This is a list of events that took place in 2014 related to British television.
Events
January
Date
Event
1
50th anniversary of the first edition of Top of the Pops. Although an edition was aired on New Year's Eve 2013, the anniversary itself goes unmarked by the BBC because of the programme's association with the late Jimmy Savile.[1]
Responding to a suggestion from former Channel 5 chief executive David Elstein that the BBC should introduce a subscription model for its services, the Corporation rejects the idea, saying it would exclude those who couldn't afford to pay for it.[4]
The media regulator Ofcom concludes that news coverage of the murder of Lee Rigby didn't breach broadcasting regulations, but issues new guidelines to news outlets on giving appropriate warnings before distressing content is aired.[8]
7
Police are investigating death threats made against five people who featured in Channel 4's documentary Benefits Street. The programme also draws criticism for stereotyping people on welfare.[9]
The BBC issues a statement rejecting claims of political bias after an episode of Sherlock that aired on 5 January displayed a spoof newspaper article describing a fictional Mayor of London as "dithering, incoherent, and self-interested". Boris Johnson had suggested it was the broadcaster's raison d'être to attack Conservative politicians during an interview for London's LBC.[10]
Royal Mail releases a set of stamps celebrating 60 years of children's television from the BBC, ITV, Channels 4 and 5, featuring characters such as Bagpuss, Postman Pat, Bob the Builder etc.[11]
The first episode of Benefits Street has attracted 300 complaints to the media regulator Ofcom and 400 to Channel 4. An online petition calling for the broadcaster to axe the remainder of the series has also been launched, so far attracting 3,000 signatures.[12]
Conservative MP Penny Mordaunt is confirmed as one of the contestants in the upcoming series of ITV's high-diving reality show, Splash!. Reports describe her party as being "relaxed" about her participation in the show, with the politician set to donate her appearance fee to charity.[14]
Comedian Frank Skinner tells the Birmingham Mail that he turned down an offer to narrate Channel 4's Benefits Street because he had concerns about how people from Birmingham would be portrayed, and did not wish to criticise the city.[17]
15
Sky introduces AdSmart, a system enabling customers to receive specifically targeted ads depending on income, lifestyle, geography, etc.[18]
Figures from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport indicate that jobs in the entertainment industry, which includes television, have increased by 8.6% over recent years[when?], and now make up 5.6% of the UK workforce.[20]
Julie Hesmondhalgh makes her final appearance in Coronation Street as Hayley Cropper. As soap's first transgender character, Hayley was a regular in the series for several years, and helped to change public attitudes towards transgender issues. She was killed off in a dramatic and emotional right to die storyline after Hesmondhalgh decided to leave the show.[23][24]
The BBC confirms that John Linwood, the Corporation's former head of technology was sacked in July 2013 over the failure of the Digital Media Initiative.[26]
27
TV weatherman Fred Talbot faces several charges related to a number of alleged sexual offences.[27]
29
As part of a four-year deal with Sky, ITV announces the launch of ITV Encore, a pay-TV channel exclusive to Sky that will show recent ITV series and commission new material.[28]
The Law Society of Scotland says it is in favour of allowing cameras into Scottish Courts, and suggests adopting the format used by New Zealand, where filming is left to the Judge's discretion.[32]
Launch of Channel 5 +24, a channel that airs the previous day's primetime content from Channel 5.[34]
ITV airs the final edition of the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? after more than 15 years.[35] The following week, on 11 February, a compilation of some of the best bits of Millionaire is aired as part of Chris's Final Answer, a documentary taking a look at the show's history.[36]
5
The BBC confirms that Sarah Smith will join BBC Scotland to present Scotland 2014, a 30-minute weeknight studio programme about the independence referendum.[37] The programme replaces Newsnight Scotland from May, which will not return once Scotland 2014 ends in October.[38]
Debut of the dark comedy anthology series Inside No. 9 on BBC Two.[39]
6
Sarah Smith criticises Twitter users who have accused her of anti-independence bias following the previous day's announcement of her new presenting role.[38]
In an interview for the following day's Observer, the BBC Director of Television, Danny Cohen says that the BBC will make no more all male panel shows. His announcement follows recommendations made by the BBC Trust in 2013 to boost the on screen presence of women.[42]
13
Former BBC Radio 1 DJ and Top of the Pops presenter Dave Lee Travis is cleared of twelve historic counts of indecent assault, with the jury unable to reach a verdict on the remaining two.[43] It is announced on 24 February that he will face a retrial on the remaining allegations,[44] and on 28 March that he will face charges on another count.[45]
15
Janice Hadlow will step down as joint Controller of BBC Two and BBC Four to take up a new role in charge of "special projects and seasons" at the BBC.[46]
Figures from Broadcasters' Audience Research Board indicate that people in the UK watched an average of 3 hours 55 minutes and 30 seconds of television a day in 2013, down nine minutes from 2012.[49]
The BBC announce that David Dimbleby and Huw Edwards will share the presenting of its 2015 general election coverage, with Dimbleby fronting the programme overnight from 10.00pm on 7 May, and Edwards taking over at 7.00am the following morning. Dimbleby will then present a special post-election edition of Question Time on the evening of 8 May. The announcement is made after media speculation Dimbleby would be replaced by Edwards, although 2015 (Dimbleby's ninth election at the helm) is expected to be the last one he will cover.[52]
24
A camera fault on the lunchtime edition of BBC Look North leads to presenter Caroline Bilton appearing to sink into the floor. Over the following four days, footage of the incident is watched on YouTube by three million viewers.[53]
25
Media regulator Ofcom says it has launched an investigation into Benefits Street after the show generated more than 1,700 complaints.[54][55]
