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2013 in British television

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This is a list of events that took place in 2013 related to British television.

Events

January

Date	Event
2	ITV signs a twelve-month product placement deal with DFS that will see the furniture retailer's sofas used as part of the set for This Morning.
4	The CBeebies and CBBC blocks on BBC Two air for the last time. The children's programming would in the future air exclusively on their dedicated channels.
5–6	CITV celebrates its 30th anniversary with an "Old Skool" marathon of archive programming on the weekend.
5	In a poll conducted for the film channel Sky Movies 007 HD, a scene from Goldfinger in which James Bond is strapped to a table while a laser beam begins to cut it in half is voted as the best Bond movie moment.
6	BBC One airs the last programme in its astronomy series The Sky at Night to be presented by Sir Patrick Moore, recorded shortly before his death in December 2012. He launched the series in 1957.
Launch of ITV's celebrity diving contest, Splash!, in which Olympic bronze medalist Tom Daley teaches contestants to dive. The first episode is seen by 5.6 million viewers, but receives a mixed reception from critics.
7	BBC sports presenter Gabby Logan is appointed Chancellor of Leeds Trinity University.
Anne Wood, creator of Teletubbies and Brum, criticises the BBC's decision to remove children's programming from its mainstream channels, accusing them of "ghettoising" children's television.
9	BBC Four confirms that its reruns of Top of the Pops will continue with episodes from 1978, but that editions featuring Jimmy Savile will not be aired.
14	ITV1 rebrands back to its original name, ITV, after 12 years, along with the introduction of a new logo on ITV plc-owned channels and online services.
18	After nearly four years, Countdown is filmed at the Granada Studios in Manchester for the last time. Subsequent series are now filmed at dock10, MediaCityUK in Salford thus marking the second time that the show has relocated in its 30-year history.
20	The BBC issues an immediate apology after its digital channel CBeebies airs an episode of Tweenies from 2001 in which one of the main characters named Max dresses as Jimmy Savile to present a chart show.
22	Broadcaster Stuart Hall is charged with one count of rape and 14 of indecent assault following a police investigation into historic allegations.
23	Coronation Street, Downton Abbey, This Morning, Strictly Come Dancing and Miranda Hart are among the big winners at the 18th National Television Awards. Joanna Lumley takes home a lifetime achievement accolade.
25	Singer Rylan Clark wins the eleventh series of Celebrity Big Brother.
30	Former Channel 5 Director of Programmes Jeff Ford has been hired by Irish commercial broadcaster TV3 to become their new Director of Content, a position he will take up in February.

February

Date	Event
2	Former Olympic Skier Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards wins the first series of Splash!.
4	More4 launches in high-definition for the first time.
5	Cable television provider Virgin Media announced it is to be acquired by Liberty Global for US$23.3 billion (£15 billion).
8	The BBC Trust approves a twelve-month trial to make some BBC TV content available online through BBC iPlayer ahead of its scheduled television debut.
9	BBC Three celebrates its 10th anniversary.
13	ITV's This Morning apologises after "accidentally" showing a photograph of Kate Middleton in a bikini. The image was used while discussing a recent controversy involving pictures of the Duchess, but should have been blurred out.
14	Former head of BBC News Helen Boaden is appointed Director of BBC Radio by incoming BBC Director-General Tony Hall. She will take up the position from April.
15	ITV drops the actor Michael Le Vell from Coronation Street pending the outcome of legal proceedings after police charge him with 19 child sex offences allegedly committed between 2001 and 2010.
16	Sir Jonathan Ive, Senior Vice-president of Industrial Design for Apple Inc., is presented with Blue Peters highest accolade, a gold Blue Peter badge in a special edition of the show about gadgets.
18	BBC journalists stage a one-day strike over compulsory redundancies.
23	Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway returns to ITV after a four-year hiatus.
25	Telecommunications giant BT, which bought the rights to some Premier League matches in 2012, expands its investment in sports broadcasting with the purchase of ESPN's channels in Britain and Ireland.

March

Date	Event
4	BBC One airs the 1000th edition of A Question of Sport.
10	Prince Charles guest edits an edition of Countryfile to celebrate the programme's 25th anniversary.
Olympic gymnast Beth Tweddle and dance partner Daniel Whiston win the eighth series of Dancing on Ice.
14	A full-size replica of the House of Commons, used in place of the real chamber in several films and television series, is among film sets for sale on the internet auction site eBay. It is sold for £123,000, but auctioned again at an auction house in June after the buyer failed to complete the purchase.
16	The 2013 Comic Relief telethon raises a record £75 million for charity.
17	The final BBC News bulletins are aired from BBC Television Centre before news operations switch to the Broadcasting House in Central London, effective from 18 March.
19	Coronation Street actor William Roache apologises after appearing to suggest victims of paedophiles were being punished for past sins in an interview for New Zealand's One News.
It is reported that Channel 4 will screen a documentary The Murder Trial showing footage of the trial of Nat Fraser, who in 2012 was convicted of the murder of his estranged wife, Arlene.
23	Granada Reports is broadcast from the Granada Studios at Quay Street for the last time.
24	ITV Granada broadcasts from the dock10 studios for the first time.
26	BBC Two launches in high definition for the first time, two and a half years after BBC One did.
Research published by the Archives of Disease in Childhood suggests that five-year-olds who watch more than three hours of television a day are more likely to develop antisocial behaviour than those who do not.
29	BBC journalists stage a twelve-hour strike, disrupting television and radio news programmes.
30	The BBC confirms that David Tennant and Billie Piper will appear in the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special.
Sir Tony Robinson's new Channel 4 history series Walking Through History started.
31	The BBC Television Centre is closed and all BBC services move to the Broadcasting House.

April

Date	Event
1	Responsibility for the funding of S4C begins to transfer to the BBC.
The cox of the University of Oxford rowing team apologises for repeated use of the F-word during the previous day's University Boat Race which aired live on television.
4	Countdown co-presenter Rachel Riley will join the presenting team of Channel 5's The Gadget Show when the series returns in the summer, it is announced.
9	The US TV miniseries The Bible, a ten-part dramatisation of some of the Bible's most famous stories, will be aired by Channel 5 later in the year, it is announced.
15	The BBC says that an edition of Panorama filmed secretly on a university study trip to North Korea will be broadcast, despite claims by the London School of Economics that students may have been put in danger.
16	James Harding, former editor of The Times, is named as the new BBC Director of News. He replaces Helen Boaden, who was moved from the job to become Director of Radio.
17	BBC One airs the funeral of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who died on 8 April. The three-hour special is watched by an average 3.2 million viewers, peaking at 4.4 million.
A planned showing of the film Four Lions is cancelled by Film4 in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing in which three people died.
19	Channel 5 pulls two programmes narrated by Rolf Harris from its schedule after reports the presenter was interviewed by police over allegations of sexual offences.
23	Current Director of BBC One, Danny Cohen is appointed Director of BBC Television, taking up the position from 7 May.
25	The BBC is to limit the redundancy packages for its managers to £150,000 following criticism about the amount of severance paid to its executives.
26	Ray Winstone guest hosts Have I Got News for You, the edition prompting over 100 complaints to the BBC and Ofcom in the following days because of the programme's perceived anti-Scottish stance during a section discussing Scottish independence.
29	The University of Manchester wins the 2012–13 series of University Challenge, beating University College London 190–140.

