1990 in British television

January

• January – ITV networks Emmerdale to 19:00 on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
• January – Baywatch, a series made by NBC in the United States, makes its British television debut on ITV. The series proves popular with ITV viewers, with audience figures regularly reaching 13 million. When NBC cancels the series after its first season, ITV teams up with an international consortium of broadcasters to sponsor the show for further seasons.^[1] The series comes to an end in 2001, following an eleven year run.^[2]
• 1 January – Mr. Bean debuts on ITV.
• 8 January – The popular classic children's song Nellie the Elephant has been spawned into a 5 minute animated cartoon series on ITV featuring the voices of singer Lulu and veteran actor, comedian, author, presenter, historian and political activist Tony Robinson. The first episode "Nellie and the Ghost" airs on ITV and was shown every Monday and will keeping until 9 April with "Nellie Rescues Mrs Maple's Moggy". The series will return on 5 September with "Nellie Goes Ballooning" and will be shifted onto a Wednesday timeslot. The last three episodes will be broadcast in January 1991 with the final episode being shown on 21 January.
• 9 January – The Secret Cabaret, an innovative and shocking magic based programme hosted by magician Simon Drake, premieres on Channel 4.
• 31 January – British television premiere of the James Bond film A View to a Kill on ITV.^[3]

February

• 11 February – Live coverage is aired of the African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela's release from Victor Verster Prison, near Cape Town, South Africa.
• 13 February – The US science fiction series Quantum Leap makes its British television debut on BBC2.^[4]
• 19 February – The first edition of Channel 4's documentary series Cutting Edge is shown.
• 20 February – Steve McFadden makes his first appearance as the EastEnders character Phil Mitchell. Ross Kemp debuts as Phil's brother, Grant in an episode aired two days later.
• February – Sky Movies is encrypted and becomes Sky’s first pay channel.

March

• 20 March – Chancellor John Major delivers the first budget to be shown on television.
• 25 March – British Satellite Broadcasting (BSB) launches on cable in the UK as a rival to Sky Television which launched the previous year.
• 26 March – The science fiction soap Jupiter Moon makes its debut on the Galaxy channel. 150 episodes are commissioned, but only 108 are aired before the series is cancelled in December.
• 27 March – BBC 1 airs the first of two flashback episodes of EastEnders as part of the storyline in which Diane Butcher (played by Sophie Lawrence) ran away from home. The episodes show Frank Butcher (Mike Reid) going to meet his teenage daughter at King's Cross station after she contacted him following a three-month absence. Scenes showing Frank waiting for Diane and their subsequent reunion are interspersed with flashbacks to January showing her leaving home and living rough on the streets.^[5] Sophie Lawrence did research among real homeless people for the storyline.^[6]
• 28 March – ITV broadcasts the Granada Television documentary drama, Who Bombed Birmingham?. The programme, which looks at the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings and the conviction of the Birmingham Six names several people believed to have actually been behind the bombings.^[7]
• 31 March – Opportunity Knocks returns to BBC1 for the 1990 series with its original title, and with Les Dawson as host.^[8]

April

• 3 April – ITV airs the First Tuesday documentary Sonia's Baby, the story of a woman's fight with the medical establishment to have a test tube baby using her late husband's sperm.^[9]
• 6 April – UK television debut of Australian children's sci-fi comedy Round the Twist on BBC1.^[10]
• 14 April – BBC2 begins showing the 91-part 1988 Indian serial, Mahabharat, a dramatisation of the epic poem the Mahabharata. The programme is shown in Hindi with English subtitles, and repeated the following day in a late night slot on BBC1.^[11][12]
• 16 April – BBC1 airs Wogan on Ice, a special edition of Terry Wogan's chat show that gives viewers a rare chance to see ice dancers Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean performing together. The pair, who achieved success during the 1984 Winter Olympics, are appearing together in the UK for the first time since 1985.^[13]
• 21 April – Closing episode of the third series of ITV's You Bet!, and the last to be presented by Bruce Forsyth.
• 29 April – BSB launches on satellite television.

