2016 in British television

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Events

January

Date	Event
1	BBC One airs an extended version of its television special, Adele at the BBC, which includes comedy footage of a sketch in which Adele surprises a roomful of lookalikes. The footage had proved popular with viewers of the BBC's YouTube site, following the programme's previous broadcast in November 2015.
	ITV have signed a £30m four-year deal for the terrestrial broadcasting rights to air horse racing from 2017, ending a three decades long run of the sport on Channel 4. Major events will include the Grand National.
2	It is announced that British horse racing coverage will move from Channel 4 to ITV from January 2017 after ITV won the broadcasting rights to show free-to-air coverage of the sport the previous day. Events such as the Cheltenham Festival, Grand National, the Derby and Royal Ascot will be part of ITV's coverage, with fixtures airing on ITV and ITV4.
	Figures indicate that The Abominable Bride, an episode of BBC One's Sherlock that aired on New Year's Day, was the most watched drama over the 2015–16 festive period, with an audience of eight million viewers. The Christmas Day finale of Downton Abbey had the highest viewership of that day, with an audience of 6.6 million. Consolidated figures, which include catch-up viewers, subsequently indicate Downton Abbey to have been the most watched programme of the festive period, with an audience of 10.5 million.
3	Debut of BBC One's adaptation of War & Peace, which is watched by an average audience of 6.3 million, peaking at 6.7 million.
4	The BBC confirms 16 February as the date on which BBC Three will begin its transition to an online only channel. A new logo for the channel is introduced.
5	Launch of the seventeenth series of Celebrity Big Brother. Contestant Winston McKenzie causes controversy after expressing anti-gay sentiment in his entry video when he says that he will "cope with a homosexual in the house [by] standing against a brick wall all the time". The former UK Independence Party member and candidate for the 2016 London Mayoral election is booed by the audience as he enters the Big Brother house, while Ofcom have received 165 complaints about the comments by the following day. The regulator says it will assess the complaints before deciding whether to launch an investigation.
6	Writer Charlie Higson confirms that ITV have cancelled Jekyll and Hyde after one series.
	The Guardian newspaper appoints Newsnight's investigations correspondent, Nick Hopkins as its head of investigations.
	The opening episode of the Eighteenth series of Midsomer Murders is unique in that its storyline features no actual murder.
	UKTV announces that Dave will show its first live sporting event – a boxing match between David Haye and Mark de Mori at the O2 Arena on 16 January. Later in the year Dave broadcasts the 2016 BDO World Trophy darts tournament and cricket's Caribbean Premier League.
7	Police confirm that three bodies found at a house in London two days earlier are those of missing former EastEnders actress Sian Blake and her two children, who disappeared on 13 December 2015. Her partner is subsequently arrested by police in Ghana.
8	The BBC is forced to defend its decision to allow shadow defence minister Stephen Doughty to resign on an edition of The Daily Politics after the Labour Party's leadership accuses it of pursuing a "particular political narrative". Doughty had resigned on the programme two days earlier, citing his unhappiness over a recent shadow cabinet reshuffle.
	Sheridan Smith will play the head of a Dewsbury residents group who spearheaded the search for Shannon Matthews in a forthcoming BBC drama about the girl's 2008 kidnapping.
	Archaeologists have called for Channel 5 to pull the series Battlefield Recovery from the schedule amid allegations of grave robbery. The programme, due to debut on 9 January, shows amateur enthusiasts unearthing war graves in Eastern Europe, and is believed to be a reworking of a 2014 programme titled Nazi War Diggers, which was pulled from the National Geographic schedules after criticism.
11	Channel 4 have signed David Coulthard to present their Formula One coverage, ending speculation that he would appear in the new series of Top Gear.
14	Britain's Next Top Model (also known as Britain & Ireland's Next Top Model) returns after a three-year hiatus, airing on Lifetime.
15	As Barbara Windsor makes her latest occasional return to EastEnders as Peggy Mitchell, the actress reveals that she has decided to quit the series for good and that her character will be killed off. Peggy will die from terminal cancer in scenes to be aired later in the year. It is subsequently announced that Ross Kemp will reprise his role as Peggy's son, Grant as part of her exit storyline.
	UKTV signs a deal with the BBC to provide a same-day repeat of EastEnders. The deal will also see the return of the weekend omnibus edition.
18	Peter Fincham announces he will step down as ITV's director of television from February. He will be replaced by Kevin Lygo, the channel's current director of studios.
19	BBC One controller Charlotte Moore is appointed to the newly created role of controller of BBC TV channels and iPlayer, while Kim Shillinglaw, current controller of BBC Two and BBC Four is to leave the BBC and her position abolished.
22	Steven Moffat announces that will be quitting as head writer and executive producer of Doctor Who after the tenth series and a Christmas special in 2017, after which he would be replaced in the role by Broadchurch creator and writer Chris Chibnall in 2018.
31	The death is announced of broadcaster Sir Terry Wogan following a short illness. He was 78.

February

Date	Event
2	The BBC announces a deal with Discovery Communications that enables it to broadcast coverage of the Summer and Winter Olympics up to and including the 2024 Summer Games. The agreement covers television, radio and online coverage.
4	Former Friends star Matt LeBlanc has been signed as a presenter on the relaunched Top Gear, hosting alongside Chris Evans when the show returns in May.
5	Media regulator Ofcom is considering whether to investigate a party political broadcast by the UK Independence Party that urged people to vote to leave the European Union because Turkey could join. The film, which emphasised Turkey's Muslim population, suggested that country's accession to the EU could result in an influx of Turkish citizens into the UK. The four-minute film, which aired on 3 February, has resulted in 30 complaints, including allegations of inciting racial hatred.
	It is reported that actress Tina Hobley has been forced to quit the third series of Channel 4's athletics-based reality show The Jump after sustaining a dislocated elbow that resulted from a fall while she was training for the series.
	Reality television star Scott Timlin wins the seventeenth series of Celebrity Big Brother.
8	Channel 4 launches an urgent safety review of its athletics-based reality series The Jump after olympic gymnast Beth Tweddle and swimmer Rebecca Adlington became the second and third contestants to be forced to withdraw from the competition as a result of injuries suffered during its making.
9	Reality television star Mark-Francis Vandelli withdraws from The Jump after fracturing his ankle during training.
11	The full Top Gear presenting line up is revealed: Chris Evans, Matt LeBlanc, Sabine Schmitz, Eddie Jordan, Rory Reid and Chris Harris.
	After suffering a hamstring injury during training, athlete Linford Christie becomes the fifth contestant to withdraw from The Jump.
	Channel 5, 5*, and 5USA get a new look as their stencil logos for their channels get their very first airing. 5* is also rebranded as 5Star on the same day.
15	BBC Worldwide announces that Keeping Up Appearances is the Corporation's most exported television programme, having been sold to broadcasters overseas nearly 1,000 times.
	BBC Two begins airing The People v. O. J. Simpson, the first series in the American true crimes anthology, American Crime Story.
	BBC Three's final night on air sees it repeating episodes of some of its most popular series, including The Mighty Boosh and Family Guy. The final programme, aired in the early hours of 16 February, is a repeat of an episode of Gavin & Stacey. BBC Three becomes an online channel from 16 February.
	Watch is rebranded as W.
18	Sean O'Connor, current editor of BBC Radio 4's The Archers is to take over as producer of EastEnders, replacing Dominic Treadwell-Collins.
19	The BBC Trust criticises two nature documentaries for serious editorial breaches over misleading content. In Patagonia: Earth's Secret Paradise, aired in September 2015, apparent footage of a volcanic eruption which occurred that year was actually of a similar event filmed in 2011, while a 2011 documentary apparently showing wild wolves hunting a baby camel was also faked. Producers used a semi-domesticated wolf for scenes in Human Planet: Deserts – Life in the Furnace, which was let off its lead shortly before filming commenced.
	Nick Grimshaw confirms he has left The X Factor, and will not be a judge on the series when it returns later in the year.
	This Morning agony aunt Denise Robertson, who has been with the series since it began in 1988, confirms she has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
20	The family of Paul Daniels confirm the magician has been diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour.
22	Olly Murs and Caroline Flack confirmed they have left The X Factor, and will not be returning as presenters when it returns later in the year.
23	The BBC announces three special debates ahead of the European Union membership referendum on 21 June—a young voters debate from Glasgow on 19 May, a Question Time special on 15 June, and what is billed as the BBC's "biggest ever campaign event" at Wembley Arena on 21 June.
	Chef James Martin announces he will leave BBC One's Saturday Kitchen from the end of March; the programme will use a guest presenter format from the start of April. Martin subsequently states that his decision to quit the programme after witnessing the death of a stranger who was appearing on stage.
24	Jeremy Clarkson apologises to Oisin Tymon, the Top Gear producer he punched in 2015, after settling a £100,000 race discrimination and injury claim.
25	Publication of the Dame Janet Smith Review, which concludes that serious failings at the BBC allowed Jimmy Savile and Stuart Hall to sexually abuse nearly 100 people without detection. BBC Director-General Tony Hall confirms that disc jockey Tony Blackburn has been sacked by the BBC because he failed to co-operate with an element of Janet Smith's report. Blackburn claims he has been "hung out to dry" by the investigation, and threatens to take legal action against his former employers.
	Blue Peter presenter Lindsey Russell abandons her attempt to cross the Irish Sea in a giant inflatable ball due to bad weather.
26	Bill Turnbull presents his final BBC Breakfast programme after fifteen years as a presenter. Sports presenter Dan Walker is announced as his replacement.
	Channel 4 News economics editor Paul Mason announces he is leaving the broadcaster to pursue a freelance career.
	Former The Voice UK contestants Joe and Jake are selected to represent the UK at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest, with the uptempo "You're Not Alone", a song about unity and love. They are selected to be this year's UK Eurovision entry during a live show held at the O2 Forum in Kentish Town, London, and which is broadcast on BBC Four.
	The weekly newspaper review programme What the Papers Say, which aired on television for many years and of late has been part of the BBC Radio 4 schedule, is to be axed due to cost-cutting measures at the network. It will end in March after being broadcast for 60 years.
27	Singer Sarah Harding becomes the sixth person to withdraw from the third series of Channel 4's The Jump because of injury.
29	Heather Mills becomes the seventh person to leave The Jump because of injury, having been brought in to replace previous contestants injured during the making of the programme.

