1992 in British television

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

  • 9–10 June – Episodes 1450–1454 of Australian soap Neighbours are heavily censored by the BBC because they contain an incest storyline between the characters Glen Donnelly (played by Richard Huggett) and Lucy Robinson (Melissa Bell), who had not realised they were half-siblings when they began a relationship. Scenes involving the story are cut from Episode 1450, aired on 9 June, while Episodes 1451–1454 are edited together into one episode, which is transmitted the following day.[16][17] The scenes were shown uncut in repeats aired by another channel some years later.[18]
  • 10-26 June – The BBC and ITV show live coverage of Euro 92.
  • 14 June – An edition of The South Bank Show, The Making of Sgt. Pepper, celebrates the 25th anniversary of the release of The Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.[19]
  • 21 June – ITV airs the first of four editions of Frankie's On..., a series of stand-up shows recorded by the late Frankie Howerd shortly before his death in April. Six episodes had been planned, but only four were recorded before he died. The episodes are Frankie's On Board!, Frankie's On The Coals!, Frankie's On Fire! and Frankie's On Call!
  • 25 June – A British adaptation of the US informational docudrama television series Rescue 911 known as 999 begins on BBC1 airing for 11 years up until 2003.
  • 26 June – The final lunchtime edition of Business Daily is shown on Channel 4. The breakfast editions, which are part of Channel Four Daily, continue for another three months.
  • 29 June – Susie Dent premieres as lexicographer on Countdown, a role she holds to this day.
  • June – Yorkshire and Tyne Tees television merge as a result of financial strain brought on by the amount each paid to retain their ITV franchises.[20] The merger begins a process that will see the consolidation of ITV over the next decade.

July

  • 3 July –
    • Columbia TriStar and Canwest, two backers of the four strong Channel 5 Holdings Ltd consortium, withdraw their support for the project, leaving Thames Television and Canadian businessman Moses Znaimer to take the project forward. As Channel 5 Holdings are the only current bidders for the Channel 5 licence there are concerns for the future of the process ahead of the deadline, but Channel 5 Holdings says it intends to put forward its bid as planned.[21]
    • After more than seven years on air, Terry Wogan's thrice-weekly chat show Wogan is broadcast for the final time.[22][23]
  • 6 July – BBC1 launches the ill-fated Eldorado, a soap about a group of ex-pats living in Spain.[24] The series is axed the following year.
  • 7 July – Date of the initial deadline for applications to run the Channel 5 service. One application to run the channel is submitted by Channel 5 Holdings Ltd.[11]
  • 18–19 July – ITV stages its third and final nationwide Telethon fundraising effort. The 28-hour show attracts criticism from disability campaigners, who protest outside London Weekend Television's headquarters, feeling that ITV's charity appeal films for the programme used "pitiful" stereotypes that would not help them to achieve equality.[25]
  • 19 July – Vanessa Binns wins the 1992 series of MasterChef.
  • 25 July−9 August – The BBC becomes the exclusive broadcaster of the Summer Olympic Games in the UK when it shows live coverage of the 1992 Summer Olympics. Around 15 hours a day of mainly live coverage is provided although Games coverage is interrupted for coverage of other sport, mostly cricket and horse racing, rather than showing non-Olympic sport on the other BBC channel.
  • July – The former BSB satellite Marcopolo 2 is sold to Norway's Telenor and renamed Thor 1.

August

September

October

November

  • 1 November – UK Gold is launched. It is a joint venture between the BBC and Thames Television and shows programmes from the archives of both broadcasters.
  • 2 November – Channel 4 celebrates ten years on air. On that day, the Fourscore theme used in the idents is replaced.
  • 3 November – An artile in Variety magazine indicates that a number of American companies are interested in acquiring TVS, including TCW Capital, International Family Entertainment Inc. (IFE) and Lorne Michaels.[44] TCW Capital subsequently goes on to make an offer to rival IFE,[45] but pulls out a few weeks later after reviewing the TVS accounts.[46]
  • 9 November – ITV's News at Ten was given its first major relaunch, in part to address the criticism it had attracted over the last few years. In a bid to regain the personal touch that had been lost, the programme dispensed with the dual-presentation team in favour of a sole newscaster, Trevor McDonald, who subsequently became one of the most well-known newscasters in the UK. Julia Somerville, John Suchet and Dermot Murnaghan each presented News at Ten when McDonald was absent. The bulletin carried this format until 5 March 1999.
  • 12 November – The first episode of Absolutely Fabulous, a sitcom written by and starring Jennifer Saunders, airs on BBC2. The series also features Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha, Jane Horrocks and June Whitfield.[47]
  • 20 November – Bob Mills presents a late night programme on ITV set in his home called In Bed with Medinner in which he specialised in a cynical view of life and its everyday objects, and in pastiches of popular culture icons.
  • 26 November – The Times reports that IFE have increased their offer to purchase TVS to £45.3m.[48]
  • 28 November – BBC1 shows the network television premiere of Tremors, Ron Underwood's 1990 monster comedy starring Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward.[49]
  • 30 November – To mark the 53rd European Council meeting, held in Edinburgh on 11–12 December, BBC1 Scotland begins a week of programming dedicated to Europe, including comedy, sport, documentaries and political programmes. Reporting Scotland also carries a week of reports about Britain's relationship with Europe.

December

Unknown

Debuts

BBC1

BBC2

ITV

Channel 4

Sky One

Sky Sports

MTV Europe

Channels

New channels

Date Channel
13 January The Parliamentary Channel
31 January The Adult Channel
9 March The Learning Channel
25 April The Box
May Wire TV
1 October Sky Movies Gold
October CMT Europe
1 November UK Gold

Defunct channels

Date Channel
30 September The Comedy Channel
31 December Sky Arts

Television shows

Changes of network affiliation

Shows Moved from Moved to
The Magic Roundabout BBC1 Channel 4
Paddington
The Wombles
The Herbs
University Challenge ITV BBC2
Stingray
The Dreamstone The Children's Channel

Returning this year after a break of one year or longer

Continuing television shows

1920s

  • BBC Wimbledon (1927–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–present)

1930s

  • The Boat Race (1938–1939, 1946–2019)
  • BBC Cricket (1939, 1946–1999, 2020–2024)

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

Ending this year

Births

Deaths

DateNameAgeCinematic Credibility
18 April H. V. Kershaw 74 scriptwriter (Coronation Street)
19 April Frankie Howerd 75 comedian and actor (That Was The Week That Was and Up Pompeii!)
20 April Benny Hill 68 comedian (The Benny Hill Show)
19 May James Bate 47 actor (Sleuth, The Spoils of War)
3 June Robert Morley 84 actor (Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines, Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?, British Airways advertisements).
5 June Laurence Naismith 83 actor (The Persuaders!)
29 August Teddy Turner 75 actor (Never the Twain, Emmerdale)
2 September Johnnie Mortimer 61 scriptwriter (Man About the House, George & Mildred, Robin's Nest, Never the Twain )
11 December Michael Robbins 62 actor (On the Buses)

See also

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