1955 in British television

Events

January

February

  • No events.

March

  • No events.

April

  • No events.

May

  • May – A consortium of the initial four Independent Television broadcasting companies establishes ITN, which will provide ITV with its news service when it launches in September.
  • 17 May – Sir Anthony Eden hosts a ground-breaking television election programme for the Conservative Party, the first broadcast of its type. The 30 minute programme features government ministers pitted against newspaper editors.[1]

June

  • 29 June – Life with the Lyons, one of the first successful British sitcoms (though starring the American, Ben Lyon), premieres on the BBC Television Service, having previously been broadcast only on radio.

July

August

  • No events.

September

October

November

  • No events.

December

  • 25 December – After being on radio since 1932, the Royal Christmas Message is broadcast on British television for the first time, in sound only at 3.00pm. The first visual Christmas message is shown in 1957.

Undated

  • Fanny Cradock records the pilot for a long-running cookery series with the BBC.

New channels

Date Channel
22 September ITV

Debuts

BBC Television Service/BBC TV

ITV

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

1950s

Ending this year

Births

See also

References

  1. "Eden takes to the airwaves". BBC On This Day. 1955-05-17. Archived from the original on 11 April 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
  2. "The 1950s". Irish TV: The story of Irish Television. Archived from the original on 2009-04-14. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  3. "New TV channel ends BBC monopoly". BBC "On This Day". 1955-09-22. Retrieved 15 May 2009.
  4. Hayward, Anthony (5 September 1998). "Obituary: Barbara Mandell – Arts & Entertainment". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
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