12 January – Doctor Who begins premiering in Australia on the
ABC by first being shown in
Perth. It will later start airing for the first time in several states; including
Sydney,
Adelaide,
Brisbane and
Melbourne during January and the next two months.
7 April – BBC1 airs Three Clear Sundays, a Wednesday Play about the events leading to a man's conviction for
capital murder.[3] It is repeated on BBC2 on 16 July.[4]
7 July – The long-running science and technology programme Tomorrow's World makes its debut on BBC1.
22 July – The pilot episode for the sitcom Till Death Us Do Part is broadcast on BBC1.
August
1 August –
Cigarette adverts are banned from British television. Pipe tobacco and
cigar adverts will continue until 1991.
6 August – The War Game, a drama-documentary by director
Peter Watkins depicting the events of a fictional nuclear attack on the
United Kingdom, is controversially pulled from its planned transmission in
BBC1's The Wednesday Play anthology strand. The
BBC has been pressured into this move by the British government, which does not want much of the play's content to become public.[5] It is released to cinemas, and wins the 1966
Academy Award for Documentary Feature; the BBC finally screens the play in 1985.
The
BBC announces plans to introduce a new service for Asian immigrants starting the following week.[7]
10 October – The BBC Asian service, broadcast on Sunday mornings, launches with a programme called In Logon Se Miliye and at the start of 1966 it is renamed Apma Hi Ghar Samajhiye. Later in the decade it is called Nai Zindagi-Naya Jeevan and in June 1982 it is renamed and relaunched as Asian Magazine.
18 October – The British version of children's stop-motion animation The Magic Roundabout, with narration by
Eric Thompson, debuts on BBC1; it continues until 1977.
12 January – Doctor Who begins premiering in Australia on the
ABC by first being shown in
Perth. It will later start airing for the first time in several states; including
Sydney,
Adelaide,
Brisbane and
Melbourne during January and the next two months.
7 April – BBC1 airs Three Clear Sundays, a Wednesday Play about the events leading to a man's conviction for
capital murder.[3] It is repeated on BBC2 on 16 July.[4]
7 July – The long-running science and technology programme Tomorrow's World makes its debut on BBC1.
22 July – The pilot episode for the sitcom Till Death Us Do Part is broadcast on BBC1.
August
1 August –
Cigarette adverts are banned from British television. Pipe tobacco and
cigar adverts will continue until 1991.
6 August – The War Game, a drama-documentary by director
Peter Watkins depicting the events of a fictional nuclear attack on the
United Kingdom, is controversially pulled from its planned transmission in
BBC1's The Wednesday Play anthology strand. The
BBC has been pressured into this move by the British government, which does not want much of the play's content to become public.[5] It is released to cinemas, and wins the 1966
Academy Award for Documentary Feature; the BBC finally screens the play in 1985.
The
BBC announces plans to introduce a new service for Asian immigrants starting the following week.[7]
10 October – The BBC Asian service, broadcast on Sunday mornings, launches with a programme called In Logon Se Miliye and at the start of 1966 it is renamed Apma Hi Ghar Samajhiye. Later in the decade it is called Nai Zindagi-Naya Jeevan and in June 1982 it is renamed and relaunched as Asian Magazine.
18 October – The British version of children's stop-motion animation The Magic Roundabout, with narration by
Eric Thompson, debuts on BBC1; it continues until 1977.