A third series of the BBC period crime drama Ripper Street, axed by the broadcaster in 2013, will be produced in Ireland by Amazon for its video on-demand service.[57][58]
EastEnders villain Nick Cotton, last seen on screen in 2009, is to be killed off, it is confirmed, his death occurring off screen.[62] The episode of the soap featuring his funeral, shown on 27 March, is watched by 6.7 million viewers.[63]
5
A celebrity campaign is launched to save BBC Three amid reports that the channel will become an online only channel to cut costs.[64][65]
6
BBC Director-GeneralTony Hall confirms BBC Three will close in Autumn 2015, and shift its content online. Subject to the approval of the BBC Trust, the plans will also allow an extra £30m to be spent on drama for BBC One and a BBC One +1 service.[66]
An audience member storms out of the studio midway through the evening's edition of Question Time after engaging in a heated debate about immigration with panel member David Aaronovitch.[67]
Research conducted by TV Licensing indicates that 10% of viewers in Northern Ireland watch television on a screen larger than 50 inches, a higher proportion than does the rest of the UK, where the average is 3%.[70]
Linking the licence fee to the rate of inflation is among several suggestions in a BBC commissioned report into post-2020 funding for the broadcaster.[72]
An updated version of BBC iPlayer is unveiled by the BBC, with extra features and content.[74]
12
An edition of BBC Three's live debate show, Free Speech attracts criticism after dropping a question asking "When will it be right to be Muslim and gay?". BBC Three says the decision was taken amid security concerns after the show's venue, Birmingham Central Mosque, received threats.[75]
The BBC apologises for failing to fully brief students from the London School of Economics about the risks of participating in a 2013 Panorama documentary about North Korea after the BBC Trust found the broadcaster had "failed to consider a number of important issues and risks, and failed to deal with them appropriately".[77]
In an address to BAFTA, the comedian Lenny Henry calls for funds to be ringfenced to boost the representation of black, Asian and minority ethnic people in the broadcasting industry.[78][79]
18
BBC News announces the appointment of ITV News Social Affairs Editor Penny Marshall as its new Education Editor. At the same time, BBC Chief Economics Correspondent Hugh Pym is appointed as their new Health Editor.[80]
19
Actress Lisa Hammond is to join EastEnders as market trader Donna Yates, the show's second regular character with a disability. The first was Adam Best, played by David Proud in 2009–10.[81]
21
Government ministers give their formal backing to decriminalising non-payment of the TV licence.[82]
Research commissioned by the campaign group Action on Junk Food Marketing suggests children are being exposed to a high level of adverts for unhealthy food, and wants commercials for junk food banned from prime-time television.[84]
Kylie Minogue says she will leave The Voice at the end of the current series to concentrate on tour commitments.[85] She confirms her decision to leave on 11 April.[86]
25
Non-payment of the television license fee is decriminalised by Government.
31
Two days after same sex marriage is made legal in England and Wales, Channel 4 airs Our Gay Wedding: The Musical, a documentary featuring Benjamin Till and Nathan Taylor, one of the first couples to marry under the changes in the law, and who decided to celebrate the occasion by turning it into a television musical.[87]
April
Date
Event
1
A timeshift Cartoon Network +1 was relanched, replacing Cartoon Network Too.
The BBC confirms that its school drama Waterloo Road will end in 2015, following the conclusion of series 10.[89]
Radio and television presenter Sandi Toksvig questions the logic of a BBC pledge to ban all-male panel shows, suggesting in a TV Times interview that more female presenters would be a better idea as it would encourage greater female participation in such programmes.[90]
BSkyB, one of Scotland's largest private sector employers, says it has no plans to make any business changes if Scotland votes for independence in September.[92]
4
Sir Bruce Forsyth announces that he is stepping down from hosting the regular live shows of Strictly Come Dancing after 10 years but will continue the role for pre-recorded specials.[93]
The BBC Trust approves plans to extend the time content is made available on BBC iPlayer from seven to thirty days.[94]
5
The quiz show Fifteen to One returns to Channel 4 with Sandi Toksvig as host.
The Advertising Standards Agency bans a television advert for Wonga.com which it deems has misled viewers about the amount of interest rates charged on payday loans.[98]
EastEnders confirms that Patsy Palmer is to leave the series in the autumn after playing Bianca Jackson for 21 years.[99]
The BBC announces plans to mark the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings with a series of programmes on television and radio.[101]
16
Channel 4 is to increase its arts coverage after receiving £3 million in funding from Arts Council England.[102]
Speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live, Kieran Smith, Executive Producer of Love Productions, confirms plans for a follow-up programme to Benefits Street, provisionally titled Immigration Street, but says Channel 4 are yet to commission it.[103]
Launch of the Who Killed Lucy Beale? storyline in EastEnders, a whodunit plot that will run throughout the rest of 2014 and into early 2015, with the resolution timed to coincide with the soap's 30th anniversary.[105]
BBC News reports that Miranda Hart is in early talks with the BBC about the possibility of reviving The Generation Game.[107] The broadcaster confirms the show's return on 17 August, and that Hart will take on the presenting role.[108]
21
Debut of BBC One's three-part adaptation of Daphne Du Maurier's novel Jamaica Inn. The first episode attracts several hundred complaints from viewers because of its poor sound quality. The BBC later apologises, saying it could not adjust the sound while the episode was on air, but will do so for the remaining two instalments.[109][110][111]
ITV airs the Tommy Cooper biopic Not Like That, Like This in which the late comedian is depicted as a wife beating alcoholic. The film has attracted criticism from Cooper's daughter, Vicki, who says it is a false account of his life and that he did not hit anybody.[112]
Adverts appear in the day's newspapers advising people who were abused by Jimmy Savile how they can claim compensation. Claims can be made against Savile's estate, the BBC and the National Health Service, with payments capped at £60,000.[114]
