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This is a list of events that took place in 2011 related to British television.

## Events

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### January

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Date  | Event

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1 January  | Toonattik after six years leaves CITV along with Action Stations!, which closes down after five years of broadcast. New Year's Day also sees the final appearance of The Fluffy Club on Mini CITV.
Cable channel Bravo closes down after 25 years of broadcasting with some of its programmes moving over to Sky1. Its sister channel Bravo 2 also closes down.
5 January  | Avon and Somerset Police ban ITN from attending a press conference convened to give updates on the Joanna Yeates case after a report on the previous day's ITV News criticised their handling of the investigation.[1] The ban is subsequently lifted.[2]
6 January  | Samantha Womack is to leave her role in EastEnders as Ronnie Mitchell over the controversial baby swap plot.[3]
9 January  | EastEnders viewers have complained in record numbers about the soap's "hurtful", "unrealistic" and "exploitative" cot death storyline involving the character Ronnie Mitchell.[4][5]
14 January  | The S4C Authority confirms it has closed S4C2 due to budget cuts imposed on it by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport.[6][7]
17 January  | Barney Harwood becomes the new Blue Peter presenter taking over from Joel Defries.
25 January  | Reporter Andy Gray is dropped by Sky Sports following sexist comments made by himself and fellow presenter Richard Keys against female official Sian Massey in footage recorded the previous Saturday.[8] Keys resigns the following day, in support of his colleague.[9]

### February

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Date  | Event

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1 February  | The Sky HD swap is introduced giving HD channels more prominence. Sky also sees the launch of brand-new channel Sky Atlantic, and the Living channels are rebranded as Sky Living. Channel One closes down at 6 am, and is replaced on Freeview by Challenge.
2 February  | John Nettles appears in his final ever episode of Midsomer Murders, having starred in a total of 81 episodes since the series was launched in 1997.[10][11]
Former BBC executive Craig Oliver is appointed as Prime Minister David Cameron's Director of Communications.[12]
4 February  | The BBC apologises for remarks about Mexicans made on its Top Gear television programme but defends the original remarks as well.[13]
14 February  | Channel 5 reverts to its original name after almost a decade.
16 February  | BBC One airs a special hour-long episode of its daytime soap Doctors to celebrate the series 2000th episode.[14]
28 February  | The ban on product placement in television programmes is lifted, allowing advertisers to pay for their goods to be seen on British TV. The first product to be displayed in this regard is a Nescafe coffee machine, which appears on This Morning.[15][16] A year-long trial also begins allowing commercial television channels to show up to 12 minutes of adverts per hour during films and dramas, bringing them into line with soap operas where this is already permitted.[17]

### March

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Date  | Event

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2 March  | Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation agrees to sell Sky News to be in a position to buy BSkyB without a Competition Commission inquiry.[18] News Corp receives approval to buy out BSkyB the following day.[19]
16 March  | Coleen Nolan announces her decision to quit ITV daytime panel show Loose Women after over 10 years as a panellist.
19 March  | BBC Three host a major live TV event, Frankenstein's Wedding... Live in Leeds.
20 March  | Gemma Collins makes her debut in the second series of ITV2 reality television series The Only Way Is Essex.
26 March  | British terrestrial television premiere of the James Bond film Quantum of Solace on ITV1.[20]
27 March  | Sam Attwater and dancing partner Brianne Delcourt win the sixth series of Dancing on Ice.[21]
30 March – 13 April  | Analogue signals are switched off in the Nottingham and Sandy Heath areas.

### April

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Date  | Event

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4 April  | Magdalen College, Oxford wins the 2010–11 series of University Challenge, beating the University of York 290–85.
6 April  | Channel 5 officially announces that it has bought the rights to show former Channel 4 reality series Big Brother from August 2011.[22]
6–20 April  | Analogue signals are switched off in the Bromsgrove, Lark Stoke and Ridge Hill (Central and West) areas.
7 April  | Top of the Pops returns to television in its former Thursday evening slot as BBC Four begins airing old episodes from 1976, the point at which the broadcaster's full archive of shows begins.[23]
19 April  | Helen Mirren apologises after swearing during an interview on the day's edition of BBC Breakfast.[24]
27 April  | Tim Anderson wins the 2011 series of MasterChef.[25]
29 April  | The royal wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton shown on BBC One and ITV. Audiences of around 24.5 million watch in the UK alone.[26]

### May

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Date  | Event

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11 – 25 May  | Analogue signals are switched off in the Darvel and Rosneath (HP and VP) areas.
5 May  | It is confirmed that Simon Cowell and Cheryl Cole will leave their positions as judges on The X Factor to concentrate on the American version of the programme.[27] Cole is later dropped from the US version of the series.[28]
12 May  | ITV axes the Scottish police drama Taggart after 28 years, citing poor viewing figures in other parts of the UK.[29]
Dennis Tanner, played by Philip Lowrie, returns to Coronation Street, having last appeared in 1968. His break of 43 years is the longest of any actor in the soap's history.[30]
14 May  | Azerbaijan's Ell & Nikki win the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest (staged in Düsseldorf) with "Running Scared".
Dannii Minogue announces she will not be appearing on the next series of The X Factor.[31]
19 May  | A special edition of the BBC's political debate programme Question Time is recorded at Wormwood Scrubbs Prison in London.[32]
BBC World News America presenter Matt Frei is recruited by Channel 4 News to become their Washington correspondent, while Newsnight correspondent Jackie Long will become Channel 4 News's social affairs editor. Cathy Newman will become the first new presenter to join the in-studio team at Channel 4 for 13 years.[33]
24 May  | Broadcast magazine reports that ITV is preparing to launch a new investigative series titled Exposure, thirteen years after it axed the award-winning World in Action.[34]
25 May  | It is announced that Jeff Stelling is to leave Countdown after two years to concentrate on Sky Sports.[35]
30 May  | After six and a half years, Emmerdale saw a new sequence to the opening titles of the series, with a new theme music, with new generic shots alongside a Range Rover driving through the woods, cuts sideways to a woman stroking a man's leg with her foot: a couple running upstairs in Home Farm, a dog in The Dingles' living room; then finally finishing on a new CGI image of the village, angled at Main Street which ends with the new logo fading on to the screen.
ITV confirms that Gary Barlow, Tulisa Contostavlos and Kelly Rowland will join Louis Walsh as judges for series 8 of The X Factor.[36]