May

• 5 May – Italy's Toto Cutugno wins the 1990 Eurovision Song Contest with "Together: 1992".
• 6 May – Airdate of the Everyman episode A Game of Soldiers, a documentary concerned a group of soldiers exploring their feelings about being trained to kill.^[14]
• 10 May – The Broadcasting Bill receives its third reading in the House of Commons and is passed with 259 votes to 180.^[15]
• 19 May – Helen Rollason becomes the first female presenter on BBC1's Grandstand.^[16]
• 22 May – ITV airs "Trojan Horse", an episode of The Bill in which the character PC Ken Melvin (played by Mark Powley) is killed off while trying to park a booby trapped car, when a bomb explodes.
• 27–28 May – ITV stages its second nationwide Telethon.
• 28 May – ITV airs a special edition of Coronation Street as part of its Telethon in which Hilda Ogden (Jean Alexander) returns for a special visit.

June

• 2 June – Opportunity Knocks ends its run on BBC1 after four series with the 1990 final.^[17]
• 8 June–8 July – The BBC and ITV provide television coverage of the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
• 15 June – The very first edition of Art Attack with Neil Buchanan is shown on Children's ITV.
• 24 June – The cult science fiction film The Terminator, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton receives its network television premiere on BBC2 as part of the channel's Moviedrome strand.^[18]
• 28 June – First screening of sitcom Waiting for God on BBC1.^[19]

July

• 2 July –
  • ITV broadcasts Tom McGurk's film Dear Sarah, a play about Giuseppe Conlon's letters to his wife, Sarah after he was convicted as one of the "Maguire Seven" for allegedly making IRA bombs.^[20]
  • Channel 4 quiz show Countdown celebrates its 1000th edition.^[21]
• 5 July – The Tavernier family make their EastEnders debut; parents Celestine and Etta (played by Leroy Golding and Jacqui Gordon-Lawrence), their children Clyde (Steven Woodcock), Hattie (Michelle Gayle) and Lloyd (Garey Bridges), and grandfather Jules (Tommy Eytle).^[22]
• 6 July – Channel 4 introduced a third weekly episode of its soap Brookside, airing on a Friday evening. The soap now airs Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
• 7 July – In Rome, on the eve of the final of the 1990 FIFA World Cup the Three Tenors sing together for the first time. The event is broadcast live on television and watched worldwide by millions of people. Highlight is Luciano Pavarotti's performance of Nessun Dorma from Giacomo Puccini's opera Turandot.
• 13 July – Network television premiere of Michael Schultz's sci-fi adventure Timestalkers on BBC1, the film having been postponed from 25 June.^[23]
• 19 July – MPs vote to make televised proceedings of the House of Commons a permanent feature.
• 21 July – Debut of ITV's Stars in Their Eyes, a series presented by Leslie Crowther in which members of the public impersonate their favourite singers.
• 31 July – The final edition of Engineering Announcements is shown on Channel 4 at 5.45am.^[24]

August

• 10 August – Debut of Channel 4's music show The Word.
• 14 August – The eight-part New Zealand action thriller Steel Riders debuts on BBC1.^[25]
• 18 August – BSB's second Marcopolo Satellite is launched.
• 25 August – The first series of Stars in Their Eyes is won by Maxine Barrie performing as Shirley Bassey.
• 31 August – BBC1 airs the network television premiere of Miracles, Jim Kouf's 1986 comedy starring Tom Conti and Teri Garr.^[26]

