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1986 in British television – BBC One begins a full daytime schedule service for the first time with Australian soap Neighbours making its UK debut as part of the schedule, while Yorkshire becomes the first ITV region to begin broadcasting 24 hours a day. 1986 also sees Neighbours make its British television debut along with Pingu, Casualty ...
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29 April – Michael Parkinson is appointed to TV-am's board of directors. [22] 23 May – TV-am's new look starts. [23] Daybreak is axed, with Good Morning Britain now the sole weekday programme, beginning at 6:25 am. Commander David Philpott is moved to weekends only, with Wincey Willis becoming the new weekday weather presenter. [24] 1984
25 December – Pluto's Christmas Tree is broadcast on BBC1, the first complete Mickey Mouse cartoon to be shown on British television in colour. 28 December ITV show a Charlie Brown cartoon for the first time in the UK, with A Charlie Brown Christmas. BBC1 screen the network television premiere of the 1964 Beatles musical comedy film, A Hard ...
The decade of the 1970s saw significant changes in television programming in both the United Kingdom and the United States.The trends included the decline of the "family sitcoms" and rural-oriented programs to more socially contemporary shows and "young, hip and urban" sitcoms in the United States and the permanent establishment of colour television in the United Kingdom.
1 February – Debut of the game show Play Your Cards Right on ITV, presented by Bruce Forsyth. [5] 10 February – London Weekend Television launches Gay Life, a late night regional series for gay viewers airing on Sundays. It is the first UK television series specifically aimed at a gay audience and is aired for two series in 1980 and 1981. [6]