This is a list of events that took place in 2018 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
Top 10 most-watched television broadcasts of this year
BARB consolidated 7-day viewing figures
The
Broadcasters' Audience Research Board
The Broadcasters Audience Research Board (BARB) is a British organisation that compiles audience measurement and television ratings in the United Kingdom. It was created in 1981 to replace two previous systems whereby ITV ratings were compiled ...
(BARB) used this method of measurement until August 2018. Viewing figures details include +1 and HD channels. Highest rated single episode, instalment or match per channel.
Debuts
BBC
ITV
Channel 4
Channel 5
Other channels
Channels
New channels
Defunct channels
Rebranding channels
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
Ending this year
Deaths
See also
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2018 in British music
This is a summary of the year 2018 in British music.
Events
* 2 January – The Paxton Festival announces that Helen Jamieson is to stand down as its artistic director in September 2018.
* 8 January – Arts Council England announces the appo ...
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2018 in British radio
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2018 in the United Kingdom
Events from the year 2018 in the United Kingdom.
Incumbents
*Monarch of the United Kingdom, Monarch – Elizabeth II
*Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister – Theresa May (Conservative Party (UK), Conservative)
*Parliament of th ...
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List of British films of 2018
This article lists feature-length Great Britain, British films and full-length documentaries that have had their premieres in 2018 and were at least partly produced by Great Britain or the United Kingdom. It does not feature short films, medium ...
References
{{Years in TV by country, 2018