May

Date	Event
1	Forthcoming scenes from Coronation Street featuring William Roache will be dropped after he is arrested over historic allegations of rape. ITV says he will not appear again in the soap while investigations are ongoing.
2	Broadcaster Stuart Hall pleads guilty to 14 charges of sexual assault.
Natalie Coleman wins the 2013 series of MasterChef.
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8	BBC Two Controller Janice Hadlow takes temporary control of BBC Four following the departure of Richard Klein to become head of ITV factual programming.
9	BT announces it will offer their BT Sport channels to its broadband customers for free in a bid to challenge Sky's dominance of the pay-per-view market.
16	The BBC apologises for a Newsnight report about Help for Heroes that falsely suggested the charity was responsible for shortcomings in the care of wounded soldiers.
17	Ian Allen, the creator of children's television series Button Moon wins a claim for damages against a businessman he says copied his designs for tee shirts and mugs.
18	Denmark's Emmelie de Forest wins the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest with "Only Teardrops".
20	The BBC documentary series Panorama airs unseen footage from the 1989 Hillsborough disaster that casts doubt on medical evidence given at the inquest.
21	ITV celebrity ice skating competition Dancing on Ice will end in 2014 after 1 further "all-stars" series, after Torvill & Christopher Dean would retire after 30 years of their Bolero performance at the 1984 Winter Olympics.
23	BBC political editor Nick Robinson apologises after he quoted a source describing the perpetrators of the previous day's Woolwich attack as "of Muslim appearance". The BBC received 43 complaints after Robinson used the term during the BBC News at Six.
24	The BBC scraps its £98m Digital Media Initiative – a project launched in 2008 to change the way the corporation's staff utilised video and audio material. Director-General Tony Hall says the scheme has "wasted a huge amount of licence fee payers' money", and that an investigation will be held to determine what lessons can be learned from the venture.
The BBC apologises after a floor plan for the 23 May edition of Question Time from Belfast described the Northern Ireland Education Minister John O'Dowd as being from Sinn Féin/IRA. The phrase is a pejorative term used by members of the unionist community, but Sinn Féin maintains it and the IRA are separate organisations.
27	Former Crimewatch presenter Nick Ross issues a statement in defence of criticism he received for comments he makes about rape in his forthcoming book, Crime.
30	ITV announce that Beverley Callard is to reprise her role as Coronation Streets Liz McDonald, and will be seen on screen again from October.

June

Date	Event
1	The BBC announces that Doctor Who actor Matt Smith will quit as the Eleventh Doctor at the end of 2013.
BBC One airs highlights of The Sound of Change Live, a benefit concert held in aid of fashion brand Gucci's Chime for Change campaign at Twickenham Stadium in London.
6	In an interview for Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre podcast, actor and comedian Stephen Fry, who has bipolar disorder speaks candidly about an attempted suicide bid while he was filming abroad in 2012.
Coronation Street actor Bill Roache is charged with five historical accounts of indecent assault against four girls during the 1960s.
7	Queen Elizabeth II opens the BBC's rebuilt Broadcasting House, creating a memorable television moment when she appears behind the BBC News channel's on air newsreaders.
8	The series seven finale of Britain's Got Talent is disrupted when a woman runs on stage and throws eggs at the judges. She is later revealed to be a member of one of the performing act's backing group. The series is won by shadow dancing group Attraction.
9	Channel 4 airs an entire commercial break in French to celebrate the launch of its French zombie drama The Returned.
13	Comedian Rory Bremner presents Rory Goes to Holyrood, a one-off comedy programme for BBC Scotland that takes a satirical look at Scottish politics and the independence debate. The show was conceived as a way of injecting some comedy into a subject that has suffered from an absence of humour.
14	The Broadcasters' Audience Research Board announces that catch-up programmes viewed online or through smart devices will be included in official viewing figures for the first time from Autumn 2013.
17	BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall is sentenced to 15 months in jail for sexually abusing under age girls, as the BBC issues an "unreserved apology" to his victims.
Ofcom launches an investigation into the broadcasting of footage from the Woolwich attack after receiving about 700 complaints.
Broadcaster Jo Whiley criticises reality shows such as The Voice and Britain's Got Talent, saying the contestants who appear on them are unaware of what they are letting themselves in for.
18	ITV announces that Birds of a Feather will return to British television in January 2014 following a fifteen-year break after the broadcaster signed up the original BBC cast.
19	Ofcom is to launch an investigation into BSkyB over the supply of its sports channels to rival broadcasters.
22	Andrea Begley wins the second series of The Voice.
25	It is reported that ITV are considering cancelling Prize Island, a game show filmed in Mozambique in October 2012 before it has even aired. ITV sources have claimed it was supposed to be shown in the spring to compete with BBC One's The Voice, but was considered not to be very good. Prize Island eventually begins airing in October, going out in a Sunday afternoon slot.
26	Charlotte Moore is appointed as Controller of BBC One, replacing Danny Cohen, who was given the role of Director of Television in April.

July

Date	Event
5	The BBC announces it is suspending production of 3D programming indefinitely, due to a "lack of public appetite" for the technology.
8	Audience figures show Andy Murray's victory in the previous day's Wimbledon Men's Singles final was watched by 17.3 million viewers, making it the most watched programme of the year so far.
Drama is launched by UKTV, replacing Blighty. The channel also launches on free-to-air platform Freeview. However it does not launch on Virgin Media until August.
9	A special last-minute scene is filmed for inclusion in the day's episode of EastEnders reflecting Andy Murray's Wimbledon victory.
The BBC confirms that Barbara Windsor will return to EastEnders as Peggy Mitchell for a one-off appearance.
16	After 5 seasons and 4 years, the final episode of the 2009 series of Horrible Histories is broadcast on CBBC.
17	Police confirm that a body found at Seaford, East Sussex on 12 July is that of Paul Bhattacharjee, an actor who disappeared on 10 July. Bhattacharjee had appeared in the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale, and EastEnders.
Leah Totton, a medical doctor from Derry, Northern Ireland wins the ninth series of The Apprentice, and a £250,000 investment from Lord Sugar in her planned cosmetic procedures business.
19	An update of Freeview's software leaves owners of Sony DVD recorders unable to access or record Freeview channels through the devices.
21	For the past three consecutive weeks in July 2013, Channel 5 has beaten Channel 4 in terms of daily average share for the week, excluding +1. However, this time since its launch in 1997, Channel 5 (on a 5% share) beat Channel 4 (on a 4.94% share) in terms of daily average share for the week including +1.
26	Former BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall has his fifteen-month sentence for a series of indecent assaults doubled to 30 months by the Court of Appeal after the Attorney General launched an appeal against the leniency of the original sentence.

August

Date	Event
2	The Fox Broadcasting Company announce plans to remake ITV's popular crime drama, Broadchurch for a US market.
4	Scottish actor Peter Capaldi is unveiled as the Twelfth Doctor in a BBC One special, Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor.
7	An advert featuring a team "rescuing" neglected jars of Marmite has received 278 complaints from viewers since it was first shown two days earlier.
12	Paddy Roberts becomes the first male £250,000 winner on Deal or No Deal.
14	Sky News cameraman Mick Deane is shot dead while covering protests following July's coup d'état in Egypt.
19	Sam Evans wins Big Brother 14.
20	Top Boy returns to Channel 4 for a second four-part series.
28	UK television debut of the Australian prison drama Wentworth on Channel 5. The opening episode of the Prisoner Cell Block H reboot attracts an audience of 2.4 million.
29	Thirty years of Blockbusters.
31	Sharon Osbourne returns to The X Factor after six years.