March

Date	Event
1	Peter Salmon is to step down as the BBC's Director of Studios to take up a position with Endemol Shine, it is announced.
	Sir David Clementi's review of BBC governance has concluded that the BBC Trust is "flawed" and that Ofcom should take on responsibility for the role currently overseen by the Trust.
	Home becomes UKTV's fifth channel to launch on Freeview.
2	The death is announced of Coronation Street creator Tony Warren, who died on the evening of 1 March, aged 80.
	Culture Secretary John Whittingdale announces that the government will rush through legislation to close the loophole that allows viewers without a television licence to watch catch-up services on BBC iPlayer.
	Channel 5 confirms plans to air the Home and Away spin-off An Eye for an Eye, with broadcast dates of 17 March on 5Star and 21 March on Channel 5.
6	Former Rugby Union international Ben Cohen wins Series 3 of The Jump. Cohen had been drafted in to replace one of a number of celebrities who had dropped out of the series due to injury.
8	Adrian Lester and Sophie Okonedo will star in ground breaking BBC One crime drama Undercover, which debuts in April. The show is rare in that it will feature black lead characters in a prime time drama where their ethnicity is not a central part of the plot.
	The full presenting team of Channel 4's Formula One coverage is confirmed as Murray Walker, Eddie Jordan, Steve Jones, David Coulthard, Alain Prost, Susie Wolff, Ben Edwards and Alex Zanardi.
9	Former Newsround presenter John Craven is confirmed as the presenter of a new Countryfile daily spin off titled Countryfile Diaries, which will attempt to build on the popularity of the Sunday evening programme.
10	A YouGov survey commissioned by the political organisation 38 Degrees indicates that 53% of those questioned regard the BBC as their most-trusted source of news content.
	A report published by TV industry marketing body Thinkbox suggests that viewers watched an average of 77 minutes per week of streamed television content from providers such as Netflix and Amazon Prime during 2015, almost doubling the average for 2014.
	The BBC announces a landmark sitcoms season, which will see new one-off episodes of series such as Till Death Us Do Part, Porridge and Keeping Up Appearances.
	BBC Director-General Tony Hall pledges to investigate increasing the availability of British Sign Language for entertainment programmes after being questioned on the issue by school students as part of the BBC's annual School Report News Day.
14	Top Gear presenter Chris Evans apologises "unreservedly" after it emerged that scenes for a stunt in the forthcoming series of the motoring show were filmed around the Cenotaph, something Evans describes as "disrespectful" and which left him feeling "mortified" when he learned of it. Evans also says that footage of the stunt would've be broadcast The BBC also confirms that the material will not be shown.
	CBBC gets a new look and logo.
	ITV confirms that the set of Emmerdale, which is situated on the Harewood Estate in Leeds, will be open for guided tours from April.
15	Comedian Jack Dee confirms he is stepping down as presenter of The Apprentice: You're Fired due to other work commitments.
16	As the second series of BBC One crime drama Happy Valley reaches its conclusion, screenwriter Sally Wainwright says that she would like to write a third series but needs time to develop the plot.
17	Sky News presenter Kay Burley attracts ridicule over her response to the death of former newsreader Cliff Michelmore after confusing him with Malcolm Muggeridge, who died in 1990, and tweeting her condolences to Muggeridge's family.
	Chloe Keenan wins Cycle 10 of Britain's Next Top Model.
18	Sport Relief 2016 is aired across the BBC, raising more than £55m for good causes by the following day.
19	Channel 4 begins its Formula One coverage with highlights of the 2016 Australian Grand Prix, the first race of the 2016 season. The first live race to be aired by the channel is the Bahrain Grand Prix, held two weeks later.
21	After the concluding two episodes of the BBC One thriller The Night Manager were posted online, producers of the series say they are working hard to remove the content.
	An edition of The Jeremy Kyle Show aired on 18 January that included an expletive spoken with a Scottish accent escapes censure from Ofcom after ITV said that the person's accent meant the word had not been "understood" before the show was broadcast. No complaints about the incident were received by the regulator.
22	Good Morning Britain presenter Susanna Reid breaks down while interviewing a man who rescued a baby from drowning.
24	Sky Sports signs an exclusive deal to broadcast live Formula 1 coverage from 2019, meaning live coverage with the exception of the British Grand Prix will no longer be free.
25	A fire in the post room of ITV's London studios temporarily forces Good Morning Britain off the air as people are evacuated from the building and the fire tackled.
26	James Martin presents his final edition of Saturday Kitchen after ten years.
	Chloe Castro and Beth Morris, two contestants on this year's series of The Voice, withdraw from the contest hours before the live part of the show is due to begin. Castro cites health reasons for her decision, while Morris says she is withdrawing for personal reasons. Morris subsequently confirms that she withdrew from the series because of cocaine addiction.
27	The FA Cup trophy that was in use between 1911 and 1992 is valued at more than £1m on an edition of Antiques Roadshow, making it the most valuable item to appear on the programme.
	The final episode of BBC One's thriller The Night Manager draws an audience of 6.6 million, beating ITV's Our Queen at 90, which airs in the same timeslot but has a million fewer viewers.
28	Jeremy Kyle makes his presenting debut on Good Morning Britain, standing in for Piers Morgan.
29	Dermot O'Leary confirms he is returning to present the next series of The X Factor just a year after leaving the role.
31	Amy Stanning becomes the UK's first transgender continuity announcer after being hired by Channel 4 to provide voiceover for announcements to celebrate International Transgender Day of Visibility.

April

Date	Event
1	Steve November confirms he is to step down as ITV's head of drama after sixteen years with the broadcaster.
	Alan Heath is named as the 2016 Mastermind Champion.
2	Saturday Night Takeaway airs its final episode of the series outside of the United Kingdom live from a docked P&O Cruise Ship in Barcelona, Spain.
5	Cheryl Cole confirms she will not be part of the X Factor judging panel when the series returns later in the year.
6	ITV News presenter Mark Austin makes his presenting debut on Good Morning Britain.
7	Alex Scott wins the second series of Bear Grylls: Mission Survive.
9	Channel 4 airs its final Grand National before ITV take over the broadcasting rights in 2017. Viewing figures indicate the event to have been watched by 10m people.
	Kevin Simm, a former member of 2000s group Liberty X, wins the fifth series of The Voice UK, and releases his debut single "All You Good Friends".
12	The Football Association confirms it has signed a new three-year contract with BT TV and the BBC to air coverage of the FA Cup, giving them the broadcasting rights to the competition until 2021. The deal will also see an increase in coverage of women's football by both broadcasters.
15	While reporting from the launch of the Vote Leave campaign in Manchester, Channel 4 journalist Michael Crick is interrupted by an audience member while doing a live broadcast after London Mayor Boris Johnson asked for someone to go and shut him up.
17	Former snooker World Champion Steve Davis announces his retirement live on air during the BBC's coverage of the 2016 World Snooker Championship. Davis, who is providing commentary on the tournament, is allowed to carry the World Championship trophy on a lap of honour around the Crucible Theatre, the venue for the competition.
18	Peterhouse, Cambridge wins the 2015–16 series of University Challenge, beating St John's College, Oxford 215–30.
19	Sky launches a new major rebrand of its channels, including Sky 1, Sky Atlantic, and Sky Arts.
21	BBC One drama series Dickensian is cancelled after one series.
23	Pearl Mackie is confirmed as the new Doctor Who companion, replacing Jenna Louise-Coleman, who left the series in 2015. The announcement is made on BBC One at half-time during the FA Cup semi-final between Manchester United and Everton.
27	The BBC confirms that Top Gear will have a sister programme, Extra Gear, presented by Rory Reid.
30	Snooker commentator John Virgo apologises after he is heard swearing during BBC One's afternoon coverage of the 2016 Snooker World Championship semi-final between Mark Selby and Marco Fu. Virgo had believed he was holding an off-air conversation at the time.

May

Date	Event
1	The Labour Party accuses Culture Secretary John Whittingdale of "unacceptable interference" after a number of Sunday newspapers report that he will allow commercial broadcasters to have a say over the BBC's peak-time scheduling. The government says it has no plans to implement such a policy.
2	The BBC have secured a two-year extension to their World Snooker Championship broadcasting rights, meaning coverage of the tournament will remain with the BBC until at least 2019.
6	Jane Devonshire wins the 2016 series of MasterChef.
8	Debut of Robert Peston's new ITV politics talk show, Peston on Sunday. Guests on the opening programme include Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne and documentary maker Louis Theroux. The programme, screened immediately after BBC One's The Andrew Marr Show, is seen by an audience of 166,000, a tenth of the 1.6 million viewers who watched its BBC equivalent.
10	The government has dropped plans for a full privatisation of Channel 4, and is instead considering other options, including a possible partial privatisation of the broadcaster.
11	Jeremy Clarkson confirms that his new Amazon Prime series will be titled The Grand Tour, and air from a different location each week. The show is due to begin in the autumn.
	ITV confirms that it has axed the World War II drama series Home Fires after two seasons, prompting the launch of a Change.org petition urging the broadcaster to reconsider its decision.
	Vote Leave, the official group campaigning for Britain to leave the European Union, warns ITV it faces "consequences for its future" after the broadcaster schedules a referendum debate between Prime Minister David Cameron and UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage while overlooking its own prominent members. Vote Leave also threatens to take legal action against ITV over the 7 June programme. In response ITV says that Vote Leave have been invited to take part in a separate debate on 9 June.
12	Publication of the long-awaited white paper setting out the government's vision of the future direction of the BBC. Among proposals are greater transparency of entertainers salaries, to make the BBC a more distinctive service and to increase the diversity of its output. The document also proposes the appointment of an executive board to replace the BBC Trust, and the possibility for the first BBC pay-TV service. While broadly welcoming the proposals, BBC Director-General Tony Hall expresses concern the government will have too much power over the BBC if allowed to appoint board members.
14	Ukraine's Jamala wins the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest with "1944", a song about Josef Stalin's deportation of Crimean Tatars during World War II. The song narrowly beats the Australian entry, Dami Im's "Sound of Silence", while the United Kingdom's entry, "You're Not Alone" by Joe and Jake finishes in 24th place. Figures subsequently indicate the event to have been watched by an average audience of 7.1m, peaking at 8.5m.
17	The BBC announces the closure of its Food, Newsbeat and BBC News Magazine websites as part of a £15 million cost-cutting drive. Although the content will be archived, and therefore continue to be available online, it will be more difficult to access. News of the closure of the BBC Food website prompts 100,000 people to sign a Change.org petition to urge the BBC to reverse its decision. In response the BBC says that most of the 11,000 recipes affected by the changes will be moved to the BBC Good Food website, which is operated by the corporation's commercial arm.
	Barbara Windsor makes her final EastEnders appearance as Peggy Mitchell; the character having been killed off. Windsor's final episode is watched by a viewership of 6.9 million (a 37% audience share). Pam St Clement makes a one-off return as Pat Butcher, as a hallucination, four years after the character was killed off.
18	Liverpool's UEFA Europa League match with Sevilla gives BT Sport their largest ever audience, with 3.5 million viewers. As well as being aired by BT, the match is also shown free-to-air via YouTube.
20	ITV's South Bank studios are evacuated after a bomb alert involving a suspect vehicle parked nearby.
	Overnight viewing figures indicate that the previous day's repeat edition of Bargain Hunt–a show highlighted by the government in its recent white paper as an example of the BBC's lack of diversity and adventure–attracted a greater audience share than did that evening's episode of Peaky Blinders. Bargain Hunt, aired at 12.15 pm, had an audience of 1.7 million (a 32% share), while Peaky Blinders, at 9.00 pm, was seen by 1.5 million (8%).
26	The BBC announces plans for the Barbara Windsor biopic Babs, as well as a dramatisation of David Nicholls' novel Us. The BBC Two drama Peaky Blinders has also been renewed for another two series. The programme was re-aired in 2020 after the death of Barbra Windsor.
27	Actor Adam Woodyatt, who has played Ian Beale in BBC One's EastEnders since the series began in 1985 reaches a milestone with the announcement that he has filmed his 3000th episode.
28	Army bandsman and magician Richard Jones wins the tenth series of Britain's Got Talent.
29	Top Gear relaunches with Chris Evans as presenter. The episode is seen by an average 4.4 million viewers.
	ITV airs the 2016 British Soap Awards, which sees Emmerdale win the award for best soap for the first time in the awards' history, while awards for best dramatic performance go to Danny Miller and Lacey Turner for their respective roles as Emmerdale's Aaron Dingle and EastEnders' Stacey Slater.

