2022 in British television

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This is a list of events taking place in 2022 relating to television in the United Kingdom.

Events

January

Date	Event
1	Among those from the world of film and television to be recognised in the 2022 New Year Honours are Joanna Lumley and Vanessa Redgrave, who are given damehoods, Daniel Craig, who is made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, and soap stars William Roache and June Brown, who become OBEs.
	BBC One airs The Big New Years & Years Eve Party, which sees Olly Alexander of Years & Years joined by Kylie Minogue and the Pet Shop Boys to see out 2021 and welcome in 2022. London's annual fireworks display is also aired at midnight.
3	Eamonn Holmes joins GB News to co-present their weekday breakfast programme alongside Isabel Webster.
4	ITV's Good Morning Britain returns following a Christmas break to protect its staff against the Omicron variant of COVID-19.
6	Deborah Turness, a former editor of ITV News and current CEO of ITN, is appointed the BBC's new CEO of news and current affairs, replacing Fran Unsworth.
	A suggestion by Conservative MP Andrew Rosindell that the BBC should be made to reinstate "God Save the Queen" at the end of daily broadcasts wins the backing of ministers after he raises the matter in the House of Commons. BBC One last played the national anthem at the end of broadcasts in 1997, but stopped doing so upon the launch of the BBC News channel when BBC One instead switched to relaying the news channel through the night.
	The Apprentice returns to BBC One for its sixteenth series, and for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic.
7	Grange Hill creator Sir Phil Redmond announces plans for a film version of the long-running school drama series that will reflect the realities of the modern day classroom. The film is due for release in 2023.
8	Anne Diamond joins GB News to present their weekend breakfast programme alongside Stephen Dixon.
	The 1960s adaptation of Georges Simenon's Inspector Jules Maigret stories makes its Talking Pictures TV debut.
	Danny Dyer quits EastEnders to accept an offer to appear on a Sky original series. His contract with EastEnders had previously not allowed him to appear on rival networks.
9	Emmerdale actors Isabel Hodgins and Matthew Wolfenden return to filming on the soap following their absence caused by a "race row". The pair were accused of mocking the accent of a mixed-race actress and making an "inappropriate comment".
10	The media regulator Ofcom says it will not launch an inquiry into the ITV series Lorraine following an incorrect statement regarding COVID made on the 6 December 2021 edition of the programme by Dr Hilary Jones, who had said 90% of COVID hospital patients were unvaccinated. The figure equates to intensive care patients rather than general hospital patients, and a statement correcting this error was made two days later.
	A new 60-minute discussion-based programme Context is launched. It broadcasts from Mondays to Thursdays on the BBC News Channel and BBC World News and features two guests discussing the day's news.
11	BBC Director-General Tim Davie says a "personal error" led to Alan Dershowitz, the former lawyer of Jeffrey Epstein, being interviewed in December 2021 following the conviction of socialite Ghislaine Maxwell for helping Epstein to groom underage girls.
	The new £86.7m exterior set of EastEnders is officially unveiled by the BBC replacing the original set built in 1984 and intended to be used for two years. Scenes from the new set will first be seen from the spring.
12–13	David Tag, Andrea Ali and Lysette Anthony leave their roles as Sylver McQueen, Celeste Faroe and Marnie Nightingale from Hollyoaks respectively, following an explosion at Marnie's cafe, killing the three of them.
13	Emmerdale producers Jane Hudson and Laura Shaw have teased the soaps upcoming 50th anniversary celebrations to air on ITV in October 2022 as "epic". With "mind-blowing stunts" and the possible return of past characters with former cast members reprising their roles.
14	News UK have hired Sky News Political Correspondent Kate McCann to become Political Editor at talkTV.
16	Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries says the next announcement about the television licence fee will be the last, and that the time has come to discuss new ways to fund and sell "great British content". The following day she announces that the licence will be frozen at £159 until 2024. At the same time Dorries also confirms that the Welsh-language TV channel S4C will receive an extra £7.5m per year from the licence fee from April 2022.
18	At 5.59am GB News begins a daily broadcast of the national anthem before the start of its live programming.
	It is revealed that Shama Amin, a contestant on Series 16 of The Apprentice, has quit the show due to health reasons, describing taking part in the series as "physically demanding".
19	Amazon Prime announces the title of its upcoming Lord of the Rings spin-off series, which is to be called The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.
	A spoof video produced by the campaign group Led By Donkeys, and purporting to show Prime Minister Boris Johnson being questioned about the Partygate scandal by characters from Line of Duty, has received 5 million views since being posted on Twitter the previous day.
20	Aardman Animations animator and creator of Wallace and Gromit, Nick Park announces that a new untitled television film is in development. The new short is planned for release at Christmas 2024 for the BBC.
24	ITV announces plans for a revised weekday evening schedule that will see the ITV Evening News at 6.30pm extended from 30 to 60 minutes, with greater focus on stories and events outside London. Emmerdale will move from 7pm to 7.30pm on weeknights, while Coronation Street will move from six 30 minute episodes to three 60 minute episodes airing on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8pm rather than 7.30pm and 8.30pm on those days.
26	Regional BBC One HD services launch across Virgin Media platforms in England on channel 101 replacing the SD version meaning viewers can now watch regional news in HD for the first time without having to switch over to the now defunct 108 national HD channel.
	A new regional programme for England launches on BBC One. Called We Are England, the programme chooses a subject and produces six editions tailored for six different pan-regional areas of England. The series replaces Inside Out which ended last year.
28	Ofcom launches an investigation into the prolonged outage of subtitles on Channel 4 during 2021.
31	BBC Three controller Fiona Campbell announces plans to launch a new soap opera for the channel.

February

Date	Event
1	BBC Three relaunches as a television channel six years after becoming an online service.
5	It is reported that Channel 5 are considering pulling their funding from Neighbours, an Australian soap opera that the channel co-produce with Fremantle Australia. The lack of funding would result in the soap facing cancellation or looking for alternate funding.
6	Channel 5 confirms reports that it will stop showing Neighbours from August. Australia's Network 10, which airs the series in Australia, says it will seek to find a new UK partner to keep the series on air as Neighbours relies on UK funding for its continued production.
7	Channel 4 announces that in a global first 100% of its on-air team for the 2022 Beijing Paralympics will be disabled. Presenters include Ade Adepitan, Arthur Williams, Billy Monger and Sean Rose.
8	ITV airs the 2022 Brit Awards, the first Brit Awards ceremony to be held without gender-related categories. Adele, who wins several awards on the night, makes a rare live appearance at the ceremony and offers her thoughts on the new nominations categories.
	Gobstopper TV, production company of Just Tattoo of Us cuts ties with ViacomCBS (now Paramount Global) following an investigation into bullying.
9	Amazon Prime have signed a multi-million pound long-term deal with the Shepperton Studios for exclusive use of new production facilities.
10	Channel 4 announces that new episodes of Hollyoaks will premiere on streaming service All 4 the morning prior to their evening television broadcast.
12	Channel 4 airs the first free-to-air Super League Rugby match (a game between Warrington and Leeds) after signing a two-year deal with the Rugby Football League that will see ten matches broadcast by the channel during 2022.
	Natalie Imbruglia wins the third series of The Masked Singer disguised as Panda. Overnight viewing figures show that the final was watched by 7.31 million viewers.
13	The Duchess of Cambridge reads a CBeebies Bedtime Story, making her the latest celebrity to do so. She reads The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark by Jill Tomlinson to mark Children's Mental Health Week.
14	Virgin Media removes all of the standard definition versions of all BBC channels, apart from BBC Parliament as it currently does not broadcast in high definition.
15	A mural commissioned by the BBC to mark the final series of Peaky Blinders appears in Birmingham, and reveals the start date of the series as 27 February.
	Singers Bryan McFadden and Keith Duffy lend their support to a campaign to save Neighbours when they raise the subject during an appearance on 5 News.
16	Gemma Collins fronts the Channel 4 documentary Gemma Collins: Self-Harm & Me, based around her history with self-harm and her mental health.
17	Sarah Smith, the recently-appointed BBC News North America Editor, has said she feels relieved to have left her job as Scotland Editor after enduring what she describes as years of misogynistic "bile and hatred" while covering Scottish politics.
18	Producers of the BBC's MasterChef announce production of the programme will move to Birmingham from 2024.
	As the UK is affected by Storm Eunice, the YouTube channel Big Jet TV, which shows livestreamed footage of aeroplanes landing, receives 5.5 million viewers throughout the day, with a peak of 238,000 at one point; the channel usually receives around 100,000 daily views.
21	The BBC One magazine programme Morning Live moves to studios in Manchester as part of the BBC's drive to produce more content outside London.
	GB News presenter Dan Wootton launches The Lockdown Inquiry as part of his Dan Wootton Tonight show in which he looks at the impact of COVID-19 lockdowns in the United Kingdom.
	The BBC announces a revision to the broadcast schedules for flagship soaps Doctors and EastEnders. The change, set to take place from 7 March, will include repeats of daytime soap Doctors being shown on BBC Two at 7:00 pm, as well as EastEnders moving to a permanent slot of 7:30 pm on BBC One from Monday to Thursday. The change marks firsts for both soaps, with Doctors receiving its first primetime slot (since a brief trial period in mid-2000) and EastEnders being permanently broadcast on a Wednesday for the first time.
22	Jon Sopel and Emily Maitlis announce they are leaving the BBC to join Global Radio, where they will front a podcast for Global and present a show together on LBC.
	Professional dancer Oti Mabuse announces she is leaving Strictly Come Dancing after seven years with the show.
23	Amid the ongoing crisis between Russia and Ukraine the UK government asks the media regulator Ofcom to review RT UK's output.
24	Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, organisers of the Eurovision Song Contest say that Russia will be allowed to participate in the 2022 contest as Eurovision is a "non-political cultural event". However, they reverse this decision a day later by disqualifying Russia, and saying that its inclusion would bring the contest into disrepute "in light of the unprecedented crisis in Ukraine".
	Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond suspends his talk show on RT UK following Russia's invasion of Ukraine and pressure for him to do so.
25	Roisin and Joe from Glasgow make their Gogglebox debut, becoming the first Scottish family to appear in the series for six years.
27	Peaky Blinders returns for its sixth series, with the opening episode dedicated to the memory of Helen McCrory who played the role of Polly Gray in the series.
28	Ofcom launches 15 separate investigations into RT UK for its coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

