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2025 in British television

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This is a list of events in 2025 relating to television in the United Kingdom.

Events

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January

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Date Event
1 BBC One sees in the New Year with Sophie Ellis-Bextor, who performs and hosts a "New Year Disco".[1]
Ross Kemp will reprise his role as EastEnders character Grant Mitchell to coincide with the programme's 40th anniversary.[2]
Details of the most-watched television events of the decade so far are released. In first place is Boris Johnson's 23 March 2020 Downing Street address at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, watched by 28.3 million viewers. This is followed by an address given by Johnson on 10 May 2020, watched by 27.6 million. In third place is the state funeral of Elizabeth II on 19 September 2022 (26.5 million), followed by Elizabeth II's COVID-19 address on 5 April 2020 (24.5 million), and the UEFA Euro 2020 final on 11 July 2021 (22.5 million).[3]
Joel Dommett and Ellie Taylor are crowned the winners of the Gladiators Celebrity Special after beating Rob Beckett and Louise Minchin.[4]
All WWE wrestling programmes move to Netflix after many years on linear TV channels including TNT Sports, with the WWE Network closing down at the same time.
2 A new Gavin & Stacey clip showing scenes from a long-discussed fishing trip that was a running joke throughout the series is released.[5]
6 Barb-produced figures give the Christmas Day episode of Gavin and Stacey an audience of 19.11 million in the first week following its transmission.[6]
After 20 years on Channel 4, the broadcaster moves its traditional weeknight showing of The Simpsons to E4.[7]
Debut of BBC Scotland's new weeknight news bulletin, Reporting Scotland: News at Seven, presented by Laura Maciver and Amy Irons.[8]
10 Royal Mail launches a set of special stamps to celebrate award-winning sitcom The Vicar of Dibley.[9]
11 An advert for Endrick Clothing filmed on the wedding day of reality TV stars Vicky Pattison and Ercan Ramadan, and that shows the groom and groomsmen smoking cigars, is banned by the Advertising Standards Agency for glamorising smoking.[10]
13 It is announced that London Live will close down on 19 January at midnight.[11]
15 The BBC News Channel stops simulcasting BBC Breakfast during the week, instead airing the global news service which, at that time of day, broadcasts rolling news and business reports. Breakfast will continue to air on the BBC News Channel at the weekend. Unless there is breaking news on weekends when it sticks with the international feed.[12]
It is announced that Kelly Cates, Mark Chapman and Gabby Logan will replace Gary Lineker as presenters of Match of the Day from the beginning of the next football season.[13]
Cyclone (Lystus Ebosel) and Hammer (Tom Wilson) are announced as two new Gladiators ahead of the second series on BBC One.[14]
17 Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy announces that the BBC would not be funded from general taxation if the TV licence fee were to be abolished.[15]
19 London Live closes down following the sale of the channel to David Montgomery's Local TV Ltd.[16]
20 London TV, a London version of the Local TV Network, which airs True Crime for most of the day, replaces London Live as London's local television station.[11]
24 Jake Brown and Leanne Quigley win the third series of The Traitors.[17][18] Overnight viewing figures indicate the episode had an audience of 7.4 million viewers, giving the programme its highest viewing figures to date.[19]
26 Comedian Josh Jones is forced to withdraw from Dancing on Ice due to an injury sustained while training.[20]
27 Sir Lindsay Hoyle, the Speaker of the House of Commons, makes a cameo appearance in an episode of Emmerdale.[21]
30 Sally Magnusson announces she will stand down as presenter of the BBC's Reporting Scotland in April, but will continue to work for the BBC on a freelance basis.[22]
Natalie Cassidy announces her departure from EastEnders, with her character Sonia Fowler set to leave during the show's 40th anniversary.[23]

