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This is a list of
British television related events from 2000.
Events
January
*1 January
**''
2000 Today'', the marathon 28-hour live broadcast to celebrate the dawn of the new millennium, ends at 1:30pm.
**Launch of ''
Castaway 2000
''Castaway 2000'' is a reality TV programme broadcast on BBC One throughout 2000. The programme followed a group of thirty-six men, women, and children who were tasked with building a community on the remote Scottish island of Taransay.
Descr ...
'' on
BBC One
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, ...
, a reality television show billed as a bold experiment for the new millennium. Thirty-six men, women and children from the British public, are placed on
Taransay
Taransay ( gd, Tarasaigh, ) is an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It was the host of the British television series '' Castaway 2000''. Uninhabited since 1974, except for holidaymakers, Taransay is the largest Scottish island without a p ...
for a year. Taransay is a remote Scottish island in the
Outer Hebrides and the group must build a sustainable self-sufficient community. The programme ends on New Year's Day 2001.
**
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a fourth television service ...
airs ''
The Biggest Breakfast Ever'', an eight-hour overnight millennium special with
Johnny Vaughan
Jonathan Randal Vaughan (born 16 July 1966) is an English television and radio presenter and a film critic. He was the main presenter of '' Capital Breakfast'' alongside Lisa Snowdon on 95.8 Capital FM between 2004 and 2011.
Vaughan currently ...
and
Liza Tarbuck. The channel's New Year's Day schedule also includes a
contemporary version of ''
Cinderella
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'' starring
Kathleen Turner.
**
ITV airs the final episode of ''
Gladiators
A gladiator ( la, gladiator, "swordsman", from , "sword") was an armed combatant who entertained audiences in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire in violent confrontations with other gladiators, wild animals, and condemned criminals. Some gla ...
'', the ending was dedicated to the
LWT
London Weekend Television (LWT) (now part of the non-franchised ITV London region) was the ITV network franchise holder for Greater London and the Home Counties at weekends, broadcasting from Fridays at 5.15 pm (7:00 pm from 1968 un ...
videotape editor Clayton Parker who died in a car accident at the age of 45 in February 1999.
*2 January
**Provisional viewing figures suggest BBC One's millennium coverage was watched by 12.8 million viewers as the New Year was welcomed in at midnight, more than twice the usual audience for New Year television. ITV's coverage was seen by 4.1 million.
**BBC One airs a millennium special of its garden makeover series ''
Ground Force'' in which
Alan Titchmarsh,
Charlie Dimmock
Charlotte Elouise Dimmock (born 10 August 1966) is an English gardening expert and television presenter. She was a member of the team on '' Ground Force'', a BBC gardening makeover programme, airing from 1997 to 2005.
Since then, Dimmock has ...
and
Tommy Walsh travel to the South African village of
Qunu
Qunu () is a Xhosa rural village in South Africa's Eastern Cape Province, south-west of Mthatha on the road between Dutywa and Mthatha.
The Mandela family
Former President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela was born near Qunu in the village ...
to design and build a garden for the former
President
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* President (education), a leader of a college or university
* President (government title)
President may also refer to:
Automobiles
* Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...
Nelson Mandela.
**
Sarah Lancashire
Sarah-Jane Abigail Lancashire (born 10 October 1964) is an English actress from Oldham, England. She graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1986 and began her career in local theatre, whilst teaching drama classes at the ...
returns to ''
Coronation Street'' as
Raquel Watts for a special one-off episode in which she is reunited with husband
Curly (
Kevin Kennedy). The episode is watched by an average of 17.5 million viewers, peaking at 18.6 million.
*3 January – The highest rated UK programme of the year so far is recorded, an episode of ''
Coronation Street'' that gets 18.96 million viewers.
*6 January – Following a brief return to the series during 1999,
Gillian Taylforth
Gillian Taylforth (born 14 August 1955) is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Kathy Beale on the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', and has also appeared as Jackie Pascoe, Jackie Pascoe/Webb on ITV Network, ITV's ''Footballers' Wi ...
leaves her ''
EastEnders'' role as
Kathy Beale
Kathy Beale (also Mitchell and Sullivan) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Gillian Taylforth. Portrayed as "an attractive, bright, caring and highly moral woman", Kathy is one of the serial's original ...
.
*7 January
**The long-running BBC children's programme ''
Blue Peter'' reunites two former presenting teams to dig up the time capsules they buried for the year 2000 in 1971 and 1984.
**A brand new stop-motion animated series for preschoolers ''
Yoho Ahoy
''Yoho Ahoy'' is a 2000–01 British animated children's television series about a group of pirates, known as Yohos, who live on board their big pirate ship, ''The Rubber Duck''. The title of the show derives from the fact that the only words the ...
'' is first broadcast on BBC One.
*12 January – A police officer charged over the crash that left television presenter
Sheena McDonald
Sheena Elizabeth McDonald (born 25 July 1954, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland) is a Scottish journalist and broadcaster.
Early life
She was the daughter of Very Rev William J. G. McDonald, minister of Mayfield church in Edinburgh, and Moderator o ...
in hospital is acquitted following a hearing at
Horseferry Road Magistrates' Court.
*17 January – BBC Two begins a
four-part adaptation of ''
Gormenghast'',
Mervyn Peake
Mervyn Laurence Peake (9 July 1911 – 17 November 1968) was an English writer, artist, poet, and illustrator. He is best known for what are usually referred to as the '' Gormenghast'' books. The four works were part of what Peake conceived ...
's series of fantasy novels. The series, starring
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Jonathan Rhys Meyers (born Jonathan Michael Francis O'Keeffe; 27 July 1977) is an Irish actor, model and musician. He is known for his roles in the films ''Michael Collins'' (1996), '' Velvet Goldmine'' (1998), ''Titus'' (1999), '' Bend It Like ...
is launched with a massive publicity campaign, but is panned by critics and loses 40% of its viewership by the third episode. Figures indicated that the first episode is watched by 4.2 million, a healthy audience for a BBC Two programme, but that by the third episode, aired on 31 January, has fallen to 2.5 million.
*18 January
**ITV sports commentator Steve Smith is reprimanded by the
Independent Television Commission
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) licensed and regulated commercial television services in the United Kingdom (except S4C in Wales) between 1 January 1991 and 28 December 2003.
History
The creation of ITC, by the Broadcasting Act ...
for calling a French rugby player a "stroppy little frog" after he threw the ball at an opponent during a
World Cup
A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ...
match between France and Fiji in October 1999.
**Retired Naval Officer Peter Lee becomes the biggest winner to date on ITV's ''
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'' (often informally called ''Millionaire'') is an international television game show franchise of British origin, created by David Briggs, Mike Whitehill and Steven Knight. In its format, currently owned and l ...
'' after winning £500,000. He is also the first person to have the opportunity to answer the £1 million question which concerns the location of
Durham County Cricket Club
Durham County Cricket Club (rebranded as Durham Cricket in February 2019) is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Durham. Founded in 1882, D ...
, but takes the money after being unsure of the answer. The show would have its first £1 million winner in November.
**The BBC confirms that
Danniella Westbrook
Danniella Westbrook (born 5 November 1973) is an English actress, best known for originally playing Sam Mitchell in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' on and off from 1990 to 2000 and 2009 to 2016. Away from ''EastEnders'', she has presented va ...
will leave ''
EastEnders'' for the second time in four years, her character,
Sam Mitchell only having returned to the series in 1999.
*19 January – Former ''
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* Brookside, Berkshire, England
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'' actress
Gabrielle Glaister
Gabrielle Glaister is an English actress, best known for her role as Patricia Farnham in British soap opera ''Brookside'' and Trish Wallace in ''Family Affairs''. She is notable also for her portrayal of Bob/Kate/Bobbie Parkhurst in several epis ...
is to join ''
Coronation Street'' where she will play
Debs Brownlow
The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the ITV soap opera '' Coronation Street'' in 2000, by order of first appearance.
Amy Goskirk
Amy Goskirk is an ex-girlfriend of Dev Alahan's (Jimmi Harkishin) who follows him to We ...
, the younger sister of
Natalie Barnes
Natalie Horrocks (also Brownlow and Barnes) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'', played by Denise Welch. She made her first appearance during the episode broadcast on 26 February 1997. She departed ...
(
Denise Welch
Jacqueline Denise Welch (born 22 May 1958) is an English actress, television personality, writer and broadcaster. Her roles include Natalie Barnes in ''Coronation Street'' (1997–2000), Steph Haydock in '' Waterloo Road'' (2006–2010), and ...
).
*23 January –
Helen Flanagan
Helen Flanagan (born 7 August 1990) is an English actress. She is best known for playing the role of Rosie Webster in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' from 2000 to 2012; she reprised the role in 2017, before going on maternity leave o ...
takes over the role of ''
Coronation Street'' character
Rosie Webster
Rosie Webster is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street''. She was born on-screen during the episode broadcast on 24 December 1990. She was played by Emma Collinge from 1990 until 27 December 1999. Helen Fl ...
from Emma Collinge who had played Rosie since she was ten days old. Collinge left the series to devote more time to gymnastics.
*25 January –
Fiona Bruce
Fiona Elizabeth Bruce (born 25 April 1964) is a British journalist, newsreader, and television presenter. She joined the BBC as a researcher for '' Panorama'' in 1989, and has since become the first female newsreader on the ''BBC News at Ten' ...
presents her first episode of ''
Crimewatch
''Crimewatch'' (formerly ''Crimewatch UK'') is a British television programme produced by the BBC, that reconstructs major unsolved crimes in order to gain information from the public which may assist in solving the case. The programme was o ...
'' alongside
Nick Ross
Nicholas David Ross (born 7 August 1947) is a British radio and television presenter. During the 1980s and 1990s he was one of the most ubiquitous of British broadcasters but is best known for hosting the BBC TV programme ''Crimewatch'', whi ...
, following the murder of her predecessor
Jill Dando
Jill Wendy Dando (9 November 1961 – 26 April 1999) was an English journalist, television presenter and newsreader. She spent most of her career at the BBC and was the corporation's Personality of the Year in 1997. At the time of her death, her ...
.
*27 January
**
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a fourth television service ...
's ''
The 11 O'Clock Show
''The 11 O'Clock Show'' is a satirical late-night British television comedy series on Channel 4 which featured topical sketches and commentary on news items. It ran between 30 September 1998 and 8 December 2000, most notably hosted by Iain Lee a ...
'' is criticised by the
Broadcasting Standards Commission
The Office of Communications, commonly known as Ofcom, is the government-approved regulatory and competition authority for the broadcasting, telecommunications and postal industries of the United Kingdom.
Ofcom has wide-ranging powers acros ...
for including a reference to murdered television presenter
Jill Dando
Jill Wendy Dando (9 November 1961 – 26 April 1999) was an English journalist, television presenter and newsreader. She spent most of her career at the BBC and was the corporation's Personality of the Year in 1997. At the time of her death, her ...
which would have caused "widespread public offence". Channel 4 says that the item which aired on 26 October 1999, was meant to be a criticism of the high cost of the murder investigation and the ratings war between BBC One and ITV.
**
BBC One
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, ...
broadcasts the final episode of ''
Dinnerladies''.
*31 January –
Carlton Kids ceases broadcasting after 14 months on the air.
February
*1 February
**
Greg Dyke
Gregory Dyke (born 20 May 1947) is a British media executive, football administrator, journalist, and broadcaster. Since the 1960s, Dyke has had a long career in the UK in print and then broadcast journalism. He is credited with introducing ' ...
takes over as
Director-General of the BBC
The director-general of the British Broadcasting Corporation is chief executive and (from 1994) editor-in-chief of the BBC.
The position was formerly appointed by the Board of Governors of the BBC (for the period of 1927 to 2007) and then t ...
.
**
Carlton World ceases broadcasting after 14 months on the air.
*3 February –
Joe Absolom
Joe Absolom (born 16 December 1978) is an English actor known for his roles as Matthew Rose in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' and Al Large in the ITV comedy drama '' Doc Martin''.
Early life
Absolom was born in Lewisham, London. A former ...
makes his final ''
EastEnders'' appearance in a dramatic storyline that sees his character,
Matthew Rose get his revenge against
Steve Owen after Rose was wrongly convicted of the manslaughter of Owen's girlfriend.
*5 February – An episode of ''
Casualty
Casualty may refer to:
*Casualty (person), a person who is killed or rendered unfit for service in a war or natural disaster
**Civilian casualty, a non-combatant killed or injured in warfare
* The emergency department of a hospital, also known as ...
'' in which the character
Amy Howard (played by
Rebecca Wheatley
Rebecca Catherine Anne Wheatley (born 25 April 1965) is a British actress and musician.
Wheatley grew up in Teddington, Middlesex, where she went to St Catherine's convent school, before gaining her BA in English literature from the Universi ...
) is persuaded to attend a singing audition. The song she performs,
Stay with Me Baby
"Stay with Me" (often credited as "Stay with Me Baby") is a soul song co-written by Jerry Ragovoy and George David Weiss. It was first recorded in 1966 by Lorraine Ellison, and produced by Ragovoy.
Ellison recorded "Stay with Me" at a last-min ...
is subsequently released as a single by Wheatley who had been a singer prior to her acting career.
*7 February –
Director-General of the BBC
The director-general of the British Broadcasting Corporation is chief executive and (from 1994) editor-in-chief of the BBC.
The position was formerly appointed by the Board of Governors of the BBC (for the period of 1927 to 2007) and then t ...
Greg Dyke
Gregory Dyke (born 20 May 1947) is a British media executive, football administrator, journalist, and broadcaster. Since the 1960s, Dyke has had a long career in the UK in print and then broadcast journalism. He is credited with introducing ' ...
launches his "Cut the Crap" initiative, a drive to cut red tape at the BBC. Staff are issued with yellow cards bearing the phrase "Cut the crap, make it happen" which they are encouraged to brandish at meetings if they feel inertia is getting in the way of creativity.
*10 February – ''
Coronation Street'' confirms that
Jane Danson
Jane Danson (born Jane Elizabeth Dawson, 8 November 1978) is an English actress. She is known for her portrayal of Leanne Battersby in the ITV soap opera, ''Coronation Street'', between 1997 and 2000, and from 2004 onwards. Her other televisio ...
who plays
Leanne Battersby
Leanne Battersby (also Tilsley and Barlow) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera '' Coronation Street'', played by Jane Danson. It was announced in February 1997 that a "family from hell" would be introduced to ''Coronation ...
will leave the soap later in the year.
*11 February – Debut of ''Reach for the Moon'' on ITV, starring Lynda Bellingham.
*12 February – BBC One airs ''When Changing Rooms Met Ground Force'', a crossover edition of its two popular design and makeover shows, ''
Changing Rooms'' and ''
Ground Force''.
*13 February – BBC Two airs ''Gimme Some Truth'', a documentary featuring footage of
John Lennon
John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter, musician and peace activist who achieved worldwide fame as founder, co-songwriter, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of ...
as he recorded his 1971 album ''
Imagine
Imagine may refer to:
* Imagination
Music Albums
* ''Imagine'' (Armin van Buuren album), 2008
* ''Imagine'' (Eva Cassidy album), 2002
* ''Imagine'' (Janice Vidal album), 2012
* ''Imagine'' (John Lennon album), 1971
** ''Imagine: John Lennon' ...
''.
*15 February – BBC One airs a one-off quiz, ''A Question of EastEnders'' to celebrate the soap's 15th anniversary.