March

Date	Event
3	RT UK is removed from all broadcast platforms in the UK as part of an Europe-wide crackdown on Russian propaganda.
	After failing to secure another British broadcaster to finance the series, producers of Neighbours confirm production of the Australian soap will end in the summer.
5	It is reported that Sky News correspondent Stuart Ramsay was shot and wounded by a Russian reconnaissance unit while covering the war in Ukraine on 28 February.
	The BBC temporarily suspends its journalists' work in Russia in response to a new law that threatens to imprison anyone deemed to have spread "fake" news about the country's armed forces, but Russian news will continue to be produced from outside Russia.
7	BBC Two begins repeating episodes of Doctors at 7:00 pm, while EastEnders moves to its permanent slot of 7:30 pm.
8	Channel 4 airs a special episode of soap Hollyoaks in celebration of International Women's Day. The episode opens with a "time hop" to the 1950s to see how the treatment of women has changed, later showcasing the current treatment of women in the 2020s.
29	Medical drama, Holby City airs its final episode after 23 years.

April

Date	Event
4	Newsround celebrates 50 years on air, having been first broadcast on 4 April 1972.
	The UK government announces it has decided to go ahead with plans to privatise Channel 4. The decision is criticised by celebrities associated with the channel, including Matt Lucas and Kirstie Allsopp.
	BBC Breakfast presenter Dan Walker announces he is leaving the BBC to join Channel 5.
	The evening's episode of EastEnders is dedicated to the memory of actress June Brown following her death the previous day. Afterwards, the documentary June Brown: A Walford Legend, which originally aired in 2017, to celebrate Brown's 90th birthday, and her 2011 episode of Who Do You Think You Are?, are aired on BBC One, in a change to the original schedule.
7	Following a ruling at Belfast Crown Court, the BBC is to hand over footage collected for Spotlight On The Troubles: A Secret History, its documentary series about the Troubles to police.
8	Richard Osman announces his departure as co-presenter on Pointless to focus more on his writing career, although he will still co-present on Pointless Celebrities on a limited contract before leaving permanently. A selection of guest co-presenters will be featured on both series until a replacement is found. Osman's departure does not affect his other show House of Games.
11	The Welsh Government is criticised for spending £32,000 on Unlocked: Coronavirus Stories from Wales, a 10-episode podcast in which First Minister Mark Drakeford defends his record on dealing with the pandemic.
	Veteran quiz contestant Alice Walker wins the 2022 series of Mastermind.
12	Newcastle will host the first BBC Comedy Festival, it is confirmed. The festival will take place over three days during May.
	ITV News Central presenter Bob Warman announces plans to retire after 50 years of presenting news bulletins for ITV in the Midlands. His last edition of Central News will be on Monday 4 July.
13	The BBC appoints Chris Mason as its new Political Editor, succeeding Laura Kuenssberg.
14	The BBC launches Doctor Who: Redacted on BBC Sounds, the first Doctor Who series to be written by and feature a transgender character.
17	A trailer following Easter Sunday's Doctor Who special reveals that the characters Tegan and Ace will join Jodie Whittaker's Thirteenth Doctor for her final adventure when she leaves the series in the autumn.
18	A study carried out by research company Kantar indicates the rising cost of living in Britain has led to households cancelling their streaming subscriptions, with 1.51 million subscriptions cancelled in the first three months of 2022.
	As he prepares to launch his Piers Morgan Uncensored show for TalkTV, Piers Morgan describes his 2021 exit from ITV's Good Morning Britain as "a farce" that "focused everyone's minds" on free speech.
19	At Basildon Crown Court, former EastEnders actress Katie Jarvis (who played Hayley Slater in the series) pleads guilty to racially aggravated harassment and common assault after an incident in Essex in July 2020. She subsequently receives a two-year community order.
	Britain's Got Talent defends its decision to allow two previously known acts (singer Loren Allred and comedian Axel Blake) through to the semi-finals following criticism from viewers.
	ITV airs a special Coronation Street documentary to celebrate William Roache as he reaches his 90th birthday.
20	A proposed update to The Highway Code will allow drivers of self-driving cars to watch television on an inbuilt screen while the vehicle is moving, but they will be required to take back control when prompted to do so.
22	During an edition of the GB News lunchtime discussion programme To the Point and while discussing her experience with scammers, comedian Francine Lewis surprises her fellow panellists by claiming to have recently discovered her husband of 17 years has been having an extramarital affair. Her comments are received positively on social media.
25	Launch of TalkTV with a limited television output and a daytime schedule mostly simulcast from TalkRadio. The launch night includes the first edition of Piers Morgan Uncensored featuring an appearance by former US President Donald Trump. The launch receives a mixed reception from critics, while overnight viewing figures indicate the first edition of Piers Morgan Uncensored was watched by 317,000 viewers. Audience figures also show talkTV outperforming GB News for the debut edition of Piers Morgan Uncensored (aired at 8pm), but with higher figures for GB News for the night as a whole.
26	BBC Three airs the documentary Tim Westwood: Abuse of Power in which several women allege that DJ Tim Westwood committed sexual misconduct and abused his position in the music industry. Westwood steps down from his Capital Xtra programme the following day "until further notice".
	TalkTV have hired Sarah Hewson as their Royal Correspondent.
28	The UK government announces plans to publish a new Broadcasting white paper that will include measures to better protect viewers of streaming services from harmful content. Ofcom will be given the power to rule on new content standards and be given new regulatory powers over online content.
	The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall take a tour of the BBC's London headquarters, where they meet journalists.
29	TalkRadio presenter Jeremy Kyle confirms he will present a primetime programme on TalkTV, marking his return to television.
	ITV announces that Martin Hancock is returning to Coronation Street, reprising his role as Spider Nugent after 19 years away.
	Channel 4 announces that Derry Girls will end with an additional final 45 minute special episode The Agreement set a year later during 1998 and the signing of The Good Friday Agreement.
30	Media reports suggest that Jason Donovan and Kylie Minogue will reprise their Neighbours roles as Scott and Charlene Robinson for the soap's final episode on 1 August, with filming for their scenes having taken place in Melbourne's Vermont South suburb. Their return is subsequently confirmed by the show's executive producer, Jason Herbison.

