1994 in British television

Overview of the events of 1994 in British television
List of years in British television (table)
  • … 1984
  • 1985
  • 1986
  • 1987
  • 1988
  • 1989
  • 1990
  • 1991
  • 1992
  • 1993
  • 1994
  • 1995
  • 1996
  • 1997
  • 1998
  • 1999
  • 2000
  • 2001
  • 2002
  • 2003
  • 2004 …
+...

This is a list of British television related events from 1994.

Events

January

  • 1 January – In the early hours of the morning, BBC2 airs the first Hootenanny which began late the previous evening. The annual New Year's Eve music show is hosted by Jools Holland and the first edition includes performances from Sting, the Gipsy Kings and Sly and Robbie.[1]
  • 2 January – BBC2 begins a repeat run of the 1960s US series The Fugitive.[2]
  • 3 January
    • TCI acquires a 60.4% stake in Flextech.[3] This gives the company a 25% stake in UK Gold.[4]
    • The network television premiere on ITV of the 1989 James Bond film Licence to Kill, starring Timothy Dalton.[5]
  • 4 January
  • 5 January – The Empath, an episode of the US sci-fi series Star Trek, is shown for the first time in the UK on BBC2, having not been seen on British television since the series original run on BBC1.[7][8]
  • 7 January
    • The Times reports that merger talks between Yorkshire Television and Tyne Tees have collapsed because it has proved impossible to reach an agreement on a suitable structure for the new company. Also, Anglia have withdrawn from the proposed alliance with London Weekend Television, making an LWT take over of YTV impossible.[9]
    • ZZZap! returns for a new series on ITV with a new character called Daisy Dares You, played by Deborah McCallum; the part of Tricky Dicky and Smart Arty's segments have been updated with him using a magic pen to draw pictures that come to life.
  • 8 January – The US sci-fi series The New Adventures of Superman makes its UK debut on BBC1, starring Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher.[10]
  • 10 January
    • The Welsh language soap opera Pobol y Cwm makes its debut in the rest of the UK when BBC2 begins airing episodes daily from Mondays to Thursdays.[11] The series, shown with English subtitles, airs on BBC2 for three months,[12] and on an experimental basis.[13]
    • The classic children's series Rainbow is relaunched with a new format, made by Tetra Films by for HTV. However, the new series is not well received and is axed a year later.
  • 13 January – David Dimbleby takes over as host of Question Time on BBC1.[14]
  • 14 January – An episode of the Channel 4 soap Brookside shows a lesbian kiss between two of its characters.[15][16]
  • 15 January – Debut of the US police procedural series NYPD Blue on Channel 4, starring Dennis Franz, James McDaniel, Amy Brenneman and Nicholas Turturro.
  • 16 January – The first episode of the archaeology series Time Team is broadcast on Channel 4, presented by Tony Robinson.
  • 19 January
    • Whom Gods Destroy, an episode of the US sci-fi TV series Star Trek, is shown on BBC2 for the first time in the UK having not been seen on British television since the series original run on BBC1.[17][8]
    • BBC2 debuts The Day Today, a comedy television show that parodies news, current affairs and various documentaries created by Armando Iannucci and Chris Morris, also starring Doon Mackichan, Patrick Marber, David Schneider, Rebecca Front and Steve Coogan (including his Alan Partridge character). Each episode is presented as a mock news programme, relying on a combination of ludicrous fictitious stories covered with a serious pseudo-professional attitude. The series ends on 23 February.
  • 20 January – BBC1 airs an edition of Question Time from Birmingham which includes a confrontation between Jeffrey Archer and David Starkey over the age of homosexual consent.
  • 27 January – The popular sitcom Absolutely Fabulous returns for a second series, now being shown on BBC1.

February

  • 4 February – Following a review of the broadcasting ban on Irish terrorist-related organizations conducted by Heritage Secretary Peter Brooke, the Major government decides to maintain the status quo.[18]
  • 7 February – Granada Television increases its takeover bid for London Weekend Television to £774 million. However, the LWT board once again rejects the offer.[19]
  • 12 February
  • 12–27 February – The BBC provides live and recorded coverage of the 1994 Winter Olympic Games. The majority of the coverage is shown on BBC2.
  • 18 February – Flextech buys a 20% stake in HTV, thereby clearing the company's debts.[21]
  • 19 February – The Independent reports that Anglia has been bought by MAI (owners of Meridian).[22] MAI subsequently merges with United Newspapers to form United News and Media.
  • 20 February
  • 25 February – LWT accepts a £770 million takeover bid from Granada, resulting in the departure of Greg Dyke and Sir Christopher Bland from the broadcaster.[23]
  • 28 February
  • February
    • The ITC decides to readvertise the Channel 5 broadcasting licence, but must first seek confirmation that the frequencies it planned to allocate to the channel are still available.[24]
    • Pages from Ceefax broadcasts adopt the Level 2 teletext graphics. The change sees a significant expansion to the number of pages shown and title pages for each section return. However, the new expanded Pages from Ceefax broadcasts are confined to the 15 minutes prior to the start of programmes which often is insufficient time to show the entire sequence which is now between 40 and 50 pages in length.

