1967 in British television

none June 2022 September 2021 1967 British television This is a list of British television related events from 1967. Events January 3 January – Children's stop-motion animation series Trumpton is the second programme on BBC1 to be shot in colour and to show the copyright year in the end credits. 7 January – Debut of The Forsyte Saga, a blockbuster BBC dramatisation (the last to be made in black and white) in 26 50-minute episodes originally shown on BBC2. Because of the restricted number of viewers who can receive this channel, it is not until it begins BBC1 Sunday evening repeats on 8 September that it reaches a large audience which will build to 18 million and cause some church services to be rescheduled;http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/1071033/index.html The Forsyte Saga (1967) https://web.archive.org/web/20090907022253/http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/1071033/index.html 2009-09-07 BFI screenonline 2024-01-01 it is also popular internationally and becomes the first British television programme ever to be sold to the Soviet Union. 9 January – The long-running children's educational programme Look and Read debuts on BBC1. February 3 February – David Frost confronts fraudster Emil Savundra on Rediffusion London's The Frost Programme.Willi Frischauer David Frost Joseph London 1971 0718110056 136–8 28 February – National and regional newspapers carry advertisements from the Independent Television Authority requesting applicants for various new ITV contracts, one of which is Programme Contractor for Yorkshire Area (Contract D) – All Week. Ten formal bids are received by the closing date.How It All Began in Yorkshire 2 Maurice Baren Dalesman Publishing Clapham, Yorkshire 2000 1-85568-183-8 December 2011ITV: who wants what. The Times (London). 30 May 1967. April 4 April – BBC1 shows a Tom and Jerry cartoon for the first time, commencing with the 1942 short 'Dog Trouble'. The hugely popular Hanna-Barbera characters are shown twice weekly on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and go on to be screened continually on the BBC throughout many decades. 8 April – The United Kingdom wins the 12th Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, Austria. The winning song is "Puppet on a String" performed (barefoot) by Sandie Shaw. It is broadcast live on BBC1. June 12 June – The 1967 franchise round sees a number of changes being made to the ITV regional map which will take effect from May to August 1968: Any split weekday/weekend licences are removed in all regions, except London. The London split is moved from Friday/Saturday to Friday at 7pm. The North of England region is split into the North West and Yorkshire. Granada, the existing weekday contractor for the North of England region, is given a seven-day licence for the new North West of England region. Lord Thomson of Fleet is required to divest himself of most of his holding in Scottish Television. A new company, Telefusion Yorkshire, later renamed Yorkshire Television, is given the licence to broadcast in the newly created Yorkshire region. ATV wins the new seven-day Midlands licence, replacing ABC at the weekend. ABC and Rediffusion, London are asked to form a joint company to take the London weekday franchise previously held by Rediffusion alone, the result, Thames Television, is 51% controlled by ABC. The London Television Consortium, put together by David Frost wins the London weekend contract which now includes Friday evenings from 7pm. They go on air as London Weekend Television. Most controversially, TWW loses its franchise for Wales and the West of England to Harlech Television which later becomes known as HTV on the arrival of UHF. 25 June – The Our World programme airs to over 30 countries featuring performers from the represented countries, the segment for the United Kingdom features The Beatles performing "All You Need Is Love", with guests Mick Jagger, Marianne Faithfull, Keith Richards, Keith Moon, Eric Clapton, Pattie Harrison, Jane Asher, Graham Nash, Hunter Davies and others. July 1 July BBC2 becomes Europe's first colour TV broadcaster, showing about five hours of colour programming every week as part of a "launching period", starting with live coverage from the Wimbledon Championships. The full colour service would launch in December. Debut of the game show The Golden Shot on ITV. Initially presented by Canadian entertainer Jackie Rae, he would soon be replaced by the show's best known host Bob Monkhouse and would become hugely popular. 