May

Date	Event

June

Date	Event

July

Date	Event
1	Channel 5 confirms the hour-long finale of Neighbours will air at 9pm on Friday 29 July.
4	Bob Warman presents his final edition of ITV News Central after 50 years with ITV.
8	The BBC confirms that Jon Kay has been appointed as the new regular BBC Breakfast presenter from Mondays to Wednesdays with immediate effect, while Victoria Derbyshire will become joint lead presenter of Newsnight alongside Kirsty Wark from September.
	The BBC confirms that Shane Richie will return to EastEnders to reprise his role as Alfie Moon in the autumn.
11	The BBC announce four new professional dancers have been cast for the twentieth series of Strictly Come Dancing; Vito Coppola, Carlos Gu, Lauren Oakley and Michelle Tsiakkas.
	It is announced that for the first time ever on the series, Love Island will have a contestant return, when Adam Collard, who was a contestant on series 4, returns on Day 36 of series 8.
	Ackley Bridge returns for series 5, at the revised timeslot of 10pm. Megan Morgan replaces Carla Woodcock in the role of Marina Dobson. New characters include Kyle Dobson, played by Adam Little and Asma Farooqi, played by Laila Zaidi.
12	GB News airs coverage of the Twelfth of July parades in Northern Ireland. The event, presented by former Northern Ireland First Minister Arlene Foster, their Northern Ireland correspondent Dougie Beattie and former Coronation Street actor Charles Lawson draws a peak audience of 98,000 viewers. The coverage is described as "unfocused and amateurish" by the Belfast Telegraph.
13	BBC One airs The Real Mo Farah, a documentary in which athlete Mo Farah reveals how he was trafficked to the UK as a child.
	Dedicated evening continuity for BBC One viewers in Northern England launches but it is accompanied by any additional north-specific programming, and there is special on-screen BBC North branding.
14	The BBC sets out plans for a new news channel titled BBC News to replace its two existing news services for the UK and overseas, and scheduled to launch in April 2023. One of its programmes will be a simulcast of Nicky Campbell's daily BBC Radio 5 Live programme.
15	Channel 4 hosts the first of the July 2022 Conservative Party leadership election televised debates featuring five candidates – Kemi Badenoch, Penny Mordaunt, Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss and Tom Tugendhat.
	Channel 4 says an investigation into claims made by Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries that parts of its 2010 reality series Tower Block of Commons were faked have found no evidence of the allegations. Dorries was one of several MPs who took part in the show, and had made the claims in May.
17	ITV hosts the second televised debate for the 2022 Conservative Party leadership election.
18	The House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee publishes a report looking into the future of BBC funding, highlighting the need for the BBC to define its future role more clearly, including setting out options for future funding.
	Sky News cancels the planned third Conservative leadership televised debate, scheduled for the following day, after Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss declined to participate.
	The BBC announces plans to make large amounts of its archive content available through the BBC Rewind website to celebrate its centenary.
19	Domestic abuse charity Women's Aid says it has spoken to ITV about "misogynistic and controlling behaviour" on the reality television series Love Island after being compelled to do so following a number of tags it has received on social media about the series.
20	Ofcom reveals it has received 3,617 complaints about Love Island in a week, most of them about alleged misogynistic behaviour by male contestants.
	BBC One airs England's UEFA Women's Euro 2022 quarter final match against Spain which results in a 2–1 win for England in extra time. The match is watched by an audience of over nine million, the figures made up of 7.6 million television viewers along with a further 1.5 million watching on BBC iPlayer. It is the competition's largest audience to date.
21	The BBC is to pay damages to Tiggy Legge-Bourke, the former nanny to Princes William and Harry after allegations made against her to obtain an interview for the 1995 Panorama episode "An Interview with HRH The Princess of Wales".
22	Bobby Brazier, son of the late Jade Goody, is to join EastEnders as the character Freddie Slater, it is announced, with him making his debut in the autumn.
24	Neighbours releases a 40-second trailer of its final episode. It is also confirmed that Margot Robbie will reprise her role as Donna Freedman for the series finale.
25	It is confirmed that the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest will be held in the UK as Ukraine is unable to host it because of the ongoing conflict with Russia.
	BBC One airs Our Next Prime Minister, a debate featuring the final two candidates in the Conservative Party leadership election.
	Piers Morgan Uncensored begins a week of editions covering Morgan's visit to Ukraine, where he was invited by First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska to host her second Kyiv Summit of First Ladies and Gentlemen.
26	Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss take part in their second head-to-head Conservative leadership debate, hosted by The Sun and TalkTV. The debate, presented by TalkTV political editor Kate McCann, is halted after around 30 minutes when McCann faints on stage. The Sun political editor Harry Cole, who was due to co-host the debate, had earlier pulled out after testing positive for COVID-19. McCann is back on air the following evening, presenting talkTV's The News Desk, where she describes herself as "a little embarrassed, a little bit bruised but glad to be back and totally fine". Bosses at TalkTV subsequently hold an investigation into why there was no backup plan as several presenters were in the News Building and could have taken over hosting the debate at short notice.
27	Piers Morgan Uncensored airs a world exclusive hour-long interview with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife First Lady Olena Zelenska, the first interview the couple have given to international television.
	EastEnders confirms that Jaime Winstone will play a young Peggy Mitchell in a flashback episode due to air in the autumn.
28	The first filmed sentencing in a criminal case in England and Wales takes place at the Old Bailey, where a sentencing for manslaughter is presided over by Judge Sarah Munro QC.
	BBC One airs the opening ceremony of the 2022 Commonwealth Games, which is seen by a peak audience of 5 million.
	Ofcom is to launch an investigation into GB News after presenter Mark Steyn made misleading claims about COVID-19 booster vaccines on the 21 April edition of his show. Steyn had alleged that British people were being killed by having the booster and that there was a media silence on the issue.
29	Conservative leadership candidate Rishi Sunak takes part in an interview with Andrew Neil on Channel 4.
	Channel 5 airs the final episode of Neighbours, with an average audience of 2.5 million tuning in. Viewing figures peak at 3 million, giving the series its highest UK audience since it moved to Channel 5 in 2008. The finale is accompanied by the documentary Neighbours Made Me a Star: From Ramsay St to Hollywood, and music clip show Neighbours: All the Pop Hits & More, Especially For You. Both are aired by Channel 5 on the same night.
	Metro reports that BBC One are in talks with MGM Television to bring back 1990s Saturday night show Gladiators, which aired from 1992 to 2000 on ITV and was subsequently revived from 2008 to 2009 on Sky One.
31	BBC One broadcasts the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 Final between England and Germany in which England defeat Germany 2–1 in extra time. The broadcast is watched by an average 11 million viewers, but attracts a peak audience of 17.4 million, making it the most watched event on television of 2022 and the most watched women's football match.
	The Daily Telegraph reports that TalkTV and GB News are in a bidding war to secure Channel 604 on the Virgin Media Platform. The news channels currently occupy channels 626 and 627, but a move would increase their profile by putting them next to larger rivals such as BBC News and Sky News.