February

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Date Event
5 Newscaster Kay Burley announces, during her breakfast show, she is leaving Sky News with immediate effect after 36 years with the channel.[24]
6 An ITV News investigation uncovers a number of allegations relating to inappropriate and intimidating behaviour by celebrity chef Gino D'Acampo.[25]
7 ITV removes Gino D'Acampo's upcoming shows from its schedule after he was accused of inappropriate and intimidating behaviour on set as well as pulling repeats of the most recent series of Family Fortunes.[26]
12 Ofcom says it is "carefully assessing" 1,227 complaints relating to comments made by Josh Howie on an edition of GB News's Headliners on 22 January concerning the LGBT community.[27]
15 Netflix are forced to move their BAFTA Awards afterparty, scheduled to be held at the Chiltern Firehouse the following day, to a different venue after a fire at the hotel.[28]
Kay Wright is appointed Head of BBC Midlands, overseeing radio, television and online content in the East and West Midlands areas.[29]
18 Steven Knight, creator of Peaky Blinders, tells BBC Breakfast the franchise will continue beyond the upcoming film.[30]
19 EastEnders celebrates its 40th anniversary. The celebrations include two viewer votes to decide the outcome of storylines, a first for a British soap opera.[31]
20 Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy says she will raise concerns with BBC bosses over the documentary Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone, narrated by a 13-year-old boy who is the son of Hamas's deputy minister of agriculture. Hamas is a prescribed terrorist group in the UK, Israel and many other countries.[32] The film is subsequently removed from BBC iPlayer.[33]
As part of their 40th anniversary week celebrations, EastEnders airs a live episode, during which the character Martin Fowler (James Bye) is killed-off.[31] Overnight viewing figures indicate the episode was watched by an average 3.7 million viewers.[34]
Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson announce they are stepping down from control of the James Bond franchise, with creative control going to Amazon MGM Studios.[35]
21 Amazon MGM Studios announces that Australian soap Neighbours will finish at the end of 2025, the second time the series has been cancelled, and two years after Amazon relaunched it.[36]
22 The BBC announces the return of Vicki Fowler to EastEnders after 21 years, with the role recast to Alice Haig.[37]
25 Actor Alexander Westwood, who appeared in the Netflix series Sex Education, is sentenced to fifteen and a half years in prison after he was convicted of 26 crimes against children and two pupils who went to him for acting tuition.[38]
27 To promote the release of new episodes of Peppa Pig, Mummy Pig appears on Good Morning Britain to announce her third pregnancy.[39]
Charlotte Moore announces her departure as BBC Chief Content Officer; she will leave the post later in the year.[40]
28 Eurosport closes in the UK and Ireland after 36 years when TNT Sports incorporates the coverage previously shown on Eurosport. This includes the Olympic Games, cycling (including the Tour de France), snooker, tennis (including three of the four majors) and winter sports.[41]
The High Court rules that Ofcom acted unlawfully with rulings over two shows hosted by Jacob Rees-Mogg on GB News in 2023, which it said breached the broadcasting code on impartiality grounds. It is the first time Ofcom has lost such a case.[42]
Philip Foster, an actor who appeared in Channel 4 soap Brookside, is sentenced to eight and a half years in prison at Sheffield Crown Court over a £13.6m fraud involving fake model agencies.[43]

