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Regional Jobfinder services are part of Night Time and they are broadcast between 4am and 5am on weeknights. [11] 17 September–2 October – Channel 4 broadcasts all night for the first time to provide full live coverage of the 1988 Olympic Games. [12] BBC1 also provides all-night Games coverage, and consequently broadcasts non-stop for 16 days.
26 March – The Grand National is televised for the first time, by the BBC Television Service. [2] [3] 29 March – The 5th Eurovision Song Contest is held at the Royal Festival Hall in London and broadcast at home by the BBC. France wins the contest with the song "Tom Pillibi", performed by Jacqueline Boyer.
Saturday night royal documentaries have been a ratings winner for Channel 5, with programmes about past members of the British Royal Family also getting good viewing figures, with a programme about King George V (whose reign was from 6 May 1910 until 20 January 1936) achieving a rating of 1.4 million viewers when it was first broadcast. [104]
Full list of Six Nations games and how to watch them
14 June – BBC television broadcasts the first episode of the sitcom Steptoe and Son, written by Galton and Simpson and starring Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H. Corbett, an unusual use at this time of "straight" actors in a sitcom; it is based on a one-off show "The Offer" in the Galton & Simpson's Comedy Playhouse strand.
The channel shut down for good on 1 September 2021, with its channel number taken by Sky Showcase and much of its content library moved to Sky Max. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] This is a list of television programmes broadcast by Sky One in the United Kingdom and Ireland .
Saturday Night Live returns for its milestone 50th season tonight. The new series will see a re-assembled lineup of familiar faces , plus three new cast members.
4 December – Due to a clash with ITV morning broadcaster TV-am for a 0900 UK time kick off, Scottish Television production Scotsport is screened on Channel 4 for the only time, broadcasting Australia v Scotland in a 1986 Football World Cup Qualifier.