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|[[Joss Stone]] wins the [[The Masked Singer (British series 2)|second series]] of ''[[The Masked Singer (British TV series)|The Masked Singer]]''. Overnight viewing figures indicate the programme was watched by 8.6 million viewers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Masked Singer champ Joss Stone demands apology for Stacey Solomon after Sausage rumours |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/showbiz-tv/masked-singer-champ-joss-stone-19835992 |access-date=16 February 2021 |work=[[Birmingham Mail]] |archive-date=20 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320110459/https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/showbiz-tv/masked-singer-champ-joss-stone-19835992 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-56067767|title=The Masked Singer: Finale attracts 8.6 million viewers|date=15 February 2021|accessdate=17 February 2021|via=www.bbc.co.uk|archive-date=20 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320110244/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-56067767|url-status=live}}</ref>
|[[Joss Stone]] wins the [[The Masked Singer (British series 2)|second series]] of ''[[The Masked Singer (British TV series)|The Masked Singer]]''. Overnight viewing figures indicate the programme was watched by 8.6 million viewers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Masked Singer champ Joss Stone demands apology for Stacey Solomon after Sausage rumours |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/showbiz-tv/masked-singer-champ-joss-stone-19835992 |access-date=16 February 2021 |work=[[Birmingham Mail]] |archive-date=20 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320110459/https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/showbiz-tv/masked-singer-champ-joss-stone-19835992 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-56067767|title=The Masked Singer: Finale attracts 8.6 million viewers|date=15 February 2021|accessdate=17 February 2021|via=www.bbc.co.uk|archive-date=20 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320110244/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-56067767|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|Channel 4 announces that [[Anne Robinson]] is to be the first female host of ''[[Countdown (game show)|Countdown]]''; she will take up the role when current presenter [[Nick Hewer]] steps down later in the year.<ref>{{cite news |title=Anne Robinson revealed as Countdown's first ever female host following Nick Hewer's departure |url=https://news.sky.com/story/anne-robinson-revealed-as-countdowns-first-ever-female-host-following-nick-hewers-departure-12219035 |access-date=16 February 2021 |work=[[Sky News]] |archive-date=20 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320110447/https://news.sky.com/story/anne-robinson-revealed-as-countdowns-first-ever-female-host-following-nick-hewers-departure-12219035 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-56069675|title=Anne Robinson to be the new host of Countdown|date=15 February 2021|accessdate=17 February 2021|via=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
|Channel 4 announces that [[Anne Robinson]] is to be the first female host of ''[[Countdown (game show)|Countdown]]''; she will take up the role when current presenter [[Nick Hewer]] steps down later in the year.<ref>{{cite news |title=Anne Robinson revealed as Countdown's first ever female host following Nick Hewer's departure |url=https://news.sky.com/story/anne-robinson-revealed-as-countdowns-first-ever-female-host-following-nick-hewers-departure-12219035 |access-date=16 February 2021 |work=[[Sky News]] |archive-date=20 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320110447/https://news.sky.com/story/anne-robinson-revealed-as-countdowns-first-ever-female-host-following-nick-hewers-departure-12219035 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-56069675|title=Anne Robinson to be the new host of Countdown|date=15 February 2021|accessdate=17 February 2021|via=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
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List of years in British television (table)
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This is a list of events taking place in 2021 relating to television in the United Kingdom.