August

Date	Event
1	Various news outlets report that ITV2 are set to revive Big Brother in 2023, with a format overhaul "for the Love Island generation". ITV later confirm the reports.
	Jeremy Kyle takes over as a stand in presenter for TalkTV's Piers Morgan Uncensored while Morgan is on holiday. Morgan is scheduled to return on 5 September.
	Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and Davide Sanclimenti are named winners of the eighth series of Love Island in a live final aired by ITV2.
2	The BBC confirms that Mock the Week will end after 17 years, with the final eight episodes airing in the autumn.
3	BBC Birmingham announces it will move into new premises built at the former Typhoo Tea factory in the city's Digbeth area, with a date of 2026 set for the move.
	Millie Gibson, who plays Kelly Neelan in Coronation Street, announces she has quit the show, and is leaving at the end of the year as part of an explosive storyline.
	Cardiff drops out of the race to host the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest as it would be required to cancel a "significant number" of other events to host it.
4	Sky News airs The Battle for Number 10 with Kay Burley, a Conservative leadership debate with Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss to replace PM Boris Johnson.
	Actor Will Mellor and actress and TV presenter Kym Marsh are announced as the first contestants taking part on series 20 of Strictly Come Dancing.
5	Sky Sports football commentator Martin Tyler apologises after referring to "Hillsborough and other hooligan-related issues" in an interview for BBC Radio 4's Today Programme in which he was speaking about the 1992 launch of the Premier League.
6	Doctors actress Sarah Moyle announces her departure from the soap after ten years of appearing as Valerie Pitman.
7	It is announced that Paralympic swimmer Ellie Simmonds will take part in series 20 of Strictly Come Dancing.
8	ITV announces details of storylines for the upcoming fiftieth anniversary of Emmerdale in October, with the plot centring around a deadly storm that is described as the "biggest stunt to date". The episodes will also feature a new birth, the death of character Faith Dingle (Sally Dexter), as well as the brief returns of characters Aaron Dingle (Danny Miller) and Diane Sugden (Elizabeth Estensen).
	The Daily Telegraph reports the BBC are planning to sell the Elstree Studios in Hertfordshire, home of EastEnders, as a way of offsetting losses made through below-inflation increases in the TV licence fee. It is reported the BBC will then rent the studios back from the buyer.
	BBC One airs the closing ceremony of the 2022 Commonwealth Games from Birmingham's Alexander Stadium. Acts featured in the ceremony include UB40, Dexy's Midnight Runners and Ozzy Osbourne.
	It is announced that GB News has beaten TalkTV to secure a channel move on Virgin Media's platform to Channel 604, giving it a higher news channel ranking, and placing it between Sky News and BBC Parliament.
	An Ofcom investigation clears Nigel Farage's Talking Pints programme of breaching standards following an interview on 23 August 2021 that featured darts player Bobby George using what was described as "offensive language". The decision means GB News remains clear of any reprimands from Ofcom since its launch.
9	TalkTV airs a Conservative Party hustings meeting from Darlington, County Durham featuring leadership candidates Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss. The debate is chaired by Tom Newton-Dunn.
10	GB News airs The People's Forum with Liz Truss from Leigh, Greater Manchester with Conservative leadership candidate Truss answering questions from an audience.
11	Broadcast reports that a revival deal for Survivor UK is "on the brink", and that if the deal is finalised, the programme will be launched in 2023 on BBC One. The series initially aired for two years in the early 2000s on ITV.
	Television reporter Rachel Sweeney announces she is leaving her role as GB News Correspondent for the North East. She is subsequently appointed as a producer on Channel 4's Steph's Packed Lunch.
12	London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle and Sheffield are shortlisted as potential locations for the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest.
13	The BBC announce that Sid Owen is returning to EastEnders, reprising his role for a guest stint as Ricky Butcher after ten years away.
14	Prime Minister Boris Johnson launches the "Dame Barbara Windsor Dementia Mission", a national mission named for the late actress to tackle dementia and increase funding for research into the condition.
15	Sky Sports presenter Graeme Souness says he does not regret describing football as "a man's game" after drawing criticism for making the comment following a game in which Chelsea drew 2–2 with Tottenham.
16	The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is considering whether to investigate an advertising campaign by Crown Paints that has attracted criticism from comedian Jenny Eclair. Eclair has said the "Hannah & Dave" advert should be taken off air because it implies that a woman "conned a man into fatherhood".
	Jeremy Paxman announces he will step down as presenter of University Challenge after 28 years, with his final edition airing in summer 2023.
17	ITV takes over the UK coverage of the National Football League from the BBC, with a three-year free-to-air deal.
	Former BBC newsreader Simon McCoy warns against the merging of the BBC News and BBC World News channels amid concerns it may not be able to provide good coverage of domestic UK news stories and send viewers to rivals such as Sky and GB News.
18	The BBC confirms that Amol Rajan will succeed Jeremy Paxman as presenter of University Challenge.
	The BBC announces that Rose Ayling-Ellis will leave her EastEnders role as character Frankie Lewis after two years with the series.
	Warner Bros. Discovery announces its intention to sell its stake in GB News. It is also announced that co-founders Andrew Cole and Mark Schneider have resigned as directors and sold their stakes in the business. GB News has also approached investor Paul Marshall for further funding.
	GB News confirms Camilla Tominey, Andrew Pierce and Michael Portillo will join its presenting line up.
19	GB News airs a two-hour Conservative leadership hustings meeting from Manchester featuring the two candidates.
22	The acting union, Equity, commits to ensuring actors are given nudity warnings as part of a move "against bullying, harassment and inappropriate behaviour in TV".
	Jules Buckley directs a BBC Proms concert dedicated to the music of Aretha Franklin; it is shown on BBC Four on 26 August.
	Strictly Come Dancing confirms its Blackpool Week from the Blackpool Tower Ballroom will return in 2022 with an edition celebrating the BBC's centenary.
	Channel 4 announces plans to celebrate its 40th anniversary with a satirical musical about the life of Prince Andrew.
	Laura Whitmore announces she will step down as presenter of Love Island, citing conflicting projects as a key factor in her decision.
	Ruth Langsford returns to This Morning to present alongside Rylan Clark while regular presenters Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary are on holiday. Her reappearance on the show prompts viewers to call for her to be reinstated as a regular presenter.
23	Nominations for the 27th National Television Awards are published. They include a posthumous nomination for Tom Parker of The Wanted for his 2021 documentary Inside My Head about his brain tumour, aired five months before his death.
25	The BBC confirms reports it is planning to bring back Gladiators, previously shown on ITV and Sky One, and will air an 11-episode series on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in 2024.
	The BBC announces that the Template:Esccnty are to participate in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest for the first time since Template:Escyr, with the BBC replacing ITV as the country's broadcaster.
	Addressing the Edinburgh Television Festival, Channel 4's Chief Content Officer, Ian Katz describes news that Big Brother is being relaunched by ITV2 as a "depressing" moment when old TV hits are being "reheated".
	Former Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis delivers the prestigious MacTaggart Lecture at the Edinburgh Television Festival in which she claims the BBC went out of its way to "pacify" Downing Street after she said it was clear Dominic Cummings had breached lockdown rules in 2020. Her claim is rejected by BBC Chief Content Officer Charlotte Moore.
28	GB News attracts criticism from Jewish community groups after Peter Imanuelsen, a journalist and alleged Holocaust denier, appeared on the previous evening's edition of Neil Oliver's programme to talk about population decline in the UK. Imanuelsen rejects claims of denying the Holocaust, blaming "fake, photoshopped screenshots" created by those attempting to "smear" him.
29	Conservative Party leadership candidate Liz Truss pulls out of a one-to-one interview with the BBC's Nick Robinson, scheduled to air on BBC One the following day, with her team saying she cannot devote the time to the broadcast.
30	Property expert and television presenter Sarah Beeny reveals that she is undergoing treatment for breast cancer, but says she will continue work on an upcoming series for Channel 4.
	ITV announces a one-off special The Masked Singer: I'm A Celebrity Special, as a mashup of The Masked Singer and I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, in anticipation of the latter show's return to Australia later this autumn.
	Ofcom decides to take no action over thousands of complaints about alleged misogyny during the latest series of Love Island.
	To coincide with the 20th anniversary of the debut of children's television series Balamory, a selection of episodes are made available on BBC iPlayer.
31	GB News performs a shakeup of its daytime schedule which will take effect from the first week in September, giving Gloria de Piero and Philip Davies and Esther McVey new shows, while Alexandra Phillips and Colin Brazier are axed from the channel.

