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This is a list of events in 2024 relating to television in the United Kingdom.
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1 | BBC One sees in the New Year with the concert Rick Astley Rocks New Year's Eve. Rick Astley is joined by various guests, including Rylan Clark with whom he performs a rendition of the Dead or Alive track "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)".[1] |
STV's Bringing in the Bells is hosted by Alex Norton, Blythe Duff, Martin Compston and others to see in the New Year.[2] | |
2 | TV chef Simon Rimmer announces that Greens, a Manchester-based vegetarian restaurant of which he is co-owner, is closing with immediate effect after 33 years.[3] |
3 | Former Chancellor of the Exchequer Nadhim Zahawi makes a guest appearance in the ITV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office as himself, questioning Post Office chief executive Paula Vennells in a 2015 House of Commons committee inquiry into the Horizon computer system.[4] |
5 | ITV criticises ex-footballer Joey Barton after he likened Eni Aluko and Lucy Ward, who were commentating on a football match the previous evening, to serial killers Fred and Rose West. ITV describes the remarks on X as "vindictive".[5] |
Lawyers representing potential victims of the British Post Office scandal say they have been contacted by a further 50 people following the broadcast of the four episode series ITV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office.[6] | |
8 | Ofcom delays the publication of research into politicians presenting news programmes until it has ruled on investigations open into GB News.[7] |
The BBC wins the free to air rights to rugby league's Super League and World Club Challenge, beating Channel 4. The rights are on a three year contract, and matches will be shown on BBC Two, BBC Three and BBC iPlayer.[8] | |
The weekday editions of Sky News Breakfast are refreshed. The programme starts at the earlier time of 6am, and new presenters join the programme.[9] | |
9 | Provisional viewing figures indicate that 9.2 million people have watched the ITV drama Mr Bates vs the Post Office, making it the most watched programme of 2024 so far.[10] Subsequent data, which includes catch-up, put the figure at 9.75m.[11] |
11 | The Liberal Democrats ask Ofcom to investigate GB News over alleged bias in its coverage of the Post Office scandal, including what the party's deputy leader, Daisy Cooper, describes as "a fictitious monologue" Nigel Farage delivered about leader Sir Ed Davey, which she says contained "a number of factual inaccuracies".[12] |
13 | Gladiators returns for its third run on BBC One and BBC iPlayer with Bradley Walsh and his son Barney presenting. The show was previously aired on ITV from 1992 to 2000 and Sky One from 2008 to 2009. The revival has attracted an audience of 6 million viewers, becoming the biggest entertainment launch for the BBC in seven years.[13][14] |
EastEnders confirms that Patsy Palmer is to briefly reprise her role as Bianca Jackson later in the year following her departure from the series in 2019.[15] | |
14 | Dancing on Ice returns for its sixteenth series on ITV with Stephen Mulhern and Holly Willoughby presenting, Mulhern having succeeded Phillip Schofield as co-presenter.[16][17] Willoughby makes her return to television following her departure from This Morning.[18] |
Debut of Smooth Radio's new television advertising campaign featuring famous UK landmarks and its new strapline, "Always the best music", which launches in a commercial break during the opening edition of Dancing on Ice.[19] | |
15 | Love Island returns with an "All Stars" series, with the launch show episode being broadcast simultaneously on ITV1 and ITV2, featuring former contestants from the past ten series.[20] |
The BBC announces that Shini Muthukrishnan will become the 43rd presenter of Blue Peter.[21] | |
Sky Showcase begins simulcasting selected programming from Sky Atlantic. | |
16 | Rhodri Williams announces he has written to the UK government to ask them not to consider him for a second term as chairman of S4C following controversy at the TV channel.[22] |
17 | The BBC has agreed a deal with insurance company Axa to sell its Elstree Studios, which includes the EastEnders set. The set will be leased back from Axa so that filming can continue there.[23] |
An error with the calculation of viewing figures that had given GB News a million viewers for its New Year's Eve coverage is corrected by BARB, and shows the channel actually had 33,000 viewers that evening.[24] | |
18 | Kim Medcalf makes an unannounced departure from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, two years after returning to the soap as the character Sam Mitchell.[25] |
