2013 in British television

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

Events

Date	Event
2 January	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 January	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 January	CITV celebrates its 30th anniversary with an "Old Skool" marathon of archive programming on the weekend.
6 January	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.
14 January	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 January	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.
23 January	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.
4 February	More4 launches in high-definition for the first time.
9 February	BBC Three celebrates its 10th anniversary.
23 February	Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway returns to ITV after a four-year hiatus.
	The 1990s Nelvana/Ellipse Programme animated cartoon series The Adventures of Tintin, made its UK television debut on Cartoon Network's pre-school channel Cartoonito.
4 March	BBC One airs the 1000th edition of A Question of Sport.
	Cartoonito begins a repeat run of the 1950s CBS Western television series Gunsmoke, starting with the opening episode of the 13th season: "The Wreckers".
16 March	The 2013 Comic Relief telethon raises a record £75 million for charity.
17 March	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.
23 March	Granada Reports is broadcast from the Granada Studios at Quay Street for the final time.
24 March	ITV Granada broadcasts from the dock10 studios for the first time.
26 March	BBC Two launches in high definition for the first time, two and a half years after BBC One did.
31 March	The BBC Television Centre is closed and all BBC services move to the Broadcasting House.
4 April	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.
29 April	The University of Manchester wins the 2012–13 series of University Challenge, beating University College London 190–140.
2 May	Natalie Coleman wins the 2013 series of MasterChef.
21 May	ITV celebrity ice skating competition Dancing on Ice will end in 2014 after 1 further "all-stars" series, after Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean would retire after 30 years of their Bolero performance at the 1984 Winter Olympics.
22 June	Andrea Begley wins the second series of The Voice.
16 July	After 5 seasons and 4 years, the final episode of the 2009 series of Horrible Histories is broadcast on CBBC.
12 August	Paddy Roberts becomes the first male £250,000 winner on Deal or No Deal.
19 August	Sam Evans wins Big Brother 14.
6 September	Ade Edmondson wins the 2013 series of Celebrity MasterChef.
11 September	Singer Kylie Minogue will join The Voice UK as a coach when the series returns in 2014.
13 September	Reality television star Charlotte Crosby wins the twelfth series of Celebrity Big Brother.
14 September	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 September	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 September	Marvin Humes announced as Reggie Yates replacement on The Voice UK. He will co-host the third series alongside Emma Willis.
18 September	Sue Barker announces she is stepping down as host of BBC Sports Personality of the Year after 19 years.
7 October	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.
22 October	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.
13 November	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.
29 November	The new Coronation Street set at dock10, MediaCityUK in Salford is officially unveiled.
8 December	Westlife singer Kian Egan wins the thirteenth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.
10 December	The BBC launches five new high-definition simulcasts of BBC News, BBC Three, BBC Four, CBBC and CBeebies.
15 December	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.
24 December	BBC Two shows Walt Disney's 1940 animated classic Fantasia for the first time. The film previously aired on Sky Movies in some years.
27 December	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 (including scheduled)

BBC

Date	Debut
2 January	Africa on BBC One
4 January	The Dumping Ground on CBBC
6 January	The A to Z of TV Gardening on BBC Two
4 January	Father Brown on BBC One
27 January	Wonders of Life on BBC Two

ITV

Date	Debut
1 January	Fake Reaction on ITV2
5 January	Splash on ITV1
6 January	Mr Selfridge on ITV1
27 February	Food Glorious Food on ITV1
25 March	Plebs on ITV2
1 April	Cook Me the Money on ITV1
7 April	Off Their Rockers on ITV1
9 June	Tipping Point: Lucky Stars on ITV1
22 July	Take on the Twisters on ITV1
4 September	Big Star's Little Star on ITV1
27 October	Sunday Side Up on ITV1
27 October	Sunday Scoop on ITV1

Channel 4

Date	Debut
2 January	Gok's Style Secrets on Channel 4
7 January	Face the Clock on Channel 4
11 January	First Time Farmers on Channel 4
15 January	Utopia on Channel 4
7 March	Googlebox on Channel 4

Channel 5

Date	Debut
11 June	Gibraltar: Britain in the Sun on Channel 5
8 July	News Talk Live on Channel 5
28 August	Wentworth on Channel 5
8 October	The Dog Rescuers on Channel 5
30 November	The Bible

Other channels

Date	Debut
8 February	Henry Hugglemonster on Disney Junior
10 March	Ed Stafford: Naked and Marooned on Discovery Channel
10 June	Ape Man on National Geographic Channel
16 June	Jo Brand's Great Wall of Comedy on Gold
17 September	Dave Gorman: Modern Life is Goodish on Dave
10 November	Yonderland on Sky 1

Channels debuts, endings, rebrands and returns

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

Changes of network affiliation

Show	Moved from	Moved to
The Grand National	BBC One & BBC Two	Channel 4
American Idol	ITV2	5*
Everwood	E4	ITV3
The Paul O'Grady Show	Channel 4	ITV
M*A*S*H	Comedy Central Extra	True Entertainment
Charlie Brooker's ...wipe	BBC Four	BBC Two

Television shows

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
Big Brother	2000–present
Bargain Hunt
BBC Breakfast
Click
Doctors
A Place in the Sun
The Unforgettable
Unreported World
2001
Celebrity Big Brother	2001–present
BBC South East Today
Football Focus
Rogue Traders
2002
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
2003
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
2004
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?
2005
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
2006
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
2007
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
2008
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
2009
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
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
2011
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
2012
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
2013
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	Briony McRoberts	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,Template:Citation needed 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)

References

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