1957 in British television

Events

January

  • No events.

February

  • 16 February – The "Toddlers' Truce" (an arrangement whereby there were no television broadcasts between 6 PM and 7 PM, to allow parents to put their children to bed!) is abolished; it has been a major stumbling block to the success of ITV.

March

April

  • 1 April – British current affairs programme Panorama broadcasts the famous Spaghetti trees hoax report.[1]
  • 21 April – Historical documentary series Men, Women and Clothes begins airing. It is the first BBC programme filmed in colour, although it can only be transmitted in black and white.
  • 24 April – The Sky at Night appears for the first time, presented by Patrick Moore. It continues to air with Moore as presenter until his death in December 2012.

May

  • No events.

June

  • No events.

July

  • No events.

August

  • 31 August – Central Scotland's ITV franchise Scottish Television goes on air, the first 7-day-a-week ITV franchise to do so.

September

  • September – The first broadcasts of regional news bulletins take place.
  • 18 September – The sports programme Scotsport begins airing on Scottish Television. By the time it ends in 2008 it is recognised as the world's longest running television sports magazine.
  • 24 September – The ITV Schools and BBC Schools services, broadcasting programmes for schools and colleges, both go on air.
  • 30 September – Regional television news bulletins for the north of England begin from Piccadilly's studio N in Manchester.[2]

October

  • No events.

November

  • No events.

December

Debuts

BBC Television Service/BBC TV

  • 2 January – Potts and the Phantom Piper (1957)
  • 3 January – Our Miss Pemberton (1957-1958)
  • 13 January – The Adventures of Peter Simple (1957)
  • 17 January – My Pal Bob (1957-1958)
  • 8 February – Kenilworth (1957)
  • 16 February – Six-Five Special (1957–1958)
  • 18 February – Tonight (1957–1965)
  • 3 March – The Railway Children (1957)
  • 24 April – The Sky at Night (1957–present)
  • 30 April – Sara Crewe (1957)
  • 6 May – Drake's Progress (1957–1958)
  • 19 May – The Machine Breakers (1957)
  • 29 May –Precious Bane (1957)
  • 2 June – From Me to You (1957)
  • 13 June – Sheep's Clothing (1957)
  • 16 June – Huntingtower (1957)
  • 22 July – Scott Free (1957)
  • 27 July – Escape (1957)
  • 4 September – Mister Charlesworth (1957)
  • 2 October – Educated Evans (1957-1958)
  • 12 October – Thunder in the West (1957)
  • 16 October – The Royalty (1957-1958)
  • 18 October – Nicholas Nickleby (1957)
  • 25 October – Be Soon (1957)
  • 13 November A Time of Day (1957)
  • 3 December – Face to Face (1957–1962)
  • 27 December –
  • Unknown

ITV

STV

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

Deaths

See also

References

  1. "BBC fools the nation". BBC On This Day. 1957-04-01. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
  2. "CHAPTER FOUR - BBC MANCHESTER – A HISTORY" (PDF). BBC Trust. p. 26. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  3. Mark Duguid "Armchair Theatre (1956–74)", BFI screenonline
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