22 | The World launches on Sky News. The hour-long international news programme airs Monday to Thursday at 9pm and is part of Sky News' evening sequence of individually branded, and focussed, hour-long programmes.[26][27] |
The UK government announces plans to give Ofcom more powers over the BBC's online content, including BBC News.[28] | |
The UK government rejects calls from Welsh MPs to add the Six Nations Championship to the list of guaranteed free-to-air sporting events on British television.[29] | |
24 | The 2024 Brit Award nominees are announced. Raye received the most nominations with seven in total, breaking the record for the most nominations received by a single artist in a year. |
25 | Campaigners for myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) have criticised BBC One's Dragons' Den for promoting a product with "unfounded" claims after a businesswoman appeared on the show promoting a product she claimed had helped improve her ME.[30] The episode is subsequently edited to include an onscreen message during the businesswoman's appearance.[31] |
26 | Harry Clark wins series two of The Traitors.[32][33] |
29 | Channel 4 announces the loss of 200 jobs as it seeks to slim down the organisation and focus on digital services.[34] |
30 | The BBC releases around 3,000 emails relating to Martin Bashir's 1995 Panorama interview with Diana, Princess of Wales after a judge ordered their release.[35] |
Sky announces plans to cut 1,000 jobs in the UK during 2024 as it moves towards internet-based services.[36] | |
ITV announces that Alison Hammond will replace Paul O'Grady as presenter of For the Love of Dogs.[37] |
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2 | Construction work begins on The Tea Factory, the BBC's new Birmingham & West Midland headquarters.[38] |
5 | Kate Garraway makes her first television appearance since the death of her husband, Derek Draper, and gives an interview to Good Morning Britain.[39] |
8 | Kate Garraway returns to her presenting role on Good Morning Britain, presenting alongside Ben Shephard.[39][40] |
TalkTV airs the final edition of Piers Morgan Uncensored to be shown regularly on the channel. In a subsequent interview with The Times, Morgan announces he is moving the show to his YouTube channel, where he can conduct longer and more in-depth interviews without the "unnecessary straitjacket" of television, and build a global following. TalkTV says some of Morgan's shows will continue to air on the channel.[41] | |
ITV announces that 25 James Bond films will be made available through the ITVX platform from March.[42] | |
10 | ITV and Guinness trial live audio described commentary for blind and partially sighted viewers of the 2024 Six Nations match between England and Wales.[43] |
12 | Prime Minister Rishi Sunak appears on an hour long GB News People's Forum, where a selected audience of undecided voters are invited to ask him questions. The programme is presented by Stephen Dixon.[44] |
13 | The BBC announces the closure of the BBC iPlayer downloads service for desktop and laptop computers from 8 April; downloads will still be available for users of the BBC iPlayer app on mobile and tablet, and streaming remains possible on all devices.[45] |
The US entertainment website Deadline.com reports that Gavin & Stacey will be returning for a 2024 Christmas special, five years after the last one. But there is no official announcement from BBC Studios.[46][47] | |
15 | The BBC confirms that Asif Munaf, a contestant on The Apprentice, will not appear on the spin-off show, The Apprentice: You're Fired, when he exits the show after posting antisemitic comments on social media.[48] |
16 | BBC Four airs four editions of Top of the Pops that were presented by Steve Wright as a tribute to the disc jockey following the announcement of his death a few days earlier.[49] |
ITV confirms that Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley will be the new permanent presenters of This Morning following the departure of Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield in 2023.[50] | |
18 | The 2024 BAFTA Awards are held at London's Royal Festival Hall and presented by David Tennant.[51] |
19 | Ofcom launches an impartiality investigation into GB News's Q&A session with prime minister Rishi Sunak.[52] |
Piers Morgan Uncensored begins airing regularly on Morgan's YouTube channel.[41] | |
Molly Smith and Tom Clare win the first series of Love Island All Stars. Overnight viewing figures from BARB estimate the finale, aired on ITV2, is viewed by an audience of just over a million, while ITV says that with catch-up viewing the total figure is 1.3 million.[53] | |
