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The Friday night draws showed the EuroMillions results and the Thunderball draw and are usually broadcast at 23:15. The Friday night draws were the only draws not to be broadcast live. From January 2013, the Friday draws are available to watch exclusively on the National Lottery's website. There is still a results update on BBC One at 22:35.
The majority of special events attracting large audiences are often carried on more than one channel. The most watched special event programme of all time on a single channel in the UK is the 1973 wedding ceremony of Princess Anne, shown only on BBC One.
International football finals are a particular problem as research has shown that 71% of people in the UK will watch them at home instead of public venues such as pubs. [4] The Grid predicted a pickup of around 3000 MW, equivalent to 1.2 million kettles being turned on at once, if England made the later stages of the 2010 FIFA World Cup .
2025 in British television – The Simpsons after over 20 years on Channel 4 moves to E4, Gary Lineker is announced to present his last regular edition of Match of the Day, he will continue to host FA Cup & the 2026 FIFA World Cup for the BBC in the 2025–26 season before leaving the BBC, Eurosport will close in the UK and Ireland after 36 ...
25 September – Local news channel Channel One closes at 6 pm. [19] 1 October – Sky Sports News launches as part of the launch of Sky's digital television service. 20 October – A new late night programme review of the day's events in Westminster, Despatch Box, is launched. It replaces The Midnight Hour. 15 November –
20 October - A Wales international, a 1-1 draw with England, is televised live for the first time. It is the first live football broadcast from outside England. [32] 1952. The FA blocks live television coverage of the FA Cup Final. [33] [34] Coverage was restricted to filmed excerpts, and could only be shown from the following Monday. Every ...
14 July – Watchdog launches as a stand-alone programme on BBC1, [25] having previously been a segment within the teatime news magazine programmes Nationwide and Sixty Minutes. 27 July – BBC2 airs "Blues Night", an Arena special dedicated to the Blues and featuring artists from the genre, including Sonny Boy Williamson , B. B. King , Blind ...
As the oldest commercial television network in the UK, ITV has employed many journalists and newsreaders to present its news programmes as well as to provide news reports and interviews during its history. Since the ITV network began, Independent Television News Limited (ITN) has held the contract to produce national and international news for ...