1967 in British television

1967 in British television
This is a list of British television related events from 1967.
Events
January
3 January – Children's stop-motion animation series Trumpton is the second programme on BBC1 to be shot in colour.
7 January – Debut of The Forsyte Saga, a blockbuster BBC dramatisation in 26 50-minute episodes originally shown on BBC2 and the first British television programme ever to be sold to the Soviet Union.
9 January – The long-running children's educational programme Look and Read debuts on BBC1.
February
3 February – David Frost confronts fraudster Emil Savundra on Rediffusion London's The Frost Programme.
28 February – National and regional newspapers carry advertisements from the Independent Television Authority requesting applicants for various new ITV contracts, one of which is Programme Contractor for Yorkshire Area (Contract D) – All Week. Ten formal bids are received by the closing date.
March
No events.
April
4 April – BBC1 show a Tom and Jerry cartoon for the first time, commencing with the 1942 short 'Dog Trouble'. The hugely popular Hanna-Barbera character's are shown twice weekly on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and go on to be screened continually on the BBC throughout many decades.
8 April – The United Kingdom wins the 12th Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, Austria. The winning song is "Puppet on a String" performed barefoot by Sandie Shaw.
May
No events.
June
12 June – The 1967 franchise round sees a number of changes being made to the ITV regional map which will take effect from May to August 1968:
Any split weekday/weekend licences are removed in all regions, except London.
The London split is moved from Friday/Saturday to Friday at 7pm.
The North of England region is split into the North West and Yorkshire.
Granada, the existing weekday contractor for the North of England region, is given a seven-day licence for the new North West of England region.
Lord Thomson of Fleet is required to divest himself of most of his holding in Scottish Television.
A new company, Telefusion Yorkshire, later renamed Yorkshire Television, is given the licence to broadcast in the newly created Yorkshire region.
ATV wins the new seven-day Midlands licence, replacing ABC at the weekend.
ABC and Rediffusion, London are asked to form a joint company to take the London weekday franchise previously held by Rediffusion alone, the result, Thames Television, is 51% controlled by ABC.
The London Television Consortium, put together by David Frost wins the London weekend contract which now includes Friday evenings from 7pm. They go on air as London Weekend Television.
Most controversially, TWW loses its franchise for Wales and the West of England to Harlech Television which later becomes known as HTV on the arrival of UHF.
25 June – The Our World programme airs to over 30 countries featuring performers from the represented countries, the segment for the United Kingdom features The Beatles performing "All You Need Is Love", with guests Mick Jagger, Marianne Faithfull, Keith Richards, Keith Moon, Eric Clapton, Pattie Harrison, Jane Asher, Graham Nash, Hunter Davies and others.
July
1 July – BBC2 becomes Europe's first colour TV broadcaster. The colour service is launched with live coverage from the Wimbledon Championships.
2 July – The BBC's colour Test Card F, featuring Carole Hersee, is broadcast for the first time.
3 July – News at Ten premieres on ITV. It airs for half an hour nightly on weeknights until 1999 before being axed. It is then reintroduced in 2001, axed again in 2004 and brought back for a second time in 2008.
8–9 July – BBC1 broadcasts The Great Climb, covering ascents of the Old Man of Hoy in Orkney in real time, which attracts around 15 million viewers.
August
No events.
September
29 September
The Prisoner has its UK premiere on ATV and Grampian Television. The world premiere of the series occurs on 5 September when the series debuts on CTV in Canada.
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, the popular science fiction Supermarionation series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson debuts on ITV.
October
13 October – Omnibus, an arts documentary series, begins.
23 October – Service Information is broadcast by the BBC for the first time. The bulletins are broadcast three times each weekday on BBC2.
November
No events.
December
2 December – Colour television is officially launched on BBC2 which coincided with a new ident known as Cube 2.
22 December – Dante's Inferno, Ken Russell's television film about Dante Gabriel Rossetti is shown in the Omnibus series.
25 December – The final edition of The Sooty Show is shown on the BBC after being cancelled by Paul Fox, the controller of BBC 1. Part of the reason for the cancellation is due to his decision to clear out long-running programmes on the channel to make way for new shows. The Sooty Show would return next year on ITV, being produced by the newly-launched London franchise Thames Television.