*18 February – Kevin Pallister leaves ''
Emmerdale
''Emmerdale'' (known as ''Emmerdale Farm'' until 1989) is a British soap opera that is broadcast on ITV1. The show is set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, ...
'' as Graham Clark.
*19 February – ''
EastEnders'' celebrates its 15th anniversary on
BBC One
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, ...
.
*23 February – The first episode of the children's drama ''
Hero to Zero'' is broadcast on BBC One.
*24 February – ''
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...
'' reports that Australian soap ''
Home and Away'' will move from ITV to Channel 5 after the latter paid £40 million for the broadcast rights. It is the first time the channel has poached a programme from its rival.
*27 February – BBC One airs the first episode of ''
Monarch of the Glen''.
*28 February – Having decided not to adopt the 1999
ITV generic look,
Scottish and
Grampian
Grampian ( gd, Roinn a' Mhonaidh) was one of nine former local government regions of Scotland created in 1975 by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and abolished in 1996 by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994. The region t ...
launch a new on-screen logo.
March
*1 March –
Carlton Select
Carlton Select was a British digital television channel, owned by Carlton Television. It was originally launched in June 1995 as SelecTV, by the independent production company of the same name, before being purchased by Carlton in 1997 who re ...
closes, with
Carlton's two other channels,
Carlton Cinema and
Carlton Food Network expanding their broadcasting hours in the wake Carlton Select's demise.
*2 March – The axe falls on some ''
EastEnders'' characters, including
Ricky Butcher
Ricky Butcher is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Sid Owen. Introduced as a school boy in 1988, Ricky is one of the longest-running male protagonists to feature in ''EastEnders''. Owen originally left the r ...
.
*4 March – ITV broadcasts ''
The Brit Awards 2000'', hosted by
Davina McCall
Davina Lucy Pascale McCall (born 16 October 1967) is an English television presenter. She was the presenter of the reality show '' Big Brother'' during its run on Channel 4 between 2000 and 2010. She also hosted Channel 4's ''Streetmate'' (199 ...
.
*5 March – Former
Take That
Take That are an English pop group formed in Manchester in 1990. The group currently consists of Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Mark Owen. The original line-up also featured Jason Orange and Robbie Williams. Barlow is the group's lead singer ...
singer
Gary Barlow
Gary Barlow (born 20 January 1971) is an English singer, songwriter, record producer, and television personality. He is the lead singer of the British pop group Take That.
Barlow is one of the United Kingdom's most successful songwriters, havi ...
makes his acting debut in the 150th episode of ''
Heartbeat'', playing a hitchhiker named Mike Shannon.
*7 March – ''
Coronation Street'' confirms that television presenter
Naomi Russell will join the series to play factory worker
Bobbi Lewis.
*11 March – ITV broadcasts ''The Lookalikes Agency''.
*12 March – ITV airs the drama ''Hero of the Hour'', starring
Ross Kemp
Ross James Kemp (born 21 July 1964) is an English actor, author, and television presenter. He rose to prominence in the role of Grant Mitchell in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders''. He is also known for his other roles as Graham Lodsworth in ' ...
.
*13 March – Debut of ''The Blind Date'', a two-part ITV drama starring
Zara Turner
Zara Turner is an actress from Northern Ireland.
Acting career
Turner appeared alongside Gwyneth Paltrow and John Hannah (actor), John Hannah in the 1998 romantic drama film ''Sliding Doors'', and as Dr. Angela Moloney (again with John Hannah ( ...
.
*15 March – ITV will scrap its afternoon showing of ''Home and Away'' from 27 March after losing the soap to Channel 5, but it will continue to air in the early evening slot.
*16 March –
The Britt Allcroft Company
Gullane Entertainment PLC was a British independent production company which produced children's programming, including ''Thomas & Friends'' (1984–2021), '' Shining Time Station'' (1989–1993), and '' The Magic Adventures of Mumfie'' (1994–1 ...
best known for producing the first five series of ''
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends
''Thomas & Friends'' (originally known as ''Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends'' and later ''Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures!'') is a British children's television series that aired across 24 series from 1984 to 2021. Based on ''The ...
'' acquires the rights to the long-running children's arts and crafts programme ''
Art Attack
''Art Attack'' is a British children's television programme revolving around art, currently hosted by Lloyd Warbey on Disney Junior, and originally airing on CITV hosted by Neil Buchanan from 1990 to 2007.
The original programme aired on CI ...
'' and other works from The Media Merchants company run by the host of the series
Neil Buchanan
Neil Buchanan (born 11 October 1956) is an English artist, photographer, and musician, best known for his work on British children's television. During his tenure as a children's television presenter, he hosted the CITV programme ''Art Attack'' ...
and Tim Edmunds.
*17 March – To mark the re-release of
Stanley Kubrick's 1971 film ''
A Clockwork Orange
''A Clockwork Orange'' may refer to:
* ''A Clockwork Orange'' (novel), a 1962 novel by Anthony Burgess
** ''A Clockwork Orange'' (film), a 1971 film directed by Stanley Kubrick based on the novel
*** ''A Clockwork Orange'' (soundtrack), the film ...
'',
FilmFour airs ''Return of A Clockwork Orange'', a documentary discussing the controversy surrounding the film. It is also shown the following day on Channel 4.
*19 March – Debut of ''Seeing Red'', an ITV drama based on the book of the same name by
Coral Atkins and starring
Sarah Lancashire
Sarah-Jane Abigail Lancashire (born 10 October 1964) is an English actress from Oldham, England. She graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1986 and began her career in local theatre, whilst teaching drama classes at the ...
and
Richard Dillane
Richard Dillane (born 1964) is a British actor. He appears in a lead role of the Netflix series ''Young Wallander'', based on the character Kurt Wallander created by novelist Henning Mankell. He played British intelligence agent Peter Nicholls i ...
.
*21 March – Channel 5 broadcasts the network premiere of ''
Metro
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Geography
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* A metropolitan area, the populated region including and surrounding an urban center
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'', starring Eddie Murphy.
*22 March – The
House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee issues a report calling on ITV to restore ''
News at Ten'' after finding that the broadcaster has seen a drop in ratings since the programme was dropped in 1999.
*24 March –
Paul Loughran
Paul Anthony Martin Loughran (born 7 July 1969 in Belfast) is a Northern Irish actor. He was educated at Methodist College Belfast. He is best known for portraying Butch Dingle in ITV Soap Opera ''Emmerdale'' in which his character died in a b ...
leaves ''
Emmerdale
''Emmerdale'' (known as ''Emmerdale Farm'' until 1989) is a British soap opera that is broadcast on ITV1. The show is set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, ...
'' after six years when his character
Butch Dingle
The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the British soap opera ''Emmerdale'' in 1994, by order of first appearance.
Eileen Pollock
Eileen Pollock is the first wife of Eric Pollard (Chris Chittell). She arrives in Emmerdale ...
dies in a bus crash.
*26 March – Debut of ''
Doctors'', BBC One's new daily serial set in a doctors' surgery. The first episode is broadcast at 6:35pm on a Sunday evening, before continuing on weekdays at 12:30pm.
*27 March – The BBC announces plans to establish an annual bursary at a college in
Falmouth for students wishing to train in broadcast journalism as a "living tribute" to TV presenter
Jill Dando
Jill Wendy Dando (9 November 1961 – 26 April 1999) was an English journalist, television presenter and newsreader. She spent most of her career at the BBC and was the corporation's Personality of the Year in 1997. At the time of her death, her ...
.
*28 March
**In its annual report, the
Independent Television Commission
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) licensed and regulated commercial television services in the United Kingdom (except S4C in Wales) between 1 January 1991 and 28 December 2003.
History
The creation of ITC, by the Broadcasting Act ...
praises Channel 5 for reducing the amount of "tacky" sex shows included in its scheduling, while ''
5 News
''5 News at 5'', also known as ''Channel 5 News'', is the news programme of British broadcaster Channel 5, produced by ITN from its main newsroom on Gray's Inn Road, London.
History
''5 News'' was one of the new station's flagship programme ...
'' and the channel's films and factual programming are also praised. However, the watchdog criticises the amount of low budget programming shown, particularly in the early hours of the morning. The ITC also has warm words for Channel 4, in particular for the "freshness and innovation" of its programming.
**BBC Two's Spring and Summer season will see actor
John Alford, jailed in 1999 for drug offences, make his return to television as a taxi passenger in a ten-minute short titled ''Talk Radio'', it is reported. Other highlights include the comedy ''
Coupling
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'' and ''
Rhona'', the first British sitcom about a lesbian.
*29 March – The
Broadcasting Standards Commission
The Office of Communications, commonly known as Ofcom, is the government-approved regulatory and competition authority for the broadcasting, telecommunications and postal industries of the United Kingdom.
Ofcom has wide-ranging powers acros ...
reprimands ''
EastEnders'' for episodes screened in December 1999 that featured characters attending a stag and hen weekend in Amsterdam which showed drinking, drug taking and sexual innuendo. An episode of ''
Goodness Gracious Me'' aired in February is also criticised for a sketch in which
mango chutney was spread on
communion bread, something that several viewers felt was disrespectful to the
Eucharist
The Eucharist (; from Greek , , ), also known as Holy Communion and the Lord's Supper, is a Christian rite that is considered a sacrament in most churches, and as an ordinance in others. According to the New Testament, the rite was instit ...
.
*30 March –
UK Arena is renamed UK Drama.
April
*3 April –
BSkyB airs the first interactive TV advert for the cooking sauce
Chicken Tonight
Chicken Tonight is a brand of sauce intended to be added to chicken pieces in a skillet, available in flavors such as Honey & Mustard, Country French and Thai Green Curry.
History
Initially launched on October 23, 1990 under Unilever's Ragú bran ...
. Viewers are offered the option of pushing the
Red Button to visit Sky's interactive TV service
Open
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Music
* Open (band), Australian pop/rock band
* The Open (band), English indie rock band
* ''Open'' (Blues Image album), 1969
* ''Open'' (Gotthard album), 1999
* ''Open'' (Cowboy Junkies album), 2001
* ''Open'' ( ...
where they can order a money-off voucher and a recipe book and to browse through recipes.
*12 April – ITV broadcasts the
second Pride of Britain Awards
The Pride of Britain Awards is an annual award ceremony which has taken place in the United Kingdom since May 1999 and first televised on ITV in April 2000.
The awards honour British people who have acted bravely or extraordinarily in challen ...
which attracts an audience of 10.2 million. The figures prove to be a surprise for the broadcaster and are higher than those achieved by the
2000 BRIT Awards
Brit Awards 2000 was the 20th edition of the Brit Awards, an annual pop music awards ceremony in the United Kingdom. They are run by the British Phonographic Industry and took place on 3 March 2000 at Earls Court in London.
Performances
Winn ...
which had 8.8 million viewers and the
BAFTA Awards that aired on
Sky One which had a viewership of 100,000.
*14 April – Former MI5 Officer
David Shayler
David Shayler (; born 24 December 1965) is a former British MI5 officer and a conspiracy theorist. Shayler was prosecuted under the Official Secrets Act 1989 for passing secret documents to ''The Mail on Sunday'' in August 1997 that alleged th ...
who fled from the UK after passing secret documents to the ''
Mail on Sunday
''The Mail on Sunday'' is a British conservative newspaper, published in a tabloid format. It is the biggest-selling Sunday newspaper in the UK and was launched in 1982 by Lord Rothermere. Its sister paper, the ''Daily Mail'', was first pub ...
'', appears as a guest on ''
Have I Got News for You''. Because he faces arrest if he returns to the UK, his contribution is recorded via satellite from a studio in France which affected the timing of the comedy on that edition.
*17 April
**A former researcher on ''
The Vanessa Show
''The Vanessa Show'' is a British chat show presented by Vanessa Feltz which was broadcast on BBC One from January to July 1999. It was cancelled following a scandal revealed by the ''Daily Mirror
The ''Daily Mirror'' is a British national d ...
'' wins libel damages against ''
The Mirror'' newspaper after it published an article in February 1999 claiming she knew many of the guests she had hired for the show were fakes.
**The shopping channel
Ideal World
Ideal World is a British TV shopping channel, broadcasting on Freeview, Satellite, Cable and online, with transactional websites, broadcast from studios in Peterborough.
History
Ideal World has its origins in the 1980s as a mail order compan ...
is launched.
*20 April – After twelve years as
Ricky Butcher
Ricky Butcher is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Sid Owen. Introduced as a school boy in 1988, Ricky is one of the longest-running male protagonists to feature in ''EastEnders''. Owen originally left the r ...
,
Sid Owen
Sid Owen (born David Sutton; 12 January 1972) is an English actor, television presenter and former singer, who played Ricky Butcher in the BBC One soap opera ''EastEnders'' on and off since 1988. He also appeared in the tenth series of ''Stric ...
makes his final appearance in ''EastEnders'' where his character is seen leaving for Europe in a lorry.
*28 April – Channel 4 confirms that
Liza Tarbuck will leave ''
The Big Breakfast
''The Big Breakfast'' is a British breakfast light entertainment television programme that was broadcast on Channel 4. Originally presented by Chris Evans and Gaby Roslin, the show was latterly presented by Mo Gilligan and AJ Odudu.
The p ...
'' to return to acting after the presenter broke the news on the programme's website. She will leave in August at the end of her year-long contract.
*30 April –
Guinness's 1999
Surfer advertisement is voted No. 1 in a poll of the top 100 greatest television adverts of all time in a show for Channel 4.
May
*1 May
**ITV's Day of Promise, a series of special programmes throughout the day hosted by
Eammon Holmes,
Carol Vorderman
Carol Jean Vorderman, HonFIET (born 24 December 1960) is a Welsh media personality, best known for appearing on the game show ''Countdown'' for 26 years from 1982 until 2008, as a newspaper columnist and nominal author of educational and diet ...
and
Danielle Nicholls
Danielle Audrey Nicholls is an English television presenter, radio host, model and singer best known for her presenting of CITV from 1998 to 2001, and Night Fever on Channel 5. She hosts and games on a Twitch channel, BiigNoobs, with her younge ...
. The day is part of a 12-month campaign in which people around Britain are asked to make a simple pledge to do something positive for the first year of the new millennium. Among the programmes aired that day include the first celebrity edition of ''
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'' (often informally called ''Millionaire'') is an international television game show franchise of British origin, created by David Briggs, Mike Whitehill and Steven Knight. In its format, currently owned and l ...
''.
**Formal broadcasting of
pay-per-view (PPV) service ONrequest begins.
*4 May – ''Coronation Street'' confirms that
Charles Lawson
Quintin Charles Devenish "Charlie" Lawson (born 17 September 1959) is an actor, from Northern Ireland, who is best known for playing Jim McDonald on the long-running ITV soap opera, ''Coronation Street''.
Early life and education
Lawson was b ...
who plays
Jim McDonald, is to be written out of the series when his contract ends in October.
*9 May –
Durham University wins the
1999–2000 series of ''
University Challenge
''University Challenge'' is a British television quiz programme which first aired in 1962. ''University Challenge'' aired for 913 episodes on ITV from 21 September 1962 to 31 December 1987, presented by quizmaster Bamber Gascoigne. The BBC ...
'', beating
Oriel College, Oxford 325–135.
*13 May
**Four senior television figures,
Alastair Burnet
Sir James William Alexander Burnet (12 July 192820 July 2012), known as Alastair Burnet, was a British journalist and broadcaster, best known for his work in news and current affairs programmes, including a long career with ITN as chief presente ...
