2011 in British television

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This is a list of events that took place in 2011 related to British television.

Events[edit]

January[edit]

Date Event
1 January Toonattik after six years leaves CITV along with Action Stations!, which closes down after five years of broadcast. New Year's Day also sees the final appearance of The Fluffy Club on Mini CITV.
Cable channel Bravo closes down after 25 years of broadcasting. Its sister channel Bravo 2 also closes down.
5 January Avon and Somerset Police ban ITN from attending a press conference convened to give updates on the Joanna Yeates case after a report on the previous day's ITV News criticised their handling of the investigation.[1] The ban is subsequently lifted.[2]
6 January Samantha Womack is to leave her role in EastEnders as Ronnie Mitchell over the controversial baby swap plot.[3]
9 January EastEnders viewers have complained in record numbers about the soap's "hurtful", "unrealistic" and "exploitative" cot death storyline involving the character Ronnie Mitchell.[4][5]
14 January The S4C Authority confirms it has closed S4C2 due to budget cuts imposed on it by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport.[6][7]
17 January Barney Harwood becomes the new Blue Peter presenter taking over from Joel Defries.
25 January Reporter Andy Gray is dropped by Sky Sports following sexist comments made by himself and fellow presenter Richard Keys against female official Sian Massey in footage recorded the previous Saturday.[8] Keys resigns the following day, in support of his colleague.[9]

February[edit]

Date Event
1 February The Sky HD swap is introduced giving HD channels more prominence. Sky also sees the launch of brand-new channel Sky Atlantic, and the Living channels are rebranded as Sky Living. Channel One closes down at 6 am, and is replaced on Freeview by Challenge.
2 February John Nettles appears in his final ever episode of Midsomer Murders, having starred in a total of 81 episodes since the series was launched in 1997.[10][11]
Former BBC executive Craig Oliver is appointed as Prime Minister David Cameron's Director of Communications.[12]
4 February The BBC apologises for remarks about Mexicans made on its Top Gear television programme but defends the original remarks as well.[13]
14 February Channel 5 reverts to its original name after almost a decade.
16 February BBC One airs a special hour-long episode of its daytime soap Doctors to celebrate the series 2000th episode.[14]
28 February The ban on product placement in television programmes is lifted, allowing advertisers to pay for their goods to be seen on British TV. The first product to be displayed in this regard is a Nescafe coffee machine, which appears on This Morning.[15][16] A year-long trial also begins allowing commercial television channels to show up to 12 minutes of adverts per hour during films and dramas, bringing them into line with soap operas where this is already permitted.[17]

March[edit]

Date Event
2 March Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation agrees to sell Sky News to be in a position to buy BSkyB without a Competition Commission inquiry.[18] News Corp receives approval to buy out BSkyB the following day.[19]
16 March Coleen Nolan announces her decision to quit ITV daytime panel show Loose Women after over 10 years as a panellist.
19 March BBC Three host a major live TV event, Frankenstein's Wedding... Live in Leeds.
20 March Gemma Collins makes her debut in the second series of ITV2 reality television series The Only Way Is Essex.
26 March British terrestrial television premiere of the James Bond film Quantum of Solace on ITV1.[20]
27 March Sam Attwater and dancing partner Brianne Delcourt win the sixth series of Dancing on Ice.[21]
30 March – 13 April Analogue signals are switched off in the Nottingham and Sandy Heath areas.

April[edit]

Date Event
4 April Magdalen College, Oxford wins the 2010–11 series of University Challenge, beating the University of York 290–85.
6 April Channel 5 officially announces that it has bought the rights to show former Channel 4 reality series Big Brother from August 2011.[22]
6–20 April Analogue signals are switched off in the Bromsgrove, Lark Stoke and Ridge Hill (Central and West) areas.
7 April Top of the Pops returns to television in its former Thursday evening slot as BBC Four begins airing old episodes from 1976, the point at which the broadcaster's full archive of shows begins.[23]
19 April Helen Mirren apologises after swearing during an interview on the day's edition of BBC Breakfast.[24]
27 April Tim Anderson wins the 2011 series of MasterChef.[25]
29 April The royal wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton shown on BBC One and ITV. Audiences of around 24.5 million watch in the UK alone.[26]

May[edit]

