1951 in British television

Overview of the events of 1951 in British television

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This is a list of British television related events from 1951.

Contents

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  1 Events
  
  
  
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    1.1 January - June
    
  
  
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    1.2 July
    
  
  
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    1.3 August
    
  
  
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    1.4 September
    
  
  
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    1.5 October
    
  
  
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    1.6 November
    
  
  
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    1.7 December
    
  
  
  
  


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  2 Debuts
  


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  3 Television shows
  
  
  
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    3.1 1920s
    
  
  
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    3.2 1930s
    
  
  
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    3.3 1940s
    
  
  
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    3.4 1950s
    
  
  
  
  


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  4 Ending this year
  


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  5 Births
  


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  6 See also
  


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  7 References
  

Events

January - June

• No events.

July

• 16 July – What's My Line? debuts on the BBC Television Service. It will be one of the top-rated programmes for the rest of the decade and make a star of its host, Eamonn Andrews, who takes over from Gilbert Harding from the second episode.

August

• No events.

September

• No events.

October

• 12 October – The Holme Moss transmitter is opened in Northern England, making the BBC Television Service available to the region for the first time.

November

• 20 November – T. S. Eliot speaks against television in the UK.

December

• No events.

Debuts

• 16 July – What's My Line? (1951–1963)


• 20 October – Sherlock Holmes (1951)

Television shows

1920s

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  BBC Wimbledon (1927–1939, 1946–2024)

1930s

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  Picture Page (1936–1939, 1946–1952).


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  BBC Cricket (1939, 1946–1999, 2020–2024)

1940s

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  Kaleidoscope (1946–1953)


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  Muffin the Mule (1946–1955, 2005–2006)


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  Café Continental (1947–1953)


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  Television Newsreel (1948–1954)


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  Come Dancing (1949–1998)

1950s

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  Andy Pandy (1950–1970, 2002–2005)

Ending this year

• 20 October – Sherlock Holmes (1951)

Births

• 7 January – Helen Worth, born born Cathryn Helen Wigglesworth, actress


• 6 February – Kevin Whately, actor


• 15 February – Jane Seymour, born Joyce Frankenberg, actress


• 18 March – Paul Barber, actor


• 13 April – Peter Davison, actor


• 20 April – Louise Jameson, actress


• 11 May – Kay Mellor, born Kay Daniel, scriptwriter and actress


• 13 May – Selina Scott, journalist, newsreader and television presenter


• 4 June – David Yip, actor


• 28 June – Lalla Ward, actress


• 10 September – Sally Grace, satirist, actress and voice actress


• 30 September – John Lloyd, producer


• 6 November – Nigel Havers, actor


• 15 November – Billy McColl, actor (died 2014)


• 24 November – Margaret Mountford, lawyer, businesswoman and television personality


• 20 December – Peter May, novelist and television dramatist

See also

• 1951 in British music


• 1951 in British radio


• 1951 in the United Kingdom


• List of British films of 1951

References

Years in television: 1951
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