September

Date	Event
5	It is reported that Coronation Street will explore the issue of the right to die when the character Hayley Cropper decides she wants to take her own life after being diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer.
Lauren Lambert wins Cycle 9 of Britain & Ireland's Next Top Model.
6	Ade Edmondson wins the 2013 series of Celebrity MasterChef.
10	Michael Le Vell is cleared of child sex allegations following a trial at Manchester Crown Court.
11	Singer Kylie Minogue will join The Voice UK as a coach when the series returns in 2014.
12	Debut of the period crime drama Peaky Blinders on BBC Two.
13	Reality television star Charlotte Crosby wins the twelfth series of Celebrity Big Brother.
14	Holly Willoughby and Reggie Yates announce their exit from The Voice UK, with new presenter Emma Willis confirmed to co-host the 2014 series.
16	ITV re-introduces sub-regional news coverage across England. The weekday daytime, late evening and weekend bulletins as well as 20 minutes of the 6pm programme are once again more localised.
17	Marvin Humes announced as Reggie Yates replacement on The Voice UK. He will co-host the third series alongside Emma Willis.
18	Sue Barker announces she is stepping down as host of BBC Sports Personality of the Year after 19 years.
20	The day's episode of EastEnders sees a one-off appearance of Barbara Windsor as Peggy Mitchell.
26	BBC economics editor Stephanie Flanders will leave the BBC to take up a position at JP Morgan Asset Management.
27	Prime Minister David Cameron confirms he will not have a television debate with Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond ahead of next year's referendum on Scottish independence.
A Radio Times article reports that a leaked internal BBC document casts doubt on the existence of TV detector vans after it makes no mention of them in a detailed discussion of the TV licence fee. The BBC subsequently responds by saying the vans do exist, but will not provide further details about how many are in operation.

October

Date	Event
1	After series one of Wentworth continues to prove popular with viewers, Channel 5 announces it has acquired the UK broadcasting rights for series two. The series will air in 2014.
3	ITV celebrates twenty-five years of This Morning, with its original hosts Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan returning to join Phillip Schofield, Holly Willoughby, Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford to present a special live edition from the show's original home at Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool.
6	Speaking at the Cheltenham Literary Festival to promote his book, Great Britain's Great War, Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman criticises schools for using episodes of Blackadder Goes Forth to teach students about World War I, saying the practice is "astonishing".
7	It is reported that the comedy Open All Hours will return for a one-off special over Christmas. The episode, titled Still Open All Hours will see David Jason reprise his role as Granville.
8	BBC Director-General Tony Hall announces plans to launch a BBC One +1 channel, and offer a 30-day catch-up service on the iPlayer.
Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes defends a controversial rape storyline in the latest episode of the ITV series following a number of complaints.
11	Nine missing episodes from the 1968 Doctor Who series The Web of Fear and The Enemy of the World are made available for download from the BBC website after they were found at a television station in Nigeria.
12	The BBC says it "completely rejects" allegations by Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre that coverage of an article the paper published about Labour leader Ed Miliband's father was "one-sided".
16	BBC Director-General Tony Hall unveils the corporation's four-year plan for World War I centenary programming and coverage. This will include an online resource allowing access to records kept by the Imperial War Museum, and a documentary about Keith Murdoch (the father of Rupert Murdoch) who, as a young war correspondent, revealed the disastrous nature of the Gallipoli Campaign in 1916, changing the direction of the war.
17	Robert Peston is appointed as BBC Economics Editor, replacing Stephanie Flanders.
22	Stuart Hall is stripped of his OBE following his conviction for sexual offences against young girls.
Frances Quinn wins the fourth series of The Great British Bake Off.
ITV confirms that Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? will end after fifteen years on air as presenter Chris Tarrant steps down from the role.
23	Comedian Russell Brand appears as a guest on Newsnight to mark his one-off stint as guest editor of the New Statesman, and tells presenter Jeremy Paxman he has never voted because of an "absolute indifference and weariness and exhaustion from the lies, treachery and deceit of the political class". Paxman criticises Brand's stance on the programme, but later tells the Radio Times that he himself did not vote at a recent election, that there is something "irresistible" about the comedian, and that "part of [his] diagnosis is right. There is a huge sense of disillusion out there."
25	The BBC hosts 100 Women, a day of debate and discussion across radio, television and online featuring a hundred women from around the world.
28	Lord Sugar confirms that the tenth series of The Apprentice has been pushed back to Autumn 2014 to avoid clashing with the 2014 World Cup. Young Apprentice has also been axed.
29	The BBC announce that The Sky at Night will be shown exclusively on BBC Four from 2014, ending a 54-year run on the corporation's flagship channel.
31	TV cameras are allowed into the Court of Appeal for the first time, after a change in the law allowing proceedings to be recorded.
Journalist and presenter Paris Lees becomes the first openly transgender panellist to appear on the BBC's Question Time.

November

Date	Event
9	BT announces a £897 million deal with UEFA to broadcast the Champions League exclusively on BT Sport from the 2015–16 season for three years, ending two decades of the competition being broadcast free-to-air on ITV.
11	Panorama becomes the first ongoing British TV programme to reach and celebrate its 60th anniversary.
12	Alan Titchmarsh steps down as presenter of the BBC's coverage of the Chelsea Flower Show after 30 years in the role and following the BBC's decision to revamp its coverage of the event.
Actor Sir Tony Robinson says that Prince William has agreed to make a cameo appearance in Blackadder if another series is recorded.
Laura Kuenssberg will leave ITV to return to the BBC as chief correspondent and a presenter of Newsnight from February 2014, it is announced. She will replace Gavin Esler in the latter role.
13	After 24 years and 70 episodes, Agatha Christie's Poirot airs its final episode, Curtain: Poirot's Last Case which sees main character Hercule Poirot killed off. As a result, David Suchet who portrayed Poirot (and is considered the most faithful to the books) has portrayed the character in every major adaptation of the stories that the character appears in.
18	James Bond will return to terrestrial television after ITV signs a deal with MGM Worldwide Television to air the films, which were snapped up by BSkyB in an agreement with the distributors in 2012. The new deal enables ITV to air the television premiere of Skyfall in 2014.
20	At the Salford Media Festival in Manchester, Scottish Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop says that an independent Scotland would have a new licence fee funded broadcaster based on the assets and staff of BBC Scotland.
23	Doctor Who celebrates its 50th anniversary by airing a special episode, "The Day of the Doctor". Overnight viewing figures suggest it was watched by 10.2 million viewers.
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27	Addressing The Voice of the Listener and Viewer conference, BBC Director-General Tony Hall says the BBC should be "more aggressive" and "less British" in its defence of the television licence.
28	Virgin Media switches off its analogue TV service in Milton Keynes. This had been the last analogue television service which had still been in operation in the UK and brings to an end all forms of analogue television in the United Kingdom.
29	The new Coronation Street set at dock10, MediaCityUK in Salford is officially unveiled.
30	The Bible makes its British television debut on Channel 5.

