2000 in British television

none April 2014 January 2020 2000 British television This is a list of British television related events from 2000. Events January 1 January 2000 Today, the marathon 28-hour live broadcast to celebrate the dawn of the new millennium shown on BBC One, ends at 1:30pm.http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/599172?view=synopsis 2000 Today British Film Institute BFI Database 11 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20120324201924/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/599172?view=synopsis 24 March 2012 dead Launch of Castaway 2000 on BBC One, a reality television show billed as a bold experiment for the new millennium. Thirty-six men, women and children from the British public are placed on Taransay for a year. Taransay is a remote Scottish island in the Outer Hebrides and the group must build a sustainable self-sufficient community.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/585559.stm Castaways prepare for bleak New Year BBC BBC News 31 December 1999 11 June 2014 The programme ends on New Year's Day 2001.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1096061.stm Tearful Castaways head home BBC BBC News 1 January 2001 11 June 2014 Channel 4 airs The Biggest Breakfast Ever, an eight-hour overnight millennium special with Johnny Vaughan and Liza Tarbuck. The channel's New Year's Day schedule also includes a contemporary version of Cinderella starring Kathleen Turner.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/548541.stm Ali G's festive cheer BBC BBC News 3 December 1999 20 April 2014 ITV airs the final episode of Gladiators; the ending is dedicated to LWT videotape editor Clayton Parker who died in a car accident at the age of 45 in February 1999. The show is later revived by Sky One in 2008, and then again by the BBC in 2024. 2 January Provisional viewing figures suggest BBC One's millennium coverage was watched by 12.8 million viewers as the New Year was welcomed in at midnight, more than twice the usual audience for New Year television. ITV's coverage was seen by 4.1 million.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/588434.stm Millennium TV smashes New Year records BBC BBC News 2 January 2000 11 June 2014 BBC One airs a millennium special of its garden makeover series Ground Force in which Alan Titchmarsh, Charlie Dimmock and Tommy Walsh travel to the South African village of Qunu to design and build a garden for the former President Nelson Mandela.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/565013.stm Mandela's green-fingered makeover BBC BBC News 14 December 1999 19 April 2014 Sarah Lancashire returns to Coronation Street as Raquel Watts for a special one-off episode in which she is reunited with husband Curly (Kevin Kennedy).https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/583446.stm Guess who's back in town? BBC BBC News 30 December 1999 11 June 2014 The episode is watched by an average of 17.5 million viewers, peaking at 18.6 million.http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Raquel's+return+to+Corrie+is+a+soap+smash.-a060846417 Raquel's return to Corrie is a soap smash Trinity Mirror Daily Record 5 January 2000 11 June 2014 3 January The highest rated UK programme of the year so far is recorded, an episode of Coronation Street that gets 18.96 million viewers.http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/soaps-lead-tvs-most-watched-for-2000/1167522.article Soaps lead TV's most watched for 2000 Broadcast 1 January 2001 11 June 2014 The hugely popular and long-running US animated series SpongeBob SquarePants makes its UK debut on Nickelodeon, eight months after it first aired in the US. 6 January – Following a brief return to the series during 1999, Gillian Taylforth leaves her EastEnders role as Kathy Beale.https://www.heart.co.uk/showbiz/tv-movies/eastenders/old-kathy-beale-gillian-taylforth-age/ How old is Kathy Beale in EastEnders? Heart 20 June 2021https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/4fdd9e7f381540109533817f8c52baad https://web.archive.org/web/20210624205548/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/4fdd9e7f381540109533817f8c52baad dead 24 June 2021 EastEnders – BBC One – 6 January 2000 BBC Genome 6 January 2000 BBC 20 June 2021 7 January The long-running BBC children's programme Blue Peter reunites two former presenting teams to dig up the time capsules they buried for the year 2000 in 1971 and 1984. A brand new stop-motion animated series for preschoolers Yoho Ahoy is first broadcast on BBC One. ITV begins airing a new series of Catchphrase, in which Nick Weir takes over as presenter as part of a major revamp of the programme. The Buffy the Vampire Slayer spin-off series Angel makes its UK debut on Sky One. 10 January – The US political drama The West Wing makes its UK debut on Sky One. 11 January – The US crime drama Third Watch makes its UK debut on Sky One. 12 January A police officer charged over the crash that left television presenter Sheena McDonald in hospital is acquitted following a hearing at Horseferry Road Magistrates' Court.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/600206.stm TV presenter to sue after acquittal BBC BBC News 12 January 2000 18 January 2014 Debut of the reality series Shipwrecked on Channel 4. 14 January – Debut of the hidden camera/practical jokes series Trigger Happy TV on Channel 4, starring Dom Joly. 17 January – BBC Two begins airing a four-part adaptation of Gormenghast, Mervyn Peake's series of fantasy novels.http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ac37281405204214a51f8914234f09fc https://web.archive.org/web/20170924003130/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ac37281405204214a51f8914234f09fc dead 24 September 2017 Gormenghast – BBC Two England – 17 January 2000 – BBC Genome The Radio Times Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 13 January 2000 3960 92 13 January 2018 The series, starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers is launched with a massive publicity campaign, but is panned by critics and loses 40% of its viewership by the third episode. Figures indicate that the first episode is watched by 4.2 million, a healthy audience for a BBC Two programme, but that by the third episode, aired on 31 January, falls to 2.5 million.https://www.theguardian.com/media/2000/feb/05/bbc.uknews How BBC made a crisis out of drama Sarah Hall 5 February 2000 23 September 2017 The Guardian 18 January ITV sports commentator Steve Smith is reprimanded by the Independent Television Commission for calling a French rugby player a "stroppy little frog" after he throws the ball at an opponent during a World Cup match between France and Fiji in October 1999.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/608401.stm ITV in doghouse over 'frog' quip BBC BBC News 18 January 2000 6 May 2014 Retired Naval Officer Peter Lee becomes the biggest winner to date on ITV's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? after winning £500,000. He is also the first person to have the opportunity to answer the £1 million question which concerns the location of Durham County Cricket Club, but he takes the money after being unsure of the answer. The show would have its first £1 million winner in November.Janine Gibson https://www.theguardian.com/media/2000/jan/19/mondaymediasection.broadcasting Durham cricketers stump would-be millionaire The Guardian 19 January 2014 13 May 2014https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/609446.stm £1m question stumps quiz king BBC BBC News 19 January 2000 13 May 2014 The BBC confirms that Danniella Westbrook will leave EastEnders for the second time in four years, her character, Sam Mitchell having returned to the series only in 1999.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/608290.stm EastEnder Danniella axed again BBC BBC News 18 January 2000 25 May 2014 19 January – Former Brookside actress Gabrielle Glaister is to join Coronation Street where she will play Debs Brownlow, the younger sister of Natalie Barnes (Denise Welch).https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/610495.stm Actress Gabrielle swaps soaps BBC BBC News 19 January 2000 14 March 2015 20 January – Debut of the comedy-drama series At Home with the Braithwaites on ITV. 21 January – Debut of the documentary series The Unforgettable on ITV. 23 January Helen Flanagan takes over the role of Coronation Street character Rosie Webster from Emma Collinge who has played Rosie since she was ten days old. Collinge is leaving the series to devote more time to gymnastics.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/594408.stm Westlife retain top spot BBC BBC News 9 January 2000 6 June 2014 Debut of the drama series Clocking Off on BBC One. 25 January – Fiona Bruce presents her first episode of Crimewatch on BBC One alongside Nick Ross, following the murder of her predecessor Jill Dando in April last year.http://www.thefreelibrary.com/New+Crimewatch+presenter+takes+Jill+Dando's+role.-a060815960 New Crimewatch presenter takes Jill Dando's role Coventry Evening Telegraph Trinity Mirror 25 January 2000 20 April 2014Mulford Sarah http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Taking+Jill+job+won't+make+me+a+target.-a060883929 Taking Jill job won't make me a target Daily Record Trinity Mirror 20 January 2000 20 April 2014 27 January Channel 4's The 11 O'Clock Show is criticised by the Broadcasting Standards Commission for including a reference to murdered television presenter Jill Dando which would have caused "widespread public offence". Channel 4 says that the item which aired on 26 October 1999, was meant to be a criticism of the high cost of the murder investigation and the ratings war between BBC One and ITV.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/620283.stm Channel 4 rapped over Dando BBC BBC News 27 January 2000 17 May 2014 BBC One airs the final episode of Dinnerladies.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/2114eb3de3304de8a13f0fb5314f797d https://web.archive.org/web/20180704154252/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/2114eb3de3304de8a13f0fb5314f797d dead 4 July 2018 Dinnerladies – BBC One London – 27 January 2000 – BBC Genome The Radio Times 20 January 2000 3961 102 14 September 2018 31 January – Carlton Kids ceases broadcasting after 14 months on the air. February 1 February Greg Dyke takes over as Director-General of the BBC. http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/movers_and_shakers/article6128690.ece https://web.archive.org/web/20110612131417/http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/movers_and_shakers/article6128690.ece dead 12 June 2011 Business big shot: Greg Dyke Times Online Dan Sabbagh 20 April 2009 30 April 2009 London Carlton World ceases broadcasting after 14 months on the air. Discovery Wings and Discovery Kids launch. They are created for the OnDigital platform as replacements for the two Carlton channels.http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/discovery-channels-boost-ondigital-1134114.html Discovery channels boost ONdigital 22 December 1999 The Independent 10 July 2021 27 March 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190327180419/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/discovery-channels-boost-ondigital-1134114.html live Discovery Kids broadcasts during the day with Wings taking over for the evening. The two channels are initially exclusive to OnDigital but later launch on other platforms. 3 February – Joe Absolom makes his final EastEnders appearance in a dramatic storyline that sees his character, Matthew Rose get his revenge against Steve Owen after Rose was wrongly convicted of the manslaughter of Owen's girlfriend.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/628402.stm EastEnders showdown BBC BBC News 2 February 2000 31 March 2014 4 February – Debut of the sitcom My Hero on BBC One. 5 February – An episode of Casualty in which the character Amy Howard (played by Rebecca Wheatley) is persuaded to attend a singing audition. The song she performs, Stay with Me Baby is subsequently released as a single by Wheatley who had been a singer prior to her acting career.https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Back+on+song+is+just+what+the+doctor+ordered%3B+Casualty+receptionist...