September

• 2 September –
  • BBC1 airs the network television premiere of Heartsounds, a film based on the autobiographical book by Martha Weinman Lear, and starring James Garner and Mary Tyler Moore.^[27]
  • The long-running animated series The Simpsons is broadcast in the United Kingdom for the first time, making its debut on Sky1.^[28] Call of the Simpsons is the first episode to be shown on Sky.
• 5 September – New BBC building at White City opens.
• 7 September – After an eight-year absence, The Generation Game returns on BBC1 with Bruce Forsyth as returning host and Rosemarie Ford as hostess.^[29]
• 8 September – Ahead of the UK screening of the 1,000th episode of Neighbours, BBC1 airs Neighbours 1,000th Episode Celebration, a TV special produced by Australia's Network Ten which brought together past and present cast members to mark the occasion.^[30]
• 9 September – As part of the Screen One series, BBC1 screens the groundbreaking comedy drama Frankenstein's Baby which explores the subject of male pregnancy.^[31][32]
• 13 September – BBC1 screens the 1,000th episode of Neighbours. The episode features a storyline in which the characters Des Clarke and Jane Harris (played by Paul Keane and Annie Jones) become engaged.^[33]
• 15 September – Raymond Baxter introduces BBC1's live coverage of the fly-past and parade at Buckingham Palace as the Royal Air Force marks the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Britain.^[34]
• 16 September – Cliff Michelmore introduces BBC1's coverage of the Battle of Britain Service from Westminster Abbey, conducted by Archbishop of Canterbury Rev. Dr. Robert Runcie.^[35]
• 17 September – BBC1 airs a special edition of Blue Peter in which Yvette Fielding travels to Montserrat to report on efforts to rebuild the island, which experienced widespread damage when it was struck by Hurricane Hugo on 17 September 1989.^[36]
• 23 September – Debut of the Screen One drama Sweet Nothing, which deals with the subject of homeless young people in London.^[37]
• 24 September – Joan Bunting wins the 1990 series of MasterChef.
• 25 September – ITV premieres children's animated fantasy television series The Dreamstone.
• 30 September – The BSB channel Galaxy airs the pilot episode of Heil Honey I'm Home!, a controversial sitcom featuring a fictionalised Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun. The show attracts much criticism and is cancelled after one episode. Several other episodes were recorded, but none have ever been broadcast.

October

• 2 October – The First Tuesday documentary Swing Under the Swastika airs on ITV. The programme looks at jazz music under the Nazi regime and is narrated by Alan Plater.^[38]
• 15 October – Fireman Sam returns to BBC 1 for a brand new series with a new character named Penny Morris being introduced.
• 18 October – The day's edition of BBC 1's Question Time from Edinburgh becomes the first edition of the programme to feature six panellists after delays require the last minute substitution of two guests. Tony Benn, Margaret Ewing, Andrew Neil and Malcolm Rifkind were originally scheduled to appear, but Menzies Campbell and Magnus Linklater are drafted in when Benn and Neil are late. Benn and Neil then arrive 20 minutes into the programme, and join the discussion.
• 23 October – David Lynch's critically acclaimed serial drama Twin Peaks receives its British television debut at 9.00pm on BBC2.^[39]
• 29 October – Debut of Keeping Up Appearances, a sitcom starring Patricia Routledge on BBC1.^[40]
• 30 October – Debut of The Sentence, an eight-part BBC2 documentary series looking at life inside Glen Parva Young Offenders Institute near Leicester, Europe's largest prison of its type. It is the first time a television crew has been given access to the prison.^[41]

November

• 2 November – BSB merges with Sky Television, becoming British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB). Of BSB's five channels, only two, The Movie Channel and The Sports Channel, remain on air long term, though both are eventually renamed. Galaxy is closed with its transponders handed over to Sky One, Now is replaced in the most part with Sky News and The Power Station remains on air until 8 April 1991 before being replaced by MTV.
• 9 November – The Word is moved from 6pm to a late night timeslot.
• 11 November – At 10.40pm ITV airs an ITN News special in which Trevor McDonald talks to Saddam Hussein. In his first interview with a British broadcaster since his country's invasion of Kuwait in August, the Iraqi President calls for talks and attempts to link the ongoing Gulf crisis with the Palestinian issue.^[42]
• 18 November–23 December – The BBC's serialisation of the Chronicles of Narnia concludes with the fourth and final story, The Silver Chair, being aired in six parts.
• 20 November –
  • Broadcaster John Sergeant's famous encounter with Margaret Thatcher on the steps of the British embassy in Paris. He was waiting for Thatcher in the hope of hearing her reaction to the first ballot in the party leadership contest of 1990, only to be pushed aside by her press secretary, Sir Bernard Ingham, when Thatcher emerges from the building. Sergeant later wins the British Press Guild award for the most memorable broadcast of the year.
  • BBC1 airs The Maze – Enemies Within, an Inside Story special looking at life inside Northern Ireland's Maze Prison.^[43]
  • Episode of Emmerdale in which Malandra Burrows (as Kathy Merrick) sings "Just This Side Of Love", a song later released by Burrows as a single. Released on 26 November, the song enters the UK Singles Chart at #44, before spending eight weeks in the top 60 and peaking at #11 on 22 December.
• 22 November – Following Margaret Thatcher's resignation as Prime Minister, the evening's edition of Question Time, broadcast from London's Barbican Centre, is transmitted in two parts, with two different panels. The first part features Enoch Powell, David Owen, James Callaghan and Simon Jenkins, while Michael Howard, Nigel Lawson, Paddy Ashdown and Roy Hattersley are the panellists for the second part.
• 25 November – Episode three of the ninth series of Spitting Image concludes with a film showing footage of Britain's homeless crisis over which plays a parody of Dionne Warwick's 1964 song "Walk on By". The piece is introduced as one of the legacies of Margaret Thatcher's government, and is rare for the series in that no puppets were used.^[44]
• November – The Broadcasting Act 1990 receives Royal Assent. The Act paves the way for the deregulation of the British commercial broadcasting industry, and will have many consequences for the ITV system.^[45][46]

