1951 in British television

none 1951 British television This is a list of British television related events from 1951. Events July 16 July – What's My Line? debuts on the BBC Television Service. It will be one of the top-rated programmes for the rest of the decade and make a star of its host, Eamonn Andrews, who takes over from Gilbert Harding from the second episode. October 12 October – The Holme Moss transmitter is opened in Northern England, making the BBC Television Service available to the region for the first time. November 9 November – Launch of TV Comic, the first – and one of the last surviving – British children's weekly anthology comic book based around television series.https://downthetubes.net/?page_id=9791 British Comics Reference – British TV-related Comic Strips downthetubes.net 2026-09-28 Unknown The BBC broadcasts horse racing for the first time when it televises races from Ascot.End of an era as BBC loses racing coverage to Channel 4 Debuts 6 February – The Railway Children (1951) 20 May – The Black Arrow (1951) 17 June – Five Children and It (1951) 16 July – What's My Line? (1951–1963, 1973–1974, 1984–1990) 29 July – The Final Test (1951) 12 August – Albert (1951) 2 September – Treasure on Pelican (1951) 25 September – Puck of Pook's Hill (1951) 20 October Sherlock Holmes (1951) Stranger from Space (1951–1952) 6 November – Sara Crewe (1951) Unknown The Charlie Chester Show (1951, 1955) The Inch Man (1951–1952) Continuing television shows 1920s BBC Wimbledon (1927–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–present) 1930s Picture Page (1936–1939, 1946–1952) For the Children (1937–1939, 1946–1952) 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 Kaleidoscope (1946–1953) Muffin the Mule (1946–1955, 2005–2006) Café Continental (1947–1953) Television Newsreel (1948–1954) The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–1971) Come Dancing (1949–1998) How Do You View? (1949–1953) 1950s Andy Pandy (1950–1970, 2002–2005) Ending this year 23 January – Little Women (1950–1951) 24 November – Sherlock Holmes (1951) Births 7 January – Helen Worth, born Cathryn Helen Wigglesworth, actress 21 January – Rosemary Shrager, chef and presenter 6 February – Kevin Whately, actor 15 February – Jane Seymour, born Joyce Frankenberg, actress 18 March – Paul Barber, actor 13 April – Peter Davison, actor 20 April – Louise Jameson, actress 11 May – Kay Mellor, born Kay Daniel, scriptwriter and actress (died 2022) 13 May – Selina Scott, journalist, newsreader and television presenter 23 May – Don Warrington, actor 4 June – David Yip, actor 28 June – Lalla Ward, actress 17 July – Doug Allan, Scottish wildlife cameraman (died 2026) 4 September – David Renwick, scriptwriter 10 September – Sally Grace, satirist, actress and voice actress (died 2026) 30 September – John Lloyd, producer 6 November – Nigel Havers, actor 15 November – Billy McColl, actor (died 2014) 24 November – Margaret Mountford, lawyer, businesswoman and television personality 20 December – Peter May, novelist and television dramatist See also 1951 in British music 1951 in British radio 1951 in the United Kingdom List of British films of 1951 References External links List of 1951 British television series at IMDb 1951