9 January – Sky One begins 24-hour broadcasting, willing the overnight hours with music videos under the name Hit Mix Long Play.
16 January – BBC World Service Television was officially launched new name, new programme, new power, new transmitter, new vision, new screen and new office took place becomes BBC World on Thursday, 26 January 1995 at 19:00:00 or 7:00:00pm GMT was officially opening ceremony or grand opening to internationalfree-to-airterrestrialnews channel.
At 19:00:00 or 7:00:00pm GMT, BBC World Service Television was officially opening to split into two new television services at BBC Television Centre in White City, London:
BBC World (since renamed BBC News): 24-hour English free-to-air terrestrial international news channel: news bulletins, information, business and financial news magazines and current affairs programmes officially opening ceremony or grand opening on Monday 16 January 1995 at 19:00:00 or 7:00:00pm GMT.
BBC Prime (since replaced by BBC Entertainment): 24-hour English cable lifestyle, variety and entertainment channel: variety, culture, leisure, lifestyle, art and light entertainment programmes officially opening ceremony or grand opening on Monday 30 January 1995 at 19:00:00 or 7:00:00pm GMT.[3]
29 January – The start of BBC2's weekly roundup of proceedings in the O. J. Simpson murder trial with The Trial of O. J. Simpson.[5]
30 January –
BBC Prime at 19:00:00 or 7:00:00pm GMT was officially opening ceremony or grand opening to cable lifestyle, variety and entertainment channel: variety, culture, leisure, lifestyle, art and light entertainment programmes.
The most watched episode of Brookside is broadcast on Channel 4 where the body of Trevor Jordache was found under the patio.
3 February – An edition of the live morning ITV discussion show The Time, The Place abruptly ends ten minutes early after an item about men's fashion featured a black male model wearing a skirt while another black man in the audience starts complaining that the show is racist, eventually making his way onto the stage.
10 February – After a pilot episode was broadcast in December 1993, the first full series of The Mrs Merton Show starts on BBC2, presented by Caroline Aherne as the titular character.
15 February – As part of the Modern Times series, BBC2 airs Death on Request, a Dutch documentary showing a doctor giving a terminally-ill patient a lethal injection of drugs. The programme is criticized by groups opposed to euthanasia.
16 February – Cable channel Wire TV is sold to Mirror Television, a subsidiary of Mirror Group plc.[8] It plans to launch Sportswire as a full-time channel and replace Wire TV with a new channel called L!VE TV.
19 February – The 10th anniversary of the launch of the soap EastEnders on BBC1. As part of the celebrations, the first 25 episodes from 1985 are repeated each morning at 10am during February and March, starting from episode one on Monday 20 February[9] and ending on Friday 26 May.[10] while selected episodes from 1985 and 1986 are also repeated on BBC1 on Friday evenings at 8:30pm for a short while. Billed as The Unforgettable EastEnders the episodes aired are as follows:
17 February: The identity of the father of Michelle Fowler's baby is revealed in October 1985.[11]
24 February: Michelle and Lofty's wedding day in September 1986.[12]
3 March: Den Watts hands Angie divorce papers on Christmas Day 1986, an episode originally watched by over 30 million viewers.[13]
10 March: Two-hander episode featuring Dot and Ethel from July 1987.[14]
23 February – Peter Cunnah of D:Ream guest presents an edition of Top of the Pops.[15]
24 February: Episode 2161 of Neighbours becomes the last episode aired by the BBC to feature the full length closing credits. Starting from the following episode, the BBC would adopt a shortened 35 second version
25 February
BBC2 airs a documentary about The Rev. W. Awdry called The Thomas the Tank Engine Man as part of their Bookmark series. It is narrated by Hilary Fortnam, Awdry's daughter and includes a look at the Thomas merchandise, the success of Thomas, images from the original Railway Series books with stock narration by John Gielgud, interviews with several people such as The Reverend himself, fans of Thomas, Awdry's son Christopher, children's author and poet Michael Rosen, various people who worked on the books and toys, Brian Sibley who also wrote the Reverend's autobiography, the people behind the television broadcasts and rights of Thomas in Japan and the producers of the television series Britt Allcroft and David Mitton, plus a special behind the scenes peek of the 100th episode Thomas and the Special Letter and the Reverend criticizing the third series episode Henry's Forest.
27–28 February – Sky One airs Episode 404 of E Street, the final episode of the Australian soap, splitting the hour-long edition into two half-hour episodes.