20 | The BBC announces plans to reshape the BBC Scotland TV channel, including axing the hour-long news programme The Nine and replacing it with a 30-minute programme.[54] |
Idles singer Joe Talbot becomes the latest celebrity to appear on CBeebies Bedtime Stories, where he reads Under The Love Umbrella by Davina Bell.[55] | |
21 | Maryam Moshiri relaunches The World Today at 7pm as an evening programme on BBC News.[56][57] |
McFly band members Tom Fletcher and Danny Jones will share a chair on the judging panel of The Voice UK when the series returns. US country singer LeAnn Rimes will also join the panel, alongside Sir Tom Jones and Will.i.am.[58] | |
The Metropolitan Police says it will take no further action over allegations that Dan Wootton offered to pay colleagues for sexually explicit pictures of themselves.[59] | |
23 | Ben Shephard presents his final edition of Good Morning Britain ahead of his new role co-presenting This Morning.[60] |
24 | Lee Anderson is suspended from the Conservative Party after "refusing to apologise" for claiming "Islamists" had "got control" of London Mayor Sadiq Khan during an edition of his GB News show the previous day.[61] |
27 | The BBC apologises for the way it dealt with a complaint about the newsreader Huw Edwards, saying the issue was not escalated quickly enough.[62] |
Comedian Jason Manford is to join the cast of Waterloo Road when the series returns later in the year.[63] |
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1 | The final day of recording of Doctors takes place at the BBC's Birmingham & West Midland studios; the series along with Classic Doctors is scheduled to end in December after nearly 5,000 episodes.[64] |
4 | Following its investigation into the episode of GB News's Dan Wootton Tonight during which Laurence Fox made comments about journalist Ava Evans, Ofcom concludes that the programme was in breach of its regulations. The watchdog says the comments "constituted a highly personal attack on Ms Evans and were potentially highly offensive to viewers", and says that it has "significant concerns about GB News' editorial control of its live output" and is requiring it "provide further detailed information about its compliance practices in this area".[65] |
Celebrity Big Brother returns to British television after a six year break for a twenty-third series. Housemates include Gary Goldsmith, the uncle of Catherine, Princess of Wales.[66] | |
5 | News UK announces plans to close TalkTV in the summer, with its content switching to online format.[67] TalkRadio will continue unaffected.[68] |
Dan Wootton announces his departure from GB News following the previous day's Ofcom ruling.[69] | |
7 | The winners of the BBC's 2024 500 Words young writers' competition are announced, with awards presented by Queen Camilla.[70] |
10 | Ryan Thomas and professional dance partner Amani Fancy win series 16 of Dancing on Ice. Greg Rutherford is forced to withdraw from the final after sustaining an injury during rehearsals.[71] |
11 | Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley make their presenting debut on This Morning.[72] |
12 | The Radio Today website reports that Bauer Media Audio UK plans to remove its radio stations from Freeview in the coming months.[73] |
14 | Former Conservative MP Guto Bebb is appointed interim chair of S4C.[74] |
15 | Sir Lenny Henry presents the BBC's Comic Relief telethon for the last time, having previously announced he felt it was time for "new faces" to succeed him.[75] Sir Lenny was part of the team which had founded Comic Relief in the mid-1980s. Red Nose Day 2024 raises over £40m for charity.[76] |
16 | Derek Thompson makes his final appearance in Casualty as the character Charlie Fairhead after 38 years with the series and appearances in more than 900 episodes.[77] |
18 | Ofcom finds that five episodes of GB News shows, presented by Jacob Rees Mogg, Esther McVey and Phillip Davies, broke their rules, and warns the channel about its use of Conservative MPs to host news content.[78] |
21 | Channel 4 chief executive Alex Mahon apologises to a member of the television channel's staff after a report finds that Channel 4 failed to investigate a complaint made against Russell Brand in 2009.[79] |
The UK government appoints a panel of nine experts from the world of radio, television and business to advise on the future funding of the BBC.[80] | |
22 | David Potts wins the twenty-third series of Celebrity Big Brother.[81] |
26 | BBC Director General Tim Davie announces the BBC will look at ways of reforming the TV licence.[82] |
27 | Luke Avaient and Gavin Sheppard of Cardiff are married by Lorraine Kelly live on her daytime ITV programme to mark the tenth anniversary of the first same-sex marriage to occur in the UK.[83] |