-a060503458 Back on song is just what the doctor ordered; Casualty receptionist Amy alias actress Rebecca Wheatley tells Olivia Convey about her return to singing. – Free Online Library Thefreelibrary.com 13 January 2018 7 February – Director-General of the BBC Greg Dyke launches his "Cut the Crap" initiative, a drive to cut red tape at the BBC. Staff are issued with yellow cards bearing the phrase "Cut the crap, make it happen" which they are encouraged to brandish at meetings if they feel inertia is getting in the way of creativity.Matt Wells https://www.theguardian.com/media/2002/feb/08/broadcasting.bbc Dyke rallies BBC with cut the crap yellow card The Guardian 8 February 2000 11 January 2019 10 February – Coronation Street confirms that Jane Danson who plays Leanne Battersby will leave the soap later in the year.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/637749.stm Street star Danson leaves BBC BBC News 10 February 2000 11 June 2014 11 February – Debut of the romantic drama Reach for the Moon on ITV, starring Lynda Bellingham. 12 February – BBC One airs When Changing Rooms Met Ground Force, a crossover edition of its two popular design and makeover shows, Changing Rooms and Ground Force.http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/305d244f9a01458789322ec9d419937b https://web.archive.org/web/20150409035611/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/305d244f9a01458789322ec9d419937b dead 9 April 2015 When Changing Rooms Met Ground Force – BBC One London – 12 February 2000 BBC Genome BBC 4 May 2017 13 February – BBC Two airs Gimme Some Truth, a documentary featuring footage of John Lennon as he recorded his 1971 album Imagine.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/cf913a6e0cbc472d811695b97607d7e2 https://web.archive.org/web/20181015002956/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/cf913a6e0cbc472d811695b97607d7e2 dead 15 October 2018 Gimme Some Truth – BBC Two England – 13 February 2000 – BBC Genome The Radio Times 10 February 2000 3964 102 14 October 2018 15 February – BBC One airs a one-off quiz, A Question of EastEnders to celebrate the soap's 15th anniversary.http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ea84aed4faa147f0882ba01ec17197b4 https://web.archive.org/web/20200903124606/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ea84aed4faa147f0882ba01ec17197b4 dead 3 September 2020 A Question of EastEnders – BBC One London – 15 February 2000 BBC Genome 4 May 2017 18 February – Kevin Pallister leaves Emmerdale as Graham Clark. 19 February – EastEnders celebrates its 15th anniversary on BBC One.http://www.thefreelibrary.com/EastEnders'+big+knees-up%3B+STARS+GATHER+FOR+SOAP'S+15TH+BIRTHDAY+BASH.-a060595022 EastEnders' big knees-up; Stars gather for soap's 15th birthday bash Trinity Mirror Sunday Mail 20 February 2000 3 May 2014 22 February – The final episode of Queer as Folk is broadcast on Channel 4. 23 February The children's drama Hero to Zero makes its debut on BBC One.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/8e804bff53d9487d964c124722d56be4 https://web.archive.org/web/20181015003129/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/8e804bff53d9487d964c124722d56be4 dead 15 October 2018 Hero to Zero – BBC One London – 23 February 2000 – BBC Genome The Radio Times 17 February 2000 3965 97 14 October 2018 The documentary series Child of Our Time makes its debut on BBC One. Presented by Robert Winston and co-produced with the Open University, the programme follows the lives of 25 children born at the start of 2000. It would run for 20 years until 2020. 24 February – The Guardian reports that the Australian soap Home and Away will move from ITV to Channel 5 after the latter paid £40 million for the broadcast rights. It is the first time the channel has poached a programme from its rival.Janine Gibson https://www.theguardian.com/media/2000/feb/24/channelfive.mondaymediasection Channel 5 swoop for £40m soap The Guardian 24 February 2000 16 May 2014https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/654936.stm Channel 5 'bags Home and Away' BBC BBC News 24 February 2000 16 May 2014 27 February – BBC One airs the first episode of Monarch of the Glen.http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/305d244f9a01458789322ec9d419937b https://web.archive.org/web/20150409035611/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/305d244f9a01458789322ec9d419937b dead 9 April 2015 Monarch Of The Glen – BBC One London – 27 February 2000 BBC Genome BBC 23 February 2018 28 February – Having decided not to adopt the 1999 ITV generic look, Scottish and Grampian launch a new on-screen logo.https://identcentral.co.uk/idents/itv/stv/scottish-and-grampian-2000-2003/ Ident Central: Scottish and Grampian 2000–2003 13 February 2019 13 February 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190213011243/https://identcentral.co.uk/idents/itv/stv/scottish-and-grampian-2000-2003/ dead February – Menna Richards becomes Controller of BBC Cymru Wales. March 1 March – Carlton Select closes, with Carlton's two other channels, Carlton Cinema and Carlton Food Network expanding their broadcasting hours in the wake Carlton Select's demise.http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/cfn-and-cinema-add-hours/1190654.article CFN and Cinema add hours Broadcast 25 February 2000 12 November 2016 2 March – The axe falls on some EastEnders characters, including Ricky Butcher. 4 March – ITV airs The Brit Awards 2000, hosted by Davina McCall. 5 March – Former Take That singer Gary Barlow makes his acting debut in the 150th episode of Heartbeat on ITV, playing a hitchhiker named Mike Shannon.McMullen Marion http://www.thefreelibrary.com/HEARTBEAT+hall+of+fame%3B+THE+MANY+CELEBRITIES+WHO+HAVE+APPEARED+IN+THE...-a060762533 Heartbeat Hall Of Fame; The Many Celebrities Who Have Appeared In The Television Favourite Over The Show'S Nine-Year History Trinity Mirror Coventry Evening Telegraph 4 March 2000 28 May 2014 7 March – Coronation Street confirms that television presenter Naomi Russell will join the series to play factory worker Bobbi Lewis.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/668944.stm Soap Corrie's Bobbi dazzler BBC BBC News 7 March 2000 1 July 2017 11 March – ITV airs The Lookalikes Agency. 12 March – ITV airs the drama Hero of the Hour, starring Ross Kemp. 13 March Debut of The Blind Date, a two-part ITV drama starring Zara Turner. Debut of the long-running daytime series Bargain Hunt on BBC One. 15 March – ITV will scrap its afternoon showing of Home and Away from 27 March after losing the soap to Channel 5, but it will continue to air in the early evening slot.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/678568.stm ITV cuts Home And Away BBC BBC News 15 March 2000 16 May 2014 16 March – The Britt Allcroft Company best known for producing the first five series of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends acquires the rights to the long-running children's arts and crafts programme Art Attack and other works from The Media Merchants company run by the host of the series Neil Buchanan and Tim Edmunds. 17 March To mark the re-release of Stanley Kubrick's 1971 film A Clockwork Orange, FilmFour airs Return of A Clockwork Orange, a documentary discussing the controversy surrounding the film. It is also shown the following day on Channel 4.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/677288.stm Minister demanded Clockwork screening BBC BBC News 14 March 2000 27 March 2016 ITV airs an episode of Catchphrase in which presenter Nick Weir falls down the stairs whilst running on to introduce the show and breaks his left foot. 19 March – Debut of Seeing Red, an ITV drama based on the book of the same name by Coral Atkins and starring Sarah Lancashire and Richard Dillane.https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Coral+sees+it+like+it+is+-+and+survives%3B+Former+actress+Coral+Atkins...-a060507378 Coral sees it like it is – and survives; Former actress Coral Atkins talks to Olivia Convey about a moving TV drama on her remarkable career working with disturbed children. – Free Online Library Thefreelibrary.com 13 January 2018 21 March – The network television premiere of Metro on Channel 5, starring Eddie Murphy. 22 March – The House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee issues a report calling on ITV to restore News at Ten after finding that the broadcaster has seen a drop in ratings since the programme was dropped in 1999.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/686731.stm Bring back News at Ten say MPs BBC BBC News 22 March 2000 15 March 2014 24 March – Paul Loughran leaves Emmerdale after six years when his character Butch Dingle dies in a bus crash.Palmer Martyn Maung Carole Aye http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+arrest+shook+me+up..I+realised+drugs+had+stopped+me+living+my...-a060819850 The arrest shook me up..I realised drugs had stopped me living my life Trinity Mirror The Mirror 25 March 2000 3 May 2014 26 March – Debut of Doctors on BBC One. A new daily serial set in a doctors' surgery. The first episode is broadcast at 6:35pm on a Sunday evening, before continuing on weekdays at 12:30pm.http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/2c4368cf31cc442ea1d06525601466b3 https://web.archive.org/web/20170901205837/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/2c4368cf31cc442ea1d06525601466b3 dead 1 September 2017 Doctors – BBC One London – 26 March 2000 – BBC Genome The Radio Times Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 23 March 2000 3970 84 13 January 2018 27 March – The BBC announces plans to establish an annual bursary at a college in Falmouth for students wishing to train in broadcast journalism as a "living tribute" to TV presenter Jill Dando.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/691884.stm BBC sets up Dando bursary BBC BBC News 27 March 2000 23 March 2014 28 March In its annual report, the Independent Television Commission praises Channel 5 for reducing the number of "tacky" sex shows included in its scheduling, while 5 News and the channel's films and factual programming are also praised. However, the watchdog criticises the amount of low budget programming shown, particularly in the early hours of the morning. The ITC also has warm words for Channel 4, in particular for the "freshness and innovation" of its programming.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/693636.stm Channel 5 cleans up its act BBC BBC News 28 March 2000 9 May 2014 BBC Two's Spring and Summer season will see actor John Alford, jailed in 1999 for drug offences, make his return to television as a taxi passenger in a ten-minute short titled Talk Radio, it is reported. Other highlights include the comedy Coupling and Rhona, the first British sitcom about a lesbian.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/693489.stm Alford makes dramatic comeback BBC BBC News 28 March 2000 19 May 2014 29 March – The Broadcasting Standards Commission reprimands EastEnders for episodes screened in December 1999 that featured characters attending a stag and hen weekend in Amsterdam which showed drinking, drug taking and sexual innuendo. An episode of Goodness Gracious Me aired in February is also criticised for a sketch in which mango chutney was spread on communion bread, something that several viewers felt was disrespectful to the Eucharist.