### June

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Date  | Event

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1–15 June  | Analogue signals are switched off in the Craigkelly area.
4 June  | Scottish singer Jai McDowall wins the fifth series of Britain's Got Talent.[37]
6 June  | The BBC announces that the national variations of BBC One Northern Ireland, BBC One Scotland and BBC One Wales will become available in high definition in 2012.[38]
ITV children's gadget show Cool Stuff Collective is criticised by Ofcom for "product placement" over the way featured items are reviewed by the programme.[39]
The Sun reports that the BBC's So You Think You Can Dance will not return for a third series.[40]
9 June  | Mandy Salter will be returning to EastEnders as Nicola Stapleton is set to reprise the role for the first time since 1994.
11 June  | Matt Flint wins series two of So You Think You Can Dance.[41]
13 June  | BBC Two airs the controversial documentary Choosing to Die, a film presented by Terry Pratchett which examines the topic of assisted suicide.[42]
The BBC announces that its landmark Television Centre is up for sale.[43]
17 June  | Viewers of the BBC News Channel claim to have been distracted when newsreaders Martine Croxall and Carrie Gracie appear on screen to read the morning's news wearing similar outfits that are an identical colour.[44]
22 June  | The last analogue television services are switched off in Scotland, making it the second part of the UK to have a fully digital service.
ITV recruits BBC political correspondent Laura Kuenssberg to be its new business editor. She will take up the role from September, and will also front editions of the Tonight programme.[45]
30 June  | ITV confirms that Coronation Street will return to its traditional 19:30 timeslot on a Wednesday evening from September 2012.[46]

### July

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Date  | Event

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6–20 July  | Analogue signals are switched off in the Sudbury area.
8 July  | The BBC announces that Pam St. Clement is to leave EastEnders after 25 years.
10 July  | ITV confirms it has sacked daytime presenters Kate Thornton and Zoe Tyler in a bid to boost flagging ratings for daytime show Loose Women.
13 July  | Rupert Murdoch announces that News Corporation is withdrawing its proposal to take full control of the subscription television broadcaster BSkyB due to concerns over the phone hacking scandal.
17 July  | Inventor Tom Pellereau wins the seventh series of The Apprentice, and a £250,000 investment from Lord Sugar, who will become his business partner in exchange for the investment.[47]
July  | UKTV does a deal with BSkyB to provide on-demand content available to Sky customers via Sky Anytime.

### August

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Date  | Event

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2 August  | Really launches on Freeview.[48]
3 August  | ITV News hires former BBC and 5 News presenter Natasha Kaplinsky to cover for Nina Hossain while the latter is on maternity leave. She will present on London Tonight and national bulletins.[49]
3–17 August  | Analogue signals are switched off in the Belmont and Olivers Mount areas.
10–24 August  | Analogue signals are switched off in the Chesterfield and Sheffield areas.
11 August  | BBC One airs a special edition of the political discussion show Question Time following the recent outbreak of rioting.[50]
15 August  | Virgin Media agrees to sell its 50% stake in UKTV to Scripps Networks for £339m.[51]
16 August  | BBC Magazines agrees a £12m deal to sell the Radio Times – together with ten other titles – to Exponent, owner of thetrainline.com.[52]
17–31 August  | Analogue signals are switched off in the Waltham area.
18 August  | Celebrity Big Brother 2011 launches on Channel 5 marking the first series of Celebrity Big Brother to air on the channel.
The BBC airs a special edition of its Crimewatch programme aimed at identifying people involved in the 2011 England riots.[53][54]
25 August  | Teesside comedian Patrick Monahan wins the live final of ITV's Show Me the Funny, in which stand-up comedians competed to win £100,000, a 12-date nationwide tour and a DVD release.[55]
26 August  | Channel 4 airs its last episode of Friends, "The One Where Paul's the Man" after 16 years.[56]

### September

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Date  | Event

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4 September  | E4 airs its last episode of Friends, The Last One after 16 years.[57]
7–21 September  | Analogue signals are switched off in the Fenton, Sutton Coldfield and Emley Moor areas.
8 September  | Paddy Doherty wins Celebrity Big Brother 2011 and becomes Channel 5's first Celebrity Big Brother winner.[58]
9 September  | Big Brother 2011 launches on Channel 5 marking the first series of Big Brother to air on the channel.
9 September – 23 October  | ITV airs coverage of the 2011 Rugby World Cup from New Zealand.
14 September  | Cartoon Network launches in HD.
26 September  | Jade Thompson wins Cycle 7 of Britain & Ireland's Next Top Model (formerly Britain's Next Top Model).
27 September  | Labour Party leader Ed Miliband's keynote conference speech is blacked out for five-minute after all media communications are lost by a power outage at the conference centre.[59]

