1972 in British television

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This is a list of British television related events from 1972.

Events

4 April – After a three-year courtship, Emily Nugent married Ernest Bishop on Coronation Street.
4 April – The first edition of John Craven's Newsround, a news programme for younger viewers, airs on BBC1.
24 July – The Independent Television Authority (ITA) is renamed the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA).
8 September – The Pilot episode of Are You Being Served is aired on BBC1. The programme returns for a regular series in 1973.
11 September - First broadcast of the BBC quiz programme Mastermind.
16 October – The first episode of Emmerdale Farm is aired by Yorkshire Television. Originally conceived and broadcast as a daytime programme in an afternoon slot, it is rescheduled to an evening slot in 1978.
23 October – The BBC announces that development work has begun on the Ceefax teletext service.
Unknown – The first BBC film programme Film '72 hosted by Barry Norman is aired. The show's title is updated annually, but is collectively referred to at The Film Programme.

18 January – Sale of the Century (1972–1983, 1979–1990, 1997–1998)
13 April – Love Thy Neighbour (1972–1977)
7 July – The Protectors (1972–1974)
14 August – Clapperboard (1972–1982)
13 September – Van der Valk (1972, 1973, 1977, 1991, 1992)
1 October – Weekend World (1972–1988)
11 October – Crown Court (1972–1984)
16 October – Emmerdale Farm (1972–present)
16 October – Rainbow (1972–1992, 1994–1995)
19 October – Colditz (1972–1974)
19 October – General Hospital (1972–1979)
6 December – Arthur of the Britons (1972–1973)

Coronation Street (1960–present)
Songs of Praise (1961–present)
Steptoe and Son (1962–1965, 1970–1974)
Z-Cars (1962–1978)
Animal Magic (1962–1983)
Doctor Who (1963–1989, 2005–present)
World in Action (1963–1998)
Top of the Pops (1964–2006)
Match of the Day (1964–present)
Crossroads (1964–1988, 2001–2003)
Play School (1964–1988)
Mr. and Mrs. (1964–1999, 2008-2010)
Call My Bluff (1965–2005)
World of Sport (1965–1985)
Jackanory (1965–1996, 2006–present)
It's a Knockout (1966–1982, 1999–2001)
The Money Programme (1966–present)
The Golden Shot (1967–1975)
ITV Playhouse (1967–1982)
Father, Dear Father (1968–1973)
Dad's Army (1968–1977)
Magpie (1968–1980)
The Big Match (1968–2002)
On the Buses (1969–1973)
Clangers (1969–1974)
Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969–1974)

The Goodies (1970–1982)
…And Mother Makes Three (1971–1973)
The Fenn Street Gang (1971–1973)
Follyfoot (1971–1973)
Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1975, 2010)
The Onedin Line (1971–1980)
The Old Grey Whistle Test (1971–1987)
The Two Ronnies (1971–1987, 1991, 1996, 2005)