1992 in British television

none February 2024 1992 British television This is a list of British television related events from 1992. Events January 1 January New Year's Day highlights on BBC1 include the network television premiere of Michael Jackson's 1988 film Moonwalker.http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1992-01-01 BBC One London – 1 January 1992 BBC Genome BBC 29 January 2017 17 October 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201017054233/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1992-01-01 dead New Year's Day highlights on BBC2 include the network television premieres of Radio Days and Australia.http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1992-01-01 BBC Two England – 1 January 1992 – BBC Genome Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 2018-01-13 31 August 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200831040643/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1992-01-01 dead 2 January – The network television premiere of The Accused on BBC1, a graphic and disturbing film starring Jodie Foster, loosely based on the 1983 Cheryl Araujo case.http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/c96d6ea90c35487fbdf69c5b57bd74c2 The Accused – BBC One London – 2 January 1992 – BBC Genome Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 2018-01-13 31 August 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200831050434/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/c96d6ea90c35487fbdf69c5b57bd74c2 dead 4 January – BBC2 airs Freddie Mercury: a Tribute, a special programme introduced by Elton John which celebrates the life and work of Freddie Mercury who died on 24 November 1991.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/4cf65e063c5c47668fe974c1454d306a Freddie Mercury: a Tribute – BBC Two England – 4 January 1992 – BBC Genome genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 14 October 2018 30 August 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200830204718/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/4cf65e063c5c47668fe974c1454d306a dead 7 January Debut of GamesMaster on Channel 4, presented by Dominik Diamond and Patrick Moore. Debut of Cold Blood – The Massacre of East Timor, an edition of the documentary strand First Tuesday on ITV, concerning the Santa Cruz massacre.http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/466744 First Tuesday: In Cold Blood – The Massacre of East Timor https://web.archive.org/web/20090525042738/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/466744 2009-05-25 dead 2009-04-10 The children's stop-motion puppet series Joshua Jones, made and produced by Bumper Films, the company behind Fireman Sam makes its debut on BBC1.http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f67187fa5a0e4a918444d7d3a2005bbe Joshua Jones – BBC One London – 7 January 1992 – BBC Genome Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 2018-01-13 31 August 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200831040711/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f67187fa5a0e4a918444d7d3a2005bbe dead 10 January – Debut of the sitcom Grace & Favour on BBC1, a spin-off of the long-running series Are You Being Served?. 12 January – The sitcom As Time Goes By makes its debut on BBC1, starring Judi Dench and Geoffrey Palmer. 13 January – The Parliamentary Channel, operated by United Artists Cable and funded by a consortium of British cable operators,https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199798/cmselect/cmbroad/984/8071504.htm Broadcasting Select Committee Minutes Of Evidence, 1997 29 May 2009 is launched. https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1992/jan/27/parliamentary-channel House of Commond Debate, 27 January 1992 Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) 27 January 1992 29 May 2009 21 January – BBC Select launches on BBC Television as an overnight subscription service, showing specialist programmes for professionals including businessmen, lawyers, teachers and nurses. However, the first series, The Way Ahead, made for the Department of Social Security, is distributed free, on condition that no financial gain is made from it.Stephen Duncan BBC Select http://doctorvee.co.uk/2011/06/10/bbc-select/ doctorvee.co.uk Blog 2 June 2012 Includes link to YouTube clips of BBC Select programmes. The subscription service launches shortly after, showing specialist programmes for professionals including businessmen, lawyers, teachers and nurses, although some programmes continue to be shown free-to-air.BBC Select: A Failed Subscription Service 22 January – The Dreamstone, the children's animated show, returns for a second series on ITV. 29 January – ITV shows the 1985 Vampire comedy horror film Fright Night, starring Chris Sarandon and Roddy McDowall. 31 January – The Adult Channel launches, a satellite-delivered subscription service featuring cable versions of adult movies and top quality erotic programmes which broadcasts for four hours a day commencing from midnight to 4am. February 6 February – BBC1 airs the documentary Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of the Queen to mark the 40th anniversary of the Queen's accession to the throne.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/5100c0d3a93d433a9f48ef0617b6e5b8 Elizabeth R – BBC One – 6 February 1992 BBC Genome BBC 30 May 2022 8 February – Channel 4 launches TV Heaven, a series of 13 themed Saturday evenings celebrating the best of archive British television. The programme is hosted by Frank Muir with each edition focusing, with one exception on a particular year. The first week's episode takes a look at 1967, featuring classic episodes of Coronation Street, At Last the 1948 Show, Armchair Theatre and The Frost Programme. 8–22 February – The BBC provides live and recorded coverage of the 1992 Winter Olympics from France. 15 February – The network television premiere of Leonard Nimoy's 1987 comedy film Three Men and a Baby on ITV, starring Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg and Ted Danson. 18 February – Debut of the sitcom Men Behaving Badly on ITV, later on BBC1, starring Martin Clunes, Neil Morrissey (from series 2), Leslie Ash and Caroline Quentin. 19 February – To outcry and scandal, Channel 4 airs an episode of Dispatches entitled "Beyond Belief", claiming to reveal video footage of Satanic ritual abuse. The footage is quickly revealed to be a performance art piece by Psychick TV called "First Transmission".https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/229420946.pdf Transgressive Representations: Satanic Ritual Abuse, Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth, and First Transmission Danielle Kirby Literature & Aesthetics 21 December 2011 134–149 24 February – After a 24 year absence, the game show Take Your Pick is revived on ITV, presented by Des O'Connor. 25 February – The children's series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends is revived on ITV with Michael Angelis taking over as its narrator, replacing Ringo Starr just after two series. 27 February – BBC1 airs Cascade, the sixth series finale of Casualty.http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/2c37f37ba707485e99f121aa4f1f8621 Casualty – BBC One London – 27 February 1992 BBC Genome BBC 8 October 2016 31 August 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200831025245/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/2c37f37ba707485e99f121aa4f1f8621 dead The episode, featuring a plane crash and originally scheduled to air on 20 December 1991, was postponed because the airdate fell on the eve of the third anniversary of the Lockerbie air disaster. February – TV-am closes its in-house news service and contracts out news bulletins to Sky News. March 2 March – The News at 5.40 is renamed ITN Early Evening News, with John Suchet becoming the main anchor of the programme. 4 March – Sky One begins airing the Australian "adult soap" Chances on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 9pm. However, after proving unpopular with viewers, it drops to one episode a week and is shown on Thursdays at 10pm, before ending in early 1993. The series is repeated in a late-night slot in 1995, but on both occasions of its transmission, the final 19 episodes are not shown. 