MarchEdit
1 March – TV Asia is renamed Zee TV following the sale of the business to Zee's owner Subash Chandra.[16][17]
4 March – Channel 4 airs "Pot Night", eight hours of programming dedicated to cannabis.[18]
11 March – Channel 4 begins airing a rerun of the Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais' comedy-drama Auf Wiedersehen, Pet which made its debut on ITV on 11 November 1983. Also this day sees the debut of "Red Light Zone", a season of "late-night programming focusing on sex, the sex industries and sexual tourism". The strand runs weekly for eight weeks.[19]
17 March – The Night of Comic Relief, the 1995 Comic Relief telethon is broadcast on BBC1.[20]
20 March — Film 95 reports about illegally-rented pirate videos, repeating claims that piracy, helped by the Federation Against Copyright Theft, is directly funding organised crime, counterfeiting currency, the drugs trade and child pornography.
24 March
Following the recent death of James Herriot, BBC1 airs A Tribute to James Herriot in which Robert Hardy introduces a 1980 episode of the series All Creatures Great and Small which was based on Herriot's memoirs as a Yorkshire vet.[21]
The final episode of The Word is broadcast on Channel 4 after five years on the air.
The action/science-fiction series Bugs makes its debut on BBC1.
The US medical drama series Chicago Hope makes its UK debut on BBC1.
3 April – A Scottish Court imposes a prohibition on BBC Scotland airing an edition of Panorama that includes an interview with Prime Minister John Major amid concerns it could affect local elections to be held on 6 April. However, the edition is broadcast in England and Wales.
10 April – Conservative MP Jonathan Aitken calls a televised press conference three hours before the transmission of a World in Action film, Jonathan of Arabia, demanding that allegations about his dealings with leading Saudis to be withdrawn.[24] He promises to wield "the simple sword of truth and the trusty shield of British fair play ... to cut out the cancer of bent and twisted journalism."[25] After launching a subsequent libel case against the makers of the film, Aitken is sentenced to 18 months in prison for perjuring himself.[26]
1 May – ITV airs what is billed as a one-off episode of Boon. The episode, Thieves Like Us was originally due to air at the end of series 7 in 1992/93. No reason for this delay has ever been given as the record wait has been two or three years long.
2 May
Closing date for applications to run Channel 5. Four bids are received, from New Century TV Ltd (British Sky Broadcasting, Goldman Sachs, Granada Group, Hoare Govett, Kinnevik, Polygram, Really Useful Group and TCI International) who bid £2,000,000, Virgin TV Ltd with a bid of £22,002,000, UKTV (CanWest Global Communications Corp., Scandinavian Broadcast System SA, SelectTV Plc, The Ten Group Ltd) who bid £36,261,158 and Channel 5 Broadcasting Ltd (MAI (now United News and Media Plc), CLT/UFA, Pearson Plc, Warburg Pincus & Co) with a bid of £22,002,000.[28]
Debut of News '45, a news bulletin-style programme presented by Sue Lawley to mark the 50th anniversary of VE Day on BBC1.
8 May
The 50th anniversary of VE Day is widely marked with a series of television programmes.
15 May – Bruce Gyngell, the former chairman of the breakfast station TV-am, becomes Yorkshire–Tyne Tees Television's managing director.[31]
25 May–24 June – ITV provides coverage of the 1995 Rugby World Cup from South Africa as the first Rugby World Cup to be held entirely in one country, since it was banned during the apartheid regime.
31 May
Debut of the new twice-weekly soap Castles on BBC1, focusing on the lives of the middle-class Castle family. The series attracts a relatively poor peak time audience of 3.2 million, leading the corporation's head of Drama, Charles Denton to brand it a failure.[32] It is cancelled after 26 episode with the last episode airing on 20 August.[33]
Cable channel Wire TV is closed by its new owner as part of a plan to split it into two separate channels. L!VE TV which would replace Wire, with their evening Sportswire programming block launching as a full-time service.
JuneEdit
1 June – SelecTV launches on cable. Broadcasting drama, comedy and entertainment, the channel airs on weekdays between 17:00 and 00:00 and at the weekend between 12:00 and 00:00.
2 June – The new British adult pay-per-view service Television X – The Fantasy Channel is launched, which broadcasts between 10.00pm and 5.30am.