### October

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Date  | Event

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4 October  | Joanne Wheatley wins the second series of The Great British Bake Off.
6 October  | BBC Director General Mark Thompson announces that BBC HD will close to be replaced by a high definition simulcast of BBC Two. This BBC Two HD will work much the same way as BBC One HD.[60] This move allows the corporation to save £2.1 million, used to count towards their budget deficit following the freezing of the license fee and the additional financial responsibility of addition services.[61]
14 October  | CBeebies airs the final re-run of Numberjacks series 1. Re-runs of the second series continued until 2015.
15 October  | Helen Flanagan, who plays Rosie Webster in Coronation Street, announces she is leaving the series after twelve years. She will film her final scenes at Christmas and be seen on screen until February 2012.[62]
18 October  | ITV plc buys the Channel Islands franchise Channel Television from the Yattendon Group plc.[63]
22 October  | Rugby player Phil Vickery wins the 2011 series of Celebrity MasterChef.[64]
October  | High definition versions of Dave and Watch are launched by UKTV.
31 October  | Channel 4 air the first episode of Top Boy, a four-part British crime drama series, written by Ronan Bennett and starring UK rappers Ashley Walters and Kano, about gang culture and drug dealing on a council estate in Hackney, East London. The series premiere is watched by 1.1 million viewers.

### November

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Date  | Event

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4 November  | Jill Evans, a Welsh MEP is fined £575 after refusing to pay her TV licence fee in protest over changes to the Welsh-language channel S4C.[65]
8 November  | ITN confirms it has secured a five-year contract to resume production of 5 News from early 2012. The broadcaster lost the programme to Sky News in 2005. Part of the new deal will see the 7:00 pm bulletin move to an earlier 6:30 pm timeslot.[66]
9–23 November  | Analogue signals are switched off in the Tacolneston area.
11 November  | Aaron Allard-Morgan wins Big Brother 2011 and becomes Channel 5's first Big Brother winner.[67]
13 November  | TV bosses are forced to apologise after the results of a phone vote for the previous evening's The X Factor appeared online before the lines had closed. The episode was also delayed for fifteen minutes by a technical glitch.[68]
14 November  | Coronation Street becomes the first prime time British television programme to use product placement after signing a deal with Nationwide Building Society. A Nationwide cash machine is seen in the episode.[69]
16 November  | Nick Hewer, one of Alan Sugar's advisers on The Apprentice is revealed as the latest host of Countdown. He takes over from outgoing presenter Jeff Stelling from January 2012.[70]
19 November  | Attorney General Dominic Grieve QC seeks leave to prosecute Sky News for contempt of court over its reporting of the kidnapping of Paul and Rachel Chandler after the channel allegedly breached an injunction preventing the disclosure of the couple's welfare.[71]

### December

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Date  | Event

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1 December  | The BBC has received over 31,000 complaints about comments made by Jeremy Clarkson on the previous evening's The One Show in which he said he would "execute" striking public sector workers.[72]
3 December  | Pop star Dougie Poynter wins the eleventh series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.[73]
7 December  | Matthew Wright, host of The Wright Stuff, apologises for remarks he made on 6 December edition of the show concerning a murder in the Western Isles.[74] A scheduled BBC Newsnight investigation which would have exposed the Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal two months after the presenter's death is cancelled.[75] The BBC broadcasts two tributes to Savile over Christmas and it will not be until an October 2012 ITV documentary that the allegations become public.
10 December  | After 25 years Casualty airs its last episode to be filmed in Bristol. Subsequent episodes are filmed in Cardiff.[76]
11 December  | Little Mix (originally named Rhythmix) win the eighth series of The X Factor, making them the first group to emerge as winners. Two missing episodes from the 1960s Doctor Who series Air Lock and The Underwater Menace – Episode 2 are returned to the BBC Archives by the private collector Terry Burnett.
12 December  | Student Zara Brownlees wins the second series of Young Apprentice.[77]
15 December  | Ash Mair wins the fourth series of MasterChef: The Professionals.[78]
17 December  | McFly drummer Harry Judd and his dancing partner Aliona Vilani win the ninth series of Strictly Come Dancing.[79]
22 December  | Cyclist Mark Cavendish is named this year's BBC Sports Personality of the Year.[80]