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/695141.stm Watchdog attacks EastEnders BBC BBC News 29 March 2000 2 May 2014 30 March UK Arena is renamed UK Drama. Debut of Da Ali G Show on Channel 4. April 3 April BSkyB airs the first interactive TV advert for the cooking sauce Chicken Tonight. Viewers are offered the option of pushing the Red Button to visit Sky's interactive TV service Open where they can order a money-off voucher and a recipe book and to browse through recipes.https://www.zdnet.com/article/chicken-tonight-goes-interactive/ Chicken Tonight goes interactive Jane Wakefield 29 March 2000 ZDNet 23 June 2014 The British/French children's animated series 64 Zoo Lane makes its debut on BBC One. 6 April – Debut of L.A. 7, the second series starring the pop group S Club 7 on BBC One. 12 April – ITV airs the second Pride of Britain Awards which attracts an audience of 10.2 million. The figures prove to be a surprise for the broadcaster and are higher than those achieved by the 2000 BRIT Awards which had 8.8 million viewers and the BAFTA Awards that aired on Sky One which had a viewership of 100,000.Scott James http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+Mirror+Pride+of+Britain+Awards%3A+BIGGER+THAN+THE+BRIT+AWARDS%3B...-a061765622 The Mirror Pride of Britain Awards: Bigger than the BRIT Awards; 10million tune in to Pride of Britain The Mirror Trinity Mirror 14 April 2000 27 April 2014 14 April – Former MI5 Officer David Shayler who fled from the UK after passing secret documents to the Mail on Sunday, appears as a guest on Have I Got News for You. Because he faces arrest if he returns to the UK, his contribution is recorded via satellite from a studio in France which affected the timing of the comedy on that edition.http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/ex-mi5-man-appears-on-have-i-got-news-for-you/1193951.article Ex-MI5 man appears on Have I Got News for You Broadcast 14 April 2000 13 December 2013https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/890450.stm Whistleblower calls the tune BBC BBC News 21 August 2000 13 December 2013 15 April – Steve Wilson and Emma Ledden present their final edition of Live & Kicking on BBC One. 17 April A former researcher on The Vanessa Show wins libel damages against The Mirror newspaper after it published an article in February 1999 claiming she knew many of the guests she had hired for the show were fakes.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/716533.stm Vanessa researcher wins libel case BBC BBC News 17 April 2000 28 June 2014 The shopping channel Ideal World is launched. 20 April – After twelve years as Ricky Butcher, Sid Owen makes his final appearance in EastEnders where his character is seen leaving for Europe in a lorry.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/720395.stm Ricky waves goodbye to Walford BBC BBC News 20 April 2000 26 May 2015 27 April – Debut of the comedy sketch show The Big Impression on BBC One, starring Alistair McGowan. 28 April – Channel 4 confirms that Liza Tarbuck will leave The Big Breakfast to return to acting after the presenter broke the news on the programme's website. She will leave in August at the end of her year-long contract.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/729142.stm Tarbuck to leave Big Breakfast BBC BBC News 28 April 2000 19 May 2014 30 April – Guinness's 1999 Surfer advertisement is voted No. 1 in a poll of the top 100 greatest television adverts of all time in a show for Channel 4.Jilly Beattie https://www.thefreelibrary.com/GUINNESS+GALLOPS+TOTOPOF+AD+POLL.-a061844768 Guinness gallops to top of ad poll Trinity Mirror The Mirror 1 May 2000 25 July 2017 May 1 May ITV's Day of Promise, a series of special programmes throughout the day hosted by Eamonn Holmes, Carol Vorderman and Danielle Nicholls. The day is part of a 12-month campaign in which people around Britain are asked to make a simple pledge to do something positive for the first year of the new millennium.http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/33311 ITV Day of Promise British Film Institute https://web.archive.org/web/20121011145424/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/33311 11 October 2012 dead 26 April 2009 Among the programmes aired that day include the first celebrity edition of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/mar/30/pippacrerar.mattwells?gusrc=rss&feed=global Which millionaire? Stars line up to face Tarrant The Guardian Wells, Matt Crerar, Pippa 30 March 2000 26 April 2009 Formal broadcasting of pay-per-view (PPV) service ONrequest begins. 4 May – Coronation Street confirms that Charles Lawson who plays Jim McDonald, is to be written out of the series when his contract ends in October.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/735840.stm Street star Jim to leave BBC BBC News 4 May 2000 11 June 2014 9 May – Durham University wins the 1999–2000 series of University Challenge, beating Oriel College, Oxford 325–135. 13 May Four senior television figures, Alastair Burnet, David Nicholas, Geoffrey Cox and Nigel Ryan have written to the Independent Television Commission accusing ITV of ruining its reputation by replacing News at Ten with "weak series, entertainment trivia and mildly pornographic programmes", it is reported.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/747277.stm TV heavyweights appeal for News at Ten BBC BBC News 13 May 2000 15 March 2014 Denmark's Olsen Brothers win the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest with Fly on the Wings of Love. 16 May – The final episode of the long-running children's series Rosie and Jim is broadcast on ITV. 17 May – The completion of NTL's purchase of Cable & Wireless’ cable assets takes place.https://www.investegate.co.uk/article.aspx?id=200005171248587492K Cable & Wireless PLC (CW.) investegate.co.uk 17 May 2000 4 November 2020Staff MediaTel https://mediatel.co.uk/news/1999/07/26/ntl-spends-l8-2bn-on-cable-wireless-communications NTL Spends £8.2bn On Cable & Wireless Communications mediatel.co.uk 26 July 1999 4 November 2020Bannister Nicholas https://www.theguardian.com/business/1999/jul/27/1 NTL buys CWC for £8.17bn theguardian.com 27 July 1999 4 November 2020 two months after the sale was cleared by the Competition Commission.https://www.cms-lawnow.com/ealerts/2000/03/cwcntl-competition-commission-clears-merger CWC/NTL: Competition Commission clears merger cms-lawnow.com 23 March 2000 4 November 2020 18 May – The Independent Television Commission rejects proposals by ITV to improve promotion of its news bulletins and increase spending on evening programming. The broadcaster's nightly news bulletin has suffered a drop in ratings since News at Ten was axed last year.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/752906.stm ITV sent back to the drawing board BBC BBC News 18 May 2000 15 March 2014 20 May – Gary Mullen, performing as Freddie Mercury wins the eleventh series of Stars in Their Eyes on ITV, achieving the highest number of votes for a series winner with over 850,000.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/757246.stm A kind of magic for Stars winner BBC BBC News 21 May 2000 27 April 2014Lister Mark http://www.thefreelibrary.com/FREDDIE+BEAT+BIG+C%3B+Op+saved+Stars+In+Their+Eyes+winner.-a062227141 Freddie beat Big C; Op saved Stars In Their Eyes winner Trinity Mirror The Mirror 22 May 2000 27 April 2014 22 May – Following a hearing at Inner London Crown Court, former Changing Rooms designer Liz Wagstaff is sentenced to twelve months imprisonment for deceiving friends and colleagues out of £54,000 by claiming she needed the money for specialist cancer treatment.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/759073.stm Changing Rooms presenter jailed BBC BBC News 22 May 2000 20 February 2014 24 May – BBC Two airs a special edition of TOTP2 featuring performances from Bon Jovi.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/39567145b1e0483884236620c4ae7b66 https://web.archive.org/web/20181031053228/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/39567145b1e0483884236620c4ae7b66 dead 31 October 2018 TOTP2 – BBC Two England – 24 May 2000 – BBC Genome The Radio Times 18 May 2000 3978 122 30 October 2018 28 May – Debut of the talk show Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned on ITV, presented by David Baddiel and Frank Skinner. 30 May Six cast members of ITV's The Bill are to leave the series, it is reported. They include Peter Ellis who plays Chief Superintendent Brownlow and Billy Murray who plays Detective Sergeant Don Beech.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/769434.stm Bill cast clear-out BBC BBC News 30 May 2000 19 June 2014 The final episode of Ready Steady Cook presented by Fern Britton is broadcast on BBC Two. The first edition of Liquid News is broadcast on BBC Choice. May The licence to run Channel 5's teletext service is awarded to Teletext Ltd and is valid for ten years from 1 July 2002.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 20 November 2008 live The BBC announces that Ainsley Harriott will succeed Fern Britton as the presenter of Ready Steady Cook. June 2 June – Johnny Vaughan confirms he will step down as co-presenter of The Big Breakfast in early 2001.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/774371.stm Vaughan quitting Big Breakfast BBC BBC News 2 June 2000 19 May 2014 4 June 13-year-old Coronation Street character Sarah Platt (played by Tina O'Brien) gives birth to a baby daughter called Bethany, a storyline which intensifies a national public and media frenzy surrounding the topic of teenage pregnancy.Fulton Rick http://www.thefreelibrary.com/I'll+never+be+a+teenage+mum+like+Sarah+Louise%3B+PREGNANT+PAUSE%3A+CORRIE...-a062398642 I'll never be a teenage mum like Sarah Louise; Pregnant pause: Corrie star Tina O'Brien vows that life will not imitate art Trinity Mirror Daily Mirror 1 June 2000 27 April 2014 Marjorie Lang wins the 2000 series of MasterChef. 6 June – Channel 5 airs the one-off game show Naked Jungle as part of its Naturism Week. The show features presenter Keith Chegwin and contestants completing a number of puzzle-type tasks in a jungle environment.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/782463.stm Naked Chegwin show sparks debate BBC BBC News 8 June 2000 19 April 2014 The programme sparks a debate about nudity on television and is mentioned in the House of Commons where Culture Secretary Chris Smith questions the quality of British television content.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/789086.stm Channel 5 criticised in Commons BBC BBC News 16 June 2000 19 April 2014 8 June – After 11 years, Home and Away is shown on ITV for the final time.http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a2928/home-and-away-return-date-confirmed.html#~oErWTKRaHbme0I Home and Away return date confirmed Digital Spy 22 May 2000 16 May 2014 It returns on Channel 5 on 16 July 2001.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1441470.stm Home and Away returns BBC BBC News 16 July 2001 16 May 2014 The show's year-long absence occurs because of a clause in ITV's contract preventing it from being broadcast for at least a year after its ITV run ends. 10 June−2 July – Euro 2000 is held jointly by Belgium and the Netherlands with live coverage broadcast on the BBC and ITV. 14 June – Sky Sports retains the rights to broadcast live FA Premiership football until 2004. The £1.1 billion deal allows the broadcaster to show 66 matches per season and an additional 40 matches per season on a new pay-per-view service in partnership with cable platform NTL. On the same day, ITV secures the rights to league highlights for the same three-year period.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/791268.stm BBC 'sour' over football deal BBC BBC News 15 June 2000 14 January 2024 15 June Patsy Palmer makes her post-EastEnders debut in one-off detective drama McCready and Daughter, while former Coronation Street actress Sarah Lancashire stars in the legal sitcom Chambers.Nancy Banks-Smith https://www.theguardian.com/media/2000/jun/16/tvandradio.television Favourite daughter The Guardian 16 June 2000 16 May 2014 BBC Two airs a special edition of TOTP2 dedicated to ABBA.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/d74895a3bd4f4c20ba9492e99e8c3c83 https://web.archive.org/web/20181031052918/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/d74895a3bd4f4c20ba9492e99e8c3c83 dead 31 October 2018 TOTP2 – BBC Two England – 15 June 2000 – BBC Genome The Radio Times 8 June 2000 3981 108 30 October 2018 The BBC secures a three-year deal for free-to-air rights to The FA Cup and England international matches beginning from the 2001–02 season.