 April – Nicky Campbell, radio and television presenter 14 April – Robert Carlyle, Scottish actor 18 April – Jane Leeves, English actress 20 April Nicholas Lyndhurst, actor Paul Usher, actor 2 May – Phil Vickery, British celebrity chef 6 May – Pippa Haywood, English actress 14 May – Tim Roth, English actor 30 May – Harry Enfield, English comedian 24 June – Iain Glen, Scottish actor 25 June – Ricky Gervais, English comedian 27 June – Meera Syal, British comedian and writer 5 July – Gareth Jones, television presenter 17 July – Jeremy Hardy, English comedian and radio panelist (died 2019) 5 August – Janet McTeer, British actress 7 August – Brian Conley, comedian, television presenter, singer and actor 16 August – Saskia Reeves, British actress 18 August – Huw Edwards, journalist and news presenter 27 August – Mark Curry, television presenter 15 September – Colin McFarlane, actor and voice actor 24 September – Jack Dee, actor and comedian 7 October – Simon McCoy, BBC newsreader 10 October – Martin Kemp, musician and actor 26 October – Linda Barker, interior designer and television presenter 27 October – Joanna Scanlan, actress and television writer 9 November – Jill Dando, television newsreader (murdered 1999) 18 November – Steven Moffat, Scottish screenwriter 27 November – Samantha Bond, British actress 28 November – Martin Clunes, actor 11 December – Marco Pierre White, British chef and restaurateur 12 December – Sarah Sutton, British actress 19 December – Matthew Waterhouse, British actor 23 December – Carol Smillie, television presenter Deaths 28 September – Michael Shepley, actor, aged 53 12 October – Jack Livesey, actor, aged 60 See also 1961 in British music 1961 in British radio 1961 in the United Kingdom List of British films of 1961 References External links List of 1961 British television series at IMDb 1961