6 March – The final episode of Rainbow in its original format is broadcast on ITV, ahead of Thames losing their franchise at the end of the year. The show is rebooted in 1994 by Tetra Films but without any of the presenters. 9 March – The Learning Channel, based on the American network of the same name, launches on cable. 13 March – BBC One airs the UK network television premiere of Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/a2740dd89f7a40cda9e66ceb81f9ec37 Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives BBC Genome BBC 9 August 2026 26 March The entertainer and presenter Roy Castle, who presents Record Breakers, announces that he is suffering from lung cancer. The final episode of the long-running children's series You and Me is broadcast on BBC2, although repeats of the show would continue until 1995. 27 March – During the 1992 General Election campaign, Conservative MP Edwina Currie pours a glass of orange juice over Labour's Peter Snape shortly after an edition of the Midlands-based debate show Central Weekend has finished airing. https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/29/world/tories-say-party-s-strategy-is-hurting-campaign.html Tories Say Party's Strategy Is Hurting Campaign New York Times Craig R. Whitney 29 March 1992 3 June 2009 Speaking about the incident later, Currie said "I just looked at my orange juice and looked at this man from which this stream of abuse was emanating and thought 'I know how to shut you up.'". 28 March Amanda Normansell wins the third series of Stars in Their Eyes, performing as Patsy Cline on ITV, the last to be presented by Leslie Crowther. Channel 4 screens Wes Craven's 1984 horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street, starring Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger. April 4 April – The final edition of the Saturday morning show Motormouth is broadcast on ITV.http://www.paulmorris.co.uk/satkids/index2.htm Sat Kids Paulmorris.co.uk 21 April 2009http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/446013/ Saturday Morning TV screenonline 26 August 1996 21 April 2009 The programme ends following the announcement that TVS will lose its ITV franchise at the end of 1992.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udodXb_kEDE https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/udodXb_kEDE 2021-12-20 live What's Up Doc?: TVS: TXN 1992 YouTube 30 August 2015 5 April – The Australian soap E Street makes its UK debut on Sky One with a two-hour pilot, before picking up the series at Episode 43 the following day (the opening episodes having achieved poor ratings in Australia). But due to the violent nature of some of the soap's storylines and its broadcast before the 9pm watershed, some episodes are heavily edited for their UK transmission. 6 April – Ahead of the election, Sue Lawley presents an edition of The Granada 500 in which a studio audience are given the opportunity to question the three main party leaders John Major (Conservative), Neil Kinnock (Labour) and Paddy Ashdown (Liberal Democrats). 9–10 April – Coverage of the results of the 1992 General Election are broadcast on BBC1, ITV and for the first time on Sky News. 10 April – ITV airs the first episode of Heartbeat, the long-running police drama set in North Yorkshire during the 1960s.ITV axes popular police drama Heartbeat https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/4365441/ITV-axes-popular-police-drama-Heartbeat.html?fb www.telegraph.co.uk 14 July 2023 14 April – The Independent Television Commission issues an invitation to apply for the licence to run a fifth UK television channel.http://www.thisisfive.co.uk/hist_01.shtml thisisfive.co.uk – the story of five www.thisisfive.co.uk 2005 7 January 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20081120124715/http://www.thisisfive.co.uk/hist_01.shtml 2008-11-20 live 20 April – The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness, an open-air concert in tribute to the late Freddie Mercury, is held at London's Wembley Stadium. The concert is broadcast on BBC2.http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/3de1ffa36fb646aaa8155c0d9c0ee33c The Freddie Mercury Tribute – BBC Two England – 20 April 1992 BBC Genome BBC 26 October 2016 31 August 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200831031557/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/3de1ffa36fb646aaa8155c0d9c0ee33c dead https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/6af87519ef624c5592691fa626949ed7 The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert – BBC Radio 1 England – 20 April 1992 BBC Genome BBC 14 July 2018 30 August 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200830203543/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/6af87519ef624c5592691fa626949ed7 dead 24 April – Carlton Television and LWT create a 50/50 joint venture called London News Network to provide both franchisees with news and non-news regional programming.LONDON NEWS NETWORK overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02631359 Companies House 18 October 2026 25 April The interactive music video channel The Box goes on the air. It is initially carried by four operators, UA, Telewest in London and Bristol, Nynex in the south of England and Videotron which is also based in London and over the next few years, The Box is rolled out on a regional basis across all of the UK's cable system. Parallel 9 replaces The 8.15 from Manchester as BBC1's Saturday morning Summer magazine programme. 30 April – The Independent Television Commission announces that Teletext Ltd will replace ORACLE as the teletext provider for ITV and Channel 4 at the end of the year.ITN ITN Associated Wins Teletext Franchise 21 February 2025 ORACLE 30 April 1992 https://teletext.mb21.co.uk/gallery/oracle/end.shtml 111 May 2 May – TV Heaven draws to a close after thirteen weeks, with a selection of programmes from 1968 with an episode of Please Sir!, The Cats Eyes Man, an edition of The World of Whicker, an edition of Do Not Adjust Your Set, and The Girl Who Was Death, an episode of The Prisoner. 4 May – Wire TV launches. Branding itself as 'The Cable Channel', this is the flagship channel of CPP1. Wire TV broadcasts a mix of entertainment, lifestyle and sport from 1pm until 11pm and includes two hours each day of regional programming.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaKCCnFudZU TV Hell: Wire TV opening 4 May 1992 February 10, 2024 www.youtube.com 8 May – Liberal Democrat MP and subsequent leader, Charles Kennedy makes his debut appearance as a panellist on the satirical news quiz Have I Got News for You on BBC2. 9 May – Ireland's Linda Martin wins the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest (staged in Sweden) with "Why Me?". 14 May – Final on-screen appearance of Willy, one of two EastEnders dogs to have appeared in the show since the first episode in 1985 (the other being Roly). Having been killed off in the series, the dog who played Willy dies on 30 May, two weeks after his final scenes are shown. 18 May – It is announced that Sky Sports will supply live coverage of football's new Premier League. It will show two live matches a week, on Sunday afternoon and Monday evening. Sky outbid ITV Sport for the rights. The highlights contract is awarded to the BBC, meaning the return of Match of the Day on a weekly basis. 22 May – The network television premiere of Ken Russell's 1988 horror comedy The Lair of the White Worm on Channel 4, starring Amanda Donohoe, Hugh Grant, Catherine Oxenberg and Peter Capaldi. 