1969 in British television

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This is a list of British television related events from 1969.

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Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Unknown

Debuts

BBC1

BBC2

ITV

Continuing television shows

1920s

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1950s

1960s

Ending this year

Births

Deaths

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