June

Date	Event
1	Sharon Osbourne, Nicole Scherzinger and Louis Walsh will return as judges on The X Factor for the forthcoming series, it is confirmed. Dermot O'Leary is also returning as presenter.
3	Doctor Who executive producer Steven Moffat tells the programme's official magazine that a yet-to-be-named black actor was offered the role of The Doctor, but that "it didn't work out".
4	Leaked data published by The Daily Telegraph suggests that 37 people have complained about the content of the relaunched Top Gear, in particular jokes presenter Chris Evans made about his predecessor, Jeremy Clarkson. Overnight viewing figures for the 5 June edition of the programme suggest it was seen by an audience of 2.8 million, peaking at 3.3 million, a decrease of almost a third on the 29 May edition's viewership.
6	Media regulator Ofcom rules that an edition of Channel 4 game show Countdown aired on 21 March breached product placement rules after presenter Nick Hewer talked at length about the Ideal Home Show, which was taking place at London's Olympia at the time. Guest Mark Foster plugged P&O Cruises in the same programme, something that was also found to be in breach of the regulations. In response Channel 4 says the programme's content was reviewed before airing, but by a junior member of the commissioning team, and that in future all content will be authorised by the commissioning editor before broadcast. The content was also removed from the channel's on demand service when it became aware of the issue.
	The BBC indicates it will devote fewer hours to television coverage of this year's Glastonbury Festival than has been the case in previous years. The Corporation plans to air 25 hours of Glastonbury 2016, compared to 30 hours in 2014 and 2015.
7	The Welsh language channel S4C resumes high definition broadcasting, having been forced to close its previous HD service in 2012 due to budget cuts.
8	The BBC confirm that Sitcom Still Game will return for a new series after nearly ten years off air. The Series would once again be filmed in Scotland. All Original Cast would be returning to the series.
9	ITV confirms that Emma Willis will continue to present The Voice UK when it moves to the channel in 2017. However, main host Marvin Humes will not return, having decided to step down from his presenting role.
10	Comedian and presenter Adil Ray is appointed an OBE in the 2016 Queen's Birthday Honours. Others from the world of television to be honoured include presenters Ant & Dec and actor Brian Blessed, who also receive OBEs, while actress Penelope Wilton becomes a Dame.
16	The BBC postpones the evening's editions of its political discussion programmes Question Time and This Week following the killing of Labour MP Jo Cox.
	Organisers of the Miss Great Britain contest have stripped present incumbent Zara Holland of her title after the model, a participant in the current run of ITV's Love Island, was seen to have slept with a fellow contestant on the previous evening's edition of the show.
	The first British television drama to feature a gay kiss is made available by the BBC through streaming, allowing viewers to see it for the first time in four decades. First aired in 1974 as part of BBC Two's drama anthology series Second City Firsts, Girl stars Alison Steadman and tells the story of an affair between two army officers.
17	The BBC announces Let It Shine, an eight-week talent contest that will see Gary Barlow search for participants to appear in a musical about Take That. Graham Norton and Mel Giedroyc will co-present.
19	ITV confirms that former Miss Great Britain Zara Holland has left Love Island after learning that her mother had fallen ill.
20	Ofcom launches an investigation into an edition of ITV's Loose Women aired on 17 May in which Katie Price's teenage son used offensive language while discussing online harassment. The media regulator is also investigating sexual scenes from an edition of Big Brother aired on 12 June, and an item about sex toys that appeared on This Morning on 25 May.
	Channel 4 announce plans for an animated adaption of the classic children's book We're Going on a Bear Hunt, featuring Olivia Colman in one of the leading roles.
22	The BBC consumer affairs programme Watchdog confirms that journalists Steph McGovern and Nikki Fox will join its presenting team.
23–24	BBC One, ITV and Sky provide through the night coverage of the results of the EU referendum, which sees the UK vote to leave the European Union.
25	BBC One airs the 1000th episode of Casualty. The episode sees the return of one of the original cast members when Cathy Shipton reprises her role as Lisa Duffin.
	Following the EU referendum in which the UK voted to leave the European Union, Newsnight airs a special edition looking at life after Brexit.
	Adele headlines the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury 2016. The set, aired on BBC Two, is watched by a peak audience of 3.7 million, making it the most watched performance to be televised during this year's festival, and giving a single Glastonbury set the largest number of viewers since 2008.
27	Figures indicate that shares in ITV plunged by £2.5bn (20% of the broadcaster's value) on the day after Britain voted to leave the European Union, prompting fears the company could be vulnerable to a takeover bid.
	Radio 1 presenter Matt Edmondson is confirmed as the new host of ITV2's The Xtra Factor, replacing Rochelle Humes and Melvin Odoom.

July

Date	Event
1	Patrick Holland, current head of documentaries commissioning at the BBC, is appointed to the newly created role of BBC Two channel editor.
4	Ofcom censures the news channel RT UK after guests on its current affairs show Going Underground accused Turkey of waging a "genocidal war against the Kurds" during an edition aired in March.
	Chris Evans announces that he is to step down as presenter of Top Gear, saying he was "not a good fit" for the programme.
	ITV confirms it has bought the broadcasting rights for the Lethal Weapon TV series, and will air it in a prime time slot.
	It is reported that Andrew Wilson, Lorna Dunkley and Samantha Simmonds are all leaving Sky News as the broadcaster makes financial savings.
5	The government publishes the Digital Economy Bill, which includes provisions to repeal a law protecting cable platforms from paying copyright or retransmission fees to public sector broadcasters; in response ITV says it will seek to charge Virgin Media for broadcasting its channels.
	The BBC announces plans to open a news bureau in Toronto, as well as launching a Canadian edition of the BBC.com website.
	The BBC plans to cut almost 100 jobs from its monitoring service in a bid to save £4m from the unit's budget from April 2017.
	The BBC comedy Goodnight Sweetheart will return for a one-off special as part of a series sixty years of BBC comedy.
6	Anne Bulford is appointed as Deputy Director-General of the BBC, becoming the first woman to hold the position; the role had previously been inactive since the departure of the previous incumbent, Mark Byford in 2011.
	The BBC have ordered a third series of Poldark, even though the second series will not be broadcast until later in the year.
	The Advertising Standards Authority have banned a television commercial for Paddy Power in which a caller to a helpline is told that "even riff raff" could take part in a Cheltenham betting promotion.
7	The BBC confirms that it will air two Christmas editions of The Great British Bake Off featuring participants from previous series.
	Channel 4 confirms it has "no plans" to commission further editions of TFI Friday, which was briefly revived in 2015.
11	Red Rock, a soap made by Ireland's TV3 and set in and around a actual Dublin Garda station, makes its UK television debut on BBC One. The opening episode draws an audience of 1.1 million (an 18.6% audience share).
13	The BBC confirms that Len Goodman will leave his role as head judge on Strictly Come Dancing following the next series.
14	Karen Bradley is appointed as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, replacing John Whittingdale as Theresa May succeeds David Cameron as Prime Minister.
	The BBC announces that it will not merge its BBC News and BBC World News channels.
	Sky announces that it will begin showing film and sport content in ultra high definition from 13 August.
18	Ofcom decides to take further action after receiving viewer complaints about an edition of Sky News from 12 June in which journalist Owen Jones stormed out during the middle of a newspaper review. Presenter Mark Longhurst and fellow guest Julia Hartley-Brewer had dismissed Jones's view that the Orlando nightclub shooting "specifically targeted the LGBT community". However, an episode of ITV2's Love Island that showed footage of two contestants engaging in sexual intercourse shortly after the 9.00 pm watershed on 30 June will be investigated after eight viewers complained about the scenes.
19	The Independent Press Standards Organisation have received over 1,400 complaints about a column appearing in The Sun in which Kelvin MacKenzie criticised Channel 4 News journalist Fatima Manji for wearing a hijab while reporting on the 2016 Nice truck attack. Manji had co-presented the programme the day after the attack, but MacKenzie questioned whether she should have been allowed to do so. Manji also subsequently makes a complaint to the press watchdog.
20	Les Dennis confirms he will leave his Coronation Street role as Michael Rodwell later in the year.
21	The BBC confirms plans to adapt Victor Hugo's novel Les Misérables into a six-part series.
	The BBC has releases a collection celebrating the screenwriting of Alan Bleasdale, including his rarely seen first television work from 1975, Early To Bed.
22	ITV announce that television presenter Anita Rani and chef James Martin will present This Morning on Fridays during the summer, as Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford present the rest of the week.
	ITV announces Dance Dance Dance, a celebrity-based programme that recreates classic dance routines, for 2017.
26	Jason Burrill wins the seventeenth series of Big Brother.
29	Alexis Conran wins the eleventh series of Celebrity MasterChef.

August

Date	Event
1	Ofcom clears ITV show Loose Women over an edition in which Katie Price's son swore during a discussion about cyberbullying.
5	Actor Christopher Biggins is removed from the eighteenth series of Celebrity Big Brother after making a number of comments that the programme describes as "capable of causing great offence to housemates and the viewing public". The remarks included claims that AIDS was spread by bisexuals, for which Biggins received a warning from the show's producers prior to his removal, and a joke about the Holocaust made to a Jewish housemate, which was broadcast.
9	Nadiya Hussain, winner of the sixth series of The Great British Bake Off will be a judge on a junior version of the series, it is reported. She will join chef and food writer Allegra McEvedy for Junior Bake Off.
10	ITV announce that Stephen Moyer will take a lead role in Safe House alongside Zoe Tapper when the drama returns for a second series.
11	The BBC has signed Gabby Logan to present The Premier League Show, a midweek BBC Two magazine programme focusing on the Premier League, beginning on 25 August. Gary Lineker will also present a slot on the show.
13	Gary Lineker presents the opening edition of the 2016–17 run of Match of the Day in his underpants, having pledged to do so if Leicester City won the Premier League, which they did earlier in the year.
16	Kelvin Fletcher makes his final appearance as Emmerdale character Andy Sugden after 20 years with the show.
17	The BBC says that its well-known weather presenters will continue to appear on screen when MeteoGroup succeeds the Met Office as its weather forecast provider.
	The Advertising Standards Authority bans a commercial for a Walkers Crisps competition offering 20,000 holidays following complaints the prizes were almost impossible to win.
18	Sky News consumer affairs correspondent Poppy Trowbridge is appointed as a special adviser to the Chancellor Philip Hammond.
	ITV announces that it will switch off its seven channels for an hour at 9.30 am on 27 August as part of the "I Am Team GB" campaign, which seeks to encourage greater participation in sport and will be staged to coincide with the homecoming of Team GB after Rio 2016.
	Comedian Miranda Hart confirms she will not reprise her role as Call the Midwife Chummy Brown when it returns for a sixth series.
19	EastEnders producers confirm that Rita Simons and Samantha Womack (who play Roxy and Ronnie Mitchell) are to leave the series after nine years.
	Channel 4 confirms that Deal or No Deal will end in the winter to make room for The Great British Bake Off which will move from the BBC at the start of next year. The programme will tour famous British landmarks before its conclusion. Presenter Noel Edmonds will stay with Channel 4 to work on other projects for the broadcaster.
	Sky News confirms that presenter Mark Longhurst is to leave the broadcaster after sixteen years.
21	The BBC confirms it has sold the rights to theme tunes and music from shows including Luther, Doctor Who and Wolf Hall to BMG.
22	Research conducted by commercial TV marketing body Thinkbox suggests that the BBC experienced a 20% drop in younger viewers in the months following the closure of BBC Three, while channels such as ITV2 and E4 have benefited in terms of viewers from BBC Three's disappearance from the airwaves.
25	Comedian Kevin Bishop is to play UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage in Nigel Farage Gets His Life Back, a one-off BBC Two documentary about the politician's life.
26	ITV announces plans for two new game shows—a UK version of the popular US children's talent show, Little Big Shots presented by Dawn French, and Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule, a series where two teams are tasked with saving Earth from an alien invasion, presented by Harry Hill.
	Channel 4 is named channel of the year at the Edinburgh International Television Festival.
	Stephen Bear wins the eighteenth series of Celebrity Big Brother.
27	ITV switches off its seven channels for an hour for the I Am Team GB sporting initiative. The channels are turned off by gymnast Max Whitlock, who won two golds for Great Britain at the Rio Olympics.
	BBC One airs a feature-length-episode of Casualty to mark the show's 30th anniversary.
28	BBC One airs new episodes of Are You Being Served? and Porridge as part of its season celebrating 60 years of British sitcoms, while ITV airs the first episode of its series Victoria starring Jenna Coleman as Queen Victoria. Overnight viewing figures indicate that 5.4 million viewers saw Victoria, as opposed to 5 million for Are You Being Served? and 4.4 million for Porridge.
30	BBC One has commissioned a three-part adaptation of Jessie Burton's debut novel, The Miniaturist.