September

Date	Event
1	Talking Pictures TV launches a Red Button service for its TPTV Encore catch-up facility.
2	The BBC has donated £1.42m from the sales of the 1995 Panorama documentary, An Interview with HRH The Princess of Wales to seven charities with links to the princess.
3	The Crown have cast unknown actors in the role of Prince William and Kate Middleton. Ed McVey and Rufus Kampa are both cast as William, while Meg Bellamy is cast as Kate.
4	Launch of the politics programme Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg on BBC One. Guests on the opening edition are Conservative leadership candidates Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss, First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska, and the comedian Joe Lycett, who makes the headlines for mocking Truss, who is subsequently named as the new prime minister.
	Talking Pictures TV begins re-running the 1970s BBC drama The Onedin Line.
5	EastEnders airs a special episode set in 1979, featuring the childhoods of Grant and Phil Mitchell and starring Jaime Winstone as a younger version of Peggy Mitchell.
6	BBC Chairman Richard Sharp says Emily Maitlis was "completely wrong" to suggest the rebuke she received for on-air remarks about Dominic Cummings in 2020 made "no sense".
	Michelle Donelan is appointed as Secretary of State for Culture, replacing Nadine Dorries.
	ITV pulls Emmerdale from the evening's schedule to show a women's football match between England and Luxembourg.
	"Families", an episode of Peppa Pig introduces the series' first same-sex couple when one of the characters tells Peppa about her two mothers.
7	GB News appoints Nicole O'Shea as Commercial Director, responsible for advertising on the channel.
	The BBC reveal the lineup for the fourth series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK.
8	At 12.39pm, BBC One suspends regular programming, interrupting partway through an episode of Bargain Hunt, after Buckingham Palace announces that Queen Elizabeth II is under medical supervision, and provides rolling news updates on her health. Programmes such as Doctors are moved to BBC Two. ITV suspends its programming at 5.00pm, while other channels continue with their normal programming. Following the announcement of her death at 6.30pm, major broadcasters shift to broadcasting coverage of events following the announcement. A pre-agreed advertising blackout also comes into force on ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 until at least 5.00am on 10 September, although commercials continue on some non-flagship channels such as ITV2. Among the programmes to be pulled from the BBC One schedule are the semi-final of Celebrity MasterChef in which contestants celebrate the Platinum Jubilee. BBC Three and BBC Four are taken off air. The 31st Mercury Prize ceremony, scheduled for the evening of 8 September and due to air on BBC Four, is postponed.
9	BBC One devotes the day's schedule to rolling news coverage of the death of the Queen, which includes the special programme A Tribute to Her Majesty The Queen that sees King Charles III, along with Princess Anne and Prince Edward, pay tribute to their mother. There are also schedule changes on BBC Two to allow it to accommodate for shows such as EastEnders. ITV carries rolling news coverage from the end of Good Morning Britain at 9.00am until the evening news. The day's episodes of Emmerdale and Coronation Street are postponed. A feature-length documentary, Queen Elizabeth II – The Longest Reign presented by Jonathan Dimbleby, airs at 8.30pm, and is followed by News at Ten. Channel 4 makes schedule changes to add extra news coverage, although programmes such as Steph's Packed Lunch and Countdown are shown. It is also confirmed that the new series of Gogglebox scheduled to air at 9.00pm will go ahead, but the evening's edition of The Last Leg will not air. Channel 5 also adds extra news coverage, with a 35-minute news special at 12.00pm, and another from 5.00pm–7.15pm, while a documentary, HM The Queen 1926–2022, airs at 6.00am. The day's episode of Home and Away due to air at 1.45pm is cancelled and instead replaced with Iceland with Alexander Armstrong at 1.20pm and World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys at 2.00pm. The evening news special is followed by a rescheduled edition of Susan Calman's Grand Days Out at 7.15pm. The Last Night of the Proms, scheduled to take place at the Royal Albert Hall the next evening, is cancelled, as is a Proms concert due to take place on the evening of 9 September. The 27th National Television Awards, scheduled to be held at Wembley Arena on 15 September, are postponed until October.
	At 6.00pm, King Charles III makes his first broadcast to the nation, where he pays tribute to his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, and renews her "lifelong promise of service", calling her his "darling mama".
	Viewing figures for 8 September indicate that the announcement of the death at 6.30pm was seen by 15.80 million on multiple channels. In the 14 hours from 12.00pm to 2.00am a cumulative audience of 33 million tuned in to television coverage on all channels as news of the death of the Queen broke.
10	At 10.00am the Proclamation of accession of Charles III is held at St James's Palace, and becomes the first such ceremony to be televised.
	The majority of BBC One's daytime and evening schedule is carried by BBC Two for the second day in a row, with shows such as Flog It!, Superman & Lois, The Hit List, Pointless Celebrities and Casualty making way for ongoing coverage of events following the Queen's death. Following coverage of the Proclamation of accession of Charles III and a series of documentaries about Queen Elizabeth, ITV runs an evening of scheduled programmes from 6.00pm. Ninja Warrior UK, The Masked Dancer, The Voice UK and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? are all shown, but without commercial breaks and at slightly different times to their original scheduling.
	Mary Reynolds, who has portrayed the Queen in film and television since 1988, announces she will retire from the role "out of respect" following the death of Elizabeth II.
11	ITV airs the first Sunday edition of Good Morning Britain to cover events following the death of the Queen. The programme is presented by Kate Garraway, who wins praise from viewers after presenting part of the programme solo.
	After another day of special coverage, BBC One begins reintroducing some scheduled content from the early evening, airing the billed episodes of Frozen Planet II at 8.00pm and The Capture at 9.00pm; there are also special editions of Songs of Praise at 4.25pm, Countryfile at 6.00pm and The Antiques Roadshow at 7.00pm, all celebrating the Queen. On ITV the 8 September episode of Emmerdale airs at 6.35pm, followed by Gino's Italy at 7.30pm and Ridley at 8.00pm. Commercial breaks are also reintroduced from the early evening.
	Channel 4 confirms that Series 13 of The Great British Bake Off will begin as planned on 13 September.
12	Television schedules continue to be revised to provide ongoing coverage of events following the death of Elizabeth II, as Charles III makes his first visit to the Palace of Westminster as King, then travels to Edinburgh to attends a church service for his mother, and Elizabeth's children pay tribute to her at the city's St Giles Cathedral. BBC One airs news coverage throughout the day, along with a special edition of The One Show titled Our Queen Remembered at 8.30pm. EastEnders is shown on BBC Two at 9.00pm, and plans are announced to release new episodes on BBC iPlayer each evening at 7.30pm. News coverage and programming about the Queen air throughout the day on ITV until early evening when the game shows Tipping Point and The Chase are scheduled to air. The episode of Coronation Street originally scheduled for 9 September is shown, but an hour-long episode of Emmerdale does not go ahead.
	EastEnders pays tribute to Elizabeth II with a scene at the beginning of the evening's episode during which Linda Carter (Kellie Bright), Denise Fox (Diane Parish) and Kathy Beale (Gillian Taylforth) have a conversation about the Queen in The Queen Vic.
13	Television schedules continue to be subject to change as Charles III travels to Northern Ireland, and Queen Elizabeth's coffin is flown from Edinburgh to London ready for lying in state. Much of BBC One's schedule is once again changed to provide coverage of these events. Following The Eve of the Procession to Lying In State at 6.45pm, The One Show: Our Queen Remembered is aired at 8.30pm, followed by EastEnders at 9.00pm. An edition of The Repair Shop is shown after that. Following Good Morning Britain, ITV airs Lorraine and This Morning as scheduled, before providing extended news coverage in the afternoon. Emmerdale is aired at 8.35pm, with the episode originally scheduled for 9 September showing in two halves (the second part on 14 September at 7.30pm). A documentary, Charles: The Monarch and the Man, follows Emmerdale, while another documentary, Our Queen: The People's Stories, is shown after News at Ten. On Channel 4 The Great British Bake Off airs at 8.00pm.
	The BBC announces it will postpone the opening edition of Series 20 of Strictly Come Dancing from its scheduled launch on Saturday 17 September because of ongoing changes to the listings. The live launch will instead air on Friday 23 September before the first live edition is shown the following evening.
	It is reported the BBC has received 670 complaints about its blanket coverage of the death of Queen Elizabeth II. The news comes as singer Shane Nolan attracts online criticism for being disrespectful after he complains on social media about the BBC's coverage and extensive rescheduling of regular programmes.
