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28 October – Today is first broadcast as a daily early-morning topical radio show on the BBC Home Service. It will still be running more than 60 years later. 30 October – The government unveils plans which will allow women to join the House of Lords for the first time. [34] 8 November
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 ...
18 February – Tonight (1957–1965) 22 February – On Safari (1957–1965) 3 March – The Railway Children (1957) 28 March – The Wharf Road Mob (1957) 9 April – Portraits of Power (1957–1958) 17 April – Lenny the Lion Show (1957–1960) 20 April – The Phil Silvers Show (1955–1959) 24 April – The Sky at Night (1957–present)
28 August – LWT and Anglia begin 24-hour transmissions. September – TV-am recommences broadcasting each day from 6 am. 7 September – ITV launches a full morning programme schedule, with advertising, for the first time. The new service includes regular five-minute national and regional news bulletins.
April 24 – The Sky at Night (UK) presented by Patrick Moore (1957–present) May 1 – Junior Television Club; May 7 – In Melbourne Tonight with Graham Kennedy on GTV-9; June 19 – The Army Game (UK) on Britain's ITV (1957–1961) June 24 – Front Page Challenge (1957–1995) July – Tivoli Party Time (1957) on HSV-7 (Melbourne, Australia)
1 November – The first edition of Welsh-language news bulletin Newyddion is broadcast on the first night of broadcasting of Wales' new fourth channel S4C. 2 November – On the day of the launch of Channel 4, Channel 4 News is broadcast for the first time. The ITN-produced 60-minute programme is broadcast each weeknight at 7 pm with a brief ...
The Haunted History of Halloween; Heavy Metal; Heroes Under Fire; Hidden Cities; Hidden House History; High Hitler; High Points in History; Hillbilly: The Real Story; History Alive; History Films; History in Color; History Now; History of Angels [19] A History of Britain; A History of God [20] History of the Joke; The History of Sex; History ...
28 July – ATV stops broadcasting in London after its franchise is given to London Weekend Television. It can now broadcast seven days a week across the Midlands and is renamed ATV Limited . 2 August – A technicians' strike forces ITV off the air for several weeks although management manage to launch a temporary ITV Emergency National ...