12 June – Mirror Group Newspapers launches the cable channel L!VE TV.[34] It launches as a channel which broadcasts live programming based around three blocks of live broadcasting each day from its base on the 24th floor of London's Canary Wharf. The output is orientated towards a rolling mix of celebrities, interviews, reviews, lifestyle features and reports from events and happenings across the UK.
22 June – Prime Minister John Major's intention to resign and stand in a Conservative Party leadership election is announced on screen as England are playing France in the Rugby World Cup third place play off.
29 June – Debut of Gaytime TV on BBC2, the BBC's first gay magazine programme.[35]
June – TCI, owners of Telewest and NYNEX do a deal with BSkyB which includes a clause that the cable operators do not launch any rival channels to those already operated by Sky. This marks the end of Cable Program Partners One (CPP1) which had been set up to try to provide alternative content to the satellite-dominated multi-channel environment of the time and causes the collapse of sports channel Sportswire days before its launch.
JulyEdit
3 July – Bell Cablemedia is formed when a number of cable companies, including Jones Cable UK, merge.
8 July
BBC1 repeats 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.[36]
15 August – Sue Lawley presents News '45: VJ Day on BBC1 to mark the 50th anniversary of VJ Day and the conclusion of World War II.
17 August – ITV airs the 2,000th episode of Emmerdale.
27 August – Speaking at the Edinburgh Television Festival, Michael Mansfield QC, one of Britain's leading barristers calls for television cameras to be admitted into English courts to help demystify the legal process and restore public confidence in it.[37]
Dyke TV, the first television series aimed at lesbians makes its debut on Channel 4.[35]
The game show Raise the Roof makes its debut on ITV, presented by Bob Holness in which contestants can win a house worth £100,000. However, the series is not a success and it is axed in January 1996.
10 September – BBC Wales relaunches its rugby union coverage under the name of Scrum V. It replaces Rugby Special Wales.
11 September
The children's stop-motion animated series Oakie Doke makes its debut on BBC1.[39]
The final episode of the long-running dance competition Come Dancing is broadcast on BBC1, although special episodes would air until 1998.
12 September
The children's animated series Oscar's Orchestra, featuring the voice of Dudley Moore makes its debut on BBC1.[40] The series is designed to inspire children with the delights of classical music and incorporates orchestral works from famous composers such as Ludwig van Beethoven and Johann Sebastian Bach.
Debut of the sitcom Is It Legal? on ITV and later on Channel 4.
15 September – The popular children's stop-motion animated series Noddy's Toyland Adventures airs on Network 2. This was the first time it has been shown in Ireland, although viewers with access to the BBC and various British television channels were able to see earlier transmissions, including the series original debut on 29 September 1992.
24 September
Pride and Prejudice, the massively popular TV adaptation of Jane Austen's novel, makes its debut on BBC1.[41] The six-part serial finishes on 29 October.[42]
STV acquires a 20% stake in HTV worth £36 million as part of a deal with Flextech.[45]
Janet Street-Porter resigns from L!VE TV and is replaced by Kelvin MacKenzie who axes the rolling content and replaces it with programmes that quickly earns it a reputation as tabloid television.
OctoberEdit
1 October
Six years after it was originally planned, the British version of the Disney Channel goes on the air.
The Sci-Fi Channel launches. However, its full schedule, 8am to 2am, is only available to cable viewers as satellite subscribers are only able to see the channel for a few hours each day as it shares transponder space with a number of other channels.
The UK's first Christian channel, Christian Channel Europe launches. It broadcasts for three hours each day, between 4am and 7am.
7–28 October – Cable channel L!VE TV broadcasts matches from the 1995 Rugby League World Cup. It shows many of them exclusively because apart from the opening game, the BBC does not show any live matches until the semi-final stage.
8 October
BBC2 airs the final edition of The Trial of O. J. Simpson as coverage of the trial draws to a conclusion.[46]
The BBC's subscription service BBC Select ends after three years on the air.
9 October – Launch of The Learning Zone, an education service shown overnight on BBC2.
12 October – ITV airs Bait, an episode of The Bill that concludes a three-part story and sees the exit of the character Jo Morgan, played by Mary Jo Randle who is shot while trying to warn June Ackland (Trudie Goodwin) of an impending attack on her car.
15 October – The final episode of Challenge Anneka is broadcast on BBC1.
16 October
After 25 years as Coronation Street landlady Bet Lynch, Julie Goodyear makes her final regular appearance in the soap. She briefly returned to the show in 2002 and 2003 and starred in a spin-off series, Coronation Street: After Hours in 1999. At the time of her departure, Goodyear had recently received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the inaugural National Television Awards.
