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1 February – The first interracial kiss on television occurs during a live performance of the play Hot Summer Night, broadcast in the ABC Armchair Theatre strand. The kiss is between Andrée Melly and Lloyd Reckord (who will feature in another early televised interracial kiss three years later in the play You in Your Small Corner).
The Arthur Haynes Show (1957–1966) Pinky and Perky (1957–1968; 1968–1972) Captain Pugwash (1957–1966; 1974–1975) The Kilt Is My Delight (1957–1963) The Phil Silvers Show (1955–1959 – shown in UK originally until 1961) Lenny the Lion Show (1957–1961) Tonight (1957–1965) On Safari (1957–1965) Blue Peter (1958–present ...
14 September – The highly popular and long-running live children's variety show Crackerjack! is broadcast for the first time on BBC TV, hosted by Eamonn Andrews. 22 September – Commercial broadcasting starts in the UK with the launch of ITV in London, Associated-Rediffusion on weekdays and Associated Television Network (ATV) at weekends ...
Two separate government studies identify spare frequency space on the UHF band, prompting political debate about the viability of a fifth UK terrestrial TV channel. 1988 in British television – By the end of 1988, all ITV regions are providing a full 24-hour service, which includes through-the-night news summaries and bulletins from ITN. Also ...
Blogger Barry Enderwick, of Sandwiches of History, offers "Sunday Morning" viewers a 1958 recipe for a club sandwich that, he says, shouldn't work, but actually does, really well! MORE: "Sunday ...
Tonight is a British current affairs television programme, presented by Cliff Michelmore, that was broadcast on BBC live on weekday evenings from 18 February 1957 to 18 June 1965. The producers were the future Controller of BBC1 Donald Baverstock and the future Director-General of the BBC Alasdair Milne .
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.