December

Date	Event
2	More than 44,000 people have signed a Change.org petition calling for reality television star Katie Hopkins to be banned from television after a Twitter posting in which she made a joke about Scottish life expectancy in the wake of the Glasgow helicopter crash that resulted in several fatalities. Hopkins responds that she was referring to a recent NHS report discussing the country's average life expectancy and apologises for any offence caused.
5–6	The death of former South African President Nelson Mandela leads to several schedule changes, including extended news coverage and special documentaries paying tribute to him.
6	Figures published by Broadcast magazine indicate that in 2013, ITV achieved its first increase in audience share since 1990, rising from 15.7% in 2012 to 16.5% this year. ITV is also the only one of the five main terrestrial channels to increase its viewership over the past year, while Channel 4 saw a drop from 6.5% to 5.8%. The decrease is attributed to the 2012 boost Channel 4 had in its viewers because of its coverage of that year's Summer Paralympics.
8	Westlife singer Kian Egan wins the thirteenth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.
9	EastEnders marks the death of Nelson Mandela with a specially recorded scene in which Carol Jackson (Lindsay Coulson) and Denise Fox (Diane Parish) recall Mandela's release from prison in 1990.
10	The BBC launches five new high-definition simulcasts of BBC News, BBC Three, BBC Four, CBBC and CBeebies.
The Channel 4 daytime quiz Fifteen to One, which recently featured as a one-off special as part of an 80s Nostalgia evening, is to return for a full series in Spring 2014 with Sandi Toksvig as host. A celebrity version will be presented by Adam Hills.
12	BBC One's Question Time is broadcast from South Africa to discuss the legacy of Nelson Mandela following his recent death.
Steven Edwards wins the sixth series of MasterChef: The Professionals.
13	The media regulator Ofcom says that complaints about BT TV have more than doubled since the launch of BT Sport in August.
15	2013 Wimbledon men's singles winner Andy Murray is named this year's BBC Sports Personality of the Year.
Sam Bailey wins the tenth series of The X Factor.
17	Ofcom reports that a Comic Relief sketch featuring Rowan Atkinson as a fictional Archbishop of Canterbury was the most complained about television broadcast of the year, although Ofcom ruled in July that it did not breach the regulations.
Channel 4 has commissioned three pilot comedy shows for the New Year. Flack will star Sheridan Smith as a PR woman struggling to keep her life on track. Catastrophe will see Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney respectively star as an Irish woman and American man who struggle to fall in love against the backdrop of contemporary London. Sit.Com, written by and starring David Baddiel, is a family sitcom highlighting the distractions of modern technology.
21	It is reported that former Channel 5 chief executive David Elstein will call for the abolition of the licence fee and suggest the BBC introduce a subscription model when the Culture, Media and Sport Committee convenes to discuss the future of the Corporation in January 2014.
Model Abbey Clancy and dancing partner Aljaž Skorjanec win the eleventh series of Strictly Come Dancing.
22	Defence Minister Anna Soubry apologises after comments made on an edition of The Andrew Marr Show in which she described UKIP leader Nigel Farage as looking "like somebody has put their finger up his bottom and he really rather likes it".
24	British television premiere of Walt Disney's 1940 animated classic Fantasia is aired on BBC Two for the first time.
Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom airs its final episode.
25	Matt Smith makes his final full appearance as the Eleventh Doctor in the Doctor Who episode "The Time of the Doctor"; his successor, Peter Capaldi, makes a minor appearance as the Twelfth Doctor at the episode's conclusion.
26	Overnight viewing figures indicate that Mrs. Brown's Boys was the most watched show on Christmas Day, with an audience of 9.4 million. The BBC claimed four of the five most watched programmes on Christmas Day.
27	Still Open All Hours was the most watched programme on Boxing Day, attracting an audience of 10 million. On ITV, the terrestrial television premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 was watched by an average audience of 4.3 million.

Debuts

BBC

Date	Debut	Channel
2 January	Africa	BBC One
4 January	The Dumping Ground	CBBC
5 January	Britain's Brightest	BBC One
Richard Hammond's Secret Service
Animal Antics
6 January	An Drochaid/The Bridge Rising	BBC Alba
	The A to Z of TV Gardening	BBC Two
7 January	The Polar Bear Family & Me
The Battle for Malta
	Fit	CBBC
Baby Makers: The Fertility Clinic	BBC Four
10 January	Carved with Love: The Genius of British Woodwork
11 January	Alba	BBC Alba
13 January	Blandings	BBC One
14 January	Father Brown
Why the Industrial Revolution Happened Here	BBC Two
15 January	Locomotion: Dan Snow's History of Railways
16 January	Funny Business
17 January	Winterwatch Unsprung
Dani's Castle	CBBC
Fierce Earth
18 January	An Evening with Glen Campbell	BBC Four
19 January	Who Let the Dogs Out and About?	CBBC
22 January	Allotment Wars	BBC One
23 January	Absolute Genius with Dick and Dom	CBBC
David Attenborough – The Early Years	BBC Red Button
Bob Servant Independent	BBC Four
24 January	The Genius of Invention	BBC Two
25 January	An Ode to Burns and Ulster
27 January	Wonders of Life
29 January	The Mary Berry Story
31 January	The Planners
1 February	Monty Don's French Gardens
A Concert for Bangladesh Revisited	BBC Four
4 February	Am Prionnsa Beag/The Little Prince	BBC Alba
Dancing on the Edge	BBC Two
6 February	Brain Doctora	BBC Two
12 February	The Railway: Keeping Britain On Track
15 February	The Beatles' Please Please Me: Remaking a Classic	BBC Four
16 February	How To Be Epic @ Everything	CBBC
18 February	Britain's Empty Homes Revisited	BBC One
City of Culture Film	BBC Two Northern Ireland
21 February	Beneath the Lab Coat	BBC Two
22 February	Wild Arabia
24 February	Dan Cruickshank's Written in Stone	BBC One Northern Ireland
3 March	Boxing at the Movies: Kings of the Ring	BBC Four
4 March	Beat the Pack	BBC One
The Great British Winter	BBC Two
5 March	Bluestone 42	BBC Three
11 March	Caught Red Handed	BBC One
Country Show Cook Off	BBC Two
12 March	Beyond Time: William Turnbull	BBC Four
14 March	Lee Nelson's Well Funny People	BBC Three
17 March	In the Flesh
18 March	The Challenger Disaster	BBC Two
Can Eating Insects Save the World	BBC Four
23 March	Britain's Natural World
24 March	Driven: The Fastest Woman in the World	BBC Two
31 March	The Village	BBC One
2 April	The Great British Sewing Bee	BBC Two
Crossing England in a Punt: River of Dreams	BBC Four
8 April	Chefs: Put Your Menu Where You Mouth Is	BBC One
25 April	The Politician's Husband	BBC Two
29 April	Dave Allen: God's Own Comedian
30 April	Sweat the Small Stuff	BBC Three
9 May	Dance with the Elements	BBC Two
12 May	Emeli Sande Live in London	BBC Three
13 May	The Fall	BBC Two
The Chef's Protege
Cusile
14 May	Frankie	BBC One
16 May	The Dambusters: 70 Years On	BBC Two
18 May	Ceolraidh	BBC Alba
19 May	Ice Age Giants	BBC Two
20 May	Don't Get Done in the Sun	BBC One
21 May	The Cleveland Captives: What Really Happened?	BBC Three
22 May	Enlighten Up!	BBC Two
25 May	David Bowie – Five Years
Cannes 2013	BBC News Channel
27 May	Dive WWII: Our Secret History	BBC One Northern Ireland
30 May	DNN	CBBC
1 June	Curtain Call	BBC Two
4 June	The Call Centre	BBC Three
13 June	Rory Goes to Holyrood	BBC Two Scotland
16 June	The White Queen	BBC One
18 June	The Route Masters: Running London's Roads	BBC Two
4 July	Supermarket Secrets	BBC One
8 July	Count Arthur Strong	BBC Two
13 July	Top of the Lake
16 July	Family Tree
23 July	Badults	BBC Three
27 July	Break the Safe	BBC One
3 August	I Love My Country
10 August	That Puppet Game Show
16 August	Big School
25 August	What Remains
13 September	The House that £100k Built	BBC Two
18 September	Father Figure	BBC One
20 September	David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates	BBC Two
22 September	By Any Means	BBC One
The Crane Gang	BBC Two
24 September	The Wrong Mans
2 October	The Great British Year	BBC Four
3 October	Hotel of Mum and Dad	BBC Three
10 October	Truckers	BBC One
21 October	Iceland Foods: Life in The Freezer Cabinet	BBC Two
22 October	Fox Wars	BBC One
23 October	Ambassadors	BBC Two
29 October	The Escape Artist	BBC One
4 November	Pressure Pad
13 November	Tudor Monastery Farm	BBC Two
17 November	Britain and the Sea	BBC One
20 November	Backchat	BBC Three
21 November	An Adventure in Space and Time	BBC Two
25 November	Referendum Documentaries	BBC Two Scotland & BBC Parliament
29 November	Wild Burma: Nature's Lost Kingdom	BBC Two
9 December	Great British Garden Revival
18 December	The Great Train Robbery	BBC One
26 December	Gangsta Granny
Death Comes to Pemberley
30 December	The Thirteenth Tale	BBC Two
Sacred Wonders of Britain
31 December	Two Doors Down	BBC One Scotland