2 July – The BBC's colour Test Card F, featuring Carole Hersee, is broadcast for the first time. 3 July – News at Ten premieres on ITV. It airs for half an hour nightly on weeknights until 1999 before being axed. It is then reintroduced in 2001, axed again in 2004 and brought back for a second time in 2008. 8–9 July – BBC1 broadcasts The Great Climb, covering ascents of the Old Man of Hoy in Orkney in real time,The Old Man of Hoy https://www.bbc.co.uk/historyofthebbc/anniversaries/july/the-old-man-of-hoy History of the BBC BBC 2023-08-02 which attracts around 15 million viewers.https://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/greatclimb/sec3_pg3.shtml BBC The Great Climb 2014-10-16 2023-08-02 September 29 September The Prisoner has its UK premiere on ATV and Grampian Television. The world premiere of the series occurs on 5 September when the series debuts on CTV in Canada. Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, the popular science fiction Supermarionation series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson debuts on ITV. October 13 October – Omnibus, an arts documentary series, begins on BBC1. 16 October – ITV Granada shows the silent 1922 German expressionist horror film Nosferatu. 23 October – Service Information is broadcast by the BBC for the first time. The bulletins are broadcast three times each weekday on BBC2. November The live BBC1 broadcast of the 1967 Miss World competition is watched by over 23 million viewers. December 2 December – BBC 2 officially launches its full colour service with a special production of Billy Smart's Circus, at 6.30pm. This occasion also marks the debut of a new logo and ident: the "cubed 2", which would be used in various forms until the end of 1974. Also shown this evening is the first episode of Vanity Fair, the first drama serial by the BBC to be produced in colour. 22 December – Dante's Inferno, Ken Russell's television film about Dante Gabriel Rossetti is shown in the Omnibus series. 25 December – The final edition of The Sooty Show is shown on the BBC after being cancelled by Paul Fox, the controller of BBC1. Part of the reason for the cancellation is due to his decision to clear out long-running programmes on the channel to make way for new shows. The Sooty Show will return next year on ITV, being produced by the newly launched London franchise Thames Television. 26 December The Beatles' made-for-television musical film Magical Mystery Tour airs on BBC1 in the UK in black and white. Comedy sketch show Do Not Adjust Your Set, originally intended for children and made by Rediffusion London, premieres on ITV. Debuts BBC1 2 January – Sword of Honour (1967) 3 January – The Trumptonshire Trilogy: Trumpton (1967) 6 January – The Whitehall Worrier (1967) 7 January – The Forsyte Saga (1967) 15 January – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1967) 22 January – Great Expectations (1967) 24 February – The World of Wodehouse (1967) 4 April – Dee Time (1967–1969) 9 April – St. Ives (1967) 2 May – Further Adventures of Lucky Jim (1967) 4 April – Tom and Jerry (1940–1967) 8 May – Mickey Dunne (1967) 21 May – The Further Adventures of the Musketeers (1967) 26 May – Not in Front of the Children (1967–1970) 28 May – Champion House (1967–1968) 12 June – Ask the Family (1967–1984) 20 June – Misleading Cases (1967–1971) 5 July – Rainbow City (1967) 1 August – Sorry I'm Single (1967) 4 August – Boy Meets Girl (1967–1969) 18 August – Whistle Stop (1967–1968) 28 August – The Queen's Traitor (1967) September – Batfink (1966–1967) 10 September – Pride and Prejudice (1967) 30 September – The Talk of the Town (1967–1974) 2 October – Belle and Sebastian (1967–1968) (Made in 1965) 3 October – A Series of Bird's (1967) 8 October – Ironside (1967–1975) 13 October – Omnibus (1967–2003) 22 October – Les Misérables (1967) 27 November – The Very Merry Widow (1967–1968) 26 December – Magical Mystery Tour (1967) Unknown The Rolf Harris Show (1967–1970; 1972–1974) Reksio (1967–1990) BBC2 9 January – Look and Read: Bob and Carol Look for Treasure (1967) 21 January – The Invaders (1967–1969) 30 January – Before the Fringe (1967) 4 February – Girl in a Black Bikini (1967) 18 March – The Paradise Makers (1967) 28 March – The Revenue Men (1967–1968) 27 April – Witch Hunt (1967) 3 June – This Way for Murder (1967) 12 June – Three of a Kind (1967) 22 July – Kenilworth (1967) 3 August – Face the Music (1967–1977: 1983–1984) 19 August – Angel Pavement (1967) 29 August – The Big M (1967) 16 September – The White Rabbit (1967) 28 October – Wuthering Heights (1967) 16 November – A Hundred Years of Humphrey Hastings (1967) 2 December – Vanity Fair (1967) 3 December – The World About Us (1967–1987) 10 December – The Charlie Drake Show (1967–1968) ITV 