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BBC Genome Project. Logo of the BBC Genome Project. The BBC Genome Project is an online searchable database of programme listings initially based upon the contents of the Radio Times from the first issue in 1923 to 2009. [1] Television listings from post-2009 can be accessed via the BBC Programmes site. [2]
January. 1 January. BBC1's New Year's Eve special Live into 85, broadcast from Gleneagles Hotel in Scotland, ends broadcasting in England, Wales and Northern Ireland as scheduled 40 minutes earlier than in Scotland after a series of disasters brought on by poor organisation from the production team. [1]
29 January – Tom Keating On Painters is rebroadcast. 30 January – Channel 4 becomes the first broadcaster in the UK to show the Super Bowl live. 31 January – Channel 4 News introduces its current news theme 'Best Endeavours' composed by Alan Hawkshaw. January.
It is the first UK television series specifically aimed at a gay audience and is aired for two series in 1980 and 1981. 19 February – Debut of the Scottish Television produced soap opera Take the High Road on ITV. 25 February – The political sitcom Yes Minister makes its debut on BBC2 with the episode "Open Government". March
The ceremony's footage goes down in the Guinness World Records as the biggest TV audience for a live broadcast. In the UK, 32.10 million viewers watch the broadcast. It is the UK's second most-watched broadcast of all time, behind 1966's World Cup final.
Legend Xtra. Legend Xtra (styled as LEGEND XTRA, formerly known as HorrorXtra) is a British free-to-air television channel which shows horror films from 5pm onwards. [24] As of 1 July 2022, it is available in the Movies section on the Sky EPG, [25] where it can be found on channels 317 and 318 (with the latter being the +1 timeshifted service ...
6 June – BBC1 sitcom Till Death Us Do Part begins its first series run. 11 June – BBC2 Northern Ireland goes on the air. 16 June – The Beatles perform live on BBC television's Top of the Pops, the UK's major television pop music show, for the first and only time, miming to both "Paperback Writer" and its b-side, "Rain".
March. 19 March – The 385 metre tall Emley Moor transmitting station mast collapses because of icing. 29 March – The UK shares the win of the 14th Eurovision Song Contest, in a four-way tie with France, Spain, and the Netherlands. Lulu represents the UK, singing "Boom Bang-a-Bang". 31 March.