26 December
The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour film airs on BBC1 in the UK.
Do Not Adjust Your Set premieres on ITV.
Debuts
BBC1
2 January – Sword of Honour (1967)
3 January – The Trumptonshire Trilogy: Trumpton (1967)
6 January – The Whitehall Worrier (1967)
7 January – The Forsyte Saga (1967)
15 January – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1967)
22 January – Great Expectations (1967)
24 February – The World of Wodehouse (1967)
4 April – Dee Time (1967–1969)
9 April – St. Ives (1967)
2 May – Further Adventures of Lucky Jim (1967)
4 April – Tom and Jerry (1940-1967)
8 May – Mickey Dunne (1967)
21 May – The Further Adventures of the Musketeers (1967)
26 May – Not in Front of the Children (1967–1970)
28 May – Champion House (1967–1968)
12 June – Ask the Family (1967–1984)
20 June – Misleading Cases (1967–1971)
5 July – Rainbow City (1967)
1 August – Sorry I'm Single (1967)
4 August – Boy Meets Girl (1967–1969)
18 August – Whistle Stop (1967–1968)
28 August – The Queen's Traitor (1967)
September – Batfink (1966–1967)
10 September – Pride and Prejudice (1967)
30 September – The Talk of the Town (1967–1974)
2 October – Belle and Sebastian (1967–1968) (Made in 1965)
3 October – A Series of Bird's (1967)
8 October – Ironside (1967–1975)
13 October – Omnibus (1967–2003)
22 October – Les Misérables (1967)
27 November – The Very Merry Widow (1967–1968)
26 December – Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
Unknown – The Rolf Harris Show (1967–1970; 1972–1974)
BBC2
9 January – Look and Read: Bob and Carol Look for Treasure (1967)
21 January – The Invaders (1967–1969)
30 January – Before the Fringe (1967)
4 February – Girl in a Black Bikini (1967)
18 March – The Paradise Makers (1967)
28 March – The Revenue Men (1967–1968)
27 April – Witch Hunt (1967)
3 June – This Way for Murder (1967)
12 June – Three of a Kind (1967)
22 July – Kenilworth (1967)
3 August – Face the Music (1967–1977: 1983–1984)
19 August – Angel Pavement (1967)
29 August – The Big M (1967)
16 September – The White Rabbit (1967)
28 October – Wuthering Heights (1967)
16 November – A Hundred Years of Humphrey Hastings (1967)
2 December – Vanity Fair (1967)
3 December – The World About Us (1967–1987)
10 December – The Charlie Drake Show (1967–1968)
ITV
2 January – Turn Out the Lights (1967)
6 January
Uncle Charles (1967)
Mr. Aitch (1967)
11 February – Who Is Sylvia? (1967)
15 February – At Last the 1948 Show (1967–1968)
17 February – Mr. Rose (1967–1968)
18 February – Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width (1967–1971)
24 February – My Man Joe (1967)
30 March – Seven Deadly Virtues (1967)
1 April – Vacant Lot (1967)
3 April – Market in Honey Lane (1967–1969)
18 April – The Golden Age (1967)
23 April – Spindoe (1967)
15 May – The Jetsons (1962–1963)
16 May – Half Hour Story (1967–1968)
19 May – The Fellows (1967)
27 May – Trapped (1967)
6 June – Hancock's (1967)
27 June – Sam and Janet (1967–1968)
29 June – Sanctuary (1967–1968)
1 July – The Golden Shot (1967–1975)
3 July – News at Ten (1967–1999, 2001–2004, 2008–present)
6 July
Danger Island (1967)
Send Foster (1967)
8 July – Callan (1967–1972)
9 July – The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1967)
18 July – Escape (1967)
19 August – Haunted (1967–1968)
22 September – Baker's Half-Dozen (1967)
25 September
ITV Playhouse (1967–1982)
Sexton Blake (1967–1971)
26 September – The Gamblers (1967–1968)
27 September
Man in a Suitcase (1967–1968)
The Flower of Gloster (1967)
28 September – Mystery Hall (1967)
29 September
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (1967–1968)
Inheritance (1967)