As ITV prepares to launch Good Morning Britain, Nick Owen, a former presenter on TV-am says viewers are alienated from watching breakfast television by reports of presenters receiving high salaries.[115]
23
Andy Wilman, the executive producer of Top Gear expresses regret over what he describes as a "light-hearted" remark made by Jeremy Clarkson on its Burma special that aired in March. Clarkson had used the word "slope" as an Asian man crossed a newly built bridge spanning the River Kwai, leading to the programme being accused of racism.[116] Commenting on the bridge, Clarkson had observed "That is a proud moment. But there's a slope on it." Co-presenter Richard Hammond replied "You're right. It's definitely higher on that side." Wilman says that at the time they were unaware the term, not widely known in the UK, is considered offensive in some cultures.[117] On 6 May, Ofcom launches an investigation to determine whether Clarkson's remark breached its regulations.[117]
Award-winning journalist Nikki Fox is appointed as BBC News's first Disability Correspondent.[118]
Irish actress Pauline McLynn, who played housekeeper Mrs Doyle in Channel 4 comedy Father Ted will have a "recurring guest role" in EastEnders as Dot Cotton's daughter-in-law, it is confirmed.[120]
Good Morning Britain makes its debut on ITV.[121] The first edition has an average audience of 800,000, just over half of the 1.5 million who tune into BBC Breakfast, but an improvement on ratings for Daybreak.[122] However, by 30 April audiences have fallen to 600,000, the average Daybreak viewership.[123]
29
A BBC Trust report into BBC News content finds it is "trusted and highly regarded by audiences" but that some viewers perceive it as "distant".[124]
30
An Ofcom report highlights the delay between spoken and subtitled content in live programming, but says the accuracy and words per minute of subtitling is very good.[125]
Richard Desmond agrees to sell Channel 5 to Viacom for £450 million, subject to regulatory approval.[127]
Jeremy Clarkson rejects claims in a Daily Mirror article that he used the word "nigger" while reciting the children's nursery rhyme "Eeny, meeny, miny, moe" as he filmed an episode of Top Gear.[128] After the newspaper subsequently releases footage of the incident, which occurred some time ago, Clarkson concedes he appears to use the word, and issues an apology on video. The BBC says that it has left the presenter "in no doubt how seriously" it takes the incident.[129] Clarkson later says the BBC has warned him he will be sacked if he makes "one more offensive remark, anywhere, at any time".[130]
The BBC will provide radio, television and online coverage of the Hay Literary Festival in June, it is announced, as it takes over broadcast rights for the event from Sky Arts.[131]
In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, television presenters and husband-and-wife team Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan speak candidly about a suicide pact they have made in case one of them is diagnosed with a terminal illness.[142]
13
Caroline Aherne is recovering after receiving treatment for lung cancer, it is reported. The news comes as Macmillan Cancer Support says the actress and writer will speak at an event in Manchester aimed at improving care for cancer patients on 26 June.[143]
15
YouTube, The Daily Telegraph and The Guardian announce joint plans to host an online leaders' debate ahead of the 2015 general election. Although it could be televised by other media, such an event would not be governed by the broadcasting rules covering organisations such as the BBC, and could allow greater scope in terms of the party leaders who take part.[144]
16
Following a trial at Preston Crown Court, former BBC presenter Stuart Hall is cleared of two charges of rape, but convicted of an indecent assault.[145] On 23 May he is sentenced to a further 30 months imprisonment.[146]
An original Humpty toy used in the BBC children's series Play School sells at auction for £6,250.[149]
21
William Roache's return to Coronation Street is confirmed. He will begin filming again within two weeks, with his character, Ken Barlow reappearing on screen from August.[150]
Ofcom has fined sports channel ESPN £120,000 for failing to meet the 5% audio description requirements for its output.[152]
27
Khali Best, who plays Dexter Hartman in EastEnders has been suspended from the soap for three months, the BBC confirms.[153]
28
243 viewers have complained to the BBC about the poor sound quality on the first episode of Irish detective series Quirke, which made its BBC One debut on 25 May.[154] Writer Andrew Davies later tells RadioTimes.com that he watched the programme with the subtitles on after his wife told him she could not hear the dialogue.[155]
A recording of the thought to be lost 1957 BBC television play Requiem for a Heavyweight, which sees Sean Connery playing a former boxer in his first lead role, has been unearthed by the film's director.[157]
Sam Bickley is appointed as acting editor of BBC Three, and will take up the position when Zai Bennett relinquishes the role to join Sky Atlantic in July.[158]
5
The BBC announce plans to screen three football matches from the 2014 World Cup in 4K resolution to a limited number of televisions.[159]
6
The i newspaper reports that the BBC and Channel 4 lost 12% of their viewers in the 23–34 age range between 2010 and 2013, compared with an average of 7% among other broadcasters.[160]
7
The BBC and ITV have retained the broadcast rights for the FIFA World Cup, having signed a deal to air the 2018 and 2022 tournaments from Russia and Qatar.[161]
Comedian Rik Mayall dies suddenly at home. His wife later says he collapsed after returning from his morning run and "suffered an acute cardiac event" before his death.[163]
ITV launches the pay-TV channel ITV Encore, its first venture into subscription television since the collapse of ITV Digital more than a decade earlier. The channel will showcase the "best of contemporary British ITV drama", with series such as Broadchurch and Poirot.[164] ITV also plans to commission original drama for the channel, in a similar vein to HBO in the United States.[165]
The 2014 World Cup begins in Brazil, but viewers watching the opening match between Croatia and Brazil on ITV Player miss key parts of the game because of technical problems caused by a high volume of people watching online.[167]