Events

January

Date Event
1 BBC One airs Alicia Keys Rocks New Year's Eve to see in 2021,[1] as well as the fireworks display from London. This year's display includes a light show created by 300 drones that pays tribute to NHS staff and notable figures of 2020. Overnight figures indicate the display is watched by 10.75 million viewers.[2]
BBC One airs "Revolution of the Daleks", the New Year's Day special of Doctor Who. The episode sees John Barrowman return as Captain Jack Harkness, as well as the departure of Graham and Ryan, played by Bradley Walsh and Tosin Cole. Following its broadcast, comedian John Bishop is revealed as the character Dan, who will be The Doctor's companion in the next series.[3][4]
BBC Two airs the annual Vienna New Year's Concert. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic there is no live audience for the 2021 concert, but the concert is able to go ahead as the orchestra have been COVID tested on a daily basis.[5]
3 The Mirror reports that Jodie Whittaker will leave her role as the Thirteenth Doctor at the end of the next series of Doctor Who. In response the BBC says it will not comment on the matter.[6]
4 In a televised address, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces a third lockdown for England, with rules similar to those in March 2020.[7]
5 The BBC announces that programming for schools will air on BBC Two and CBBC, as well as online, during the latest lockdown, starting from Monday 11 January.[8]
6 Oliver Dowden, the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, announces that Richard Sharp, former chair of the Royal Academy of Arts, is the government's preferred choice for the next Chairman of the BBC.[9]
Sky Cinema Disney ceases broadcasting making it the last Disney related channel to close and now all of Disney’s content are available exclusively on Disney+.
7 ITV announces that filming for Series 15 of Britain's Got Talent has been suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[10]
Visitors to Gwrych Castle, near Abergele, used for filming I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! in 2020, will be able to see some of the sets used for the series when the castle reopens, it has been confirmed.[11]
8 Graham Norton, who presents the Eurovision Song Contest, has said the 2021 contest, scheduled for May, will definitely go ahead as planned.[12]
11 The BBC announces that from the end of January, anyone using BT Mobile, EE, and Plusnet Mobile can access BBC Bitesize content without it counting towards their monthly data allowance.[13]
14 Richard Sharp, the BBC's incoming chairman, says that the licence fee is the "least worst" way of funding the BBC.[14]
Maya Jama is announced as the new presenter of Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star, replacing Stacey Dooley.[15]
15 Filming on Emmerdale is paused because of a COVID-19 outbreak on set.[16]
18 Steven Knight, creator of the BBC television series Peaky Blinders, confirms the upcoming sixth series will be the last. The following day he announces that a film will follow the final series.[17]
20 A National Audit Office report concludes the BBC faces "significant" uncertainty over its financial future due to changes in viewing habits.[18]
21 The UK government confirms plans to shelve the decriminalisation of the TV licence for the time being, but says it will "remain under active consideration".[19]
22 Ahead of a full rollout on all media platforms, the UK government's "Can you look them in the eyes?" public health campaign is launched on television, with ads on ITV and Channel 4; the ads are designed to encourage people to adhere to COVID-19 restrictions.[20]
23 Sky announces plans for a TV drama about the COVID-19 pandemic that will feature the stories of real people during the pandemic, including healthcare workers and those working in care homes, and is scheduled to air in 2022. But plans for This Sceptred Isle, which will star Kenneth Branagh as Prime Minister Boris Johnson, draw widespread criticism from those who feel it is too early to make such a drama, particularly when the pandemic is ongoing and Johnson's handling of it has been criticised by media and politicians.[21]
25 Sky UK announces an increase in the number of original films and television series in an attempt to compete with streaming platforms such as Netflix.[22]
Filming on Emmerdale resumes, but filming of Coronation Street is paused for two weeks to allow writers to amend storylines so they can fit in with current COVID restrictions.[16]
28 GB News hires Sun journalist Dan Wootton to present a daily show on the forthcoming channel.[23]
ITV postpones the next series of Britain's Got Talent until 2022 amid concerns over safety during the COVID outbreak.[24]

