1991 in British television

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This is a list of British television related events from 1991.

Contents

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Debuts

BBC1

BBC2

ITV

BBC Scotland

Channel 4

Sky One

Channels

New channels

DateChannel
11 March BBC World Service Television
1 October The Comedy Channel

Defunct channels

DateChannel
8 April The Power Station

Rebranded channels

DateOld NameNew Name
20 AprilThe Sports Channel Sky Sports

Television shows

Changes of network affiliation

ShowsMoved fromMoved to
The Mysterious Cities of Gold BBC One The Children's Channel
Widget ITV
V Sky One
Robin of Sherwood
Thunderbirds BBC Two
MacGyver BBC One ITV
Eureeka's Castle Galaxy Channel 4

Returning this year after a break of one year or longer

Continuing television shows

1920s

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

Ending this year

Births

Deaths

DateNameAgeCinematic Credibility
1 March Katharine Blake 69actress
24 March Maudie Edwards 84actress and singer
27 March Ralph Bates 51actor ( Dear John )
17 April Michael Pertwee 74television screenwriter
4 May Bernie Winters 60comedian
8 May Ronnie Brody 72actor
15 May Ronald Lacey 55actor
18 May Betty Alberge 69actress ( Coronation Street , Brookside )
14 JuneDame Peggy Ashcroft 83actress
Bernard Miles character actor, writer and director
18 June Ronald Allen 60actor ( Crossroads )
8 July Geoff Love 73theme tune composer ( Bless This House )
21 July Jasmine Bligh 78presenter
6 August Arthur Pentelow 67actor ( Emmerdale )
10 August Jessie Robins 86actress
23 August Innes Lloyd 65television producer
29 August Dallas Adams 44actor
13 October Donald Houston 67actor
17 October J. G. Devlin 84actor
14 December John Arlott 77sports commentator
Robert Eddison 83actor
15 December Ray Smith 55actor
19 December Paul Maxwell 70Canadian actor (Coronation Street)
21 December Colin Douglas 79actor

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