1951 in British television

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

Contents

1 Events
2 Debuts
3 Television shows
4 Births

Events

16 July - What's My Line? debuts on BBC Television. It will be one of the top-rated programs 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.
12 October - The Holme Moss transmitter is opened in Northern England, making BBC Television available to the region for the first time.

Debuts

16 July - What's My Line? (1951–1963)
20 August - The Benny Hill Show (1951–1991)

Television shows

1930s

Picture Page (1936–1939, 1946–1952).

1940s

Kaleidoscope (1946–1953)
Muffin the Mule (1946–1955, 2005–2006)
Watch with Mother (1946–1973)
Café Continental (1947-1953)
Television Newsreel (1948-1954)
Come Dancing (1949-1998)

1950s

Andy Pandy (1950-1970, 2002-2005)

Births

7 January - Helen Worth, actress
6 February - Kevin Whately, actor
15 February - Jane Seymour, actress
1 March - Mike Read, television presenter and radio disc jockey
13 April - Peter Davison, actor
20 April - Louise Jameson, actress
13 May - Selina Scott, journalist, newsreader and television presenter
28 June - Lalla Ward, actress
6 November - Nigel Havers, actor
20 December - Peter May, novelist and television dramatist