24 May – BBC1 airs the Everyman documentary E is for Ecstasy, a film exploring the use of the Ecstasy drug in rave culture.http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/0dbd92f5bb3a4c20827377babfc8eca2 Everyman – BBC One London – 24 May 1992 BBC Genome BBC 8 October 2016 31 August 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200831035948/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/0dbd92f5bb3a4c20827377babfc8eca2 dead 25 May – The network television premiere of Psycho III on BBC1, starring Anthony Perkins.http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/e4a1ab0d2f714e7aa4503800ebb77fae Psycho III – BBC One London – 25 May 1992 – BBC Genome Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 2018-01-13 31 August 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200831033226/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/e4a1ab0d2f714e7aa4503800ebb77fae dead 29 May – Sky One cancels its showing of Australian soap opera The Young Doctors at episode 589 due to catching up with some ITV regions. June 9–10 June – Episodes 1450–1454 of the Australian soap Neighbours are heavily censored by the BBC because they contain an incest storyline between the characters Glen Donnelly, played by Richard Huggett, and Lucy Robinson (Melissa Bell), who had not realised they were half-siblings when they began a relationship. Scenes involving the story are cut from episode 1450, aired on 9 June, while episodes 1451–1454 are edited together into one episode which is transmitted the following day.http://www.ramsay-street.co.uk/episodes/episodes.asp?start_ep=1426 Neighbours Episode Guide: 1426–1450 Ramsay-street.co.uk 21 March 2014 30 August 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200830204559/http://www.ramsay-street.co.uk/episodes/episodes.asp?start_ep=1426 dead http://www.ramsay-street.co.uk/episodes/episodes.asp?start_ep=1451 Neighbours Episode Guide: 1451–1475 Ramsay-street.co.uk 21 March 2014 30 August 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200830203140/http://www.ramsay-street.co.uk/episodes/episodes.asp?start_ep=1451 dead The scenes are shown uncut in repeats aired by UK Gold in 1998.http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/30/1096401704439.html A neighbourly obsession Peter Mattessi 30 September 2004 The Age Fairfax Media 21 March 2014 10–26 June – The BBC and ITV show live coverage of the Euro 92 football championship from Sweden. 14 June – An edition of The South Bank Show, The Making of Sgt. Pepper, celebrates the 25th anniversary of the release of The Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is broadcast on ITV.https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/beatles-sgt-pepper-at-50-how-band-rallied-around-ringo-on-with-a-little-help-121066/ Rolling Stone Magazine 17 May 2017 Beatles' 'Sgt. Pepper' at 50: How Band Rallied Around Ringo on 'With a Little Help …' Jordan Runtaugh 17 February 2025 21 June – ITV airs the first of four editions of Frankie's On..., a series of stand-up shows recorded by the late Frankie Howerd shortly before his death in April. Six episodes had been planned, but only four were recorded before he died. The episodes are Frankie's On Board!, Frankie's On The Coals!, Frankie's On Fire! and Frankie's On Call!. 25 June – The British adaptation of the US informational docudrama series Rescue 911, called 999, begins on BBC1, presented by Michael Buerk; it runs for 11 years. 26 June – The final lunchtime edition of Business Daily is shown on Channel 4. The breakfast editions. which are part of Channel Four Daily, continue for three more months. 27 June – Final edition of ITV football series Saint and Greavsie, the day after the Euro 92 final. The series axe was officially confirmed by the following week as Sky had the new Premier League broadcasting rights from ITV. 29 June – Susie Dent makes her debut as lexicographer on the Channel 4 game show Countdown in its 24th series, a role she holds for at least 30 years. June – Yorkshire and Tyne Tees Television merge because of the financial strain brought on by the amount of money each paid to keep their ITV franchises.https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/oct/07/citynews.ITV Timeline: ITV 1955-today Guardian Media Group The Guardian 7 October 2003 25 January 2019 The merger begins a process that will see the consolidation of ITV over the next decade. July 1 July – The former BSB satellite Marcopolo 2 is sold to Norway's Telenor and renamed Thor 1. 3 July Columbia TriStar and Canwest, two backers of the four-strong Channel 5 Holdings Ltd consortium, withdraw their support for the project, leaving Thames Television and Canadian businessman Moses Znaimer to take the project forward. As Channel 5 Holdings are the only current bidders for the Channel 5 licence there are concerns for the future of the process ahead of the deadline, but Channel 5 Holdings says it intends to put forward its bid as planned.Lisa O'Carroll https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/two-backers-quit-channel-5-consortium-1531406.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/two-backers-quit-channel-5-consortium-1531406.html 2022-05-01 subscription live Two backers quit Channel 5 consortium The Independent 5 July 1992 7 January 2019 After more than seven years on the air, Terry Wogan's thrice-weekly chat show Wogan is broadcast for the final time on BBC1.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1992-07-03 BBC One London – 3 July 1992 – BBC Genome genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 8 November 2018 30 September 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200930105035/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1992-07-03 deadWogan's show to be axed in BBC shake-upRichard Brooks Media EditorThe Observer (1901– 2003); 1 December 1991; 4 July – The Movie Channel airs the UK network television premiere of Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning.Television listings Hull Daily Mail 4 July 1992 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/results/1992-07-01/1992-07-31?basicsearch=valentines&newspapertitle=hull%2Bdaily%2Bmail&retrievecountrycounts=false&somesearch=valentines&sortorder=dayearly British Newspaper Archive 9 August 2026 6 July – BBC1 launches the ill-fated soap Eldorado, about a group of expatriates living in Spain.http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/5ee14b51ba1c4016a7ff4602cb31c1d9 Eldorado – BBC One London – 6 July 1992 BBC Genome BBC 15 November 2016 23 November 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201123201737/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/5ee14b51ba1c4016a7ff4602cb31c1d9 dead Despite much publicity, the series is axed the following year. 7 July – Date of the initial deadline for applications to run the Channel 5 service. One application to run the channel is submitted by Channel 5 Holdings Ltd. 18–19 July – ITV stages its third and final nationwide Telethon fundraising effort. The 28-hour show attracts criticism from disability campaigners who protest outside London Weekend Television's headquarters, feeling that ITV's charity appeal films for the programme used "pitiful" stereotypes that would not help them to achieve equality.Damon Rose https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17842195 Is this the year of disability on TV? BBC News BBC 26 April 2012 11 October 2016 19 July – Vanessa Binns wins the 1992 series of MasterChef on BBC1. 25 July−9 August – The BBC becomes the exclusive broadcaster of the Summer Olympic Games in the UK when it shows live coverage of the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Around 15 hours a day of live coverage are broadcast, although Games coverage is interrupted for coverage of other sport, mostly cricket and horse racing, rather than showing non-Olympic sport on BBC2. Eurosport also shows the event and devotes its entire output to the Games. July – Newsreader Andrew Gardner retires after 31 years in broadcasting.Morris Roz 29 June 1992 Cooling down in a hot seat 27 The Guardian https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118737540/andrew-gardner-the-guardian-page-27/ 18 June 2023 Newspapers.com August 4 August – ITV airs Katie and Eilish, an edition of the documentary strand First Tuesday about Siamese Twins in Ireland. The film is narrated by Julie Christie, and is a 1993 Peabody Award winner. http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/476182 https://web.archive.org/web/20090208150634/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/476182 dead 2009-02-08 First Tuesday: Katie and Eilish 6 August – Lord Hope, Lord President of the Court of Session, Scotland's most senior judge, allows the televising of appeals in both criminal and civil cases, the first time that cameras have been allowed into courts in the United Kingdom.James Cusick https://www.independent.co.uk/news/scotlands-appeal-courts-to-let-in-tv-cameras-1538862.