September

Date	Event
1	Following a change in the law regarding TV licensing, internet users are required to buy a licence to view content from BBC iPlayer.
	Eamonn Holmes announces he is to leave Sky News Sunrise after eleven years.
2	BBC One airs a one-off special of Goodnight Sweetheart and a prequel to Keeping Up Appearances as part of its 60th anniversary of comedy celebrations.
3	Claudia Winkleman announces she is to leave BBC One's film review series, Film after six years.
5	Cold Feet returns to ITV with a new series after a thirteen-year absence.
6	BBC Two announces that it will dedicate its Saturday night scheduling to the arts from 1 October and throughout the autumn season, with programmes about literature, cinema and music.
	Channel 5 announces it has secured the free to air rights to Formula E with every race airing live on the channel, Plus qualifying will be aired live on Spike until 2018
	Jeremy Thompson, anchor of Sky News's Live at Five, announces he will retire later in the year to "make space for burgeoning young talent".
7	It is agreed that the BBC will provide £74.5m a year funding to S4C from the licence fee until 2022.
8	BBC One airs a special edition of Question Time ahead of the Labour leadership election featuring Jeremy Corbyn and Owen Smith. The edition is broadcast at the earlier time of 9.00 pm.
11	Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry accuses Sky News presenter Dermot Murnaghan of sexism and of posing "pub quiz" style questions after he asked her to name the French foreign minister during an interview.
12	Channel 4 have signed a three-year contract with Love Productions to air The Great British Bake Off from 2017, meaning the programme will move from the BBC after the end of the current series.
13	Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins announce they will leave their Great British Bake Off presenting roles when the series moves to Channel 4.
14	Rona Fairhead announces she will step down as chair of the BBC Trust, and will not apply to join its planned replacement.
	Martin Kemp and Dannii Minogue are announced as judges on BBC One's forthcoming Take That talent search Let It Shine. They will join Gary Barlow and Amber Riley on the panel.
15	Sarah-Jane Mee will replace Eamonn Holmes as co-presenter of Sky News Sunrise. She will be joined by Jonathan Samuels.
16	ITV and Simon Cowell announce a new deal to keep The X Factor and Britain's Got Talent airing on the channel until 2019.
21	Channel 4 and IPC announce a letter of intent for the broadcaster to remain as Great Britain's Paralympic and ParaAthletics World Championships rights holder until 2020.
22	Mary Berry announces she will not move to Channel 4 with The Great British Bake Off because of loyalty to the BBC, while Paul Hollywood signs a three-year contract to continue with the show.
25	Pakistani-born actor Marc Anwar, who plays Coronation Street character Sharif Nazir, is sacked from the series after posting racially offensive comments about Indians on Twitter.
26	Matt LeBlanc signs a deal to present the relaunched Top Gear when it returns for a second series. It also confirmed that Sabine Schmitz, Eddie Jordan, Rory Reid and Chris Harris will remain with the show
27	Users of BBC iPlayer must create and login to a BBC user account, known as a BBC ID, from 2017, it is announced. From this date, BBC ID holders must also provide a postcode.
28	Sir Tom Jones confirms he will return as a judge on The Voice UK in 2017, when it moves to ITV.
	ITV airs the 9000th episode of Coronation Street.

October

Date	Event
6	The BBC have commissioned a full series of the updated Porridge, as well as new comedy Motherland.
7	Former Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg presents his first edition of Have I Got News for You.
8	An online campaign to raise £50,000 for actress Leah Bracknell to undergo lung cancer treatment reaches its target three days after being launched. Bracknell, who played Zoe Tate in Emmerdale, established the fund to undergo the treatment in Germany.
10	Ofcom says that it will not launch an investigation into an Emmerdale storyline involving dognapping. The watchdog had received 550 complaints from viewers over the episodes, aired in September, amid concerns the plot could encourage copycat incidents.
11	Singer Will Young announces he has withdrawn from the fourteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing, citing personal reasons for his decision to leave.
	The BBC is forced to defend Strictly against allegations of racism after the departure of EastEnders actor Tameka Empson the previous weekend, who became the second black contestant to be voted off in as many weeks.
12	A BT advertising campaign featuring Deadpool actor Ryan Reynolds has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority following a complaint from rival Virgin Media that campaign's claims about broadband speed were misleading.
13	Eamonn Holmes presents his last Sky News Sunrise after eleven years.
	Nadiya Hussain rules out of presenting The Great British Bake Off after signing a deal to front programmes for the BBC.
14	Jean Alexander, who played Hilda Ogden in Coronation Street for 23 years, dies aged 90.
	ITV says it is "disappointed" after the government gives the go-ahead for a new tram route in Manchester that will pass the Coronation Street set, fearing it will disrupt filming of the soap.
	BBC Breakfast presenters Charlie Stayt and Naga Munchetty apologise after footage of a gorilla was shown while introducing an item concerning First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon.
17	Sarah-Jane Mee presents her first edition of Sky News Sunrise, co-presenting with Jonathan Samuels.
	UTV gets a brand new look in which the station idents, based on those used by ITV since a major rebrand in January 2013, include the UTV logo changing colour as it blends in on a live-action scene – a process known as "colour picking".
	ITV confirms it has recommissioned the reboot of Cold Feet for a second series.
	The final series of Deal or No Deal begins on Channel 4.
20	Former Coronation Street actress Tracy Brabin is elected as the MP for Batley and Spen in the by-election triggered by the killing of Jo Cox earlier in the year.
21	The BBC has commissioned a two-part adaptation of Roald Dahl's 1982 work Revolting Rhymes which will be aired over Christmas.
24	Sky News broadcasts from Studio 21 based within Sky Central, Sky's new headquarters in London for the first time. The first bulletin to be broadcast from Studio 21 was at 11 am presented by Colin Brazier and Jayne Secker.
26	The Advertising Standards Authority has banned a commercial for Diet Chef featuring a tearful woman meeting a slimmer and happier version of herself, branding the advert as "irresponsible" since the watchdog felt it implied happiness and self-confidence could only be achieved through weight loss.
	Mark Austin announces he is to leave ITV News after 30 years.
	Candice Brown wins the seventh series of The Great British Bake Off. Overnight viewing figures indicate the programme is watched by an average 14 million viewers (peaking at 14.8 million when Brown was named as the winner), giving the show its highest ever audience.
27	Aleksandra King quits the twelfth series of The Apprentice as her team are about to begin a task, becoming the first contestant to leave the series in such circumstances.
28	Mel and Sue have been signed up to present a new BBC One Saturday evening show, Let's Sing and Dance For Comic Relief, their first post-Great British Bake Off presenting roles.
	Prue Leith announces she will leave her role as a judge on BBC Two's The Great British Menu after eleven years.

November

Date	Event
2	BBC Television celebrates its 80th anniversary.
6	The Next Great Magician debuts on ITV.
8–9	The BBC, ITV and Sky News provide coverage of the 2016 US presidential election results, which sees a shock win for Donald Trump.
9	Peaky Blinders actress Charlotte Riley has been cast as Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge in a forthcoming adaptation of the stage play King Charles III for BBC Two.
10	Jeremy Thompson presents his last Sky News bulletin on location from Washington, D.C.
15	Having decided not to move to Channel 4 with The Great British Bake Off, Mary Berry is given a new BBC cookery series, Everyday, which will air on BBC Two. She will also host Secrets from Britain's Great Houses on BBC One.
	David Mitchell and Robert Webb will reunite to star in new Channel 4 comedy Back, the broadcaster has announced.
16	BBC Breakfast business presenter Victoria Fritz goes into labour shortly after coming off air, later giving birth to a boy at Manchester's St Mary's Hospital.
17	Launch of Jeremy Clarkson's motoring series The Grand Tour on Amazon's video streaming service.
	Former Blue Peter presenter Janet Ellis is shortlisted for the 2016 Bad Sex in Fiction Award for her novel The Butcher's Hook. But she is beaten to the accolade by Erri De Luca's The Day Before Happiness.
18	Children in Need 2016 is aired on BBC One. The fundraiser is the first to take place since the death of Sir Terry Wogan, and tributes are paid to him throughout the evening. The 2016 event raises a record £46.6m.
23	The BBC announces it has commissioned Call the Midwife for a further three series, as well as three Christmas specials, which will see the show's storylines moving into the mid sixties.
25	As part of a new contract between the BBC and Lottery operator Camelot Group, BBC One Controller Charlotte Moore announces that the Saturday evening National Lottery Draw will no longer air live on BBC One from 2017. The draw will be shown via BBC iPlayer only from 7 January.
	ITV has commissioned The Nightly Show, a five-nights-a-week entertainment show for 2017. The programme's initial eight-week run will see it go out at 10.00 pm, meaning News at Ten will air at 10.30 pm.
26	Pranksters invade the stage during an edition of The X Factor requiring police to attend the scene.
29	The British Film Institute announce that over 100,000 television programmes are to be digitised before the video tape formats become obsolete, the tapes currently have an estimated five-to-six-year shelf life no matter how great the environment of the vaults in which they are stored. BFI aim to make sure that the television archive is still there in 200 years' time.
	Sky Sports dismisses former darts world champion Eric Bristow from his presenting role after comments he made about victims of the United Kingdom football sexual abuse scandal, who he claimed were not "proper men".

December

Date	Event
1	Playwright James Graham tells BBC News he is working on a TV series about the EU referendum.
4	Scarlett Moffatt wins the sixteenth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.
6	A candidate put forward by Ofcom to be a Channel 4 board member, who was then rejected for the role by the government is named as Althea Efunshile, a former deputy chair of Arts Council England.
8	ITV announce plans to revive Blankety Blank for a one-off special to air on 24 December. Those involved in the reboot include the Chuckle Brothers.
	Actor Tom Hardy will read the CBeebies bedtime story on New Year's Eve, it is announced. The story will be You Must Bring a Hat by Simon Philip and Kate Hindley.
9	21st Century Fox launch a £18.5bn bid to take full control of British Sky Broadcasting, a company of which they currently have a 39.1% share.
	Robbie Williams will be among singers to perform at the 2016 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards. Others to appear will include Laura Mvula, and Gareth Malone and the Invictus Choir.
	BBC One airs the British television premiere of Adele in New York City, a concert recorded by Adele at New York's Radio City Music Hall for NBC in 2015.
11	Matt Terry wins the thirteenth series of The X Factor. On 16 December, his debut single, "When Christmas Comes Around" enters the UK Singles Chart at number three.
14	Nicky Morgan, a former Secretary of State for Education pulls out of a planned appearance on the 16 December edition of Have I Got News for You following controversy caused by her criticism of Prime Minister Theresa May after she was photographed in a pair of £995 leather trousers for a Sunday Times article. Her place as Paul Merton's teammate is taken by a leather handbag.
	The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advertisement for the Emmerdale studio tour amid concerns it was misleading, following complaints the advert had "exaggerated" the experience.
	Swimmer Ellie Robinson is named 2016 BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year.
15	Sky and 21st Century Fox agree a takeover deal worth £18.5bn.
17	Ore Oduba and dance partner Joanne Clifton win the fourteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing. Overnight viewing figures indicate the 2016 final of Strictly was watched by 13.1 million viewers.
18	Tennis player Andy Murray, winner of the 2016 Wimbledon Championships and the men's singles at the 2016 Summer Olympics, is named this year's BBC Sports Personality of the Year, winning the award for a record third time. The 2015–16 Premier League champions Leicester City are named Team of the Year.
	Alana Spencer wins the twelfth series of The Apprentice. In December 2017 her company, Ridiculously Rich by Alana, is forced to recall almost all of its products after a Food Standards Agency investigation identifies issues with incorrect labelling.
20	ITV airs a special episode of Emmerdale. The 30-minute prospective episode, is seen completely through the eyes of Vascular dementia patient Ashley Thomas (John Middleton). To achieve a realistic portrayal of the confusion surrounding dementia, stand-in actors were used, additional sets, props, and specialist directed camera affects and shots. In addition external scenes and The Woolpack interior scenes were both shot at Esholt In an attempt to show a skewed, unfamiliar view of the village as perceived by Ashley. Esholt was the previously used exterior set from 1976 to 1997.
22	The BBC announces a new entertainment show for 2017 aimed at finding the UK's best singing group, with the provisional title Pitch Battle.
	Mark Austin presents his last ITV Evening News alongside Mary Nightingale.
	Former Crimewatch presenter Jacqui Hames is to seek a judicial review of the culture secretary's decision to consult on whether to go ahead with part two of the Leveson Inquiry, it is reported.
	Gary Maclean wins the ninth series of MasterChef: The Professionals.
23	Ofcom publishes its annual list of shows that received the largest number of complaints during the year. Celebrity Big Brother 18 attracted the most complaints during 2016, with 3,643 contacting the regulator about the show.
	After 11 years on air, Deal or No Deal airs its final episode.
24	Michelle Fowler makes a surprise Christmas Eve return to EastEnders, the character having been recast more than twenty years after exiting the series. Having been previously played by Susan Tully, the role has now been taken over by Jenna Russell.
	ITV screens Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, beginning a run of all eight films in the Harry Potter series, showing one film each day over the festive season, and concluding with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 on New Year's Eve.
25	Melvin Odoom, who was the first contestant to be eliminated from this year's series of Strictly Come Dancing, wins the show's Christmas Special. Overnight viewing figures indicate the programme was seen by an audience of 7.2 million, making it the most watched single programme of Christmas Day. Only the Queen's Christmas message, broadcast by both BBC One and ITV, achieved a higher audience, with 7.7 million for its collective viewership. Eight of the top ten most programmes on 25 December, including the network television premiere of Disney's Frozen, were aired on BBC One. Christmas Day also sees the final edition of The Great British Bake Off to air on BBC One; the programme is seen by 6.3 million viewers. Figures released by BARB in early January 2017 indicate Call the Midwife to be the most popular programme of Christmas Day, with 9.2 million viewers, followed by Mrs Brown's Boys (9 million) and Strictly Come Dancing (8.9 million) and The Great British Bake Off (8.2). BARB's figures suggest that audiences for 25 December fell to their lowest in 2016 since the current system of recording television viewing figures was introduced in 1981.
	Brendan Cox, husband of murdered MP Jo Cox, delivers this year's Alternative Christmas message for Channel 4.
27	Following the death of George Michael on Christmas Day, BBC One airs George Michael at the Palais Garnier, Paris, a concert given by the singer in 2012.
30	Those from the world of television recognised in the 2017 New Year Honours include Ken Dodd who is knighted, Patricia Routledge who receives a Damehood, and Helen McCrory who becomes an OBE. However, former Watchdog presenter Lynn Faulds Wood declines an MBE, arguing that the honours system is unfair and that she would be a hypocrite to accept one.
	A bath scene from the second series of Poldark is voted the biggest television moment of 2016 by readers of RadioTimes.com.
31	Gaby Roslin presents the final National Lottery Draw to air on BBC One.