Addressing the Better Together Campaign, the cross-party group arguing for Scotland to stay as part of the United Kingdom in the forthcoming referendum, former Prime Minister Gordon Brown says that plans for a state-funded Scottish Broadcasting Service in an independent Scotland would require a significantly higher TV licence fee to enable it to produce the same quantity of programming currently put out by the BBC.[168]
Italy beat England 2–1 in their opening World Cup match, a game aired on BBC One and on which commentary is provided by former Manchester United player Phil Neville. Neville later receives criticism from viewers for his lack of emotion and "monotone" style, while several hundred complaints are made to the BBC.[170]
16
Ofcom launches an investigation into The Daily Politics after Conservative MP Nick Herbert swore live on air on the 22 May edition of the show while quoting another guest.[171]
Conservative MP Michael Fabricant apologises after tweeting that he would punch left-wing journalist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown in the throat if he ever had to appear on a discussion programme with her while watching a heated Channel 4 News debate between Alibhai-Brown and right-wing commentator Rod Liddle the previous evening.[175][176]
The former Coronation Street set in Central Manchester, which was vacated earlier in the year when production was moved to Salford Quays, has been granted a licence to hold weddings, and will be opened up as a marriage venue. Guided tours of the complex are also being held.[177]
The BBC announces the UK's largest ever political debate ahead of the referendum. 12,000 first time voters will gather at Glasgow's SSE Hydro for a BBC One debate on independence on 11 September.[179]
24
ITV celebrity diving series Splash! is axed because of poor ratings.[180]
Following an investigation into the Channel 4 programme Benefits Street, Ofcom concludes that the programme did not breach the broadcasting regulations.[183][184]
Following a trial at Southwark Crown Court, entertainer Rolf Harris is found guilty on 12 counts of indecent assault between 1968 and 1986.[185]
July
Date
Event
2
ITV apologises after repeating an episode of Benidorm that made reference to Rolf Harris a day after he was convicted of indecent assault.[186]
4
Rolf Harris is sentenced to five years and nine months in prison after being found guilty of twelve counts of indecent assault,[187] but will not face trial over the allegations of downloading sexual images of children.[188]
A study by researchers at the University of Limerick has noted the high proportion of appearances of junk food on children's television programmes in the UK and Ireland.[189]
Research published by Ofcom shows a dramatic fall in the percentage of viewers who believe there is too much sex, violence and bad language on television, falling from 55% in 2008 to 35% in 2013.[190]
7
Vanessa Feltz condemns "vile" negative social media comments made in response to her claims she was sexually assaulted by Rolf Harris during a live broadcast of The Big Breakfast in 1996.[191]
Doctor Who producers ask the show's fans not to share five scripts from the new series that have been leaked onto the internet two months before it is due to be broadcast. An investigation is also launched into the incident.[192]
BBC Two brings back the "1991–2001" idents (based around a sans-serif '2') for the channel's 50th anniversary. Since then, the "1991–2001" idents have beyond their timeframe, meaning that they are now permanent and will air into 2015 and beyond.
10
An edition of BBC One's Question Time from Inverness, Scotland, is believed by its producers to be the first to feature a panel without any politicians.[195]
13
The family of Conservative MP Airey Neave have said that an episode of the Channel 4 series Utopia that fictionalises his death should not be aired. Neave was killed by a bomb planted by the Irish National Liberation Army in 1979, but the series attributes his death to a secret MI5 unit.[196]
BBC One and ITV air the 2014 World Cup Final from Rio de Janeiro. On BBC One, the coverage is the final to be presented by Alan Hansen before he retires.[197] The simulcast is watched by 20.6 million viewers, with 16.7 million tuning into BBC One and 3.9 million watching ITV.[198]
BBC journalists announce plans for a 24-hour strike beginning at midday on 23 July after failing to reach agreement with BBC management over pay levels, which the National Union of Journalists says have fallen by 10% in real terms since 2009.[200] The strike is called off on 18 July following talks between union officials and BBC Director-General Tony Hall which sees BBC journalists given an improved pay offer.[201]
BBC Director of News James Harding announces that the BBC's news department will lose a further 415 jobs as part of cost-cutting measures.[203]
BBC Worldwide has blamed recent online leaks of Doctor Who scripts and footage on a "damaging mistake".[204]
Al Jazeera English announce plans to move their London studios and offices from Knightsbridge where they have been since the channel's founding to The Shard.[205]
18
Glenn Thomas, a former BBC journalist who went on to become a media officer with the World Health Organization, is confirmed as having been among 298 people killed in the previous day's crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which came down in Eastern Ukraine.[206]
Research by Ofcom indicates that Hollyoaks has superseded EastEnders as the UK's most violent soap. Hollyoaks had an average of 11.5 violent scenes per hour in 2013, up from 2.1 in 2002, while over the same period, violent scenes in EastEnders fell from 6.1 per hour in 2002 to 2.1 in 2013.[207]
The British High Court orders Fox Television Studios to rename the US series title Glee in the United Kingdom to another title after it sided with Comic Enterprises, the owners of The Glee Club comedy chain, due to a breach of trademark infringement and copyright issues over the "Glee" name. Fox, claiming that changing the name "would adversely affect fans' enjoyment of Glee in the U.K.," has filed an appeal to challenge this decision.[208]
BBC iPlayer and other BBC online services are hit by technical problems, preventing users from accessing the content.[211]
20
Monty Python present the last of 10 reunion shows at London's O2 Arena, the last time the comedy team plan to work together.[212] The show is also aired on Gold.[213]
An article in the Daily Star Sunday claims that Jill Dando investigated allegations of a paedophile ring at the BBC during the mid-1990s, but that no action was taken on her findings. The BBC says it has seen no evidence to support the claims.[214][215]
21