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/scotlands-appeal-courts-to-let-in-tv-cameras-1538862.html 2022-05-01 subscription live Scotland's appeal courts to let in TV cameras Independent Print Ltd The Independent 7 August 1992 2 May 2012 15 August – The BBC's regaining of rights to top flight football sees the return of Football Focus after a four-year hiatus, and Match of the Day as a weekly programme. Sky Sports launches Sports Saturday. It follows the same format as the BBC's Grandstand programme featuring a mix of sporting action, concluding with the day's football results. 16 August – Sky Sports shows its first live Premier League match. The channel launches an afternoon-long football programme called Super Sunday which allows for two hours of pre-match build-up and one hour of post match analysis. 17 August – Monday Night Football makes its debut on Sky Sports. This is the first time that domestic football has been shown in the UK on Monday evenings. 18 August – Emma Bunton, who would later achieve fame as a member of the Spice Girls, makes her television acting debut in an episode of EastEnders, playing a mugger. She would also make an appearance in The Bill the following year. 20 August – Central broadcasts the final episode of the Australian medical soap opera The Young Doctors, making it the first ITV region to complete the series. 21 August – The final edition of London Weekend Television's Friday evening magazine programme Six O'Clock Live is broadcast; the series is ending to make way for changes to London's regional news service for ITV that will begin in January 1993. 30 August – The network television premiere on BBC1 of Dad, Gary David Goldberg's 1989 comedy drama which is based on William Wharton's novel of the same name, starring Jack Lemmon and Ted Danson.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f6c965342bcc4729b58a0f64c871b1b6 Dad – BBC One London – 30 August 1992 – BBC Genome genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 21 October 2018 30 August 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200830210340/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f6c965342bcc4729b58a0f64c871b1b6 dead 31 August Sky Sports broadcasts live coverage of World Wrestling Federation's SummerSlam '92 held at Wembley Stadium in London, due to the company's growing popularity in the United Kingdom and the possibility of increasing its revenue from the event. It is the first major WWF pay-per-view to take place outside North America. BBC2 spends the evening in TV Hell.http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/3434675fe7074666a8db53f1ebfb2524 TV Hell – BBC Two England – 31 August 1992 – BBC Genome Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 2018-01-13 27 January 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210127221622/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/3434675fe7074666a8db53f1ebfb2524 dead September 1 September Sky Sports becomes a subscription channel. Sky Movies stops showing non-movies programming. It has previously shown selected premium content such as live boxing, music concerts and World Wrestling Federation matches, due to it having been Sky's only encrypted channel and was known as Sky Movies Plus until today, before the launch of the multichannels package. 4 September – London Weekend Television launches new idents, sometimes called the 'Flying Blocks' idents. 5 September The first edition of ITV's new Saturday morning show What's Up Doc? is broadcast, debuting both Batman: The Animated Series and Taz-Mania during the first programme. The show also alternates with Gimme 5 as ITV's Saturday morning children's show. ITV shows the 1987 science-fiction action movie Predator, as part of a season of films starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. 6 September – Channel 4 launches its live coverage of Italian football's Serie A. The first match to be shown is Sampdoria v Lazio. The channel continues to show Italian football for the next ten years until 2002.http://indexc447.html/?page_id=1259 Part Two (1992–2002): "I Didn't Get Off Massively on Saint and Greavsie" : Off The Telly 23 January 2019May 2020 InternetArchiveBot yes 12 September ITV shows the 1982 John Millius-directed sword-and-sorcery epic Conan the Barbarian, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Casualty returns to BBC1 for a seventh series,http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/920c97e9678b4e208f42544fd73a7888 Casualty – BBC One London – 12 September 1992 BBC Genome BBC 8 October 2016 31 August 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200831050009/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/920c97e9678b4e208f42544fd73a7888 dead moving from its previous Friday evening slot to Saturday evenings for its longest ever run of 24 episodes. Channel 4 airs the first edition of its magazine programme Gazzetta Football Italia, presented by James Richardson. 14 September – The US animated series originally created for the Fox Children's Network, Peter Pan and the Pirates makes its debut on BBC1. 17 September Actress and comedienne Victoria Wood narrates and voices a new animated series for children on BBC1 called Puppydog Tales. The series focuses on four dogs led by the streetwise Rosie in which she tries to teach her naughty friend Ruff some lessons along with jokes, stories and songs that appear at the very end.http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/d9abd12b1c234101989394a8303354ff Puppydog Tales – BBC One London – 17 September 1992 BBC Genome BBC 7 April 2017 31 August 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200831024625/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/d9abd12b1c234101989394a8303354ff dead The children's stop-motion animated series Noddy's Toyland Adventures, based on the original works by Enid Blyton makes its debut on BBC1.http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/56f7e9c068774ea0a81482392da71b3e Noddy – BBC One London – 17 September 1992 BBC Genome BBC 7 April 2017 31 August 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200831031220/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/56f7e9c068774ea0a81482392da71b3e dead 19 September – The Times reports that the US media company International Family Entertainment (IFE) has made an offer to buy TVS for £38.2m.American company bids £38m for TVS. The Times, Saturday, 19 September 1992 23 September – Channel 4 begins a rerun of the cult 1960s science-fiction series The Prisoner, starring Patrick McGoohan as the series marks its 25th anniversary. 25 September – Channel 4 airs the final Channel Four Daily. The news-based breakfast television show which launched in 1989 is axed due to poor ratings. It will be replaced the following Monday with the much more popular The Big Breakfast. 26 September – ITV concludes a season of films starring Arnold Schwarzenegger with the 1985 film Commando. 28 September – The Big Breakfast is launched on Channel 4 at 7am, hosted by Chris Evans and Gaby Roslin; it proves to be a huge hit with viewers with an irreverent and lighter look at current events and entertainment news as well featuring celebrity interviews with Paula Yates. It also sees the UK debut of the comedic Irish puppet duo Zig and Zag. The series will run until 2002. October 1 October – Sky Movies Gold, a channel dedicated to classic movies, goes on the air. It replaces The Comedy Channel. 3 October Comedian and presenter Leslie Crowther sustains serious head injuries after his Rolls-Royce veers out of control and crashes on the M5 near Cheltenham. He subsequently undergoes surgery to remove a blood clot on his brain.Will Bennett https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/police-still-seek-cause-of-crowther-car-crash-1555538.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/police-still-seek-cause-of-crowther-car-crash-1555538.html 2022-05-01 subscription live Police still seek cause of Crowther car crash Independent Print Limited The Independent 5 October 1992 9 April 2014https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/leslie-crowther-critical-after-second-operation-1555688.