Date Event
11 – 25 May Analogue signals are switched off in the Darvel and Rosneath (HP and VP) areas.
5 May It is confirmed that Simon Cowell and Cheryl Cole will leave their positions as judges on The X Factor to concentrate on the American version of the programme.[27] Cole is later dropped from the US version of the series.[28]
12 May ITV axes the Scottish police drama Taggart after 28 years, citing poor viewing figures in other parts of the UK.[29]
Dennis Tanner, played by Philip Lowrie, returns to Coronation Street, having last appeared in 1968. His break of 43 years is the longest of any actor in the soap's history.[30]
14 May Azerbaijan's Ell & Nikki win the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest (staged in Düsseldorf) with "Running Scared".
Dannii Minogue announces she will not be appearing on the next series of The X Factor.[31]
19 May A special edition of the BBC's political debate programme Question Time is recorded at Wormwood Scrubbs Prison in London.[32]
BBC World News America presenter Matt Frei is recruited by Channel 4 News to become their Washington correspondent, while Newsnight correspondent Jackie Long will become Channel 4 News's social affairs editor. Cathy Newman will become the first new presenter to join the in-studio team at Channel 4 for 13 years.[33]
24 May Broadcast magazine reports that ITV is preparing to launch a new investigative series titled Exposure, thirteen years after it axed the award-winning World in Action.[34]
25 May It is announced that Jeff Stelling is to leave Countdown after two years to concentrate on Sky Sports.[35]
30 May After six and a half years, Emmerdale saw a new sequence to the opening titles of the series, with a new theme music, with new generic shots alongside a Range Rover driving through the woods, cuts sideways to a woman stroking a man's leg with her foot: a couple running upstairs in Home Farm, a dog in The Dingles' living room; then finally finishing on a new CGI image of the village, angled at Main Street which ends with the new logo fading on to the screen.
ITV confirms that Gary Barlow, Tulisa Contostavlos and Kelly Rowland will join Louis Walsh as judges for series 8 of The X Factor.[36]

June[edit]

Date Event
1–15 June Analogue signals are switched off in the Craigkelly area.
4 June Scottish singer Jai McDowall wins the fifth series of Britain's Got Talent.[37]
6 June The BBC announces that the national variations of BBC One Northern Ireland, BBC One Scotland and BBC One Wales will become available in high definition in 2012.[38]
ITV children's gadget show Cool Stuff Collective is criticised by Ofcom for "product placement" over the way featured items are reviewed by the programme.[39]
The Sun reports that the BBC's So You Think You Can Dance will not return for a third series.[40]
9 June Mandy Salter will be returning to EastEnders as Nicola Stapleton is set to reprise the role for the first time since 1994.
11 June Matt Flint wins series two of So You Think You Can Dance.[41]
13 June BBC Two airs the controversial documentary Choosing to Die, a film presented by Terry Pratchett which examines the topic of assisted suicide.[42]
The BBC announces that its landmark Television Centre is up for sale.[43]
17 June Viewers of the BBC News Channel claim to have been distracted when newsreaders Martine Croxall and Carrie Gracie appear on screen to read the morning's news wearing similar outfits that are an identical colour.[44]
22 June The last analogue television services are switched off in Scotland, making it the second part of the UK to have a fully digital service.
ITV recruits BBC political correspondent Laura Kuenssberg to be its new business editor. She will take up the role from September, and will also front editions of the Tonight programme.[45]
30 June ITV confirms that Coronation Street will return to its traditional 19:30 timeslot on a Wednesday evening from September 2012.[46]

July[edit]

Date Event
6–20 July Analogue signals are switched off in the Sudbury area.
8 July The BBC announces that Pam St. Clement is to leave EastEnders after 25 years.
10 July ITV confirms it has sacked daytime presenters Kate Thornton and Zoe Tyler in a bid to boost flagging ratings for daytime show Loose Women.
13 July Rupert Murdoch announces that News Corporation is withdrawing its proposal to take full control of the subscription television broadcaster BSkyB due to concerns over the phone hacking scandal.
17 July Inventor Tom Pellereau wins the seventh series of The Apprentice, and a £250,000 investment from Lord Sugar, who will become his business partner in exchange for the investment.[47]
July UKTV does a deal with BSkyB to provide on-demand content available to Sky customers via Sky Anytime.

August[edit]

Date Event
2 August Really launches on Freeview.[48]
3 August ITV News hires former BBC and 5 News presenter Natasha Kaplinsky to cover for Nina Hossain while the latter is on maternity leave. She will present on London Tonight and national bulletins.[49]
3–17 August Analogue signals are switched off in the Belmont and Olivers Mount areas.
10–24 August Analogue signals are switched off in the Chesterfield and Sheffield areas.
11 August BBC One airs a special edition of the political discussion show Question Time following the recent outbreak of rioting.[50]
15 August Virgin Media agrees to sell its 50% stake in UKTV to Scripps Networks for £339m.[51]
16 August BBC Magazines agrees a £12m deal to sell the Radio Times – together with ten other titles – to Exponent, owner of thetrainline.com.[52]
17–31 August Analogue signals are switched off in the Waltham area.
18 August Celebrity Big Brother 2011 launches on Channel 5 marking the first series of Celebrity Big Brother to air on the channel.
The BBC airs a special edition of its Crimewatch programme aimed at identifying people involved in the 2011 England riots.[53][54]
25 August Teesside comedian Patrick Monahan wins the live final of ITV's Show Me the Funny, in which stand-up comedians competed to win £100,000, a 12-date nationwide tour and a DVD release.[55]
26 August Channel 4 airs its last episode of Friends, "The One Where Paul's the Man" after 16 years.[56]

September[edit]