28 | The BBC confirms that Andrew Flintoff, who was injured in 2022 while filming an episode of Top Gear, will return to television with a BBC One documentary about cricket titled Field of Dreams.[84] |
29 | Olly Alexander rejects calls to withdraw from the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest over the inclusion of Israel.[85] |
30 | Finlay Anderson and Marie-Louise Nicholson win the 2024 series of Gladiators.[86] |
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1 | The cost of a TV licence increases by £10.50 from £159 to £169.50.[87] |
Ruth Hart wins the 2023–24 series of Mastermind.[88] | |
5 | The BBC confirms that it will broadcast a celebrity special of Gladiators following confirming news regarding the reboot will return for a second series due to successful reviews. |
30 | BritBox shuts down its standalone service in the UK with all of its content moving over to both ITVX and the BBC iPlayer. |
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11 | Olly Alexander is set to represent the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden. |
Doctor Who returns for its 14th series, beginning with a two episode premiere on BBC iPlayer in the UK, and Disney+ internationally, before airing in its normal Saturday night slot on BBC One for the first time.[89] |
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TBA | Doctors and Classic Doctors both end after 24 years.[90] |
Date | Debut | Channel |
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10 January | Style It Out | CBBC |
17 January | Liar: The Fake Grooming Scandal[91] | BBC Three |
21 January | Wilderness with Simon Reeve | BBC Two |
22 January | David & Jay's Touring Toolshed | |
31 January | Domino Day | BBC Three |
2 February | Amityville: An Origin Story | BBC Two |
14 February | Bring the Drama | |
19 February | The Way | BBC One |
20 February | Boarders | BBC Three |
22 February | Martin Compston's Norwegian Fling | BBC Scotland |
29 February | Things You Should Have Done | BBC Three |
5 March | Sarah Everard: The Search for Justice[92] | BBC One |
18 March | Anton & Giovanni's Adventures in Spain | |
26 March | Quiet Life | BBC Three |
27 March | Andi Oliver's Fabulous Feasts | BBC Two |
31 March | Mammals | BBC One |
This Town | ||
9 April | Ministry of Evil: The Twisted Cult of Tony Alamo | BBC Four |
14 April | Dinosaur | BBC Three |
TBA | Dear England | BBC One |
Dope Girls | ||
Hot Flush | ||
The Jetty | ||
King and Conqueror | ||
Lockerbie | ||
Lord of the Flies | ||
Lost Boys & Fairies | ||
Ludwig | ||
Miss Austen | ||
Moonflower Murders | ||
Mr Loverman | ||
Nightsleeper | ||
The Rapture | ||
Two Tone | ||
Virdee | ||
Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light | ||
Spent | BBC Two | |
We Might Regret This | ||
Porth Purgatory | BBC Two Wales | |
Daddy Issues | BBC Three | |
Film Club | ||
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder | ||
Kidnapped | ||
Peck'Eds | ||
Late in Life | ||
The Listeners | ||
Shuggie Bain | ||
Wahala |
Date | Debut | Channel |
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1 January | Mr Bates vs The Post Office[93] | ITV1 |
6 January | Big Zuu's 12 Dishes in 12 Hours | |
10 January | After the Flood | |
15 January | Love Island: All-Stars | ITV2 |
22 January | Born from the Same Stranger | ITV1 |
28 January | TikTok: Murder Gone Viral | ITVX |
8 February | G'wed | |
19 February | Breathtaking | ITV1 |
24 February | Prue Leith's Cotswold Kitchen | |
24 March | Passenger | |
28 March | The Twelve | |
10 April | Drama Queens | ITVBe |
12 April | The Chris Show | ITV1 |
13 April | Jimmy and Shivi's Farmhouse Breakfast | |
TBA | Douglas is Cancelled | ITVX |
Joan | ||
Out There | ||
Playing Nice | ||
Protection | ||
Red Eye | ||
A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story | ||
Until I Kill You |
Date | Debut | Channel |
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3 January | Truelove | Channel 4 |
4 January | Secret Life of the Safari Park | |
14 February | Alice & Jack | |
26 February | The Jury: Murder Trial | |
25 March | The Underdog: Josh Must Win | E4 |
28 March | Big Mood | Channel 4 |
TBA | Disability Benefits | |
The Gathering | ||
Generation Z | ||
Get Millie Black | ||
How to Get to Heaven from Belfast | ||
Queenie |
Date | Debut | Channel |
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17 January | Finders Keepers | Channel 5 |
14 February | Too Good to Be True | |
11 March | Love Rat | |
18 March | Coma | |
8 April | The Cuckoo | |
TBA | The Hardacres | |
The Wives |
Date | Debut | Channel |
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29 February | Rob Beckett's Smart TV | Sky Max |
