This is a list of events that took place in 2021 relating to
television in the United Kingdom
Regular television broadcasts in the United Kingdom started in 1936 as a public service which was free of advertising, which followed the Mechanical television#Television demonstrations, first demonstration of a transmitted moving image in 1926 ...
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Events
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Debuts
BBC
ITV
Channel 4
Channel 5
Other channels
Channels and streaming services
New channels
New streaming services
Defunct channels/streaming services
Rebranding channels/streaming services
Television programmes
Changes of network affiliation
Returning this year after a break of one year or longer
Continuing television programmes
1920s
1930s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Ending this year
Deaths
See also
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2021 in the United Kingdom
Events from the year 2021 in the United Kingdom.
Incumbents
*Monarch – Elizabeth II
*Prime Minister – Boris Johnson (Conservative)
*Parliament – 58th
Events
January
*2 January – COVID-19 in the UK: A record high daily positive test ...
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2021 in British music
This is a summary of the year 2021 in British music.
Events
* 11 January – The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) announces that Sir Simon Rattle is to stand down as its music director in 2023, and is scheduled subsequently to take the titl ...
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2021 in British radio
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List of British films of 2021
This article lists feature-length British films and full-length documentaries that have their premiere in 2021 and were at least partly produced by the United Kingdom. It does not feature short films, medium-length films, made-for-TV films, po ...
References
{{Years in TV by country, 2021
2021 in British television