Date Event
4 September E4 airs its last episode of Friends, The Last One after 16 years.[57]
7–21 September Analogue signals are switched off in the Fenton, Sutton Coldfield and Emley Moor areas.
8 September Paddy Doherty wins Celebrity Big Brother 2011 and becomes Channel 5's first Celebrity Big Brother winner.[58]
9 September Big Brother 2011 launches on Channel 5 marking the first series of Big Brother to air on the channel.
9 September – 23 October ITV airs coverage of the 2011 Rugby World Cup from New Zealand.
14 September Cartoon Network launches in HD.
26 September Jade Thompson wins Cycle 7 of Britain & Ireland's Next Top Model (formerly Britain's Next Top Model).
27 September Labour Party leader Ed Miliband's keynote conference speech is blacked out for five-minute after all media communications are lost by a power outage at the conference centre.[59]

October[edit]

Date Event
4 October Joanne Wheatley wins the second series of The Great British Bake Off.
6 October BBC Director General Mark Thompson announces that BBC HD will close to be replaced by a high definition simulcast of BBC Two. This BBC Two HD will work much the same way as BBC One HD.[60] This move allows the corporation to save £2.1 million, used to count towards their budget deficit following the freezing of the license fee and the additional financial responsibility of addition services.[61]
14 October CBeebies airs the final re-run of Numberjacks series 1. Re-runs of the second series continued until 2015.
15 October Helen Flanagan, who plays Rosie Webster in Coronation Street, announces she is leaving the series after twelve years. She will film her final scenes at Christmas and be seen on screen until February 2012.[62]
18 October ITV plc buys the Channel Islands franchise Channel Television from the Yattendon Group plc.[63]
22 October Rugby player Phil Vickery wins the 2011 series of Celebrity MasterChef.[64]
October High definition versions of Dave and Watch are launched by UKTV.
31 October Channel 4 air the first episode of Top Boy, a four-part British crime drama series, written by Ronan Bennett and starring UK rappers Ashley Walters and Kano, about gang culture and drug dealing on a council estate in Hackney, East London. The series premiere is watched by 1.1 million viewers.

November[edit]

Date Event
4 November Jill Evans, a Welsh MEP is fined £575 after refusing to pay her TV licence fee in protest over changes to the Welsh-language channel S4C.[65]
8 November ITN confirms it has secured a five-year contract to resume production of 5 News from early 2012. The broadcaster lost the programme to Sky News in 2005. Part of the new deal will see the 7:00 pm bulletin move to an earlier 6:30 pm timeslot.[66]
9–23 November Analogue signals are switched off in the Tacolneston area.
11 November Aaron Allard-Morgan wins Big Brother 2011 and becomes Channel 5's first Big Brother winner.[67]
13 November TV bosses are forced to apologise after the results of a phone vote for the previous evening's The X Factor appeared online before the lines had closed. The episode was also delayed for fifteen minutes by a technical glitch.[68]
14 November Coronation Street becomes the first prime time British television programme to use product placement after signing a deal with Nationwide Building Society. A Nationwide cash machine is seen in the episode.[69]
16 November Nick Hewer, one of Alan Sugar's advisers on The Apprentice is revealed as the latest host of Countdown. He takes over from outgoing presenter Jeff Stelling from January 2012.[70]
19 November Attorney General Dominic Grieve QC seeks leave to prosecute Sky News for contempt of court over its reporting of the kidnapping of Paul and Rachel Chandler after the channel allegedly breached an injunction preventing the disclosure of the couple's welfare.[71]

December[edit]

Date Event
1 December The BBC has received over 31,000 complaints about comments made by Jeremy Clarkson on the previous evening's The One Show in which he said he would "execute" striking public sector workers.[72]
3 December Pop star Dougie Poynter wins the eleventh series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.[73]
7 December Matthew Wright, host of The Wright Stuff, apologises for remarks he made on 6 December edition of the show concerning a murder in the Western Isles.[74] A scheduled BBC Newsnight investigation which would have exposed the Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal two month's after the presenter's death is cancelled.[75] The BBC broadcasts two tributes to Savile over Christmas and it will not be until an October 2012 ITV documentary that the allegations become public.
10 December After 25 years Casualty airs its last episode to be filmed in Bristol. Subsequent episodes are filmed in Cardiff.[76]
11 December Little Mix (originally named Rhythmix) win the eighth series of The X Factor, making them the first group to emerge as winners. Two missing episodes from the 1960s Doctor Who series Air Lock and The Underwater Menace - Episode 2 are returned to the BBC Archives by the private collector Terry Burnett.
12 December Student Zara Brownlees wins the second series of Young Apprentice.[77]
15 December Ash Mair wins the fourth series of MasterChef: The Professionals.[78]
17 December McFly drummer Harry Judd and his dancing partner Aliona Vilani win the ninth series of Strictly Come Dancing.[79]
22 December Cyclist Mark Cavendish is named this year's BBC Sports Personality of the Year.[80]

Debuts[edit]

BBC[edit]