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/792719.stm BBC nets equaliser BBC BBC News 15 June 2000 14 January 2024 16 June – ONdigital outbids BSkyB for rights to the Nationwide Football League and the Worthington Cup from the 2001–02 season. The three-season deal is worth £315 million, more than five times the amount of the existing contract with BSkyB.https://www.onhistory.co.uk/timeline/2000/06/16/ondigital-and-itv-win-football-league-and-worthing ONdigital and ITV win football league and worthington cup rights from 2001 ONdigital 16 June 2000 14 January 2024 20 June – A failure at a substation in Shepherd's Bush causes a power cut at BBC Television Centre and leads to major disruption to BBC television and radio services, though its live coverage of England's decisive final group stage match against Romania at Euro 2000 is largely unaffected.Keith Perry https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/jun/21/keithperry Power failure takes BBC news off air The Guardian 21 June 2000 30 June 2014 23 June – Chris Evans presents his final edition of TFI Friday on Channel 4. The show would return in November for its final series with various guest presenters. 28 June – The Broadcasting Standards Commission upholds twelve viewer complaints about the London Weekend Television documentary Aircraft Emergencies which showed slow motion footage of air crashes against the backdrop of dramatic music. The Commission felt the programme was too voyeuristic and would have added to the distress of those involved in the incidents.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/810470.stm Crash documentary 'voyeuristic' BBC BBC News 28 June 2000 17 May 2014 29 June – It is announced that Lisa Riley will leave her role as Emmerdales Mandy Dingle in the Autumn.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/811818.stm Emmerdale's Mandy to bow out BBC BBC News 29 June 2000 6 June 2014 July 1 July – C-Day in the United Kingdom. From that day, most commercial broadcasters begin broadcasting adverts, promotions, and idents in 16:9 widescreen ratio.http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/c-day-widescreen-transmission-switch-set-for-1-july/1197209.article C-Day widescreen transmission switch set for 1 July Broadcast 23 June 2000 16 May 2014 3 July – ITV announces that Emmerdale will air five nights a week from the Autumn.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/817243.stm Emmerdale goes nightly BBC BBC News 3 July 2000 3 April 2014 6 July – The first episode of the new police procedural drama Burnside is broadcast on ITV. 7 July – The final episode of the cookery series Can't Cook, Won't Cook is broadcast on BBC One. 11 July – Eric Richard who plays the long-serving Sergeant Bob Cryer in The Bill is to leave the series, it is reported.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/829012.stm Veteran Bill star to leave BBC BBC News 11 July 2000 19 June 2014 14 July – The hugely popular reality show Big Brother makes its debut on Channel 4, presented by Davina McCall.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/833942.stm Big Brother starts watching BBC BBC News 14 July 2000 16 May 2014 17 July – ITV launches a £500,000 advertising campaign fronted by Jerry Springer which was aimed at repositioning ITV2 as a general entertainment channel. When it launched in December 1998, the channel had promoted itself as a younger alternative to ITV.Poppy Brech https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/media-itv2-hires-springer-viewer-reposition/67596 ITV2 hires Springer for viewer reposition Campaignlive.co.uk 13 July 2000 22 September 2018 20 July – The Independent Television Commission says it will issue a "legally binding" directive to ITV to move its 11pm news bulletin forward an hour if it does not restore News at Ten. The ITC have been concerned about the 11pm bulletin's low ratings.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/843125.stm ITV ordered to move news BBC BBC News 20 July 2000 15 March 2014 22 July – The ten part popular culture series I Love the '70s debuts on BBC Two with I Love 1970http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/dceebb7270c843d684b0de5de1d93392 https://web.archive.org/web/20181118035733/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/dceebb7270c843d684b0de5de1d93392 dead 18 November 2018 I Love the Seventies – BBC Two England – 22 July 2000 BBC Genome BBC 7 July 2017 where each edition was dedicated to a different year of the decade, the series concludes on 23 September with I Love 1979.http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/68fcc64cedcd4970bcf399a62e33f2bb https://web.archive.org/web/20181118035343/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/68fcc64cedcd4970bcf399a62e33f2bb dead 18 November 2018 I Love the Seventies – BBC Two England – 23 September 2000 BBC Genome BBC 7 July 2017 24 July – Debut of the children's series Xchange on BBC One. 27 July – ITV says it will apply for a High Court judicial review into the ITC's decision to order it to move its 11pm news bulletin.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/854295.stm ITV launches court bid over news BBC BBC News 27 July 2000 15 March 2014 28 July – BBC One introduces its daytime soap Doctors into the evening schedule with the first of seven weekly episodes planned to air in the Friday 7pm slot.http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/961792b07fc946d79e89800ac902be3d https://web.archive.org/web/20161127030724/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/961792b07fc946d79e89800ac902be3d dead 27 November 2016 Doctors – BBC One London – 28 July 2000 BBC Genome BBC 20 July 2000 3987 108 2 April 2017 The episodes are shown in that slot up to Friday 1 September,http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/b6e8fe04cfbd42589860109216519b85 https://web.archive.org/web/20161127042310/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/b6e8fe04cfbd42589860109216519b85 dead 27 November 2016 Doctors – BBC One London – 1 September 2000 BBC Genome BBC 24 August 2000 3992 104 2 April 2017 with the final episode of the run airing at 7:00pm on Thursday 7 September.http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/e108c1b3d3624f5f9c366ad30e4c2aed https://web.archive.org/web/20161127030701/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/e108c1b3d3624f5f9c366ad30e4c2aed dead 27 November 2016 Doctors – BBC One London – 7 September 2000 BBC Genome BBC 31 August 2000 3993 92 2 April 2017 August 1 August – The ITN News Channel launches.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/861230.stm ITN joins all-news battle BBC BBC News 1 August 2000 15 March 2014 It is a joint venture between ITN and NTL. 4 August – Liza Tarbuck presents her final edition of The Big Breakfast on Channel 4.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/865722.stm Liza's Big Breakfast tears BBC BBC News 4 August 2000 19 May 2014 Later that same day, it is confirmed that Denise van Outen will return to the show to co-host with Johnny Vaughan from 11 September until he leaves in early 2001.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/866333.stm Van Outen's Breakfast return BBC BBC News 4 August 2000 19 May 2014 6 August – The BBC are considering a reorganisation of their digital channels to replace BBC Choice and BBC Knowledge with BBC Three and BBC Four, it is reported. The new channels would launch in February 2003 and March 2002 respectively.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/868015.stm BBC3 and BBC4 planned BBC BBC News 6 August 2000 10 May 2014 13 August – The first episode of the game show The People Versus is broadcast on ITV, presented by Kirsty Young. The game is unique in that the questions asked to the contestants are submitted by members of the public. 14 August Debut of the hugely popular and long running game show The Weakest Link on BBC Two, presented by Anne Robinson.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 16 May 2014 The cookery series Ready Steady Cook is relaunched with a new format on BBC Two. Regular chef Ainsley Harriott replaces Fern Britton as host, although he already made his presenting debut on the Celebrity edition in June. 16 August – Sophie Long, an aspiring broadcast journalist from Weston-super-Mare is awarded the first Jill Dando bursary, it is reported.http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-64330401.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140611100443/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-64330401.html usurped 11 June 2014 Dando award Birmingham Evening Mail Trinity Mirror 16 August 2000 3 March 2014 HighBeam Research England subscription After later graduating from Falmouth College of Arts, she is taken on by the BBC.https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2002/08_august/09/dando_bursary.shtml BBC Press Office Jill Dando Bursary BBC 9 August 2002 23 March 2014 17 August – Big Brother contestant Nick Bateman is evicted after attempting to influence voting on the reality show.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/884732.stm Big Brother throws out 'Nasty Nick' BBC BBC News 17 August 2000 19 May 2014 24 August – BBC Two announces its Autumn programme lineup. Leading the lineup are new drama Attachments and new comedies Human Remains (then known as Consenting Adults) and Two Pints of Lager and A Packet of Crisps, which doesn't actually debut until 2001.BBC2 UNVEILS NEW AUTUMN HIGHLIGHTS – UK Broadcast News 24/08/2000 https://www.4rfv.co.uk/industrynews/5272/bbc2_unveils_new_autumn_highlights 2023-11-02 www.4rfv.co.uk 25 August – Delivering the annual MacTaggart Lecture at the Edinburgh International Television Festival, BBC Director-General Greg Dyke announces plans to move the BBC Nine O'Clock News to 10pm, ending the bulletin's 30-year run in the 9pm time slot. The change would take place in October.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/895339.stm BBC shifts Nine O'Clock News BBC BBC News 25 August 2000 15 March 2014 26 August – Ian Wright presents the pilot episode of This is My Moment, a singing talent show made by Granada Television. Members of the public were invited to call a premium-rate phoneline to audition for the show, 60 of whom were chosen to perform in front of a panel at Granada Studios. Of those, five were then selected to appear on the show. The public are encouraged to vote for their favourite act, with the number of calls determining the overall prize money.http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Ringing+in+for+a+tilt+at+fame.-a064350087 Ringing in for a tilt at fame. – Free Online Library Trinity Mirror Coventry Evening Telegraph 17 August 2000 21 August 2014 28 August The BBC is to buy the Steven Spielberg produced World War II drama Band of Brothers, the most expensive television series made to date. It will air on BBC One in 2001.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/898537.stm BBC buys Spielberg war drama BBC BBC News 28 August 2000 15 March 2014 The first episode of the countryside drama Down to Earth airs on BBC One, starring Pauline Quirke and Warren Clarke. 30 August EastEnders announces the arrival of the Slater family who will join the soap in mid-September as a replacement for the Di Marco family.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/903679.stm Seven move in to Albert Square BBC BBC News 30 August 2000 23 May 2015 ITV announces plans to resurrect Crossroads with an updated format in 2001. The channel will also launch a London-based soap to rival EastEnders which is provisionally titled Trafalgar Road.Matt Wells https://www.theguardian.com/media/2000/aug/31/itv.mondaymediasection ITV fights back with old and new soaps The Guardian 31 August 2000 27 May 2014 31 August – Reports indicate that David Liddiment at ITV has entered discussions with Peter Bazalgette, creative director of Endemol, over Big Brother moving to ITV for its second series. These are unsuccessful, and the show remains on Channel 4.CHANNEL 4 FACES BIDDING WAR FOR 'BIG BROTHER' – UK Broadcast News 31/08/2000 https://www.4rfv.co.uk/industrynews/5194/channel_4_faces_bidding_war_for_big_brother 2023-11-02 www.4rfv.co.uk September 1–2 September – Sky One hosts a special weekend dedicated to celebrating the tenth anniversary of The Simpsons in the UK. 2 September – Debut of the comedy series Lily Live! on ITV, presented by Paul O'Grady as Lily Savage. 