17 February – The
Midlands becomes the first part of the
UK outside
London to receive
ITV, when
ATV Midlands begins broadcasting their weekday franchise. The weekend franchise,
ABC, appears a day later.
March
28 March – Television transmissions begin from the new
Crystal Palace site in south London for the BBC.
April
28 April – ITV, at that point only available in the London area and in the Midlands, shows cricket for the first time, when it broadcasts the
Australian touring team's match against the Duke of Norfolk's XI at
Arundel Castle.[1]
15 September – The Adventures of Sir Lancelot debuts on ITV. After being sold to the NBC network in the United States, it later becomes the first British television series ever to be made in colour. It premieres in the United States on 24 September.
October
31 October – On popular ITV television talk show Free Speech, an especially bitter debate on the
Suez Crisis takes place, with leftist historian
A. J. P. Taylor and Labour journalist and future party leader
Michael Foot calling their fellow-panellist, Conservative MP
Robert Boothby, a "criminal" for supporting the war.[3]
November
3 November – The
Emley Moor transmitting station enters service, broadcasting ITV programmes to Yorkshire from its original lattice tower.
17 February – The
Midlands becomes the first part of the
UK outside
London to receive
ITV, when
ATV Midlands begins broadcasting their weekday franchise. The weekend franchise,
ABC, appears a day later.
March
28 March – Television transmissions begin from the new
Crystal Palace site in south London for the BBC.
April
28 April – ITV, at that point only available in the London area and in the Midlands, shows cricket for the first time, when it broadcasts the
Australian touring team's match against the Duke of Norfolk's XI at
Arundel Castle.[1]
15 September – The Adventures of Sir Lancelot debuts on ITV. After being sold to the NBC network in the United States, it later becomes the first British television series ever to be made in colour. It premieres in the United States on 24 September.
October
31 October – On popular ITV television talk show Free Speech, an especially bitter debate on the
Suez Crisis takes place, with leftist historian
A. J. P. Taylor and Labour journalist and future party leader
Michael Foot calling their fellow-panellist, Conservative MP
Robert Boothby, a "criminal" for supporting the war.[3]
November
3 November – The
Emley Moor transmitting station enters service, broadcasting ITV programmes to Yorkshire from its original lattice tower.