	A Premier League match between Manchester City and Brentford scheduled for 3.00pm on 12 November is moved to the earlier start time of 12.30pm after being selected for television coverage by BT Sport.
14	The BBC One and ITV schedules are once again amended, to provide coverage of the procession to carry the Queen's coffin from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall for her lying in state. BBC One adds two additional programmes to its daytime schedule, coverage of the procession from 1.00pm to 4.30pm and an Events of the Day at 7.00pm. There is also ongoing news coverage, with scheduled programming resuming at 8.30pm with EastEnders and the Seriesc Seven finale of Shetland at 9.00pm. A documentary, Elizabeth II: Her Passions and Pastimes, airs after News at Ten. ITV also shows coverage of the procession from 1.00pm following a morning of scheduled programmes. In the evening, Emmerdale and Coronation Street are shown, with the second half of the 9 September episode of Emmerdale at 7.30pm and the Coronation Street episode originally scheduled for Monday 12 September at 8.00pm. These are followed by Doc Martin at 9.00pm.
	The BBC launches a dedicated livestream of the Queen's lying in state at Westminster Hall allowing people who cannot make the trip to London to pay their respects virtually. The service is available worldwide and throughout the time of the lying in state, and is broadcast on the BBC website, BBC News website and BBC News app, BBC iPlayer, BBC Parliament and BBC Red Button. ITV also offers a livestreaming service.
	Tim Muffett, a reporter on BBC Breakfast, attracts viewer criticism for not wearing black clothing while reporting on mourners waiting to see the Queen's lying in state from Lambeth Bridge, instead wearing grey with a navy tie. BBC reporters and presenters are required to wear black following the death of a monarch or senior royal.
15	There are more schedule changes as coverage of the build up to the Queen's funeral continues. BBC One and BBC Two both have schedule changes with extended news coverage. On BBC One, EastEnders airs as scheduled at 7.30pm followed by an episode of The Repair Shop and two editions of Celebrity MasterChef, including the one scheduled for 8 September. The World War II film Their Finest is added to the schedule after an extended News at Ten. There is extended news coverage on BBC Two, while regular programmes such as Eggheads, Villages by the Sea and Gorey, Stuck, and Sensationalists: The Bad Boys and Girls of British Art are pulled from the line up, and two extra programmes, Cricket: Women's T20 Highlights and Days That Shook the BBC, are broadcast from 11.15pm. Starting from 7.30pm, ITV broadcasts three episodes of Emmerdale in order to catch up on episodes originally scheduled for the period 12–14 September. Coronation Street broadcasts an hour-long episode at 9.00pm.
16	Nick Servini temporarily replaces Huw Edwards on BBC One's news coverage as Charles III visits Wales for the first time since becoming King. The BBC says that this is to enable Edwards to prepare for coverage of the Queen's state funeral.
	With coverage of events surrounding the Queen's death ongoing, changes continue to be made to the television schedules. ITV is scheduled to air two episodes of Emmerdale, but has to drop one in favour of extended news coverage and reschedule it for Sunday 18 September at 6.30pm. The evening's scheduled edition of Coronation Street is also moved to Sunday 18 September, where it will air from 7.00pm to 7.55pm.
	This Morning presenters Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby attend the lying in state of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Hall, leading to online speculation that they jumped the queue. This Morning subsequently issues a statement saying the pair were there to record material to be shown after the Queen's funeral.
	Channel 5 confirms the episode of Home and Away due to air at 1.45pm on the day of the Queen's funeral has been pulled from the schedule. Although the 19 September episode is previewed as usual on 5STAR at 6.30pm on 16 September, it will not air on Channel 5 and instead the series will resume in its afternoon Channel 5 slot on 20 September.
17	Further schedule changes are implemented ahead of the Queen's funeral. BBC One and BBC Two air some extended news coverage, while BBC One adds the 2014 film Paddington to its evening schedule at 7.00pm. It is preceded by When Paddington Met the Queen (first aired during the Platinum Jubilee celebrations). BBC Two drops an evening of programmes dedicated to Kylie Minogue in favour of the films Stan and Ollie and The Two Faces of January. ITV moves its coverage of the Goodwood Revival Festival from its main channel to ITV3 and drops the scheduled edition of Celebrity Lingo.
18	There is further programme rescheduling on the eve of the Queen's funeral. BBC One moves its coverage of a Women's Super League match in the afternoon to BBC Two, while an extra programme, The Eve of the State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II, is added at 7.00pm. This is followed by a televised message from Queen Camilla in which she pays tribute to the Queen, and a minute's silence at 8.00pm, which is carried by both BBC One and ITV. On ITV, Good Morning Britain replaces Sunday morning CITV programming, and begins from 6.00am, while the Goodwood Revival Festival once again airs on ITV3 and Celebrity Lingo is axed to make way for Coronation Street.
19	The state funeral of Elizabeth II is held at Westminster Abbey and shown on television, with the BBC providing pooled footage to other broadcasters, and more than 50 channels covering the proceedings. BBC One and BBC Two provide coverage from 8.00am until 5.00pm, with BBC Two doing so with on screen sign language. BBC One airs The One Show: Our Queen Remembered at 6.15pm following extended news coverage, and the film Paddington 2 at 6.45pm. A 90-minute programme covering the main events of the day is broadcast at 8.30pm. ITV simulcasts programming on all of its channels from 6.00am to midnight (the first time it has done so), beginning with Good Morning Britain, coverage of the funeral, and in the evening a documentary covering the events of the last ten days. Sky News begins its coverage from 5.00am. GB News and TalkTV also show the funeral, along with special programming. Channel 4 and Channel 5 opt not to show the funeral, Channel 4 instead broadcasting the 1953 technicolour documentary A Queen Is Crowned narrated by Laurence Olivier. Channel 5 airs a selection of children's films, starting with The Emoji Movie at 11.00am, followed by Stuart Little and Ice Age 3. Advertising on commercial television is once again paused for the day. Some cinema chains, including Curzon and Arc, screen the funeral for free while cancelling the rest of their programming for the day.
20	Provisional viewing figures for the previous day indicate a cumulative audience of over 28 million watched the Queen's funeral, with the number of viewers peaking at 12.25pm. The BBC and ITV had a collective audience of over 25 million, with 20 million tuning into the BBC's coverage and a peak of 5.3 million watching ITV.
	BBC One airs an episode of EastEnders originally scheduled for the previous evening but removed from the listings because of the Queen's funeral. On ITV, two episodes of Emmerdale are shown, including the one from the previous evening. The previous evening's episode of Coronation Street is also aired.
	In a special edition of This Morning about the Queen, presenter Holly Willoughby addresses allegations they jumped the queue at Elizabeth II's lying in state after using a VIP route, saying she and Phillip Schofield were there "strictly for reporting" and "would never jump a queue".
	Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan announces plans to "re-examine the business case" for privatising Channel 4.
21	Helen Warner, chief creative officer at broadcast production company Whisper and former head of daytime at ITV and Channel 4, is appointed GB News' Head of Television as the channel seeks to expand its programme content.
22	The Guardian reports that Buckingham Palace have requested that video footage of the Queen's funeral only be used in news coverage, not in entertainment programmes, and that five short pieces of video featuring members of the royal family not be broadcast again.
	The BBC announces that BBC Two's Later... with Jools Holland is to celebrate its 30th anniversary with a one-off night of music in front of an audience of 3,000 at London's Eventim Apollo on 5 October. The event will be shown on television later in the year.
	It is confirmed that past contestants from I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! will compete in a special "all-stars" series in 2023, and set in South Africa.
	Lisa Snowdon wins the 2022 series of Celebrity MasterChef.
24	Scottish soap River City celebrates its 20th anniversary.
27	The shortlist of cities contending to host the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest is cut from eight to two, with Liverpool or Glasgow going head-to-head for the final selection.
	Channel 4 HD moves to channel 104 on Sky, Freesat and Virgin Media in many parts of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The HD version of Channel 4 has previously only been available on channel 104 in London, with viewers in the rest of the UK required to scroll down the channel list to find it.
30	Sue Barker tells BBC Breakfast her departure from A Question of Sport could have been "handled better" and says she was asked to say she was stepping back from the role of presenter rather than being replaced.
	Former BBC News Europe and North America Editor Mark Mardell reveals that he has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.