March

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Date Event
1 ITV airs the 2025 Brit Awards. In the days following the ceremony, media regulator Ofcom received 825 complaints, the majority of them about Sabrina Carpenter's pre-watershed opening performance and Charli XCX's outfit.[44]
3 BBC Two airs the 500th edition of the quiz show Only Connect.[45]
Almost four years after leaving the programme, Piers Morgan returns to Good Morning Britain as a guest to discuss a recent conversation with US President Donald Trump.[46]
7 All-female country trio Remember Monday are chosen to represent the UK at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest with their song "What the Hell Just Happened?".[47]
Businesswoman Sara Davies announces she is to step away from her role on BBC One's Dragons' Den later in 2025.[48]
9 Sam Aston and professional dance partner Molly Lanaghan win series 17 of Dancing on Ice.[49]
11 Emmerdale announce that they have dropped freelance screenwriter Martin Fustes, who had been writing for the soap for eleven years, since Fustes had earlier that week admitted assault causing actual bodily harm and intentional suffocation.[50] They also withdraw their submission for the 2025 British Academy Television Awards, an episode written by Fustes that featured the fictional court trial of Tom King (James Chase), a character who had been subjecting his wife to physical and emotional abuse and coercive control.[51]
12 Channel 5 rebrands its television channel and online streaming service as 5, the third time the channel has undergone a rebrand since its launch in 1997.[52]
13 Bargain Hunt celebrates its 25th anniversary.[53]
14 BBC News presenters Martine Croxall, Annita McVeigh, Karin Giannone and Kasia Madera settle with the channel over sex and age discrimination relating to the merger of its domestic and international news channels in 2023.[54] Since which three have regained their roles as main presenters with McVeigh becoming a chief presenter.
The BBC and ITV agree a new four-year deal to air the Six Nations Championship keeping it on free-to-air television until 2029. Under the deal, which begins in 2026, ITV will show ten matches, including all England games, while the BBC will air at least five games involving Scotland and Wales. The BBC will also have exclusive rights to the Women's Six Nations Championship and the Under-20 Six Nations Championship.[55]
Ofcom removes three breaches of broadcasting code conditions against GB News following the High Court ruling in the channel's favour at the end of February.[56]
17 Ofcom drops its remaining impartiality investigations against GB News following the High Court's ruling in the channel's favour.[57]
18 BBC Scotland announces its flagship soap, River City, will end in Autumn 2026 after 24 years on air.[58]
19 Amanda Mealing pleads guilty to driving while under the influence of drugs, having tested positive for cocaine and benzoylecgonine in a roadside test. She also pleads guilty to driving without due care and attention. Mealing is banned from driving for 22 months, fined £485 and ordered to pay £400 in court costs and a surcharge of £194.[59]
20 Jo Coburn announces her departure from the BBC and as host of the programme BBC Politics Live.[60]
Alan Sugar signs a new three-year contract with the BBC, extending his tenure as presenter of The Apprentice until 2029.[61]
21 Four of the UK's biggest sports broadcasters and production companies – the BBC, BT, IMG and ITV – are fined more than £4m for illegally colluding on freelance pay rates.[62]
BBC One airs the Red Nose Day 2025 telethon, with £34m raised by the end of the evening.[63]
Blue Peter is broadcast live on the CBBC channel for the final time. Going forward, episodes will be pre-recorded and made available on BBC iPlayer first before being shown on CBBC later in the day.[64]
22 Cutbacks at BBC News results in the ending of technology magazine programme Click, after almost exactly 25 years on air.[65][66] It is replaced the following week by a new technology programme called Tech Now.[67]
24 Netflix drama Adolescence becomes the first streaming show to top the UK's weekly TV ratings, with 6.45 million people watching its first episode.[68]
26 Interview programme HARDtalk ends after 28 years. As with the ending of Click, the programme is being axed as part of the latest cuts and the slots previously occupied by HARDtalk will be replaced by rolling news.[69][70] HARDtalk had aired several times each day and one, 10.30 am, had seen a UK opt-out for UK‑specific news. This opt-out ends and is replaced by the global news feed.[67]
ITV announces the cancellation of Dancing on Ice for a second time due to poor viewing figures. It had first launched in 2006 and ran until 2014, before being revived in its current format in 2018.[71]
31 Netflix announces it is to make its drama Adolescence available free to screen in schools.[72]

April

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Date Event
1 The cost of an annual TV licence increases by £5 to £174.50.[73]
7 Warp Films, makers of Adolescence, announces plans to make a series based on the 1980s nuclear war film Threads.[74]
9 The BBC unveils the restored statue of Prospero and Ariel, created by sculptor Eric Gill, outside its London headquarters.[75]
12 Amanda Wah and Joe Fishburn win Series 2 of the Gladiators reboot.[76]
Mickey Rourke leaves Series 24 of Celebrity Big Brother after using language and behaviour deemed to be threatening and violent towards JoJo Siwa, becoming the first housemate to be removed from the house in the ITV version of Big Brother.[77]
13 Sky announces plans to launch a UK version of the US entertainment programme Saturday Night Live in 2026.[78]
16 ITV announces that ITVBe is to be replaced by ITV Quiz from 9 June 2025, with some of its shows, including The Only Way Is Essex, moving to ITV2.[79]
Former broadcast journalist and Labour politician Delyth Evans is appointed chair of S4C.[80]
17 Air conditioning boss Dean Franklin wins Series 19 of The Apprentice, and secures a £250,000 investment from Lord Sugar.[81]
22 Following reports that his company has been operating without the correct licence, Apprentice winner Dean Franklin says he is "not aware of any ongoing investigation".[82]
24 The Independent Office for Police Conduct complains to Ofcom about an episode of Panorama concerning the shooting of Chris Kaba.[83]
Stars of Scottish soap River City stage a protest against its cancellation outside the Scottish Parliament.[84]
25 Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy says the BBC's licence fee is "unenforceable" and that "no options are off the table" when the UK government begins a review into the BBC's financing model.[85]
Jack P. Shepherd wins the twenty-fourth series of Celebrity Big Brother.[86]
26 BBC One, BBC iPlayer, BBC News and Sky News provide coverage of the funeral of Pope Francis.[87]
30 Laura Goodwin is named as the new lead presenter of BBC Reporting Scotland.[88]