,
David Nicholas,
Geoffrey Cox and
Nigel Ryan have written to the Independent Television Commission accusing ITV of ruining its reputation by replacing ''News at Ten'' with "weak series, entertainment trivia and mildly pornographic programmes", it is reported.
**Denmark's
Olsen Brothers
Olsen Brothers ( da, Brødrene Olsen) are a Danish rock/pop music duo, formed by brothers Jørgen (born 15 March 1950) and Niels "Noller" Olsen (born 13 April 1954), both from Odense, who won the Eurovision Song Contest 2000. They formed their f ...
win the
2000 Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest 2000 was the 45th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Stockholm, Sweden, following the country's victory at the with the song "Take Me to Your Heaven" by Charlotte Nilsson. Organised by the Europea ...
with
Fly on the Wings of Love
"Fly on the Wings of Love" is a song by Danish pop-rock duo Olsen Brothers, which was the winner of Eurovision Song Contest 2000, performing for in English. The song was performed fourteenth on the night, following 's Serafín Zubiri with " Col ...
.
* 17 May – The completion of
NTL
NTL may refer to:
Companies
* NTL Incorporated and NTL Internet, later Virgin Media, communications media company
** NTL Ireland, later Virgin Media Ireland
* Arqiva, UK company formerly ''NTL Broadcast'' and ''National Transcommunications L ...
's purchase of Cable & Wireless’ cable assets takes place. two months after the sale was cleared by the
Competition Commission
The Competition Commission was a non-departmental public body responsible for investigating mergers, markets and other enquiries related to regulated industries under competition law in the United Kingdom. It was a competition regulator under t ...
.
*18 May – The Independent Television Commission rejects proposals by ITV to improve promotion of its news bulletins and increase spending on evening programming. The broadcaster's nightly news bulletin has suffered a drop in ratings since ''
News at Ten'' was axed last year.
*20 May –
Gary Mullen, performing as
Freddie Mercury wins the eleventh series of ''
Stars in Their Eyes
''Stars in Their Eyes'' is a British television talent series, based on Joop van den Ende's Dutch format ''Soundmixshow''. It featured a singing contest in which members of the public impersonate showbiz stars.
The show premiered on 21 July 1 ...
''.
*22 May – Following a hearing at
Inner London Crown Court
The Inner London Sessions House Crown Court, more commonly known as the Inner London Crown Court and distinct from the Magistrates' court (England and Wales), Inner London Magistrates' Court, is a Crown Court building in Newington, London, Newingt ...
, former ''
Changing Rooms'' designer Liz Wagstaff is sentenced to twelve months imprisonment for deceiving friends and colleagues out of £54,000 by claiming she needed the money for specialist cancer treatment.
*24 May – BBC Two airs a special edition of ''
TOTP2'' featuring performances from
Bon Jovi.
*30 May – Six cast members of ITV's ''
The Bill
''The Bill'' is a British police procedural television series, first broadcast on ITV from 16 August 1983 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, '' Woodentop'', broadcast in August 1983.
The programme focused o ...
'' are to leave the series, it is reported. They include
Peter Ellis who plays
Chief Superintendent Brownlow and
Billy Murray who plays Detective Sergeant
Don Beech.
*May
**The licence to run Channel 5's
teletext
A British Ceefax football index page from October 2009, showing the three-digit page numbers for a variety of football news stories
Teletext, or broadcast teletext, is a standard for displaying text and rudimentary graphics on suitably equipp ...
service is awarded to
Teletext Ltd
Teletext Ltd was the provider of teletext and digital interactive services for ITV, Channel 4 and Five in the United Kingdom.
Origins
''Teletext Ltd'' started providing teletext services for ITV and Channel 4 on 1 January 1993, replacing t ...
and is valid for ten years from 1 July 2002.
**The BBC announce that
Ainsley Harriott
Ainsley Denzil Dubriel Harriott (born 28 February 1957) is an English chef and television presenter. He is known for his BBC cooking game shows '' Can't Cook, Won't Cook'' and '' Ready Steady Cook''.
Early life
Harriott was born in Paddin ...
will succeed
Fern Britton
Fern Britton (born 17 July 1957) is an English author and television presenter. She co-presented '' Breakfast Time'' in the 1980s, coming to mainstream national attention when hosting cookery game show ''Ready Steady Cook'' between 1994 and 200 ...
as the presenter of ''
Ready Steady Cook
''Ready Steady Cook'' is a BBC daytime TV cooking game show. It debuted on 24 October 1994 and the last original edition was broadcast on 2 February 2010. The programme was hosted by Fern Britton from 1994 until 2000 when celebrity chef Ainsley ...
''.
June
*2 June –
Johnny Vaughan
Jonathan Randal Vaughan (born 16 July 1966) is an English television and radio presenter and a film critic. He was the main presenter of '' Capital Breakfast'' alongside Lisa Snowdon on 95.8 Capital FM between 2004 and 2011.
Vaughan currently ...
confirms he will step down as co-presenter of ''The Big Breakfast'' in early 2001.
*4 June
**13-year-old ''
Coronation Street'' character
Sarah Platt
Sarah-Louise Barlow (also Platt, Tilsley and Grimshaw) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera '' Coronation Street''. She was born on-screen during the episode broadcast on 2 February 1987. She was played by Leah King in 1987 ...
(played by
Tina O'Brien
Tina Michelle O'Brien (born 7 August 1983) is an English actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Sarah Platt in the long-running ITV soap opera '' Coronation Street'' (1999–2008, 2015–present). She also appeared in the BBC One dram ...
) gives birth to a baby daughter called Bethany, a storyline which intensifies a national public and media frenzy surrounding the topic of teenage pregnancy.
**Marjorie Lang wins the 2000 series of ''
MasterChef
''MasterChef'' is a competitive cooking show television format created by Franc Roddam, which originated with the UK version in July 1990. The format was revived and updated for the BBC in February 2005 by executive producers Roddam and John ...
''.
*6 June –
Channel 5 airs the one-off game show ''
Naked Jungle
''Naked Jungle'' is a one-off television game show produced for the United Kingdom terrestrial TV station Channel 5 by Granada Television, airing on 6 June 2000. A gameshow with an assault course format, based on and using the same set as the c ...
'' as part of its Naturism Week. The show features presenter
Keith Chegwin
Keith Chegwin (17 January 1957 – 11 December 2017) was an English television presenter and actor, appearing in several children's entertainment shows in the 1970s and 1980s, including '' Multi-Coloured Swap Shop'' and ''Cheggers Plays Pop''.
...
and contestants completing a number of puzzle-type tasks in a jungle environment. The programme sparks a debate about nudity on television and is mentioned in the
House of Commons
The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of parliament. T ...
where
Culture Secretary Chris Smith questions the quality of British television content.
*8 June – After 11 years, ''
Home and Away'' is shown on
ITV for the final time.
It returns on
Channel 5 on 16 July 2001. The show's year-long absence occurs because of a clause in ITV's contract preventing it from being broadcast for at least a year after its ITV run ends.
[
*10 June–2 July – ]Euro 2000
The 2000 UEFA European Football Championship, also known as Euro 2000, was the 11th UEFA European Championship, a football tournament held every four years and organised by UEFA, the sport's governing body in Europe.
The finals tournament was ...
is held jointly by Belgium and the Netherlands.
*15 June
**Patsy Palmer
Julie Anne Merkell (''née'' Harris; born 26 May 1972), known professionally as Patsy Palmer, is an English actress and DJ, known for her roles as Natasha in the children's drama series ''Grange Hill'' (1985–1987), and Bianca Jackson in the ...
makes her post-''EastEnders'' debut in one-off detective drama ''McCready and Daughter'', while former ''Coronation Street'' actress Sarah Lancashire
Sarah-Jane Abigail Lancashire (born 10 October 1964) is an English actress from Oldham, England. She graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1986 and began her career in local theatre, whilst teaching drama classes at the ...
stars in the legal sitcom ''Chambers
Chambers may refer to:
Places
Canada:
*Chambers Township, Ontario
United States:
*Chambers County, Alabama
* Chambers, Arizona, an unincorporated community in Apache County
* Chambers, Nebraska
* Chambers, West Virginia
* Chambers Township, Hol ...
''.
**BBC Two airs a special edition of '' TOTP2'' dedicated to ABBA
ABBA ( , , formerly named Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid or Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Frida) are a Swedish supergroup formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. The group ...
.
*20 June – A failure at a substation in Shepherd's Bush causes a power cut at BBC Television Centre
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and leads to major disruption to BBC television and radio services.
*28 June – The Broadcasting Standards Commission upholds twelve viewer complaints about the London Weekend Television
London Weekend Television (LWT) (now part of the non-franchised ITV London region) was the ITV network franchise holder for Greater London and the Home Counties at weekends, broadcasting from Fridays at 5.15 pm (7:00 pm from 1968 un ...
documentary ''Aircraft Emergencies'' which showed slow motion footage of air crashes against the backdrop of dramatic music. The Commission felt the programme was too voyeuristic and would have added to the distress of those involved in the incidents.
*29 June – It is announced that Lisa Riley
Lisa Jane Riley (born 13 July 1976) is an English actress and television presenter. Riley portrayed Mandy Dingle in the ITV (TV channel), ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'' between 1995 and 2001, and again from 2019. She also replaced Jeremy Beadle as ...
will leave her role as ''Emmerdale
''Emmerdale'' (known as ''Emmerdale Farm'' until 1989) is a British soap opera that is broadcast on ITV1. The show is set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, ...
''s Mandy Dingle
Mandy Dingle (also Kirk-Dingle) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, ''Emmerdale'', played by Lisa Riley. She made her first appearance during the episode broadcast on 20 July 1995 and departed on 28 September 2000. She r ...
in the Autumn.
July
*1 July – C-Day in the United Kingdom. From that day, most commercial broadcasters begin broadcasting adverts, promotions, and idents in 16:9 widescreen ratio.
*3 July – ITV announce that ''Emmerdale'' will air five nights a week from the Autumn.
*6 July – The first episode of the new police procedural drama '' Burnside'' is broadcast on ITV.
*11 July – Eric Richard who plays the long-serving Sergeant Bob Cryer
George Robert Cryer (3 December 1934 – 12 April 1994) was an English Labour Party (UK), Labour Party politician from Yorkshire. He sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom as the Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parlia ...
in ''The Bill
''The Bill'' is a British police procedural television series, first broadcast on ITV from 16 August 1983 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, '' Woodentop'', broadcast in August 1983.
The programme focused o ...
'' is to leave the series, it is reported.
*14 July – The reality show '' Big Brother'' debuts in the UK on Channel 4.
*17 July – ITV launches a £500,000 advertising campaign fronted by Jerry Springer
Gerald Norman Springer (born February 13, 1944) is a British-American broadcaster, journalist, actor, producer, former lawyer, and politician. He hosted the tabloid talk show '' Jerry Springer'' between September 30, 1991 and July 26, 2018, an ...
which was aimed at repositioning ITV2 as a general entertainment channel. When it launched in December 1998, the channel had promoted itself as a younger alternative to ITV.
*20 July – The Independent Television Commission says it will issue a "legally binding" directive to ITV to move its 11pm news bulletin forward an hour if it does not restore ''News at Ten''. The ITC have been concerned about the 11pm bulletin's low ratings.
*22 July – The ten part popular culture series '' I Love the '70s'' debuts on BBC Two with ''I Love 1970'' where each edition was dedicated to a different year of the decade, the series concludes on 23 September with ''I Love 1979''.
*27 July – ITV says it will apply for a High Court judicial review into the ITC's decision to order it to move its 11pm news bulletin.
*28 July – BBC One introduces its daytime soap '' Doctors'' into the evening schedule with the first of seven weekly episodes planned to air in the Friday 7pm slot. The episodes are shown in that slot up to Friday 1 September, with the final episode of the run airing at 7:00pm on Thursday 7 September.
August
*1 August – The ITN News Channel
The ITV News Channel was a 24-hour television news channel in the United Kingdom which broadcast from 1 August 2000 to 23 December 2005. It was available on Sky, NTL:Telewest, ITV Digital (until 2002), Freeview (latterly only between 6:00 am ...
launches. It is a joint venture between ITN and NTL
NTL may refer to:
Companies
* NTL Incorporated and NTL Internet, later Virgin Media, communications media company
** NTL Ireland, later Virgin Media Ireland
* Arqiva, UK company formerly ''NTL Broadcast'' and ''National Transcommunications L ...
.
*4 August – Liza Tarbuck presents her final edition of ''The Big Breakfast
''The Big Breakfast'' is a British breakfast light entertainment television programme that was broadcast on Channel 4. Originally presented by Chris Evans and Gaby Roslin, the show was latterly presented by Mo Gilligan and AJ Odudu.
The p ...
''. Later that same day, it is confirmed that Denise van Outen will return to the show to co-host with Johnny Vaughan from 11 September until he leaves in early 2001.
*6 August – The BBC are considering a reorganisation of their digital channels to replace BBC Choice
BBC Choice was a British digital television channel which was owned by the BBC and was launched on 23 September 1998. It was the first British TV channel to broadcast exclusively in digital format, as well as the BBC's second non-analogue-terres ...
and BBC Knowledge
BBC Knowledge was a British television channel which was owned by the BBC and was launched on 1 June 1999, broadcasting documentary, cultural and educational programmes. It was shut down on 2 March 2002, and was replaced by BBC Four.
History
L ...
with BBC Three
BBC Three is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It was first launched on 9 February 2003 with programmes targeting 16 to 34-year-olds, covering all genres including animation, comedy, cur ...
and BBC Four, it is reported. The new channels would launch in February 2003 and March 2002 respectively.
*14 August _
**The first episode of the game show ''The Weakest Link
''Weakest Link'' (also known as ''The Weakest Link'') is a television game show which first appeared in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 14 August 2000 and originally ended on 31 March 2012 when its host Anne Robinson completed her contract. ...
'' is broadcast on BBC Two, presented by Anne Robinson
Anne Josephine Robinson (born 26 September 1944) is an English television presenter and journalist. She was the host of BBC game show '' The Weakest Link'' (2000–2017). She presented the Channel 4 game show ''Countdown'' from June 2021 to Jul ...
.
** The first episode of ''Ready Steady Cook
''Ready Steady Cook'' is a BBC daytime TV cooking game show. It debuted on 24 October 1994 and the last original edition was broadcast on 2 February 2010. The programme was hosted by Fern Britton from 1994 until 2000 when celebrity chef Ainsley ...
'' was presented by Ainsley Harriott
Ainsley Denzil Dubriel Harriott (born 28 February 1957) is an English chef and television presenter. He is known for his BBC cooking game shows '' Can't Cook, Won't Cook'' and '' Ready Steady Cook''.
Early life
Harriott was born in Paddin ...
is broadcast on BBC Two.
*16 August – Sophie Long, an aspiring broadcast journalist from Weston-super-Mare
Weston-super-Mare, also known simply as Weston, is a seaside town in North Somerset, England. It lies by the Bristol Channel south-west of Bristol between Worlebury Hill and Bleadon Hill. It includes the suburbs of Mead Vale, Milton, Oldmix ...
is awarded the first Jill Dando bursary, it is reported. After later graduating from Falmouth College of Arts, she is taken on by the BBC.
*17 August – Big Brother contestant Nick Bateman is evicted after attempting to influence voting on the reality show.
*25 August – Delivering the annual MacTaggart Lecture
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The Festival ...
at the Edinburgh International Television Festival
The Edinburgh International Television Festival is an annual media event held in the United Kingdom each August which brings together delegates from the television and digital world to debate the major issues facing the industry.
The Festival ...