October

Date	Event
2	The BBC blames "technical glitches" for a temporary blackout during the day's edition of Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg on which Prime Minister Liz Truss was making her first television appearance since the market turbulence caused by the September 2022 United Kingdom mini-budget.
	The Sunday Times reports that the value of GB News has more than halved since Warner Bros. Discovery sold its stake in the news channel.
4	The BBC have reached a settlement with Alan Waller, the former head of security for Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer after his bank statements were forged by Martin Bashir to help secure the 1995 Panorama interview with Diana, Princess of Wales.
	ITV reschedules Coronation Street to make way for a women's football match between England and the United States at 8.00pm on 7 October. Coronation Street is instead broadcast at 8.00pm on 4 October, then as scheduled at 8.00pm the following evening, with the 8.00pm Friday episode replaced by the football.
6	Tom Stevenson, a student at the University of Worcester, achieves a double record on Channel 4's Countdown by scoring 154 points (beating the previous highest record of 152) and becoming the first person to progress through 120 rounds of the game without a single loss.
	GB News have appointed Reach plc executive Geoff Marsh as their Chief Digital Officer.
	TalkTV have signed a new distribution deal with Virgin Media that will see it move from Channel 627 to the more prominent Channel 606, where it will sit between BBC Parliament and Bloomberg.
7	Liverpool is chosen to be the host city of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.
8	BBC Two's Later... with Jools Holland reaches its 30th anniversary.
9	The 2022 BAFTA Cymru Awards Ceremony is held in Cardiff, the first to take place in-person since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
	Percussionist Jordan Ashman is named the 2022 BBC Young Musician of the Year.
10	TalkTV launches its autumn schedule, with new programmes Jeremy Kyle Live at 7.00pm and First Edition with Tom Newton Dunn at 10.00pm.
	Actor John Cleese confirms he will present a programme for GB News from 2023, where he will work alongside Andrew Doyle.
	It is reported the upcoming fifth series of the Netflix drama The Crown will see Prince Philip "pursue an affair" with his friend Penelope Knatchbull, leading to criticism about its timing after the recent death of Queen Elizabeth II. Dickie Arbiter, the Queen's spokesman between 1988 and 2000, describes the fictitious storyline as "distasteful".
	England captain Harry Kane makes his CBeebies Bedtime Stories debut reading The Lion Inside by Rachel Bright.
11	Netflix signs up to the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board for externally measure viewership in the UK.
12	Maya Jama confirms she will succeed Laura Whitmore as presenter of Love Island.
	Streaming service Netflix has signed up to the audience research body BARB, which will begin collecting data on its viewing figures from 1 November.
13	The 27th National Television Awards are held following their rescheduling because of Elizabeth II's death. The ceremony marks the first National Television Awards to be held at Wembley since 1995 after its usual venue, the O2 Arena, was damaged during Storm Eunice.
	Netflix confirms the launch of a cheaper subscription service containing commercials that will launch in November and cost £4.99 per month.
	The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust has criticised a new Channel 4 programme in which pieces of art by controversial artists will be potentially destroyed after a piece by Adolf Hitler was included. Jimmy Carr Destroys Art will see an audience debate whether various pieces of art can be separated from their controversial creators and if as a consequence they should be destroyed. The Holocaust Day Memorial Day Trust has described the programme as "deeply inappropriate" and "inflammatory".
14	Ofcom announces an investigation into GB News over its coverage of matters relating to Coronavirus vaccination following an interview with the author Naomi Wolf that aired on 4 October, and during which she claimed women were being harmed by Coronavirus vaccines as part of an effort "to destroy British civil society", while likening the behaviour of the medical profession to that of Nazi Germany. Ofcom's investigation will cover whether the interview broke "rules designed to protect viewers from harmful material", and is the second such investigation into the news channel.
16	Emmerdale celebrates its 50th anniversary.
17	Netflix has defended The Crown as a "real-life dramatisation" after criticism from Sir John Major over a scene which apparently depicts a plot to oust Queen Elizabeth II, with the former Prime Minister describing it as "a barrel-load of malicious nonsense".
18	The BBC celebrates its centenary 100th Anniversary across the corporation special programmes will air including a three-part documentary series titled David Dimbleby's BBC: A Very British History, Here's One I Made Earlier celebrating 100 years of children's programming presented by Konnie Huq, and a programme presented by Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse titled The Love Box In Your Living Room that takes a humorous look at the BBC's history.
	Sky launches its new streaming box, Sky Stream, and becomes the second service from Sky, after Sky Glass, without the need of a satellite dish.

November

Date	Event

December

Date	Event

Debuts

BBC

Date	Debut	Channel
1 January	The Tourist	BBC One
	This is Joan Collins	BBC Two
3 January	Four Lives	BBC One
4 January	Toast of Tinseltown	BBC Two
9 January	The Green Planet	BBC One
10 January	Van Gogh – Life and Art	BBC Four
11 January	Rules of the Game	BBC One
24 January	Great Coastal Railway Journeys	BBC Two
	The Nilsen Files
	The Responder	BBC One
26 January	We Are England
1 February	Lazy Susan	BBC Three
6 February	Chloe	BBC One
	Dodger	CBBC
8 February	Cheaters	BBC One
	This Is Going to Hurt
9 February	The Fast and the Farmer-ish	BBC Three
14 February	Rebel Cheer Squad
16 February	Gassed Up
1 March	Mood
8 March	The Witchfinder	BBC Two
May	Conversations with Friends	BBC Three
TBC	Everything I Know About Love	BBC One
	Life After Life	BBC One
	Life and Death in the Warehouse	BBC Three
	Marie Antoinette	BBC Two
	My Name is Leon
	SAS: Rogue Heroes
	The Control Room	BBC One
	The Gallows Pole
	Then Barbara Met Alan
	Wrecked	BBC Three

ITV

Date	Debut	Channel
2 January	Anne	ITV
8 January	Ant & Dec's Limitless Win
11 January	The Secret Life of Our Pets
13 January	Martin Clunes: Islands of the Pacific
23 January	Trigger Point
7 February	No Return
12 February	Starstruck
22 February	Caring for Derek
6 March	The Ipcress File
7 March	Our House
14 March	Holding
TBC	Joanna Lumley's Secret Cities
	Karen Pirie
	Riches
	The 1% Club
	The Confessions of Frannie Langton
	The Suspect
	Tom Jones

Channel 4

Date	Debut	Channel
4 January	Davina McCall's Language of Love	Channel 4
6 January	Screw
31 January	The Great Cookbook Challenge
6 February	The Curse
16 February	Gemma Collins: Self-Harm & Me
16 July	Big Boys (Template:Lang-cy)	BBC Three / S4C / Channel 4
TBC	The Birth of Daniel F Harris
	Chivalry	Channel 4
	The Light In The Hall (Template:Lang-cy)	S4C / Channel 4
	The Undeclared War	Channel 4

Channel 5

Date	Debut	Channel
6 January	Our Great Yorkshire Life	Channel 5
31 January	The Teacher
1 March	The Holiday

Sky

Date	Debut	Channel
10 February	The Fear Index	Sky Atlantic
11 February	Little Darlings	Sky Kids
14 February	The Big Design Challenge	Sky Arts
11 March	The Rising	Sky Max
April	The Lazarus Project
TBC	Funny Girl
	The Baby	Sky Atlantic
	The Midwich Cuckoos	Sky Max
	Then You Run
	This Sceptred Isle	Sky Atlantic

Other channels

Date	Debut	Channel
27 January	Hotel Portofino	BritBox
4 February	Suspicion	Apple TV+
10 February	Magpie Murders	BritBox
1 March	Murder in Provence
28 March	Newark, Newark	Gold
1 April	The Last Bus	Netflix
	Slow Horses	Apple TV+
6 April	Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story	Netflix
12 April	Hard Cell
	Why Didn't They Ask Evans?	BritBox
15 April	Anatomy of a Scandal	Netflix
16 April	Ministry of Offence	GB News
22 April	Heartstopper	Netflix
25 April	Piers Morgan Uncensored	TalkTV
28 April	Ten Percent	Amazon Prime Video
5 May	The Dry	BritBox
13 May	The Essex Serpent	Apple TV+
23 May	Prehistoric Planet
31 May	Pistol	Disney+ / Star
24 June	Man vs. Bee	Netflix
13 July	Sneakerhead	Dave
19 August	Bad Sisters	Apple TV+
23 August	The Other Half	Dave
24 August	Dead Canny
25 August	Holier Than Thou
	Welcome to Wrexham	Disney+ / Star
26 August	Perfect	Dave
8 September	Wedding Season	Disney+ / Star
30 September	Jungle	Amazon Prime Video
10 October	Jeremy Kyle Live	TalkTV
12 October	The Ex-Wife	Paramount+
28 October	The Devil's Hour	Amazon Prime Video
	The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself	Netflix
9 November	Save Our Squad with David Beckham	Disney+ / Star
11 November	Mammals	Amazon Prime Video
28 November	We Are Not Alone	Dave
1 December	The Flatshare	Paramount+
2 December	Three Pines	Amazon Prime Video
26 December	Treason	Netflix

Channels

New channels

Date	Channel
1 February	BBC Three (relaunch)
1 April	talkTV

New streaming services

Date	Channel
11 January	Dazzler+
TBC	Paramount+
	Volt
	ITVX

Rebranding channels

Date	Old name	New name
19 January	Paramount Network	5Action

Television programmes

Changes of network affiliation

Programme	Moved from	Moved to
Bull	Fox	Sky Witness
NCIS: New Orleans		Sky Max
NCIS: Los Angeles	Sky One
A Discovery of Witches
Magnum P.I.
The Blacklist
Frayed
Resident Alien
The Simpsons (First run rights)		Sky Showcase
RuPaul's Drag Race	Netflix	WOW Presents Plus
Star Trek: Discovery		Paramount+
Yellowstone	Paramount Network
Outlander	Amazon Prime	StarzPlay
This Is Us		Disney+
Sanditon	ITV	BritBox
Toast of London	Channel 4	BBC Two
When Calls the Heart	Movies 24	Hallmark TV