3 September The US sitcom Malcolm in the Middle makes its UK debut on Sky One. Channel 4 airs the network television premiere of Elizabeth, Shekhar Kapur's 1998 biographical period drama with Australian actress Cate Blanchett as the title role of Queen Elizabeth I, as well as British stars including Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Fiennes, Richard Attenborough and John Gielgud in his last feature film appearance. 4 September – Debut of the police drama Waking the Dead on BBC One. 5 September – The BBC has given its permission for Teletubbies to be used in promotional material for a controversial windfarm in Wales in order to help win over critics.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/911396.stm WALES | Teletubbies turn to wind power BBC News 5 September 2000 13 January 2018 7 September – Gretchen Franklin makes her final EastEnders appearance as Ethel Skinner. The character is involved in a controversial euthanasia storyline after asking her friend Dot Cotton (June Brown) to help her end her life because she has terminal cancer.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/920286.stm Street's love triangle boost BBC BBC News 11 September 2000 27 April 2014Stewart Tony http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Soap+box%3A+The+Rev's+harsh+lesson%3B+This+week+Bible-bashing,+brawls+and...-a064963885 Soap box: The Rev's harsh lesson; This week Bible-bashing, brawls and a birthday bawl The Mirror Trinity Mirror 2 September 2000 27 April 2014 8 September – Foreign affairs documentary Unreported World makes its debut on Channel 4. 11 September Granada Media plc agrees to acquire 45% of Irish commercial broadcaster TV3 from the channel's original consortium as part of a deal giving TV3 the right to simulcast programming with ITV.David Teather https://www.theguardian.com/media/2000/sep/12/broadcasting.business Granada buys 45% stake in Ireland's fast-growing TV3 The Guardian 12 September 2000 11 April 2012 BBC One airs Episode 2000 of EastEnders. Debut of the chat show The Wright Stuff on Channel 5, presented by Matthew Wright. Debut of the sitcom Time Gentlemen Please on Sky One, starring Al Murray. Debut of the long running property series A Place in the Sun on Channel 4. 12 September As the fuel protests begin to affect motorists and businesses, Sky News introduces its news ticker and regular updates to keep viewers informed of events concerning the developing crisis. BBC News and ITV News begin regular updates the following day. Through the duration of the crisis, the rolling news channels see an increase in viewers, while audiences for bulletins on BBC One and ITV increase by as much as 50 percent, their highest since the Kosovo War.Claire Cozens https://www.theguardian.com/media/2000/sep/18/mondaymediasection.oilandpetrol Media: Petrol crisis The Guardian 18 September 2000 2 April 2017 Debut of Jailbreak, a reality show described as Channel 5's answer to Big Brother, in which contestants can win £100,000 by escaping from a mock prison. The three-week show, presented by Craig Charles, Ruth England and Charlie Stayt is criticised by prisoners' groups.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/913064.stm Craig Charles to host Jailbreak BBC BBC News 6 September 2000 2 April 2014 Roberta Woodhouse, Hannah Davies and Laura Hawkins become the first contestants to escape on 23 September.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/938751.stm Jailbreak trio escape BBC BBC News 23 September 2000 2 April 2014 13 September – Peter Salmon, current Controller of BBC One is appointed the broadcaster's new Director of Sport.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/922975.stm Salmon leaps into BBC Sport BBC BBC News 13 September 2000 15 March 2014 14 September – Lorraine Heggessey is appointed Controller of BBC One, becoming the first woman to hold the post. She will take over from present Controller, Peter Salmon on 1 November.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/924616.stm First woman to run BBC One BBC BBC News 14 September 2000 15 March 2014 15 September The first series of Big Brother on Channel 4 is won by Craig Phillips. He announces that he will be giving his £70,000 prize to his friend Joanne Harris who has Down syndrome to pay for her heart and lung transplant. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/926933.stm Craig wins Big Brother BBC News 15 September 2000 26 April 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090609002855/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/926933.stm 9 June 2009 live After eleven years on the air, the final edition of Breakfast News is broadcast on BBC One. 15 September–1 October – The BBC broadcasts the 2000 Olympic Games with live coverage on BBC One from late evening until the following lunchtime. BBC Two provides alternative live mid-morning coverage during the first week. 18 September Launch of The Community Channel, a free-to-air television channel wholly owned by Media Trust and supported by major broadcasters including the BBC. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2000/sep/13/guardiansocietysupplement9 Action station The Guardian Celia Locke 13 September 2000 25 May 2009 The Independent Television Commission rejects viewer complaints about Channel 5's Naked Jungle in which contestants and presenter Keith Chegwin were seen naked because it was aired after the watershed and did not breach decency regulations.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/930201.stm Nude game show 'in good taste' BBC BBC News 18 September 2000 19 April 2014 The Slater family make their debut in EastEnders. 19 September – Debut of the long-running sitcom My Family on BBC One. 20 September – BBC Two airs a special 1970s edition of TOTP2.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/e9c45cd13f42471e8ed26bb2342c7102 https://web.archive.org/web/20181031053625/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/e9c45cd13f42471e8ed26bb2342c7102 dead 31 October 2018 TOTP2 – BBC Two England – 20 September 2000 – BBC Genome The Radio Times 14 September 2000 3995 100 30 October 2018 21 September – ITV announces the return of News at Ten which will air on at least three nights a week from the New Year. The decision comes a week before a judicial review into the ITC's order for the bulletin to be restored was to be heard.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/936111.stm ITV News at Ten returns BBC BBC News 21 September 2000 15 March 2014 23 September The final edition of Fully Booked is broadcast on BBC Two. This brings to an end of an almost 20 year run of Summer-only Saturday morning children's magazine shows on the BBC. The US animated series Futurama makes its terrestrial debut on Channel 4. 25 September – Debut of the seven-part series S Club 7 Go Wild! on BBC One. 27 September – BBC Two airs a special edition of TOTP2 featuring the hits of John Lennon and presented by Yoko Ono.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/c9be5d71cde54f9bbe5a02d9d232c7e7 https://web.archive.org/web/20181031054554/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/c9be5d71cde54f9bbe5a02d9d232c7e7 dead 31 October 2018 TOTP2 – BBC Two England – 27 September 2000 – BBC Genome The Radio Times 21 September 2000 3996 102 30 October 2018 29 September – Debut of the sitcom Black Books on Channel 4. 30 September BBC One airs A Song for Jill, a special gala concert paying tribute to Jill Dando, featuring some of her favourite artists. The concert was arranged to raise funds for the Jill Dando Institute, a crime science unit planned in her memory.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/939641.stm BBC shows Dando concert BBC BBC News 30 September 2000 19 April 2014https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/52c8a26fb0a64f32bdd9e2b48fa79225 https://web.archive.org/web/20150409075509/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/52c8a26fb0a64f32bdd9e2b48fa79225 dead 9 April 2015 A Song for Jill – BBC One London – 30 September 2000 – BBC Genome The Radio Times 28 September 2000 3997 84 Debut of the documentary series A History of Britain on BBC Two, presented by Simon Schama. September–October – Jacky Rowland, the BBC News Foreign Correspondent in Yugoslavia is expelled from that country in the wake of the presidential election that saw Vojislav Koštunica defeat Slobodan Milošević for alleged biased reporting. However, it later emerges that Rowland did not leave Yugoslavia, but stayed in hiding as events surrounding the overthrow of Slobodan Milošević unfolded before emerging to report on its conclusion.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/957571.stm Jacky Rowland Exiled from Yugoslavia BBC BBC News 5 October 2000 27 April 2012 https://books.google.com/books?id=vdmCQSPw47QC&q=Jacky+Rowland+expelled+yesterday&pg=PT31 From Our Own Correspondent: A Celebration of Fifty Years of the BBC Radio Profile Books Grant, Tony 2005 37 Jacky Rowland: Revolution in Belgrade, Serbia 1847651062 October 1 October BBC One airs live coverage of the Closing Ceremony of the 2000 Olympic Games.http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/7ecb7fef04a7493496432356a31cf77b https://web.archive.org/web/20231102191608/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/7ecb7fef04a7493496432356a31cf77b dead 2 November 2023 Olympic Grandstand – BBC One London – 1 October 2000 – BBC Genome October 2000 Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk 2022-06-08 BBC One airs Return of Nick Cotton, an EastEnders spin-off episode featuring the character of Nick Cotton.http://www.thefreelibrary.com/It's+the+return+of+the+real+Nasty+Nick%3B+Soap+watch.-a065617458 It's the return of the real Nasty Nick; Soap watch. – Free Online Library Trinity Mirror Daily Record 30 September 2000 27 April 2014https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/10_october/02/nick1.shtml BBC Press Office Nick Cotton – in depth profile BBC 2 October 2008 27 April 2014https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/3e2dd6d474814e44a783af761e02d804 https://web.archive.org/web/20181023200631/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/3e2dd6d474814e44a783af761e02d804 dead 23 October 2018 EastEnders: Return of Nick Cotton – BBC One London – 1 October 2000 – BBC Genome The Radio Times 28 September 2000 3997 92 23 October 2018 Channel 5's Jailbreak concludes after three weeks on the air. Sky One airs Blackadder Back and Forth which is watched by 1.4 million viewers.http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a1228/blackadder-ratings-hit.html#~oC5HPa3FoDn110 Blackadder ratings hit Digital Spy 3 October 2000 21 April 2014 2 October Q TV a television music channel based on Q Magazine, is launched.http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/digitaltv/a1186/qtv-from-october-2nd.html QTV from October 2nd Digital Spy James Welsh 22 September 2000 10 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20121010173439/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/digitaltv/a1186/qtv-from-october-2nd.html 10 October 2012 live ITV soap Emmerdale begins airing five nights a week. The first edition of the BBC's revamped breakfast news programme Breakfast is broadcast. The new programme is carried on both BBC One and BBC News 24. Previously, they had aired their own breakfast programme Breakfast 24. 3 October – The BBC confirms it will move its Nine O'Clock News to 10pm from 16 October to compete with ITV's relaunch of News at Ten. The announcement causes surprise as it had been expected the changes would take effect from October 2001.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/954363.stm BBC news move to go ahead BBC BBC News 3 October 2000 28 April 2014 Politicians from all major political parties criticise the BBC's decision, fearing it will affect news quality.