## Debuts

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### BBC

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Date | Debut | Channel

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1 January  | Eric and Ernie | BBC Two
The Magicians | BBC One
2 January  | Zen
3 January  | Stargazing Live | BBC Two
The Bear Family & Me
4 January  | Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents | BBC Three
8 January  | Match of the Day Kickabout | CBBC
Dick and Dom's Funny Business
10 January  | Episodes | BBC Two
13 January  | Human Planet | BBC One
14 January  | Sadie J | CBBC
Fast and Loose | BBC Two
17 January  | Perfection
19 January  | Hattie | BBC Four
25 January  | How TV Ruined Your Life | BBC Two
31 January  | Rastamouse | CBeebies
3 February  | The Ultra Zionists | BBC Two
4 February  | The Lock Up | BBC Three
5 February  | All Over the Place | CBBC
7 February  | Outcasts | BBC One
9 February  | Madagascar | BBC Two
12 February  | Secret Fortune | BBC One
14 February  | The Sparticle Mystery | CBBC
20 February  | South Riding | BBC One
21 February  | Mrs. Brown's Boys
22 February  | Silk
Junior Doctors: Your Life in Their Hands | BBC Three
6 March  | Wonders of the Universe | BBC Two
11 March  | The British at Work
14 March  | Twenty Twelve | BBC Four
19 March  | Christopher and His Kind | BBC Two
22 March  | White Van Man | BBC Three
29 March  | See You in Court | BBC One
31 March  | Women in Love | BBC Four
4 April  | Justice | BBC One
5 April  | Candy Cabs
6 April  | The Crimson Petal and the White | BBC Two
23 April  | Don't Scare the Hare | BBC One
24 April  | United | BBC Two
1 May  | Exile | BBC One
4 May  | Two Greedy Italians | BBC Two
5 May  | The Shadow Line
8 May  | Atlantis: End of a World, Birth of a Legend | BBC One
9 May  | The Field of Blood
16 May  | The Street That Cut Everything
27 May  | Paul Merton's Birth of Hollywood | BBC Two
30 May  | Horrible Histories: Gory Games | CBBC
6 June  | World's Craziest Fools | BBC Three
8 June  | In with the Flynns | BBC One
18 June  | Lee Mack's All Star Cast
4 July | Pointless Celebrities
5 July | Restoration Home | BBC Two
12 July  | The Night Watch
14 July  | The Pranker | BBC Three
19 July  | The Hour | BBC Two
24 July  | Sugartown | BBC One
20 August  | Epic Win
4 September  | World's Most Dangerous Roads | BBC Two
13 September  | The Body Farm | BBC One
21 September  | The Fades | BBC Three
26 September  | Home Cooking Made Easy | BBC Two
1 October  | I Want My Own Room
3 October  | Dirty Tricks of the Tradesmen | BBC One
5 October  | All Roads Lead Home | BBC Two
6 October  | Hidden | BBC One
19 October  | Holy Flying Circus | BBC Four
25 October  | Death in Paradise | BBC One
10 November  | Life's Too Short
23 November  | That's Britain!
26 December  | The Royal Bodyguard

### ITV

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Date | Debut | Channel

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5 January  | Kidnap and Ransom | ITV
7 January  | Penn & Teller: Fool Us
9 January  | That Sunday Night Show
3 February  | Marchlands
10 March  | Monroe
22 March  | Jean-Claude Van Damme: Behind Closed Doors | ITV4
28 March  | The Dales | ITV
16 April  | Sing If You Can
21 April  | Long Lost Family
1 May  | Vera
2 May  | Case Sensitive
29 May  | Scott & Bailey
6 June  | Secret Dealers
Injustice
10 June  | Love Your Garden
17 July  | Born To Shine
3 September  | Red or Black?
The Jonathan Ross Show
4 September  | Appropriate Adult
26 September  | There's No Taste Like Home
11 October  | High Stakes
22 November  | The Adventurer's Guide To Britain
11 December  | Text Santa
18 December  | Just Henry

### Channel 4

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Date | Debut | Channel

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2 January  | Famous and Fearless | Channel 4
4 January  | David Walliams' Awfully Good
5 January  | Britain's Fattest Man
16 January  | Comics Choice
18 January  | Big Fat Gypsy Weddings
19 January  | The Joy of Teen Sex
20 January  | 10 O'Clock Live
23 January  | Alys | S4C
6 February  | The Promise | Channel 4
The People's Supermarket
25 February  | Friday Night Dinner
2 March  | Jamie's Dream School
28 March  | Fern
17 April  | The Hotel
9 May  | Made in Chelsea | E4
The Secret History of Eurovision | More4
11 May  | 24 Hours in A&E | Channel 4
24 May  | Four Rooms
17 June  | King Of...
27 June  | Sirens
27 July  | Beaver Falls | E4
21 September  | Fresh Meat | Channel 4
3 October  | Random Acts
4 October  | Mary Queen of Frocks
14 October  | The Hunt for Tony Blair
31 October  | Top Boy
4 December  | Black Mirror
12 December  | Christmas Coach Trip

### Five/Channel 5

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Date | Debut | Channel

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14 February  | OK! TV | Channel 5
18 August  | Celebrity Big Brother
9 September  | Big Brother
3 October  | Celebrity Wish List

### Other channels

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Date | Debut | Channel

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4 January  | Louie Spence's Showbusiness | Sky1
7 February  | Bedlam | Sky Living
10 February  | Mad Dogs | Sky1
21 February  | Ross Kemp: Extreme World
27 February  | Mud Men | History
31 March  | The Runaway | Sky1
18 April  | Small Potatoes | CBeebies
Game of Thrones | Sky Atlantic
2 May  | The Amazing World of Gumball | Cartoon Network
19 May  | Al Murray's Compete for the Meat | Dave
24 May  | Geordie Shore | MTV
30 May  | Alexander Armstrong's Big Ask | Dave
17 June  | Wall of Fame | Sky1
4 August  | Trollied
24 August  | Mount Pleasant
19 September  | This is Jinsy | Sky Atlantic
6 September  | Jelly Jamm | Cartoonito
22 September  | Jo Brand's Big Splash | Dave
31 October  | Matt Hatter Chronicles | Nicktoons & CITV
7 November  | The Looney Tunes Show | Boomerang
23 November  | The Café | Sky1
The Devil's Dinner Party | Sky Atlantic