2 January – Turn Out the Lights (1967) 6 January Uncle Charles (1967) Mr. Aitch (1967) 11 February – Who Is Sylvia? (1967) 15 February – At Last the 1948 Show (1967–1968) 17 February – Mr. Rose (1967–1968) 18 February – Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width (1967–1971) 24 February – My Man Joe (1967) 30 March – Seven Deadly Virtues (1967) 1 April – Vacant Lot (1967) 3 April – Market in Honey Lane (1967–1969) 18 April – The Golden Age (1967) 23 April – Spindoe (1967) 15 May – The Jetsons (1962–1963) 16 May – Half Hour Story (1967–1968) 19 May – The Fellows (1967) 27 May – Trapped (1967) 6 June – Hancock's (1967) 27 June – Sam and Janet (1967–1968) 29 June – Sanctuary (1967–1968) 1 July – The Golden Shot (1967–1975) 3 July – Early Evening News (1967–1999) 6 July Danger Island (1967) Send Foster (1967) 8 July – Callan (1967–1972) 9 July – The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1967) 18 July – Escape (1967) 19 August – Haunted (1967–1968) 22 September – Baker's Half-Dozen (1967) 25 September ITV Playhouse (1967–1982) Sexton Blake (1967–1971) 26 September – The Gamblers (1967–1968) 27 September Man in a Suitcase (1967–1968) The Flower of Gloster (1967) 28 September – Mystery Hall (1967) 29 September Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (1967–1968) Inheritance (1967) The Prisoner (1967–1968) 7 October – Sat'day While Sunday (1967) 8 October – Skippy the Bush Kangaroo (1967–1970) 29 October – The Pilgrim's Progress (1967) 14 November – No – That's Me Over Here! (1967–1970) 8 December – City '68 (1967–1968) 26 December – Do Not Adjust Your Set (1967–1969) Unknown Tarzan (1966–1968) Mission: Impossible (1966–1973) Television shows Changes of network affiliation Shows Moved from Moved toBBC WimbledonBBC1BBC2SootyBBCITV 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) 1940s The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–1971) Come Dancing (1949–1998) 1950s Andy Pandy (1950–1970, 2002–2005) Watch with Mother (1952–1975) The Good Old Days (1953–1983) Panorama (1953–present) 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) 1960s Coronation Street (1960–present) The Avengers (1961–1969) Songs of Praise (1961–present) The Saint (1962–1969) Z-Cars (1962–1978) Animal Magic (1962–1983) Doctor Who (1963–1989, 1996, 2005–present) World in Action (1963–2000) The Wednesday Play (1964–1970) Top of the Pops (1964–2006) Match of the Day (1964–present) Crossroads (1964–1988, 2001–2003) Play School (1964–1988) Mr. and Mrs. (1965–1999) The Newcomers (1965–1969) Not Only... But Also (1965–1970) World of Sport (1965–1985) Call My Bluff (1965–2005) Jackanory (1965–1996, 2006) Softly, Softly (1966–1969) The Trumptonshire Trilogy (1966–1969) All Gas and Gaiters (1966–1971) It's a Knockout (1966–1982, 1999–2001) The Money Programme (1966–2010) Ending this year Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1955–1967) Emergency Ward 10 (1957–1967) Hugh and I (1962–1967) The Illustrated Weekly Hudd (1966–1967) Batfink (1966–1967) Births 2 January – Ruth Gemmell, actress 7 January Mark Lamarr, British comedian and broadcast presenter Miranda Sawyer, journalist and broadcaster 14 January – Emily Watson, English actress 15 January – Paul J. Medford, actor 21 January – Tony Hirst, actor 16 February – Matthew Cottle, actor 21 February – Neil Oliver, archaeologist, historian, author and broadcaster 4 March Deborah Turness, journalist and television executive Tim Vine, actor and comedian, brother of Jeremy Vine 11 March – John Barrowman, Scottish-born actor 21 March – Adrian Chiles, television presenter 22 March – Joanne Malin, broadcaster and television presenter 2 April – Helen Chamberlain, television presenter 25 April – Tim Davie, BBC television executive 26 April – Marianne Jean-Baptiste, actress 4 May Anna Botting, journalist and newsreader Kate Garraway, journalist and television presenter 18 July – Paul Cornell, television writer 19 July – Rageh Omaar, broadcaster 22 July – Rhys Ifans, Welsh actor 26 July – Jason Statham, actor 19 August – Lucy Briers, actress 1 September – Steve Pemberton, comedy writer and performer (The League of Gentlemen) 18 September – Tara Fitzgerald, English actress 21 September – Christopher Price, television presenter (died 2002) 16 October – Davina McCall, English television presenter, Big Brother UK host 14 November – Letitia Dean, actress 15 November – Becky Anderson, journalist and newsreader Death 30 May – Claude Rains, actor, aged 77 See also 1967 in British music 1967 in British radio 1967 in the United Kingdom List of British films of 1967 References External links List of 1967 British television series at IMDb 1967