May

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Date Event
5 Anna Haugh's Big Irish Food Tour makes its debut on BBC Two.[89]
6 The BBC announce plans for a Call the Midwife film set in an overseas location in 1972, as well as a prequel that will be set during World War II.[90]
8 Oghenochuko Ojiri, who appeared as an art expert on Bargain Hunt, has been charged with terror offences, the Metropolitan Police announces.[91]
9 The original 1983 lost pilot episode of Thomas & Friends, narrated by Ringo Starr, has been recovered, restored and released to commemorate the 80th anniversary of The Railway Series books by Rev. W. Awdry.[92]
Oghenochuko Ojiri pleads guilty to failing to report a series of art sales to a man suspected of financing Hezbollah.[93]
12 The University of Warwick defeats Christ's College, Cambridge to win the 2024‍–‍25 series of University Challenge.[94]
13 Gary Lineker deletes a social media post he shared from the group Palestine Lobby which includes a picture of a rat and makes reference to "Zionism" following criticism.[95] Lineker subsequently apologises for sharing the post.[96]
16 Ncuti Gatwa withdraws from reading out the UK's Eurovision results due to "unforeseen circumstances" and is replaced by Sophie Ellis-Bextor.[97]
17 Graham Norton stars in "The Interstellar Song Contest", an episode of Doctor Who which airs ahead of the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest.[98]
JJ wins the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest for Austria with the song "Wasted Love", while the UK entry, "What the Hell Just Happened?" by Remember Monday, finishes in 19th place.[99]
19 Following controversy over a social media post, it is confirmed that Gary Lineker will leave the BBC following his last edition of Match of the Day on 25 May, and will no longer present FA Cup coverage for the BBC during the 2025–26 season, or coverage of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.[100]
John Robinson, a teacher from Sutton Coldfield, wins the 2024–25 series of Mastermind.[101]
20 ITV announces that Lorraine's runtime will be reduced from 60 to 30 minutes from January 2026 as part of job cuts to its daily schedule. Good Morning Britain will be extended by half an hour to fill the airtime, running from 6 am to 9.30 am. Lorraine will also only air for 30 of the 52 weeks each year, with Good Morning Britain broadcast until 10 am whenever Lorraine is not showing.[102]
25 Gary Lineker presents Match of the Day for the final time, having hosted the show since 1999.[103]
26 Former Doctors and Casualty actress Jaye Griffiths is announced to be joining the cast of Emmerdale.[104]
27 Dominic McLaughlin, Arabella Stanton and Alastair Stout have been cast as Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley for a forthcoming television adaptation of the Harry Potter novel series being produced by HBO.[105]
29 Loose Women panellist Nadia Sawalha has described ITV's announcement of cuts to its daytime schedule as having come "out of the blue" and says they have been "absolutely brutal" for those working on the show.[106]
30 Gerry Adams, leader of Sinn Féin from 1983 until 2018, is awarded €100,000 in a libel case in Dublin against the BBC.[107]
31 Ncuti Gatwa departs Doctor Who after the conclusion of his second season, with the end of his final episode, "The Reality War", showing the Fifteenth Doctor regenerating into what is believed to be the Sixteenth Doctor, portrayed by Billie Piper.[108]
Harry Moulding, a magician from Blackpool, wins the eighteenth series of Britain's Got Talent.[109]
It is reported that Michelle Ryan will reprise her role of Zoe Slater in the BBC soap opera EastEnders after 20 years, despite repeatedly turning down previous offers to return.[110]