Date Debut Channel
1 January Eric and Ernie BBC Two
The Magicians BBC One
2 January Zen
3 January Stargazing Live BBC Two
The Bear Family & Me
4 January Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents BBC Three
8 January Match of the Day Kickabout CBBC
Dick and Dom's Funny Business
10 January Episodes BBC Two
13 January Human Planet BBC One
14 January Sadie J CBBC
Fast and Loose BBC Two
17 January Perfection
19 January Hattie BBC Four
25 January How TV Ruined Your Life BBC Two
31 January Rastamouse CBeebies
3 February The Ultra Zionists BBC Two
4 February The Lock Up BBC Three
5 February All Over the Place CBBC
7 February Outcasts BBC One
9 February Madagascar BBC Two
12 February Secret Fortune BBC One
14 February The Sparticle Mystery CBBC
20 February South Riding BBC One
21 February Mrs. Brown's Boys
22 February Silk
Junior Doctors: Your Life in Their Hands BBC Three
6 March Wonders of the Universe BBC Two
11 March The British at Work
14 March Twenty Twelve BBC Four
19 March Christopher and His Kind BBC Two
22 March White Van Man BBC Three
29 March See You in Court BBC One
31 March Women in Love BBC Four
4 April Justice BBC One
5 April Candy Cabs
6 April The Crimson Petal and the White BBC Two
23 April Don't Scare the Hare BBC One
24 April United BBC Two
1 May Exile BBC One
4 May Two Greedy Italians BBC Two
5 May The Shadow Line Uncle Russell’s Grand Adventures
8 May Atlantis: End of a World, Birth of a Legend BBC One
9 May The Field of Blood
16 May The Street That Cut Everything
27 May Paul Merton's Birth of Hollywood BBC Two
30 May Horrible Histories: Gory Games CBBC
6 June World's Craziest Fools BBC Three
8 June In with the Flynns BBC One
18 June Lee Mack's All Star Cast
4 July Pointless Celebrities
5 July Restoration Home BBC Two
12 July The Night Watch
14 July The Pranker BBC Three
19 July The Hour BBC Two
24 July Sugartown BBC One
20 August Epic Win
4 September World's Most Dangerous Roads BBC Two
13 September The Body Farm BBC One
21 September The Fades BBC Three
26 September Home Cooking Made Easy BBC Two
1 October I Want My Own Room
3 October Dirty Tricks of the Tradesmen BBC One
5 October All Roads Lead Home BBC Two
6 October Hidden BBC One
19 October Holy Flying Circus BBC Four
25 October Death in Paradise BBC One
23 November That's Britain!
26 December The Royal Bodyguard

ITV[edit]

Date Debut Channel
5 January Kidnap and Ransom ITV
7 January Penn & Teller: Fool Us
9 January That Sunday Night Show
3 February Marchlands
10 March Monroe
22 March Jean-Claude Van Damme: Behind Closed Doors ITV4
28 March The Dales ITV
16 April Sing If You Can
21 April Long Lost Family
1 May Vera
2 May Case Sensitive
29 May Scott & Bailey
6 June Secret Dealers
Injustice
10 June Love Your Garden
17 July Born To Shine
3 September Red or Black?
The Jonathan Ross Show
4 September Appropriate Adult
26 September There's No Taste Like Home
11 October High Stakes
22 November The Adventurer's Guide To Britain
11 December Text Santa
18 December Just Henry

Channel 4[edit]

Date Debut Channel
2 January Famous and Fearless Channel 4
4 January David Walliams' Awfully Good
5 January Britain's Fattest Man
16 January Comics Choice
18 January Big Fat Gypsy Weddings
19 January The Joy of Teen Sex
20 January 10 O'Clock Live
23 January Alys S4C
6 February The Promise Channel 4
The People's Supermarket
25 February Friday Night Dinner
2 March Jamie's Dream School
28 March Fern
17 April The Hotel
9 May Made in Chelsea E4
The Secret History of Eurovision More4
11 May 24 Hours in A&E Channel 4
24 May Four Rooms
17 June King Of...
27 June Sirens
27 July Beaver Falls E4
21 September Fresh Meat Channel 4
3 October Random Acts
4 October Mary Queen of Frocks
14 October The Hunt for Tony Blair
31 October Top Boy
4 December Black Mirror
12 December Christmas Coach Trip

Five/Channel 5[edit]

Date Debut Channel
14 February OK! TV Channel 5
18 August Celebrity Big Brother
9 September Big Brother
3 October Celebrity Wish List

Other channels[edit]

Date Debut Channel
4 January Louie Spence's Showbusiness Sky1
7 February Bedlam Sky Living
10 February Mad Dogs Sky1
21 February Ross Kemp: Extreme World
27 February Mud Men History
31 March The Runaway Sky1
18 April Small Potatoes CBeebies
Game of Thrones Sky Atlantic
2 May The Amazing World of Gumball Cartoon Network
19 May Al Murray's Compete for the Meat Dave
24 May Geordie Shore MTV
30 May Alexander Armstrong's Big Ask Dave
17 June Wall of Fame Sky1
4 August Trollied
24 August Mount Pleasant
19 September This is Jinsy Sky Atlantic
6 September Jelly Jamm Cartoonito
22 September Jo Brand's Big Splash Dave
31 October Matt Hatter Chronicles Nicktoons & CITV
7 November The Looney Tunes Show Boomerang
23 November The Café Sky1
The Devil's Dinner Party Sky Atlantic