December

• 1 December – With the media watching, the two ends of the service tunnel of the Channel Tunnel are joined together, linking Britain and France for the first time since the Ice Age. A handshake then takes place between Englishman Graham Fagg and Frenchman Phillippe Cozette, after which British and French workers board trains to complete the first journey between the two countries.^[47][48]
• 2 December –
  • ITV screens a repeat of Episode One of Coronation Street as the soap approaches its 30th anniversary.
  • Galaxy and Now are closed down and are replaced on the Marco Polo satellite by Sky One and Sky News although arts programmes are shown for a short time as a weekend opt-out service from Sky News.
• 7 December – BBC2 broadcasts Your Move, a pioneering interactive show in which the home audience are invited to play chess against grandmaster Jonathan Speelman using telephone voting to select each move.^[49]
• 9 December –
  • Cilla Black hosts Happy Birthday Coronation Street, an evening of entertainment on ITV to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the long–running soap.^[50]
  • The Greek language channel Hellenic TV – the UK's first foreign-language service to be given a broadcast licence by the Independent Television Commission – goes on air in London.
• 24 December –
  • BBC1 shows a feature length episode of All Creatures Great and Small, the last to be aired in the long running series.^[51]
  • The first ever Wallace & Gromit film, A Grand Day Out, premieres on Channel 4.
• 25 December –
  • Steven Spielberg's 1982 science fiction adventure E.T. makes its British television debut on BBC1.^[52]
  • Channel 4 airs The Coronation Street Birthday Lecture, a talk delivered by Labour politician Roy Hattersley in which he discusses aspects of the soap in front of an invited audience, which includes some Coronation Street cast members. The programme also includes some classic clips from the series.^[53]
• 26 December –
  • BBC1 airs the network television premiere of the supernatural horror film Poltergeist II,^[54] and Toto – Live in Paris, a rare live performance from Toto.^[55]
  • ITV airs a made-for-television adaptation of R. D. Blackmore's historical romance Lorna Doone. The film, produced by Thames Television, is noted for its choice of filming location, footage having been shot near Glasgow rather than in the novel's Exmoor setting.
• 27 December – British television premiere of My Left Foot, Jim Sheridan's biopic of the writer Christy Brown, which is aired by ITV.
• 31 December –
  • New Year's Eve highlights on BBC1 include the network television premiere of the romantic comedy Roxanne, a modern retelling of Edmond Rostand's 1897 verse play Cyrano de Bergerac.^[56]
  • Clearwater Features, the studio behind Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends, decides to shut down its production arm after having produced only thirteen episodes of TUGS.

BBC1

• 4 January – One Foot in the Grave (1990–2000)
• 6 January – Waterfront Beat (1990–1991)
• 8 January – // The Further Adventures of SuperTed (1989)
• 20 January – Alfonso Bonzo (1990)
• 8 February – Mick and Mac (1990)
• 15 February –
  • Ben Elton: The Man from Auntie (1990–1994)
  • Dizzy Heights (1990–1993)
  • / EastEnders (1985–present)
  • Casualty (TV series) (1986–present)
• 26 March – Turnabout (1990–1996)
• 6 April – Round the Twist (1989–2001)
• 21 April – The 8:15 from Manchester (1990–1991)
• 26 May – Takeover Bid (1990–1991)
• 28 June – Waiting for God (1990–1994)
• 2 July – MasterChef (1990–2001, 2005–present)
• 14 August – Steel Riders (1987)
• 4 September – On the Up (1990–1992)
• 10 September – Pigsty (1990–1992)
• 14 September – Bump (1990–1994)
• 20 September – The Brollys (1990)
• 22 September – / Babar (1989–1991)
• 3 October – Canned Carrott (1990–1992)
• 4 October – Uncle Jack (1990–1993)
• 28 October – The Green Man (1990)
• 29 October – Keeping Up Appearances (1990–1995)
• 13 November – Forget Me Not Farm (1990–1991)
• 18 November – House of Cards (1990)
• 23 December – The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries (1990–1994)