, BBC Director-General Greg Dyke announces plans to move the BBC Nine O'Clock News
The ''BBC Nine O'Clock News'' was the flagship BBC News programme. It was launched on 14 September 1970 and ran until 13 October 2000, when it was replaced by the ''BBC Ten O'Clock News''.
History
The ''Nine O'Clock News'' was the BBC's flags ...
to 10pm, ending the bulletin's 30-year run in the 9pm time slot. The change would take place in October.
*26 August – Ian Wright
Ian Edward Wright (born 3 November 1963) is an English television and radio personality and former professional footballer. He works as a pundit for BBC Sport and ITV Sport.
Wright enjoyed success with London clubs Crystal Palace and Arsenal ...
presents the pilot of ''This is My Moment'', a singing talent show made by Granada Television. Members of the public were invited to call a premium-rate phoneline to audition for the show, 60 of whom were chosen to perform in front of a panel at Granada Studios
Old Granada Studios (known simply as Granada Studios and previously known as The Manchester Studios) is a television studio complex and events venue on Quay Street in Manchester with the facility to broadcast live and recorded television programm ...
. Of those, five were then selected to appear on the show. The public are encouraged to vote for their favourite act, with the number of calls determining the overall prize money.
*28 August
**The BBC is to buy the Steven Spielberg produced World War II
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drama '' Band of Brothers'', the most expensive television series made to date. It will air on BBC One in 2001.
**The first episode of the countryside drama '' Down to Earth'' is broadcast on BBC One
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, ...
, starring Pauline Quirke
Pauline Perpetua Sheen ( Quirke; born 8 July 1959) is an English actress who has played Sharon Theodopolopodous in the long-running comedy series '' Birds of a Feather'' (1988–1999, 2014–2017). For this role, she won the 1990 British Comed ...
and Warren Clarke
Warren Clarke (born Alan James Clarke; 26 April 1947 – 12 November 2014) was an English actor. He appeared in many films after a significant role as Dim in Stanley Kubrick's ''A Clockwork Orange''. His television appearances included '' Dalz ...
.
*30 August
**'' EastEnders'' announces the arrival of the Slater family
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who will join the soap in mid-September as a replacement for the Di Marco family.
**ITV announces plans to resurrect '' Crossroads'' with an updated format in 2001. The channel will also launch a London-based soap to rival ''EastEnders'' which is provisionally titled ''Trafalgar Road''.
September
*1–2 September – Sky One hosts a special weekend dedicated to celebrating the tenth anniversary of ''The Simpsons
''The Simpsons'' is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical depiction of American life, epitomized by the Simpson family, which consists of Homer Simpson, Homer, Marge ...
'' in the UK.
*3 September – Channel 4 airs the network television premiere of ''Elizabeth
Elizabeth or Elisabeth may refer to:
People
* Elizabeth (given name), a female given name (including people with that name)
* Elizabeth (biblical figure), mother of John the Baptist
Ships
* HMS ''Elizabeth'', several ships
* ''Elisabeth'' (sch ...
'', Shekhar Kapur
Shekhar Kulbhushan Kapur (born 6 December 1945) is an Indian filmmaker and actor. Born into the Anand-Sahni family, Kapur is the recipient of several accolades, including a BAFTA Award, a National Film Award, a National Board of Review Award a ...
's 1998 biographical period drama with Australian actress Catherine Blanchett as the title role of Queen Elizabeth, as well as British stars include Geoffrey Rush
Geoffrey Roy Rush (born 6 July 1951) is an Australian actor. He is known for his eccentric leading man roles on stage and screen. He is among 24 people who have won the Triple Crown of Acting, having received an Academy Award, a Primetime Em ...
, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Fiennes
Joseph Alberic Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (), known as Joseph Fiennes, is an English actor of film, stage, and television. Journalist Zoe Williams observed that "he seemed to be the go-to actor for English cultural history". Fiennes is particu ...
, Richard Attenborough and John Gielgud
Sir Arthur John Gielgud, (; 14 April 1904 – 21 May 2000) was an English actor and theatre director whose career spanned eight decades. With Ralph Richardson and Laurence Olivier, he was one of the trinity of actors who dominated the Brit ...
in his last feature film appearance.
*5 September – The BBC has given its permission for ''Teletubbies
''Teletubbies'' is a British children's television series created by Anne Wood and Andrew Davenport for the BBC. The programme focuses on four differently coloured characters known as the Teletubbies, named after the television screens on t ...
'' to be used in promotional material for a controversial windfarm in Wales in order to help win over critics.
*7 September – Gretchen Franklin
Gretchen Franklin (7 July 1911 – 11 July 2005) was an English actress and dancer with a career in show business spanning over 70 years. She was born in Covent Garden, Central London. She played Ethel Skinner in the long-running BBC 1 soap ope ...
makes her final '' EastEnders'' appearance as Ethel Skinner
Ethel Skinner is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders'', played by Gretchen Franklin. Ethel also features in a 1988 ''EastEnders'' special episode, entitled "CivvyStreet", set on Albert Square during World War II, in which ...
. The character is involved in a controversial euthanasia storyline after asking her friend Dot Cotton
Dorothy "Dot" Branning (also Cotton) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera, ''EastEnders'', played by June Brown. In a special episode entitled ''EastEnders: Dot's Story'' (2003) a young Dot was played by Tallulah Pitt-Brown in fl ...
(June Brown
June Muriel Brown (16 February 1927 – 3 April 2022) was an English actress and author. She was best known for her role as Dot Cotton on the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' (1985–1993; 1997–2020). In 2005, she won Best Actress at the '' ...
) to help her end her life because she has terminal cancer.
*11 September
** Granada Media plc agrees to acquire 45% of Irish commercial broadcaster TV3 from the channel's original consortium as part of a deal giving TV3 the right to simulcast programming with ITV.
**BBC One airs Episode 2000 of '' EastEnders''.
*12 September
**As the fuel protests begin to affect motorists and businesses, Sky News introduces its news ticker and regular updates to keep viewers informed of events concerning the developing crisis. BBC News and ITV News begin regular updates the following day. Through the duration of the crisis, the rolling news channels see an increase in viewers, while audiences for bulletins on BBC One and ITV increase by as much as 50 percent, their highest since the Kosovo War
The Kosovo War was an armed conflict in Kosovo that started 28 February 1998 and lasted until 11 June 1999. It was fought by the forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (i.e. Serbia and Montenegro), which controlled Kosovo before the wa ...
.
**Debut of '' Jailbreak'', a reality show described as Channel 5's answer to ''Big Brother'', in which contestants can win £100,000 by escaping from a mock prison. The three-week show, presented by Craig Charles
Craig Joseph Charles (born 11 July 1964) is an English actor, comedian, television and radio presenter. He is best known for his roles as Dave Lister in the science fiction sitcom ''Red Dwarf'' and Lloyd Mullaney in the soap opera ''Coronation ...
, Ruth England and Charlie Stayt is criticised by prisoners' groups. Roberta Woodhouse, Hannah Davies and Laura Hawkins become the first contestants to escape on 23 September.
*13 September – Peter Salmon, current Controller of BBC One is appointed the broadcaster's new Director of Sport.
*14 September – Lorraine Heggessey
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is appointed Controller of BBC One, becoming the first woman to hold the post. She will take over from present Controller, Peter Salmon on 1 November.
*15 September
**The first series of Big Brother is won by Craig Phillips
Craig Phillips (born 16 October 1971) is an English television personality and builder. He is known for winning the Big Brother (British series 1), first series of ''Big Brother (British TV series), Big Brother'' in 2000. He is trained as a bri ...
. He announces that he will be giving his £70,000 prize to his friend Joanne Harris who has Down syndrome to pay for her heart and lung transplant.
**After eleven years on the air, the final edition of ''Breakfast News
''Breakfast News'' was a breakfast news programme which first aired on BBC1 on 2 October 1989. The programme was previously known as '' Breakfast Time''. It was planned to launch on 18 September 1989 but was held back by two weeks due to tech ...
'' is broadcast on BBC One.
*15 September–1 October – The BBC broadcasts the 2000 Olympic Games with live coverage on BBC One
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, ...
from late evening until the following lunchtime. BBC Two provides alternative live mid-morning coverage during the first week.
*18 September
**Launch of The Community Channel, a free-to-air
Free-to-air (FTA) services are television (TV) and radio services broadcast in unencrypted form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscripti ...
television channel wholly owned by Media Trust and supported by major broadcasters including the BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
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.
**The Independent Television Commission rejects viewer complaints about Channel 5's ''
Naked Jungle
''Naked Jungle'' is a one-off television game show produced for the United Kingdom terrestrial TV station Channel 5 by Granada Television, airing on 6 June 2000. A gameshow with an assault course format, based on and using the same set as the c ...
'' in which contestants and presenter
Keith Chegwin
Keith Chegwin (17 January 1957 – 11 December 2017) was an English television presenter and actor, appearing in several children's entertainment shows in the 1970s and 1980s, including '' Multi-Coloured Swap Shop'' and ''Cheggers Plays Pop''.
...
were seen naked because it was aired after the watershed and did not breach decency regulations.
*20 September – BBC Two airs a special 1970s edition of ''
TOTP2''.
*21 September – ITV announces the return of ''
News at Ten'' which will air on at least three nights a week from the New Year. The decision comes a week before a judicial review into the ITC's order for the bulletin to be restored was to be heard.
* 23 September – The final edition of the Summer Saturday morning children's magazine show ''
Fully Booked
''Fully Booked'', later retitled ''FBi'', is a British children's television series produced by BBC Scotland and broadcast from 22 April 1995 to 23 September 2000.
Format Series 1–3
The first series is presented by Zoe Ball and Grant Stott, ...
'' is broadcast. This brings to an end of an almost 20 year run of BBC1 Summer only Saturday morning children's magazine shows.
*27 September – BBC Two airs a special edition of ''
TOTP2'' featuring the hits of
John Lennon
John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter, musician and peace activist who achieved worldwide fame as founder, co-songwriter, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of ...
and presented by
Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono ( ; ja, 小野 洋子, Ono Yōko, usually spelled in katakana ; born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese multimedia artist, singer, songwriter, and peace activist. Her work also encompasses performance art and filmmaking.
Ono grew up i ...
.
*30 September – BBC One airs a special gala concert paying tribute to
Jill Dando
Jill Wendy Dando (9 November 1961 – 26 April 1999) was an English journalist, television presenter and newsreader. She spent most of her career at the BBC and was the corporation's Personality of the Year in 1997. At the time of her death, her ...
, featuring some of her favourite artists. The concert was arranged to raise funds for the
Jill Dando Institute, a crime science unit planned in her memory.
*September–October –
Jacky Rowland, the
BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world. The department is the world's largest broad ...
Foreign Correspondent in
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...
is expelled from that country in the wake of the
presidential election that saw Vojislav Koštunica defeat Slobodan Milošević for alleged biased reporting. However, it later emerged Rowland did not leave Yugoslavia, but stayed in hiding as events surrounding the
overthrow of Slobodan Milošević
The overthrow of Slobodan Milošević in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, began after the presidential election on 24 September and culminated in the downfall of Slobodan Milošević's government on 5 October 2000. It is sometimes referred to as the 5 Oct ...
unfolded before emerging to report on its conclusion.
October
*1 October
**BBC One airs live coverage of the
Closing Ceremony
An opening ceremony, grand opening, or ribbon-cutting ceremony marks the official opening of a newly-constructed location or the start of an event. of the
2000 Olympic Games.
**''
Return of Nick Cotton
''EastEnders'' is a British soap opera that has aired on BBC One since 19 February 1985. Several spin-off shows have been made, some of which use the narrative of flashbacks to look at the history of the characters such as " CivvyStreet". Others ...
'', an ''
EastEnders'' spin-off episode airs featuring the character of
Nick Cotton
Nick Cotton is a fictional character from the British soap opera ''EastEnders'' played by John Altman on a semi-regular basis from the soap's debut episode on 19 February 1985. Altman has stated that his initial exit was due to producer Julia ...
.
**Channel 5's ''Jailbreak'' concludes after three weeks on the air.
**
Sky One airs ''
Blackadder Back and Forth'' which is watched by 1.4 million viewers.
*2 October
**
Q TV
Q was a UK music channel based on Q Magazine, launched on 2 October 2000. It was operated by Box Television, and specialised in indie, rock and alternative.
It was available in the UK on Sky channel 364 and Virgin Media channel 338. In Ire ...
a television music channel based on
Q Magazine
''Q'' was a popular music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1986 by broadcast journalists Mark Ellen and David Hepworth, who were presenters of the BBC television music series '' The Old Grey Whistle Test''. ...
, is launched.
**ITV soap ''
Emmerdale
''Emmerdale'' (known as ''Emmerdale Farm'' until 1989) is a British soap opera that is broadcast on ITV1. The show is set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, ...
'' begins airing five nights a week.
**The first edition of the BBC's revamped breakfast news programme ''
Breakfast'' is broadcast. The new programme is carried on both BBC One and
BBC News 24
BBC News (also known as the BBC News Channel) is a British free-to-air public broadcast television news channel for BBC News. It was launched as BBC News 24 on 9 November 1997 at 5:30 pm as part of the BBC's foray into digital domestic telev ...
. Previously, they had aired their own breakfast programme ''Breakfast 24''.
*3 October – The BBC confirms it will move its ''Nine O'Clock News'' to 10pm from 16 October to compete with ITV's relaunch of ''News at Ten''. The announcement causes surprise as it had been expected the changes would take effect from October 2001. Politicians from all major political parties criticise the BBC's decision, fearing it will affect news quality.
*4 October
**
Prince Charles joins several television personalities, including
Gaby Roslin
Gaby Roslin (born 12 July 1964) is an English television and radio presenter who rose to fame co-presenting ''The Big Breakfast'' on Channel 4 between 1992 and 1996. Roslin also presented the '' Children in Need'' charity telethons on the BBC ...
and
Des Lynam
Desmond Michael Lynam, (born 17 September 1942) is an Irish-born television and radio presenter. In a broadcasting career spanning more than forty years, he has hosted television coverage of many of the world's major sporting events, presentin ...
to promote Loud Tie Day, a campaign to raise awareness of bowel cancer.
**Comedy sketches involving abortion, dead babies and people with disabilities that appeared in episodes of Channel 4's ''
Jam
Jam is a type of fruit preserve.
Jam or Jammed may also refer to:
Other common meanings
* A firearm malfunction
* Block signals
** Radio jamming
** Radar jamming and deception
** Mobile phone jammer
** Echolocation jamming
Arts and ente ...
'' are criticised by the Broadcasting Standards Commission because they went "beyond acceptable boundaries in their treatment of issues of particular sensitivity which required greater respect for the vulnerability of those depicted".
*5 October – The launch of bid-up.tv, later
bid.tv.
*7 October – The BBC Saturday morning children's entertainment series ''
Live & Kicking
''Live & Kicking'' is a British children's television series that originally aired on BBC1 from 2 October 1993 to 15 September 2001. It was the replacement for ''Going Live!'', and took many of its features from it, such as phone-ins, games, c ...
'' is relaunched, featuring former
Blue Peter presenter
Katy Hill
Katy Hill (born 15 April 1971) is an English television presenter who has worked in television and radio in the UK since 1995. She presented the long-running children's programme ''Blue Peter'' from 1995 to 2000 and the flagship Saturday mornin ...
,
Sarah Cawood
Sarah Louise Cawood (born 7 August 1972 in St Pancras, London) is an English broadcaster, best known for presenting the BBC Children's Saturday flagship morning show ''Live & Kicking''.