March

  • 4 March – The network television premiere on BBC2 of Laurel Avenue, the acclaimed US miniseries that tells the story of an eventful weekend in the lives of an extended African American family living in St. Paul, Minnesota.[25] The second part is shown on 6 March.[26]
  • 5 March – The network television premiere of David Cronenberg's 1986 horror remake The Fly on ITV, starring Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis and John Getz.
  • 17 March – Robbie Williams and Mark Owen of Take That present an edition of Top of the Pops,[27][28] becoming the first in a line of celebrities to guest present the show between 1994 and 1996 under the banner of "the golden mic".
  • 18 March – The game show Play Your Cards Right returns to ITV after a seven-year break, with returning host Bruce Forsyth.[29]
  • 19 March – ITV airs the network television premiere of Paul Verhoeven's 1987 American science fiction thriller RoboCop, starring Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith and Miguel Ferrer.
  • 25 March – Lynne Perrie makes her final appearance as Coronation Street battleaxe Ivy Tilsley. The press later speculates that Perrie's decision to have plastic surgery without consulting her bosses was the reason for her departure, though Perrie denied this, insisting that she felt that her character had simply run its course. Ivy's death occurs off-screen the following year.
  • 26 March – ITV's darts-based game show Bullseye is moved from Sunday afternoons to Saturday evenings.

April

May

  • 2 May – BBC2 airs Cry Freedom, Richard Attenborough's 1987 acclaimed drama about South African journalist Donald Woods.[37]
  • 3 May – Channel 4 starts airing Brookside on Tuesdays instead of Mondays, which means the soap is now seen on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
  • 6 May – BBC1 broadcasts special live coverage for the opening of Channel Tunnel, as Queen Elizabeth II travels to Calais by train to be greeted by president François Mitterrand, to open the French terminal; they then journey on the Shuttle to Folkestone as they inaugurate the British end of the venture.
  • 10 May – The launch of BBC Worldwide.
  • 12 May
    • The European Commission of Human Rights rejects a legal challenge brought by the National Union of Journalists seeking to take the British government to court for breach of freedom of expression under the European Convention of Human Rights over the broadcast ban on Irish terrorist-related organisations.[38][39]
    • The death of Labour Party leader and Leader of the Opposition John Smith who suffered a massive heart attack. This evening's edition of the BBC Nine O'Clock News is extended to an hour, meaning the following programme due to air at 9:30pm and coincidentally called Cardiac Arrest is postponed. Panellists on the evening's edition of Question Time, include George Robertson and Menzies Campbell as they depart from the usual political debate to pay tribute to Smith.
    • Comedian Jack Dee guest presents Top of the Pops.[40][41]
  • 19 May – Alice Cooper joins Bruno Brookes to present an edition of Top of the Pops.[42]
  • 22 May – Sky One airs the 100th episode of The Simpsons.
  • 23 May – The BBC2 youth strand DEF II comes to an end after six years.[43]
  • 25 May – The game show Wipeout, created by Bob Fraser, makes its debut on BBC1, presented by Paul Daniels.[44]
  • 30 May – Release of the Comic Relief single "Absolutely Fabulous" by the Pet Shop Boys, named for the popular sitcom of the same name. The song reaches number six on the UK Singles Chart.[45]