Channels[edit]

New channels[edit]

Date Channel
11 January ITV +1 (ITV1 +1/STV +1/UTV +1)
1 February Sky Atlantic
Sky Atlantic HD
MTV Music
7 April Sony Entertainment Television
Sony Entertainment Television +1
15 June Argos TV
10 October Dave HD
12 October Watch HD
1 November PBS UK

Defunct channels[edit]

Main article: List of former TV channels in the United Kingdom § 2011
Date Channel
1 January Bravo
Bravo +1
Bravo 2
Challenge Jackpot
1 February Channel One
Channel One +1
MTV Shows
7 April Film 24
23 May TeleG

Rebranded channels[edit]

Date Old Name New Name
1 January Rocks TV Gems TV Extra
1 February Living Sky Living
Living +1 Sky Living +1
Living HD Sky Living HD
Livingit Sky Livingit
Livingit +1 Sky Livingit +1
Living Loves Sky Living Loves
Sky Box Office Sky Movies Box Office
14 February Five Channel 5
28 February Sky3 Pick TV
Sky3 +1 Pick TV +1
7 March Fiver 5*
Fiver +1 5* +1
Five USA 5USA
Five USA +1 5USA +1
26 April Lava Greatest Hits TV
7 May Playhouse Disney Disney Junior
Playhouse Disney + Disney Junior +

Changes of network affiliation[edit]

Show Moved from Moved to
The Ricky Gervais Show (First Run Rights) Channel 4 E4
Big Brother Channel 5
Celebrity Big Brother
NewsRadio Comedy Central Sony Entertainment Television
Primeval ITV Watch
Beyblade: Metal Fusion Channel 5 CITV
TNA Impact! Bravo Challenge
Top of the Pops 2 Yesterday Dave
Art Attack CITV Disney Junior
Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids[81] Nickelodeon
Winx Club POP
Glee E4 Sky1
The Weakest Link (Daytime version) BBC One BBC Two
QI
Pointless BBC Two BBC One
Friends Channel 4 & E4 Comedy Central

Television shows[edit]

Returning this year after a break of one year or longer[edit]

Programme Date(s) of original removal Original channel(s) Date of return New channel(s)
Art Attack 13 July 2007 CITV 6 June 2011 Disney Junior
Born to Be Different 2004
13 September 2007
5 May 2009 		Channel 4 9 June 2011 N/A (Same channel as original)
Celebrity Big Brother 29 January 2010 18 August 2011 Channel 5
Big Brother 10 September 2010 9 September 2011
Shipwrecked 19 December 2001
10 May 2009 		23 October 2011 E4
Young Dracula 8 February 2008 CBBC 31 October 2011 N/A (Same channel as original)
Absolutely Fabulous 7 November 1996
25 December 2004 		BBC One 25 December 2011

Continuing television shows[edit]

1920s[edit]

Programme Date
BBC Wimbledon 1927–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–present

1930s[edit]

Programme Date
The Boat Race 1938–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–present

1950s[edit]

Programme Date
Panorama 1953–present
The Sky at Night 1957–present
Blue Peter 1958–present

1960s[edit]

Programme Date
Coronation Street 1960–present
Points of View 1961–present
Songs of Praise
University Challenge 1962–1987, 1994–present
Doctor Who 1963–1989, 1996, 2005–present
Top of the Pops 1964–present
Match of the Day
The Money Programme 1966–present

1970s[edit]

Programme Date
Question of Sport 1970–present
Film... 1971–present
Upstairs, Downstairs 1971–1975, 2010–2012
Emmerdale 1972–present
Mastermind
Newsround
Arena 1975–present
One Man and His Dog 1976–present
ITV News at 6:30
Top Gear 1977–present
Ski Sunday 1978–present
Antiques Roadshow 1979–present
Question Time

1980s[edit]

Programme Date
Children in Need 1980–present
Timewatch 1982–present
Taggart 1983–2011
Channel 4 Racing 1984–2016
Thomas & Friends 1984–present
EastEnders 1985–present
Neighbours
Comic Relief
Watchdog
Casualty 1986–present
Fireman Sam 1987–1994, 2005–2013
This Morning 1988–present
Home and Away
Red Dwarf 1988–1999, 2009, 2012–present
Agatha Christie's Poirot 1989–2013
The Simpsons 1989–present

1990s[edit]

Programme Date
Have I Got News for You 1990–present
MasterChef 1990–2001, 2005–present
BBC World News 1991–present
Meridian Tonight 1993–present
Time Team 1994–2013
Junior MasterChef 1994, 2010–present
The National Lottery Draws 1994–2017
Top of the Pops 2 1994–present
Hollyoaks 1995–present
Soccer AM
Never Mind the Buzzcocks 1996–2015
Silent Witness 1996–present
Midsomer Murders 1997–present
Bob the Builder 1998–present
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? 1998–2014
British Soap Awards 1999–2019, 2022–present
DIY SOS 1999–present
G@mers 1999–2006, 2010–present
Holby City 1999–2022[82]
Loose Women 1999–present
Newsnight Scotland 1999–2014
Tonight 1999–present