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/955187.stm BBC news move 'senseless' BBC BBC News 3 October 2000 15 March 2014 4 October Prince Charles joins several television personalities, including Gaby Roslin and Des Lynam to promote Loud Tie Day, a campaign to raise awareness of bowel cancer.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/956355.stm Prince Charles talks 'bowels' BBC BBC News 4 October 2000 24 May 2014 Comedy sketches involving abortion, dead babies and people with disabilities that appeared in episodes of Channel 4's Jam are criticised by the Broadcasting Standards Commission because they went "beyond acceptable boundaries in their treatment of issues of particular sensitivity which required greater respect for the vulnerability of those depicted".https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/956452.stm Channel 4 comedy 'unacceptable' BBC BBC News 4 October 2000 17 May 2014 5 October – The launch of bid-up.tv, later bid.tv. 7 October The Saturday morning children's series Live & Kicking is relaunched on BBC One, featuring former Blue Peter presenter Katy Hill, Sarah Cawood, Ortis Deley and Trey Farley.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/916766.stm Live & Kicking gets new look BBC BBC News 8 September 2000 23 October 2018 ITV broadcasts highlightsThe Guardian listings, page 185, 7 October 2000– via Newspapers.com of the England v Germany World Cup qualifying match, the last-ever football match to be played at the original Wembley Stadium. The match is broadcast live exclusively on Sky SportsThe Guardian listings, page 417, 7 October 2000 and 45 minutes after the final whistle, England manager Kevin Keegan announces his immediate resignation live on air. 9 October The US/Canadian science-fiction television series Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda debuts on Sky One. BBC One airs the Panorama documentary Who Bombed Omagh? which names individuals questioned by police over the 1998 Omagh bombing.Ronnie Flanagan https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/panorama/archive/960057.stm Programmes | Panorama | Archive | Who Bombed Omagh? October 9 2000 BBC News 9 October 2000 13 January 2018 The programme is praised by Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Mandelson as "a very powerful and very professional piece of work",https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/964642.stm Named Omagh 'suspect' in court BBC News 10 October 2000 8 November 2017 but is criticised by Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern who warns that "bandying around names on television" could hinder attempts to secure convictions and First Minister David Trimble who says he has "very grave doubts" about it. The programme has also been the subject of legal action by Lawrence Rush whose wife Elizabeth died in the bombing and who sought an injunction to block it from being broadcast.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/964661.stm Omagh programme was 'media justice' BBC News 10 October 2000 8 November 2017 11 October – Coronation Street airs its first hour-long late-night episode in which a siege occurs at the Freshco supermarket. Its broadcast at 10pm features frequent swearing and violence. 12 October – The drama series Fat Friends makes its debut on ITV. 13 October – The flagship BBC One news programme the Nine O'Clock News ends after a run of 30 years after the BBC earlier announced that it was to move the bulletin to 10pm. The BBC News at Ten is launched on Monday 16 October. The change attracts criticism from both the National Consumer Council and the Culture Secretary Chris Smith. The BBC Nine O'Clock News also moves to its dedicated channel, BBC News 24 on the same day. ITV later announces its intention to reinstate News at Ten from January 2001. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1602328.stm Ten O'Clock News tension BBC News 16 October 2001 30 March 2009 16 October Oxfordshire, once part of the BBC's South East region, becomes part of South Today. The first BBC News at Ten is broadcast on BBC One. 17 October – The network television premiere of Men in Black on BBC One, starring Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Fiorentino, Vincent D'Onofrio and Rip Torn. 20 October – Have I Got News for You returns for a new series, moving from BBC Two to BBC One.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/955986.stm Meldrew leads BBC ratings charge BBC BBC News 4 October 2000 15 March 2014 21 October Parkinson returns to BBC One for a new series as part of its Saturday night schedule, having previously aired on Fridays since its relaunch in 1998.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/959243.stm Parkinson's Saturday comeback BBC BBC News 6 October 2000 11 November 2018 Helicopter pilot Duncan Bickley loses £218,000 on ITV's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? after incorrectly answering the £500,000 question. Having reached £250,000 his winnings dropped back to £32,000 after he gave the wrong answer to a question about the name of the aircraft in which Amy Johnson flew solo to Australia in 1930.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/986803.stm Who wants to lose a fortune? BBC BBC News 23 October 2000 16 May 2014 26 October – 15-year-old Sonia Jackson, a character in EastEnders played by Natalie Cassidy, unexpectedly gives birth to a baby girl called Chloe which comes four months after ITV's Coronation Street ran a similar teenage pregnancy storyline.Methven Nicola http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Baby+for+EastEnd+Sonia,+16.-a064964421 Baby for EastEnd Sonia, 16 Trinity Mirror The Mirror 5 September 2000 27 April 2014https://www.theguardian.com/media/2000/oct/26/1 Today's media stories from the papers The Guardian 26 October 2000 27 April 2014Hendry Steve http://www.thefreelibrary.com/I+wouldn't+want+Sonia+to+be+sexy%3B+Cover+story.-a083638751 I wouldn't want Sonia to be sexy; Cover story Trinity Mirror Sunday Mail 10 March 2002 27 April 2014 28 October Footballer David Beckham appears on BBC One's Parkinson, telling the host that he plans to become "the best footballer in the world" while at Manchester United.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/994659.stm Beckham plans to be world's best BBC BBC News 27 October 2000 29 May 2014 Channel 4 airs a season of horror films under the title FilmFear which includes Death Race 2000 and the British television premiere of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, banned in the UK until 1999.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/974619.stm https://web.archive.org/web/20130107215207/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/974619.stm 7 January 2013 Screen 'video nasty' hits Channel 4 16 October 2000 BBC BBC News 4 July 2012 live Egan Kate Trash or Treasure?: Censorship and the Changing Meanings of the Video Nasties Manchester University Press 2008 illustrated 243 978-0-7190-7232-1 30 October The game show Blockbusters relaunches on Sky One for a second time, presented by Liza Tarbuck. The League of Gentlemen embark on their first national stage tour, originally planning 14 dates but ending up completing 111. 31 October – The Weakest Link makes its BBC One debut as part of the channel's evening schedule.http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/384a4df5eb6c49bb8a171c2158c497fd https://web.archive.org/web/20170412150152/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/384a4df5eb6c49bb8a171c2158c497fd dead 12 April 2017 Weakest Link: Champions' League – BBC One London – 31 October 2000 BBC Genome BBC 4 May 2017 Billed as the Champions' League, the series sees winning contestants from BBC Two's daytime version of the quiz return to compete for a £20,000 prize, double the amount offered by the daytime show.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/986377.stm BBC criticised for quiz cash BBC BBC News 23 October 2000 16 May 2014 November 2 November As Channel 4 reaches its 18th birthday, a special edition of Countdown celebrates the show's 18th anniversary. Instead of the usual contestants, Gyles Brandreth and Mark Nyman take on Jo Brand and Damian Eadie in the letters and numbers quiz, while Richard Whiteley and Carol Vorderman recall their memories of the show's beginnings.Jones Ian http://www.offthetelly.co.uk/oldott/www.offthetelly.co.uk/indexb7cb.html?p=5892 Countdown Off The Telly 2 November 2000 29 July 2014 Mother-of-two Kate Heusser becomes UK television's biggest female prize winner after winning £500,000 on ITV's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. Later this month, the show would have its first £1 million winner.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1004606.stm Millionaire contestant wins £500,000 BBC BBC News 3 November 2000 13 May 2014 6–10 November – Channel 4 celebrates 18 years of Brookside with a run of five episodes over four nights in which viewers learn details of the demise of Susannah Morrisey (played by Karen Drury) through a series of flashbacks.https://www.theguardian.com/observer/screen/story/0,6903,389315,00.html Close encounters | Screen | The Observer Theguardian.com 28 February 2011 13 January 2018 10 November Channel 5 have commissioned a six-part run of Late Night with Jerry Springer, a new late-night chat show that will begin airing weekly from 22 November. Guests on the series will include Steven Berkoff, Louise Redknapp, Billie Piper, Dani Behr, Marc Almond and Fay Ripley.Jason Deans https://www.theguardian.com/media/2000/nov/10/channelfive.broadcasting Springer returns to British TV | Media The Guardian 10 November 2000 13 January 2018 TFI Friday returns to Channel 4 for its final series, featuring various guest presenters in place of Chris Evans who left in June. The first guest presenters were the Spice Girls. 13 November – BBC News reports that Russian state broadcaster RTR has bought the popular children's series Teletubbies, a programme unlike anything it has aired before.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1020408.stm ENTERTAINMENT | Teletubbies head for Russia BBC News 13 November 2000 13 January 2018 15 November – ITV airs The Remorseful Day, the final episode of the Inspector Morse series.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1026453.stm Morse's end draws 12 million BBC BBC News 16 November 2000 11 June 2014 16 November – Tony Blair's Chief of Communications Alastair Campbell tells political journalists that US-style televised election debates are virtually inevitable and that inter-party talks are under way to establish ground rules for such a debate, as long as the "chemistry" is right.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/1026838.stm Blair and Hague set for TV clash BBC BBC News 16 November 2000 31 March 2016 17 November BBC One airs the 2000 Children in Need telethon. By the following day, it has raised £12m for charity, surpassing the 1999 total of £11.2m.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1027515.stm Children in Need raises £12m BBC BBC News 18 November 2000 23 October 2018 FilmFour airs Gough Lewis's controversial 1999 documentary Sex: The Annabel Chong Story.https://www.theguardian.com/media/2000/nov/17/tvandradio.television2 Watch this Paul Howlett Will Hodgkinson 17 November 2000 The Guardian 14 September 2018 20 November – Judith Keppel becomes the first contestant to win £1 million on ITV's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. On the same evening, the final episode of the long-running sitcom One Foot in the Grave is shown on BBC One in the same timeslot. It is later speculated that Keppel's win was fixed so that ITV would draw ratings away from BBC One. However, the ITC clears Celador and ITV of the allegations.Millionaire? cleared of ratings 'fix' BBC News https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1118212.stm 15 January 2001 26 April 2009 23 November The BBC and ITV announce plans for two one-hour televised leaders debates during the run-up to the next general election. Subject to the leaders of Britain's three main political parties agreeing to participate, a debate would be held by each broadcaster and chaired by David and Jonathan Dimbleby respectively.