BBC2

• 13 February – Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
• 30 March – Tales of Aesop (1990)
• 6 April – United (1990)
• 18 September – Over the Moon with Mr Boon (1990–1996)
• 19 September – Portrait of a Marriage (1990)
• 28 September – Have I Got News for You (1990–present)
• 3 October – The Mary Whitehouse Experience (1990–1992)
• 7 October – Saban's Adventures of Pinocchio (1972–1973)
• 13 October – The Littl' Bits (1980)
• 23 October – Twin Peaks (1990–1991, 2017)
• 30 October – The Sentence (1990)
• 8 November – Harry Enfield's Television Programme (1990–1998)

ITV

• 1 January – Mr. Bean (1990–1995)
• 7 January – Rescue (1990)
• 8 January – Nellie the Elephant (1990–1991)
• 10 January – // Wowser (1989)
• 20 January – Kappatoo (1990–1992)
• 27 January – Haggard (1990–1992)
• 7 February –
  • El C.I.D. (1990–1992)
  • No Job for a Lady (1990–1992)
• 28 February – Spatz (1990–1992)
• 6 March – Chancer (1990–1991)
• 25 March – Not with a Bang (1990)
• 26 March – What a Mess (Series 2) (1990)
• 27 March –
  • Phoenix Hall (1990)
  • Oh, Mr. Toad (1990)
• 16 April – You've Been Framed! (1990–present)
• 20 April – The Chief (1990–1995)
• 22 April –
  • Jeeves and Wooster (1990–1993)
  • Perfect Scoundrels (1990–1992)
• 23 April –
  • Families (1990–1993)
  • Coconuts (1990)
• 1 May – The Upper Hand (1990–1996)
• 2 May – Up the Garden Path (1990–1993)
• 19 May – Cannon and Ball's Casino (1990)
• 1 June – The $64,000 Question (1990–1993)
• 3 June – Shoot to Kill (1990)
• 15 June – Art Attack (1990–2007 ITV, 2011–present Disney)
• 27 June – Bertie the Bat (1990)
• 9 July – ITV News Anglia (1990–present)
• 10 July – Under the Bedclothes (1990)
• 21 July – Stars in Their Eyes (1990–2006, 2015)
• 3 September – Rosie and Jim (1990–2000)
• 7 September – The Piglet Files (1990–1992)
• 21 September – / Paddington Bear (1989–1990)
• 24 September – Cannon and Balls Playhouse (1990)
• 25 September – The Dreamstone (1990–1995)
• 26 September – How 2 (1990–2006)
• 14 November – Medics (1990–1995)
• 29 December – The Widowmaker (1990)

Channel 4

• 2 January – Gophers! (1990)
• 9 January – The Secret Cabaret (1990–1992)
• 2 February – The Great Moghuls (1990)
• 15 February – The Crystal Maze (1990–1995, 2016–present)
• 19 February – Cutting Edge (1990–present)
• 27 February – Nightingales (1990–1993)
• 5 May – Bright Sparks (1989)
• 25 May – Vic Reeves Big Night Out (1990–1991)
• 27 June – The Gravy Train (1990)
• 14 July – Elly & Jools (1990)
• 9 August – Drop the Dead Donkey (1990–1998)
• 10 August – The Word (1990–1995)
• 7 October – Bobobobs (1988–1989)
• 24 December – A Grand Day Out (1989)

S4C

• 17 September – Heno (1990–2003, 2012–present)

Sky One

• 2 September – The Simpsons (1987–present) (Repeated on BBC1 & BBC2 from 1996–2004 & Channel 4 from 2004–present)
• 3 September – Love at First Sight (1990–1992)
• 3 October – Alien Nation (1989–1990)

Galaxy

• 26 March – Jupiter Moon (1990, 1996)
• 30 April –
  • Laughlines (1990)
  • Wife of the Week (1990–1992)
• 5 May – The Satellite Game (1990)
• Unknown –
  • Blizzard Island (1988–1989)
  • Eureeka's Castle (1989–1995)

