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1951 in British television
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Overview of the events of 1951 in British television
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This is a list of
British television
related events from 1951.
Contents
Events
January – June
July
August – September
October
November – December
Unknown
Debuts
Continuing television shows
1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s
Ending this year
Births
See also
References
External links
Events
January – June
No events.
July
16 July –
What's My Line?
debuts on the
BBC Television Service
. It will be one of the top-rated programmes for the rest of the decade and make a star of its host,
Eamonn Andrews
, who takes over from
Gilbert Harding
from the second
episode
.
August – September
No events.
October
12 October – The
Holme Moss
transmitter is opened in
Northern England
, making the
BBC Television Service
available to the region for the first time.
November – December
No events.
Unknown
The BBC broadcasts horse racing for the first time when it televises races from Ascot.
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Debuts
6 February –
The Railway Children
(1951)
20 May –
The Black Arrow
(1951)
17 June –
Five Children and It
(1951)
16 July –
What's My Line?
(1951–1963, 1973-1974, 1984-1990)
29 July –
The Final Test
(1951)
12 August –
Albert
(1951)
2 September –
Treasure on Pelican
(1951)
25 September –
Puck of Pook's Hill
(1951)
20 October
Sherlock Holmes
(1951)
Stranger from Space
(1951-1952)
6 November –
Sara Crewe
(1951)
Unknown
The Charlie Chester Show
(1951, 1955)
The Inch Man
(1951-1952)
Continuing television shows
1920s
BBC Wimbledon
(1927–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–2024)
1930s
Picture Page
(1936–1939, 1946–1952)
For the Children
(1937–1939, 1946–1952)
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
Kaleidoscope
(1946–1953)
Muffin the Mule
(1946–1955, 2005–2006)
Café Continental
(1947–1953)
Television Newsreel
(1948–1954)
The Ed Sullivan Show
(1948–1971)
Come Dancing
(1949–1998)
How Do You View?
(1949–1953)
1950s
Andy Pandy
(1950–1970, 2002–2005)
Ending this year
23 January
–
Little Women
(1950
–
1951)
24 November –
Sherlock Holmes
(1951)
Births
7 January –
Helen Worth
, born Cathryn Helen Wigglesworth, actress
21 January –
Rosemary Shrager
, chef and presenter
6 February –
Kevin Whately
, actor
15 February –
Jane Seymour
, born Joyce Frankenberg, actress
18 March –
Paul Barber
, actor
13 April –
Peter Davison
, actor
20 April –
Louise Jameson
, actress
11 May –
Kay Mellor
, born Kay Daniel, scriptwriter and actress (died 2022)
13 May –
Selina Scott
, journalist, newsreader and television presenter
4 June –
David Yip
, actor
28 June –
Lalla Ward
, actress
4 September –
David Renwick
, scriptwriter
10 September –
Sally Grace
, satirist, actress and voice actress
30 September –
John Lloyd
, producer
6 November –
Nigel Havers
, actor
15 November –
Billy McColl
, actor (died 2014)
24 November –
Margaret Mountford
, lawyer, businesswoman and television personality
20 December –
Peter May
, novelist and television dramatist
See also
1951 in British music
1951 in British radio
1951 in the United Kingdom
List of British films of 1951
References
↑
End of an era as BBC loses racing coverage to Channel 4
External links
List of 1951 British television series
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