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/1037224.stm TV challenge for party leaders BBC BBC News 23 November 2000 10 April 2014 However, after Prime Minister Tony Blair declines to take part in January 2001,https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/1122468.stm Blair's 'blue funk' over TV debate BBC BBC News 18 January 2001 10 April 2014 three separate question and answer sessions involving a single leader are held by each network during the 2001 election campaign.Lisa O'Carroll Ashley Davies https://www.theguardian.com/media/2001/may/09/generalelection.broadcasting BBC clears schedules for election coverage The Guardian 9 May 2001 10 April 2014http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a2760/itv-announces-election-plans.html#~oB2qQdtfQFn07F ITV announces election plans Digital Spy 2 April 2001 10 April 2014 Amanda Barrie who plays Alma Halliwell in Coronation Street announces her intention to leave the soap in Summer 2001.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1037727.stm Alma to leave the Street BBC BBC News 23 November 2000 11 June 2014 28 November – Filming has begun on the new series of Crossroads, BBC News reports. The revived soap would begin airing on ITV in March 2001.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1045067.stm Cameras roll on Crossroads remake BBC BBC News 28 November 2000 28 June 2014 November – UK Play is renamed Play UK. December 1 December – The BBC apologises to ITV for suggesting it rigged Judith Keppel's win on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? as part of a ratings battle.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1050290.stm BBC says sorry in ratings row BBC BBC News 1 December 2000 29 June 2014 2 December – Nicola Kirsch wins the twelfth series of Stars in Their Eyes on ITV, performing as Maria Callas.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1052579.stm Stars win for opera diva BBC BBC News 3 December 2000 27 April 2014 8 December SMG acquires a 14.9% stake in Scottish Radio Holdings.Milmo Dan https://www.theguardian.com/media/2000/dec/08/citynews.broadcasting Scottish Media Group buys SRH stake The Guardian 8 December 2000 10 January 2016https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/1061693.stm Shares soar after radio deal BBC News 8 December 2000 22 June 2013 and four months later it increases its stake to 27.7%.http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/news/13097/Scottish-Media-Group-increases-stake-Scottish-Radio/?DCMP=ILC-SEARCH Scottish Media Group increases stake in Scottish Radio Media Week 7 March 2001 22 June 2013 Coronation Street celebrates its 40th year on the air by broadcasting a live hour-long episode. Prince Charles makes a cameo in the episode, appearing in a pre-recorded segment as himself in an ITV News bulletin report, presented by Trevor McDonald.bbc.co.uk Prince stars in live soap https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1061585.stm 29 March 2009 8 December 2000 BBC One airs Freddie Mercury: The Untold Story, a documentary in which friends and relatives of Freddie Mercury recall their memories of the Queen frontman.http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/d7860cfedc034f83a3f74be2d9dc5f22 https://web.archive.org/web/20200903141856/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/d7860cfedc034f83a3f74be2d9dc5f22 dead 3 September 2020 Freddie Mercury: the Untold Story – BBC One London – 8 December 2000 BBC Genome BBC 30 November 2000 4006 132 25 July 2017 9 December – Westlife's single "My Love" wins the 2000 Record of the Year, giving the Irish boyband their second win in a row.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1063833.stm Westlife win Record of the Year BBC BBC News 10 December 2000 27 May 2014 10 December – Rower Steve Redgrave is named as this year's BBC Sports Personality of the Year.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/in_depth/2000/sports_personality/1064725.stm Redgrave voted Britain's best BBC Sport BBC 10 December 2000 7 November 2015 11 December BBC One airs a BBC News special, Prince William in Chile, showing footage of Prince William's charity expedition to Chilean Patagonia with Raleigh International. The prince was interviewed and filmed during the ten-week trip, with an interview released to the media on 10 December.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1064991.stm?storyLink=%252523 Rugged prince scores PR triumph BBC BBC News 11 December 2000 28 May 2014 The Independent Television Commission criticises Channel 4's early evening scheduling of US TV series Angel, a drama about a reformed vampire which it says includes scenes "reminiscent of a late-night horror film". The channel aired edited episodes of the series in the early evening, but some viewers had complained it was inappropriate for children, while others had complained about the scenes being cut. The ITC felt that three of the edited episodes had still contained unsuitable matter for family viewing. The series has since been moved to a later time slot where it can be aired uncut.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1065099.stm TV watchdog raps vampire series BBC BBC News 11 December 2000 3 May 2014 The final episode of the children's series Sooty Heights is broadcast on ITV. 12 December – Culture Secretary Chris Smith announces plans for the creation of the Office of Communications (Ofcom), a watchdog that would oversee the regulation of the UK broadcasting and telecommunications industries and take over responsibility from several current bodies, including the Broadcasting Standards Commission and Office of Telecommunications.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1066488.stm Single watchdog for broadcasters BBC BBC News 12 December 2000 3 May 2014 17 December – "Can We Fix It?", the theme tune to the CBBC series Bob the Builder, tops the UK Singles Chart, becoming this year's Christmas number one.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1075463.stm Bob the Builder makes number one BBC BBC News 17 December 2000 25 March 2016 18 December – The British Film Institute publishes its list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes of the 20th century. Compiled by a poll of industry professionals, Fawlty Towers tops the list, followed by Cathy Come Home and Doctor Who. 21 December – Channel 5's 12-part series X-Rated which includes reviews of pornographic films is criticised as unacceptable by the Independent Television Commission after it showed clips of an R18 film that can only be bought from specialist suppliers.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1080561.stm C5 porn reviews 'unacceptable' BBC BBC News 21 December 2000 3 May 2014 22 December A contestant in the grand final of Series 29 of the Channel 4 quiz show Fifteen to One who cannot be identified for legal reasons, is edited out of the episode. The contestant, standing at position 4, is eliminated in the first round, having answered two questions incorrectly. The two questions are cut from the sequence, while the camera jumps from positions 3 to 5. From Round 2, the show continues as normal. The final edition of the Channel 4 entertainment show TFI Friday is broadcast. It is later revived for a one-off special and then a full series in 2015. 23 December – ITV shows the 1993 Tim Burton animated film, The Nightmare Before Christmas for the first time. 24 December – Channel 4 shows the 1999 version of A Christmas Carol starring Patrick Stewart, Richard E. Grant and Dominic West. 25 December – BBC One airs the UK television premiere of James Cameron's 1997 Oscar Winning Blockbuster, Titanic, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. Overnight figures of the premiere attracts an audience of 9.9 million. ITV has seven of the top ten most watched programmes of the day. Other popular Christmas Day shows include Coronation Street (ITV, 13.7m), EastEnders (BBC One, 12.1m) and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (ITV, 11.1m).https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1088293.stm Street wins festive ratings fight BBC BBC News 26 December 2000 29 June 2014 27 December BBC One airs a celebrity edition of Robot Wars, participants include Vic Reeves, Chris Eubank and boy band Five.http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/b3635d50744e42418d3607fe8569fb1b https://web.archive.org/web/20170403112255/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/b3635d50744e42418d3607fe8569fb1b dead 3 April 2017 Celebrity Robot Wars – BBC One London – 27 December 2000 BBC Genome BBC 21 December 2000 4009 112 2 April 2017 ITV airs Sinatra: Good Guy Bad Guy, a programme investigating Frank Sinatra's alleged links to the Mafia. The film was made without the permission of the Sinatra family and includes friends and colleagues discussing the late singer, some talking about him for the first time.Young Graham http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-17670888.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140629120643/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-17670888.html usurped 29 June 2014 No stranger this night! Trinity Mirror Birmingham Evening Mail subscription HighBeam Research 27 December 2000 England 28 May 2014 December – SMG acquires a 14.9% stake in Scottish Radio Holdings. Four months later, it increases its stake to 27.7%. Debuts BBC 1 January – Castaway 2000 (2000–2001) 4 January The Ghost Hunter (2000–2002) Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes (2000–2001) 7 January – Yoho Ahoy (2000–2001) 9 January – Second Sight (2000–2001) 13 January – Beast (2000–2001) 17 January – Gormenghast (2000) 23 January – Clocking Off (2000–2003) 4 February – My Hero (2000–2006) 14 February – Nature Boy (2000) 20 February – Hyperlinks (2000–2001) 23 February Hero to Zero (2000) Child of Our Time (2000–present) 25 February – Perfect World (2000–2001) 27 February – Monarch of the Glen (2000–2005) 28 February – Bruiser (2000) 29 February – Blouse and Skirt (2000) 6 March – Cry Wolf (2000) 13 March – Bargain Hunt (2000–present) 16 March – Dirty Work (2000) 18 March – Randall & Hopkirk (2000–2001) 20 March – Techno Games (2000–2003) 26 March – Doctors (2000–2024) 2 April – Deceit (2000) 3 April – 64 Zoo Lane (2000–2013) 6 April – L.A. 7 (2000) 7 April – Sheeep (2000–2001) 10 April – Madame Bovary (2000) 23 April – Football Fever (2000–2001) 26 April – The Big Impression (2000–2004) 30 April – Hearts and Bones (2000–2001) 2 May – Fish (2000) 11 May – Nice Girl (2000) 12 May – Coupling (2000–2004) 30 May – Liquid News (2000–2004) 1 June – Clarkson's Car Years (2000) 15 June McCready and Daughter (2000–2001) Chambers (2000–2001) 26 June – The Syndicate (2000) 27 June – A Many Splintered Thing (2000) 13 July – Head on Comedy (2000) 16 July – Border Cafe (2000) 22 July – I Love the '70s (2000) 24 July – Xchange (2000–2006) 25 July – Glasgow Kiss (2000) 7 August – Tinsel Town (2000–2001) 14 August – The Weakest Link (2000–2012, 2017–present) 28 August – Down to Earth (2000–2005) 4 September – Waking the Dead (2000–2011) 10 September – Other People's Children (2000) 11 September – A Likeness in Stone (2000) 19 September – My Family (2000–2011) 25 September The Magic Key (2000–2001) S Club 7 Go Wild! (2000) 26 September Attachments (2000–2002) Marion and Geoff (2000–2003) 27 September – Big Kids (2000) 30 September – A History of Britain (2000–2002) 2 October – Breakfast (2000–present) 8 October Care (2000) Top of the Pops Plus (2000–2001) 12 October – The Lampies (2000–2001) 16 October – BBC News at Ten (2000–present) 20 October – Too Much Sun (2000) 24 October – The Sins (2000) 6 November – What the Romans Did for Us (2000) 13 November – Human Remains (2000) 15 November – State of the Planet (2000) 24 November – Conquistadors (2000) 26 November – Take a Girl Like You (2000) 26 December – The Sleeper (2000) 28 December – Donovan Quick (2000) ITV (Including ITV and ITV2) 4 January Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids (2000–2006, 2011–2012) Dog and Duck (2000–2003) 5 January Bomber (2000) Meeow! (2000–2002) 7 January – Whatever