June

  • 2 June – BBC1 airs a special D-Day edition of Blue Peter in which Anthea Turner travels to France to tell the story of the Normandy landings during World War II.[46]
  • 3 June – The original airdate of an episode of Have I Got News for You in which panellist Ian Hislop is suffering from appendicitis during recording. Having spent most of that day in hospital awaiting treatment, he had temporarily discharged himself to record the episode, before returning to undergo surgery.
  • 5–10 June – Sue Lawley presents News '44, a series of news bulletin-style programmes to mark the 50th anniversary of D-Day.
  • 6 June
    • Due to a failed satellite link, BBC1 is unable to broadcast a remembrance concert marking the 50th anniversary of D-Day. Instead, it is forced to show recorded highlights of D-Day commemoration events and a repeated Wildlife on One documentary about racoons. The concert, featuring Dame Vera Lynn and other stars from the QE2 off the Normandy port of Cherbourg, is recorded and shown three days later.[47]
    • The Scottish actor Mark McManus, best known for his portrayal of Glaswegian detective Jim Taggart, dies aged 59.[48] The Taggart series continues under this name following his death.
  • 9 June – Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer guest present an edition of Top of the Pops.[49]
  • 12 June – The Independent on Sunday reports that Cable & Wireless are in the final stages of establishing a television service in the remote British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, a nation that has not previously had access to television. Because of this, the introduction of television to the island is to be the subject of a study by British psychologist Dr. Tony Charlton of Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education to determine its effects on the island's culture and way of life.[50]
  • 16 June – Angus Deayton guest presents an edition of Top of the Pops.[51]
  • 17 June–17 July – The 1994 FIFA World Cup takes place but the BBC and ITV only show the majority of group stage matches in highlight form with viewers having to tune in to satellite channel Eurosport to see live coverage of those games.
  • 18 June – The final episode of The Paul Daniels Magic Show is broadcast on BBC1 after fifteen years on the air.[52]
  • 19 June – The final episode of the long-running magazine programme That's Life!, presented by Esther Rantzen, is broadcast on BBC1 after twenty one years on the air.[53]
  • 20 June – The BBC's Arabic television service is launched with funding from the Saudi Arabian Mawarid Group.
  • 21 June – BBC1 begins its Daily Detective season, a short season of episodes from 1980s US detective series. The first programme is an episode from Remington Steele with Pierce Brosnan and Stephanie Zimbalist.[54] The season also includes episodes from Cagney & Lacey, aired on Mondays,[55] Remington Steele on Tuesdays,[56] Quincy on Wednesdays,[57] Charlie's Angels on Thursdays[58] and Moonlighting on Fridays.[59] The season ends with Moonlighting on 30 September.[60]
  • 26–27 June – ITV airs the network television premiere of Kevin Costner's 1990 American western epic Dances with Wolves, which is showing over two consecutive nights.
  • 29 June – ITV airs the 150-minute documentary Charles: The Private Man, the Public Role about Prince Charles, and presented by Jonathan Dimbleby.[61][62]

July

August

September

  • 1 September – Claire Sturgess guest presents an edition of Top of the Pops.[90]
  • 2 September – Television entertainer Roy Castle, who became best known to British viewers as the long-running presenter of the BBC children's series Record Breakers, dies from lung cancer at the age of 62.
  • 3 September – The network television premiere of James Cameron's 1991 American science fiction blockbuster sequel Terminator 2: Judgment Day on BBC1, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick and Linda Hamilton.[91]
  • 5 September
    • UK Gold introduces new idents as part of the total rebrand which is based on the forging of bullion bars, with the station's logo appearing to have been stamped into gold.
    • The Children's BBC idents receive a refresh with new 3D graphics.
    • The Learning Channel launches on Astra satellite and timeshares with Discovery, broadcasting daily from 9am until 4pm. Discovery extends its broadcast hours by two hours and is now on air between 4pm and 2am.
    • Sky One moves E Street to a 7pm weekday timeslot.
  • 7 September – Debut on ITV of Police Camera Action!, then known as Police Stop!, presented by Alastair Stewart.
  • 8 September –
  • 11 September – The network television premiere on Channel 4 of Tim Burton's 1990 American romantic fantasy Edward Scissorhands, starring Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest, Anthony Michael Hall, Alan Arkin and Vincent Price.
  • 14 September – The fantasy drama The Wanderer makes its debut on Sky One, starring Bryan Brown, Tony Haygarth, Kim Thomson and Otto Tausig. Every episode brings a new adventure about the story of long-ago brothers slowly unfolds to the present-day which searches for the original grave, a magic stone and a lost book of power. The series continues on 7 December.
  • 15 September – The ITC announces its decision to readvertise the Channel 5 licence.[24]
  • 16 September
    • The restrictions that prevents radio and television broadcasting the voices of members of some Irish political and military groups are lifted in the wake of the Provisional IRA's ceasefire declaration.[94][95]
    • BBC1 airs Tonya and Nancy: The Inside Story, a made-for-television biographical drama written by Phil Penningroth and directed by Larry Shaw, with Alexandra Powers as Tonya Harding and Heather Langenkamp as Nancy Kerrigan. The film focuses on the American figure skating scandal of the 1994 Cobo Arena attack during the extensive media coverage surrounding the infamous incident based on the public domain material.[96]
  • 17 September – BBC2 airs the first edition of Top of the Pops 2, a spin-off showing footage from present day editions of Top of the Pops as well as material from the series archive.[97]
  • 19 September
  • 21 September – University Challenge returns after a seven-year absence and two years after a special edition was shown; this revived series on BBC2 is presented by Jeremy Paxman.[101]
  • 22 September – BBC1 airs the Inside Story documentary Silent Twin – Without My Shadow, a film about June and Jennifer Gibbons, identical twins who became known as "The Silent Twins" because they only communicated with each other.[102]
  • 26 September – The network television premiere of Joe Dante's 1990 American comedy horror sequel Gremlins 2: The New Batch on ITV, starring Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, John Glover, Christopher Lee and Robert Picardo, with a special cameo appearances by film critic Leonard Maltin and professional wrestler Hulk Hogan.
  • 27 September –
  • 29 September –
    • Claire Sturgess makes her second appearance as a guest presenter on Top of the Pops.[105]
    • Chris Evans presents his final edition of The Big Breakfast on Channel 4 after two years as one of the show's original presenters which coincided with the second anniversary of the series.