Debuts

BBC

Date	Debut	Channel
1 January	Billionaire Boy	BBC One
	The Joy of Rachmaninov	BBC Four
3 January	My Mediterranean with Adrian Chiles	BBC Two
	War & Peace	BBC One
4 January	For What It's Worth
	Immortal Egypt with Joann Fletcher	BBC Two
	Insert Name Here
	I Know What You Weighed Last Summer	BBC Three
5 January	Victorian Bakers	BBC Two
	You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
6 January	Empire of the Tsars: Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley	BBC Four
	Got What It Takes?	CBBC
8 January	What to Buy and Why	BBC Two
9 January	Spot Bots	CBeebies
11 January	Tracey Ullman's Show	BBC One
16 January	The Getaway Car
17 January	The Rack Pack	BBC iPlayer
19 January	Phone Shop Idol	BBC Two
20 January	The Brain with David Eagleman	BBC Four
21 January	The Story of China	BBC Two
22 January	Bad Language	BBC One Northern Ireland
24 January	Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur	BBC One
25 January	Island Stories	BBC Two
	Mary Berry's Foolproof Cooking
26 January	The Real Marigold Hotel
	Murder Games: The Life and Death of Breck Bednar	BBC Three
27 January	Stonehenge: A Timewatch Guide	BBC Four
1 February	Class Dismissed	CBBC
	Great American Railroad Journeys	BBC Two
	Rise of the Superstar Vloggers	BBC Three
2 February	The Supergamers
3 February	Webcam Boys
4 February	Sea Cities	BBC Two
	Cats V Dogs: Which Is Best?
5 February	Earth's Greatest Spectacles
7 February	Greece with Simon Reeve
8 February	Pocket Money Pitch	CBBC
	Rick Stein's Taste of Shanghai	BBC Two
9 February	Professor Green: Hidden and Homeless	BBC Three
10 February	How To Die: Simon's Choice	BBC Two
15 February	The Best Dishes Ever
	The Renaissance Unchained	BBC Four
	The Not So Secret Life of the Manic Depressive: 10 Years On	BBC One
	Life and Death Row	BBC Three
17 February	One Child	BBC Two
19 February	The Man Who Witnessed 219 Executions	BBC Three
20 February	Airmageddon	CBBC
	Kipling's Indian Adventure	BBC Two
21 February	The Night Manager	BBC One
22 February	Food: Truth or Scare
23 February	Who's the Boss?	BBC Two
24 February	The Prosecutors: Real Crime and Punishment	BBC Four
27 February	Stag	BBC Two
28 February	Thirteen	BBC Three
29 February	Too Much TV	BBC Two
1 March	The Last Seabird Summer?	BBC Four
2 March	Pompeii: New Secrets Revealed with Mary Beard	BBC One
4 March	Land of Hope and Glory – British Country Life	BBC Two
6 March	Steve Backshall's Extreme Mountain Challenge
7 March	All Over the Workplace	CBBC
	Frontline Doctors: Winter Migrant Crisis	BBC One
	This Farming Life	BBC Two
8 March	Sex in Strange Places	BBC Three
9 March	Shop Well for Less?	BBC One
10 March	The Secret History of My Family	BBC Two
14 March	Diddy TV	CBBC
15 March	Mary Berry's Easter Feast	BBC Two
20 March	Tribes, Predators & Me
21 March	Think Tank	BBC One
22 March	The A Word
23 March	Employable Me	BBC Two
24 March	Flat TV	BBC Three
26 March	Can't Touch This	BBC One
27 March	Paul O'Grady: The Sally Army & Me
	Natural Born Winners	BBC Two
29 March	Bake Off: Crème de la Crème
	Murdered by My Father	BBC Three
30 March	Delete, Delete, Delete	BBC One Northern Ireland
1 April	Two Doors Down	BBC Two
3 April	Life in the Air	BBC One
	Undercover
12 April	Europe: Them or Us	BBC Two
13 April	Five Star Babies: Inside the Portland Hospital
	Normal for Norfolk
15 April	Food Detectives
18 April	The Code	BBC One
	Peter Kay's Comedy Shuffle
	I Want My Wife Back
	The Hairy Bikers' Pubs That Built Britain	BBC Two
20 April	Caravaner of the Year
21 April	Elizabeth at 90: A Family Portrait	BBC One
	Aliens: The Big Think	BBC Four
22 April	Rick Stein's Long Weekends	BBC Two
	Witless	BBC Three
	The Everly Brothers: Harmonies from Heaven	BBC Four
	Billy Fury: The Sound of Fury
24 April	Louis Theroux: Drinking to Oblivion	BBC Two
25 April	Zig and Zag	CBBC
27 April	Mary Beard's Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit	BBC Two
29 April	Down on the Farm	CBeebies
30 April	Redefining Juliet	BBC Four
1 May	Stupid Man, Smart Phone	BBC Three
	The Silk Road	BBC Four
5 May	Gareth's Invictus Choir	BBC One
6 May	Nick Baker's Wild West	BBC Two
	The Extraordinary Collector
7 May	The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses
	Attenborough's Passion Projects
8 May	Attenborough at 90	BBC One
	Burma's Secret Jungle War with Joe Simpson	BBC Two
9 May	Choose the Right Puppy for You
	Attenborough's Life That Glows
	Upstart Crow
10 May	Old School
11 May	Nature's Epic Journeys	BBC One
	Cunk on Shakespeare	BBC Two
13 May	Mum
15 May	Louis Theroux: A Different Brain
18 May	Lose Weight for Love	BBC One
	Bodyhack: Metal Gear Man	BBC Three
19 May	Dan Cruickshank: At Home with the British	BBC Four
	Going Forward
20 May	Love, Nina	BBC One
	No Such Thing as the News	BBC Two
24 May	Last Whites of the East End	BBC One
29 May	Extra Gear	BBC Three
30 May	A Midsummer Night's Dream	BBC One
1 June	The Big C and Me
	Versailles	BBC Two
3 June	UK's Best Part-Time Band	BBC Four
5 June	City in the Sky	BBC Two
6 June	Reg	BBC One
7 June	Jack Dee's Referendum Helpdesk	BBC Two
9 June	New Blood	BBC One
	MAKE! Craft Britain	BBC Four
10 June	The Millionaire's Holiday Club	BBC Two
15 June	Koko: The Gorilla Who Talks to People	BBC One
20 June	Kazoops!	CBeebies
21 June	Mr v Mrs: Call the Meditator	BBC Two
24 June	Stacey Dooley: Hate and Pride in Orlando	BBC Three
28 June	The Living and the Dead	BBC One
4 July	Matron, Medicine and Me: 70 Years of the NHS
	Forces of Nature
	Just Call Me Martha
	The Secret Life of Children's Books	BBC Four
5 July	Reggie Yates in the Mexican Drug War	BBC Three
	B is for Book	BBC Four
11 July	Garden Rescue	BBC One
	Red Rock
	The Hairy Builder	BBC Two
	Exodus: Our Journey to Europe
	Trainspotting Live	BBC Four
12 July	Sex, Drugs & Murder: Life in the Red Light Zone	BBC Three
13 July	Saving Lives at Sea	BBC One
15 July	People's History of Pop	BBC Four
17 July	The Secret Agent	BBC One
19 July	New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands	BBC Two
21 July	The Refugee Camp: Our Desert Home
	Fleabag	BBC Three
22 July	Clare Balding Meets...	BBC Two
23 July	The Marvellous World of Roald Dahl
24 July	Fixing Dad
25 July	Bottersnikes and Gumbles	CBBC
	Unsolved: The Boy Who Disappeared	BBC Three
5 August	Highlands: Scotland's Wild Heart	BBC Two
6 August	The Mystery of Van Gogh's Ear
8 August	Hacker's Olympic Rundown	CBBC
17 August	Skies Above Britain	BBC Two
22 August	Debatable
	Make Me an Egghead
	Britain's Hardest Workers: Inside the Low Wage Economy
23 August	One of Us	BBC One
25 August	The Premier League Show	BBC Two
27 August	The Truth Commissioner
30 August	New York: America's Busiest City
	Home from Home
	All Together Now: The Great Orchestra Challenge	BBC Four
1 September	Ingenious Animals	BBC One
	Our Ex Wife	BBC Two
	Man like Mobeen	BBC Three
	Fail
	The JPD
	A Brief History of Tim
	Limbo
	Pumped
3 September	Rank the Prank	CBBC
4 September	A Very British Deterrent	BBC Two
5 September	Dom on the Spot	BBC One
	Yes Chef
	We the Jury	BBC Two
6 September	Motherland
8 September	Absolutely Fashion: Inside British Vogue
9 September	We Love Sitcom	BBC One
11 September	Marr on Scotland	BBC Two
12 September	Top Class	CBBC
13 September	Obesity - The Post Mortem	BBC Three
20 September	The Trouble with My Dad
21 September	Conviction: Murder at the Station	BBC Two
26 September	Street Auction	BBC One
	Morgana Robinson's The Agency	BBC Two
	The Retreat with Nick Knowles
27 September	Ambulance	BBC One
28 September	Britain's Lost Masterpieces	BBC Four
3 October	Going Back Giving Back	BBC One
6 October	Anne Robinson's Britain
9 October	Wild West: America's Great Frontier	BBC Two
10 October	The Victorian Slum
	Little Roy	CBBC
	The Great Butterfly Adventure: Africa to Britain with the Painted Lady	BBC Four
15 October	The Story of Skinhead with Don Letts
16 October	The Greatest Tomb on Earth: Secrets of Ancient China	BBC Two
17 October	Sleuth, Spies & Sorcerers: Andrew Marr's Paperback Heroes	BBC Four
18 October	American High School: Straight Outta Orangeburg	BBC Three
	Aberfan: The Fight for Justice	BBC Four
22 October	Class	BBC Three
24 October	Saving Africa's Elephants: Hugh and the Ivory War	BBC One
30 October	Operation Gold Rush with Dan Snow	BBC Two
	Books That Made Britain	BBC Four
31 October	The Moonstone	BBC One
1 November	Arctic Live	BBC Two
	The Choir: Gareth's Best in Britain
2 November	Television's Opening Night: How the Box was Born	BBC Four
6 November	Planet Earth II	BBC One
9 November	Black and British: A Forgotten History	BBC Two
	Black Is the New Black
10 November	Close to the Enemy
	No Body's Perfect	BBC Four
13 November	My Mother and Other Strangers	BBC One
	Sunny D	BBC Three
14 November	The Secret Life of The Hospital Bed	BBC One
21 November	III Gotten Gains
	The Last Miners
	Back in Time for Brixton	BBC Two
25 November	Walliams and Friend	BBC One
28 November	The Big Food Rescue
29 November	Rillington Place
7 December	Six Wives with Lucy Worsley
	The Big Life Fix with Simon Reeve	BBC Two
12 December	Muslims Like Us
19 December	Lenny Henry
20 December	Inside the Christmas Factory
24 December	Alan Bennett's Diaries
25 December	Dancing the Nutcracker: Inside the Royal Ballet
	King Lear	BBC Four
26 December	Revolting Rhymes	BBC One
	The Witness for the Prosecution
	Gordon Buchanan: Elephant Family & Me	BBC Two
	The Entire Universe
28 December	Ethel & Ernest	BBC One
29 December	To Walk Invisible
	Life in the Snow