It is announced that Evan Davis will join Newsnight following Jeremy Paxman's departure. Davis will leave his current role as a presenter of BBC Radio 4's Today programme in the Autumn to take up the new role.[216]
A trial in which singer and television personality Tulisa Contostavlos was accused of brokering a drugs deal collapses after the judge tells the court he believes the main prosecution witness has lied under oath.[217]
Ofcom has received 110 complaints from viewers about an item shown on Sky News the previous day during which reporter Colin Brazier picked up items from a suitcase at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.[218] In a subsequent article for The Guardian, Brazier writes that he was wrong to handle the items.[219][220]
King Bert Productions, a TV production company owned by comedians David Walliams and Miranda Hart, and television producer Jo Sargent, signs a deal with BBC Worldwide to sell its programmes internationally.[221]
22
Residents in Southampton launch a campaign to stop Channel 4's plans to film its Benefits Street follow up, Immigration Street, in the city.[222]
23
An inquest into the death of Peaches Geldof returns a verdict of drugs-related death after hearing how the model and journalist had fought a two-year battle against heroin addiction prior to her death in April.[223]
The BBC will stream the Commonwealth Games in High-frame-rate (HFR) and ultra-high-definition (UHD) in London and Glasgow to test new ways of covering live events.[224]
BSkyB is to pay £4.9bn to buy Sky Italia and Sky Germany from 21st Century Fox. The move will enable the creation of Sky Europe, and free up resources to allow Fox to pursue plans to launch a takeover bid for Time Warner.[226] Fox subsequently announces on 5 August that it is withdrawing its bid for Time Warner.[227]
Tulisa Contostavlos is fined £200 after being convicted of assaulting a celebrity blogger at the 2013 V Festival in August last year.[228]
A house in Barry, South Wales, described as "the spiritual home" of the BBC series Gavin & Stacey is on the market for £125,000, BBC Radio 1's Newsbeat reports.[229]
28
Ofcom rules that Top Gear's Burma special broke the broadcasting rules after Jeremy Clarkson used a racial slur during the programme.[230]
29
EastEnders confirms that John Altman will reprise his role as the soap's ultimate villain Nick Cotton after the previous evening's episode revealed that the character's death was faked.[231]
30
The Attorney General's office announces that Rolf Harris's sentence will not be referred to the Court of Appeal despite 150 complaints about its leniency.[232]
Lawyers for the Jimmy Savile Charitable Trust are to launch a legal challenge against the compensation scheme under which the Savile estate, NHS and the BBC are liable for compensation payments to Savile's victims. The case will be heard by the Court of Appeal later in the year.[233]
Ofrom grants KMTV a licence to run a local television service in the Maidstone and Tonbridge areas of Kent.[234]
August
Date
Event
1
The Judicial Office confirms that Rolf Harris has applied for permission to appeal against his conviction for indecent assault.[235]
The BBC broadcast a series of memorial events in Great Britain and Belgium marking 100 years since Britain's entry into the First World War. BBC Two broadcasts a memorial service at Westminster Abbey, culminating at 11pm, the hour at which Britain's entry was confirmed.[237]
William Roache returns to Coronation Street as Ken Barlow.[238]
The BBC and Sky News are among broadcasters to air a Disasters Emergency Committee appeal for people affected by the Israel–Gaza conflict, having declined to air a similar appeal in 2009.[243] The appeal raises £4.5 million during its first 24 hours.[244]
Birmingham City TV goes into administration before its planned launch. The channel was due to go on air in November, but its license will now be re-auctioned.[245]
9
Tumble, a show featuring 10 celebrities who take part in gymnastics to win the votes of the public, debuts on BBC One.[246][247]
13
Charlotte Smith is to return as a presenter on BBC One's Countryfile, covering for Tom Heap while he takes a holiday in September. Smith was one of several older female presenters dropped from the show when it was moved to an evening slot in 2009.[248]
Police deny that information was leaked to the BBC after the broadcaster received advanced details of a planned police search of the home of singer Cliff Richard, which took place the previous day.[250]South Yorkshire Police subsequently make a complaint to the BBC accusing it of breaching its own broadcasting guidelines.[251]
Producers of Downton Abbey have removed a promotional image from ITV's Instagram account because it included a plastic bottle, an object invented several years after the period drama is set.[252]
The former Coronation Street set at Manchester's Quay Street is to be demolished and redeveloped as a housing and retail complex. The site was purchased by builders Allied London, who allowed Granada Television to use it as a temporary visitor's attraction, which is scheduled to close in October.[253]
UKIP MEPJanice Atkinson is forced to apologise after describing a Thai constituent and party member as a "ting tong from somewhere" during an interview on the previous Friday's edition of BBC One's South East Today.[255][256]
Ofcom launches an investigation into Colin Brazier's Sky News report from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 after receiving 205 complaints about the 20 July broadcast.[257]
19
Ofcom launches an investigation into Gold's live broadcast of the Monty Python farewell show following complaints about the airing of bad language before the 9.00pm watershed.[258]
Writing in The Guardian, former BBC Director General John Birt discusses the "devastating" impact he feels a Yes vote in the forthcoming Scottish independence referendum would have on the BBC, and that Scottish viewers would have to pay to receive BBC services.[259] His views are echoed in a speech the following day by Margaret Curran, the Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland.[260]
21
BBC Director General Tony Hall says the broadcaster "acted appropriately" over its news coverage of the police raid on Cliff Richard's house.[261]
The Iain Banks novel Stonemouth is to be adapted into a two part television drama for BBC Scotland in a joint project between the broadcaster and production company Slate North.[262]
Controversy hit The Great British Bake Off when Iain Waters was disqualified after he threw his melted Baked Alaska in the bin, prompting viewers to express their anger on the culprit Diana Beard who was disqualified by the producers the following week.