October

November

  • 1 November – A second attempt to license the fifth terrestrial channel begins.[24][116]
  • 3 November – Kylie Minogue guest presents an edition of Top of the Pops.[117]
  • 4 November
  • 7 November – Barbara Windsor makes her EastEnders debut as Peggy Mitchell. The character had previously been played briefly by Jo Warne in 1991.
  • 10 November
    • To coincide with the 20th anniversary of the disappearance of Lord Lucan following the murder of his children's nanny, ITV airs The Trial of Lord Lucan, a production by Granada which sees a fictional dramatization of how a trial against the peer might proceed.[119]
    • The hugely popular sitcom The Vicar of Dibley makes its debut on BBC1, starring Dawn French as the vicar Geraldine Granger.[120]
  • 11 November
    • The BBC apologises after its Ceefax service mistakenly reports the death of the Queen Mother. The item, described as a rehearsal script, is on screen for 30 seconds before being removed.[121] The Queen Mother died on 30 March 2002.
    • The final episode of the children's adventure game show Knightmare is broadcast on ITV.
  • 13 November – Katie Targett-Adams wins the 1994 series of Junior MasterChef on BBC1.
  • 16 November – The network television premiere of Paul Verhoeven's 1992 American erotic thriller Basic Instinct on ITV, starring Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone. It is watched by 7.35 million viewers.[122]
  • 17 November –
  • 18 November – Debut of The Trial, a series of documentaries aired on BBC2[125] which were filmed largely inside Scottish courts in 1993 and early 1994. Filming of the series is possible because of the Criminal Justice Act 1925, the legislation banning photography in British courts does not apply in Scotland.
  • 19 November – The first National Lottery draw is broadcast on BBC1, presented by Noel Edmonds.[126]
  • 20 November
    • The US series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles makes its UK debut on BBC1. It initially aired on Sunday afternoons before switching to an early Saturday evening slot from January 1995.[127][128]
    • The original airdate of the Everyman episode Portrait of a Serial Killer on BBC1 in which Lionel Dahmer talks about discovering his son Jeffrey Dahmer was a serial killer.[129]
  • 26 November – BBC1 shows the documentary Girl Friday, in which Joanna Lumley spends nine days on a desert island with just a basic survival kit and a film crew.[130]
  • 27 November – Channel 4 airs the network television premiere of Peter Hewitt's 1991 American science fiction comedy sequel Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, starring Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, George Carlin, William Sadler and Joss Ackland.

December

  • December – The final encrypted BBC Select broadcasts take place although the service will continue broadcasting unencrypted programmes for the next ten months.[131]
  • 1 December – Lily Savage guest presents an edition of Top of the Pops.[132]
  • 3 December – Comedian Larry Grayson makes his final television appearance at the Royal Variety Performance, recorded on 28 November. He had been absent from television for some years and made a reference to this during his act, commenting to the audience, "They thought I was dead!". He died a month later.[133][134]
  • 8 December – Neneh Cherry guest presents an edition of Top of the Pops.[135]
  • 15 December – Damon Albarn of Blur guest presents an edition of Top of the Pops.[136]
  • 17 December
  • 20 December
  • 22 December – Gary Glitter guest presents an edition of Top of the Pops.[140]
  • 23 December – BBC1 airs Simply Red – Live, a concert given by the band in their home town of Manchester.[141]
  • 24 December – The final episode of The Generation Game presented by Bruce Forsyth is broadcast on BBC1; Jim Davidson would succeed him the following year.[142]
  • 25 December
    • Christmas Day highlights on BBC1 include the network television premieres of the 1990 animated film Jetsons: The Movie and the 1991 action adventure blockbuster Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, starring Kevin Costner as Robin Hood and Alan Rickman as the Sheriff of Nottingham.[143]
    • Take That guest present the Christmas Day 1994 edition of Top of the Pops.[144]
    • The network television premiere of Walt Disney's 1959 animated musical fantasy classic Sleeping Beauty on ITV for the first time.
    • ITV airs its first Christmas episode of Heartbeat called A Winter's Tale.
  • 26 December – Boxing Day highlights on BBC1 include the network television premieres of Ivan Reitman's 1990 action comedy Kindergarten Cop and Barry Sonnenfeld's 1991 spooky comedy The Addams Family.
  • 27 December – The network television premiere on BBC1 of the 1990 American action crime comedy Dick Tracy, starring Warren Beatty, Madonna and Al Pacino.
  • 29 December
    • The final episode in the original run of the children's series Brum is broadcast on BBC1, but the show will return with a revamped series in 2001 and will continue being repeated on the BBC. It is also Toyah Willcox's final episode as the narrator for the series.
    • The network television premiere of In Bed with Madonna, a film following the singer Madonna during her 1990 Blonde Ambition Tour, which was broadcast on BBC2.[145]
    • The final episode of the game show Strike It Lucky is broadcast on ITV; it would be relaunched in 1996 under the name of Michael Barrymore's Strike It Rich.
  • 30 December
    • The network television premiere of Dennis Dugan's 1990 American black comedy Problem Child on BBC1, starring John Ritter, Michael Oliver, Jack Warden, Gilbert Gottfried, Amy Yasbeck and Michael Richards.[146]
    • One of the most famous moments in British television history occurred during ITV's Catchphrase: uncovering the answer, "snake charmer", to the bonus round puzzle was done in such a way that caused the audience, the contestants and the host, Roy Walker, to laugh uncontrollably as it appeared that Mr. Chips and the snake were doing something sexual.
  • 31 December
    • New Year's Eve highlights on BBC1 include Barbra Streisand – The Concert, a performance given by the singer at Ponds, California earlier in the year.[147]
    • New Year's Eve highlights on BBC2 include Plague and the Moonflower, a musical drama about the human race's abuse of the planet.[148] There is also a special end-of-year edition of TOTP2 featuring highlights of the Christmas Day edition of Top of the Pops.[149]

