1963 in British television
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This is a list of British television related events from 1963.
Events
January
- 7 January – Granada Television first broadcasts World in Action, its influential investigative current affairs series, which will run for 35 years.
- 13 January – BBC TV broadcasts the play The Madhouse on Castle Street in the Sunday-Night Theatre strand. The play co-stars a young American folk music singer named Bob Dylan.
February
- No events.
March
- 23 March – The 8th Eurovision Song Contest is held at the BBC Television Centre in London. Denmark wins the contest with the song "Dansevise", performed by Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann.
April
- No events.
May
- No events.
June
- No events.
July
- No events.
August
- 9 August – Ready Steady Go! premieres on ITV.
September
- 30 September – BBC TV begins using a globe as their symbol. They would continue to use it in varying forms until 2002.
October
- No events.
November
- 22 November – BBC TV interrupts regular programming to report the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
- 23 November
- That Was The Week That Was broadcasts its famous, non-satirical Kennedy tribute episode on BBC TV.
- Doctor Who premieres on BBC TV with the first episode of the four-part serial An Unearthly Child. The First Doctor is portrayed by William Hartnell.
December
- 21 December – First episode of the seven-part serial The Daleks broadcast in the Doctor Who series, introducing the titular aliens (revealed fully in the following week's episode).
- 28 December – The satirical BBC show That Was The Week That Was (TW3) airs for the last time.
Debuts
BBC Television Service/BBC TV
- 21 February – Moonstrike (1963)
- 30 September – Spotlight South-West (1963–present)
- 5 October – The Telegoons (1963–1964)
- 23 November – Doctor Who (1963–1989, 1996, 2005–present)
- Unknown – Bleep and Booster (1963–1977)
ITV
- 7 January – World in Action (1963–1998)
- 30 March – The Human Jungle (1963–1964)
- 9 August – Ready Steady Go! (1963–1966)
- 2 October – Espionage (1963–1964)
- 9 November – Emerald Soup (1963)
Television shows
1920s
- BBC Wimbledon (1927–1939, 1946–2024)
1930s
- BBC Cricket (1939, 1946–1999, 2020–2024)
1940s
- Watch with Mother (1946–1973)
- Come Dancing (1950–1998)
1950s
- Andy Pandy (1950–1970, 2002–2005)
- Rag, Tag and Bobtail (1953–1965)
- The Good Old Days (1953–1983)
- Panorama (1953–present)
- Picture Book (1955–1965)
- Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1955–1967, 1973–1974)
- Take Your Pick (1955–1968, 1992–1998)
- Double Your Money (1955–1968)
- Dixon of Dock Green (1955–1976)
- Crackerjack (1955–1984)
- Opportunity Knocks (1956–1978, 1987–1990)
- This Week (1956–1978, 1986–1992)
- Armchair Theatre (1956–1974)[1]
- What the Papers Say (1956–2008)
- The Sky at Night (1957–present)
- Blue Peter (1958–present)
- Grandstand (1958–2007)
- Noggin the Nog (1959–1965)
1960s
- Sykes and A... (1960–1965)
- The Flintstones (1960–1966)
- Coronation Street (1960–present)
- Ghost Squad (1961–1964)
- The Avengers (1961–1969)
- Points of View (1961–present)
- Songs of Praise (1961–present)
- Compact (1962–1965)
- Steptoe and Son (1962–1965, 1970–1974)
- Hugh and I (1962–1967)
- The Saint (1962–1969)
- Z-Cars (1962–1978)
- Animal Magic (1962–1983)
Ending this year
- Zoo Quest (1954–1963)
- That Was The Week That Was (1962–1963)
- The Jetsons (1962–1963, 1985–1987)
Births
- 16 January – James May, motoring journalist and television show host
- 19 January – Martin Bashir, television journalist
- 22 January – Nicola Duffett, actress
- 27 January – Mark Moraghan, actor and singer
- 10 February – Philip Glenister, actor
- 16 March – Jerome Flynn, British actor
- 20 March – David Thewlis, English actor
- 16 April – Nick Berry, actor and singer
- 11 May – Natasha Richardson, actress (died 2009)
- 20 May – Jenny Funnell, radio and television actress
- 22 May – David Schneider, actor
- 6 June – Jason Isaacs, actor
- 2 July – Mark Kermode, British film critic
- 3 July - Jo Wheeler, weather forecaster
- 31 August – Todd Carty, actor and director
- 11 September – Colin Wells, actor
- 26 September –
- Lysette Anthony, English actress
- Jo Caulfield, actress, writer and comedian.
- 5 October – Nick Robinson, journalist, BBC News political editor
- 3 November – Ian Wright, footballer and radio and television presenter
- 10 November – Hugh Bonneville, actor
- 28 November – Armando Iannucci, Scottish comedian, satirist and radio producer
- 24 December – Caroline Aherne, comic actress/writer (died 2016)
- Unknown –
- Ruth Goodman, historian and television presenter
- Judy Flynn, British actress, (Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom)
See also
References
- ↑ Mark Duguid "Armchair Theatre (1956–74)", BFI screenonline
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