I Want (2000) 10 January Life Force (2000) Little Grey Rabbit (2000–2001) 20 January – At Home with the Braithwaites (2000–2003) 21 January The Secret (2000) The Unforgettable (2000–2002, 2010–2012) 26 January – This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper (2000) 11 February – Reach for the Moon (2000) 1 March – Big Meg, Little Meg (2000–2001) 10 March – The Baskervilles (2000) 12 March – Hero of the Hour (2000) 13 March Savage Planet (2000–2000s) The Blind Date (2000) 19 March – Seeing Red (2000) 26 March – The Last Musketeer (2000) 27 March – Monsignor Renard (2000) 2 April – Bob Martin (2000–2001) 23 April – The Railway Children (2000) 24 April – Cor, Blimey! (2000) 26 April – Rebus (2000–2007) 1 May – Metropolis (2000) 11 May – Harry and the Wrinklies (2000–2002) 17 May – Lady Audley's Secret (2000) 28 May – Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned (2000–2005) 7 June – The Coral Island (2000) 25 June – Up Rising (2000) 26 June – In Defence (2000) 6 July – Burnside (2000) 12 July – Pay and Display (2000) 13 August – The People Versus (2000–2002) 31 August – Safe As Houses (2000) 2 September – Lily Live! (2000–2001) 3 September – Anchor Me (2000) 7 September – Blind Ambition (2000) 17 September – My Fragile Heart (2000) 21 September – Preston Pig (2000) 24 September – Dirty Tricks (2000) 1 October – Lenny Blue (2000–2002) (also known as Tough Love) 2 October – Without Motive (2000–2001) 12 October – Fat Friends (2000–2005) 23 November – Close and True (2000) 24 November – A Dinner of Herbs (2000) Channel 4 12 January – Shipwrecked (2000–2001, 2006–2009, E4: 2011–2012, 2019) 13 January – That Peter Kay Thing (2000) 14 January – Trigger Happy TV (2000–2003) 16 January – The Wilsons (2000) 23 March – Jam / Jaaaaam (2000) 30 March – Da Ali G Show (2000–2004) 25 April – The Secret World of Michael Fry (2000) 9 May Anna Karenina (2000) Walter: The Secret Life of a Victorian Pornographer (2000) 29 May – Lock, Stock... (2000) 14 July – Big Brother (Channel 4: 2000–2010, Channel 5: 2011–2018, ITV2: 2023–present) 8 September – Unreported World (2000—present) 11 September – A Place in the Sun (2000—present) 23 September – Futurama (1999–2013) 29 September – Black Books (2000–2004) 30 September – The Kids from Room 402 (1999–2001) 18 October – North Square (2000) 27 December – Mind Control (2000–2003) Unknown – Stark Raving Mad (1999–2000) Channel 5 17 May – Urban Gothic (2000–2001) 18 May – Ex-Rated (2000) 22 May – Animal Airport (2000) 6 June – Naked Jungle (2000) 11 September – The Wright Stuff (2000–present) 12 September – Jailbreak (2000) November – Headless (2000) 26 December – Audrey and Friends (2000; 2002) S4C 6 June – Porc Peis Bach (2000–2005) Unknown – The Celts (2000–?) Unknown – Hacio (2000–present) Play UK Unknown – TOTP@Play (2000–2001) Sky One 7 January – Angel (1999–2004) 10 January The West Wing (1999–2006) Shasta McNasty (1999–2000) 11 January – Third Watch (1999–2005) 15 February – The Strangerers (2000) 9 April – The 10th Kingdom (2000) 17 April – Mega Babies (1999–2001) 6 July – Popular (1999–2001) 24 August – Once and Again (1999–2002) 3 September – Malcolm in the Middle (2000–2006) 11 September Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New Show (2000) Time Gentlemen Please (2000–2002) Titus (2000–2002) 24 September Higher Ground (2000) Relic Hunter (1999–2002) 9 October – Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda (2000–2005) 29 October – TV Years (2000–2001) 12 November – The Stretch (2000) Undated – Get Real (1999–2000) Unknown – Roswell (1999–2002) Disney Channel UK 4 September – Monster by Mistake (1996–2003) 8 September – The Weekenders (2000–2004) Nickelodeon UK 3 January – SpongeBob SquarePants (1999–present) 4 September – Saved By The Bell (1989–1994) Nick Jr. UK Unknown Hooley Dooleys (2001) Little Bill (1999–2004) Cartoon Network UK 11 January – Courage the Cowardly Dog (1999–2002) 2 February – Mike, Lu and Og (1999–2001) 28 February – Fat Dog Mendoza (2000–2001)https://www.awn.com/news/fat-dog-makes-his-home-uk Fat Dog Makes His Home in UK 6 March – Dragon Ball Z 17 April – Angela Anaconda (1999–2001) 4 September – Batman Beyond (1999–2001) Unknown Fly Tales (1999–2001) Fox Kids UK 8 January – The Tick (1994–1996) 1 April – Digimon (1999–2000) 4 September – Flint The Time Detective (1998) Discovery Kids Undated – Hi-5 (1999–2011, 2017–present) Channels New channels DateChannel 1 February Discovery Kids Discovery Wings 1 March Tara TV 30 March UK Drama 17 April Ideal World 25 May Hallmark Channel 27 May Boomerang 1 July TCM UK 1 August ITN News Channel 18 September Community Channel 29 September Playhouse Disney Toon Disney 2 October Q 5 October bid-up.tv Pay Defunct channels DateChannel 2000 ONTV (CableTel (UK) ltd) (Pay TV (UK)) Defunct channels DateChannel 31 January Carlton Kids 1 February Carlton World 1 March Carlton Select 30 MarchUK Arena 1 July TNT UK Television shows Changes of network affiliation Shows Moved from Moved toTelly AddictsBBC OneChallengeNine O'Clock NewsBBC News 24Have I Got News for YouBBC TwoBBC OneBlockbustersSky OneKing of the Hill (First run rights)Channel 4 VChannel 5Sci-Fi ChannelBabarNick Jr.Channel 5 Mega BabiesSky OneFat Dog MendozaCartoon NetworkThe Powerpuff GirlsAngela AnacondaChannel 4Fly TalesBBC OneMona the VampireNickelodeon Rotten RalphBBC OneNickelodeonProfessor BubbleThe Children's ChannelLivingSesame StreetDisney ChannelNick Jr.Ned's NewtCartoon NetworkTheodore TugboatITV2Discovery KidsFamily Guy Sky OneChannel 4Futurama Sky OneChannel 4FranklinSky One Channel 4 Returning this year after a break of one year or longer 16 October – One Foot in the Grave (1990–1997, 2000) 30 October – Blockbusters (1983–93, 1994–95, 1997, 2000–01, 2012, 2019) 17 November – Butterflies (1978–1983, 2000) Continuing television shows 1920s BBC Wimbledon (1927–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–present) 1930s Trooping the Colour (1937–1939, 1946–2019, 2023–present) The Boat Race (1938–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–present) 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 Captain Pugwash (1957–1975, 1997–2002) The Sky at Night (1957–present) Blue Peter (1958–present) Grandstand (1958–2007) 1960s Coronation Street (1960–present) Songs of Praise (1961–present) Top of the Pops (1964–2006) Match of the Day (1964–present) Call My Bluff (1965–2005) The Money Programme (1966–2010) Gardeners World (1968–present) A Question of Sport (1968, 1970–2023) 1970s Emmerdale (1972–present) Newsround (1972–present) Last of the Summer Wine (1973–2010) Wish You Were Here...? (1974–2003) Arena (1975–present) One Man and His Dog (1976–present) Grange Hill (1978–2008) Blankety Blank (1979–1990, 1997–2002) Antiques Roadshow (1979–present) Question Time (1979–present) 1980s Children in Need (1980–present) Timewatch (1982–present) Brookside (1982–2003) Countdown (1982–present) Right to Reply (1982–2001) James the Cat (1984–1992, 1998–2003) The Bill (1984–2010) The Cook Report (1987–2000) Channel 4 Racing (1984–2016) Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (1984–present) EastEnders (1985–present) Comic Relief (1985–present) Casualty (1986–present) ChuckleVision (1987–2009) London's Burning (1988–2002) On the Record (1988–2002) Fifteen to One (1988–2003, 2013–2019) This Morning (1988–present) 1990s Stars in Their Eyes (1990–2006, 2015) Big Break (1991–2002) Heartbeat (1992–2010) The Big Breakfast (1992–2002 2021–2022) 999 (1992–2003) Breakfast with Frost (1993–2005) Wipeout (1994–2003) Animal Hospital (1994–2004) Room 101 (1994–2007, 2012–2018) Time Team (1994–2013) The National Lottery Draws (1994–2017) Top of the Pops 2 (1994–2017) Hollyoaks (1995–present) Ballykissangel (1996–2001) Y Clwb Rygbi, Wales (1997–present) Dream Team (1997–2007) Family Affairs (1997–2005) 100% (1997–2001) Teletubbies (1997–2002, 2007–2009, 2012, 2015–2018) Robot Wars (1998–2004, 2016–2018) Midsomer Murders (1997–present) Don't Try This at Home (1998–2001) Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (1998–2014, 2018–present) Bob the Builder (1998–present) British Soap Awards (1999–2019, 2022–present) The League of Gentlemen (1999–2002) Holby City (1999–2022)Holby City – an oral history by the show's stars and creators https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/holby-city/a35594857/holby-city-an-oral-history-by-the-shows-stars-and-creators/ Digital Spy 4 April 2022 29 March 2022 See It Saw It (1999–2001) Spaced (1999–2001) Tweenies (1999–2002) Ending this year Nine O'Clock News (1970–2000) Pingu (1986–2000, 2004–2006) Inspector Morse (1987–2000) Mike and Angelo (1989–2000) One Foot in the Grave (1990–2000) Rosie and Jim (1990–2000) Gladiators (1992–2000, 2008–2009, 2024–present) One Foot in the Past (1993–2000) Mr. Motivator exercise routines (1993–2000) Can't Cook, Won't Cook (1995–2000) TFI Friday (1996–2000) dinnerladies (1998–2000) Heartburn Hotel (1998–2000) Sunburn (1999–2000) Hope and Glory (1999–2000) Queer as Folk (1999–2000) Insides Out (1999–2000) Births 28 June – Ruben Reuter, actor 29 June – Kia Pegg, actress 5 October – Millie Innes, actress Deaths Date Name Age Cinematic credibility13 JanuaryEric Dodson79actor (Rumpole of the Bailey, It Ain't Half Hot Mum, Porridge)28 JanuaryJoy Shelton77actressKenneth Waller72actor (Old Mr. Grace in Are You Being Served?)7 FebruaryStewart Farrar83television scriptwriter7 MarchCharles Gray71actor (An Englishman Abroad, Bergerac)10 AprilPeter Jones79actor (The Rag Trade, Mr Digby, Darling)11 AprilDiana Darvey54actress (The Benny Hill Show)20 AprilBill Dean https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/721609.stm Brookside favourite dies BBC News 21 April 2000 25 April 200978actor (Harry Cross in Brookside)24 AprilWilliam Moore84actor (Cyril Turpin in Coronation Street)1 MayNora Swinburne97actress (The Forsyte Saga, Fall of Eagles)3 MayLewis Allen94television director18 MayDenis Gifford72television scriptwriter 21 MayJohn Gielgud96actor25 MayNicholas Clay53actor (Will Shakespeare, The Search for Alexander the Great)30 MayDoris Hare95actress (On the Buses)24 JuneDavid Tomlinson83actor27 JuneDavid Neal68actor28 JuneMichael Ripper87actor (Butterflies, Freewheelers)29 JuneJohn Abineri72actor (Doctor Who, The Moon Stallion)22 JulyEric Christmas84actor27 JulyPaddy Joyce77actor (Coronation Street, EastEnders)5 AugustAlec Guinness86actor (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Smiley's People)6 AugustSir Robin Day https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/870886.stm Tributes to Sir Robin Day BBC News 8 August 2000 25 April 200974political broadcaster and commentator13 AugustTerence Feely72television screenwriter (The Gentle Touch)29 AugustShelagh Fraser79actress (A Family at War, Star Wars)6 SeptemberDesmond Wilcox https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/912342.stm Broadcaster Desmond Wilcox dies BBC News 6 September 2000 25 April 200969documentary maker and television producer9 SeptemberBill Waddington https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/918142.stm Former Street star dies BBC News 9 September 2000 11 April 200984music hall performer, comedian and actor17 SeptemberPaula Yates https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/929005.stm Paula Yates found dead BBC News 17 September 2000 25 April 200941television presenter and writer25 SeptemberTommy Reilly81harmonica player, played theme to Dial 99917 OctoberIvan Owen73voice actor (The Basil Brush Show)30 OctoberElizabeth Bradley78actress (Maud Grimes in Coronation Street)4 NovemberStephanie Lawrence50actress9 NovemberEric Morley https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1015014.stm Miss World founder dies BBC News 9 November 2000 25 April 200982Impresario and creator of the Miss World competitionHugh Paddick85actor (The Benny Hill Show, Blackadder)20 NovemberMorris Barry82television producer15 DecemberTrevor Adams54actor (The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, Fawlty Towers) See also 2000 in British music 2000 in British radio 2000 in the United Kingdom List of British films of 2000 References 30em External links List of 2000 British television series at IMDb 2000