2000s[edit]

Programme Date
2000
Bargain Hunt 2000–present
BBC Breakfast
Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids 2000–2006, 2011–2012
Big Brother 2000–2018
Click 2000–present
Doctors
My Family 2000–2011
A Place in the Sun 2000–present
Shipwrecked 2000–2002, 2006–2009, 2011–2012
The Unforgettable 2000–present
Unreported World
Waking the Dead 2000–2011
The Weakest Link 2000–2012, 2017–present
The Wright Stuff 2000–2018
2001
Celebrity Big Brother 2001–2002, 2005–2007, 2009–present
BBC South East Today 2001–present
Football Focus
Real Crime
Rogue Traders
Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps 2001–2011
Property Ladder 2001–present
2002
Cash in the Attic 2002–present
Escape to the Country
Fifth Gear
Flog It!
Foyle's War 2002–2015
Harry Hill's TV Burp 2002–2012
High Hopes 2002–present
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
In It to Win It
Inside Out
Outtake TV
River City
Saturday Kitchen
Serious
Spooks 2002–2011
Sport Relief 2002–present
The Story Makers
Tikkabilla
2003
Celebrity Mastermind 2003–present
Daily Politics
Eggheads
Extraordinary People
Grumpy Old Men
Homes Under the Hammer
New Tricks 2003–2015
Peep Show
QI 2003–present
The Politics Show
The Royal 2003–2011
This Week 2003–present
Traffic Cops
2004
10 Years Younger 2004–present
60 Minute Makeover
Agatha Christie's Marple 2004–2013
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2004–present
Car Booty
The Culture Show
Doc Martin 2004–2019
Football First 2004–present
Funky Valley
The Gadget Show
Haunted Homes
Hustle 2004–2012
Jimmy's Farm 2004–present
Live at the Apollo
Match of the Day 2
NewsWatch
Peppa Pig
Shameless 2004–2013
Strictly Come Dancing 2004–present
Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two
Supernanny 2004–2008, 2010–2012
Who Do You Think You Are? 2004–present
The X Factor 2004–2018
2005
8 out of 10 Cats 2005–present
The Adventure Show
The Andrew Marr Show
The Apprentice
The Biggest Loser
Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model 2005–2013
Coach Trip 2005–2006, 2009–present
Coast 2005–present
Come Dine with Me
It's Me or the Dog 2005–2012
Deal or No Deal 2005–2016
Doctor Who Confidential 2005–2011
Dragons' Den 2005–present
The F Word 2005–2010
Fifi and the Flowertots 2005–present
The Hotel Inspector
Ideal 2005–2011
The Jeremy Kyle Show 2005–present
Ladette to Lady
Missing Live
Mock the Week
Quizmania
Springwatch
The Thick of It 2005–2012
Ukwia 2005–present
2006
The Album Chart Show 2006–present
Animal Spies!
The Apprentice: You're Fired!
Banged Up Abroad 2006–2013
Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe 2006–present
Codex
...Cooks!
Cricket AM
Dancing on Ice 2006–2014)
Dickinson's Real Deal 2006–present
Don't Get Done, Get Dom
Fonejacker 2006–2008
Freshly Squeezed 2006–2012
Ghosthunting With... 2006–present
How to Look Good Naked
The IT Crowd 2006–2013
The Large Family 2006–present
Lead Balloon 2006–2011
Lewis 2006–2015
Little Princess 2006–present
Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies
That Mitchell and Webb Look
Monkey Life
Most Annoying People
Numberjacks 2006–2009
The One Show 2006–present
People & Power
Peschardt's People
The Real Hustle
Secret Millionaire
The Slammer 2006–2015
Soccer Aid 2006–present
Something for the Weekend 2006–2012
Torchwood 2006–2011
Waterloo Road 2006–2015, 2023–present
Wild at Heart 2006–2012
World Business 2006–2011
2007
The Alan Titchmarsh Show 2007–2014
The Armstrong and Miller Show 2007–2010
Benidorm 2007–present
The Big Questions
Britain's Best Dish 2007–2011
Britain's Got Talent 2007–present
Coming of Age 2007–2011
Daybreak Scotland 2007–2012
Diddy Dick and Dom 2007–present
Don't Tell the Bride
Embarrassing Bodies
Escape from Scorpion Island
Game60
The Graham Norton Show
Harry & Paul
Heir Hunters
Helicopter Heroes
Inside Sport
Inspector George Gently
An Island Parish
Jeff Randall Live
London Ink
M.I. High 2007–2011
Mary Queen of Shops 2007–present
Mister Maker
Outnumbered 2007–2014
Postcode Challenge 2007–present
Primeval 2007–2011
Rapal 2007–present
The Real MacKay
Real Rescues
The Sarah Jane Adventures 2007–2011
Secret Diary of a Call Girl 2007–2011
Shrink Rap 2007–present
Skins
Trapped
The Tudors 2007–2011
Wanted Down Under 2007–present
What the Dickens
Who Dares Wins
Would I Lie To You?
2008
An Là 2008–present
Are You an Egghead?
Argumental
Basil's Swap Shop
Battle of the Brains
Being Human
Big & Small
Bizarre ER
CCTV Cities
Celebrity Juice
Chinese Food Made Easy
Chop Socky Chooks
Chuggington
Country House Rescue
Dani's House
The Family
Famous 5: On the Case
Gimme a Break
The Hot Desk
House Guest
The Inbetweeners
It Pays to Watch!
Kerwhizz 2008–2009, 2011
Lark Rise to Candleford 2008–2011
The Live Desk 2008–present
Lunch Monkeys 2008–2011
Marvo the Wonder Chicken 2008–present
Merlin 2008–2012
Nightwatch with Steve Scott 2008–present
Only Connect
Police Interceptors
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 2008–2011
Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections 2008–present
Rory and Paddy's Great British Adventure
Rubbernecker
Rude Tube
Scallywagga
Seachd Là
Sesame Tree
Snog Marry Avoid? 2008–2013
Supersize vs Superskinny 2008–2014
The Supersizers... 2008–present
UK Border Force
Unbreakable
Wallander 2008–2016
Wogan's Perfect Recall 2008–present
The World's Strictest Parents
2009
Alan Carr: Chatty Man 2009–2016
Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps 2009–present
Bang Goes the Theory 2009–2014
Brain Box 2009–2011
Campus 2009–2011
Cast Offs 2009–present
Chris Moyles' Quiz Night
Copycats
Countrywise
Cowboy Trap
Crash
The Chase
The Cube 2009–2015
Dating in the Dark 2009–2011
Ed and Oucho's Excellent Inventions 2009–present
Fern Britton Meets...
Film Xtra 2009–2011
The Football League Show 2009–2015
Four Weddings 2009–present
Garrow's Law 2009–2011
Getting On 2009–2012
Got to Dance 2009–2014
Grow Your Own Drugs 2009–present
Heston's Feasts
Horrible Histories
The Hour
How the Other Half Live
I Can Cook
The Impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson
Inside Nature's Giants
Katie
Land Girls 2009–2011
Law & Order: UK 2009–2014
The Legend of Dick and Dom 2009–2011
Let's Dance for Comic Relief 2009–present
Life of Riley 2009–2011
Little Howard's Big Question 2009–present
Live from Studio Five 2009–2011
Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow 2009–present
Miranda 2009–2015
Misfits 2009–2013
Moving On 2009–present
Newswipe with Charlie Brooker
The Old Guys
Paradise Cafe 2009–2011
Peter Andre: The Next Chapter 2009–2013
PhoneShop 2009–2013
Piers Morgan's Life Stories 2009–present
Pointless
Psychoville 2009–2011
A Question of Genius 2009–present
Rip Off Britain
Russell Howard's Good News 2009–2015
Scoop 2009–present
Sea Patrol UK
Sport Nation
Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle 2009–2016
Strictly Money 2009–2011
STV News at Six 2009–present
Timmy Time
Tonight's the Night
Total Wipeout 2009–2012
Trusadh 2009–present
Ty Pennington's Great British Adventure
Undercover Boss
Walk on the Wild Side
We Need Answers
Whitechapel 2009–2013
You Have Been Watching 2009–present
You're Nicked!
Young, Dumb and Living Off Mum 2009–2011