28
Ofcom reveals that six viewers have complained after a lesbian kiss was shown in the opening episode of the latest series of Doctor Who, but says it will not launch an investigation. The scene, featuring Madame Vastra and Jenny Flint (played by Neve McIntosh and Catrin Stewart), had prompted concern among the complainants that the material was inappropriate, although it was generally received positively by the majority of the episode's seven million viewers.[267]
29
The Specials, a UK web series about a group of young adults with learning disabilities in Brighton that failed to attract a British television commission, has been picked up by the Oprah Winfrey Network in the United States, it is reported.[268]
Judy Finnigan will return to daytime television as a panellist for Loose Women when the series returns on 8 September.[273]
5
Channel 4 game show Countdown reaches its 6000th edition, earning itself a place in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest running programme of its type.[274]
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond is involved in a heated exchange with BBC journalist Nick Robinson during a referendum press conference in Edinburgh after Salmond accuses the Treasury of leaking market sensitive information outside of trading hours. Robinson had reported plans by The Royal Bank of Scotland to relocate to England in the event of a Yes vote the previous evening, causing some overnight negative market reaction in Asia, and prompting the First Minister to call for an investigation into the source of the leak, which he felt the BBC should co-operate with. An official announcement from the bank was due to be made at 7.00 am on 11 September.[278][279][280][281]
Two days before the Scottish independence referendum, BBC One airs Scotland Decides: The Dimbleby Interviews in which David Dimbleby conducts an in-depth interview with Gordon Brown for the No campaign and Alex Salmond for the Yes campaign.[291]
BBC One airs a special edition of Crimewatch marking 30 years of the series.[292]
In an interview with the Radio Times, actor David Morrissey criticises the "intern culture" of acting that he says is excluding people from working-class backgrounds from entering the profession.[293]
The BBC, ITV and Sky News provide coverage of the results of the Scottish independence referendum as the results are counted overnight. Shortly after 5.00 am, it is announced that Scotland has voted to reject secession from the United Kingdom.[295]
19
Dennis Waterman, the last original cast member of BBC detective series New Tricks announces he will leave the series in 2015.[296]
22
The BBC apologises after seven viewers complained about an edition of TOTP2 that aired on 13 September on BBC Two which included a brief clip of Jimmy Savile from a 1971 edition of Top of the Pops. The footage has since been edited out of the programme.[297]
23
Following a trial at Southwark Crown Court, broadcaster Dave Lee Travis is convicted of indecently assaulting a television researcher, but cleared of two further sexual assault charges.[298] On 26 September, he is given a three-month suspended sentence.[299]
The BBC Trust introduces a current affairs quota to safeguard news programming, stipulating that BBC One's peak time schedule must include a minimum of 40 hours of current affairs programming annually.[300]
Rita Ora will be a panelist on the fourth series of The Voice, replacing Kylie Minogue.[301]
The local TV channel Sheffield Live goes on air at 6.00pm. The channel is available on Freeview and cable in the Sheffield area.[302]
A power outage at the BBC's Plymouth studios affects output from BBC South West, requiring the evening's edition of BBC Spotlight to be broadcast as a joint programme with BBC Points West.[303]
24
Channel 4 confirms that Jeremy Paxman will be hosting their coverage of the 2015 general election.[304]
26
Jonathan King, the music mogul who was convicted of child sex offences in 2001, is to appear in Genesis Together, a BBC documentary about the group Genesis, a band that he discovered and nurtured. The BBC says King's appearance in the documentary reflects the "significant role" he played in the group's success.[305]
28
BBC One's Midlands news programme, Midlands Today celebrates its 50th anniversary.[306]
29
Newsnight is relaunched with Evan Davis as presenter, who has promised a less combative interviewing style than Jeremy Paxman. The edition, in which Davis interviews David Cameron, is watched by 549,000 viewers. 606,000 tune in the following day for an interview with Boris Johnson.[307]
October
Date
Event
1
The BBC confirms that a live episode of EastEnders will be aired to coincided with its 30th anniversary. Each episode during the week leading up to the anniversary will have a live element, with the live edition itself revealing the killer of Lucy Beale.[308]
BBC Two airs the This World documentary, Rwanda's Untold Story, which questions official accounts of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide.[309]
2
EastEnders Executive Producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins confirms that the BBC will stop airing omnibus editions of the soap from April 2015 because of declining viewing figures.[310]
3
BBC One's Question Time apologises after the sister of murdered teenager Alice Gross complained about a discussion on the previous day's edition of the show that linked the case with the immigration debate.[311]
It is reported that a Top Gear special in Argentina has been cut short after one of the cars used for the programme sparked protests because of an apparent reference to the Falklands War in its number plate. However, the BBC says that the Porsche, with the registration H982 FKL, had not been chosen deliberately.[312]Top Gear Executive Producer Andy Wilman later says the choice of number plate was not a stunt.[313]
6
Ofcom is critical of Colin Brazier's report from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in which the reporter examined items of luggage, but does not reprimand Sky News or Brazier, because Brazier had immediately expressed regret over his actions and Sky updated their guidelines for journalists following the incident.[314]
7
The BBC has defended a controversial rape storyline in EastEnders after 278 complaints were made to Ofcom. The scenes, featuring the characters Dean Wicks (played by Matt Di Angelo) and Linda Carter (Kellie Bright) were aired in the previous day's episode of the soap, which some viewers felt was inappropriate before the 9.00pm watershed. The BBC says the story was well signposted and that care was taken to handle it sensitively.[315]
A version of The Beach Boys song "God Only Knows" is simulcast across BBC television and radio channels to launch BBC Music. It features Brian Wilson and other major artists from different musical genres (creating a supergroup called The Impossible Orchestra). The song will be released to raise money for Children in Need.[317][318]
8
Viacom, the new owners of Channel 5, outline plans to overtake Channel 4 in the ratings as "the first step" in their plans to increase the channel's profile. Viva will also be pulled from Freeview to enable Spike to be launched in the UK.[319]
The BBC says it will no longer show editions of Top of the Pops presented by Dave Lee Travis following his recent conviction for indecent assault.[320]