Career
Cawood grew up in the Cambridgeshire village of ...
,
Ortis Deley
Ortis Deley ( ) (born 2 June 1973) is a British television presenter, comedian, singer, radio DJ and actor of Ghanaian
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Gu ...
and
Trey Farley.
*9 October
**US-Canadian science fiction television series ''
Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda'' debuts on
Sky One.
**BBC One airs the ''
Panorama'' documentary ''Who Bombed Omagh?'' which names individuals questioned by police over the 1998
Omagh bombing. The programme is praised by
Northern Ireland Secretary
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Geography
* North, a point in direction
* Northern Europe, the northern part or region of Europe
* Northern Highland, a region of Wisconsin, United States
* Northern Province, Sri Lanka
* Northern Range, a ...
Peter Mandelson
Peter Benjamin Mandelson, Baron Mandelson (born 21 October 1953) is a British Labour Party politician who served as First Secretary of State from 2009 to 2010. He was President of the Board of Trade in 1998 and from 2008 to 2010. He is the ...
as "a very powerful and very professional piece of work",
but is criticised by Irish Taoiseach
Bertie Ahern
Bartholomew Patrick "Bertie" Ahern (born 12 September 1951) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as Taoiseach from 1997 to 2008, Leader of Fianna Fáil from 1994 to 2008, Leader of the Opposition from 1994 to 1997, Tánaiste a ...
who warns that "bandying around names on television" could hinder attempts to secure convictions and
First Minister
A first minister is any of a variety of leaders of government cabinets. The term literally has the same meaning as "prime minister" but is typically chosen to distinguish the office-holder from a superior prime minister. Currently the title of ' ...
David Trimble
William David Trimble, Baron Trimble, (15 October 1944 – 25 July 2022) was a British politician who was the first First Minister of Northern Ireland from 1998 to 2002, and leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) from 1995 to 2005. He wa ...
who says he has "very grave doubts" about it.
The programme has also been the subject of legal action by Lawrence Rush whose wife Elizabeth died in the bombing and who sought an injunction to block it from being broadcast.
*13 October – The flagship
BBC One
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, ...
news programme the ''
Nine O'Clock News'' ends after a run of 30 years after the BBC earlier announced that it was to move the bulletin to 10pm. The ''
BBC News at Ten
''BBC News at Ten'' formerly known as the ''BBC Ten O'Clock News'' or the ''Ten O'Clock News'' is the flagship evening news programme for the BBC News channel and British television channel BBC One on weekdays and Sundays at 10:00pm. Huw Edwa ...
'' is launched on Monday 16 October. The change attracts criticism from both the National Consumer Council and the Culture Secretary
Chris Smith. The ''
BBC Nine O'Clock News
The ''BBC Nine O'Clock News'' was the flagship BBC News programme. It was launched on 14 September 1970 and ran until 13 October 2000, when it was replaced by the ''BBC Ten O'Clock News''.
History
The ''Nine O'Clock News'' was the BBC's flags ...
'' also moves to its dedicated channel on the same day. ITV later announces its intention to reinstate ''
News at Ten'' from January 2001.
*16 October
**
Oxfordshire, once part of the
BBC's South East region, becomes part of
South Today
''BBC South Today'' is the BBC's regional television news service for the south of England, covering Hampshire, Isle of Wight, West Sussex, much of Dorset and parts of Berkshire, Surrey and Wiltshire.
Since 2000, an opt-out of the main program ...
.
** The first ''
BBC News at Ten
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'' is broadcast on
BBC One
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, ...
.
*17 October – BBC One airs the network television premiere of ''
Men in Black
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'', starring
Will Smith
Willard Carroll Smith II (born September 25, 1968), also known by his stage name The Fresh Prince, is an American actor and rapper. He began his acting career starring as a fictionalized version of himself on the NBC sitcom '' The Fresh ...
,
Tommy Lee Jones
Tommy Lee Jones (born September 15, 1946) is an American actor and film director. He has received four Academy Award nominations, winning Best Supporting Actor for his performance as U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard in the 1993 thriller film '' The ...
,
Linda Fiorentino
Clorinda "Linda" Fiorentino (born March 9, 1958 or 1960) is an American former actress. Fiorentino made her screen debut with a leading role in the 1985 coming-of-age drama film ''Vision Quest'', followed that same year with a lead role in the ac ...
,
Vincent D'Onofrio
Vincent Philip D'Onofrio (; born June 30, 1959) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his supporting and leading roles in both film and television. He has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
His roles include Private Leonar ...
and
Rip Torn.
*20 October – ''
Have I Got News for You'' returns for a new series, moving from BBC Two to BBC One.
*21 October
**''
Parkinson'' returns to BBC One for a new series as part of its Saturday night schedule, having previously aired on Fridays since its relaunch in 1998.
**Helicopter pilot Duncan Bickley loses £218,000 on ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'' after incorrectly answering the £500,000 question. Having reached £250,000 his winnings dropped back to £32,000 after he gave the wrong answer to a question about the name of the aircraft in which
Amy Johnson
Amy Johnson (born 1 July 1903 – disappeared 5 January 1941) was a pioneering English pilot who was the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia.
Flying solo or with her husband, Jim Mollison, she set many long-distance records du ...
flew solo to Australia in 1930.
*26 October – 15-year-old
Sonia Jackson, a character in ''
EastEnders'' played by
Natalie Cassidy
Natalie Ann Cassidy (born 13 May 1983) is an English actress. She has played Sonia Fowler in ''EastEnders'' since 1993, appeared in the BBC Two sitcom-horror '' Psychoville'' and was a contestant on the seventh series of ''Strictly Come Dan ...
, unexpectedly gives birth to a baby girl called
Chloe
Chloe (; ), also spelled Chloë, Chlöe, or Chloé, is a feminine name meaning "blooming" or "fertility" in Greek. The name ultimately derives, through Greek, from the Proto-Indo-European root ', which relates to the colors yellow and green. T ...
which comes four months after ITV's ''
Coronation Street'' ran a similar teenage pregnancy storyline.
*28 October
**Footballer
David Beckham appears on BBC One's ''
Parkinson'', telling the host that he plans to become "the best footballer in the world" while at Manchester United.
**
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a fourth television service ...
airs a season of horror films under the title ''FilmFear'' which includes ''
Death Race 2000
''Death Race 2000'' is a 1975 American science fiction action film
produced by Roger Corman, directed by Paul Bartel, and starring David Carradine. The film takes place in a dystopian American society in the year 2000, where the murderous Transco ...
'' and the British television premiere of ''
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
''The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'' is a 1974 American horror film produced and directed by Tobe Hooper from a story and screenplay by Hooper and Kim Henkel. It stars Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow and Gunnar Hansen, w ...
'', banned in the UK until 1999.
*30 October
**''
Blockbusters'' debuts on
Sky One for a second time, presented by
Liza Tarbuck.
**''
The League of Gentlemen
''The League of Gentlemen'' is a surreal British comedy horror sitcom that premiered on BBC Two in 1999. The programme is set in Royston Vasey, a fictional town in northern England, originally based on Alston, Cumbria, and follows the live ...
'' embark on their first national stage tour, originally planning 14 dates but ending up completing 111.
*31 October – ''The Weakest Link'' makes its BBC One debut as part of the channel's evening schedule. Billed as the Champions' League, the series sees winning contestants from BBC Two's daytime version of the quiz return to compete for a £20,000 prize, double the amount offered by the daytime show.
November
*2 November
**As Channel 4 reaches its 18th birthday, a special edition of ''
Countdown
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'' celebrates the show's 18th anniversary. Instead of the usual contestants,
Gyles Brandreth
Gyles Daubeney Brandreth (born 8 March 1948) is an English broadcaster, writer and former politician. He has worked as a television presenter, theatre producer, journalist, author and publisher.
He was a presenter for TV-am's '' Good Morning ...
and
Mark Nyman take on
Jo Brand
Josephine Grace Brand (born 23 July 1957) is an English comedian, writer, presenter and actress. Starting her entertainment career with a move from psychiatric nursing to the alternative comedy stand-up scene and early performances on '' Satu ...
and Damian Eadie in the letters and numbers quiz, while
Richard Whiteley
John Richard Whiteley (28 December 1943 – 26 June 2005) was an English presenter, and journalist, best known for his twenty-three years as host of the game show ''Countdown''. ''Countdown'' was the launch programme for Channel 4 at 4:4 ...
and
Carol Vorderman
Carol Jean Vorderman, HonFIET (born 24 December 1960) is a Welsh media personality, best known for appearing on the game show ''Countdown'' for 26 years from 1982 until 2008, as a newspaper columnist and nominal author of educational and diet ...
recall their memories of the show's beginnings.
**Mother-of-two Kate Heusser becomes UK television's biggest female prize winner after winning £500,000 on ITV's ''
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'' (often informally called ''Millionaire'') is an international television game show franchise of British origin, created by David Briggs, Mike Whitehill and Steven Knight. In its format, currently owned and l ...
''. Later that month, the show would have its first £1 million winner.
*6–10 November – Channel 4 celebrates 18 years of ''
Brookside Brookside may refer to:
Geography Canada
* Brookside, Edmonton
* Brookside, Newfoundland and Labrador
* Brookside, Nova Scotia
United Kingdom
* Brookside, Berkshire, England
* Brookside, Telford, an area of Telford, England
United States
* Br ...
'' with a run of five episodes over four nights in which viewers learn details of the demise of
Susannah Morrisey (played by Karen Drury) through a series of flashbacks.
*10 November – Channel 5 have commissioned a six-part run of ''
Late Night with Jerry Springer'', a new late-night chat show that will begin airing weekly from 22 November. Guests on the series will include
Steven Berkoff,
Louise Redknapp
Louise Elizabeth Redknapp (née Nurding, born 4 November 1974) is an English singer, songwriter and media personality. She was a member of Eternal, an R&B girl group which debuted in 1993 with their quadruple-platinum studio album '' Always & ...
,
Billie Piper
Billie Paul Piper (born Leian Paul Piper; 22 September 1982) is an English actress and former singer. She initially gained recognition as a singer after releasing her debut single "Because We Want To" at age 15, which made her the youngest woman ...
,
Dani Behr
Dani Behr (born 9 July 1970) is an English former singer, actress, voice-over artist, and television presenter.
Early life
Behr was born in Mill Hill, London, of South African Jewish descent. Her father is a partner in London estate agents Be ...
,
Marc Almond
Peter Mark Sinclair "Marc" Almond, (born 9 July 1957) is an English singer. Almond first began performing and recording in the synthpop/ new wave duo Soft Cell where he became known for his distinctive soulful voice and androgynous image. ...
and
Fay Ripley
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.
*13 November – BBC News reports that Russian state broadcaster RTR has bought the popular children's series ''
Teletubbies
''Teletubbies'' is a British children's television series created by Anne Wood and Andrew Davenport for the BBC. The programme focuses on four differently coloured characters known as the Teletubbies, named after the television screens on t ...
'', a programme unlike anything it has aired before.
*15 November – ITV airs ''
The Remorseful Day
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'', the final episode of the ''
Inspector Morse
Detective Chief Inspector Endeavour Morse, GM, is the eponymous fictional character in the series of detective novels by British author Colin Dexter. On television, he appears in the 33-episode drama series '' Inspector Morse'' (1987–2000), ...
'' series.
*16 November –
Tony Blair
Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British former politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. He previously served as Leader of th ...
's Chief of Communications
Alastair Campbell
Alastair John Campbell (born 25 May 1957) is a British journalist, author, strategist, broadcaster and activist known for his roles during Tony Blair's leadership of the Labour Party. Campbell worked as Blair's spokesman and campaign director ...
tells political journalists that US-style televised election debates are virtually inevitable and that inter-party talks are under way to establish ground rules for such a debate, as long as the "chemistry" is right.
*17 November
**BBC One airs the 2000 Children in Need telethon. By the following day, it has raised £12m for charity, surpassing the 1999 total of £11.2m.
**FilmFour airs Gough Lewis's controversial 1999 documentary ''
Sex: The Annabel Chong Story''.
*20 November –
Judith Keppel
Judith Cynthia Aline Keppel (born 18 August 1942) is a British quiz show contestant who was the first person to win one million pounds on the British television game show ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?''. She has appeared on the former BBC Two ...
becomes the first contestant to win £1 million on ITV's ''
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'' (often informally called ''Millionaire'') is an international television game show franchise of British origin, created by David Briggs, Mike Whitehill and Steven Knight. In its format, currently owned and l ...
''. On the same evening, the
final episode of the long-running sitcom ''
One Foot in the Grave
''One Foot in the Grave'' is a British television sitcom written by David Renwick. There were six series (each consisting of six half-hour shows) and seven Christmas specials over a period of ten years from early 1990 to late 2000. The first fi ...
'' is shown on BBC One in the same timeslot. It is later speculated that Keppel's win was fixed so that ITV would draw ratings away from BBC One. However, the ITC clears Celador and ITV of the allegations.
*23 November
**The BBC and ITV announce plans for two one-hour televised leaders debates during the run-up to the next General Election. Subject to the leaders of Britain's three main political parties agreeing to participate, a debate would be held by each broadcaster and chaired by
David
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and
Jonathan Dimbleby
Jonathan Dimbleby (born 31 July 1944) is a British presenter of current affairs and political radio and television programmes, author and historian. He is the son of Richard Dimbleby and younger brother of television presenter David Dimbleby.
...
respectively. However, after Prime Minister
Tony Blair
Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British former politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. He previously served as Leader of th ...
declines to take part in January 2001, three separate question and answer sessions involving a single leader are held by each network during the 2001 election campaign.
**
Amanda Barrie
Amanda Barrie (born Shirley Anne Broadbent; 14 September 1935) is an English actress. She appeared in two of the '' Carry On'' films before being cast as Alma Halliwell in ITV soap opera, ''Coronation Street'', which she played on and off for ...
who plays
Alma Halliwell in ''Coronation Street'' announces her intention to leave the soap in Summer 2001.
*28 November – Filming has begun on the new series of ''Crossroads'', BBC News reports. The revived soap would begin airing on ITV in March 2001.
*November – UK Play is renamed Play UK.
December
*1 December – The BBC apologises to ITV for suggesting it rigged Judith Keppel's win on ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'' as part of a ratings battle.
*2 December – Nicola Kirsch wins the twelfth series of ''
Stars in Their Eyes
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The show premiered on 21 July 1 ...
'', performing as
Maria Callas.
*8 December
**SMG acquires a 14.9% stake in
Scottish Radio Holdings
Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) was a Scottish media company which owned 22 radio stations, and around 30 local newspapers in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
History
SRH had its origins in the 1970s when Glasgow was awarded the third licence for ...
. and four months later it increases its stake to 27.7%.
**''
Coronation Street'' celebrates its 40th year on the air by broadcasting
a live hour-long episode.
Prince Charles makes a cameo in the episode, appearing in a pre-recorded segment as himself in an
ITV News bulletin report, presented by
Trevor McDonald
Sir Trevor McDonald (born George McDonald; 16 August 1939) is a Trinidadian- British newsreader and journalist, best known for his career as a news presenter with ITN.
McDonald was knighted in 1999 for his services to journalism.
Career ...
.
**BBC One airs ''Freddie Mercury: The Untold Story'', a documentary in which friends and relatives of
Freddie Mercury recall their memories of the
Queen
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Monarchy
* Queen regnant, a female monarch of a Kingdom
** List of queens regnant
* Queen consort, the wife of a reigning king
* Queen dowager, the widow of a king
* Queen mother, a queen dowager who is the mother ...
frontman.