## Channels

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### New channels

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Date  | Channel

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11 January  | ITV +1 (ITV1 +1/STV +1/UTV +1)
1 February  | Sky Atlantic
Sky Atlantic HD
MTV Music
7 April  | Sony Entertainment Television
Sony Entertainment Television +1
15 June  | Argos TV
10 October  | Dave HD
12 October  | Watch HD
1 November  | PBS UK

### Defunct channels

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Main article: List of former TV channels in the United Kingdom § 2011

Date  | Channel

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1 January  | Bravo
Bravo +1
Bravo 2
Challenge Jackpot
1 February  | Channel One
Channel One +1
MTV Shows
7 April  | Film 24
23 May  | TeleG

### Rebranded channels

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Date  | Old Name  | New Name

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1 January  | Rocks TV  | Gems TV Extra
1 February  | Living  | Sky Living
Living +1  | Sky Living +1
Living HD  | Sky Living HD
Livingit  | Sky Livingit
Livingit +1  | Sky Livingit +1
Living Loves  | Sky Living Loves
Sky Box Office  | Sky Movies Box Office
14 February  | Five  | Channel 5
28 February  | Sky3  | Pick TV
Sky3 +1  | Pick TV +1
7 March  | Fiver  | 5*
Fiver +1  | 5* +1
Five USA  | 5USA
Five USA +1  | 5USA +1
26 April  | Lava  | Greatest Hits TV
7 May  | Playhouse Disney  | Disney Junior
Playhouse Disney +  | Disney Junior +

## Television shows

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### Changes of network affiliation

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Show  | Moved from  | Moved to

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The Ricky Gervais Show (First Run Rights) | Channel 4 | E4
Big Brother | Channel 5
Celebrity Big Brother
NewsRadio | Comedy Central | Sony Entertainment Television
Primeval | ITV | Watch
Beyblade: Metal Fusion | Channel 5 | CITV
TNA Impact! | Bravo | Challenge
Top of the Pops 2 | Yesterday | Dave
Art Attack | CITV | Disney Junior
Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids[81] | Nickelodeon
Winx Club | POP
Glee | E4 | Sky1
The Weakest Link (Daytime version) | BBC One | BBC Two

Pointless | BBC Two | BBC One
Friends | Channel 4 & E4 | Comedy Central

### Returning this year after a break of one year or longer

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Programme  | Date(s) of original removal  | Original channel(s)  | Date of return  | New channel(s)

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Art Attack | 13 July 2007  | CITV | 6 June 2011  | Disney Junior
Born to Be Different | 2004
13 September 2007
5 May 2009  | Channel 4 | 9 June 2011  | N/A (Same channel as original)
Celebrity Big Brother | 29 January 2010  | 18 August 2011  | Channel 5
Big Brother | 10 September 2010  | 9 September 2011
Shipwrecked | 19 December 2001
10 May 2009  | 23 October 2011  | E4
Young Dracula | 8 February 2008  | CBBC | 31 October 2011  | N/A (Same channel as original)
Absolutely Fabulous | 7 November 1996
25 December 2004  | BBC One | 25 December 2011

## Continuing television shows

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### 1920s

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Programme  | Date

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BBC Wimbledon | 1927–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–present

### 1930s

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Programme  | Date

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Trooping the Colour | 1937–1939, 1946–2019, 2023–present
The Boat Race | 1938–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–present

### 1950s

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Programme  | Date

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Panorama | 1953–present
The Sky at Night | 1957–present
Blue Peter | 1958–present

### 1960s

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Programme  | Date

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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
Top of the Pops | 1964–present
Match of the Day
The Money Programme | 1966–present

### 1970s

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Programme  | Date

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Question of Sport | 1970–present
Film... | 1971–present
Upstairs, Downstairs | 1971–1975, 2010–2012
Emmerdale | 1972–present
Mastermind
Newsround
Arena | 1975–present
One Man and His Dog | 1976–present
ITV News at 6:30
Top Gear | 1977–present
Ski Sunday | 1978–present
Antiques Roadshow | 1979–present
Question Time

### 1980s

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Programme  | Date

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Children in Need | 1980–present
Timewatch | 1982–present
Taggart | 1983–2011
Channel 4 Racing | 1984–2016
Thomas & Friends | 1984–present
EastEnders | 1985–present
Neighbours
Comic Relief
Watchdog
Casualty | 1986–present
Fireman Sam | 1987–1994, 2005–2013
This Morning | 1988–present
Home and Away
Red Dwarf | 1988–1999, 2009, 2012–present
Agatha Christie's Poirot | 1989–2013
The Simpsons | 1989–present

### 1990s

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Programme  | Date

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Have I Got News for You | 1990–present
MasterChef | 1990–2001, 2005–present
BBC World News | 1991–present
Meridian Tonight | 1993–present
Time Team | 1994–2013
Junior MasterChef | 1994, 2010–present
The National Lottery Draws | 1994–2017
Top of the Pops 2 | 1994–present
Hollyoaks | 1995–present
Soccer AM
Never Mind the Buzzcocks | 1996–2015
Silent Witness | 1996–present
Midsomer Murders | 1997–present
Bob the Builder | 1998–present
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? | 1998–2014
British Soap Awards | 1999–2019, 2022–present
DIY SOS | 1999–present
G@mers | 1999–2006, 2010–present
Holby City | 1999–2022[82]
Loose Women | 1999–present
Newsnight Scotland | 1999–2014
Tonight | 1999–present

