This is a list of events that took place in 2015 related to
British television
Regular television broadcasts in the United Kingdom started in 1936 as a public service which was free of advertising, which followed the first demonstration of a transmitted moving image in 1926. Currently, the United Kingdom has a collection ...
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Most watched television of this year
The entire series of ''
Call the Midwife
''Call the Midwife'' is a BBC period drama series about a group of nurse midwives working in the East End of London in the late 1950s and 1960s. The principal cast of the show has included Jessica Raine, Miranda Hart, Helen George, Bryony Hanna ...
'' was successful in the ratings this year, with all eight episodes from its fourth series reaching the Top 20 most watched programmes watched in 2015. Successful drama broadcasts 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, p ...
continued with ''
EastEnders Live Week
''EastEnders'' Live Week (also known as ''EastEnders: The Week of Revelations'') is a set of five ''EastEnders'' episodes, including live elements, which was broadcast 17–20 February 2015 to mark the programme's 30th anniversary. The episodes ...
'' surrounding the
Who Killed Lucy Beale?
"Who Killed Lucy Beale?" is a storyline from the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders''. It was announced on 21 February 2014 and began on 18 April 2014, when Lucy Beale (Hetti Bywater) was discovered dead on Walford Common from a deliberately inflicte ...
storyline. ''
The Voice UK
''The Voice UK'' is a British singing competition television series. Created by John de Mol, it premiered on BBC One during the spring television cycle on 24 March 2012. Based on the original ''The Voice of Holland'', and part of ''The Voice ...
'' also enjoyed its most successful series ever, with the first six episodes reaching the Top 50.
Top 50 most-watched television broadcasts
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Returning this year after a break of one year or longer
Continuing television shows
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2015 in British music
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2015 in British radio
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2015 in the United Kingdom
Events from the year 2015 in the United Kingdom.
Incumbents
*Monarch of the United Kingdom, Monarch – Elizabeth II
*Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister – David Cameron (Cameron–Clegg coalition, Coalition until 8 May) (Con ...
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List of British films of 2015
The British film industry produced over fifty major feature films in 2015. This article fully lists all films that have a release date in that year and which were at least partly made by the United Kingdom. It does not include films first re ...
References
{{Years in TV by country, 2015