Debuts

BBC1

BBC2

ITV

Channel 4

Sky One

  • 3 April – Highlander: The Series (1992–1998)
  • 23 April – Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1993–1997)
  • 9 May – She-Wolf of London (1990–1991)
  • 18 May – Angel Falls (1993)
  • 28 June –The First Circle (1992)
  • 14 September
  • 2 October – Duckman (1994–1997)
  • 3 October
  • 13 November – A Mind to Kill (1994–2002)
  • 14 December – Scarlett (1994)

Sky Sports (1/2)

Channels

New channels

Date Channel
February Travel
19 August Sky Sports 2
3 October Sky Soap
Sky Travel
10 October VH1

Television shows

Changes of network affiliation

Shows Moved from Moved to
Blockbusters ITV Sky1
Men Behaving Badly BBC1
This Is Your Life

Returning this year after a break of one year or longer

  • 10 January – The new version of Rainbow (1972–1992, 1994–1997)
  • 27 January – Ben Elton: The Man from Auntie (1990; 1994)
  • 18 March – Play Your Cards Right (1980–1987, 1994–1999, 2002–2003)
  • 18 April – Blockbusters (1983–1993, 1994–1995, 1997, 2000–2001, 2012, 2019)
  • 5 September – The Russ Abbot Show (1980–1985; 1986–1991; 1994–1996)
  • 21 September – University Challenge (1962–1987 ITV, 1994–present BBC)

Continuing television shows

1920s

  • BBC Wimbledon (1927–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–present)

1930s

  • The Boat Race (1938–1939, 1946–2019)
  • BBC Cricket (1939, 1946–1999, 2020–2024)

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

Ending this year

Births

Deaths

Date Name Age Cinematic Credibility
3 January Heather Sears 58 actress
5 January Brian Johnston 81 sports commentator and television presenter
7 January Llewellyn Rees 92 actor
10 January Michael Aldridge 73 actor (Last of the Summer Wine)
22 January Bill Podmore 62 television producer (Coronation Street)
15 March Jack Hargreaves 82 television presenter (How)
18 March Andrew Crawford 76 actor
29 March Bill Travers 72 actor (Lovejoy) and scriptwriter
25 April David Langton 82 actor (Upstairs, Downstairs)
27 April Lynne Frederick 39 actress
6 June Mark McManus 59 actor (Taggart)
7 June Dennis Potter 59 scriptwriter
16 June Eileen Way 82 actress
6 July Geoff McQueen 46 scriptwriter
26 July Terry Scott 67 actor[153]
7 August Larry Martyn 60 actor (Are You Being Served?, The Dick Emery Show, Whoops Baghdad)
11 August Peter Cushing 81 actor (Sherlock Holmes)
15 August Syd Dale 70 theme tune composer
2 September Roy Castle 62 dancer, singer, comedian, actor, television presenter and musician
7 October James Hill 75 television producer (Worzel Gummidge)
9 November Ralph Michael 87 actor
16 November Doris Speed 95 actress (Coronation Street)
13 December Norman Beaton 60 actor (Desmond's)
23 December Sebastian Shaw 89 actor (The Old Curiosity Shop, Crown Court)
27 December Fanny Cradock 85 Television cookery expert