June

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Date Event
3 In an email to staff, Adam Smyth, the director of BBC Northern Ireland, says the BBC has "no intention" of blocking its news or other output in the Republic of Ireland.[111]
5 The British Soap Awards returns to ITV for the first time in two years for its 2025 ceremony. EastEnders dominates the categories with eight wins, including Best British Soap, while Lacey Turner wins the award for Best Leading Performer. EastEnders also wins the other publicly-voted awards and four panel-voted awards. Hollyoaks wins three awards, Emmerdale wins two, while David Neilson of Coronation Street wins the Outstanding Acheivement Award.[112]
6 Former Bargain Hunt art expert Oghenochuko Ojiri is sentenced to two years and six months in prison for failing to declare art he sold to a suspected Hezbollah financier.[113]
Sue Cleaver makes her final onscreen appearance as Eileen Grimshaw in Coronation Street after 25 years.[114]
7 EastEnders has suspended actor Jamie Borthwick (who plays the character Jay Brown) after a backstage video from a November 2024 edition of Strictly Come Dancing surfaced showing him referring to the inhabitants of Blackpool by using language considered derogatory toward disabled individuals.[115]
9 It is announced that the 2026 Brit Awards will be held at Manchester's Co-op Live arena, the first time the ceremony has been held outside London.[116]
Love Island returns for its twelfth series on ITV2.[117]
GB News launches new late night programming, with Patrick Christys Tonight: Late Edition on Mondays to Thursdays and Ben Leo Tonight: Late Edition from Fridays to Sundays.[118]
11 Mother and son Caroline and Tom Bridge win series five of Race Across the World.[119]
13 Among those from the world of television to be recognised in the 2025 Birthday Honours are Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly who receive MBEs.[120]
16 Following reports the previous month, Michelle Ryan's return to EastEnders as Zoe Slater airs on BBC One. The episode also marks the first of newly-appointed executive producer Ben Wadey's to be transmitted.[121] Overnight viewing figures give the episode an audience of 2.2 million.[122]
19 Richard Frediani, the editor of BBC Breakfast, announces he is taking an extended leave following allegations of bullying.[123]
20 The BBC decides to shelve the documentary, Gaza: Doctors Under Attack, over concerns regarding impartiality. The documentary was commissioned by the BBC, and scheduled for broadcast in February, but has not been aired by the BBC.[124]
21 EastEnders announces the return of Oscar Branning after eight years, with the role recast to newcomer Pierre Moullier.[125]
23 Television presenter Dermot Murnaghan reveals that he has been diagnosed with stage four prostate cancer.[126]

July

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Date Event
18 Big Brother celebrates its 25th anniversary.

August

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Date Event

September

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Date Event
9 CBBC celebrates its 40th anniversary.
22 ITV celebrates its 70th anniversary.

October

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Date Event
23 Hollyoaks celebrates its 30th anniversary.

November

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Date Event

December

[edit]
Date Event
9 Coronation Street celebrates its 65th anniversary.

Debuts

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BBC

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Date Debut Channel
6 January Joanna Page's Wild Life BBC Two
9 January Video Nasty BBC Three
10 January Monty Don's British Gardens BBC Two
14 January An t-Eilean BBC Alba
20 January Wonderblocks CBeebies
2 February Miss Austen BBC One
5 February Amandaland
10 February Virdee
22 February Dope Girls
25 February The One That Got Away BBC Four
2 March Towards Zero BBC One
10 March Chess Masters: The Endgame BBC Two
17 March High Hoops CBBC
23 March This City Is Ours BBC One
24 March Policing Paradise
Crongton BBC iPlayer
26 March Rose Ayling-Ellis: Old Hands, New Tricks BBC One
7 April Reunion
16 April Just Act Normal BBC Three
28 April Hey Duggee's Squirrel Club CBeebies
5 May Anna Haugh's Big Irish Food Tour BBC Two
9 May Horrible Science CBBC
13 May Change Your Mind, Change Your Life BBC One
16 May Alison Hammond's Big Weekend
18 May The Bombing of Pan Am 103
Scandinavia with Simon Reeve BBC Two
25 May Walking with Dinosaurs BBC One
Death Valley
2 June Doorbell Detectives
3 June What It Feels Like for a Girl BBC Three
14 June Shifty BBC iPlayer
August Mix Tape BBC Two
TBA Alan Partridge: How Are You?[127] BBC One
Babies
Can You Keep a Secret?
Dear England
The Guest
King and Conqueror
Lord of the Flies
Lynley
Mint
Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue
The Rapture
Riot Women
Shuggie Bain
Two Tone
The War Between the Land and the Sea
Wild Cherry
Porth Purgatory BBC Two Wales
Film Club BBC Three
We Go Again
Late in Life TBA
Wahala
A Yard of Sky