### 2000s

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Programme  | Date

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2000
Bargain Hunt | 2000–present
BBC Breakfast
Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids | 2000–2006, 2011–2012
Big Brother | 2000–2018
Click | 2000–present
Doctors
My Family | 2000–2011
A Place in the Sun | 2000–present
Shipwrecked | 2000–2002, 2006–2009, 2011–2012
The Unforgettable | 2000–present
Unreported World
Waking the Dead | 2000–2011
The Weakest Link | 2000–2012, 2017–present
The Wright Stuff | 2000–2018
2001
Celebrity Big Brother | 2001–2002, 2005–2007, 2009–present
BBC South East Today | 2001–present
Football Focus
Real Crime
Rogue Traders
Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps | 2001–2011
Property Ladder | 2001–present
2002
Cash in the Attic | 2002–present
Escape to the Country
Fifth Gear
Flog It!
Foyle's War | 2002–2015
Harry Hill's TV Burp | 2002–2012
High Hopes | 2002–present
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
In It to Win It
Inside Out
Outtake TV
River City
Saturday Kitchen
Serious
Spooks | 2002–2011
Sport Relief | 2002–present
The Story Makers
Tikkabilla
2003
Celebrity Mastermind | 2003–present
Daily Politics
Eggheads
Extraordinary People
Grumpy Old Men
Homes Under the Hammer
New Tricks | 2003–2015
Peep Show
QI | 2003–present
The Politics Show
The Royal | 2003–2011
This Week | 2003–present
Traffic Cops
2004
10 Years Younger | 2004–present
60 Minute Makeover
Agatha Christie's Marple | 2004–2013
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year | 2004–present
Car Booty
The Culture Show
Doc Martin | 2004–2019
Football First | 2004–present
Funky Valley
The Gadget Show
Haunted Homes
Hustle | 2004–2012
Jimmy's Farm | 2004–present
Live at the Apollo
Match of the Day 2
NewsWatch
Peppa Pig
Shameless | 2004–2013
Strictly Come Dancing | 2004–present
Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two
Supernanny | 2004–2008, 2010–2012
Who Do You Think You Are? | 2004–present
The X Factor | 2004–2018
2005
8 out of 10 Cats | 2005–present
The Adventure Show
The Andrew Marr Show
The Apprentice
The Biggest Loser
Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model | 2005–2013
Coach Trip | 2005–2006, 2009–present
Coast | 2005–present
Come Dine with Me
It's Me or the Dog | 2005–2012
Deal or No Deal | 2005–2016
Doctor Who Confidential | 2005–2011
Dragons' Den | 2005–present
The F Word | 2005–2010
Fifi and the Flowertots | 2005–present
The Hotel Inspector
Ideal | 2005–2011
The Jeremy Kyle Show | 2005–present
Ladette to Lady
Missing Live
Mock the Week
Quizmania
Springwatch
The Thick of It | 2005–2012
Ukwia | 2005–present
2006
The Album Chart Show | 2006–present
Animal Spies!
The Apprentice: You're Fired!
Banged Up Abroad | 2006–2013
Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe | 2006–present
Codex
...Cooks!
Cricket AM
Dancing on Ice | 2006–2014)
Dickinson's Real Deal | 2006–present
Don't Get Done, Get Dom
Fonejacker | 2006–2008
Freshly Squeezed | 2006–2012
Ghosthunting With... | 2006–present
How to Look Good Naked
The IT Crowd | 2006–2013
The Large Family | 2006–present
Lead Balloon | 2006–2011
Lewis | 2006–2015
Little Princess | 2006–present
Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies
That Mitchell and Webb Look
Monkey Life
Most Annoying People
Numberjacks | 2006–2009
The One Show | 2006–present
People & Power
Peschardt's People
The Real Hustle
Secret Millionaire
The Slammer | 2006–2015
Soccer Aid | 2006–present
Something for the Weekend | 2006–2012
Torchwood | 2006–2011
Waterloo Road | 2006–2015, 2023–present
Wild at Heart | 2006–2012
World Business | 2006–2011
2007
The Alan Titchmarsh Show | 2007–2014
The Armstrong and Miller Show | 2007–2010
Benidorm | 2007–present
The Big Questions
Britain's Best Dish | 2007–2011
Britain's Got Talent | 2007–present
Coming of Age | 2007–2011
Daybreak Scotland | 2007–2012
Diddy Dick and Dom | 2007–present
Don't Tell the Bride
Embarrassing Bodies
Escape from Scorpion Island
Game60
The Graham Norton Show
Harry & Paul
Heir Hunters
Helicopter Heroes
Inside Sport
Inspector George Gently
An Island Parish
Jeff Randall Live
London Ink
M.I. High | 2007–2011
Mary Queen of Shops | 2007–present
Mister Maker
Outnumbered | 2007–2014
Postcode Challenge | 2007–present
Primeval | 2007–2011
Rapal | 2007–present
The Real MacKay
Real Rescues
The Sarah Jane Adventures | 2007–2011
Secret Diary of a Call Girl | 2007–2011
Shrink Rap | 2007–present
Skins
Trapped
The Tudors | 2007–2011
Wanted Down Under | 2007–present
What the Dickens
Who Dares Wins
Would I Lie To You?
2008
An Là | 2008–present
Are You an Egghead?
Argumental
Basil's Swap Shop
Battle of the Brains
Being Human
Big & Small
Bizarre ER
CCTV Cities
Celebrity Juice
Chinese Food Made Easy
Chop Socky Chooks
Chuggington
Country House Rescue
Dani's House
The Family
Famous 5: On the Case
Gimme a Break
The Hot Desk
House Guest
The Inbetweeners
It Pays to Watch!
Kerwhizz | 2008–2009, 2011
Lark Rise to Candleford | 2008–2011
The Live Desk | 2008–present
Lunch Monkeys | 2008–2011
Marvo the Wonder Chicken | 2008–present
Merlin | 2008–2012
Nightwatch with Steve Scott | 2008–present
Only Connect
Police Interceptors
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is | 2008–2011
Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections | 2008–present
Rory and Paddy's Great British Adventure
Rubbernecker
Rude Tube
Scallywagga
Seachd Là
Sesame Tree
Snog Marry Avoid? | 2008–2013
Supersize vs Superskinny | 2008–2014
The Supersizers... | 2008–present
UK Border Force
Unbreakable
Wallander | 2008–2016
Wogan's Perfect Recall | 2008–present
The World's Strictest Parents
2009
Alan Carr: Chatty Man | 2009–2016
Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps | 2009–present
Bang Goes the Theory | 2009–2014
Brain Box | 2009–2011
Campus | 2009–2011
Cast Offs | 2009–present
Chris Moyles' Quiz Night
Copycats
Countrywise
Cowboy Trap
Crash
The Chase
The Cube | 2009–2015
Dating in the Dark | 2009–2011
Ed and Oucho's Excellent Inventions | 2009–present
Fern Britton Meets...
Film Xtra | 2009–2011
The Football League Show | 2009–2015
Four Weddings | 2009–present
Garrow's Law | 2009–2011
Getting On | 2009–2012
Got to Dance | 2009–2014
Grow Your Own Drugs | 2009–present
Heston's Feasts
Horrible Histories
The Hour
How the Other Half Live
I Can Cook
The Impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson
Inside Nature's Giants
Katie
Land Girls | 2009–2011
Law & Order: UK | 2009–2014
The Legend of Dick and Dom | 2009–2011
Let's Dance for Comic Relief | 2009–present
Life of Riley | 2009–2011
Little Howard's Big Question | 2009–present
Live from Studio Five | 2009–2011
Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow | 2009–present
Miranda | 2009–2015
Misfits | 2009–2013
Moving On | 2009–present
Newswipe with Charlie Brooker
The Old Guys
Paradise Cafe | 2009–2011
Peter Andre: The Next Chapter | 2009–2013
PhoneShop | 2009–2013
Piers Morgan's Life Stories | 2009–present
Pointless
Psychoville | 2009–2011
A Question of Genius | 2009–present
Rip Off Britain
Russell Howard's Good News | 2009–2015
Scoop | 2009–present
Sea Patrol UK
Sport Nation
Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle | 2009–2016
Strictly Money | 2009–2011
STV News at Six | 2009–present
Timmy Time
Tonight's the Night
Total Wipeout | 2009–2012
Trusadh | 2009–present
Ty Pennington's Great British Adventure
Undercover Boss
Walk on the Wild Side
We Need Answers
Whitechapel | 2009–2013
You Have Been Watching | 2009–present
You're Nicked!
Young, Dumb and Living Off Mum | 2009–2011