The Children's Channel

• 14 March – Rude Dog and the Dweebs (1989)

New channels

Defunct channels

Rebranded channels

Changes of network affiliation

Shows	Moved from	Moved to
Towser	ITV	Channel 4
The Clangers	BBC1
Bagpuss
Ivor the Engine	BBC2
Noggin the Nog
The Jetsons	ITV	BBC1
Rude Dog and the Dweebs	The Children's Channel
Bright Sparks	Channel 4	The Children's Channel

1920s

• BBC Wimbledon (1927–present)

1930s

• BBC Cricket (1939–1999, 2020–2024)

1940s

• Come Dancing (1949–1998)

1950s

• Panorama (1953–present)
• This Week (1956–1978, 1986–1992)
• What the Papers Say (1956–2008)
• The Sky at Night (1957–present)
• Blue Peter (1958–present)
• Grandstand (1958–2007)

1960s

• Coronation Street (1960–present)
• Songs of Praise (1961–present)
• World in Action (1963–1998)
• Top of the Pops (1964–2006)
• Match of the Day (1964–present)
• Mr. and Mrs. (1964–1999)
• Jackanory (1965–1996, 2006)
• Sportsnight (1965–1997)
• The Money Programme (1966–2010)
• The Big Match (1968–2002)

1970s

• Rainbow (1972–1992, 1994–1995)
• Emmerdale (1972–present)
• Newsround (1972–present)
• Last of the Summer Wine (1973–2010)
• That's Life! (1973–1994)
• Wish You Were Here...? (1974–2003)
• Arena (1975–present)
• Jim'll Fix It (1975–1994)
• One Man and His Dog (1976–present)
• Grange Hill (1978–2008)
• The Paul Daniels Magic Show (1979–1994)
• Antiques Roadshow (1979–present)
• Question Time (1979–present)

1980s

• Children in Need (1980–present)
• Bergerac (1981–1991)
• 'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1992)
• Wogan (1981–1992)
• Brookside (1982–2003)
• Countdown (1982–present)
• Timewatch (1982–present)
• Right to Reply (1982–2001)
• Good Morning Britain (1983–1992, 2014–present)
• First Tuesday (1983–1993)
• Highway (1983–1993)
• Blockbusters (1983–93, 1994–95, 1997, 2000–01, 2012)
• Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (1984–present)
• Wide Awake Club (1984–1992)
• Spitting Image (1984–1996)
• The Bill (1984–2010)
• Channel 4 Racing (1984–2016)
• Busman's Holiday (1985–1993)
• EastEnders (1985–present)
• The Cook Report (1985–1998)
• Crosswits (1985–1998)
• Telly Addicts (1985–1998)
• Comic Relief (1985–present)
• Bread (1986–1991)
• Brush Strokes (1986–1991)
• Naked Video (1986–1991)
• Boon (1986–1992, 1995)
• Every Second Counts (1986–1993)
• Lovejoy (1986–1994)
• The Raggy Dolls (1986–1994)
• Beadle's About (1986–1996)
• The Chart Show (1986–1998, 2008–2009)
• Casualty (1986–present)
• Going Live! (1987–1993)
• Watching (1987–1993)
• The Time, The Place (1987–1996)
• Allsorts (1987–1995)
• Going for Gold (1987–1996, 2008–2009)
• Chain Letters (1987–1997)
• ChuckleVision (1987–2009)
• Playbox (1987–1992)
• All Clued Up (1988–1991)
• I Can Do That (1988–1991)
• After Henry (1988–1992)
• Park Avenue (1988–1992)
• Count Duckula (1988–1993)
• You Rang, M'Lord? (1988–1993)
• You Bet! (1988–1997)
• Playdays (1988–1997)
• London's Burning (1988–2002)
• On the Record (1988–2002)
• Fifteen to One (1988–2003, 2013–present)
• This Morning (1988–present)
• Tricky Business (1989–1991)
• Fun House (1989–1999)
• The Channel Four Daily (1989–1992)
• Absolutely (1989–1993)
• KYTV (1989–1993)
• Press Gang (1989–1993)
• Birds of a Feather (1989–1998, 2014–present)
• A Bit of Fry & Laurie (1989–1995)
• Desmond's (1989–1994)
• Mike and Angelo (1989–2000)
• Bodger & Badger (1989–1999)