1997 in British television

List of years in British television (table)

This is a list of British television related events from 1997.

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Debuts

BBC1/One

BBC2/Two

BBC News 24

ITV

Channel 4

S4C

Channel 5

Disney Channel UK

Sky One

Cartoon Network

Channels

New channels

Date Channel
3 February Trouble
30 March Channel 5
1 September National Geographic Channel
1 November UK Arena
UK Horizons
UK Style
9 November BBC News 24

Defunct channels

Date Channel
31 August Granada Talk TV
Sky 2 (original)

Rebranded channels

Date Old Name New Name
29 October Sky 1 Sky One
Sky Movies Sky Movies Screen 1
The Movie Channel Sky Movies Screen 2

Television shows

Changes of network affiliation

Shows Moved from Moved to
Sale of the Century ITV Challenge
3-2-1
James the Cat Channel 5
Roobarb Channel 4
Captain Pugwash ITV
Blockbusters Sky1 BBC Two

Returning this year after a break of one year or longer

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

Ending this year

Births

Deaths

Date Name Age Cinematic Credibility
11 January Jill Summers 86 actress (Coronation Street)
19 June Julia Smith 70 television director and producer
26 June Charlie Chester 83 stand-up comedian and TV and radio presenter
24 July Brian Glover 63 actor
12 September Leonard Maguire 73
5 October Debbie Linden 36 actress
6 October Adrienne Hill 60

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