### 2010s

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Programme  | Date

|

71 Degrees North | 2010–2011
Accused | 2010–2012
Ant & Dec's Push the Button | 2010–2011
Ask Rhod Gilbert
Being... N-Dubz
Being Victor | 2010–present
Come Fly with Me | 2010–2011
A Comedy Roast
Celebrity Coach Trip | 2010–2012, 2019–present
Dave's One Night Stand | 2010–2012
Daybreak | 2010–2014
DCI Banks | 2010–2016
Dirty Sexy Funny | 2010–present
Downton Abbey | 2010–2015
EastEnders: E20 | 2010–2011
Eddie Stobart: Trucks & Trailers | 2010–2014
Facejacker | 2010–present
Frank Skinner's Opinionated
Gordon's Great Escape | 2010–2011
The Great British Bake Off | 2010–present
Great British Railway Journeys
Him & Her | 2010–2013
Hotter Than My Daughter | 2010–2011
An Idiot Abroad | 2010–2012
James May's Man Lab | 2010–2013
Junior Apprentice | 2010–present
Lip Service | 2010–2013
Late Kick Off | 2010–present
A League of Their Own
Lee Nelson's Well Good Show
Little Crackers
Lorraine
Luther
The Million Pound Drop | 2010–2015
The Nightshift | 2010–present
Odd One In
The Only Way Is Essex
Paul O'Grady Live | 2010–2011
Pen Talar | 2010–present
Penelope Princess of Pets
Pete versus Life | 2010–2011
Pocket tv | 2010–present
Popstar to Operastar | 2010–2011
Rev. | 2010–2014
Richard Bacon's Beer & Pizza Club | 2010–2011
The Rob Brydon Show | 2010–2012
Rock and Chips | 2010–2011
Roger & Val Have Just Got In | 2010–2012
The Scheme | 2010–2011
Scream! If You Know the Answer | 2010–2012
Sherlock | 2010–present
So You Think You Can Dance | 2010–2011
Stand Up for the Week | 2010–2013
Strike-back | 2010–present
STV Sports Centre
Sunday Morning Live
Take Me Out | 2010–2020
Tracy Beaker Returns | 2010–2012
The Trip | 2010–present
Turn Back Time – The High Street
The Zone