The Prisoner (1967–1968)
7 October – Sat'day While Sunday (1967)
8 October – Skippy the Bush Kangaroo (1967–1970)
29 October – The Pilgrim's Progress (1967)
14 November – No – That's Me Over Here! (1967–1970)
8 December – City '68 (1967–1968)
26 December – Do Not Adjust Your Set (1967–1969)
Unknown
Tarzan (1966–1968)
Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Television shows
Changes of network affiliation
Continuing television shows
1920s
BBC Wimbledon (1927–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–2024)
1930s
The Boat Race (1938–1939, 1946–2019)
BBC Cricket (1939, 1946–1999, 2020–2024)
1940s
Come Dancing (1949–1998)
1950s
Andy Pandy (1950–1970, 2002–2005)
Watch with Mother (1952–1975)
The Good Old Days (1953–1983)
Panorama (1953–present)
Take Your Pick! (1955–1968, 1992–1998)
Double Your Money (1955–1968)
Dixon of Dock Green (1955–1976)
Crackerjack (1955–1984, 2020–present)
Opportunity Knocks (1956–1978, 1987–1990)
This Week (1956–1978, 1986–1992)
Armchair Theatre (1956–1974)
What the Papers Say (1956–2008)
The Sky at Night (1957–present)
Blue Peter (1958–present)
Grandstand (1958–2007)
1960s
Coronation Street (1960–present)
The Avengers (1961–1969)
Songs of Praise (1961–present)
The Saint (1962–1969)
Z-Cars (1962–1978)
Animal Magic (1962–1983)
Doctor Who (1963–1989, 1996, 2005–present)
World in Action (1963–1998)
The Wednesday Play (1964–1970)
Top of the Pops (1964–2006)
Match of the Day (1964–present)
Crossroads (1964–1988, 2001–2003)
Play School (1964–1988)
Mr. and Mrs. (1965–1999)
The Newcomers (1965–1969)
Not Only... But Also (1965–1970)
World of Sport (1965–1985)
Call My Bluff (1965–2005)
Jackanory (1965–1996, 2006)
Softly, Softly (1966–1969)
The Trumptonshire Trilogy (1966–1969)
All Gas and Gaiters (1966–1971)
It's a Knockout (1966–1982, 1999–2001)
The Money Programme (1966–2010)
Ending this year
Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1955–1967)
Emergency - Ward 10 (1957–1967)
Hugh and I (1962–1967)
The Illustrated Weekly Hudd (1966–1967)
Batfink (1966–1967)
Births
2 January – Ruth Gemmell, actress
7 January – Mark Lamarr, British comedian/TV and radio presenter
14 January – Emily Watson, English actress
15 January – Paul J. Medford, actor
21 January – Tony Hirst, actor
16 February – Matthew Cottle, actor
21 February – Neil Oliver, archaeologist, historian, author and broadcaster
4 March – Tim Vine, actor and comedian, brother of Jeremy Vine
11 March – John Barrowman, Scottish-born actor
21 March – Adrian Chiles, television presenter
22 March – Joanne Malin, broadcaster and television presenter
2 April – Helen Chamberlain, television presenter
25 April – Tim Davie, BBC television executive
26 April – Marianne Jean-Baptiste, actress
4 May
Anna Botting, journalist and newsreader
Kate Garraway, journalist and television presenter
18 July – Paul Cornell, British television writer
19 July – Rageh Omaar, broadcaster
22 July – Rhys Ifans, Welsh actor
26 July – Jason Statham, actor
19 August – Lucy Briers, actress
1 September – Steve Pemberton, English comedy writer and performer (The League of Gentlemen)
18 September – Tara Fitzgerald, English actress
21 September – Christopher Price, television presenter (died 2002)
16 October – Davina McCall, British TV presenter and UK Big Brother host
14 November – Letitia Dean, British actress
15 November – Becky Anderson, journalist and newsreader
Unknown – Miranda Sawyer, journalist and broadcaster
Death
30 May – Claude Rains, actor, aged 77
See also
1967 in British music
1967 in British radio
1967 in the United Kingdom
List of British films of 1967
References
External links
List of 1967 British television series at IMDb