5 March | Mary & George | Sky Atlantic |
TBA | Sweetpea | |
The Tattooist of Auschwitz | ||
Mr Bigstuff | Sky Comedy | |
Safe Space | ||
The Death of Bunny Munro | Sky Atlantic | |
Small Town, Big Story | Sky Max | |
The Day of the Jackal | Sky Atlantic |
Date | Channel |
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2 January | That's TV 2 |
11 February | Sky Sports Tennis |
4 March | Chart Show Retro |
20 March | GREAT! Real |
Date | Channel |
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TBC | Freely |
Date | Channel |
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1 January | E! |
9 January | Peacock |
25 January | Viaplay Xtra |
29 February | Lionsgate+ |
20 March | Tiny Pop |
31 March | SportyStuff TV |
30 April | BritBox |
July | TalkTV |
Programme | Moved from | Moved to |
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American Rust | Sky Atlantic | Amazon Prime Video |
All BritBox Programmes to Be Revealed | BritBox | ITVX |
Programme | Date(s) of original removal | Original channel(s) | Date of return | New channel(s) |
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Jeopardy! | 2 July 1984 9 April 1993 7 June 1996 |
Channel 4 ITV1 Sky1 |
1 January 2024 | N/A (same channel as original) |
Wheel of Fortune | 21 December 2001 | ITV1 | 6 January 2024 | |
Gladiators | 1 January 2000 25 October 2009 |
ITV1 Sky1 |
13 January 2024 | BBC One |
The World Today | 6 May 2011 | BBC One BBC News BBC World News |
21 February 2024 | BBC News |
Celebrity Big Brother | 25 January 2010 10 September 2018 |
Channel 4 Channel 5 |
4 March 2024 | ITV1 |
Programme | Date |
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BBC Wimbledon | 1927–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–present |
Programme | Date |
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The Boat Race | 1938–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–present |
Programme | Date |
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Eurovision Song Contest | 1956–2019, 2021–present |
The Sky at Night | 1957–present |
Final Score | 1958–present |
Blue Peter |
Programme | Date |
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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 |
Gardeners' World | 1968–present |
Programme | Date |
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Emmerdale | 1972–present |
Mastermind (including Celebrity Mastermind) | 1972–1997, 2003–present |
Football Focus | 1974–1988, 1992–present |
Top Gear | 1977–present |
Ski Sunday | 1978–present |
Blankety Blank | 1979–1990, 1997–2002, 2016, 2020–present |
Antiques Roadshow | 1979–present |
Question Time |
Programme | Date |
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Children in Need | 1980–present |
Countdown | 1982–present |
ITV Breakfast | 1983–present |
EastEnders | 1985–present |
Comic Relief | 1988–2025 |
Catchphrase | 1986–2002, 2013–present |
Casualty | 1986–present |
This Morning | 1988–present |
Countryfile |
Programme | Date |
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Have I Got News for You | 1990–present |
MasterChef | 1990–2001, 2005–2025 |
ITV News Meridian | 1993–present |
National Television Awards | 1995–2008, 2010–present |
Silent Witness | 1996–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 |
Programme | Date |
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2020 | |
Beat the Chasers | 2020–present |
The Wheel | |
The Masked Singer | |
McDonald & Dodds | |
2021 | |
Cooking with the Stars | 2021–present |
Hope Street | |
2022 | |
The 1% Club | 2022–present |
Limitless Win | |
Celeb Cooking School | |
Heartstopper | |
The John Bishop Show | |
Trigger Point | |
2023 | |
African Queens | 2023–present |
At Home with the Furys | |
BBC News Now | |
Black Ops | |
Blue Lights | |
Break Point | |
Changing Ends | |
PopMaster TV | |
The Piano | |
The Toy Hospital |
Date | Programme | Channel(s) | Debut(s) |
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2 January | Wild Scandinavia | BBC Two | 2023 |
4 January | Mr Bates vs The Post Office | ITV1 | 2024 |
18 January | Truelove | Channel 4 | |
7 February | Finders Keepers | Channel 5 | |
11 February | Wilderness with Simon Reeve | BBC Two | |
21 February | The Daily Global | BBC News | 2023 |
Breathtaking | ITV1 | 2024 | |
22 February | Too Good to Be True | Channel 5 | |
29 February | Alice & Jack | Channel 4 | |
4 March | The Way | BBC One | |
14 March | Love Rat | Channel 5 | |
21 March | Coma | ||
5 April | Alex Rider | Amazon Freevee | 2020 |
13 April | Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway | ITV1 | 2002, 2013 & 2020 |
c. December | Doctors | BBC One | 2000 & 2005 |
TBA | Inside No. 9 | BBC Two | 2014 |