ITV

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Date Debut Channel
5 January Playing Nice ITV1
19 January Out There
5 March A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story
16 March Protection
22 March 99 to Beat
26 April The Assembly
30 April Genius Game
18 May Code of Silence ITVX
20 June Noel Edmonds's Kiwi Adventure ITV1
24 June Transaction ITV2
TBA Cold Water ITV1
I Fought the Law
The Lady
The Fall ITVX
XF:AI

Channel 4

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Date Debut Channel
8 January Patience Channel 4
29 January Brian and Maggie
3 February Go Back to Where You Came From
5 March Get Millie Black
28 April The Honesty Box E4
12 May Virgin Island Channel 4
19 June Pushers
TBA Disability Benefits
Eat The UK
In Flight
Make That Movie
Passport to Paradise
Pierre
Trespasses

Channel 5

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Date Debut Channel
10 March The Au Pair 5
14 April The Feud
8 May The Trial
12 May The Game
19 June Murder Most Puzzling
TBA The Forsytes
Murder Before Evensong
The Rumour

Sky

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Date Debut Channel
2 January Lockerbie: A Search for Truth Sky Atlantic
27 February Small Town, Big Story Sky Atlantic / Sky Max
22 April Joe Lycett's United States Of Birmingham Sky Max
20 May Big Zuu & AJ Tracey's Seriously Rich Flavours
TBA Atomic Sky Atlantic
The Death of Bunny Munro
Can't Knock The Hustle Sky Max
The Dyers' Caravan Park
The Iris Affair TBA
Amadeus
Inheritance
Prisoner
Under Salt Marsh

Other platforms

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Date Debut Channel
1 January Missing You Netflix
16 January The Crow Girl Paramount+
22 January Prime Target Apple TV+
5 February Celebrity Bear Hunt Netflix
21 February A Thousand Blows Disney+ / Star
27 February Bergerac UKTV
Toxic Town Netflix
4 March Fear Amazon Prime Video
5 March The Leopard Netflix
13 March Adolescence
20 March Wolf King
LOL: Last One Laughing UK Amazon Prime Video
30 March MobLand Paramount+
16 April The Stolen Girl Disney+ / Star
23 April I, Jack Wright UKTV
25 April Flintoff Disney+ / Star
30 April Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes
22 May Little Disasters Paramount+
29 May Dept. Q Netflix
19 June Outrageous UKTV
9 July Building the Band Netflix
10 July Too Much
July Bookish U&Alibi
The Assassin Amazon Prime Video
September The Real Housewives of London Hayu
TBA Anansi Boys Amazon Prime Video
Steal
Lazarus
Malice
Quarter Life
Young Sherlock
Down Cemetery Road Apple TV+
Marlow BritBox
Beaumont Disney+ / Star
Kensal Town
The Sunnyridge 3
The 39 Steps Netflix
Coming Undone
Hostage
House of Guinness
How to Get to Heaven from Belfast
How to Kill Your Family
Out of the Dust
The Seven Dials Mystery
The Undertow
White Stork
Art Detectives TBA
The Christie Affair
Diva
Hot Air
Maigret
A Matter of Blood
Song of the Sun God

Channels and streaming services

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New channels

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Date Channel

New streaming services

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Date Channel

Defunct channels/streaming services

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Date Channel
1 January WWE Network
28 February Eurosport
22 April Pop Max
9 June ITVBe
November Notts TV

Rebranding channels/streaming services

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Date Old name New name
12 March Channel 5 & My5 5
14 April MTV Hits (UK) Club MTV (UK)
9 June ITVBe ITV Quiz

Television programmes

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Changes of network affiliation

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Programme Moved from Moved to
The Simpsons Channel 4 (Weekday re-runs) E4
Sky Showcase (First runs) Disney+
Raw TNT Sports Netflix
Smackdown
NXT WWE Network
From Sky Sci-Fi Sky Max
Condor Universal TV
Hacks Prime Video
Belgravia ITV1 ITVX
Snowpiercer Netflix
Roswell, New Mexico ITV2
Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators BBC One U&Alibi
Doctor Who BBC iPlayer
The Terror AMC Global BBC Two
Black Snow BBC Four
All Eurosport programming Eurosport TNT Sports
Faking It Channel 4 5

Returning this year after a break of one year or longer

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Programme Date(s) of original removal Original channel(s) Date of return New channel(s)
Faking It 26 December 2006 Channel 4 20 May 2025 5
The Celebrity Apprentice 13 February 2017 BBC One 2025 N/A (same channel as original)

Continuing television programmes

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1920s

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Programme Date
BBC Wimbledon 1927–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–present