A suspected attempt is made to steal the statue of the late comedian, Eric Morecambe from its seafront position in the Lancashire town of Morecambe.[323] A man is subsequently detained under the Mental Health Act after trying to saw off one of the statue's legs. Work is carried out to repair the statue, which is restored to its position in December.[324]
13
The UK's main broadcasters announce plans for three televised debates before next year's general election, one of which will see UKIP leader Nigel Farage invited to take part. The debates will follow a 2–3–4 format, with the first being a joint Channel 4-Sky News debate featuring Prime Minister David Cameron and Leader of the Opposition Ed Miliband. A BBC debate will include Cameron, Miliband and Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg, and an ITV debate will feature Cameron, Miliband, Clegg and Farage. The broadcasters say the debates, planned for 2 April, 16 April and 30 April 2015, reflect "changes in the political landscape" since the debates ahead of the 2010 general election. However, other parties such as the Greens and the Scottish National Party have expressed anger that they will not be invited to take part, while Farage, whose party recently won its first seat in the House of Commons, is keen to be included in a second debate.[325][326]
Judy Finnigan issues an apology after comments she made on the day's edition of Loose Women concerning footballer and convicted rapist Ched Evans sparked anger on social media.[327]
15
The local television channel Made in Cardiff goes live at 8.00pm.[328]
Launch of the BBC Genome Project, an online resource allowing users to browse through back copies of the Radio Times from 1923 to 2009, including television and radio listings.[329][330]
16
The Welsh language soap opera Pobol y Cwm celebrates its 40th anniversary.[331]
Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson says that he will have penalty points on his driving licence for the first time in three decades after he was caught speeding between Whitby and London.[333]
Alicia Castro, the Argentinian ambassador to the UK, calls on the BBC to issue a public apology over the recent Top Gear row involving her country. Castro has also made an official complaint to the broadcaster alleging that presenter Jeremy Clarkson behaved provocatively and made offensive remarks about Argentina. The Argentinian embassy confirms that Castro met with BBC Director of Television Danny Cohen to discuss the matter on 20 October.[335]
Appearing before the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, BBC Trust Chair Rona Fairhead gives her backing to the licence fee, saying it is the best way to fund the broadcaster.[336]
BBC One airs the Panorama film To Walk Again, documenting a pioneering therapy that enabled a paralysed man to walk again by transplanting cells from his nasal cavity into his spinal cord.[337]
22
ITV airs a special edition of Loose Women recorded before the death of actress and presenter Lynda Bellingham, who died from colorectal cancer on 19 October. In the edition, Bellingham talks about her wish to spend a final Christmas with her family.[338]
In what is believed to be a first for British television, ITV announces that Phillip Schofield will make a 24-hour non-stop broadcast on the ITV network to raise funds for charity. He will begin the challenge on This Morning on 1 December and appear on other ITV shows throughout the next 24 hours, raising funds for the broadcaster's Text Santa appeal.[340]
Publication of the Home Affairs Select Committee report into the police raid on a property belonging to Cliff Richard, which describes the process as "inept", and says that South Yorkshire Police should not have tried to agree a deal with a BBC reporter to provide coverage of the raid.[343]
Channel 4 announces plans for a mockumentary imagining what would happen if the UK Independence Party were to win the 2015 general election.[346] Announced under the working title of 100 Days of UKIP, it aired in February 2015 as UKIP: The First 100 Days.
31
The Judicial Office confirms that Rolf Harris has lost the first round of an appeal against his conviction for indecent assault.[347]
The BBC says it will not issue an apology over its Top Gear Argentina special, and will broadcast the programme.[348]
November
Date
Event
1
The BBC announces plans to launch a public consultation on televised debates for the 2015 general election. The move is welcomed by the Scottish National Party, which had urged broadcasters to think again about the present arrangement which excludes them from taking part.[349]
2
Fans of the ITV soap Crossroads celebrate the programme's 50th anniversary at a former filming location in Sutton Coldfield. The show was launched on 2 November 1964, and axed in 1988. It was briefly revived in 2001 before being axed again two years later.[350]
3
More4 will screen The Vote, a play by James Graham set on election night 2015, on the night of the next general election, the channel announces.[351]
5
Hugh Bonneville, who plays Robert Crawley in the ITV period drama Downton Abbey, dismisses rumours that the programme's dog Isis was killed off in a recent[when?] episode because of the similarity of her name to an acronym used for the extremist group Islamic State. Speculation began following the episode's transmission a few days earlier, but Bonneville describes anyone adhering to the theory as "a complete berk".[352]
BBC Education Editor Penny Marshall announces she is returning to ITV News to resume her role as their Social Affairs Editor. Her announcement comes a day after she appeared before a House of Lords select committee on women and broadcasting.[353]
James Jordan, a dancer on the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing, accuses the programme's producers of trying to turn the public against his wife, Ola, also a dancer on the programme, after an article appeared in the Daily Mail alleging that she was bullying her dance partner, Steve Backshall.[357]
9
A video in which Doctor Who star Peter Capaldi appears in character as the Twelfth Doctor to deliver a personal message of comfort to a nine-year-old autistic boy whose grandmother had recently died has been viewed over 500,000 times on YouTube, it is reported.[358]
10
A change in advertising regulations comes into force that allows the use of electronic cigarettes to be shown on television for the first time. Although commercials for e-cigarettes have aired for some time, showing the act of using the cigarette, known as vaping, was not permitted.[359]
ITV confirms that it has dropped the comedian Dapper Laughs from its schedules following controversial comments he made about rape and homeless people. His series, Dapper Laughs: On the Pull, will not be recommissioned for a second series following an online campaign for it to be discontinued.[360]
11
Following requests from the public, My Christmas Advert, a 1984 Oxo commercial featuring Lynda Bellingham, will air on ITV on Christmas Day as a tribute to the actress, Oxo have confirmed.[361]
Television sports presenter Charlie Webster resigns as a patron of Sheffield United after footballer and convicted rapist Ched Evans is allowed to begin training at the club following his recent release from jail.[362]
13
The BBC2 "Window on the World" ident package is seen for the final time after about 8 years in use. Although elements of it (programme slides) are retained.
15
The BBC celebrity gymnastics competition Tumble is axed after one series, due to poor ratings.