February

Date Event
2 Channel 4's on demand streaming service, All 4, has claimed a record number of viewers for the five-part Russell T Davies series It's a Sin, which it says has been viewed 6.5 million times since its release on 22 January.[25]
3 Organisers of the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, scheduled for May, have ruled out a full event without social distancing because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[26]
Comedian Rufus Hound withdraws from Dancing on Ice after testing positive for coronavirus. He is replaced by presenter Matt Richardson.[27]
4 Ofcom revokes China Global Television Network's licence to broadcast in the UK after it emerges that the company running the news channel does not have day-to-day over it, something that is against Ofcom rules.[28]
5 Police in Northern Ireland have warned a Panorama team of a threat from a criminal following the broadcast of an edition of the programme on 1 February that alleged an individual's influence on world boxing.[29]
Channel 4 begins showing England’s cricket tour to India. This is the first time that an overseas tour has been seen in full on free-to-air television and is the first test cricket broadcast on free-to-air television, and Channel 4, since 2005.[30]
News UK hires Gordon Smart, a former presenter with Radio X to present and produce a daily TV programme provisionally titled News to Me.[31]
6 John Humphrys announces he will step down as presenter of Mastermind at the end of the current series in March.[32]
7 Democratic Unionist Party MP Gregory Campbell is accused of "race-baiting" after describing the number of black people on an edition of Songs of Praise as "the BBC at its BLM (Black Lives Matter) worst". Campbell made the remarks in a post on social media during the 31 January edition of the programme that was covering the Gospel Singer of the Year competition.[33]
8 Doctors returns to transmission following its extended Christmas break.[34]
9 It is reported that Coronation Street actors Elle Mulvaney and Tanisha Gorey have confirmed filming on the soap has resumed.[35]
12 The character Tracy Beaker (played by Dani Harmer) returns to television in My Mum Tracy Beaker, a three-part CBBC series showing her as an adult with a young daughter.[36]
13 Joss Stone wins the second series of The Masked Singer. Overnight viewing figures indicate the programme was watched by 8.6 million viewers.[37][38]
15 Channel 4 announces that Anne Robinson is to be the first female host of Countdown; she will take up the role when current presenter Nick Hewer steps down later in the year.[39][40]
ITV announces that production of Dancing on Ice is being suspended for a week, due to the large number of celebrities withdrawing from the competition either due to injury or COVID-19. The show planned for 21 February is replaced with a compilation special.[41]
18 Commercial television stations in the UK air a short film featuring celebrities urging people from ethnic communities to get vaccinated. Those appearing in the film include Sanjeev Bhaskar, Meera Syal and Romesh Ranganathan.[42]
19 James Newman is chosen to represent the United Kingdom at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, giving him a second chance to take part in the contest after the 2020 contest was cancelled due to COVID.[43]
Radio presenter Roman Kemp is to front a documentary for BBC Three about suicide among young males.[44]
22 In a televised address, Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveils a four-step plan for ending coronavirus restrictions in England by 21 June.[45]
Jason Donovan confirms he has been forced to pull out of Dancing on Ice due to ongoing back pain.[46]
23 Disney+ adds their new hub, Star, featuring more adult-aimed content from 20th Century Studios, ABC Signature and Hulu. The hub also features the launch of Star original programming.[47]
26 ITV confirms plans to curtail Series 13 of Dancing on Ice by a week due to the number of participants who have dropped out due to injury, bringing the final forward from 21 March to 14 March.[48]
Agent and novelist Melanie Blake announces her plans to launch a new British soap opera, Falcon Bay. The soap would be based on her book, Ruthless Women. She confirms that Stephanie Beacham would star in the soap if she secures the rights to the production.[49]
27 BBC One covers England's Six Nations match against Wales in which the latter win 40–24. Following the game, sports reporter Sonja McLaughlan receives abuse on social media, something that is subsequently condemned by the BBC.[50]