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/leslie-crowther-critical-after-second-operation-1555688.html 2022-05-01 subscription live Leslie Crowther 'critical' after second operation Independent Print Limited The Independent 6 October 1992 9 April 2014 The network television premiere on ITV of the James Bond film The Living Daylights, starring Timothy Dalton.https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/history_bond_on_tv.php3 James Bond On TV – Movies MI6 – The Home Of James Bond 007 5 April 2011 26 January 2018 6 November 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201106124333/https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/history_bond_on_tv.php3 dead 5 October – Star Trek: The Next Generation makes its debut on Sky One. The series is initially scheduled to be shown five nights a week from Monday to Friday at 5pm as well as going all the way up to the penultimate episode of the sixth season on 16 August the following year, but prior to that the first run rights in the UK have been on BBC2 to broadcast every episode from "Encounter at Farpoint", the first episode to "The Best of Both Worlds", a two-part special, with the exception of a banned episode which is not shown until 2007. 8 October – BBC2 airs the first episode of Later... with Jools Holland. Artists and groups featuring on the inaugural edition are The Neville Brothers, The Christians, Nu Colours and D'Influence.http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/57a7ea9fa7404523b61b560b274694cc The Late Show: Later – BBC Two England – 8 October 1992 BBC Genome BBC 11 October 2016 31 August 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200831042144/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/57a7ea9fa7404523b61b560b274694cc dead 10 October – Gladiators, a British adaptation of the American competition show of the same name, makes its debut on ITV, presented by Ulrika Jonsson and John Fashanu. 12 October – Anne Diamond and Nick Owen present a brand new daytime show on BBC1 called Good Morning with Anne and Nick. A potential rival to ITV's This Morning, the series reunites Diamond and Owen who had previously presented together on Good Morning Britain during the 1980s.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/c278735dc1114844a4b0448ccfeb194d Good Morning ... with Anne and Nick – BBC One London – 12 October 1992 – BBC Genome genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 29 July 2018 16 October 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201016204842/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/c278735dc1114844a4b0448ccfeb194d deadhttp://www.tv.com/shows/good-morning-with-anne-and-nick/ Good Morning... with Anne and Nick TV.com TV.com 29 July 2018 29 September 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200929152320/http://www.tv.com/shows/good-morning-with-anne-and-nick/ dead 14 October – The network television premiere of John McTiernan's 1988 action thriller Die Hard on ITV, starring Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson and Paul Gleason. 20 October – Channel 4 airs Burning Books on Sex, a programme reviewing Madonna's book Sex which is published the following day. On the following day, the channel airs Ross Meets Madonna, in which Jonathan Ross talks to the singer. 21 October – The US soap Melrose Place makes its UK debut on Sky One. 24 October – The fictional character Mr Blobby makes his debut in the 'Gotcha' segment of Noel's House Party on BBC1. 29 October – The video game magazine show Bad Influence! makes its debut on ITV, hosted by Andy Crane and Violet Berlin. 31 October – Halloween: BBC1's controversial one-off drama Ghostwatch is broadcast, starring Michael Parkinson and Sarah Greene. The pseudo-documentary drama sees a BBC crew's 'live' investigation into a haunted North London house. The programme receives a record number of complaints and tabloid newspapers run extensive coverage following the suicide of one disturbed viewer.http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/a0cfb8b043c7440b920b8217aa4d5ca6 Ghostwatch – BBC One London – 31 October 1992 BBC Genome BBC 26 October 2016 17 January 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210117005432/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/a0cfb8b043c7440b920b8217aa4d5ca6 dead https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41740176 The BBC ghost spoof that duped a nation Rebecca Woods 30 October 2017 BBC 4 November 2017 BBC News BBC2 airs The Vault of Horror, an all-night marathon from 11pm until 7.30am, featuring the films Creepshow, The Curse of the Werewolf, The Bride of Frankenstein, Death Line and Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein. November 1 November – UK Gold is launched. It is a joint venture between the BBC and Thames and shows programmes from the archives of both broadcasters; the channel later focuses on comedy programmes. 2 November – Channel 4 celebrates ten years on the air; also on this day, the "Fourscore" theme used in the idents is replaced. 3 November – An article in Variety magazine indicates that a number of US companies are interested in acquiring TVS, including TCW Capital, International Family Entertainment Inc. (IFE) and Lorne Michaels.Dawtrey Addam https://www.variety.com/article/VR100639/ New player makes bid for TVS Entertainment Variety 3 November 1992 25 June 2013 TCW Capital subsequently goes on to make an offer to rival IFE,Second potential bidder for TVS. By our Deputy City Editor. The Times (London, England), Wednesday, 4 November 1992. but pulls out a few weeks later after reviewing the TVS accounts.Evangelist may be sole runner for TVS. Martin Waller. The Times, Thursday, 26 November 1992 9 November – ITV's News at Ten is given its first major relaunch, in part to address the criticism it has attracted over the last few years. In a bid to regain the personal touch that it is felt has been lost, the programme dispenses with the dual-presentation team in favour of a sole newscaster, Trevor McDonald who subsequently becomes one of the most well-known newscasters in the UK. Julia Somerville, John Suchet and Dermot Murnaghan each present News at Ten when he is absent. The bulletin continues with this format until 5 March 1999 when it is axed. 12 November BBC1 airs the 1,500th edition of Top of the Pops. Presented by Mark Franklin, the show features performances from Charles & Eddie, Michael Bolton, Vanessa Paradis and Boyz II Men.http://www.theguardian.com/music/2002/sep/12/artsfeatures.popandrock Timeline: Top of the Pops Guardian Staff Sep 12, 2002 The Guardian May 8, 2022https://www.totparchive.co.uk/episode?id=1497 Top of the Pops Archive May 8, 2022 The first episode of Absolutely Fabulous, the hugely popular sitcom written by and starring Jennifer Saunders, is broadcast on BBC2 with subsequent series airing on BBC1. The series also stars Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha, Jane Horrocks and June Whitfield.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/5a818ccdd2094b60a1857f85e0ae748c Absolutely Fabulous – BBC Two England – 12 November 1992 – BBC Genome genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 29 July 2018 30 August 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200830204958/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/5a818ccdd2094b60a1857f85e0ae748c dead 15 November – BBC One airs the UK network television premiere of Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/5a47c3f3a59e4937a94447304c83a5f4 Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan BBC Genome BBC 9 August 2026 20 November – Bob Mills presents a late-night programme on ITV set in his home called In Bed with Medinner in which he specialises in a cynical view of life and its everyday objects and in pastiches of popular culture icons. 