*9 December –
Westlife
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's single
My Love wins the 2000 ''
Record of the Year
The Grammy Award for Record of the Year is presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without reg ...
'', giving the Irish boyband their second win in a row.
*10 December –
Steve Redgrave is named as this year's
BBC Sports Personality of the Year
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.
*11 December
**BBC One airs a BBC News special, ''Prince William in Chile'', showing footage of
Prince William
William, Prince of Wales, (William Arthur Philip Louis; born 21 June 1982) is the heir apparent to the British throne. He is the elder son of King Charles III and his first wife Diana, Princess of Wales.
Born in London, William was educa ...
's charity expedition to Chilean Patagonia with Raleigh International. The prince was interviewed and filmed during the ten-week trip, with an interview released to the media on 10 December.
**The Independent Television Commission criticises Channel 4's early evening scheduling of US TV series ''
Angel
In various theistic religious traditions an angel is a supernatural spiritual being who serves God.
Abrahamic religions often depict angels as benevolent celestial intermediaries between God (or Heaven) and humanity. Other roles inclu ...
'', a drama about a reformed vampire which it says includes scenes "reminiscent of a late-night horror film". The channel aired edited episodes of the series in the early evening, but some viewers had complained it was inappropriate for children, while others had complained about the scenes being cut. The ITC felt that three of the edited episodes had still contained unsuitable matter for family viewing. The series has since been moved to a later time slot where it can be aired uncut.
*12 December –
Culture Secretary Chris Smith announces plans for the creation of the
Office of Communications
The Office of Communications, commonly known as Ofcom, is the government-approved regulatory and competition authority for the broadcasting, telecommunications and postal industries of the United Kingdom.
Ofcom has wide-ranging powers acros ...
(Ofcom), a watchdog that would oversee the regulation of the UK broadcasting and telecommunications industries and take over responsibility from several current bodies, including the
Broadcasting Standards Commission
The Office of Communications, commonly known as Ofcom, is the government-approved regulatory and competition authority for the broadcasting, telecommunications and postal industries of the United Kingdom.
Ofcom has wide-ranging powers acros ...
and
Office of Telecommunications
The Office of Telecommunications (Oftel) (''the telecommunications regulator'') was a department in the United Kingdom government, under civil service control, charged with promoting competition and maintaining the interests of consumers in the U ...
.
*17 December –
Can We Fix It?, the theme tune to the CBBC series
Bob the Builder
''Bob the Builder'' is a British animated children's television series created by Keith Chapman for HIT Entertainment and Hot Animation. The series follows the adventures of Bob, a building contractor, specialising in masonry, along with ...
, tops the UK Singles Chart, becoming this year's Christmas number one.
*18 December – The
British Film Institute
The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves film-making and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery (United Kingdom), National Lot ...
publishes its list of the
100 Greatest British Television Programmes of the 20th century. Compiled by a poll of industry professionals, ''
Fawlty Towers
''Fawlty Towers'' is a British television sitcom written by John Cleese and Connie Booth, broadcast on BBC2 in 1975 and 1979. Two series of six episodes each were made. The show was ranked first on a list of the 100 Greatest British Televisio ...
'' tops the list, followed by ''
Cathy Come Home'' and ''
Doctor Who''.
*21 December – Channel 5's 12-part series ''X-Rated'' which includes reviews of pornographic films is criticised as unacceptable by the Independent Television Commission after it showed clips of an
R18 film that can only be bought from specialist suppliers.
*22 December – A contestant in the grand final of Series 29 of the Channel 4 quiz show ''
Fifteen to One
''Fifteen to One'' is a British general knowledge quiz show broadcast on Channel 4. It originally ran from 11 January 1988 to 19 December 2003 and had a reputation for being one of the toughest quizzes on TV. Throughout the show's original run ...
'' who cannot be identified for legal reasons, is edited out of the episode. The contestant, standing at position 4, is eliminated in the first round, having answered two questions incorrectly. The two questions are cut from the sequence, while the camera jumps from positions 3 to 5. From Round 2, the show continues as normal.
*24 December – Channel Four shows the 1999 version of ''
A Christmas Carol'' starring
Patrick Stewart
Sir Patrick Stewart (born 13 July 1940) is an English actor who has a career spanning seven decades in various stage productions, television, film and video games. He has been nominated for Olivier, Tony, Golden Globe, Emmy, and Screen Actors ...
,
Richard E. Grant and
Dominic West
Dominic Gerard Francis Eagleton West (born 15 October 1969) is an English actor, director and musician. He is best known for playing Jimmy McNulty in HBO's ''The Wire'' (2002–2008), Noah Solloway in Showtime's '' The Affair'' (2014–2019), ...
.
*25 December – BBC One airs the UK television premiere of ''
Titanic
RMS ''Titanic'' was a British passenger liner, operated by the White Star Line, which sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 after striking an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, Unit ...
'', with overnight figures giving it an audience of 9.9 million. ITV has seven of the top ten most watched programmes of the day. Other popular Christmas Day shows include ''Coronation Street'' (ITV, 13.7m), ''EastEnders'' (BBC One, 12.1m) and ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'' (ITV, 11.1m).
*27 December
**BBC One airs a celebrity edition of ''
Robot Wars'', participants include
Vic Reeves
James Roderick Moir (born 24 January 1959), better known by his stage name Vic Reeves, is an English comedian, artist, surrealist, musician, actor and television presenter, best known for his double act with Bob Mortimer as Reeves & Mort ...
,
Chris Eubank
Christopher Livingstone Eubank (born 8 August 1966) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 1998. He held the WBO middleweight and super-middleweight titles between 1990 and 1995, and is ranked by BoxRec as the th ...
and boy band
Five
5 is a number, numeral, and glyph.
5, five or number 5 may also refer to:
* AD 5, the fifth year of the AD era
* 5 BC, the fifth year before the AD era
Literature
* ''5'' (visual novel), a 2008 visual novel by Ram
* ''5'' (comics), an awa ...
.
**ITV airs ''Sinatra: Good Guy Bad Guy'', a programme investigating
Frank Sinatra's alleged links to the
Mafia
"Mafia" is an informal term that is used to describe criminal organizations that bear a strong similarity to the original “Mafia”, the Sicilian Mafia and Italian Mafia. The central activity of such an organization would be the arbitration of d ...
. The film was made without the permission of the Sinatra family and includes friends and colleagues discussing the late singer, some talking about him for the first time.
Debuts
BBC
*1 January – ''
Castaway 2000
''Castaway 2000'' is a reality TV programme broadcast on BBC One throughout 2000. The programme followed a group of thirty-six men, women, and children who were tasked with building a community on the remote Scottish island of Taransay.
Descr ...
'' (2000–2001)
*4 January –
**''
The Ghost Hunter
A ghosthunter is a person who engages in ghost hunting, the process of investigating locations that are allegedly haunted.
Ghosthunter(s), Ghost Hunter(s) or Ghost Hunt may also refer to:
Literature
*''Ghosthunters'', a four-book series by Germa ...
'' (2000–2002)
**''
Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes'' (2000–2001)
*7 January – ''
Yoho Ahoy
''Yoho Ahoy'' is a 2000–01 British animated children's television series about a group of pirates, known as Yohos, who live on board their big pirate ship, ''The Rubber Duck''. The title of the show derives from the fact that the only words the ...
'' (2000–2001)
*9 January – ''
Second Sight
Extrasensory perception or ESP, also called sixth sense, is a claimed paranormal ability pertaining to reception of information not gained through the recognized physical senses, but sensed with the mind. The term was adopted by Duke Universit ...
'' (2000–2001)
*13 January – ''
Beast'' (2000–2001)
*17 January – ''
Gormenghast'' (2000)
*23 January – ''
Clocking Off
''Clocking Off'' is a British television drama series which was broadcast on BBC One for four series from 2000 to 2003. It was produced for the BBC by the independent Red Production Company, and created by Paul Abbott.
It was effectively an an ...
'' (2000–2003)
*4 February – ''
My Hero'' (2000–2006)
*14 February – ''
Nature Boy
"Nature Boy" is a song first recorded by American jazz singer Nat King Cole. It was released on March 29, 1948, as a single by Capitol Records, and later appeared on the album, ''The Nat King Cole Story''. It was written by eden ahbez as a tri ...
'' (2000)
*20 February – ''Hyperlinks'' (2000–2001)
*23 February –
**''
Hero to Zero'' (2000)
**''
Child of Our Time'' (2000–present)
*25 February – ''
Perfect World'' (2000–2001)
*27 February – ''
Monarch of the Glen'' (2000–2005)
*29 February – ''
Blouse and Skirt'' (2000)
*6 March – ''
Cry Wolf'' (2000)
*13 March – ''
Bargain Hunt
''Bargain Hunt'' is a British television programme in which two pairs of contestants are challenged to buy antiques from shops or a fair and then sell them in an auction for a profit. It has aired on BBC One since 13 March 2000 in a daytim ...
'' (2000–present)
*15 March – ''
Bruiser'' (2000)
*16 March – ''
Dirty Work'' (2000)
*18 March – ''
Randall & Hopkirk'' (2000–2001)
*20 March – ''
Techno Games
Techno is a Music genre, genre of electronic dance music (EDM) which is generally music production, produced for use in a continuous DJ set, with tempo often varying between 120 and 150 beats per minute (bpm). The central Drum beat, rhythm is typ ...
'' (2000–2003)
*26 March – ''
Doctors'' (2000–present)
*2 April – ''
Deceit
Deception or falsehood is an act or statement that misleads, hides the truth, or promotes a belief, concept, or idea that is not true. It is often done for personal gain or advantage. Deception can involve dissimulation, propaganda and sleight o ...
'' (2000)
*3 April – ''
64 Zoo Lane
64 or sixty-four or ''variation'', may refer to:
* 64 (number)
Dates
* one of the years 64 BC, AD 64, 1864, 1964, 2064, etc.
* June 4th (6/4)
** the date of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
* April 6th (6/4)
* April 6 AD (6/4)
* ...
'' (2000–2013)
*6 April – ''
L.A. 7'' (2000)
*7 April – ''
Sheeep'' (2000–2001)
*18 April – ''
Madame Bovary
''Madame Bovary'' (; ), originally published as ''Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners'' ( ), is a novel by French writer Gustave Flaubert, published in 1856. The eponymous character lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emp ...
'' (2000)
*23 April – ''Football Fever'' (2000–2001)
*27 April – ''
The Big Impression
''The Big Impression'', known as ''Alistair McGowan's Big Impression'' for the first three series, is a British comedy sketch show. It features Alistair McGowan and Ronni Ancona impersonating personalities from entertainment and sport. Four serie ...
'' (2000–2004)
*30 April – ''
Hearts and Bones'' (2000–2001)
*2 May – ''
Fish
Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of ...
'' (2000)
*11 May – ''Nice Girl'' (2000)
*12 May – ''
Coupling
A coupling is a device used to connect two shafts together at their ends for the purpose of transmitting power. The primary purpose of couplings is to join two pieces of rotating equipment while permitting some degree of misalignment or end mov ...
'' (2000–2004)
*30 May – ''
Liquid News
''Liquid News'' was a daily round up of entertainment news for BBC Three (and before that BBC Choice) running from 30 May 2000 to 1 April 2004. The show was also broadcast weekly on BBC One and internationally on BBC Prime and BBC America.
The p ...
'' (2000–2004)
*1 June – ''
Clarkson's Car Years'' (2000)
*15 June –
**''
McCready and Daughter'' (2000–2001)
**''
Chambers
Chambers may refer to:
Places
Canada:
*Chambers Township, Ontario
United States:
*Chambers County, Alabama
* Chambers, Arizona, an unincorporated community in Apache County
* Chambers, Nebraska
* Chambers, West Virginia
* Chambers Township, Hol ...
'' (2000–2001)
*25 June – ''
Up Rising'' (2000)
*26 June – ''The Syndicate'' (2000)
*27 June – ''
A Many Splintered Thing'' (2000)
*13 July – ''
Head on Comedy'' (2000)
*16 July – ''
Border Cafe'' (2000)
*22 July – ''
I Love the '70s'' (2000)
*24 July – ''
Xchange XChange or X-Change may refer to:
* XChange (film), ''XChange'' (film), a 2000 Canadian science fiction film
* Xchange (TV series), ''Xchange'' (TV series), was a BBC Children's television programme
* X-Change, a Chinese spin-off from Wife Swap (UK ...
'' (2000–2006)
*25 July – ''
Glasgow Kiss'' (2000)
*7 August – ''
Tinsel Town'' (2000–2001)
*14 August – ''
The Weakest Link
''Weakest Link'' (also known as ''The Weakest Link'') is a television game show which first appeared in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 14 August 2000 and originally ended on 31 March 2012 when its host Anne Robinson completed her contract. ...
'' (2000–2012, 2017–present)
*27 August – ''
Down to Earth'' (2000–2005)
*4 September – ''
Waking the Dead'' (2000–2011)
*10 September – ''
Other People's Children'' (2000)
*11 September – ''
A Likeness in Stone'' (2000)
*19 September – ''
My Family
''My Family'' is a British sitcom created and initially co-written by Fred Barron, which was produced by DLT Entertainment and Rude Boy Productions, and broadcast by BBC One for eleven series between 2000 and 2011, with Christmas specials broadc ...
'' (2000–2011)
*25 September –
**''
The Magic Key'' (2000–2001)
**''
S Club 7 Go Wild!'' (2000)
*26 September –
** ''
Attachments'' (2000–2002)
** ''
Marion and Geoff
''Marion and Geoff'' is a BBC television mockumentary in video-diary format, produced by Baby Cow Productions and screened on BBC Two in 2000, with a second series following in 2003. The series starred Rob Brydon as Keith Barret, a naïve taxi dr ...
'' (2000–2003)
*27 September – ''
Big Kids'' (2000)
*30 September – ''
A History of Britain'' (2000–2002)
*2 October – ''
Breakfast'' (2000–present)
*8 October –
**''
Care'' (2000)
**''
Top of the Pops Plus'' (2000–2001)
*12 October – ''
The Lampies'' (2000–2001)
*16 October – ''
BBC News at Ten
''BBC News at Ten'' formerly known as the ''BBC Ten O'Clock News'' or the ''Ten O'Clock News'' is the flagship evening news programme for the BBC News channel and British television channel BBC One on weekdays and Sundays at 10:00pm. Huw Edwa ...
'' (2000–present)
*20 October – ''
Too Much Sun
''Too Much Sun'' is a 1990 American comedy film directed by Robert Downey Sr. and starring Robert Downey Jr., Eric Idle, Andrea Martin, Allan Arbus, Ralph Macchio and Howard Duff. It was filmed in Beverly Hills and Los Angeles, California, ...
'' (2000)
*24 October – ''
The Sins
''The Sins'' is a BBC television series that aired from 24 October 2000 until 5 December 2000. The series centres on Len Green (Pete Postlethwaite), a former bank robber and getaway driver, who has retired from the criminal life and joined th ...
'' (2000)
*6 November – ''
What the Romans Did for Us
''What the Romans Did for Us'', is a 2000 BBC documentary series "looking at the innovations and inventions brought to Britain by the Romans". The title of the programme is derived from the cult film ''Monty Python's Life of Brian'', referencing ...
'' (2000)
*13 November – ''
Human Remains'' (2000)
*15 November – ''
State of the Planet
''State of the Planet'' is a three-part environmental documentary series, made by the BBC Natural History Unit, transmitted in November 2000. It is written and presented by David Attenborough, and produced by Rupert Barrington. It includes inter ...