See also

References

  1. ^ "Jools Holland's Hootenanny – BBC Two England – 1 January 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  2. ^ "The Fugitive – BBC Two England – 2 January 1994". BBC Genome. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Merger Plans For Flextech". The New York Times. 3 January 1994. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  4. ^ "Flextech Set To Acquire TCI Programming". Telecompaper. 21 December 1993. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  5. ^ "James Bond On TV – Movies". MI6 – The Home Of James Bond 007. 5 April 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  6. ^ "All Quiet on the Preston Front – BBC One – 4 January 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Star Trek – BBC Two England – 5 January 1994 – BBC Genome". Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  8. ^ a b "Star Trek: Looking Back at the BBC's Ban and Censorship". 6 December 2016.
  9. ^ Susan Gilchrist "Collapse of merger talks puts LWT under pressure", The Times, 7 January 1994, p.23
  10. ^ "The New Adventures of Superman – BBC One London – 8 January 1994 – BBC Genome". Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-13.
  11. ^ "BBC Two England – 10 January 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  12. ^ Lewis, Caroline (1995). "Welsh soap: "Pobol Y Cwm" and Welsh national identity". Critical Survey. 7 (2). Berghahn Books: 152–157. JSTOR 41555909.
  13. ^ McCrum, Kirstie (10 October 2014). "40 Pobol y Cwm facts to mark 40 years of the S4C and BBC soap". The Western Mail. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  14. ^ "Question Time – BBC One London – 13 January 1994 – BBC Genome". Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-13.
  15. ^ "Brookside Guide.....Season Thirty Four..." Brookside Guide. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  16. ^ Roffey, Monique (2 October 1994). "When Anna and Beth kissed Margaret: Anna Friel plays Brookside's lesbian pin-up. Monique Roffey met her". The Independent. Archived from the original on 7 August 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2009.
  17. ^ "Star Trek – BBC Two England – 19 January 1994 – BBC Genome". Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  18. ^ Brown, Colin (5 February 1994). "Sinn Fein broadcast ban to be maintained: Right wing urges tougher line on IRA". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  19. ^ Martin Waller "LWT rejects Granada's final bid after talks fail", The Times, 9 February 1994, p.27
  20. ^ "Tunnel Vision: Le Walk – BBC One – 12 February 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  21. ^ Counsell, Gail (1994-02-18). "Debt cleared as HTV links with Flextech". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-07. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  22. ^ Murray, John (19 February 1994). "Heseltine clears way for Anglia TV bid". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  23. ^ Martin Waller "LWT succumbs to £770 million Granada takeover bid", The Times 26 February 1994, p.21
  24. ^ a b c d "thisisfive.co.uk – the story of five". www.thisisfive.co.uk. 2005. Archived from the original on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  25. ^ "Laurel Avenue – BBC Two England – 4 March 1994 – BBC Genome". Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-13.
  26. ^ "Laurel Avenue – BBC Two England – 6 March 1994 – BBC Genome". Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-13.
  27. ^ "BBC One – Top of the Pops – 17 March 1994". BBC. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  28. ^ "Top of the Pops – BBC One – 17 March 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  29. ^ "Play Your Cards Right". UKGameshows.com. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  30. ^ "1994 : Off The Telly". Retrieved 23 January 2019.[permanent dead link]
  31. ^ "BBC first to show criminal trial on TV". The Herald (Glasgow). Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  32. ^ "Unlikely partners in crime". Independent.co.uk. 15 March 1996. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  33. ^ BBC. "About the Show". Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  34. ^ "EastEnders – BBC One London – 11 April 1994 – BBC Genome". Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-13.
  35. ^ "Top of the Pops – BBC One – 14 April 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  36. ^ "BBC Two England – 16 April 1994 – BBC Genome". Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-13.
  37. ^ "Cry Freedom – BBC Two England – 2 May 1994 – BBC Genome". Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-13.
  38. ^ Foley, Michael (17 September 1994). "Dubbing SF voices becomes the stuff of history". The Irish Times. The Irish Times Trust. p. 5.
  39. ^ "Challenge to broadcasting ban fails: Government avoids facing European court on human rights over gagging of Sinn Fein". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. 13 May 1994. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  40. ^ "BBC One – Top of the Pops, 12/05/1994". BBC. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  41. ^ "Top of the Pops – BBC One – 12 May 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  42. ^ "Top of the Pops – BBC One – 19 May 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  43. ^ "BBC Two England – 23 May 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  44. ^ "Wipeout – BBC One London – 25 May 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  45. ^ "Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  46. ^ "D-Day Blue Peter – BBC One – 2 June 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  47. ^ MacDonald, Marianne (7 June 1994). "D-Day Remembered: BBC satellite link goes out on Dame Vera QE2 concert". The Independent. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