26 November – The Times reports that IFE have increased their offer to purchase TVS to £45.3 million.Evangelist may be sole runner for TVS Martin Waller The Times London 1992-11-26 28 November ITV shows the network television premiere of Robert Zemeckis's 1988 live-action animation comedy film Who Framed Roger Rabbit, starring Bob Hoskins. BBC1 shows the network television premiere of the 1990 monster comedy film Tremors, starring Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/4b272ab964d149a0bf28c2b412efb247 Tremors – BBC One – 28 November 1992 BBC Genome BBC 29 January 2020 30 August 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200830210445/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/4b272ab964d149a0bf28c2b412efb247 dead Channel 4 shows U2's acclaimed live concert tour Zoo TV. 29 November – Sky One airs an unseen third season's episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. It is not shown on BBC2 until 29 September 2007, due to references to the reunification of Ireland being achieved through terrorism in Northern Ireland between the Provisional Irish Republican Army and the Troubles. 30 November To mark the 53rd European Council meeting, held in Edinburgh on 11–12 December, BBC1 Scotland begins a week of programming dedicated to Europe, including comedy, sport, documentaries and political programmes. Reporting Scotland also carries a week of reports about Britain's relationship with Europe. After 37 years on the air, the final edition of the long-running children's series The Sooty Show is broadcast on ITV with the episode Fanatical Fun, one month before its maker Thames goes off the air, although it will be relaunched in September of the following year with the Granada-produced Sooty & Co.. December 3 December Noddy's Toyland Adventures begins airing in Namibia on NBC. BBC2 airs The Truth About Sex, a Horizon special which reveals the first results from the national survey as the largest study of human sexual behaviour dealing explicitly with matters as well as the science of sexology and eroticism, including interviews of veteran researchers William Masters and Virginia Johnson.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/6a10a5450c004a1a83526566ec453d1f The Truth about Sex – BBC Two – 3 December 1992 BBC Genome BBC 21 August 2022 5 December – The network television premiere of Ted Kotcheff's 1989 black comedy Weekend at Bernie's on BBC1, starring Andrew McCarthy and Jonathan Silverman.http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f69a867126634455ac8aa20e8f000a86 Weekend at Bernie's – BBC One London – 5 December 1992 – BBC Genome Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 2018-01-13 31 August 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200831031031/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f69a867126634455ac8aa20e8f000a86 dead 6 December – Debut of the long-running police detective series A Touch of Frost on ITV, starring David Jason. 7 December – Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends starts airing in Malaysia in its original UK format on TV3, replacing Art Attack. 11 December – The Times reports that IFE's bid to buy TVS has been blocked on technical grounds by Julian Tregar, amid concerns that the offer is too low.TVS bid opposed. The Times, Friday, 11 December 1992; 17 December – Ahead of the loss of its franchise, the final edition of the Thames-produced current affairs series This Week is broadcast. 18 December – After 30 years on the air, Police 5 is broadcast on ITV for the final time. It has been broadcast on TVS and ends ahead of them losing their broadcasting franchise and after negotiations with the next franchise holder, Meridian, it has been decided that they would not continue with the programme.https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/mar/18/shaw-taylor Shaw Taylor obituary The Guardian 31 August 2020 20 December – Beatrix Potter's children's stories are shown in the animated series The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends which makes its debut on BBC1. 22 December – The network television premiere of 1986 American war drama Heartbreak Ridge on ITV, starring Clint Eastwood, Marsha Mason, Everett McGill, Moses Gunn and Mario Van Peebles. 23 December The Queen's Royal Christmas Message is leaked in The Sun newspaper, 48 hours ahead of its traditional Christmas Day broadcast.http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/23/newsid_2540000/2540347.stm 1992: Queen's Christmas speech leaked 2008-02-13 23 December 1992 BBC News https://web.archive.org/web/20080307130930/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/23/newsid_2540000/2540347.stm 7 March 2008 live Thames broadcasts its final full-length edition of Thames News. 25 December Christmas Day highlights on BBC1 include the network television premieres of Steven Spielberg's 1989 adventure film sequel Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, starring Harrison Ford and Sean Connery as well as the comedy Shirley Valentine, starring Pauline Collins.http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1992-12-25 BBC One London – 25 December 1992 BBC Genome BBC 26 October 2016 7 December 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201207215559/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1992-12-25 dead BBC2's Christmas Day schedule includes highlights of The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert that was held in April.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/78e4ff5ccae3464cb8f41793cff29008 The Freddie Mercury Tribute – BBC Two England – 25 December 1992 – BBC Genome genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 14 October 2018 30 August 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200830204843/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/78e4ff5ccae3464cb8f41793cff29008 dead Christmas Day highlights on ITV include the network television premieres of Three Fugitives starring Nick Nolte and Martin Short and Youngblood starring Rob Lowe and Patrick Swayze. There is also a Christmas edition of Blind Date.https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/christmas-day-tv-30-years-7960456 Christmas Day TV from 30 years ago – what we watched on the box in 1992 Harry Ingham 25 December 2022 Hull Live 10 February 2024 26 December – The network television premiere of Rob Reiner's 1989 romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally on BBC1, starring Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan.http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/28f8a51dc0974c3b9e848f757dcf985f When Harry Met Sally – BBC One London – 26 December 1992 BBC Genome BBC 26 October 2016 31 August 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200831031911/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/28f8a51dc0974c3b9e848f757dcf985f dead 27 December – Joan Hickson makes her final appearance as Miss Marple in the BBC1 TV series with a feature-length adaptation of The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side.http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/5aee3cab4b594f779dd27912867a8f35 Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side – BBC One London – 27 December 1992 – BBC Genome Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 2018-01-13 31 August 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200831031431/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/5aee3cab4b594f779dd27912867a8f35 dead 28 December As part of a theme night devoted to rival broadcaster Granada, BBC2 airs the first new edition of University Challenge in five years.http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/22b5077f38f4495ab64401e4d22df4a8 Granadaland – BBC Two England – 28 December 1992 – BBC Genome Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 2018-01-13 31 August 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200831040312/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/22b5077f38f4495ab64401e4d22df4a8 dead The show returns for a full series two years later, presented by Jeremy Paxman.http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/4e5275fd846d49cc82a3186c94d1b8ca University Challenge – BBC Two England – 21 September 1994 – BBC Genome Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 2018-01-13 31 August 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200831024645/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/4e5275fd846d49cc82a3186c94d1b8ca dead ITV broadcasts the 1000th episode 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 