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1975 in British television

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This is a list of British television related events from 1975.

Events

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January

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  • 2 January – The police drama series The Sweeney premieres on ITV, with John Thaw and Dennis Waterman.
  • 6 January – Due to financial cutbacks at the BBC, BBC1 scales back its weekday early afternoon programming. Consequently, apart from schools programmes, adult education and live sport, the channel now shows a trade test transmission between 2pm and the start of children's programmes and when not broadcasting actual programmes, BBC2 begins fully closing down on weekdays between 11:30am and 4pm.
  • 22 January–26 February – Drama series The Love School, about the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, is broadcast on BBC2.

February

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March

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April

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May

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June

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July

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August

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September

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  • 2 September – Runaround, the long-running children's game show hosted by comedian Mike Reid is first broadcast on ITV.
  • 3 September – ITV begins showing the supernatural children's anthology series Shadows.
  • 4 September – Gerry Anderson's live-action science fiction series Space: 1999 airs on ITV, starring Martin Landau.
  • 19 September – BFBS Television broadcasts for the first time, in Celle, near Hanover in the West Germany from Trenchard Barracks.[5] The service consists of taped broadcasts from the BBC and ITV, flown to Germany from London which are then rebroadcast using low-power UHF transmitters.[6]
  • 19 September – John Cleese's much-loved hotel comedy series Fawlty Towers debuts on BBC2, with the episode "A Touch of Class".
  • 20 September – ITV Southern show the 1972 made for television horror film The Night Stalker, starring Darren McGavin, ahead of other ITV regions.
  • 25 September – Yorkshire Television premieres Animal Kwackers, the British version of the American television series The Banana Splits Adventure Hour which ended almost six years earlier but shorter and very different from the U.S. version. It goes on to air for 3 series.

October

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November

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  • No events.

December

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Debuts

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BBC1

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BBC2

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ITV

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Television shows

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Changes of network affiliation

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Shows Moved from Moved to
Ivor the Engine ITV BBC One
BBC Two

Returning this year after a break of one year or longer

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Continuing television shows

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1920s

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

1930s

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  • Trooping the Colour (1937–1939, 1946–2019, 2023–present)
  • The Boat Race (1938–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–present)
  • BBC Cricket (1939, 1946–1999, 2020–2024)

1940s

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1950s

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1960s

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1970s

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Ending this year

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Births

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Deaths

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Fiddick, Peter (24 March 1975). "The truth implicit in Rediffusion's pull-out". The Guardian. London. p. 8.
  2. ^ "BBC One London – 7 June 1975 – BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.
  3. ^ "BBC One London – 21 June 1975 – BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.
  4. ^ "BBC One London – 9 June 1979 – BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.
  5. ^ "The History of Forces' Broadcasting | BFBS Television". BFBS. 18 September 1975. Archived from the original on 1 November 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
  6. ^ Coronation Street for the Rhine Army, New Scientist, 4 September 1975
  7. ^ "James Bond On TV – Movies". MI6 – The Home Of James Bond 007. 2011-04-05. Retrieved 2018-01-26.
  8. ^ "Feature Films on British Television in the 1970s".
  9. ^ "Johnny Go Home - Screenonline".
  10. ^ Duguid, Mark. "Armchair Theatre (1956–74)". BFI screenonline.
  11. ^ "What the Papers Say in pictures". The Guardian. 29 May 2008. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  12. ^ "Dad's Army". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
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