1974 in British television

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This is a list of British television related events from 1974.

Events

• 5 January – Tiswas starts as a local programme in the Midlands (on ATV), but the television show wasn't fully automatically networked through ITV until 1979.
• 8 June – Jon Pertwee makes his final regular appearance as the Third Doctor in the concluding moments of Part Six of the Doctor Who serial Planet of the Spiders. Tom Baker briefly appears as the Fourth Doctor at the conclusion of this serial.
• 5 August – For the first time on a pre-school children's programme, the show Inigo Pipkin covers the death of the main character, Inigo, as the actor who played him (George Woodbridge) had died. The show is renamed Pipkins.
• 23 September – The BBC teletext service Ceefax goes live with 30 pages of information.
• 5 December - Party Political Broadcast, the final episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus, is broadcast on BBC 2.
• 28 December – Tom Baker makes his first full appearance as the Fourth Doctor in the Doctor Who serial Robot.

Debuts

BBC 1

• 3 January – It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–1981)
• 12 February – Bagpuss (1974)
• 7 May – Happy Ever After (1974–1978)
• 5 September – Porridge (1974–1977)
• 21 October - Roobarb (1974, 2005–present)
• 20 December – Churchill's People (1974–1975)

ITV

• 4 January – Within These Walls (1974–1978)
• 5 January – Tiswas (1974–1982)
• 7 January – Wish You Were Here...? (1974–2003, 2008).
• 3 March – Not On Your Nellie (1974–1975)
• 13 April – The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club (1974–1977)
• 3 May – My Old Man (1974–1975)
• 2 September – Rising Damp (1974–1978)

Television shows

1940s

• Come Dancing (1949–1998)

1950s

• The Good Old Days (1953–1983)
• Panorama (1953–present)
• Dixon of Dock Green (1955–1976)
• Crackerjack (1955–1984)
• Opportunity Knocks (1956–1978, 1987–1990)
• This Week (1956–1978, 1986–1992)
• Armchair Theatre (1956–1980)
• What the Papers Say (1956–2008)
• The Sky at Night (1957–present)
• Blue Peter (1958–present)
• Grandstand (1958–2007)

1960s

• Coronation Street (1960–present)
• Songs of Praise (1961–present)
• Z-Cars (1962–1978)
• Animal Magic (1962–1983)
• Doctor Who (1963–1989, 2005–present)
• World in Action (1963–1998)
• Top of the Pops (1964–2006)
• Match of the Day (1964–present)
• Crossroads (1964–1988, 2001–2003)
• Play School (1964–1988)
• Mr. and Mrs. (1964–1999, 2008-2010)
• Call My Bluff (1965–2005)
• World of Sport (1965–1985)
• Jackanory (1965–1996, 2006–present)
• It's a Knockout (1966–1982, 1999–2001)
• The Money Programme (1966–present)
• The Golden Shot (1967–1975)
• ITV Playhouse (1967–1982)
• Dad's Army (1968–1977)
• Magpie (1968–1980)
• The Big Match (1968–2002)

1970s

• The Goodies (1970–1982)
• Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1975, 2010)
• The Onedin Line (1971–1980)
• The Old Grey Whistle Test (1971–1987)
• The Two Ronnies (1971–1987, 1991, 1996, 2005)
• Love Thy Neighbour (1972–1977)
• Clapperboard (1972–1982)
• Crown Court (1972–1984)
• Pebble Mill at One (1972–1986)
• Rainbow (1972–1992, 1994–1995)
• Emmerdale (1972–present).
• Newsround (1972–present).
• Weekend World (1972–1988)
• Pipkins (1973–1981)
• We Are the Champions (1973–1987)
• Last of the Summer Wine (1973–2010).
• That's Life! (1973–1994)

Ending this year

• Unknown - Crystal Tipps and Alistair (1971–1974)
• 1 February – The Protectors (1972–1974)
• 1 April – Colditz (1972–1974)
• 8 May – The World at War (1973–1974)
• 9 July – Comedy Playhouse (1961–1974)
• 10 October – Clangers (1969–1974)
• 28 October – Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1955–1967, 1973–1974)
• 5 December – Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969–1974)
• 24 December – Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (1973–1974)
• 26 December – Steptoe and Son (1962–1965, 1970–1974)

Births

• 1 January – Clare Calbraith, actress
• 22 February – Chris Moyles, British disc jockey
• 24 April – Dave Vitty, aka Comedy Dave, British television host
• 27 May – Denise Van Outen, actress and televsiion presenter
• 14 July – David Mitchell, comedian and actor
• 31 July – Emilia Fox, English actress
• 21 August – Paul Chowdhry, British comedian and actor
• 23 August – Ray Park, Scottish actor
• 17 October – Matthew Macfadyen, English actor
• 4 November – Louise Redknapp, English singer
• 8 December – Kim Medcalf, actress
• 11 December – Ben Shephard, television presenter
• 12 December – Steven Arnold, actor
• 13 December – Sara Cox, English TV and radio presenter
• Unknown - Mark Dymond, actor
• Unknown – Karin Giannone, newsreader