ITV

Date	Debut	Channel
3 January	Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands	ITV
4 January	Griff's Great Britain
5 January	Trawlermen Tales
	Saved
7 January	Jericho
10 January	Bear Grylls' Survival School	CITV
21 January	Fearne & Gok: Off The Rails	ITVBe
26 January	Sugar Free Farm	ITV
15 February	Masterpiece with Alan Titchmarsh
16 February	It's Not Rocket Science
19 February	Best Walks with a View with Julia Bradbury
23 February	The Inspectors Are Coming
28 February	Churchill's Secret
29 February	Davina McCall: Life at the Extreme
3 March	The Cruise
6 March	The Story of Cats
	Doctor Thorne
13 March	Houdini & Doyle	ITV Encore
17 March	@elevenish	ITV2
28 March	Gok's Lunchbox	ITV
	Maigret
1 April	Billy Connolly's Tracks Across America
3 April	The Durrells
4 April	Marcella
5 April	How Not to DIY
	Drive
10 April	The Wine Show	ITV4
16 April		ITV
11 April	Chopping Block
14 April	Bargain Shop Wars
16 April	Bang on the Money
19 April	Fierce
25 April	Wild Australia with Ray Mears
28 April	What Would Be Your Miracle?
29 April	The Secret
8 May	Peston on Sunday
11 May	Killer Women with Piers Morgan
30 May	Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport
31 May	Myleene Klass: Single Mums on Benefits
1 June	Secrets of...
2 June	Fraud – How They Steal Your ID
20 June	Judge Rinder's Crime Stories
21 June	The Secret Life of a Bus Garage
22 June	The Hand of God: 30 Years On	ITV4
24 June	Oscar Pistorius: The Interview	ITV
28 June	Life Inside Jail: Hell on Earth
29 June	Britain's Favourite Dogs
4 July	Wild France with Ray Mears
	Brief Encounters
14 July	The Investigator: A British Crime Story
20 July	Elliott Wright: Playa in Marbella	ITVBe
27 July	Wild Animal Reunions	ITV
30 July	Tom Daley: Diving for Gold
	1966 - A Nation Remembers
1 August	Cash Trapped
15 August	Alphabetical
20 August	Spotless
22 August	500 Questions
27 August	Go for It
28 August	Victoria
29 August	Celebrity Home Secrets
30 August	Garden Nightmares
31 August	Ängelby	ITV Encore
2 September	Lady C and the Castle	ITV
6 September	Fishing Impossible
8 September	Inside Scotland Yard with Trevor McDonald
9 September	Joanna Lumley's Japan
20 September	Car Wars
22 September	Paranoid
30 September	The Level
15 October	Meet the Parents
16 October	Tutankhamun
19 October	HIM
31 October	Dark Angel
2 November	This Time Next Year
6 November	The Next Great Magician
7 November	Prank Pad	ITV2
9 November	Dark Heart	ITV Encore
14 November	Tenable	ITV
30 November	How To Remember Everything
7 December	In Plain Sight
8 December	Extraordinary Weddings

Channel 4

Date	Debut	Channel
5 January	Tricks of the Restaurant Trade	Channel 4
11 January	How To Lose Weight Well
	Crashing
	All Hail The Veil	E4
23 January	The Girl Who Forgave the Nazis	Channel 4
26 January	Beatrix Potter with Patricia Routledge	More4
29 January	The Last Leg Goes Down Under	Channel 4
1 February	Supershoppers
2 February	The Secret Life of the Zoo
3 February	Discovering Britain	More4
4 February	Keeping Up with the Khans	Channel 4
6 February	Walking Through Time
8 February	Royal Navy School
22 February	A New Life in the Sun
25 February	Ugly House with George Clarke
7 March	Vet on the Hill	More4
8 March	The Aliens	E4
10 March	Live from Abbey Road Classics	Channel 4
21 March	The Food Chain
28 March	Guy Martin's Wall of Death: Live
6 April	The People Next Door
7 April	British Army Girls
8 April	Lookalikes
10 April	Hidden Britain by Drones
16 April	The Queen's Coronation: Behind Palace Doors	More4
	How to Be Queen: 63 Years and Counting
17 April	The Fearless Chef: Bolivia	Channel 4
19 April	The Tiny Tots Talent Agency
25 April	Flowers
	Joe and Caspar Hit the Road	E4
1 May	Paul Merton's Secret Stations	Channel 4
4 May	Never Seen A Doctor
5 May	Grayson Perry: All Man
6 May	The Windsors
9 May	What Britain Buys
	Eating Well with Hemsley + Hemsley
10 May	Sun, Sea and Supersavers
17 May	Locked Up
30 May	An Immigrant's Guide to Britain
5 June	Penelope Keith at Her Majesty's Secret Service
	Escape to the Chateau
6 June	Meet What You Eat
	Paul O'Grady's 100 Years of Movie Musicals	More4
8 June	Rescue Dog to Super Dog	Channel 4
	Power Monkeys
9 June	Inside Birmingham Children's Hospital
26 June	Messages Home: Lost Films of the British Army
4 July	The Rich Kids of Instagram	E4
5 July	Life Stripped Bare	Channel 4
11 July	The Question Jury
12 July	The Job Interview
14 July	Inside Out Homes
18 July	Eden
25 July	Naked Attraction
26 July	Wasted	E4
3 August	A Granny's Guide to the Modern World	Channel 4
9 August	Phil Spencer's Stately Homes	More4
22 August	Make My Body Better with Davina McCall	Channel 4
29 August	Celebs Go Dating	E4
	Joe Wicks: The Body Coach	Channel 4
3 September	Formula One meets... (Note – its presenter's name but has working title of F1 Meets)
5 September	Stage School	E4
13 September	Body Fixers
15 September	My Floating Home	More4
18 September	Celebrity Island with Bear Gyrlls	Channel 4
20 September	National Treasure
23 September	Jamie's Family Super Foods
	The Lie Detective
27 September	Damned
28 September	World of Weird
17 October	Hoarder SOS
18 October	Your Face Says It All
19 October	Crazyhead	E4
24 October	Be Your Own Doctor	Channel 4
16 November	Kids on the Edge
19 November	Britain at Low Tide
21 November	Our Guy in China
22 November	Breaking The Silence: Live
	What Britain Earns with Mary Portas
	One Killer Punch
26 November	Lee meets...
29 November	Life on the Psych Ward
2 December	Alan Carr's Happy Hour
12 December	Carjackers	E4
19 December	Alan Carr's 12 Stars of Christmas	Channel 4
24 December	We're Going on a Bear Hunt

Channel 5

Date	Debut	Channel
4 January	14 Years on Death Row	Channel 5
5 January	Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun
7 January	Celebrity Botched Up Bodies
	Britain's Bloody Crown
8 January	Lip Sync Battle UK
9 January	Battlefield Recovery
	Chasing Monsters
12 January	The Secret Life of the Family
22 January	That's So...
1 February	America's Hidden Pyramid City
9 February	The Great British Benefits Handout
10 February	Violent Child, Desperate Parents
11 February	Flood Chaos: Winter Road Rescue
	Inside the World's Toughest Prisons
15 February	Weather Terror: Brits in Peril
10 March	Britain's Worst Crimes
11 March	Kitten Impossible
21 March	The Tube: Going Underground
24 March	Medical Mysteries
8 April	Cleopatra: Mother, Mistress, Murderer, Queen
	Secrets of the Egyptian Pyramids
15 April	Henry VIII and his Six Wives
	Elizabeth II: 90 Glorious Years
	Secrets of the Palace Pets
19 April	Tribal Teens... Here Comes Trouble
22 April	Ben Fogle: The Great African Migration
28 April	The Secret Life of Puppies and Kittens
9 May	Up Late with Rylan
10 May	Penguin A&E with Lorraine Kelly
11 May	Sex Pod
27 May	Kitten's Got Talent
	The Ant & Dec Story
3 June	Inside the Mega Twister
	Karen Carpenter: Goodbye to Love
	The Carpenters: Their Greatest Hits
23 June	It's Not Me, It's You
4 July	The Blair Rich Project
2 August	Borderline
8 August	Mascara Boys: Sex Me Up
11 August	30 Stone But Can't Stop Eating
1 September	Gypsy Kids: Our Secret World
2 September	The Cars that Made Britain Great
	Carry On Caravanning
7 September	Undercover: Nailing the Fraudsters
3 October	Raw Recruits: Squaddies at 16
11 October	The Boy with No Brain: Extraordinary People
14 October	Britain's Greatest Bridges
28 November	MPs: Behind Closed Doors
	Tour de Celeb

Other channels

Date	Debut	Channel
6 January	100 Code	Sky Atlantic
11 January	My Kitchen Rules New Zealand	Sky Living
15 January	Tinkershrimp & Dutch	Nicktoons
22 January	Stan Lee's Lucky Man	Sky 1
28 January	The Nightmare Worlds of H. G. Wells	Sky Arts
6 February	Nick Kicks	Nickelodeon
15 February	ON	W
	Get Me to the Church
28 February	Dogs Might Fly	Sky 1
4 April	Battlechefs	W
12 April	Micky Flanagan's Detour De France	Sky 1
	Camping	Sky Atlantic
15 April	The Five	Sky 1
21 April	Shakespeare: The Legacy with John Nettles	Yesterday
30 April	Attenborough at 90: Behind the Lens	Sky 1
12 May	Counterfeit Cat	Disney Channel
24 May	Rovers	Sky 1
26 May	Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories	Sky Arts
4 July	Digby Dragon	Nick Jr.
20 July	The Rebel	Gold
21 July	Masters of Photography	Sky Arts
12 August	Say Yes to the Dress: UK	TLC
1 September	John Bishop: In Conversation With...	W
2 September	The Collection	Amazon Video
5 September	Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit	Dave
14 September	Unspun with Matt Forde
16 September	Hooten & the Lady	Sky 1
23 September	The Lodge	Disney Channel
3 October	I've Got Something to Tell You	W
13 October	Zapped	Dave
16 October	Harry Hill's Tea Time	Sky 1
19 October	Russell Howard & Mum: USA Road Trip	Comedy Central
2 November	Teen Mom UK	MTV
4 November	The Crown	Netflix
18 November	The Grand Tour	Amazon Video
30 November	We Have Been Watching	Gold
25 December	The Last Dragonslayer	Sky 1
30 December	Delicious

Channels and streaming services

New channels

Date	Channel
22 March	True Crime
	True Crime +1
5 July	Nick Jr. HD
10 August	My5
24 August	Sky Sports Mix
19 September	Viceland
20 September	Blaze
	Blaze +1

New streaming services

Date	Channel
16 February	BBC Three Online

Defunct channels

Date	Channel
16 February	BBC Three
	BBC Three HD
10 August	Channel 5 +24

Rebranding channels

Date	Old Name	New Name
12 January	Sony Entertainment Television	Sony Channel
11 February	5*	5Star
15 February	Watch	W
8 July	Sky Movies	Sky Cinema
14 July	Tiny Pop +1	Pop Max
4 August	BT Sport Europe	BT Sport 3
10 August	Channel 5 +24	My5
1 December	Pop Max	Tiny Pop +1

Television shows

Changes of network affiliation

Show	Moved from	Moved to
Don't Tell the Bride	BBC One/BBC Three	Sky 1
Formula 1 (terrestrial rights)	BBC One/BBC Two/BBC Three	Channel 4/More 4
Ripper Street	BBC One/Amazon Video	BBC Two/Amazon Video
EastEnders (late night repeats)	BBC Three	W
Family Guy (first run rights)		ITV2
American Dad!
Josh		BBC One (BBC Three Online)
Stacey Dooley Investigates
Olympic Games (extra coverage)		BBC Four
Impractical Jokers UK		Channel 5 / Comedy Central
Robot Wars	Channel 5 Challenge Bravo Dave	BBC Two
Coach Trip	Channel 4 & More4	E4
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model	Sky Living	Lifetime
Nashville	E4	Sky Living
8 Out of 10 Cats	Channel 4	More4
Traffic Cops	BBC One/BBC Three	Channel 5
Black Mirror	Channel 4	Netflix
Lovesick