1930s

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Programme Date
Trooping the Colour 1937–1939, 1946–2019, 2023–present
The Boat Race 1938–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–present
BBC Cricket 1939, 1946–1999, 2020–present

1950s

[edit]
Programme Date
Panorama 1953–present
Eurovision Song Contest 1956–2019, 2021–present
The Sky at Night 1957–present
Final Score 1958–present
Blue Peter

1960s

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Programme Date
Coronation Street 1960–present
Points of View 1961–present
Songs of Praise
University Challenge 1962–1987, 1994–present
Doctor Who 1963–1989, 1996, 2005–present
Horizon 1964–present
Match of the Day
Top of the Pops 1964–2006, 2006–present
ITV Racing 1966–1985, 2017–present
ITV News at Ten 1967–1999, 2001–2004, 2008–present
Gardeners' World 1968–2026

1970s

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Programme Date
Emmerdale 1972–present
Mastermind (including Celebrity Mastermind) 1972–1997, 2003–present
Football Focus 1974–1988, 1992–present
Arena 1975–present
BBC Snooker
Ski Sunday 1978–present
Blankety Blank 1979–1990, 1997–2002, 2016, 2020–present
Antiques Roadshow 1979–present
Question Time

1980s

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Programme Date
BBC Children in Need 1980–present
Bullseye 1981–1995, 2006, 2024–present
Countdown 1982–present
EastEnders 1985–present
Comic Relief
Catchphrase 1986–2002, 2013–present
Casualty 1986–present
This Morning 1988–present
Countryfile
Wheel of Fortune 1988–2001, 2024–present
You Bet! 1988–1997, 2024–present
Home and Away 1989–2000, 2001–present

1990s

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Programme Date
Have I Got News for You 1990–present
MasterChef 1990–2001, 2005–present
Gladiators 1992–2000, 2008–2009, 2024–present
ITV News Meridian 1993–present
National Television Awards 1995–2008, 2010–present
Silent Witness 1996–present
Classic Coronation Street 1996–2004, 2017–present
Midsomer Murders 1997–present
Classic Emmerdale 1998–2004, 2019–present
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? 1998–2014, 2018–present
Loose Women 1999–present

2000s

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Programme Date
Bargain Hunt 2000–2026
BBC Breakfast
Big Brother 2000–2018, 2023–present
Celebrity Big Brother 2000–2018, 2024–present
Unreported World 2000–present
BBC South East Today 2001–present
Escape to the Country 2002–present
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
Saturday Kitchen
QI 2003–present
Homes Under the Hammer
Match of the Day 2 2004–present
Strictly Come Dancing
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year
BBC Newswatch
Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two
Who Do You Think You Are?
The Apprentice 2005–present
Classic Doctors 2005, 2023–present
Deal or No Deal 2005–2016, 2023–present
Dragons' Den 2005–present
The Hotel Inspector
Springwatch
The Apprentice: You're Fired! 2006–present
Banged Up Abroad
Dancing on Ice 2006–2014, 2018–2025
Not Going Out 2006–present
The One Show
Soccer Aid
Waterloo Road 2006–2015, 2023–present
Britain's Got Talent 2007–2020, 2022–present
Would I Lie to You? 2007–present
Pointless 2009–present
The Chase
Kate Garraway's Life Stories

2010s

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Programme Date
The Great British Bake Off 2010–present
Great British Railway Journeys
The Only Way Is Essex
Junior Bake Off
Made in Chelsea 2011–present
Death in Paradise
The Jonathan Ross Show
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 2012–present
Call the Midwife
Stand Up To Cancer
The Voice UK
The Dumping Ground 2013–present
Father Brown
Agatha Raisin 2014–present
GPs: Behind Closed Doors
Good Morning Britain
Grantchester 2014, 2016–2017, 2019–present
STV News at Six 2014–present
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
Hunted 2015–present
Love Island
Taskmaster
Travel Man
Bake Off: The Professionals 2016–present
James Martin's Saturday Morning
The Repair Shop 2017–present
Richard Osman's House of Games
Strike
Peston 2018–present
Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star 2019–present
The Hit List
RuPaul's Drag Race UK