March

Date Event
2 The BBC confirms that BBC Three will be relaunched as a television channel in January 2022, six years after going online. Since 2016 the service has been responsible for creating dramas such as Fleabag and Killing Eve, something that has prompted calls for its return.[51]
Organisers of the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest confirm acts from the 41 participating countries will travel to Rotterdam to take part in a live performance. A decision on whether an audience will be invited is yet to be made.[52]
Channel 4 confirms it will not be working with Ant Middleton again because of his "personal conduct"; the SAS: Who Dares Wins instructor drew criticism in 2020 for comments he made about the Black Lives Matter protests and coronavirus.[53] In response to the news, Middleton says the programme was taken over by the "woke patrol".[54]
4 Police have ruled out a criminal investigation into events surrounding Martin Bashir's 1995 Panorama interview with Diana, Princess of Wales.[55]
ITV confirms that Love Island will return for a new series in summer 2021.[56]
8 ITV airs Oprah with Meghan and Harry, a 90-minute programme in which Oprah Winfrey speaks to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex about their decision to leave the British royal family.[57] Overnight figures indicate the programme is watched by an audience of 12.4 million.[58]
The Oprah Winfrey interview, shown in the United States the previous day, is a discussion topic on the day's edition of Good Morning Britain during which presenter Piers Morgan states he "doesn't believe a word" the Duchess of Sussex says in regard to comments she makes about the state of her mental health. Morgan's comments attract criticism from the mental health charity Mind, which says it is "disappointed" by his remarks.[59]
Ofcom announces it will not take any action over a controversial Newsnight introduction from May 2020 concerning the Dominic Cummings scandal in which presenter Emily Maitlis said "the country can see" Cummings had "broken the rules" by driving 260 miles during the first national lockdown.[60]
9 ITV announces that Piers Morgan has stepped down as a presenter of Good Morning Britain following his comments about the Duchess of Sussex. The decision comes after Ofcom received 41,000 complaints about the remarks.[59]
ITV Chief Executive Dame Carolyn McCall confirms that Series 21 of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! will be filmed in Australia if COVID restrictions allow travel to that country by the time it is due to air.[61]
10 It is reported that the Duchess of Sussex has made a formal complaint to ITV about Piers Morgan's on air comments about her mental health, as Morgan says he stands by what he said.[62]
ITV presenter Charlene White pulls out of hosting the British Press Awards after the Society of Editors rejects claims by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex that the British tabloid press is "bigoted". The Society of Editors challenged the couple to provide evidence for what it described as their "attack", prompting White to suggest they find "someone whose views align" with the Society that "the UK press is the one institution in the entire country who has a perfect record on race".[63] Ian Murray subsequently resigns as the Society's executive director over the issue.[64]
ITV announces that Tracie Bennett is returning to Coronation Street reprising her role as Sharon Bentley after 22 years away. Bennett originally appeared in the serial between 1982 and 1984 and again in 1999.[65]
11 The BBC announces plans to adapt its coverage of Scottish and Welsh Government daily COVID-19 briefings during the weeks preceding the Scottish Parliament and Senedd lections. The decision comes after the Scottish Conservatives accused Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon of using the briefings to "launch political attacks".[66]
The BBC announces plans to continue its schools education programming into the summer to support teachers, with a daily three hour BBC Bitesize Learning launched for the CBBC Channel and for BBC iPlayer.[67]
The BBC announces it has cancelled The Mash Report "in order to make room for new comedy shows".[68]
"Embers" is revealed by singer James Newman as the 2021 UK entry for the Eurovision Song Contest.[69]
12 Ofcom confirms that Meghan, Duchess of Sussex has made a formal complaint about Piers Morgan's comments on Good Morning Britain.[70]
Plans are announced to relaunch SuperTed with new episodes of the 1980s cartoon series for a new generation of viewers.[71]
14 Sonny Jay wins the thirteenth series of ITV's Dancing on Ice.[72]
17 Channel 4 airs Caroline Flack: Her Life and Death, a documentary examining the late television presenter's emotional state.[73] The documentary is largely praised by critics for its compassionate dealing with the topic.[74]
Ofcom has received a total of 57,121 complaints about Piers Morgan's comments regarding Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, a record for the number of complaints received about something on television, and 12,600 more than was received about the 2007 series of Big Brother.[75]
18 The BBC announce plans to relocate numerous productions from London to other parts of the country, in an effort to make "the corporation more reflective of the UK".[76] They state that by the end of 2021, 60% of BBC productions will be based outside of London, meaning as a result, that 400 jobs will be relocated. The changes also include the launch of two new long-running television series; one set in the north of England, and one set in another nation of the UK.[77]
20 Craig Eddie wins Series 10 of The Voice UK.[78]
21 BBC One drama Line of Duty returns for its sixth series.[79][80] The opening episode is watched by 9.6m viewers.[81]
22 A joint three year BBC–Sky deal is agreed with the Football Association that will see live Women's Super League matches shown live on television. The "landmark" deal, worth £7m–£8m a year will see 22 matches aired live by the BBC, at least 18 of them on BBC One or BBC Two, with 44 matches shown by Sky Sports. Any matches not shown by either broadcaster will air on FA Player.[82]
BBC journalist Clive Myrie has been named the new host of quiz show Mastermind, replacing John Humphrys, who has stepped down after 18 years.[83]
23 The BBC broadcasts Lockdown Live: What Next, marking the first anniversary of the day Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the first lockdown.
25 Newsreader Simon McCoy announces he is leaving the BBC after 17 years to join GB News.[84]

April

Date Event
1 The cost of a TV licence increases by £1.50, from £157.50 to £159.[85]
5 Ofcom issues new guidelines for reality television shows requiring them to show "due care" to the wellbeing of those who take part in them. But some participants have warned the rules do not go far enough.[86]
8 Dan Walker is to step down from presenting BBC's Football Focus at the end of the season after 12 years in the role.