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)
The Big Quiz	2012	ITV	1 January 2016	N/A (same channel)
Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model	2013	Sky Living	14 January 2016	Lifetime
Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge	2012	Sky Atlantic	8 February 2016	N/A (same channel)
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em	25 December 1978	BBC One	18 March 2016
Maigret	1963 1993	ITV	28 March 2016
Copycats	2012	CBBC	29 April 2016
Robot Wars	28 March 2004	BBC One BBC Two BBC Choice Channel 5	24 July 2016	BBC Two
Animal Park	2011	BBC One BBC Two	22 August 2016	BBC One
Are You Being Served?	1985	BBC One	28 August 2016	N/A (same channel)
Porridge	1977
Goodnight Sweetheart	28 June 1999		2 September 2016
Cold Feet	16 March 2003	ITV	5 September 2016
House Doctor	6 November 2003	Channel 5	3 October 2016
Still Game	31 December 2007 (Scotland) 2 January 2008 (UK)	BBC One Scotland BBC Two	7 October 2016	BBC One
Tipping Point: Lucky Stars	23 August 2014	ITV	15 October 2016	N/A (same channel)
The Crystal Maze	10 August 1995	Channel 4	16 October 2016
Black Mirror	25 February 2013 16 December 2014		21 October 2016	Netflix
Lovesick	6 November 2014		17 November 2016
Blankety Blank	28 December 1999 10 August 2002	BBC One ITV	24 December 2016	ITV
Outnumbered	5 March 2014	BBC One	26 December 2016	N/A (same channel)
Jonathan Creek	28 February 2004 14 March 2014		28 December 2016

Continuing television shows

1920s

Programme	Date
BBC Wimbledon	(1927–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–present)

1930s

Programme	Date
Trooping the Colour	1937–1939, 1946–2019, 2023–present
The Boat Race	(1938–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–present)

1950s

Programme	Date
Panorama	(1953–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)
Maigret	(1960–1963, 1992–1993, 2016–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)
Are You Being Served?	(1972–1985, 2016)
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em	(1973–1978, 2016)
Football Focus	(1974–present)
Porridge	(1974–1977, 2016–present)
Arena	(1975–present)
One Man and His Dog	(1976–present)
Top Gear	(1977–2001, 2002–present)
Ski Sunday	(1978–present)
Antiques Roadshow	(1979–present)
Question Time

1980s

Programme	Date
Children in Need	(1980–present)
Danger Mouse	(1981–1992, 2015–present)
Countdown	(1982–present)
ITV Breakfast	(1983–present)
Good Morning Britain	(1983–1992, 2014–present)
Channel 4 Racing	(1984–2016)
Thomas & Friends	(1984–present)
EastEnders	(1985–present)
Watchdog
Comic Relief
Catchphrase	(1986–2002, 2013–present)
Casualty	(1986–present)
Fifteen to One	(1988–2003, 2013–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)
Goodnight Sweetheart	(1993–1999, 2016)
Junior MasterChef	(1994–1999, 2010–present)
Room 101	(1994–2007, 2012–present)
The National Lottery Draws	(1994–2017)
Top of the Pops 2	(1994–present)
Hollyoaks	(1995–present)
Soccer AM
Silent Witness	(1996–present)
Midsomer Murders	(1997–present)
Jonathan Creek	(1997–2004, 2009–2014, 2016–present)
Robot Wars	(1997–2004, 2016–present)
Teletubbies	(1997–2001, 2002, 2007–2009, 2012, 2015–present)
Y Clwb Rygbi	(1997–present)
Cold Feet	(1998–2003, 2016–present)
British Soap Awards	(1999–2019, 2022–present)
Holby City	(1999–2022)
Loose Women	(1999–present)

2000s

Programme	Date
2000
Big Brother (including Celebrity Big Brother)	(2000–present)
Bargain Hunt
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–present)
2002
Escape to the Country	(2002–present)
Fifth Gear	(2002–2016)
Flog It!	(2002–present)
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
In It to Win It	(2002–2016)
Inside Out	(2002–present)
Most Haunted	(2002–2010, 2014–present)
River City	(2002–present)
Still Game	(2002–2007, 2016)
Saturday Kitchen	(2002–present)
2003
Daily Politics	(2003–present)
QI
This Week
Eggheads
Extraordinary People
Grumpy Old Men
Homes Under the Hammer
Traffic Cops
2004
Doc Martin	(2004–2019)
Match of the Day 2	(2004–present)
Strictly Come Dancing
The X Factor	(2004–2018, 2021–present)
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year	(2004–present)
The Culture Show
Football First
The Gadget Show
Live at the Apollo
NewsWatch
SadlerVision
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)
Deal or No Deal	(2005–2016)
The Andrew Marr Show	(2005–present)
The Adventure Show
The Apprentice
Dragons' Den
The Hotel Inspector
The Jeremy Kyle Show
Mock the Week
Springwatch
2006
The Album Chart Show	(2006–present)
Animal Spies!
The Apprentice: You're Fired!
Banged Up Abroad
Cricket AM
Dickinson's Real Deal
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
Britain's Got Talent	(2007–present)
Would I Lie to You?
Benidorm
Outnumbered	(2007–2014, 2016–present)
The Big Questions	(2007–present)
Don't Tell the Bride
The Graham Norton Show
Heir Hunters
Helicopter Heroes
Inspector George Gently	(2007–2017)
London Ink	(2007–present)
Shaun the Sheep
Real Rescues
The Hot Desk
2008
An Là	(2008–present)
Big & Small
Celebrity Juice
Chuggington
Only Connect
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
Police Interceptors
Rubbernecker
Seachd Là
Wallander	(2008–2016)
2009
Pointless	(2009–present)
The Chase
Alan Carr: Chatty Man	(2009–2016)
Countrywise	(2009–present)
Cowboy Trap
Four Weddings
Piers Morgan's Life Stories
Rip Off Britain

2010s

Programme	Date
2010
DCI Banks	(2010–2016)
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
Take Me Out	(2010–2020)
2011
All Over the Place	(2011–present)
The Amazing World of Gumball
Black Mirror
Episodes	(2011–2017)
Four Rooms	(2011–present)
Fresh Meat	(2011–2016)
Hacker Time
Horrible Histories: Gory Games	(2011–2018)
Junior Bake Off	(2011–present)
Made in Chelsea
Match of the Day Kickabout
Ross Kemp: Extreme World	(2011–2017)
Sam & Mark's Big Friday Wind-Up	(2011–present)
Scott & Bailey	(2011–2016)
Show Me What You're Made Of	(2011–present)
Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents
Trollied
Vera
2012
4 O'Clock Club	(2012–present)
Endeavour
Call the Midwife
Great Continental Railway Journeys
Prisoners' Wives
The Syndicate
Stella
Stand Up To Cancer
The Voice UK
Naomi's Nightmares of Nature
Tipping Point
Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs	(2012–2023)
Last Tango in Halifax	(2012–present)
Operation Ouch!
Claimed and Shamed
Wolfblood
2013
The Dumping Ground	(2013–present)
Mr Selfridge	(2013–2016)
Blandings	(2013–present)
Dani's Castle
Absolute Genius with Dick and Dom
Broadchurch	(2013–2017)
Caught Red Handed	(2013–present)
Officially Amazing
Shetland
Vicious	(2013–2016)
The Great British Sewing Bee
Count Arthur Strong	(2013–2017)
The Fall	(2013–2016)
Big Star's Little Star	(2013–2018)
The Dog Rescuers	(2013–present)
Still Open All Hours
Two Doors Down	(2013, 2016–present)
Yonderland	(2013–2016)
2014
Agatha Raisin	(2014–present)
Boomers
The Dog Ate My Homework
The Jump
The Musketeers	(2014–2016)
Detectorists	(2014–2017)
The Great Interior Design Challenge	(2014–present)
Hank Zipzer	(2014–2016)
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice	(2014–present)
Good Morning Britain
Happy Valley
Collage and Service: Meets G & G1
Holiday of My Lifetime	(2014, 2016–present)
Tyger Takes On...	(2014–present)
Educating Joey Essex
In the Club
James May's Cars of the People	(2014–2016)
Weekend	(2014–2017)
Chasing Shadows	(2014–present)
Judge Rinder
Grantchester
Paul O'Grady's Animal Orphans
Weekend Escapes with Warwick Davis
Scrambled!
The Big Allotment Challenge
W1A	(2014–2017)
Who's Doing the Dishes?	(2014–present)
24 Hours in Police Custody
GPs: Behind Closed Doors
2015
The Almost Impossible Gameshow	(2015–present)
Boy Meets Girl	(2015–2016)
Bear Grylls: Mission Survive
Bring the Noise
CBBC Official Chart Show	(2015–2017)
Chewing Gum
The Coroner	(2015–2016)
Cradle to Grave	(2015–present)
Decimate
The Dengineers
Dickensian	(2015–2016)
Doctor Foster	(2015–present)
Eve
The Frankenstein Chronicles
The Great Pottery Throw Down
Hetty Feather
Hive Minds
Hoff the Record
Home Fires	(2015–2016)
Hunted	(2015–present)
In Therapy
Indian Summers	(2015–2016)
The John Bishop Show	(2015–present)
Josh	(2015–2017)
Jeremy Kyle's Emergency Room	(2015–present)
The Keith Lemon Sketch Show	(2015–2016)
The Kyle Files	(2015–present)
The Met: Policing London
Michael McIntyre's Big Show
Ninja Warrior UK
Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords
No Offence
Ordinary Lies	(2015–2016)
Peter Kay's Car Share	(2015–2017)
Play to the Whistle
Poldark	(2015–present)
Real Stories with Ranvir Singh
Rebound
Safe House
SAS: Who Dares Wins
The Saturday Show
Scream Street
Simply Nigella
So Awkward
Special Forces: Ultimate Hell Week
Taskmaster
Thunderbirds Are Go
Victoria Derbyshire
Wild & Weird
1000 Heartbeats	(2015–2016)
10,000 BC	(2015–present)
Eat Well for Less?