2010s[edit]

Programme Date
71 Degrees North 2010–2011
Accused 2010–2012
Ant & Dec's Push the Button 2010–2011
Ask Rhod Gilbert
Being... N-Dubz
Being Victor 2010–present
Come Fly with Me 2010–2011
A Comedy Roast
Celebrity Coach Trip 2010–2012, 2019–present
Dave's One Night Stand 2010–2012
Daybreak 2010–2014
DCI Banks 2010–2016
Dirty Sexy Funny 2010–present
Downton Abbey 2010–2015
EastEnders: E20 2010–2011
Eddie Stobart: Trucks & Trailers 2010–2014
Facejacker 2010–present
Frank Skinner's Opinionated
Gordon's Great Escape 2010–2011
The Great British Bake Off 2010–present
Great British Railway Journeys
Him & Her 2010–2013
Hotter Than My Daughter 2010–2011
An Idiot Abroad 2010–2012
James May's Man Lab 2010–2013
Junior Apprentice 2010–present
Lip Service 2010–2013
Late Kick Off 2010–present
A League of Their Own
Lee Nelson's Well Good Show
Little Crackers
Lorraine
Luther
The Million Pound Drop 2010–2015
The Nightshift 2010–present
Odd One In
The Only Way Is Essex
Paul O'Grady Live 2010–2011
Pen Talar 2010–present
Penelope Princess of Pets
Pete versus Life 2010–2011
Pocket tv 2010–present
Popstar to Operastar 2010–2011
Rev. 2010–2014
Richard Bacon's Beer & Pizza Club 2010–2011
The Rob Brydon Show 2010–2012
Rock and Chips 2010–2011
Roger & Val Have Just Got In 2010–2012
The Scheme 2010–2011
Scream! If You Know the Answer 2010–2012
Sherlock 2010–present
So You Think You Can Dance 2010–2011
Stand Up for the Week 2010–2013
Strike-back 2010–present
STV Sports Centre
Sunday Morning Live
Take Me Out 2010–2020
Tracy Beaker Returns 2010–2012
The Trip 2010–present
Turn Back Time - The High Street
The Zone