May

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June

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July

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August

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September

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October

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November

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December

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Debuts

BBC

Date Debut Channel
1 January The Serpent[87] BBC One
3 January A Perfect Planet
A Teacher[88] BBC Two
4 January Rick Stein's Cornwall
7 January Pooch Perfect BBC One
12 January Bamous BBC Three
24 January Incredible Journeys with Simon Reeve BBC Two
25 January Lightning
12 February My Mum Tracy Beaker CBBC
21 February Bloodlands BBC One
Chris Packham's Animal Einsteins BBC Two
24 February Gordon Ramsay's Bank Balance BBC One
29 March Save and Remade BBC Two
10 April I Can See Your Voice BBC One

ITV

Date Debut Channel
1 January Lingo ITV
3 January And Finally… with Trevor McDonald
4 January The Cabins ITV2
6 January Cornwall and Devon Walks with Julia Bradbury ITV
9 January Paul Sinha's TV Showdown
11 January The Pembrokeshire Murders
17 January Finding Alice[89]
30 January Simply Raymond Blanc
14 March Grace
10 April Game of Talents
12 April Too Close
Unknown Because the Night
Tenacity
How to Spend It Well on Holiday
The Masked Dancer UK
Moneyball
Viewpoint
The Void

Channel 4

Date Debut Channel
22 January It's a Sin Channel 4
26 January Secret Safari: Into the Wild
31 January Temptation Island E4
8 February Undercover Police: Hunting Paedophiles Channel 4
Darcey Bussell's Wild Coasts of Scotland More4
22 February Below Deck Mediterranean E4

Channel 5

Date Debut Channel
2 January Secrets of the Royal Palaces Channel 5
7 January Natural History Museum: World of Wonder
8 January Susan Calman's Grand Days Out
14 January Hadrian's Wall with Robson Green
1 February The Drowning
7 June The Pete and Sophie Sandiford Show

Other channels

Date Debut Channel
2 February Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable Dave
4 February ZeroZeroZero Sky Atlantic
6 March Elliott from Earth Cartoon Network
16 March Zero Chill Netflix

Channels and streaming services

New channels

Date Channel
6 January Sky Cinema Premiere +1 (relaunch)
1 February SportyStuff TV
Unknown GB News[90]

New streaming services

Date Channel
23 February Star (Via Disney+)[91]

Defunct channels/streaming services

Date Channel
6 January Sky Cinema Disney/Five Star Movies
1 March Lifetime

Rebranding channels/streaming services

Date Old name New name
16 March Now TV NOW

Television programmes

Changes of network affiliation

Programme Moved from Moved to
Celebs on the Farm[92] 5Star MTV
Eggheads[93] BBC Two Channel 5
Colony Sky One Netflix

Returning this year after a break of one year or longer

Programme Date(s) of original removal Original channel(s) Date of return New channel(s)
Lingo 14 July 1988 ITV 1 January 2021 (same as original)
RuPaul's Drag Race UK 21 November 2019 BBC One
BBC Three 		14 January 2021
Back 11 October 2017 Channel 4 21 January 2021
Dead Pixels 2 May 2019 E4 26 January 2021
Celebs on the Farm 6 September 2019 5Star 8 February 2021 MTV
The Boat Race[94] 7 April 2019 BBC One
BBC World News 		4 April 2021 (same as original)
Ackley Bridge[95] 6 August 2019 Channel 4 April 2021
Eurovision Song Contest 18 May 2019 BBC One
BBC Four 		18 May 2021
European Football Championship 10 July 2016 BBC One
ITV 		11 June 2021
Love Island 23 February 2020 ITV2 Summer 2021
Stars in Their Eyes[96] 23 December 2006
14 February 2015 		ITV Unknown
The Apprentice 18 December 2019 BBC One Unknown

Continuing television programmes

1930s

Programme Date
BBC Cricket (1939, 1946–1999, 2020–present)

1950s

Programme Date
Panorama (1953–present)
Crackerjack! (1955-1984, 2020-present)
Eurovision Song Contest (1956-2019, 2021-present)
The Sky at Night (1957–present)
Final Score (1958–present)
(part of Grandstand 1958–2001)
Blue Peter (1958–present)