ITV

Date		width=250	Debut		width=90	Channel
3 January
5 January
6 January
The Magaluf Weekender
11 January
31 January
13 February
27 February
Lightfields
4 March
18 March
25 March
1 April
7 April
13 April
18 April
19 April
20 April
21 April
29 April
The Job Lot
5 June
9 June
29 June
22 July
31 July
19 August
22 August
31 August
3 September
Ade in Adland
4 September
5 September
The Guilty
The Big Reunion: On Tour
13 September
17 September
2 October
5 October
6 October
8 October
10 October
Breathless
27 October
Sunday Scoop
Prize Island
28 October
1 November
25 November
11 December
21 December
25 December

Channel 4

Date		width=250	Debut		width=100	Channel
2 January
7 January
11 January
15 January
18 February
7 March
4 April
6 April
10 June
24 June
28 July
1 August
18 September
6 October
29 December
Unknown

Channel 5

Date		width=250	Debut		width=100	Channel
11 June
8 July
28 August
8 October
30 November

Other channels

Date		width=250	Debut		width=100	Channel
8 February
10 March
10 June
16 June
17 September
10 November

Channels

New channels

Date	Channel
4 February	More4 HD
26 March	BBC Two HD
28 March	Sky Movies Disney
Sky Movies Disney HD
30 April	Investigation Discovery +1
TLC
TLC +1
TLC HD
03 May	Geo Tez
4 June	True Drama
8 July	Drama
22 July	Kix Power
1 August	BT Sport 1
BT Sport 1 HD
BT Sport 2
BT Sport 2 HD
13 August	TCM +1
1 October	Kix +1
4 November	Lifetime
Lifetime +1
10 December	BBC Three HD
BBC Four HD
BBC News HD
CBBC HD
CBeebies HD

Defunct channels

Date	Channel
26 March	BBC HD
28 March	Disney Cinemagic
Disney Cinemagic +1
Disney Cinemagic HD
30 April	Discovery Real Time
Discovery Real Time +1
Discovery Travel & Living
DMAX +2
5 July	Blighty
31 July	ESPN America
ESPN America HD
ESPN Classic
12 August	TCM 2
17 August	Sky Movies 007 HD
1 October	Kix Power
4 November	Bio.

Rebranding channels

Date	Old Name	New Name
11 January	FX	Fox
FX +	Fox +
FX HD	Fox HD
14 January	ITV1	ITV
ITV1 +1	ITV +1
ITV1 HD	ITV HD
7 October	Pick TV	Pick
Pick TV +1	Pick +1

Television shows

Changes of network affiliation

Show	Moved from	Moved to
The Grand National	BBC One & BBC Two	Channel 4
American Idol	ITV2	5*
The Paul O'Grady Show	Channel 4	ITV
MASH*	Comedy Central Extra	True Entertainment
Charlie Brooker's ...wipe	BBC Four	BBC Two

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)
Yes, Prime Minister	28 January 1988	BBC Two	15 January 2013	Gold
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway	21 March 2009	ITV	23 February 2013	N/A (Same channel as original)
Catchphrase	19 December 2002	7 April 2013
Through the Keyhole	4 June 2008	ITV, BBC One & BBC Two	31 August 2013	ITV
Eliot Kid	27 June 2012	CBBC	2 September 2013	POP
Fifteen to One	19 December 2003	Channel 4	20 September 2013	N/A (Same channel as original)
The Paul O'Grady Show	23 December 2005
18 December 2009	ITV
Channel 4	11 November 2013	ITV
Open All Hours as Still Open All Hours	26 March 1976
25 April 1982
6 October 1985	BBC Two
BBC One	26 December 2013	BBC One

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
Blue Peter

1960s

Programme	Date
Coronation Street	1960–present
Points of View	1961–present
Songs of Praise
University Challenge	1962–1987, 1994–present
Doctor Who	1963–1989, 1996, 2005–present
Match of the Day	1964–present
Top of the Pops
Gardeners' World	1968–present

1970s

Programme	Date
Question of Sport	1970–present
Emmerdale	1972–present
Mastermind
Newsround
Arena	1975–present
One Man and His Dog	1976–present
Top Gear	1977–present
Ski Sunday	1978–present
Antiques Roadshow	1979–present
Question Time

1980s

Programme	Date
Family Fortunes	1980–1985, 1987–2002, 2006–present
Children in Need	1980–present
Countdown	1982–present
Channel 4 Racing	1984–2016
Thomas & Friends	1984–present
EastEnders	1985–present
Comic Relief
Catchphrase	1986–2002, 2013–present
Casualty	1986–present
This Morning	1988–present
Countryfile
Red Dwarf	1988–1999, 2009–present
Agatha Christie's Poirot	1989–2013

1990s

Programme	Date
Have I Got News for You	1990–present
MasterChef	1990–2001, 2005–present
Junior MasterChef	1994, 2010–2014
Room 101	1994–2007, 2012–2018
The National Lottery Draws	1994–2017
Top of the Pops 2	1994–2017
Hollyoaks	1995–present
Soccer AM
Never Mind the Buzzcocks	1996–2015
Silent Witness	1996–present
Midsomer Murders	1997–present
Y Clwb Rygbi, Wales
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	1998–2014
British Soap Awards	1999–2019, 2022–present
Holby City	1999–2022

2000s

Programme	Date	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Big Brother	2000–present
Bargain Hunt
BBC Breakfast
Click
Doctors
A Place in the Sun
The Unforgettable
Unreported World
Celebrity Big Brother	2001–present
BBC South East Today
Football Focus
Rogue Traders
Escape to the Country	2002–present
Fifth Gear	2002–2016
Flog It!	2002–present
Foyle's War	2002–2015
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!	2002–present
In It to Win It	2002–2016
Inside Out	2002–present
River City
Saturday Kitchen
Daily Politics	2003–present
QI
Peep Show	2003–2015
This Week	2003–present
Celebrity Mastermind
New Tricks	2003–2015
Eggheads	2003–present
Extraordinary People
Grumpy Old Men
Homes Under the Hammer
Traffic Cops
Doc Martin	2004–2019
Match of the Day 2	2004–present
Shameless	2004–2013
Strictly Come Dancing	2004–present
The X Factor	2004–2018
60 Minute Makeover	2004–2014
Agatha Christie's Marple	2004–2013
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?
8 Out of 10 Cats	2005–present
Deal or No Deal	2005–2016
The Andrew Marr Show	2005–present
The Adventure Show
The Apprentice
Britain & Ireland's Next Top Model	2005–2013
Dragons' Den	2005–present
The F Word
The Hotel Inspector
The Jeremy Kyle Show
Mock the Week
Springwatch
Ukwia
Dancing on Ice	2006–2014
Waterloo Road	2006–present
The Album Chart Show
Animal Spies!
The Apprentice: You're Fired!
Banged Up Abroad
Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe
Cricket AM
Dickinson's Real Deal
Don't Get Done, Get Dom
Lewis	2006–2015
Monkey Life	2006–present
Not Going Out
The One Show	2006–present
People & Power
Peschardt's People
Secret Millionaire
The Slammer	2006–2015
Britain's Got Talent	2007–present
Outnumbered	2007–2014
Skins	2007–2013
Would I Lie to You?	2007–present
The Alan Titchmarsh Show	2007–2014
Benidorm	2007–present
The Big Questions
Don't Tell the Bride
Embarrassing Bodies
Escape from Scorpion Island
The Graham Norton Show
Harry & Paul
Heir Hunters
Helicopter Heroes
Inspector George Gently
An Island Parish
Jeff Randall Live
London Ink
Mary Queen of Shops
Primeval
Rapal
The Real MacKay
Real Rescues
An Là	2008–present
Argumental
Being Human	2008–2013
Big & Small	2008–present
Bizarre ER
CCTV Cities
Celebrity Juice
Chuggington
Country House Rescue
The Hot Desk
House Guest
It Pays to Watch!
Only Connect
Police Interceptors
Rubbernecker
Rude Tube
Seachd Là
Snog Marry Avoid?	2008–2013
Supersize vs Superskinny	2008–2014
Wallander	2008–2016
Miranda	2009–2015
PhoneShop	2009–2013
Pointless	2009–present
Rip Off Britain
Russell Howard's Good News	2009–2015
Sesame Tree	2009–2013
The Chase	2009–present
The Cube	2009–2015
Alan Carr: Chatty Man	2009–2016
Bang Goes the Theory	2009–2014
Cast Offs	2009–present
Copycats
Countrywise
Cowboy Trap
Fern Britton Meets...
The Football League Show	2009–2015
Four Weddings	2009–present
Grow Your Own Drugs
Horrible Histories	2009–2013
Inside Nature's Giants	2009–present
Katie
Piers Morgan's Life Stories
Peter Andre: My Life	2009–2013