2023 29 December – The network television premiere of Michael Apted's 1988 biographical drama Gorillas in the Mist on BBC1, starring Sigourney Weaver as the American primatologist and conversationist Dian Fossey.http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ea4fc48ebc594f0a884135c94c10f426 Gorillas In the Mist – BBC One London – 29 December 1992 – BBC Genome Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 2018-01-13 31 August 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200831032000/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ea4fc48ebc594f0a884135c94c10f426 dead 30 December – BBC2 airs Unplugged – Eric Clapton, in which he plays acoustic versions of some of his tracks.http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/5768dfb506f040268ade617c5370afd5 Unplugged – Eric Clapton – BBC Two England – 30 December 1992 – BBC Genome Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 2018-01-13 31 August 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200831032410/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/5768dfb506f040268ade617c5370afd5 dead 31 December After losing its broadcasting franchise in the previous year's franchise round, Thames goes off the air after 24 years. TVS, TSW, breakfast television service TV-am and teletext service ORACLE also go off the air after losing their franchises. Channel 4's testcard ETP-1 is shown for the final time. Sky stops broadcasting via the Marcopolo satellite. December – The ITC rejects the Channel 5 Holdings Ltd bid to run the UK's fifth television channel, amid concerns about its business plan and investor commitment to the project. Unknown John Birt is appointed to succeed Sir Michael Checkland as Director-General of the BBC. Sir Michael Bishop succeeds Sir Richard Attenborough as Chairman of Channel 4.https://www.channel4.com/media/documents/corporate/foi-docs/4_at_25.pdf Channel 4's 25 year Anniversary Channel 4 2007 26 January 2019 Debuts BBC1 3 January – Love Hurts (1992–1994) 4 January – Moon and Son (1992) 6 January – Goodbye Cruel World (1992) 7 January – Joshua Jones (1992) 8 January Archer's Goon (1992) Fiddley Foodle Bird (1992) 10 January Grace & Favour (1992–1993) Hangar 17 (1992–1994) 12 January – As Time Goes By (1992–2005) 15 January – Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars (1991) 26 January – A Time to Dance (1992) 18 February – Rides (1992–1993) 19 February – A Likely Lad (1992) 23 February – So Haunt Me (1992–1994) 24 February – Mulberry (1992–1993) 27 February – Us Girls (1992–1993) 15 March – Screaming (1992) 16 March – The Old Devils (1992) 31 March – Resnick (1992) 7 April – The Pirates of Dark Water (1991–1993) 19 April Favorite Songs (1990–1992) Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories (1985–1987) 20 April – Thacker (1992) 24 April – The Torch (1992) 25 April – Parallel 9 (1992–1994) 26 April – Don't Tell Father (1992) 27 April – Side by Side (1992–1993) 3 May – Strathblair (1992–1993) 10 May – The Barbara Vine Mysteries (1992–1993) 15 May – Friday on My Mind (1992) 16 May – Growing Pains (1992–1993) 31 May – Natural Lies (1992) 24 June – CIA (1992) (documentary) 25 June – 999 (1992–2003) 6 July – Eldorado (1992–1993) 23 July – Night of the Red Hunter (1989) 24 July – Virtual Murder (1992) 4 September – Between the Lines (1992–1994) 6 September – A Very Polish Practice (1992) 14 September – Peter Pan and the Pirates (1990–1991) 17 September Noddy's Toyland Adventures (1992–1999) Puppydog Tales (1992) 18 September Christopher Crocodile (1992) The Chipmunks Go to the Movies (1990) 22 September – Civvies (1992) 26 September – Run the Risk (1992–1996) 29 September Spacevets (1992–1994) Funnybones (1992) 12 October – Good Morning with Anne and Nick (1992–1996) 21 October – Pole to Pole (1992) 26 October – Get Back (1992–1993) 31 October – Ghostwatch (1992) 1 November – Tell Tale Hearts (1992) 19 November – Sitting Pretty (1992–1993) 22 November – Look at It This Way (1992) 20 December – The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends (1992–1995) 25 December – Juniper Jungle (1992–1993) BBC2 6 January – The Pall Bearer's Revue (1992) 14 February – Witchcraft (1992) 17 February – Underbelly (1992) 22 April – Mr. Wakefield's Crusade (1992) 11 June – Pandora's Box (1992) 23 September – Ghostwriter (1992–1995) 7 October – Downtown Lagos (1992) 8 October – Later... with Jools Holland (1992–present) 28 October – The Secret Agent (1992) 8 November – The Borrowers (1992) 12 November – Absolutely Fabulous (1992–1996, 2001–2004, 2011–2012) 18 November – Nice Town (1992) 7 December – Unnatural Pursuits (1992) 29 December – The Vampyr: A Soap Opera (1992) ITV 3 January – The Good Guys (1992–1993) 9 January – Runaway Bay (1992–1993) 10 January – Truckers (1992) 25 January – The Cloning of Joanna May (1992) 9 February – Maigret (1992–1993) 16 February – The Old Boy Network (1992) 18 February Men Behaving Badly (1992–1998) Just Us (1992–1994) 22 February – The Brian Conley Show (1992–2002) 28 February – Growing Rich (1992) 9 March – Junglies (1992–1993) 10 March – Extraordinary People (1992–1993) 10 April – Heartbeat (1992–2010) 17 April – White Bear's Secret (1992) 24 April The Gingerbread Man (1992) My Friend Walter (1992) 25 April – Gimme 5 (1992–1994) 8 May – Wilderness Edge (1992) 12 May – Anglo-Saxon Attitudes (1992) 17 May – Root Into Europe (1992) 8 June – The Guilty (1992) 24 June – Land of Hope and Gloria (1992) 27 June – Sam Saturday (1992) 16 June – Firm Friends (1992) 26 July – TV Squash (1992) 30 July – Me, You and Him (1992) 31 August – Covington Cross (1992) 5 September – What's Up Doc? (1992–1995) 5 September – Batman: The Animated Series (1992–1995) 11 September – Astro Farm (1992–1996) 1 October – G.P. (1989–1996) 3 October – WYSIWYG (1992–1993) 10 October – Gladiators (1992–2000, 2008–2009) 29 October – Bad Influence! (1992–1996) 9 November – The Life and Times of Henry Pratt (1992) 13 November – Gone to Seed (1992) 16 November – Brill (1992–1996) 20 November – In Bed with Medinner (1992–1999) 22 November – The Secret Life of Arnold Bax (1992) 27 November – Framed (1992) 6 December – A Touch of Frost (1992–2010) 7 December – The Blackheath Poisonings (1992) Unknown – Doug (1991–1994) Channel 4 7 January – GamesMaster (1992–1998) 18 January – Little Rosey (1990) 13 January – The Falklands War (1992) (documentary series) 8 February – TV Heaven (1992) 16 February – Northern Exposure (1990–1995) 5 March The Camomile Lawn (1992) The Big One (1992) 15 March – Pugwall (1989–1991) 15 April – Sean's Show (1992–1993) 17 April – Tooth Fairy, Where Are You? (1991) 8 May – The Music Game (1992–1993) 10 June – Blue Heaven (1992) 4 July – ProStars (1991) 5 July – Take 5 (1992–1996) 6 September – Football Italia (1992–2002 Channel 4, 2002–2005 British Eurosport, 2005–2006 Bravo, 2007–2008 Five) 11 September – Terry and Julian (1992) 28 September – The Big Breakfast (1992–2002) 3 October – Sandokan (1992) 19 November – The Big Battalions (1992) Unknown – Gummed Labels (1992) Sky One 4 March – Chances (1991–1992) 9 March – Studs (1991–1993) 5 April – E Street (1989–1993) 8 May – The Flash (1990–1991, 2014–present) 3 October – Knights and Warriors (1992–1993) 6 October Teech (1991) Anything but Love (1989–1992) Gabriel's Fire (1990–1991) 21 October – Melrose Place (1992–1999, 2009–2010) Unknown The Red Green Show (1991–2006) Seinfeld (1989–1998) Sky Sports 15 August – Sports Saturday (1992–1998) 16 August – Super Sunday (1992–present) 17 August – Monday Night Football (1992–2007, 2010–present) MTV Europe 14 April – MTV's Most Wanted (1992–1995) Channels New channels DateChannel 13 January The Parliamentary Channel 31 January The Adult Channel 9 March The Learning Channel 25 April The Box 4 May Wire TV 1 October Sky Movies Gold October CMT Europe 1 November UK Gold December Performance Channel Defunct channels DateChannel 30 September The Comedy Channel 31 December Sky Arts Television shows Changes of network affiliation Shows Moved from Moved to The Magic Roundabout BBC1 Channel 4 Paddington The Wombles The Herbs Star Trek: The Next Generation BBC2 Sky One Rescue 911 ITV University Challenge BBC2 Stingray The Dreamstone The Children's Channel Returning this