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)
Celebrity Coach Trip	24 January 2020	E4	3 January 2022	N/A (same channel as original)
The Apprentice	18 December 2019	BBC One	6 January 2022
The John Bishop Show	18 July 2015		8 January 2022	ITV
Britain's Got Talent	10 October 2020	ITV	April 2022	N/A (same channel as original)
Derry Girls	9 April 2019	Channel 4	TBC
Doc Martin	13 November 2019	ITV
Waterloo Road	9 March 2015	BBC One

Continuing television programmes

1920s

Programme	Date
BBC Wimbledon	(1927–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–present)

1930s

Programme	Date
The Boat Race	(1938–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–present)
BBC Cricket	(1939, 1946–1999, 2020–present)

1950s

Programme	Date
Panorama	(1953–present)
Crackerjack!	(1955–1984, 2020–present)
Eurovision Song Contest	(1956–present)
The Sky at Night	(1957–present)
Final Score	(1958–present)
Blue Peter	(1958–present)

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)
Horizon	(1964–present)
Match of the Day
Top of the Pops	(1964–2006, 2006–present) (Christmas specials only)
Gardeners' World	(1968–present)
A Question of Sport	(1968, 1970–present)

1970s

Programme	Date
Emmerdale	(1972–present)
Mastermind (including Celebrity Mastermind)	(1972–1997, 2003–present)
Newsround	(1972–present)
Football Focus	(1974–present)
Pobol y Cwm	(1974–present)
Arena	(1975–present)
One Man and His Dog	(1976–present)
Top Gear	(1977–2001, 2002–present)
Blankety Blank	(1979–1990, 1997–2002, 2016, 2020–present)
Antiques Roadshow	(1979–present)
Question Time

1980s

Programme	Date
Children in Need	(1980–present)
See Hear	(1981–present)
Countdown	(1982–present)
ITV Breakfast	(1983–present)
EastEnders	(1985–present)
Comic Relief	(1988–present)
Catchphrase	(1986–2002, 2013–present)
Casualty	(1986–present)
Red Dwarf	(1988–1999, 2009, 2012–present)
This Morning	(1988–present)
Countryfile

1990s

Programme	Date
The Crystal Maze	(1990–1995, 2016–present)
Have I Got News for You	(1990–present)
MasterChef	(1990–2001, 2005–present)
ITV News Meridian	(1993–present)
Top of the Pops 2	(1994–present)
Hollyoaks	(1995–present)
National Television Awards		(1995-2008, 2010–present)
Silent Witness	(1996–present)
Midsomer Murders	(1997–present)
Teletubbies	(1997–2001, 2007–2009, 2015–present)
Cold Feet	(1998–2003, 2016–present)
Classic Emmerdale	(1998–2004, 2019–present)
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	(1998–2014, 2018–present)
Holby City	(1999–2022)
Loose Women	(1999–present)

2000s

Programme	Date
2000
Bargain Hunt	(2000–2022
BBC Breakfast
Click
Doctors
A Place in the Sun
Unreported World	(2000–present)
2001
BBC South East Today	(2001–present)
2002
Escape to the Country	(2002–present)
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway	(2002–2009, 2013–2018, 2020–present)
Most Haunted	(2002–2010, 2014–present)
River City	(2002–present)
Saturday Kitchen
2003
QI	(2003–present)
Eggheads
Homes Under the Hammer
Traffic Cops
2004
Match of the Day 2	(2004–present)
Strictly Come Dancing
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year
The Gadget Show
Live at the Apollo
Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two
Who Do You Think You Are?
2005
8 Out of 10 Cats	(2005–present)
Coach Trip	(2005–2006, 2009–present)
The Andrew Marr Show	(2005–present)
The Adventure Show
Dragons' Den
The Hotel Inspector
Mock the Week
Springwatch
2006
The Apprentice: You're Fired!	(2006–present)
Banged Up Abroad
Dancing on Ice	(2006–2014, 2018–present)
Dickinson's Real Deal	(2006–present)
Horrid Henry
Monkey Life
Not Going Out
The One Show
Peschardt's People
Waterloo Road	(2006–2015, 2022–present)
2007
Would I Lie to You?	(2007–present)
Don't Tell the Bride
The Graham Norton Show
Shaun the Sheep
2008
An Là	(2008–present
Chuggington
Police Interceptors
Seachd Là
2009
Pointless	(2009–present)
The Chase
Kate Garraway's Life Stories
Rip Off Britain

2010s

Programme	Date
2010
Dinner Date	(2010–present)
The Great British Bake Off
Great British Railway Journeys
A League of Their Own
Lorraine
The Only Way Is Essex
Sunday Morning Live
2011
Junior Bake Off	(2011–present)
Made in Chelsea
Vera
24 Hours in A&E
Top Boy	(2011–2013, 2019, 2022–present)
2012
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown	(2012–present)
Endeavour
Call the Midwife
Stand Up To Cancer
The Voice UK
Tipping Point
Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs
Claimed and Shamed
2013
The Dumping Ground	(2013–present)
Shetland
2014
Agatha Raisin	(2014–present)
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
Good Morning Britain
Happy Valley		(2014, 2016, 2022)
Judge Rinder	(2014–present)
Grantchester
2015
Hunted	(2015–present)
SAS: Who Dares Wins
Taskmaster
Travel Man
The Last Kingdom	(2015–2022)
2016
Bake Off: The Professionals	(2016–present)
Celebs Go Dating	(2016–present)
Class Dismissed	(2016–2017, 2019–present)
The Crown	(2016–present)
Got What It Takes?
Marcella
Naked Attraction
Upstart Crow
2017
Ackley Bridge	(2017–present)
All Round to Mrs. Brown's
Back
The Good Karma Hospital
The Voice Kids
Impossible
The Playlist
The Repair Shop
Richard Osman's House of Games
Strike
2018
Britannia	(2018–present)
Celebs on the Farm
Derry Girls	(2018–2022)
A Discovery of Witches
Killing Eve
Mark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema	(2018–present)
Peston
Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators
Stath Lets Flats
2019
Almost Never	(2019–present)
Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star
The Hit List
Ladhood
Mandy
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
Sex Education
After Life	(2019–2022)

2020s

Programme	Date
2020
Beat the Chasers	(2020–present)
It's Pony
Code 404
Alan Carr's Epic Gameshow
Mystic
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
The Masked Singer
Noughts + Crosses
2021
Bloods	(2021–present)
Hope Street
The Masked Dancer

Ending this year

Date(s)	Programme	Channel(s)	Debut(s)
5 January	Four Lives	BBC One	2022
	Anne	ITV
14 January	After Life	Netflix	2019
18 February	A Discovery of Witches	Sky Max	2018
9 March	The Last Kingdom	Netflix	2015
29 March	Holby City	BBC One	1999
November	Doc Martin	ITV	2004
TBC	Peaky Blinders	BBC One	2013
	Derry Girls	Channel 4	2018
	Killing Eve	BBC Three

Deaths

Date	Name	Age	Broadcast credibility
1 January	Gary Burgess	46	Radio and television presenter (ITV Channel Television)
5 January	George Rossi	60	Scottish actor (The Bill, Roughnecks, The Singing Detective)
9 January	Nicholas Donnelly	83	Actor (Grange Hill, Dixon of Dock Green, Lifeforce)
10 January	Gary Waldhorn	78	Actor (The Vicar of Dibley, Brush Strokes)
11 January	Jana Bennett	66	Television executive (BBC Worldwide)
14 January	Sean Rice	49	Canadian pair skater (Dancing on Ice)
25 January	Barry Cryer	86	Writer (The Two Ronnies, Doctor in the House), comedian and actor
29 January	Leonard Fenton	95	Actor (EastEnders)
	Jo Kendall	81	Actress (Emmerdale), comedian and writer
8 February	Bamber Gascoigne	87	Television presenter (University Challenge)
9 February	Joseph Horovitz	95	Composer (Rumpole of the Bailey) and conductor
13 February	Beryl Vertue	90	Television producer (Men Behaving Badly, Sherlock)
16 February	Jack Smethurst	89	Actor and comedian (Love Thy Neighbour)
22 February	Anna Karen	85	Actress (On the Buses, EastEnders)
24 February	Henry Lincoln	92	Writer (Doctor Who) and actor (The Avengers)
1 March	Bob Wellings	87	Television presenter and journalist (Nationwide)
2 March	John Stahl	68	Actor (Game of Thrones, Take the High Road)
4 March	Dai Jones	78	Television presenter (Cefn Gwlad)

References

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