BBC One airs a repeat of an edition of Countryfile first shown in August which includes an interview with Northern Ireland blacksmith Barney Devlin, who inspired Seamus Heaney's poem, The Forge. The piece is shown with subtitles, prompting nationalist and unionist politicians to accuse the BBC of being "patronising".[367]
Ofcom launches an investigation into EastEnders following its storyline involving the rape of Queen Vic landlady Linda Carter.[369]
Singer Myleene Klass criticises Labour Party leader Ed Miliband for his plans to introduce a mansion tax for houses costing over £2m during an edition of ITV's The Agenda, claiming it will hit "little grannies" in modest London homes rather than the super-rich at whom it is aimed.[370]
18
Ofcom launches an investigation into the way the Premier League sells the broadcast rights for live football matches following a complaint from Virgin Media.[371]
Ofcom rules that STV was in breach of broadcasting rules after airing a repeat edition of Scotland Tonight discussing the independence referendum on the day the vote was being held.[373]
David Prowse, who played the Green Cross Code man in a 1970s road safety ad campaign, is to reprise the role for two short YouTube films aimed at teaching adults road safety.[374]
Linda Henry, who plays Shirley Carter in EastEnders will stand trial in February 2015 for racially aggravated harassment following an incident in September, it is reported.[378]
December
Date
Event
1
The BBC Trust declines a request to take further action against Jeremy Clarkson for his apparent use of the N-word.[379]
Stephen Fry will be part of the cast of the 2015 Danger Mouse revival, it is confirmed. He will voice the role of Colonel K.[380]
1–2
Phillip Schofield completes his 24-hour broadcasting marathon for ITV's Text Santa. The event, aired on ITV3, sees the presenter doing a number of things, including abseiling down a building and meeting Prime Minister David Cameron.[381]
4
The programme content of the Welsh language channel S4C becomes available to view live and on demand through BBC iPlayer. S4C is the only independent channel available via the service, and programmes will be viewable for 30 days.[382]
Conservative MP Alec Shelbrooke seeks a House of Commons debate on the topic of the number of repeats being shown on television over Christmas after the day's edition of the Daily Mirror reported that 63% of the programming shown on the UK's mainstream channels over Christmas 2014 will be repeats. Shelbrooke's request is turned down.[383]
5
The BBC Trust announces plans for a full public consultation into its proposed closure of BBC Three.[384]
7
Jeremy Paxman is confirmed as the presenter of Churchill: The Nation's Farewell, an hour-long documentary to air in January 2015 to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the State funeral of Winston Churchill, held on 30 January 1965. BBC Parliament will air television coverage of the funeral in real time on 30 January.[385]
The BBC One late evening regional news bulletins in England will be extended from 7+1⁄2 to 15 minutes in the run-up to next year's general election, the BBC confirms.[388]
Figures released by Ofcom indicate that the number of households owning a TV set fell by 300,000 between the end of 2012 and 2013, the first decrease to be recorded. The figure dropped from 26.33 million to 26.02 million as more people used online resources to watch TV content.[389]
10
Further details of plans to move BBC Three online are unveiled, where the channel will broadcast 24 hours a day and have an emphasis on comedy and long form content. Subject to the approval of the BBC Trust, a BBC One + 1 service will occupy the channel space vacated by BBC Three, while CBBC's daily airtime will be extended by two hours.[390]
11
The BBC announce plans for a series based on author JK Rowling's Cormoran Strike crime series, which she writes under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.[391]
BBC reporter Alan Little announces he will leave the broadcaster at the end of 2014, after working for them for three decades.[398]
BBC Three's Don't Tell the Bride is to move to BBC One, it is announced. The programme had faced the axe if BBC Three is given the go ahead to move its content online.[399]
16
Fox Broadcasting announces that Gracepoint, the US version of ITV's Broadchurch, will not return for a second series because of poor ratings.[400]
The possible finalists of the tenth series of The Apprentice may have been revealed ahead of the following day's semi-final after an error on the programme's website saw two of the remaining five candidates deleted. They were later restored.[401]
18
Channel 4 confirm that the Michael family have left the TV series Gogglebox because father, Andrew, has been selected as a candidate for the UK Independence Party at the next general election; seeking elected office is against the show's rules.[402]
Nick Hewer announces he will leave The Apprentice at the end of the current series.[403]
Data released by Ofcom indicated that Big Brother was the most complained about television programme of 2014, with 3,784 complaints. Most of these concerned the behaviour of the show's 2014 winner, Helen Wood.[406]
The Advertising Standards Agency has banned three commercials for e-cigarettes. Two ads for VIP Electronic Cigarettes were banned because they were deemed to be glamourising the product, while it was felt that a commercial for KIK e-cigarettes was encouraging their use by ex-smokers.[409]
Skyfall makes its British television debut on ITV at 8.00pm. Overnight viewing figures later reveal the film was watched by 6.33 million viewers, the highest audience of the day excluding soaps.[410]
Overnight viewing figures for Christmas Day indicate that the Royal Christmas Message was the most watched programme of the day. The broadcast, aired simultaneously by BBC One and ITV, received an audience of 7.82 million. BBC One's Mrs. Brown's Boys had 7.61 million viewers, and was the single most watched show of the day. BBC One also had seven of the top ten Christmas Day programmes.[413]
27
Part One of the Top Gear Patagonia Special is aired on BBC Two and seen by an average audience of 4.7 million viewers.[414] The second part, which features the controversial Argentina leg of the programme's visit to South America, airs the following day and is watched by an average of 4.8 million viewers.[415][416]
Jamie Oliver reveals that he was offered a role as a Hobbit in one of Peter Jackson's films as a thank you for providing the catering for the director's 50th birthday, but turned it down because of work commitments.[418]
30
Singer Sam Smith, who performed live on the 2014 final of The X Factor, criticises the series for being damaging to songwriters because contestants are required to perform cover versions of popular songs.[419]
31
It is reported that Police Scotland are investigating several complaints concerning tweets made by TV personality Katie Hopkins about an Ebola patient.[420]
The semi-final, where Caroline Flack achieves the first perfect score of the series. It was also the first show following the shock exit of favourite Pixie Lott.
19
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The quarter-final which featured a waltz-athon.
20
10.93
1 November
The annual Halloween special, which featured the first ten given out by one of the regular judges, Bruno Tonioli, for Frankie Bridge'sTango.
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