'' (2000)
*24 November – ''
Conquistadors
Conquistadors (, ) or conquistadores (, ; meaning 'conquerors') were the explorer-soldiers of the Spanish and Portuguese Empires of the 15th and 16th centuries. During the Age of Discovery, conquistadors sailed beyond Europe to the Americas, ...
'' (2000)
*26 November – ''
Take a Girl Like You
''Take a Girl Like You'' is a comic novel by Kingsley Amis. The narrative follows the progress of twenty-year-old Jenny Bunn, who has moved from her family home in the North of England to a small town not far from London to teach primary school ...
'' (2000)
*26 December – ''
The Sleeper'' (2000)
*28 December – ''
Donovan Quick'' (2000)
ITV (Including ITV and ITV2)
*4 January –
**''
Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids
Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids (often nicknamed ''Grizzly Tales'') is the generic trademarked title for a series of award-winning children's books by British author Jamie Rix which were later adapted into an animated television series of the s ...
'' (2000–2006, 2011–2012)
**''
Dog and Duck'' (2000–2003)
*5 January –
**''
Bomber
A bomber is a military combat aircraft designed to attack ground and naval targets by dropping air-to-ground weaponry (such as bombs), launching torpedoes, or deploying air-launched cruise missiles. The first use of bombs dropped from an air ...
'' (2000)
**''
Meeow!'' (2000–2002)
*7 January – ''
Whatever I Want'' (2000)
*10 January –
**''
Life Force'' (2000)
**''
Little Grey Rabbit'' (2000–2001)
*20 January – ''
At Home with the Braithwaites
''At Home with the Braithwaites'' is a British comedy-drama television series, created and written by Sally Wainwright (except for the final four episodes). The storyline follows a suburban family in Leeds, whose life is turned upside down whe ...
'' (2000–2003)
*21 January –
** ''
The Secret'' (2000)
** ''
The Unforgettable'' (2000–2002, 2010–2012)
*26 January – ''
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper'' (2000)
* 1 March – ''
Big Meg, Little Meg'' (2000–2001)
*10 March – ''
The Baskervilles'' (2000)
*12 March – ''
Hero of the Hour'' (2000)
*13 March –
**''
Savage Planet'' (2000–2000s)
**''
The Blind Date'' (2000)
*19 March – ''
Seeing Red'' (2000)
*26 March – ''The Last Musketeer'' (2000)
*27 March – ''
Monsignor Renard'' (2000)
*2 April – ''
Bob Martin'' (2000–2001)
*23 April – ''
The Railway Children
''The Railway Children'' is a children's book by Edith Nesbit, originally serialised in ''The London Magazine'' during 1905 and published in book form in the same year. It has been adapted for the screen several times, of which the 1970 fil ...
'' (2000)
*24 April – ''
Cor, Blimey!
''Cor, Blimey!'' is a 2000 TV film that follows the relationship between Carry On (film series), ''Carry On'' film actors Sid James (played by Geoffrey Hutchings) and Barbara Windsor (played by Samantha Spiro).
The film, first broadcast on ITV (T ...
'' (2000)
*26 April – ''
Rebus
A rebus () is a puzzle device that combines the use of illustrated pictures with individual letters to depict words or phrases. For example: the word "been" might be depicted by a rebus showing an illustrated bumblebee next to a plus sign (+ ...
'' (2000–2007)
*1 May – ''
Metropolis
A metropolis () is a large city or conurbation which is a significant economic, political, and cultural center for a country or region, and an important hub for regional or international connections, commerce, and communications.
A big ci ...
'' (2000)
*11 May – ''
Harry and the Wrinklies
''Harry and the Wrinklies'' is a children's novel written by British author Alan Temperley. The book was published in paperback in February 1998 by Scholastic. It was Temperley's second published novel, after '' Murdo's War'' in 1988. A seq ...
'' (2000–2002)
*17 May – ''
Lady Audley's Secret
''Lady Audley's Secret'' is a sensation novel by Mary Elizabeth Braddon published in 1862. John Sutherland. "Lady Audley's Secret" in ''The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction'', 1989. It was Braddon's most successful and well-known novel. ...
'' (2000)
*28 May – ''
Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned'' (2000–2005)
*7 June – ''The Coral Island'' (2000)
*26 June – ''
In Defence'' (2000)
*6 July – ''
Burnside'' (2000)
*12 July – ''
Pay and Display
A pay and display machine is a type of ticket machine used for regulating parking in urban areas or in car parks. It relies on a customer purchasing a ticket from a machine and displaying the ticket on the dashboard, windscreen or passenger win ...
'' (2000)
*15 August – ''
The People Versus
''The People Versus'' was a British game show that aired on ITV from 13 August 2000 to 18 June 2002. Series 1 was hosted by Kirsty Young and Series 2 by Kaye Adams. The central format was that the questions were sent in by the viewers.
Format ...
'' (2000–2002)
*31 August – ''Safe As Houses'' (2000)
*2 September – ''
Lily Live!'' (2000–2001)
*3 September – ''Anchor Me'' (2000)
*7 September – ''Blind Ambition'' (2000)
*17 September – ''
My Fragile Heart'' (2000)
*21 September – ''
Preston Pig
''Preston Pig'' is a British traditionally animated children's television series which aired on CITV. It was based on a series of books, published by Colin McNaughton. It was shown at weekdays from 3pm until 3:15pm, on the television channel ...
'' (2000)
*24 September – ''Dirty Tricks'' (2000)
*1 October – ''
Lenny Blue'' (2000–2002) (also known as Tough Love)
*2 October – ''
Without Motive'' (2000–2001)
*12 October – ''
Fat Friends
''Fat Friends'' (also known as ''Kay Mellor’s Fat Friends'') is a British drama that aired on ITV from 12 October 2000 to 24 March 2005, consisting of 25 episodes over four series. Set in Leeds, the series explores the lives of several slimm ...
'' (2000–2005)
*23 November – ''
Close and True
''Close and True'' is a legal drama first broadcast on ITV from 23 November to 28 December 2000, starring Robson Green and James Bolam as the eponymous characters, John Close and Graham True respectively. The series follows Close (Green) as he ...
'' (2000)
*24 November – ''
A Dinner of Herbs'' (2000)
Channel 4
*13 January – ''
That Peter Kay Thing
''That Peter Kay Thing'' is a series of six spoof documentaries shown on Channel 4 in 2000. It was written by Peter Kay, Dave Spikey, Neil Fitzmaurice and Gareth Hughes, and was directed by Andrew Gillman. The series was narrated by Andrew Sachs ...
'' (2000)
*14 January – ''
Trigger Happy TV
''Trigger Happy TV'' is a hidden camera/ practical joke comedy television series. The original British edition of the show, produced by Absolutely Productions, starred Dom Joly and ran for three series on the British television channel Channel 4 ...
'' (2000–2003)
*16 January – ''
The Wilsons'' (2000)
*1 March – ''
A Place in the Sun'' (2000—present)
*23 March – ''
Jam / Jaaaaam'' (2000)
*30 March – ''
Da Ali G Show
''Da Ali G Show'' is a British satirical television series created by and starring English comedian Sacha Baron Cohen. In the series, Baron Cohen plays three unorthodox journalists: faux-streetwise poseur Ali G, Kazakh reporter Borat Sagdiyev, ...
'' (2000–2004)
*25 April – ''The Strange World of Michael Fry'' (2000)
*9 May –
**''
Anna Karenina
''Anna Karenina'' ( rus, «Анна Каренина», p=ˈanːə kɐˈrʲenʲɪnə) is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in book form in 1878. Widely considered to be one of the greatest works of literature ever writt ...
'' (2000)
**''Walter: The Secret Life of a Victorian Pornographer'' (2000)
*29 May – ''
Lock, Stock...'' (2000)
*14 July – ''
Big Brother'' (Channel 4: 2000–2010, Channel 5: 2011–2018)
*23 September – ''
Futurama'' (1999–2013)
*29 September – ''
Black Books
''Black Books'' is a British sitcom created by Dylan Moran and Graham Linehan, and written by Moran, Kevin Cecil, Andy Riley, Linehan and Arthur Mathews. It was broadcast on Channel 4, running for three series from 2000 to 2004. Starring Mo ...
'' (2000–2004)
*30 September – ''
The Kids from Room 402
''The Kids from Room 402'' is an animated series produced by CinéGroupe and Saban Entertainment that premiered on October 9, 1999 on the Fox Family Channel in the USA, and on August 29, 2000 on Teletoon in Canada. It consists of 52 half-hour epi ...
'' (1999–2001)
*18 October – ''
North Square
''North Square'' is a British television drama series written and created by Peter Moffat, and broadcast by Channel 4 from 18 October to 20 December 2000. Starring an ensemble cast, including Phil Davis, Rupert Penry-Jones, Helen McCrory and ...
'' (2000)
*29 October – ''Dogma TV'' (2000)
*27 December – ''
Mind Control
Brainwashing (also known as mind control, menticide, coercive persuasion, thought control, thought reform, and forced re-education) is the concept that the human mind can be altered or controlled by certain psychological techniques. Brainwashin ...
'' (2000–2003)
*Unknown – ''
Stark Raving Mad'' (1999–2000)
Channel 5
*17 May – ''
Urban Gothic'' (2000–2001)
*18 May – ''Ex-Rated'' (2000)
*22 May – ''
Animal Airport'' (2000)
*6 June – ''
Naked Jungle
''Naked Jungle'' is a one-off television game show produced for the United Kingdom terrestrial TV station Channel 5 by Granada Television, airing on 6 June 2000. A gameshow with an assault course format, based on and using the same set as the c ...
'' (2000)
*11 September – ''
The Wright Stuff
''The Wright Stuff'' is a British television chat show which was hosted by former tabloid journalist Matthew Wright from 2000 until 2018. It aired on Channel 5 on weekday mornings from 9:15 to 11:15am. The series characterised itself as "Br ...
'' (2000–present)
*12 September – ''
Jailbreak'' (2000)
*November – ''Headless'' (2000)
*26 December – ''
Audrey and Friends'' (2000)
S4C
*6 June – ''
Porc Peis Bach'' (2000–2005)
*Unknown – ''
The Celts'' (2000–?)
*Unknown – ''
Hacio'' (2000–present)
Play UK
*Unknown – ''
TOTP@Play'' (2000–2001)
Sky One
*7 January – ''
Angel
In various theistic religious traditions an angel is a supernatural spiritual being who serves God.
Abrahamic religions often depict angels as benevolent celestial intermediaries between God (or Heaven) and humanity. Other roles inclu ...
'' (1999–2004)
*10 January –
**''
The West Wing
''The West Wing'' is an American serial political drama television series created by Aaron Sorkin that was originally broadcast on NBC from September 22, 1999, to May 14, 2006. The series is set primarily in the West Wing of the White Hous ...
'' (1999–2006)
**''
Shasta McNasty
''Shasta McNasty'' (later retitled ''Shasta'') is an American sitcom that aired on UPN from October 5, 1999, to August 1, 2000. The show was created by Jeff Eastin and produced by Eastin and Neal H. Moritz. The show starred Carmine Giovinazz ...
'' (1999–2000)
*11 January – ''
Third Watch
''Third Watch'' is an American crime drama television series created by John Wells and Edward Allen Bernero that aired on NBC from September 26, 1999, to May 6, 2005, with a total of 132 episodes spanning over six seasons. It was produced ...
'' (1999–2005)
*15 February – ''
The Strangerers
''The Strangerers'' is a British television comedy-drama science fiction series written by Rob Grant (best known as co-creator of '' Red Dwarf'') and was broadcast on Sky One between 15 February and 11 April 2000.
A single series was made ...
'' (2000)
*9 April – ''
The 10th Kingdom
''The 10th Kingdom'' is an American fairytale fantasy miniseries written by Simon Moore and produced by Britain's Carnival Films, Germany's Babelsberg Film und Fernsehen, and the US's Hallmark Entertainment. It depicts the adventures of a young ...
'' (2000)
*17 April – ''
Mega Babies
''Mega Babies'' is an animated children's television series created by the Tremblay brothers, Christian and Yvon, who previously had made the Hanna-Barbera show '' SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron''. It is produced by CinéGroupe and Landmark Enter ...
'' (1999–2001)
*6 July – ''
Popular
Popularity or social status is the quality of being well liked, admired or well known to a particular group.
Popular may also refer to:
In sociology
* Popular culture
* Popular fiction
* Popular music
* Popular science
* Populace, the total ...
'' (1999–2001)
*24 August – ''
Once and Again'' (1999–2002)
*3 September – ''
Malcolm in the Middle'' (2000–2006)
*11 September –
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Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New Show
''Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New Show'' is a British sketch show ( sketch comedy) starring Harry Enfield. It was first broadcast on Sky 1 in 2000 for one series.
The series followed Enfield's first project ''Harry Enfield's Television Progr ...
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Time Gentlemen Please
''Time Gentlemen Please'' is a British sitcom primarily written by Richard Herring and Al Murray and broadcast on Sky One from 2000 to 2002.
Premise
The show is set in a forgotten, unwelcoming pub whose opinionated landlord, 'Guv' (short f ...
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Titus
Titus Caesar Vespasianus ( ; 30 December 39 – 13 September 81 AD) was Roman emperor from 79 to 81. A member of the Flavian dynasty, Titus succeeded his father Vespasian upon his death.
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Higher Ground'' (2000)
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Relic Hunter'' (1999–2002)
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Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda'' (2000–2005)
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The Stretch'' (2000)
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Get Real'' (1999–2000)
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Roswell'' (1999–2002)
Disney Channel UK
*4 September – ''
Monster by Mistake
''Monster by Mistake'' is a Canadian CGI-animated series that aired on YTV from September 18, 1999 to March 23, 2003 after airing its pilot in 1996. The series was created by Mark Mayerson of Catapult Productions, and co-produced with CCI Ente ...
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The Weekenders
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'' (2000–2004)
Nickelodeon UK
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SpongeBob SquarePants
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Saved By The Bell
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Hooley Dooleys'' (2001)
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Little Bill
''Little Bill'' is an American animated educational television series created by Bill Cosby. It is based on the ''Little Bill'' book series, written by Cosby with illustrations by Varnette P. Honeywood. Cosby also composed some of the theme mu ...
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Cartoon Network UK
* 11 January – ''
Courage the Cowardly Dog
''Courage the Cowardly Dog'' is an American animated comedy horror television series created by John R. Dilworth for Cartoon Network and distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television. It was produced by Dilworth's animation studio, Stretch Fil ...
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Mike, Lu and Og'' (1999–2001)
* 28 February – ''
Fat Dog Mendoza
''Fat Dog Mendoza'' is a children's animated series produced by Sunbow Entertainment, Sony Wonder Television and TMO-Loonland loosely based on a Dark Horse one-off comic book of the same name. It is the first Cartoon Network Europe co-product ...
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* 6 March – ''
Dragon Ball Z''
* 17 April – ''
Angela Anaconda
''Angela Anaconda'' is an animated children's television series created by Joanna Ferrone and Sue Rose. The show ran for three seasons, from 1999 to 2001, for a total of 65 episodes.
Premise
The show focuses on the adventures of an eight-year- ...
'' (1999–2001)
* 4 September – ''
Batman Beyond
''Batman Beyond'' (known as ''Batman of the Future'' outside the United States) is an American superhero animated television series developed by Bruce Timm, Paul Dini, and Alan Burnett. It was produced by Warner Bros. Animation in collaborati ...