1960s

Programme Date
Coronation Street (1960–present)
Points of View (1961–present)
Songs of Praise
University Challenge (1962–1987, 1994–present)
Doctor Who (1963–1989, 1996, 2005–present)
Horizon (1964–present)
Match of the Day
Top of the Pops (1964–present)
(only at Christmas 2006–present)
Gardeners' World (1968–present)
A Question of Sport (1968, 1970–present)

1970s

Programme Date
Emmerdale (1972–present)
Mastermind (including Celebrity Mastermind) (1972–1997, 2003–present)
Newsround (1972–present)
Football Focus (1974–present)
Pobol y Cwm (1974-present)
Arena (1975–present)
One Man and His Dog (1976–present)
Top Gear (1977–2001, 2002–present)
Antiques Roadshow (1979–present)
Question Time

1980s

Programme Date
Children in Need (1980–present)
Countdown (1982–present)
ITV Breakfast (1983–present)
Thomas & Friends (1984–2021)
EastEnders (1985–present)
Watchdog
Comic Relief
Catchphrase (1986–2002, 2013–present)
Casualty (1986–present)
Red Dwarf (1988–1999, 2009, 2012–present)
This Morning (1988–present)
Countryfile

1990s

Programme Date
The Crystal Maze (1990–1995, 2016–present)
Have I Got News for You (1990–present)
MasterChef (1990–2001, 2005–present)
ITV News Meridian (1993–present)
Top of the Pops 2 (1994–present)
Hollyoaks (1995–present)
Soccer AM
Silent Witness (1996–present)
Midsomer Murders (1997–present)
Teletubbies (1997–2001, 2007–2009, 2015–present)
Y Clwb Rygbi (1997–present)
Cold Feet (1998–2003, 2016–present)
Classic Emmerdale (1998–2004, 2019–present)
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (1998–2014, 2018–present)
Holby City (1999–present)
Loose Women

2000s

Programme Date
2000
Bargain Hunt (2000–present)
BBC Breakfast
Click
Doctors
A Place in the Sun
The Unforgettable (2000–2002, 2010–present)
Unreported World (2000–present)
2001
BBC South East Today (2001–present)
Rogue Traders (2001–present)
(part of Watchdog 2009–2020)
2002
Escape to the Country (2002–present)
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
Inside Out
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (2002-2009, 2013-2018, 2020-present)
Most Haunted (2002–2010, 2014–present)
River City (2002–present)
Saturday Kitchen
2003
QI (2003–present)
Eggheads
Extraordinary People
Homes Under the Hammer
Traffic Cops
2004
Match of the Day 2 (2004–present)
Strictly Come Dancing
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year
The Culture Show
Football First
The Gadget Show
Live at the Apollo
NewsWatch
Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two
Who Do You Think You Are?
2005
8 Out of 10 Cats (2005–present)
Coach Trip (2005–2006, 2009–2012, 2013–present)
The Andrew Marr Show (2005–present)
The Adventure Show
Dragons' Den
The Hotel Inspector
Mock the Week
Springwatch
The Apprentice (2005-2019, 2021-present)
2006
The Album Chart Show (2006–present)
Animal Spies!
The Apprentice: You're Fired!
Banged Up Abroad
Cricket AM
Dancing on Ice (2006–2014, 2018–present)
Dickinson's Real Deal (2006–present)
Don't Get Done, Get Dom
Horrid Henry
Monkey Life
Not Going Out
The One Show
People & Power
Peschardt's People
The Secret Millionaire (2006–2008, 2010–present)
2007
Would I Lie to You? (2007-present)
The Big Questions
Don't Tell the Bride
The Graham Norton Show
Heir Hunters
Helicopter Heroes
London Ink
Shaun the Sheep
Real Rescues
The Hot Desk
2008
An Là (2008–present)
Celebrity Juice
Chuggington
Only Connect
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
Police Interceptors
Rubbernecker
Seachd Là
2009
Pointless (2009–present)
The Chase
Countrywise
Cowboy Trap
Piers Morgan's Life Stories
Rip Off Britain