  48. ^ "Obituary: Mark McManus". The Independent. 7 June 1994. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  49. ^ "Top of the Pops – BBC One – 9 June 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  50. ^ Cooper, Glenda (12 June 1994). "Napoleon island to end TV exile: As St Helena prepares to switch on, a researcher asks how programmes will alter the remote community's life". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  51. ^ "Top of the Pops – BBC One – 16 June 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  52. ^ "The Paul Daniels Magic Show – BBC One – 18 June 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  53. ^ "That's Life All Over! – BBC One London – 19 June 1994 – BBC Genome". Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-13.
  54. ^ "Remington Steele – BBC One London – 21 June 1994 – BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  55. ^ "Cagney and Lacey – BBC One London – 27 June 1994 – BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  56. ^ "Remington Steele – BBC One London – 28 June 1994 – BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  57. ^ "Quincy – BBC One London – 29 June 1994 – BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  58. ^ "Charlie's Angels – BBC One London – 7 July 1994 – BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  59. ^ "Moonlighting – BBC One London – 8 July 1994 – BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  60. ^ "Moonlighting – BBC One London – 30 September 1994 – BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  61. ^ Coll, Steve (30 June 1994). "Nose dive into media mayhem". The Washington Post. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  62. ^ "Key moments in the life of King Charles III". CDE News – The Dispatch. Sep 11, 2022. Retrieved Sep 25, 2022.
  63. ^ "Room 101 – BBC One – 4 July 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  64. ^ "Channel 4's 25 year Anniversary" (PDF). Channel 4. 2007. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  65. ^ Glancey, Jonathan (6 July 1994). "Through a glass, imaginatively: Richard Rogers' headquarters for Channel 4 mirrors its innovative style of programming, says Jonathan Glancey". The Independent. London: Independent Print Limited. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  66. ^ "TOTP 07 JUL 1994". TOTP Rewind – the 90s. 22 April 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  67. ^ "The Singing Detective – BBC One London – 11 July 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  68. ^ "Ramsay Street Revisited – BBC One London – 12 July 1994 – BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  69. ^ "Neighbours – BBC One London – 14 July 1994 – BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  70. ^ "Neighbours Episode 2000". www.ramsay-street.co.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  71. ^ "Pets Win Prizes – BBC One – 16 July 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  72. ^ "The Three Tenors in Concert 1994 – BBC One – 17 July 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  73. ^ Moorby, Graham (1994-07-18). "Vandals black out World Cup". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 2022-05-09. Retrieved 2019-04-25.
  74. ^ "Top of the Pops – BBC One – 21 July 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  75. ^ "Small Talk – BBC One – 24 July 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  76. ^ "The Human Animal – BBC One – 27 July 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  77. ^ "The Human Animal – BBC One – 31 August 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  78. ^ "Flesh and Blood – BBC One – 6 August 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  79. ^ "Flesh and Blood – BBC One – 13 August 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  80. ^ "Stephen King's It – BBC One London – 11 August 1994 – BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  81. ^ "Stephen King's It – BBC One London – 12 August 1994 – BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  82. ^ "The Best of 'Allo 'Allo! – BBC One – 17 August 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  83. ^ "To Catch a Killer – BBC One – 18 August 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  84. ^ "To Catch a Killer – BBC One – 19 August 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  85. ^ "Commonwealth Games Grandstand – BBC One London – 18 August 1994 – BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  86. ^ "TV Troubles: Death on the Rock – BBC Two – 20 August 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  87. ^ "Top of the Pops Archive – 25/08/1994". Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  88. ^ "ATV Night – BBC Two England – 27 August 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  89. ^ "Animal Hospital Live – BBC One – 29 August 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  90. ^ "Top of the Pops – BBC One – 1 September 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  91. ^ "Terminator 2: Judgment Day – BBC One London – 3 September 1994 – BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  92. ^ "Top of the Pops – BBC One – 8 September 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  93. ^ "999 Lifesavers – BBC One – 8 September 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  94. ^ "CAIN: Chronology of the Conflict 1994". Cain.ulst.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  95. ^ Welch, Francis (5 April 2005). "The 'broadcast ban' on Sinn Fein". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  96. ^ "Tonya and Nancy: The Inside Story – BBC One – 16 September 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  97. ^ "Saturday Week – BBC Two England – 17 September 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  98. ^ Savage, Mark (16 January 2018). "The tragedy that inspired Zombie – The Cranberries' biggest hit". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  99. ^ "Working Lunch – BBC Two – 19 September 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  100. ^ "The X-Files – BBC Two – 19 September 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  101. ^ "University Challenge – BBC Two England – 21 September 1994 – BBC Genome". Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-13.