2020s

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Programme Date
2020
Beat the Chasers 2020–present
Malory Towers
The Masked Singer
The Wheel
2021
Cooking with the Stars 2021–present
Hope Street
2022
The 1% Club 2022–present
Limitless Win
Heartstopper
SAS: Rogue Heroes 2022, 2025
The Traitors 2022–present
Trigger Point
2023
BBC News Now 2023–present
Black Ops
Blue Lights
Beyond Paradise
Changing Ends
Doctor Who: Unleashed
I Kissed a Boy
PopMaster TV
The Couple Next Door
The Famous Five
The Finish Line
The Piano
The Toy Hospital
2024
After the Flood 2024–present
Boarders
The Golden Cobra
Love Island: All Stars
Ludwig
Only Child
Return to Paradise
Sweetpea
The Answer Run

Ending this year

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Date Programme Channel(s) Debut(s)
2 January Vera ITV1 2011
9 March Dancing on Ice 2006 & 2018
TBA SAS: Rogue Heroes BBC One 2022

Deaths

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Date Name Age Broadcast credibility
5 January The Vivienne[128] 32 Drag performer (RuPaul's Drag Race UK, RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, Dancing on Ice)
7 January Barbara Clegg[129] 98 Actress (Emergency Ward 10) and scriptwriter (Doctor Who, Coronation Street)
8 January Charles Kay[130] 94 Actor (Churchill's People, Edge of Darkness, I, Claudius)
9 January Laurie Holloway[131] 86 Musical director (Parkinson, Strictly Come Dancing) and theme tune composer (Maggie and Her, Game for a Laugh, Blind Date, Beadle's About)
10 January Christopher Benjamin[132] 90 Actor (Doctor Who, Judge John Deed)
14 January Tony Slattery[133] 65 Actor and comedian (Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Have I Got News for You)
15 January Linda Nolan[134] 65 Irish singer and television personality (Top of the Pops, Celebrity Big Brother, Loose Women)
Paul Danan[135] 46 Actor (Hollyoaks, Celebrity Love Island)
Diane Langton[136] 80 Actress (The Rag Trade, Hollyoaks, Only Fools and Horses, EastEnders)
16 January Dame Joan Plowright[137] 95 Actress (Stalin, The Importance of Being Earnest)
18 January Claire van Kampen[138] 71 Composer (Wolf Hall), playwright and theatre director
30 January Marianne Faithfull[139] 78 Singer and actress (Hamlet, Absolutely Fabulous)
2 February P. H. Moriarty[140] 86 Actor (Bird of Prey, The Bill, Doctors)
Brian Murphy[141] 92 Actor (Man About the House, George and Mildred, Last of the Summer Wine, The Catherine Tate Show, Benidorm)
16 February Julian Holloway[142] 80 Actor (Play for Today, Doctor Who, Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, Remember WENN)
18 February James Martin[143] 93 Scottish actor (Still Game)
25 February Henry Kelly[144] 78 Irish television presenter (Game for a Laugh, Going for Gold)
3 March Kathryn Apanowicz[145] 64 Actress (Angels, EastEnders) and presenter (Calendar)
7 March Richard Fortey[146] 79 Palaeontologist and television presenter (BBC Four)
9 March Simon Fisher-Becker[147] 63 Actor (Doctor Who, Puppy Love, Doctors)
21 March Eddie Jordan[148] 76 Broadcaster (Grand Prix, Channel 4 F1), motorsport executive, racing driver and businessman.
22 March Andy Peebles[149] 76 Radio DJ, television presenter (Top of the Pops) and cricket commentator
30 March Lee Montague[150] 97 Actor (Danger Man, Bergerac, The Sweeney, Space: 1999)
3 April John Saint Ryan[151] 72 Actor (Emmerdale, Coronation Street)
11 April Mike Berry[152] 82 Actor (Are You Being Served?) and singer
13 April Jean Marsh[153] 90 Actress (Upstairs, Downstairs, The House of Eliott) and television writer, Emmy winner (1975)
16 April Colin Berry[154] 79 Presenter (Eurovision Song Contest) and newsreader
25 April Philip Lowrie[155] 88 Actor (Coronation Street, War and Peace, Andy Capp)
23 May Barbara Ferris[156] 88 Actress (Coronation Street)
24 May Alan Yentob[157] 78 Television executive, director (Cracked Actor) and presenter, controller of BBC2 (1987–1993) and BBC1 (1993–1996)
16 June Kim Woodburn[158] 83 Television personality (Celebrity Big Brother, How Clean Is Your House?, I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!)

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