• Source: 1951 in British television

      • This is a list of British television related events from 1951.


      Events




      = January – June

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      No events.


      = July

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      16 July – What's My Line? debuts on the BBC Television Service. It will be one of the top-rated programmes for the rest of the decade and make a star of its host, Eamonn Andrews, who takes over from Gilbert Harding from the second episode.


      = August – September

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      No events.


      = October

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      12 October – The Holme Moss transmitter is opened in Northern England, making the BBC Television Service available to the region for the first time.


      = November – December

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      No events.


      = Unknown

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      The BBC broadcasts horse racing for the first time when it televises races from Ascot.


      Debuts


      6 February – The Railway Children (1951)
      20 May – The Black Arrow (1951)
      17 June – Five Children and It (1951)
      16 July – What's My Line? (1951–1963, 1973-1974, 1984-1990)
      29 July – The Final Test (1951)
      12 August – Albert (1951)
      2 September – Treasure on Pelican (1951)
      25 September – Puck of Pook's Hill (1951)
      20 October
      Sherlock Holmes (1951)
      Stranger from Space (1951-1952)
      6 November – Sara Crewe (1951)
      Unknown
      The Charlie Chester Show (1951, 1955)
      The Inch Man (1951-1952)


      Continuing television shows




      = 1920s

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      BBC Wimbledon (1927–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–2024)


      = 1930s

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      Picture Page (1936–1939, 1946–1952)
      For the Children (1937–1939, 1946–1952)
      Trooping the Colour (1937–1939, 1946–2019, 2023–present)
      The Boat Race (1938–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–present)
      BBC Cricket (1939, 1946–1999, 2020–2024)


      = 1940s

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      Kaleidoscope (1946–1953)
      Muffin the Mule (1946–1955, 2005–2006)
      Café Continental (1947–1953)
      Television Newsreel (1948–1954)
      The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–1971)
      Come Dancing (1949–1998)
      How Do You View? (1949–1953)


      = 1950s

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      Andy Pandy (1950–1970, 2002–2005)


      Ending this year


      23 January – Little Women (1950–1951)
      24 November – Sherlock Holmes (1951)


      Births


      7 January – Helen Worth, born Cathryn Helen Wigglesworth, actress
      21 January – Rosemary Shrager, chef and presenter
      6 February – Kevin Whately, actor
      15 February – Jane Seymour, born Joyce Frankenberg, actress
      18 March – Paul Barber, actor
      13 April – Peter Davison, actor
      20 April – Louise Jameson, actress
      11 May – Kay Mellor, born Kay Daniel, scriptwriter and actress (died 2022)
      13 May – Selina Scott, journalist, newsreader and television presenter
      4 June – David Yip, actor
      28 June – Lalla Ward, actress
      4 September – David Renwick, scriptwriter
      10 September – Sally Grace, satirist, actress and voice actress
      30 September – John Lloyd, producer
      6 November – Nigel Havers, actor
      15 November – Billy McColl, actor (died 2014)
      24 November – Margaret Mountford, lawyer, businesswoman and television personality
      20 December – Peter May, novelist and television dramatist


      See also


      1951 in British music
      1951 in British radio
      1951 in the United Kingdom
      List of British films of 1951


      References




      External links


      List of 1951 British television series at IMDb

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