2010s

Programme	Date	2010	2011	2012	2013
Daybreak	2010–2014
DCI Banks	2010–2016
Downton Abbey	2010–2015
Eddie Stobart: Trucks & Trailers	2010–2014
The Great British Bake Off	2010–present
Great British Railway Journeys
Him & Her	2010–2013
James May's Man Lab	2010–2013
Late Kick Off	2010–present
A League of Their Own
Little Crackers
Lorraine
Luther
The Million Pound Drop	2010–2015
The Nightshift
The Only Way Is Essex
Pocket tv
Scream! If You Know the Answer
Sherlock
Stand Up for the Week	2010–2013
Strike-back	2010–present
Sunday Morning Live
Take Me Out	2010–2020
The Trip	2010–present
Turn Back Time – The High Street/ Turn Back Time – The Family
All Over the Place	2011–present
Black Mirror
Episodes	2011–2017
Four Rooms	2011–present
The Field of Blood	2011–2013
Fresh Meat	2011–2016
Friday Download	2011–present
Hacker Time	2011–2016
Horrible Histories: Gory Games	2011–2018
Junior Bake Off	2011–present
Junior Doctors: Your Life in Their Hands	2011–2013
Made in Chelsea	2011–present
Match of the Day Kickabout
Mad Dogs	2011–2013
Perfection	2011–2015
Ross Kemp: Extreme World	2011–2017
Sadie J	2011–2013
The Sparticle Mystery	2011–2015
Scott & Bailey	2011–2016
Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents	2011–present
Text Santa	2011–2015
The Jonathan Ross Show	2011–present
Top Boy	2011–2013, 2019–present
Trollied	2011–present
Vera	2011–2025
Endeavour	2012–present
Call the Midwife
The Hoarder Next Door	2012–2014
The Midnight Beast
Prisoners' Wives	2012–2013
Pramface	2012–2014
The Sarah Millican Television Programme	2012–2013
The Syndicate	2012–present
Stella
The Voice UK
Watson & Oliver	2012–2013
Line of Duty	2012–present
Tipping Point
Lemon La Vida Loca	2012–2013
Hebburn
Ripper Street	2012–2016
Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs	2012–2023
Bad Education	2012–2014
Last Tango in Halifax	2012–present
Claimed and Shamed
The Dumping Ground	2013–present
The Dog Rescuers
Splash!	2013–2014
Big Star's Little Star	2013–present
Two Doors Down	2013, 2016–present

Ending this year

Date(s)	Programme	Channel(s)	Debut(s)
10 January	The Polar Bear Family & Me	BBC Two	1985
6 February	Africa	BBC One
9 February	Britain's Brightest
15 February	Great Night Out	ITV
21 February	Way To Go	BBC Three
22 February	Face the Clock	Channel 4
28 February	64 Zoo Lane	CBeebies	1999
Junior Doctors: Your Life in Their Hands	BBC Three	2011
8 March	Wild Arabia	BBC Two	2013
10 March	Being Human	BBC Three	2008
27 March	Lightfields	ITV	2013
30 March	Life's Too Short	BBC Two	2011
2 April	Heading Out	2013
9 April	Alexander Armstrong's Big Ask	Dave	2011
10 April	Anna & Katy	Channel 4
19 April	The Common Denominator	2013
25 April	James May's Man Lab	BBC Two	2010
6 May	James Nesbitt's Ireland	ITV	2013
9 May	The Politician's Husband	BBC Two
28 May	The Wright Way	BBC One
Shameless	Channel 4	2004
30 May	Watson & Oliver	BBC Two	2012
31 May	1001 Things You Should Know	Channel 4
1 June	An Audience with...	ITV & Channel 4	1980
2 June	Ice Age Giants	BBC Two	2013
12 June	10 O'Clock Live	Channel 4	2011
18 June	Frankie	BBC One	2013
24 June	May the Best House Win	ITV	2010
30 June	Rise of the Continents	BBC Two	2013
10 July	Love and Marriage	ITV
11 July	Lemon La Vida Loca	ITV2	2012
19 July	Brendan's Magical Mystery Tour	Channel 4	2013
26 July	Horrible Histories	CBBC	2009
3 August	Your Face Sounds Familiar	ITV	2013
5 August	The Dales	2011
Skins	E4	2007
9 August	The Field of Blood	BBC One	2011
18 August	The White Queen	2013
28 August	Restoration Home	BBC Two	2011
29 August	PhoneShop	Channel 4	2009
30 August	Take On the Twisters	ITV	2013
4 September	The Cafe	Sky 1	2011
5 September	Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model	Sky Living	2005
6 September	Star Treatment	ITV	2013
15 September	What Remains	BBC One
19 September	The Guilty	ITV
26 September	Chickens	Sky 1
27 September	The IT Crowd	Channel 4	2006
David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates	BBC Two	2013
28 September	I Love My Country	BBC One
Stepping Out	ITV
9 October	Whitechapel	2009
10 October	Pat & Cabbage	2013
27 October	By Any Means	BBC One
29 October	London Irish	Channel 4
7 November	Truckers	BBC One
10 November	Ambassadors
12 November	The Escape Artist
13 November	Agatha Christie's Poirot	ITV	1989
14 November	Breathless	2013
24 November	Was It Something I Said?	Channel 4
1 December	Prize Island	ITV
8 December	Britain and the Sea	BBC One
9 December	Snog, Marry, Avoid?	BBC Three	2008
11 December	Misfits	E4	2009
13 December	Off the Beaten Track	ITV	2013
Wild Burma: Nature's Lost Kingdom	BBC Two
16 December	Ripper Street	BBC One	2012
18 December	Lucan	ITV	2013
19 December	The Great Train Robbery	BBC One
Him & Her	BBC Three	2010
20 December	Stand Up for the Week	Channel 4
Show Me the Telly	ITV	2013
22 December	Hebburn	BBC Two	2012
The Sarah Millican Television Programme
23 December	Peter Andre: My Life	ITV2	2009
24 December	Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom	Channel 5	2008 or 2009
28 December	Death Comes to Pemberley	BBC One	2013
29 December	Sunday Scoop	ITV
Sunday Side Up
Agatha Christie's Marple	2004
Mad Dogs	Sky 1	2011
Cash in the Attic	BBC Two	2002
31 December	Tudor Monastery Farm	2013