Ending this year

Date(s)	Programme	Channel(s)	Debut(s)
13 January	Great Barrier Reef	BBC One	2015
14 January	World's Sneakiest Animals	BBC Two
15 January	1000 Heartbeats	ITV
	Bring the Noise	Sky 1
24 January	Walking the Himalayas	Channel 4
30 January	The Life of Rock with Brian Pern	BBC Four	2014
4 February	The Nightmare Worlds of H. G. Wells	Sky Arts	2016
5 February	The Dumping Ground: I'm...	CBBC
7 February	James May's Cars of the People	BBC Two	2014
	War & Peace	BBC One	2016
12 February	Tinkershrimp & Dutch	Nicktoons
15 February	Crashing	Channel 4
16 February	60 Seconds	BBC Choice & BBC Three	2001
21 February	Dickensian	BBC One	2015
	Deutschland 83	Channel 4	2016
25 February	Keeping Up with the Khans
	The Story of China	BBC Two
	Jericho	ITV
2 March	One Child	BBC Two
7 March	The Renaissance Unchained	BBC Four
10 March	The Keith Lemon Sketch Show	ITV2	2015
11 March	Mr Selfridge	ITV	2013
12 March	Stag	BBC Two	2016
13 March	Let's Play Darts for Sport Relief		2015
20 March	Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands	ITV	2016
	Doctor Thorne
27 March	Thirteen	BBC Three
	The Night Manager	BBC One
28 March	Fresh Meat	Channel 4	2011
29 March	The Beginning and End of the Universe	BBC Four	2016
1 April	Too Much TV	BBC Two
3 April	Tribes, Predators & Me
7 April	Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle		2009
	Bear Grylls: Mission Survive	ITV	2015
9 April	You're Back in the Room
12 April	The Aliens	E4	2016
17 April	Life in the Air	BBC One
26 April	Camping	Sky Atlantic
27 April	Scott & Bailey	ITV	2011
2 May	Tree Fu Tom	CBeebies	2012
3 May	Drive	ITV	2016
6 May	Henry VIII and his Six Wives	Channel 5
7 May	Saturday Night Football	Sky Sports	2013
	Win Your Wish List	BBC One	2014
8 May	Home Fires	ITV	2015
12 May	Houdini & Doyle	ITV Encore	2016
15 May	Indian Summers	Channel 4	2015
	Undercover	BBC One	2016
	The Silk Road	BBC Four
19 May	Grayson Perry: All Man	Channel 4
20 May	The Secret	ITV
24 May	Fifth Gear	Channel 5, Discovery Channel, History & ITV4	2002
25 May	Nature's Epic Journeys	BBC One	2016
4 June	Bang on the Money	ITV
	You Saw Them Here First		2014
5 June	Wallander	BBC One	2008
6 June	Wild Australia with Ray Mears	ITV	2016
	Up Late with Rylan	Channel 5
11 June	Videogame Nation	Challenge	2014
17 June	Love, Nina	BBC One	2016
19 June	Penny Dreadful	Sky Atlantic	2014
	Stupid Man, Smart Phone	BBC Three & BBC Two	2016
26 June	For What It's Worth	BBC One
4 July	The Great British Sewing Bee	BBC Two	2013
6 July	Power Monkeys	Channel 4	2016
13 July	Trainspotting Live	BBC Four
16 July	The National Lottery: In It to Win It	BBC One	2002
21 July	New Blood		2016
25 July	Forces of Nature
	Unsolved: The Boy Who Disappeared	BBC Three
28 July	The Refugee Camp: Our Desert Home	BBC Two
29 July	The Hairy Builder
31 July	The Secret Agent	BBC One
1 August	The Musketeers		2014
2 August	The Living and the Dead		2016
4 August	Boy Meets Girl	BBC Two	2015
	Inside Out Homes	Channel 4	2016
8 August	Brief Encounters	ITV
17 August	A Granny's Guide to the Modern World	Channel 4
19 August	It's Not Me, It's You	Channel 5
	Hacker Time	CBBC	2011
22 August	Hacker's Olympic Rundown	CBBC	2016
23 August	Wasted	E4
29 August	BBC Four Goes Slow	BBC Four	2015
31 August	Suspects	Channel 5	2014
3 September	The Getaway Car	BBC One	2016
13 September	One of Us
15 September	Absolute Fashion: Inside British Vogue	BBC Two
	Gypsy Kids: Our Secret World	Channel 5
17 September	All Together Now: The Great Orchestra Challenge	BBC Four, BBC Two
22 September	Ingenious Animals	BBC One
23 September	Make Me an Egghead	BBC Two
	Joanna Lumley's Japan	ITV
5 October	DCI Banks		2010
8 October	Can't Touch This	BBC One	2016
11 October	National Treasure	Channel 4
15 October	5 Star Family Reunion	BBC One	2015
28 October	The Fall	BBC Two	2013
2 November	HIM	ITV	2016
4 November	The Moonstone	BBC One
	Hooten & the Lady	Sky 1
6 November	Tutankhamun	ITV
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse	Disney Junior
7 November		Dark Angel
	I've Got Something To Tell You	W
10 November	Paranoid	ITV
11 November	Rebound		2015
23 November	Crazyhead	E4	2016
2 December	The Coroner	BBC One	2015
3 December	Class	BBC Three
	Meet the Parents	ITV	2016
10 December	Go for It!	ITV	2016
11 December	The Next Great Magician	ITV	2016
	The Xtra Factor	ITV2	2004
	Planet Earth II	BBC One	2016
12 December	Hank Zipzer	CBBC	2014
13 December	Rillington Place	BBC One	2016
	Muslims Like Us	BBC Two
16 December	Think Tank	BBC One
	Alan Carr's Happy Hour	Channel 4
	Vicious	ITV	2013
18 December	Airmageddon	CBBC	2016
21 December	In Plain Sight	ITV
	Six Wives with Lucy Worsley	BBC One
	The Big Life Fix with Simon Reeve	BBC Two
22 December	Close to the Enemy
23 December	Deal or No Deal	Channel 4	2005
	Citizen Khan	BBC One	2012
24 December	Yonderland	Sky 1	2013
25 December	Alan Carr: Chatty Man	Channel 4	2009
27 December	Revolting Rhymes	BBC One	2016
	The Witness for the Prosecution
	Channel 4 Racing	Channel 4	1984

Deaths

Date	Name	Age	Broadcast credibility
2 January	Leonard White	99	Television producer and actor
9 January	Ed Stewart	74	British TV and radio broadcaster (Top of the Pops, Crackerjack)
13 January	Brian Bedford	80	Actor (Robin Hood, Nixon, Much Ado About Nothing)
	Conrad Phillips	90	Actor (The Adventures of William Tell)
14 January	Alan Rickman	69	Actor (Harry Potter, Die Hard, Love Actually, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Truly, Madly, Deeply)
	Robert Banks Stewart	84	Writer and producer (Bergerac, Doctor Who, The Darling Buds of May)
19 January	Sheila Sim (Lady Attenborough)	93	Actress (A Canterbury Tale, Pandora and the Flying Dutchman, West of Zanzibar) and widow of Richard Attenborough
26 January	Charlie Courtauld	49	Television producer and journalist (Question Time)
30 January	Frank Finlay	89	Actor (Othello, The Pianist, The Three Musketeers)
31 January	Sir Terry Wogan	77	Broadcaster, narrator and presenter (Auntie's Bloomers, Blankety Blank, Children in Need, Wogan, Eurovision Song Contest, Stoppit and Tidyup, Wogan's Perfect Recall)
14 February	Drewe Henley	75	Actor (Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope)
20 February	Jon Rollason	84	Actor (The Avengers, Coronation Street, Doctor Who, Softly, Softly, Z-Cars)
22 February	Douglas Slocombe	103	Cinematographer (Indiana Jones, The Lion in Winter, Jesus Christ Superstar)
28 February	Frank Kelly	77	Actor (Father Ted, Emmerdale, Aristocrats, Evelyn, Malice Aforethought)
1 March	Louise Plowright	59	Actress (Mamma Mia!, EastEnders, Families)
	Tony Warren	79	Television scriptwriter, creator of Coronation Street
13 March	Adrienne Corri	85	Actress (Doctor Zhivago, A Clockwork Orange, Doctor Who)
15 March	Sylvia Anderson	88	Television and film producer, writer and voice actress (Thunderbirds)
16 March	Cliff Michelmore	96	Broadcast presenter and producer (Tonight)
17 March	Paul Daniels	77	Magician and Game show Host (The Paul Daniels Magic Show, Odd One Out, Every Second Counts, Wipeout)
18 March	Barry Hines	76	Author and screenwriter (Kes, The Price of Coal, Threads)
25 March	Terry Brain	60	Animator, co-creator of The Trap Door
31 March	Ronnie Corbett	85	Comedian, television presenter and actor (The Two Ronnies, Small Talk, You're Only Young Twice, Sorry!, The Frost Report)
	Denise Robertson	83	Writer and television broadcaster (This Morning)
	Douglas Wilmer	96	Actor (Sherlock Holmes, Octopussy, Jason and the Argonauts)
8 April	David Swift	85	Actor (Drop the Dead Donkey)
13 April	Gareth Thomas	71	Actor (Blake's 7, Children of the Stones, Star Maidens)
15 April	Morag Siller	46	Actor (Emmerdale, Coronation Street, Memphis Belle, Casualty)
18 April	Karina Huff	55	Actress (The House of Clocks, Time for Loving, Voices from Beyond)
	John Rapley	81	Actor (The Elephant Man, Blackadder, Simon and the Witch, Jane and the Lost City, Goodnight Sweetheart)
20 April	Victoria Wood	62	Comedian (New Faces, Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV, Pat and Margaret, dinnerladies, Housewife, 49)
26 April	Mark Farmer	53	Actor (Grange Hill, Relative Strangers, Minder, Johnny Jarvis)
28 April	Barry Howard	78	Actor (Hi-de-Hi!, Terry and June, You Rang, M'Lord?, The House of Windsor, Dad, Beautiful People)
2 May	Paul McDowell	84	Actor and singer (The Temperance Seven)
3 May	Kristian Ealey	38	Actor (Brookside, Hollyoaks)
8 May	Gareth Gwenlan	79	Television producer (Only Fools and Horses, The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, To the Manor Born, High Hopes)
10 May	Sarah Corp	41	Television news journalist and producer (Channel 4 News)
14 May	Valerie Lush	97	Actress (And Mother Makes Three)
19 May	Alan Young	96	Actor, voice actor, comedian, radio host, television presenter and personality (DuckTales, The Time Machine, Mister Ed, The Alan Young Show)
24 May	Burt Kwouk	85	Actor (A Shot in the Dark, Last of the Summer Wine, Goldfinger, Tenko)
25 May	Peggy Spencer	95	Professional ballroom dancer, choreographer and judge (Come Dancing)
31 May	Carla Lane	87	Television writer (The Liver Birds, Bless This House, Butterflies, Bread, Luv)
6 June	Peter Shaffer	90	Playwright and screenwriter (Black Comedy, Equus, Amadeus)
22 June	Harry Rabinowitz	100	Music composer and conductor (Reilly, Ace of Spies, Chariots of Fire, Cats)
30 June	Gordon Murray	95	Puppeteer and television producer (The Trumptonshire Trilogy (Camberwick Green, Trumpton, Chigley))
1 July	Robin Hardy	86	Film director (The Wicker Man)
2 July	Caroline Aherne	52	Actress, television writer and comedian (The Mrs Merton Show, Mrs Merton and Malcolm, The Fast Show, The Royle Family, Strange Hill High, Gogglebox)
	Euan Lloyd	92	Film producer (The Wild Geese, The Sea Wolves)
7 July	James Gilbert	93	Television producer (The Two Ronnies, Last of the Summer Wine)
8 July	William Lucas	91	Actor (The Adventures of Black Beauty, Eldorado)
17 July	Fred Tomlinson	88	Singer, songwriter and composer (Monty Python's Flying Circus, The Two Ronnies)
25 July	Tom Clegg	81	Television and film director (Space: 1999, Sharpe)
26 July	Sylvia Peters	90	Actress and announcer (Come Dancing)
29 July	Ken Barrie	83	Singer, narrator and voice actor (Postman Pat, Charlie Chalk)
13 August	Kenny Baker	81	Actor (Star Wars, Time Bandits, Flash Gordon)
18 August	Michael Napier Brown	79	Actor, theatre director and playwright (The Dick Emery Show, Doctor Who)
19 August	Trevor Baker	94	Meteorologist (BBC, Southern Television)
20 August	Brian Rix	92	Actor (And the Same to You, Reluctant Heroes)
21 August	Antony Jay	86	Writer, broadcaster and director (Yes Minister)
22 August	Michael Leader	77	Actor (EastEnders, Star Wars, Doctor Who)
8 September	Hazel Douglas	92	Actress (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1)
29 September	Ann Emery	86	Actress (Billy Elliot, Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde, Rentaghost)
	Terence Brady	77	Television writer, playwright and actor (Upstairs, Downstairs, No, Honestly, Yes, Honestly)
9 October	Zara Nutley	92	Actress (Mind Your Language, Never the Twain)
14 October	Jean Alexander	90	Actress (Coronation Street, Last of the Summer Wine)
23 October	Jimmy Perry	93	Writer (Dad's Army, It Ain't Half Hot Mum, Hi-de-Hi!, You Rang, M'Lord?)
	Pete Burns	57	Singer-songwriter (Dead or Alive)
25 October	Howard Davies	71	Theatre and television director (Copenhagen, Blue/Orange, The Secret Rapture)
5 November	John Carson	89	Actor (Doomsday, Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter, Doctor Who)
7 November	Sir Jimmy Young	95	Broadcaster and singer (Juke Box Jury, Thank Your Lucky Stars)
11 November	Robert Vaughn	83	American actor (Coronation Street, Hustle)
15 November	Ken Grieve	74	Television director (The Bill, Peak Practice)
23 November	Andrew Sachs	86	Actor and narrator (Fawlty Towers, Coronation Street, Hitler: The Last Ten Days, William's Wish Wellingtons, Wiggly Park)
27 November	Bernard Gallagher	87	Actor (Casualty, Crown Court, Downton Abbey)
	Valerie Gaunt	84	Actress (The Curse of Frankenstein, Dracula)
6 December	Peter Vaughan	93	Actor (Porridge, Citizen Smith, Chancer, Game of Thrones)
9 December	Coral Atkins	80	Actor (A Family at War, Emmerdale)
10 December	Ian McCaskill	78	Meteorologist (BBC)
11 December	Michael Nicholson	79	War correspondent (Tonight)
21 December	Deddie Davies	78	Actress (The Railway Children, Stella, Grange Hill)
22 December	Philip Saville	86	Television director and screenwriter (Armchair Theatre, Hamlet at Elsinore, Boys from the Blackstuff)
24 December	Liz Smith	95	Actress (The Vicar of Dibley, The Royle Family, I Didn't Know You Cared, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit)

See also

• 2016 in British music
• 2016 in British radio
• 2016 in the United Kingdom
• List of British films of 2016

External links

• List of 2016 British television series at IMDb