year after a break of one year or longer Take Your Pick (1955–1968, 1992–1998) The Tomorrow People (1973–1979, 1992–1995) Nightingales (1990, 1992–1993) Continuing television shows 1920s BBC Wimbledon (1927–1939, 1945–2019, 2021–present) 1930s Trooping the Colour (1937–1939, 1945–2019, 2023–present) The Boat Race (1938–1939, 1945–2019, 2021–present) BBC Cricket (1939, 1945–1999, 2020–2024) 1940s Come Dancing (1949–1998) 1950s Panorama (1953–present) What the Papers Say (1956–2008)What the Papers Say in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/media/gallery/2008/may/29/what.the.papers.say The Guardian 2 April 2022 29 May 2008 The Sky at Night (1957–present) Blue Peter (1958–present) Grandstand (1958–2007) 1960s Coronation Street (1960–present) Songs of Praise (1961–present) World in Action (1963–1998) Top of the Pops (1964–2006) Match of the Day (1964–present) Mr. and Mrs. (1965–1999) Jackanory (1965–1996, 2006) Sportsnight (1965–1997) Call My Bluff (1965–2005) The Money Programme (1966–2010) 1970s Emmerdale (1972–present) Newsround (1972–present) Pebble Mill (1972–1986, 1991–1996) Last of the Summer Wine (1973–2010) That's Life! (1973–1994) Wish You Were Here...? (1974–2003) Arena (1975–present) Jim'll Fix It (1975–1994) One Man and His Dog (1976–present) Grange Hill (1978–2008) Ski Sunday (1978–present) The Paul Daniels Magic Show (1979–1994) Antiques Roadshow (1979–present) Question Time (1979–present) 1980s Family Fortunes (1980–2002, 2006–2015, 2020–present) Children in Need (1980–present) Danger Mouse (1981–1992, 2015–2019) Timewatch (1982–present) Brookside (1982–2003) Countdown (1982–present) Right to Reply (1982–2001) First Tuesday (1983–1993) Highway (1983–1993) Blockbusters (1983–93, 1994–95, 1997, 2000–01, 2012, 2019) Spitting Image (1984–1996) Surprise Surprise (1984–2001, 2012–2015) The Bill (1984–2010) Channel 4 Racing (1984–2016) Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (1984–present) Busman's Holiday (1985–1993) EastEnders (1985–present) Crosswits (1985–1998) Screen Two (1985–1998) Telly Addicts (1985–1998) Blind Date (1985–2003, 2017–2019) Comic Relief (1985–present) ScreenPlay (1986–1993) Beadle's About (1986–1996) The Chart Show (1986–1998, 2008–2009) Equinox (1986–2006) The Really Wild Show (1986–2006) Casualty (1986–present) Every Second Counts (1986–1993) Lovejoy (1986–1994) The Raggy Dolls (1986–1994) Allsorts (1987–1995) Going Live! (1987–1993) Watching (1987–1993) The New Statesman (1987–1994) Going for Gold (1987–1996, 2008–2009) The Time, The Place (1987–1998) The Cook Report (1987–1999) Inspector Morse (1987–2000) Chain Letters (1987–1997) ChuckleVision (1987–2009) Count Duckula (1988–1993) You Rang, M'Lord? (1988–1993) You Bet! (1988–1997) Playdays (1988–1997) Wheel of Fortune (1988–2001) London's Burning (1988–2002) On the Record (1988–2002) Fifteen to One (1988–2003, 2013–2019) This Morning (1988–present) Fun House (1989–1999) Absolutely (1989–1993) KYTV (1989–1993) Press Gang (1989–1993) Birds of a Feather (1989–1998, 2014–2020) A Bit of Fry & Laurie (1989–1995) Byker Grove (1989–2006)Byker Grove https://www.bbc.com/historyofthebbc/anniversaries/november/byker-grove/ www.bbc.com 25 March 2023 en Desmond's (1989–1994) Bodger & Badger (1989–1999) Children's Ward (1989–2000) Mike and Angelo (1989–2000) 1990s The $64,000 Question (1990–1993) Families (1990–1993) Jeeves and Wooster (1990–1993) Waiting for God (1990–1994) Mr. Bean (1990–1995) The Crystal Maze (1990–1995, 2016–2020) Keeping Up Appearances (1990–1995) Turnabout (1990–1996) The Upper Hand (1990–1996) Drop the Dead Donkey (1990–1998) One Foot in the Grave (1990–2000) MasterChef (1990–2001, 2005–present) How 2 (1990–2006) Stars in Their Eyes (1990–2006, 2015) The Dreamstone (1990–1995) Rosie and Jim (1990–2000) Big Break (1991–2002) The Darling Buds of May (1991–1993) Spender (1991–1993) The House of Eliott (1991–1994) The Brittas Empire (1991–1997) Bottom (1991–1995) Soldier Soldier (1991–1997) Noel's House Party (1991–1999) 2point4 Children (1991–1999) Darkwing Duck (1991–1992) Little Dracula (1991–1999) Where's Wally?: The Animated Series (1991) Ending this year 2 January – Canned Carrott (1990–1992) 10 February – No Job for a Lady (1990–1992) 19 February Van der Valk (1972–1973, 1977, 1991–1992) The Secret Cabaret (1990–1992) 2 March – El C.I.D. (1990–1992) 19 March – Danger Mouse (1981–1992, 2015–2019) 31 March – Joshua Jones (1992) 1 April – Fiddley Foodle Bird (1992) 3 April In Sickness and in Health (1985–1992) Truckers (1992) 4 April – Motormouth (1988–1992) 6 April – The Mary Whitehouse Experience (1990–1992) 10 April – Spatz (1990–1992) 14 April – DuckTales (1987–1990) 26 April – The Big Match (1968–1992) 10 May – The Piglet Files (1990–1992) 11 May – Wail of the Banshee (1992) 30 May – Wayne Dobson – A Kind of Magic (1990–1992) 3 July – Wogan (1982–1992) 29 July – Hope It Rains (1991–1992) 17 August – Kick Start (1979–1992) 24 August – After Henry (1988–1992) 1 September – Shelley (1979–1984, 1988–1992) 6 September – A Very Peculiar Practice (1986–1992) 25 September The Channel Four Daily (1989–1992) Business Daily (1987–1992) 28 September – Playbox (1987–1992) 16 October – Terry and Julian (1992) 17 November – T-Bag (1985–1992) 30 November – The Sooty Show (1955–1992) 1 December – Boon (1986–1992, 1995) 3 December – Rumpole of the Bailey (1975–1992) 5 December – The Hit Man and Her (1988–1992) 11 December – Christopher Crocodile (1992) 16 December – Family Pride (1991–1992) 17 December – This Week (1956–1978, 1986–1992) 18 December After Nine (1985–1992) Puppydog Tales (1992) Police 5 (1962–1992, 2014) 23 December Dooby Duck's Disco Bus (1989–1992) Watt on Earth (1991–1992) 30 December – 'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1992) 31 December Good Morning Britain (1983–1992) Wide Awake Club (1984–1992) Park Avenue (1988–1992) Up Pompeii! (1969–1975, 1991–1992) James the Cat (1984–1992, 1998–2003) Pigsty (1990–1992) Births 14 February – Freddie Highmore, actor 17 March – Eliza Bennett, actress and singer 14 May – Laya Lewis, actress 4 June – Brooke Vincent, actress 31 August – Holly Earl, actress 2 November – Naomi Ackie, actress 3 December – Joseph McManners, actor 17 December – Thomas Law, actor 22 December – Chris Hughes, television personality 24 December – Melissa Suffield, actress Deaths Date Name Age Cinematic Credibility11 JanuaryW. G. Hoskins83historian and television presenter (Landscapes of England)25 FebruaryGuy Deghy79actor (The Saint)18 AprilH. V. Kershaw74scriptwriter (Coronation Street)19 AprilFrankie Howerd75comedian and actor (That Was The Week That Was, Up Pompeii!, The Blunders)20 AprilBenny Hill68comedian (The Benny Hill Show)21 AprilNigel Williams47conservator and television presenter19 MayJames Bate47actor (Sleuth, The Spoils of War)24 MayJoan Sanderson79actress (Please Sir!, Fawlty Towers, Me and My Girl)3 JuneRobert Morley84actor (Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines, Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?, British Airways advertisements).5 JuneLaurence Naismith83actor (The Persuaders!)5 JulyGeorgia Brown58actress (Shoulder to Shoulder)23 JulyMaxine Audley69actress (Danger Man, Edgar Wallace Mysteries, The Adventures of Black Beauty)29 AugustTeddy Turner75actor (Never the Twain, Emmerdale)2 SeptemberJohnnie Mortimer61scriptwriter (Man About the House, George & Mildred, Robin's Nest, Never the Twain)5 SeptemberChristopher Trace59television presenter (Blue Peter)6 SeptemberMervyn Johns93actor (Dixon of Dock Green, Crown Court, Shoestring)6 October Denholm Elliott70actor (Follow the Yellow Brick Road, Brimstone and Treacle, Blade on the Feather)5 DecemberHilary Tindall54actress (Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), Emergency Ward 10, The Brothers, The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, Z-Cars)6 DecemberPercy Herbert62actor (Danger Man, The Saint, Z-Cars, Dixon of Dock Green, Worzel Gummidge)11 DecemberMichael Robbins62actor (On the Buses)22 DecemberTed Willis78scriptwriter (Dixon of Dock Green) See also 1992 in British music 1992 in British radio 1992 in the United Kingdom List of British films of 1992 References 30em External links List of 1992 British television series at IMDb 1992