Deaths

Date	Name	Age	Broadcast credibility
1 January	Christopher Martin-Jenkins	67	Test Match Special commentator
11 January	Robert Kee	93	Writer and broadcaster
28 January	Bernard Horsfall	82	English-Scottish actor
29 January	David Taylor	78	Veterinarian and television host
15 February	Pat Derby	70	British-born American animal trainer for numerous television shows in the United States and animal rights activist
17 February	Richard Briers	79	Narrator, actor, Voice actor (Marriage Lines, Roobarb, Noddy, The Good Life, Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk, Watership Down, Ever Decreasing Circles, Bob The Builder, Monarch of the Glen)
Derek Batey	84	Television presenter and executive (Mr. and Mrs.)
21 February	Raymond Cusick	84	BBC designer (designed the Daleks on Doctor Who)
22 February	Bob Godfrey	91	Animator, director, narrator, Voice actor (Roobarb, Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk, Henry's Cat, Bunyip)
11 March	Tony Gubba	69	Sports commentator (also known for his role as voiceover on Dancing on Ice)
14 March	Norman Collier	87	Comedian
16 March	Frank Thornton	92	Actor (Last of the Summer Wine, Are You Being Served?)
20 March	Jack Stokes	92	Animator and director (The Beatles: Yellow Submarine, Roobarb)
28 March	Richard Griffiths	65	Actor (Pie in the Sky, Harry Potter films)
5 May	Nick Milligan	51	BSkyB executive
16 May	Paul Shane	72	Actor (Hi-de-Hi!, You Rang, M'Lord?, Oh, Doctor Beeching)
18 May	Arthur Malet	85	Actor (Mary Poppins, In the Heat of the Night, The Black Cauldron, Anastasia)
22 May	Richard Thorp	81	Actor (Emmerdale) aka Alan Turner
27 May	Bill Pertwee	86	Actor (Dad's Army), author
7 June	David Lyon	72	Actor (House of Cards)
24 June	Mick Aston	66	Media personality and archaeologist (Time Team)
4 July	Bernie Nolan	52	Singer and actress (Brookside, The Bill) aka Sheelagh Murphy
7 July	Anna Wing	98	Actress (EastEnders)
12 July	Alan Whicker	87	Journalist and broadcaster (Whicker's World)
Paul Bhattacharjee	53	Actor (EastEnders)
Ray Butt	78	Television producer and director (Only Fools and Horses)
17 July	date=20 July 2013	title=Actress Briony McRoberts killed by Tube train	work=BBC News	location=London	url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-23389849	accessdate=24 July 2013}}	56	Actress (Take the High Road)
19 July	Mel Smith	60	Comedian (Alas Smith and Jones, Not the Nine O'Clock News)
27 July	Jon Leyne	55	Reporter of BBC News, BBC News, BBC World News, Reporters
14 August	Mick Deane	61	Sky News cameraman
31 August	David Frost	74	Television presenter, journalist, comedian and writer (host of Breakfast with Frost, Through the Keyhole, That Was the Week That Was and The Frost Report)
2 September	David Jacobs	87	Actor and broadcaster (Top of the Pops, Juke Box Jury, A Song for Europe, Come Dancing)
18 October	Felix Dexter	52	Actor, writer and comedian
25 October	Nigel Davenport	85	Stage, television and film actor (Chariots of Fire, The Treasure Seekers, A Man for All Seasons, Much Ado About Nothing, Howards' Way, Without a Clue)
7 November	John Cole	85	Journalist and broadcaster, former BBC Political Editor
18 November	Peter Cartwright	78	Actor (Emmerdale) aka George Postlethwaite
19 November	Ray Gosling	74	Journalist and broadcaster
27 November	Lewis Collins	67	Actor (The Professionals)
2 December	Mary Riggans	78	Actress (Take the High Road, Balamory) aka Suzie Sweet
21 December	David Coleman	87	BBC Sports commentator
30 December	Geoffrey Wheeler	83	Broadcaster (Top of the Form, Songs of Praise)
31 December	John Fortune	74	Comedian and satirist (Bremner, Bird and Fortune)