2010s

Programme Date
2010
Dinner Date (2010–present)
The Great British Bake Off
Great British Railway Journeys
A League of Their Own
Little Crackers
Lorraine
Luther
The Only Way Is Essex
Sherlock
Sunday Morning Live
2011
All Over the Place (2011–present)
Black Mirror
Four Rooms
Junior Bake Off
Made in Chelsea
Match of the Day Kickabout
Sam & Mark's Big Friday Wind-Up
Show Me What You're Made Of
Vera
24 Hours in A&E
2012
4 O'Clock Club (2012–present)
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Endeavour
Call the Midwife
Great Continental Railway Journeys
Stand Up To Cancer
The Voice UK
Tipping Point
Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs
Operation Ouch!
Claimed and Shamed
2013
The Dog Rescuers (2013–present)
The Dumping Ground
Shetland
Still Open All Hours
2014
Agatha Raisin (2014–present)
The Dog Ate My Homework
GPs: Behind Closed Doors
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
Good Morning Britain
Happy Valley
In the Club
Judge Rinder
Grantchester
The Next Step
Scrambled!
Who's Doing the Dishes?
24 Hours in Police Custody
2015
The Dengineers (2015–present)
Doctor Foster
Eat Well for Less?
Hunted
Michael McIntyre's Big Show
Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords
Safe House
SAS: Who Dares Wins
Taskmaster
Travel Man
10,000 BC
2016
The A Word (2016–present)
Bake Off: The Professionals
Cash Trapped (2016–2017, 2019–present)
Celebs Go Dating (2016–present)
Class Dismissed (2016–2017, 2019–present)
The Crown (2016–present)
The Cruise
Got What It Takes?
The Level
Marcella
Masterpiece
Naked Attraction
No Such Thing as the News
The Premier League Show
Tenable
Top Class
Upstart Crow
The Windsors
2017
Ackley Bridge (2017–present)
All Round to Mrs. Brown's
Back
Bancroft
Beyond 100 Days
The Good Karma Hospital
The Voice Kids
Impossible
The Mash Report
The Playlist
Remotely Funny
The Repair Shop
Richard Osman's House of Games
Riviera
Strike
Taboo
2018
Bodyguard (2018–present)
Britannia
Bulletproof
Celebs on the Farm
The Circle
Defending the Guilty
Derry Girls
A Discovery of Witches
Gemma Collins: Diva
I'll Get This
In My Skin
Killing Eve
Mark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema
McMafia
Peston
The Real Football Fan Show
Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators
The Split
Stath Lets Flats
There She Goes
2019
Almost Never (2019–present)
Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star
The Hit List
Ladhood
Pingu in the City
RuPaul's Drag Race UK

2020s

Programme Date
2020
Beat the Chasers (2020–present)
Feel Good (2020–2021)
It's Pony (2020–present)
Alan Carr's Epic Gameshow
Mystic
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
The Masked Singer

Ending this year

Date(s) Programme Channel(s) Debut(s)
7 January A Teacher BBC Two 2021
10 January Last Woman on Earth with Sara Pascoe 2020
13 January The Pembrokeshire Murders ITV 2021
Unknown Feel Good[97] Channel 4/Netflix 2020

Deaths

Date Name Age Broadcast credibility
1 January Mark Eden[98] 92 Actor (Coronation Street)
Barry Austin[99][100] 52 Reported to be Britain's fattest man (The Fattest Man in Britain)
4 January Barbara Shelley[101] 88 Actress (Doctor Who, EastEnders)
7 January Michael Apted[102] 79 Director, producer, writer and actor (Up, Coal Miner's Daughter, Gorillas in the Mist, The World Is Not Enough, Enigma)
18 January Andy Gray[103] 61 Actor and comedy writer (River City)
21 January Mick Norcross[104] 57 Businessman and reality television star (The Only Way is Essex)
5 February Jean Bayless[105] 88 Actress (The Sound of Music, Crossroads)
11 February Frank Mills[106] 93 Actor (Big Deal, Coronation Street)
24 February Ronald Pickup[107] 80 Actor (Doctor Who, The Crown)
28 February Johnny Briggs[108] 85 Actor (Coronation Street, Man About the House, Carry On England)
3 March Nicola Pagett[109] 75 Actress (Upstairs, Downstairs)
8 March Trevor Peacock[110] 89 Actor, screenwriter and songwriter (The Vicar of Dibley)
13 March Murray Walker[111] 97 Motorsport commentator (BBC Sport, Channel 4, ITV Sport)
16 March Sabine Schmitz[112] 51 Motor racing driver, television presenter (Top Gear)
5 April Paul Ritter[113] 54 Actor, (Friday Night Dinner, No Offence, Chernobyl)

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