  102. ^ "Inside Story Silent Twin – Without My Shadow". BBC Genome. BBC. 22 September 1994. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  103. ^ "Heartbreak High – BBC Two – 27 September 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  104. ^ "The Fast Show – BBC Two – 27 September 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  105. ^ "Top of the Pops – BBC One – 29 September 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  106. ^ "Smart – BBC One – 5 October 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  107. ^ "Brum – BBC One London – 6 October 1994 – BBC Genome". Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-13.
  108. ^ "Top of the Pops – BBC One – 6 October 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  109. ^ "Schedule – BBC Programme Index".
  110. ^ "Seaforth – BBC One London – 4 December 1994 – BBC Genome". Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-13.
  111. ^ "The Morning on BBC1 – BBC One London – 17 October 1994 – BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  112. ^ "Top of the Pops – BBC One – 20 October 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  113. ^ "Backdraft – BBC One London – 21 October 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  114. ^ "Ready, Steady, Cook – BBC Two – 24 October 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  115. ^ "Fireman Sam – BBC One – 25 October 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  116. ^ "Channel Five Bidding Closes". ITN. Archived from the original on 2016-01-31. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  117. ^ "Top of the Pops Archive – 03/11/1994". Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  118. ^ "Cape Fear – BBC One – 4 November 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  119. ^ Marianne Macdonald (24 July 1994). "Lord Lucan returns: With the anniversary of a horrific murder mystery looming, rival books and TV studies are coming Marianne Macdonald Reports". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  120. ^ "The Vicar of Dibley – BBC One London – 10 November 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  121. ^ "Queen Mum's 'death' computed". Toledo Blade. Block Communications. 12 November 1994. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
  122. ^ Austin, Thomas (2002). "3: Basic Instinct: 'woman on top'?". Hollywood Hype and Audiences: Selling and Watching Popular Film in the 1990s. Manchester University Press. pp. 97, 107. ISBN 978-0719057755.
  123. ^ "Fireman Sam - BBC One - 17 November 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  124. ^ "Top of the Pops – BBC One – 17 November 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  125. ^ "The Trial – BBC Two England – 18 November 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  126. ^ "The National Lottery Live – BBC One London – 19 November 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  127. ^ "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles – BBC One London – 20 November 1994 – BBC Genome". Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-13.
  128. ^ "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles – BBC One London – 7 January 1995 – BBC Genome". Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-13.
  129. ^ "Everyman: Profile of a Serial Killer – BBC One London – 20 November 1994 – BBC Genome". Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-13.
  130. ^ "Girl Friday – BBC One London – 26 November 1994 – BBC Genome". Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-13.
  131. ^ BBC Select: A Failed Subscription Service
  132. ^ "Top of the Pops – BBC One – 1 December 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  133. ^ Crump, Eryl (24 March 2016). "Play celebrating Larry Grayson's life comes to Rhyl". North Wales Live. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  134. ^ Lockley, Mike (11 March 2018). "Dame for a laugh! A new book reveals a treasure trove of previously unseen pictures and autobiographical writings of camp Midlands comic Larry Grayson". Sunday Mercury. Birmingham. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  135. ^ "Top of the Pops – BBC One – 8 December 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  136. ^ "Top of the Pops Archive – 15/12/1994". Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  137. ^ "Burt Lancaster in Elmer Gantry – BBC Two England – 17 December 1994 – BBC Genome". Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-13.
  138. ^ "Michael Caine in Blue Ice – BBC One – 17 December 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  139. ^ "Wayne's World – BBC One – 20 December 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  140. ^ "Top of the Pops Archive – 22/12/1994". Retrieved Jun 10, 2023.
  141. ^ "Simply Red – Live! – BBC One London – 24 December 1994 – BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  142. ^ "Bruce Forsyth's Christmas Generation Game – BBC One London – 24 December 1994". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  143. ^ "BBC One London – 25 December 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  144. ^ "Top of the Pops – BBC One – 25 December 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  145. ^ "In Bed with Madonna – BBC Two England – 29 December 1994". BBC Genome. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  146. ^ "Problem Child – BBC One – 30 December 1994". BBC Genome. BBC. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  147. ^ "Barbra Streisand – the Concert – BBC One London – 31 December 1994 – BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  148. ^ "Plague and the Moonflower – BBC Two England – 31 December 1994 – BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  149. ^ "TOTP2 – BBC Two England – 31 December 1994 – BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  150. ^ "What the Papers Say in pictures". The Guardian. 29 May 2008. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  151. ^ "Byker Grove". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  152. ^ "ITV axes popular police drama Heartbeat". www.telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  153. ^ "Obituary: Terry Scott". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 15 September 2018.

External links

  • List of 1994 British television series at IMDb
  • v
  • t
  • e