Ending this year[edit]

Date Programme Channel Debut(s)
1 January Toonattik CITV 2005
Action Stations! 2006
The Fluffy Club 2009
5 January The Bear Family & Me BBC Two 2011
6 January Paradise Café CBBC 2009
7 January Famous and Fearless Channel 4 2011
16 January Zen BBC One
4 February Live from Studio Five Channel 5 2009
12 February Brain Box STV
13 February Lark Rise to Candleford[83] BBC One 2008
11 March Strictly Money CNBC Europe 2009
13 March Outcasts BBC One 2011
21 March M.I. High CBBC 2007
22 March Secret Diary of a Call Girl ITV2
26 March The Tudors BBC Two
8 April Coming of Age BBC Three
11 April Waking the Dead BBC One 2000
19 April Candy Cabs 2011
22 April Fern Channel 4
28 April Rock and Chips BBC One 2010
10 May Campus Channel 4 2011
12 May Lunch Monkeys BBC Three 2008
18 May Vacation, Vacation, Vacation Channel 4 2011
24 May Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps BBC Three 2001
30 May The Scheme BBC One 2010
1 June Life of Riley 2009
6 June Psychoville BBC Two
24 June Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is BBC One 2008
30 June Ideal BBC Three 2005
5 July Lead Balloon BBC Two 2006
10 July Popstar to Operastar ITV 2010
31 July The Royal[84] 2002
2 August Sirens Channel 4 2011
12 August Sorry, I've Got No Head CBBC 2008
2 September My Family BBC One 2000
11 September Appropriate Adult ITV 2011
12 September Shooting Stars BBC Two 1995
15 September Torchwood BBC Two, BBC Three, BBC One 2006
1 October Doctor Who Confidential BBC Three 2005
18 October The Sarah Jane Adventures CBBC 2007
21 October EastEnders: E20 BBC Three 2010
23 October Spooks BBC One 2002
11 December The Politics Show 2003
14 December That's Britain! 2011
15 December The World's Strictest Parents BBC Three 2008
16 December OK! TV Channel 5 2011
19 December Mongrels BBC Three 2010
23 December Britain's Best Dish ITV 2007
30 December Christmas Coach Trip Channel 4 2011

Deaths[edit]

Date Name Age Broadcast credibility
2 January Pete Postlethwaite 64 Actor
5 January Helene Palmer[85] 82 Actress
15 January Susannah York[86] 72 Actress (Jane Eyre, Armchair Theatre)
2 February Margaret John[87] 84 Actress
22 February Nicholas Courtney[88] 81 Actor (Doctor Who)
15 March Keith Fordyce[89] 82 Radio and television presenter (Ready Steady Go!)
15 April Trevor Bannister[90] 76 Actor (Are You Being Served?, Last of the Summer Wine)
19 April Elisabeth Sladen[91] 65 Actress (Doctor Who, The Sarah Jane Adventures)
22 April John Sullivan 64 Scriptwriter (Only Fools and Horses, Citizen Smith)
23 April James Casey 88 Comedian, radio scriptwriter and producer (The Clitheroe Kid)
26 May Flick Colby[92] 65 Dancer and choreographer (co-founder/creator of the Top of the Pops dance troupes Pan's People, Ruby Flipper, Legs & Co., and Zoo; The Two Ronnies)
27 May Janet Brown[93] 87 Actress and comedian
4 June Donald Hewlett[94] 90 Actor (It Ain't Half Hot Mum, You Rang M'Lord?)
8 June Roy Skelton 79 Actor (Doctor Who, Rainbow)
25 June Margaret Tyzack[95] Actress (The Forsyte Saga)
2 August Richard Pearson[96] 93 Actor
22 August John Howard Davies[97] 72 Child actor and comedy director (Fawlty Towers)
11 September Andy Whitfield[98] 39 Actor and model (Spartacus: Blood and Sand)
27 September David Croft[99] 89 Television producer
15 October Betty Driver[100] 91 Actress (Coronation Street) aka Betty Williams
29 October Jimmy Savile[101] 84 DJ and television presenter (Top of the Pops, Jim'll Fix It)
20 November Angie Dowds 42 Personal trainer (The Biggest Loser)
18 December Ronald Wolfe[102] 89 Writer (On The Buses, The Rag Trade)

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