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This is a list of British television related events from 2002.

Contents

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Debuts

BBC One

13 October – Sahara with Michael Palin (2002)

BBC Two

BBC Choice

CBBC Channel

ITV (Including ITV1 and ITV2)

Channel 4

Channel 5/Five

Living TV

Sky One

Cartoon Network UK

Nickelodeon UK

Nicktoons UK

Fox Kids UK

Disney Channel UK

Trouble UK

Channels

New channels

DateChannel
11 February CBBC
CBeebies
2 March BBC Four
4 July Avago
22 July Nicktoons TV
24 September Chart Show TV
10 October Reality TV
14 October CNX
30 October The Hits
UK History
31 October Solent TV
TMF
5 December NASN
9 December Sky One Mix
13 December E! Europe

Defunct channels

DateChannel
22 January UTV2
2 March BBC Knowledge
8 AprilShop!
30 April Granada Breeze
Tara Television
12 May ITV Sport Channel
30 September Play UK
31 December F1 Digital+

Rebranded channels

DateOld NameNew Name
20 MayChallenge TVChallenge?
1 JulySky Premier/MovieMax/CinemaSky Movies Premier/Max/Cinema
16 SeptemberChannel 5 Five
30 SeptemberITN News Channel ITV News Channel

Television shows

Changes of network affiliation

ShowMoved fromMoved to
Dig and Dug Channel 4 Five
Ky's Boomerang ITV Boomerang
Blockbusters Sky1 Challenge
Knightmare Sci-Fi Channel
You Bet! ITV
Wheel of Fortune
Looney Tunes / Merrie Melodies BBC Two/CBBC
The Fairly OddParents! Nickelodeon BBC One
SpongeBob SquarePants ITV
As Told by Ginger

Returning this year after a break of one year or longer

Continuing television shows

1920s

1930s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

Ending this year

Births

Deaths

DateNameAgeCinematic Credibility
12 January Stanley Unwin 90comic performer ( The Secret Service )
15 January Jeremy Hawk 83actor and host of Criss Cross Quiz
17 January Peter Adamson [240] 71actor ( Coronation Street )
24 January Stuart Burge 84television director
29 January Stratford Johns 76actor ( Z-Cars )
Phil McCall actor ( Minder )
11 February Barry Foster 74actor ( The Troubleshooters , Van der Valk )
21 February John Thaw [241] 60actor ( Inspector Morse , The Sweeney , Kavanagh Q.C. )
27 February Spike Milligan [242] 83comedian
4 March Eric Flynn 62actor
6 March Donald Wilson 91television producer and scriptwriter ( Doctor Who , The Forsyte Saga )
25 March Kenneth Wolstenholme [243] 81 BBC football commentator and presenter
27 March Dudley Moore [244] 66comedian and actor ( Not Only... But Also )
31 March Barry Took [245] 73comedian, writer and television presenter
11 April Delphi Lawrence 70actress ( The Saint , Sir Francis Drake )
12 April Howard Pays 74actor ( Sixpenny Corner )
15 April Dave King 72actor ( Coronation Street )
21 April Terry Walsh 62actor and stuntman
22 April Christopher Price [246] 34television presenter
25 April Michael Bryant 74actor ( The Stone Tape , The Roads to Freedom )
1 May John Nathan-Turner 54television producer ( Doctor Who )
10 May Austen Kark 75television director (BBC World Service)
15 May Bryan Pringle 67actor ( The Dustbinmen , Auf Wiedersehen, Pet , Inspector Morse )
17 May Norman Vaughan 79actor and comedian
18 May Gordon Wharmby 68actor ( Last of the Summer Wine )
25 May Pat Coombs [247] 75actress ( Till Death Us Do Part , EastEnders )
30 May Kenny Craddock 52theme tune composer ( Joking Apart )
26 June Dermot Walsh 77actor ( Richard the Lionheart )
9 July Gerald Campion 81actor ( Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School )
23 July Leo McKern [248] 82actor ( Rumpole of the Bailey )
24 July Maurice Denham 92actor
26 July Tony Anholt 61actor ( Howards' Way )
28 July Jack Karnehm 85 BBC snooker commentator
29 July Peter Bayliss 80actor ( Please Sir! , The Sweeney , Coronation Street , Lovejoy , The Bill )
3 August Carmen Silvera 80actress (Edith Artois in 'Allo 'Allo! )
7 September Katrin Cartlidge 41actress ( Brookside )
Michael Elphick [249] 55actor ( Boon , EastEnders )
29 September Edmund Trebus [184] 83 compulsive hoarder who featured in the BBC's A Life of Grime
8 October Phyllis Calvert 87actress ( Kate , Crown Court , Tales of the Unexpected , After Henry )
17 October Pattie Coldwell [250] 50television presenter and journalist
24 October Charmian May 65actress ( The Good Life , Keeping Up Appearances , You're Only Young Twice )
25 October Richard Harris [251] 72actor ( Harry Potter films)
7 November Dilys Hamlett 74actress
8 November Christopher Parsons 70television producer ( Life on Earth )
27 November Stanley Black 89theme tune composer
10 December Ian MacNaughton 76comedy producer-director ( Monty Python's Flying Circus )
17 December James Hazeldine [252] 55actor ( London's Burning )
19 December Roger Webb 68theme tune composer ( Strange Report , Hammer House of Horror , The Gentle Touch , Paradise Postponed , George and Mildred )
20 December Joanne Campbell [253] 38actor

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