## Ending this year

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Date  | Programme  | Channel  | Debut(s)

|
|
|

1 January  | Toonattik | CITV | 2005
Action Stations! (TV programme) | 2006
The Fluffy Club | 2009
5 January  | The Bear Family & Me | BBC Two | 2011
6 January  | Paradise Café | CBBC | 2009
7 January  | Famous and Fearless | Channel 4 | 2011
16 January  | Zen | BBC One
4 February  | Live from Studio Five | Channel 5 | 2009
12 February  | Brain Box | STV
13 February  | Lark Rise to Candleford[83] | BBC One | 2008
11 March  | Strictly Money | CNBC Europe | 2009
13 March  | Outcasts | BBC One | 2011
21 March  | M.I. High | CBBC | 2007
22 March  | Secret Diary of a Call Girl | ITV2
26 March  | The Tudors | BBC Two
8 April  | Coming of Age | BBC Three
11 April  | Waking the Dead | BBC One | 2000
19 April  | Candy Cabs | 2011
22 April  | Fern | Channel 4
28 April  | Rock and Chips | BBC One | 2010
10 May  | Campus | Channel 4 | 2011
12 May  | Lunch Monkeys | BBC Three | 2008
18 May  | Vacation, Vacation, Vacation | Channel 4 | 2011
24 May  | Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps | BBC Three | 2001
30 May  | The Scheme | BBC One | 2010
1 June  | Life of Riley | 2009
6 June  | Psychoville | BBC Two
24 June  | Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is | BBC One | 2008
30 June  | Ideal | BBC Three | 2005
5 July  | Lead Balloon | BBC Two | 2006
10 July  | Popstar to Operastar | ITV | 2010
31 July  | The Royal[84] | 2002
2 August  | Sirens | Channel 4 | 2011
12 August  | Sorry, I've Got No Head | CBBC | 2008
2 September  | My Family | BBC One | 2000
11 September  | Appropriate Adult | ITV | 2011
12 September  | Shooting Stars | BBC Two | 1995
15 September  | Torchwood | BBC Two, BBC Three, BBC One | 2006
1 October  | Doctor Who Confidential | BBC Three | 2005
18 October  | The Sarah Jane Adventures | CBBC | 2007
21 October  | EastEnders: E20 | BBC Three | 2010
23 October  | Spooks | BBC One | 2002
11 December  | The Politics Show | 2003
14 December  | That's Britain! | 2011
15 December  | The World's Strictest Parents | BBC Three | 2008
16 December  | OK! TV | Channel 5 | 2011
19 December  | Mongrels | BBC Three | 2010
23 December  | Britain's Best Dish | ITV | 2007
30 December  | Christmas Coach Trip | Channel 4 | 2011

## Deaths

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Date  | Name  | Age  | Broadcast credibility

|
|
|

2 January  | Pete Postlethwaite | 64  | Actor
5 January  | Helene Palmer[85] | 82  | Actress
15 January  | Susannah York[86] | 72  | Actress (Jane Eyre, Armchair Theatre)
2 February  | Margaret John[87] | 84  | Actress
22 February  | Nicholas Courtney[88] | 81  | Actor (Doctor Who)
15 March  | Keith Fordyce[89] | 82  | Radio and television presenter (Ready Steady Go!)
15 April  | Trevor Bannister[90] | 76  | Actor (Are You Being Served?, Last of the Summer Wine)
19 April  | Elisabeth Sladen[91] | 65  | Actress (Doctor Who, The Sarah Jane Adventures)
22 April  | John Sullivan | 64  | Scriptwriter (Only Fools and Horses, Citizen Smith)
23 April  | James Casey | 88  | Comedian, radio scriptwriter and producer (The Clitheroe Kid)
26 May  | Flick Colby[92] | 65  | Dancer and choreographer (co-founder/creator of the Top of the Pops dance troupes Pan's People, Ruby Flipper, Legs & Co., and Zoo; The Two Ronnies)
27 May  | Janet Brown[93] | 87  | Actress and comedian
4 June  | Donald Hewlett[94] | 90  | Actor (It Ain't Half Hot Mum, You Rang, M'Lord?)
8 June  | Roy Skelton | 79  | Actor (Doctor Who, Rainbow)
25 June  | Margaret Tyzack[95] | Actress (The Forsyte Saga)
2 August  | Richard Pearson[96] | 93  | Actor
22 August  | John Howard Davies[97] | 72  | Child actor and comedy director (Fawlty Towers)
11 September  | Andy Whitfield[98] | 39  | Actor and model (Spartacus: Blood and Sand)
27 September  | David Croft[99] | 89  | Television producer
15 October  | Betty Driver[100] | 91  | Actress (Coronation Street) aka Betty Williams
29 October  | Jimmy Savile[101] | 84  | DJ and television presenter (Top of the Pops, Jim'll Fix It)
20 November  | Angie Dowds  | 42  | Personal trainer (The Biggest Loser)
18 December  | Ronald Wolfe[102] | 89  | Writer (On The Buses, The Rag Trade)

## See also

[edit]

* 2011 in British music
* 2011 in British radio
* 2011 in the United Kingdom
* List of British films of 2011

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