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Fly Tales'' (1999–2001)
Fox Kids UK
* 8 January – ''
The Tick'' (1994–1996)
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Digimon'' (1999–2000)
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Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue'' (2000)
Discovery Kids
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Hi-5'' (1999–2011, 2017–present)
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Pay Defunct channels
Defunct channels
Television shows
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One Foot in the Grave
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'' (1990–1997, 2000)
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Blockbusters'' (1983–93, 1994–95, 1997, 2000–01, 2012, 2019)
*17 November – ''
Butterflies'' (1978–1983, 2000)
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1920s
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1930s
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The Boat Race
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What the Papers Say
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Captain Pugwash
''Captain Pugwash'' is a fictional pirate in a series of British children's comic strips and books created by John Ryan. The character's adventures were adapted into a TV series, using cardboard cut-outs filmed in live-action (the first series ...
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The Sky at Night
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Blue Peter'' (1958–present)
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Grandstand'' (1958–2007)
1960s
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Songs of Praise'' (1961–present)
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Top of the Pops
''Top of the Pops'' (''TOTP'') is a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly between 1January 1964 and 30 July 2006. The programme was the world's longest-running weekly music show. For most o ...
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Match of the Day
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Call My Bluff
''Call My Bluff'' is a British panel game show based on the short-lived US version of the same name. It was originally hosted by Robin Ray and later, most notably, by Robert Robinson. Its most prominent panellist was Frank Muir.
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The Money Programme
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A Question of Sport
''Question of Sport'' (previously ''A Question of Sport'') is a British television sports quiz show produced and broadcast by the BBC. It is the "world's longest running TV sports quiz". Following a pilot episode in December 1968, broadcast on ...
(1969–present)
1970s
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Emmerdale
''Emmerdale'' (known as ''Emmerdale Farm'' until 1989) is a British soap opera that is broadcast on ITV1. The show is set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, ...
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*''
Newsround'' (1972–present)
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Last of the Summer Wine
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*''
Wish You Were Here...?'' (1974–2003)
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One Man and His Dog
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*''
Grange Hill
''Grange Hill'' is a British children's television drama series, originally produced by the BBC and portraying life in a typical comprehensive school. The show began its run on 8 February 1978 on BBC1, and was one of the longest-running progra ...
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*''
Blankety Blank
''Blankety Blank'' is a British comedy game show which started in 1979 and is still running today, albeit with some sizeable gaps.
The original series ran from 18 January 1979 to 12 March 1990 on BBC1, hosted first by Terry Wogan from 1979 un ...
'' (1979–1990, 1997–2002)
*''
Antiques Roadshow
''Antiques Roadshow'' is a British television programme broadcast by the BBC in which antiques appraisers travel to various regions of the United Kingdom (and occasionally in other countries) to appraise antiques brought in by local people ( ...
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*''
Question Time
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1980s
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Children in Need'' (1980–present)
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Timewatch
''Timewatch'' is a long-running British television series showing documentaries on historical subjects, spanning all human history. It was first broadcast on 29 September 1982 and is produced by the BBC.
The ''Timewatch'' brandname is used as a ...
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*''
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Geography Canada
* Brookside, Edmonton
* Brookside, Newfoundland and Labrador
* Brookside, Nova Scotia
United Kingdom
* Brookside, Berkshire, England
* Brookside, Telford, an area of Telford, England
United States
* Br ...
'' (1982–2003)
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Countdown
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*''
Right to Reply
''Right to Reply'' (sometimes called ''R2R'') is a British television series shown on Channel 4 from 1982 until 2001, which allowed viewers to voice their complaints or concerns about TV programmes. It featured reports, usually presented by a v ...
'' (1982–2001)
*''
James the Cat
''James the Cat'' is a 1984 British children's series created by Kate Canning and produced by Jan Clayton with Grampian Television. It chronicles the many events which take place at the Cornerhouse (number 104) between James and his new animal f ...
'' (1984–1992, 1998–2003)
*''
The Bill
''The Bill'' is a British police procedural television series, first broadcast on ITV from 16 August 1983 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, '' Woodentop'', broadcast in August 1983.
The programme focused o ...
'' (1984–2010)
*''
Channel 4 Racing'' (1984–2016)
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Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends
''Thomas & Friends'' (originally known as ''Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends'' and later ''Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures!'') is a British children's television series that aired across 24 series from 1984 to 2021. Based on ''The ...
'' (1984–present)
*''
EastEnders'' (1985–present)
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Comic Relief
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Definition
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*''
Casualty
Casualty may refer to:
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**Civilian casualty, a non-combatant killed or injured in warfare
* The emergency department of a hospital, also known as ...
'' (1986–present)
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ChuckleVision
''ChuckleVision'' is a British children's comedy television series created by Martin Hughes and the Chuckle Brothers for the BBC. It starred Barry and Paul Elliott as the Chuckle Brothers and occasionally their older brothers, Jimmy, and Brian ...
'' (1987–2009)
*''
London's Burning'' (1988–2002)
*''
On the Record'' (1988–2002)
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Fifteen to One
''Fifteen to One'' is a British general knowledge quiz show broadcast on Channel 4. It originally ran from 11 January 1988 to 19 December 2003 and had a reputation for being one of the toughest quizzes on TV. Throughout the show's original run ...
'' (1988–2003, 2013–2019)
*''
This Morning'' (1988–present)
1990s
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Stars in Their Eyes
''Stars in Their Eyes'' is a British television talent series, based on Joop van den Ende's Dutch format ''Soundmixshow''. It featured a singing contest in which members of the public impersonate showbiz stars.
The show premiered on 21 July 1 ...
'' (1990–2006, 2015)
*''
Big Break
''Big Break'' is a British television game show, created by Roger Medcalf, Mike Kemp and Terry Mardell, presented by comedian Jim Davidson and snooker commentator John Virgo, and broadcast on BBC One between 1991 and 2002. Inspired by ITV's '' ...
'' (1991–2002)
*''
Heartbeat'' (1992–2010)
*''
The Big Breakfast
''The Big Breakfast'' is a British breakfast light entertainment television programme that was broadcast on Channel 4. Originally presented by Chris Evans and Gaby Roslin, the show was latterly presented by Mo Gilligan and AJ Odudu.
The p ...
'' (1992–2002)
*''
999 999 or triple nine most often refers to:
* 999 (emergency telephone number), a telephone number for the emergency services in several countries
* 999 (number), an integer
* AD 999, a year
* 999 BC, a year
Books
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'' (1992–2003)
*''
Breakfast with Frost
''Breakfast with Frost'' is a Sunday morning BBC current affairs programme hosted by Sir David Frost. It covered the main political news of the day, with Frost interviewing key figures in the world of politics, and celebrity guests reviewing the ...
'' (1993–2005)
*''
Wipeout'' (1994–2002)
*''
Animal Hospital
''Animal Hospital'' is a British television show starring Australian singer and TV presenter Rolf Harris that ran on BBC One from 1994 to 2004 and more recently starring Phil Dixon. The series featured animal welfare stories from many RSPCA hos ...
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*''
Room 101
The Ministry of Truth, the Ministry of Peace, the Ministry of Love, and the Ministry of Plenty are the four ministries of the government of Oceania in the 1949 dystopian novel ''Nineteen Eighty-Four'', by George Orwell.
The use of contradictory ...
'' (1994–2007, 2012–2018)
*''
Time Team
''Time Team'' is a British television programme that originally aired on Channel 4 from 16 January 1994 to 7 September 2014. It returned online in 2022 for two episodes released on YouTube. Created by television producer Tim ...
'' (1994–2013)
*''
The National Lottery Draws
''The National Lottery Results'' (previously ''The National Lottery Live'', ''The National Lottery Draw'', ''The National Lottery Stars'' and ''The National Lottery Draws'') is the television programme that broadcasts the drawing of the Natio ...
'' (1994–2017)
*''
Top of the Pops 2
''Top of the Pops 2'' (also known as ''TOTP2'') is a British television music show broadcast on BBC Two showing archive footage from the long-running ''Top of the Pops'' show, some dating back to the 1960s when the programme first aired on Britis ...
'' (1994–2017)
*''
Hollyoaks
''Hollyoaks'' is a British soap opera which began airing on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was created by Phil Redmond, who had previously conceived the soap opera '' Brookside''. Since 2005, episodes have been aired on sister channel E4 a ...
'' (1995–present)
*''
Ballykissangel
''Ballykissangel'' is a BBC television drama created by Kieran Prendiville and set in Ireland, produced in-house by BBC Northern Ireland. The original story revolved around a young English Roman Catholic priest as he became part of a rural com ...
'' (1996–2001)
*''
Y Clwb Rygbi'', Wales (1997–present)
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Dream Team
Dream Team may refer to:
Sport
Basketball
* Dream Team, the 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team in Barcelona
* Dream Team II, the 1994 U.S. men's national basketball team at the FIBA World Championship
* Dream Team III, the 1996 ...
'' (1997–2007)
*''
Family Affairs
''Family Affairs'' is a British soap opera that aired on Channel 5. It debuted on 30 March 1997, the day of the launch of said channel and was the first programme broadcast on the channel. It was screened as five thirty-minute episodes per w ...
'' (1997–2005)
*''
100%'' (1997–2001)
*''
Teletubbies
''Teletubbies'' is a British children's television series created by Anne Wood and Andrew Davenport for the BBC. The programme focuses on four differently coloured characters known as the Teletubbies, named after the television screens on t ...
'' (1997–2002, 2007–2009, 2012, 2015–2018)
*''
Robot Wars'' (1998–2004, 2016–2018)
*''
Midsomer Murders'' (1997–present)
*''
Don't Try This at Home'' (1998–2001)
*''
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'' (often informally called ''Millionaire'') is an international television game show franchise of British origin, created by David Briggs, Mike Whitehill and Steven Knight. In its format, currently owned and l ...
'' (1998–2014, 2018–present)
*''
Bob the Builder
''Bob the Builder'' is a British animated children's television series created by Keith Chapman for HIT Entertainment and Hot Animation. The series follows the adventures of Bob, a building contractor, specialising in masonry, along with ...
'' (1998–present)
*''
British Soap Awards
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'' (1999–2019, 2022–present)
*''
The League of Gentlemen
''The League of Gentlemen'' is a surreal British comedy horror sitcom that premiered on BBC Two in 1999. The programme is set in Royston Vasey, a fictional town in northern England, originally based on Alston, Cumbria, and follows the live ...
'' (1999–2002)
*''
Holby City'' (1999–2022)
*''
See It Saw It
''See It Saw It'' is a children's game show about a king who rules over the kingdom of "Much Jollity-on-the-Mirth". It ran from 6 January 1999 to 26 March 2001. The programme was filmed entirely in a studio, with an audience of children, who at v ...
'' (1999–2001)
*''
Spaced
''Spaced'' is a British television sitcom created, written by and starring Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson, and directed by Edgar Wright, about the (comedic and sometimes farcical and action-packed) misadventures of Daisy Steiner and Tim Bi ...
'' (1999–2001)
*''
Tweenies
''Tweenies'' is a British live action Puppet children's television series created by Will Brenton and Iain Lauchlan. The programme is focused on four pre-school aged characters, known as the "Tweenies", playing, singing, dancing, and learning ...
'' (1999–2002)
Ending this year
* ''
Nine O'Clock News'' (1970–2000)
* ''
Pingu
''Pingu'' is a stop-motion children's television series co-created by Otmar Gutmann and Erika Brueggemann. It was originally produced from 1990 to 2000 by Swiss company The Pygos Group (originally called Trickfilmstudio) for SF DRS in Switzerl ...
'' (1986–2000, 2004–2006)
* ''
Inspector Morse
Detective Chief Inspector Endeavour Morse, GM, is the eponymous fictional character in the series of detective novels by British author Colin Dexter. On television, he appears in the 33-episode drama series '' Inspector Morse'' (1987–2000), ...
'' (1987–2000)
* ''
Breakfast News
''Breakfast News'' was a breakfast news programme which first aired on BBC1 on 2 October 1989. The programme was previously known as '' Breakfast Time''. It was planned to launch on 18 September 1989 but was held back by two weeks due to tech ...
'' (1989–2000)
* ''
Mike and Angelo'' (1989–2000)
* ''
One Foot in the Grave
''One Foot in the Grave'' is a British television sitcom written by David Renwick. There were six series (each consisting of six half-hour shows) and seven Christmas specials over a period of ten years from early 1990 to late 2000. The first fi ...
'' (1990–2000)
* ''
Rosie and Jim
''Rosie and Jim'' (sometimes written as ''Rosie & Jim'') is a British children's television programme which was produced by Ragdoll Productions and aired on ITV from 3 September 1990 to 16 May 2000. The programme was then repeated periodica ...
'' (1990–2000)
* ''
Gladiators
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'' (1992–2000, 2008–2009)
* ''
One Foot in the Past
''One Foot in the Past'' is a British television series on BBC 2 that ran from 1993 to 2000. It considered the cultural heritage and history of Britain. Each programme ran for 30 minutes.
Presenters included Kirsty Wark and also:
* Joan Bakewell ...
'' (1993–2000)
* ''Mr. Motivator exercise routines'' (1993–2000)
* ''
Can't Cook, Won't Cook
''Can't Cook, Won't Cook'' is a British cooking game show that aired on BBC1
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for bro ...
'' (1995–2000)
* ''
TFI Friday
''TFI Friday'' is an entertainment show that was broadcast on Channel 4 television in the United Kingdom. It was produced by Ginger Productions, written by Danny Baker, and hosted by Chris Evans, for the first five series. The sixth series ...
'' (1996–2000)
* ''
dinnerladies'' (1998–2000)
* ''
Heartburn Hotel
''Heartburn Hotel'' is a British sitcom that ran for two series on BBC One from 1998 to 2000.
The programme concerns the owner-operator and tenants of the Olympic Hotel—an establishment named in anticipation of a successful Olympic bid by t ...
'' (1998–2000)
* ''
Sunburn
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'' (1999–2000)
* ''
Hope and Glory'' (1999–2000)
* ''
Queer as Folk'' (1999–2000)
* ''
Insides Out'' (1999–2000)
Births
*27 June –
Ruben Reuter
Ruben Reuter (born 28 June 2000) is an English actor, best known for his role as Finn McLaine in '' The Dumping Ground''.
Early and personal life
Reuter was born in Huddersfield to parents Kim Reuter and Russ Elias. Reuter has Down Syndrome an ...
, actor
*29 June –
Kia Pegg
Kia May Pegg (born 29 June 2000) is an English actress and television presenter. She portrayed Jody Jackson in the British children's drama show ''Tracy Beaker Returns'' (2012), as well as the spin-off series ''The Dumping Ground'' (2013–202 ...
, actress
*5 October –
Millie Innes
Millie Innes (born 5 October 2000) is a Scottish actress, known for her roles as Maisy in ''Dani's House'' and Millie McDonald in ''Millie Inbetween''.
Early and personal life
Innes was born in 2000 to parents Julia and Campbell; she has a you ...
, actress
Deaths
See also
*
2000 in British music
*
2000 in British radio
*
2000 in the United Kingdom
Events from the year 2000 in the United Kingdom.
Incumbents
*Monarch – Elizabeth II
*Prime Minister – Tony Blair ( Labour)
*Parliament – 52nd
Events January
* Japanese carmaker Nissan adds a third model to its factory near Sunderla ...
*
List of British films of 2000
References
External links
List of 2000 British television seriesat
IMDb
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{{Years in TV by country, 2000