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(17 June 2013). "Ofcom investigates broadcasting of Lee Rigby footage". BBC News.
(17 June 2013). "Jo Whiley slates 'cruel' television talent shows". Johnston Press.
(18 June 2013). "Birds of a Feather sitcom to return – on ITV". BBC News.
(19 June 2013). "BT complains to Ofcom about Sky Sports TV supply". BBC News.
(23 June 2013). "Andrea Begley wins The Voice final". BBC News.
(25 June 2013). "Emma Willis show 'Prize Island' to be axed by ITV?".
(25 June 2013). "ITV game show Prize Island may 'never be aired' say reports". [[Metro (British newspaper).
(24 October 2013). "TV review – Alexander Armstrong's new gameshow Prize Island". Bristol Post.
O'Sullivan, Kevin. (2 November 2013). "Prize Island? Whoever commissioned this shambolic ITV mess is a prize chump". Trinity Mirror.
Halliday, Josh. (26 June 2013). "Charlotte Moore's BBC1 role 'a very critical appointment', says Tony Hall". The Guardian.
(5 July 2013). "BBC 3D programming 'on hold' indefinitely". BBC News.
(8 July 2013). "Murray Wimbledon final draws highest TV audience of 2013". BBC News.
Kilkelly, Daniel. (9 July 2013). "'EastEnders' films Andy Murray reference after Wimbledon triumph".
(9 July 2013). "Barbara Windsor in EastEnders 'special episode' return". BBC News.
(17 July 2013). "Paul Bhattacharjee's body found in East Sussex". BBC News.
(17 July 2013). "Londonderry's Leah Totton crowned Apprentice winner". BBC News.
(18 July 2013). "Derry hails Apprentice star Leah Totton". BBC News.
(21 July 2013). "Freeview failure hits Sony recorder owners". BBC News.
Durrani, Arif. (23 July 2013). "Channel 5 beats Channel 4 share of viewers for the first time in its 16-year history".
(23 July 2013). "Big Brother, the Ashes help Channel 5 beat Channel 4 for first time".
(26 July 2013). "Stuart Hall jail term doubled by Court of Appeal". BBC News.
(2 August 2013). "Broadchurch to be remade for US audience". BBC News.
(1 August 2013). "'Doctor Who': New Doctor will be revealed in live Sunday special". Los Angeles Times.
(4 August 2013). "Peter Capaldi revealed as Doctor Who's new lead". BBC News.
(7 August 2013). "Marmite TV advert draws widespread complaints". BBC News.
Hilton, Lucy. (14 August 2013). "Deal Or No Deal winner to travel the world". Wigan Today.
(14 August 2013). "Sky News Cameraman, Mick Deane, Killed in Egypt Violence; 61-Year-Old Shot Dead in Cairo Covering Clashes". International Business Times.
(19 August 2013). "Sam Evans wins Big Brother 2013".
Hollingshead, Iain. (29 August 2013). "Wentworth Prison, Channel 5, review". Telegraph Media Group.
Jeffery, Morgan. (1 October 2013). "Channel 5 picks up season two of 'Wentworth Prison'".
Hogan, Michael. (28 August 2013). "Sharon Osbourne's return should breathe new life into The X Factor". The Daily Telegraph.
(5 September 2013). "Coronation Street explores right to die". BBC News.
(7 September 2013). "Adrian Edmondson wins Celebrity MasterChef 2013". The Guardian.
(10 September 2013). "Coronation Street's Le Vell cleared of child rape". BBC News.
(11 September 2013). "Kylie Minogue to join The Voice". BBC News.
"Peaky Blinders". BBC.
(13 September 2013). "'Geordie Shore' star Charlotte Crosby wins Celebrity Big Brother".
(18 September 2013). "Sports Personality: Sue Barker steps down from role after 19 years". BBC Sport.
Brown, David. (20 September 2013). "EastEnders: Barbara Windsor back on the Square – special Peggy post-credits scene to air tonight".
(26 September 2013). "Stephanie Flanders to leave the BBC for JP Morgan". BBC News.
(27 September 2013). "Scottish independence: David Cameron will not have TV debate with Alex Salmond". BBC News.
Dowell, Ben. (27 September 2013). "Do TV detector vans exist? Leaked document suggests they could be a ruse".
Furness, Hannah. (7 October 2013). "Paxman: teaching history through Blackadder is 'stupid'". The Daily Telegraph.
Goodacre, Kate. (7 October 2013). "Sir David Jason to star in 'Open All Hours' Christmas special". Digital Spy.
(8 October 2013). "BBC plans to launch BBC One +1". BBC News.
Sweeney, Sabrina. (8 October 2013). "Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes defends storyline". BBC News.
Masters, Tim. (11 October 2013). "Doctor Who: Yeti classic among episodes found in Nigeria". BBC News.
(12 October 2013). "BBC denies Daily Mail editor's claim of bias over Miliband". BBC News.
Burrell, Ian. (16 October 2013). "BBC unveils the star of its First World War anniversary coverage – Rupert Murdoch". The Independent.
(17 October 2013). "Robert Peston to become BBC economics editor". BBC News.
(22 October 2013). "Stuart Hall stripped of OBE by Queen after sex offences conviction". BBC News.
Malnick, Edward. (22 October 2013). "Frances Quinn is surprise Great British Bake Off winner". Telegraph Media Group.
(22 October 2013). "'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?' to end after 15 years".
(24 October 2013). "Russell Brand admits he's never voted and declares Paxman's beard 'gorgeous'". London Evening Standard.
(5 November 2013). "Jeremy Paxman: Like Russell Brand, I didn't vote". BBC News.
(28 October 2013). "'The Apprentice': Next series pushed back to avoid World Cup clash".
Plunkett, John. (29 October 2013). "The Sky at Night gets new slot on BBC4 following 40,000-signature petition". The Guardian.
(31 October 2013). "TV cameras allowed into Court of Appeal". BBC News.
Roberts, Scott. (1 November 2013). "Harriet Harman and John Prescott heap praise on Paris Lees in Question Time debut". Pink News.
(9 November 2013). "Champions League: BT Sport win £897m football rights deal". BBC Sport.
Plunkett, John. (12 November 2013). "BBC loses Alan Titchmarsh for Chelsea Flower Show coverage". The Guardian.
(12 November 2013). "Prince William 'agrees to Blackadder cameo'". BBC News.
Plunkett, John. (12 November 2013). "BBC Newsnight recruits ITV's Laura Kuenssberg". The Guardian.
Sweney, Mark. (18 November 2013). "ITV agrees James Bond TV rights deal". The Guardian.
(20 November 2013). "Scottish independence: Scotland 'would have licence fee funded TV'". BBC News.
(24 November 2013). "Millions tune in for Doctor Who 50th anniversary show". BBC News.
Watt, Nicholas. (26 November 2013). "Independent Scotland would keep sterling, says Alex Salmond". The Guardian.
Ross, Jamie. (30 December 2013). "Scotland's referendum: Ten things we learned in 2013". BBC News.
(27 November 2013). "Tony Hall: BBC should promote itself more". BBC News.
(29 November 2013). "Coronation Street's new set unveiled". BBC News.
Howse, Christopher. (30 November 2013). "The Bible, Channel 5, review". The Daily Telegraph.
Morris, Carl. (2 December 2013). "Katie Hopkins faces TV ban petition after being accused of Glasgow helicopter crash 'joke'". Metro.
Westbrook, Caroline. (6 December 2013). "Nelson Mandela death: BBC incurs wrath of Mrs Brown's Boys fans after interruption midway through episode". Metro News.
Ward, Rachel. (6 December 2013). "Nelson Mandela tribute documentaries in TV schedules". The Daily Telegraph.
(6 December 2013). "Channel 4 suffers 2013 ratings slump". BBC News.
(9 December 2013). "Westlife's Kian Egan wins I'm A Celebrity". BBC News.
(9 December 2013). "EastEnders and Question Time to remember Nelson Mandela". BBC News.
(9 December 2013). "BBC launches five new HD channels". BBC.
(10 December 2013). "Fifteen to One returns to Channel 4". BBC News.
Gentchev, Nicolai. (6 December 2013). "Question Time to broadcast from South Africa". BBC.
(12 December 2013). "MasterChef: The Professionals 2013 – Steven Edwards crowned winner".
(13 December 2013). "Complaints about BT TV double since launch of BT Sport". BBC News.
(15 December 2013). "Andy Murray wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2013". BBC Sport.
(16 December 2013). "Sam Bailey wins X Factor final". BBC News.
(17 December 2013). "Rowan Atkinson Comic Relief skit tops Ofcom complaints". BBC News.
(17 December 2013). "Sheridan Smith to star in C4 comedy pilot". BBC News.
Swinford, Steven. (21 December 2013). "TV licence should be abolished, major inquiry into future of BBC to hear". The Daily Telegraph.
Savage, Mark. (21 December 2013). "Abbey Clancy wins Strictly Come Dancing 2013". BBC News.
(22 December 2013). "Anna Soubry Apologises To Nigel Farage For 'Finger Up His Bottom' Remark". Huffington Post.
Furness, Hannah. (26 December 2013). "BBC wins Christmas Day ratings war, as Mrs Brown's Boys beats Downton". The Daily Telegraph.
Burrell, Ian. (26 December 2013). "Mrs Brown's Boys wins festive ratings battle as EastEnders loses top spot". Independent Print Limited.
Sweney, Mark. (27 December 2013). "Still Open All Hours is Boxing Day hit, attracting largest audience to BBC". The Guardian.
(29 March 2022). "Holby City - an oral history by the show's stars and creators".
(1 January 2013). "Christopher Martin-Jenkins, TMS commentator, dies aged 67". BBC Sport.
(11 January 2013). "Robert Kee". The Daily Telegraph.
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(18 February 2013). "Richard Briers, The Good Life star, dies aged 79". BBC News.
(19 February 2013). "Mr & Mrs gameshow host Derek Batey dies aged 84". BBC News.
(23 February 2013). "Doctor Who Dalek designer Ray Cusick dies after illness". BBC News.
(22 February 2013). "Bob Godfrey, Roobarb animator, dies aged 91". BBC News.
(11 March 2013). "Sports presenter Tony Gubba dies from illness aged 69". The Guardian.
(15 March 2013). "Comedian Norman Collier dies aged 87". BBC News.
(18 March 2013). "Are You Being Served? actor Frank Thornton dies aged 92". BBC News.
(29 March 2013). "Harry Potter actor Richard Griffiths dies". BBC News.
(16 May 2013). "Hi-de-Hi! actor Paul Shane dies". BBC News.
(4 July 2013). "Singer Bernie Nolan dies aged 52". BBC News.
(11 July 2013). "Anna Wing, EastEnders' Lou Beale, dies aged 98". BBC News.
(12 July 2013). "Broadcaster Alan Whicker dies at 87". BBC News.
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(20 July 2013). "Actress Briony McRoberts killed by Tube train". [[BBC News]].
(20 July 2013). "Mel Smith dies of a heart attack aged 60". BBC News.
(2 September 2013). "Sir David Frost, broadcaster and writer, dies at 74". BBC News.
(2 September 2013). "Broadcaster David Jacobs dies at 87". BBC News.
(19 October 2013). "Comedian Felix Dexter dies of cancer". BBC News.
(8 November 2013). "Tributes after BBC's John Cole dies". Independent News and Media.
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Munro, Alistair. (4 December 2013). "Take the High Road actress Mary Riggans dies". Johnston Press.
(31 December 2013). "Geoffrey Wheeler, Songs of Praise presenter, dies aged 83". BBC News.
(31 December 2013). "John Fortune, satirical comedian, dies aged 74". BBC News.

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