ITV airs a five-part documentary every weekday celebrating 40 years of their children's input since the launch of the network in 1955, Simply the Best: CITV. Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends receives its only mention on Wednesday after three series.
The final episode of The Krypton Factor is broadcast on ITV, although it would be revived in 2009.
During an hour-long interview with Martin Bashir for the BBC's Panorama, The Princess of Wales speaks about her marriage to The Prince of Wales (now Charles III), his affair with Camilla Parker-Bowles and admits to her intimate relationship with James Hewitt.[52] An estimated 22.78 million watch the interview,[53] the all-time record for a British current affairs programme. It is subsequently acknowledged by the BBC that Bashir had used forged documents to win Diana's trust to secure the interview.[54]
22 November – After Virgin TV challenges the ITC's decision to award the licence to run the UK's fifth television channel to Channel 5 Broadcasting Ltd, the High Court grants leave for a judicial review into the decision.[28]
2–3 December – Channel 4 airs "Soap Weekend", a weekend of programming dedicated to soap operas with documentaries and classic episodes of series including EastEnders, Neighbours and Brookside.[18]
7 December – PText, the Paramount Comedy Channel's teletext service begins showing old episodes of the ORACLE soap, Park Avenue. After showing the first four episodes, from 11 December they switch to episode 376, in doing so in order that the dates correspond, i.e., 11 December in the soap is also 11 December for the viewers. In all, PText showed 700 episodes of Park Avenue.
December – Channel 4 airs the documentary Sex with Paula in which Paula Yates talks to celebrities about their love lives. Originally made in 1986, the programme was deemed to be unsuitable for audiences at the time, due to its perceived message of promiscuity at the height of the AIDS epidemic.[18]
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This article may contain an excessive amount of intricate detail that may interest only a particular audience Please help by spinning off or relocating any relevant information and removing excessive detail that may be against Wikipedia s inclusion policy January 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message This is a list of British television related events from 1995 List of years in British television table 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music Philosophy Science This section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed January 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message Contents 1 Events 1 1 January 1 2 February 1 3 March 1 4 April 1 5 May 1 6 June 1 7 July 1 8 August 1 9 September 1 10 October 1 11 November 1 12 December 2 Debuts 2 1 BBC1 2 2 BBC2 2 3 ITV 2 4 Channel 4 2 5 S4C 3 Channels 3 1 New channels 3 2 Defunct channels 4 Television shows 4 1 Returning this year after a break of one year or longer 5 Ending this year 6 Births 7 Deaths 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksEvents EditJanuary Edit 2 January The network television premiere of The Doors Oliver Stone s critically acclaimed biopic of Jim Morrison on BBC2 starring Val Kilmer 1 3 January The legal drama Kavanagh QC makes its debut on ITV starring John Thaw 4 January The network television premiere of Chris Walas 1989 horror sequel The Fly II on ITV starring Eric Stoltz Daphne Zuniga Lee Richardson and John Getz with a special appearance from Jeff Goldblum 5 January Jack Dee guest presents an edition of Top of the Pops 2 9 January Sky One begins 24 hour broadcasting willing the overnight hours with music videos under the name Hit Mix Long Play 16 January BBC World Service Television was officially launched new name new programme new power new transmitter new vision new screen and new office took place becomes BBC World on Thursday 26 January 1995 at 19 00 00 or 7 00 00pm GMT was officially opening ceremony or grand opening to international free to air terrestrial news channel 24 January Martine McCutcheon makes her EastEnders debut as Tiffany Raymond later Mitchell 26 January At 19 00 00 or 7 00 00pm GMT BBC World Service Television was officially opening to split into two new television services at BBC Television Centre in White City London BBC World since renamed BBC News 24 hour English free to air terrestrial international news channel news bulletins information business and financial news magazines and current affairs programmes officially opening ceremony or grand opening on Monday 16 January 1995 at 19 00 00 or 7 00 00pm GMT BBC Prime since replaced by BBC Entertainment 24 hour English cable lifestyle variety and entertainment channel variety culture leisure lifestyle art and light entertainment programmes officially opening ceremony or grand opening on Monday 30 January 1995 at 19 00 00 or 7 00 00pm GMT 3 Eternal guest present an edition of Top of the Pops 4 27 January Debut of the medical drama Dangerfield on BBC1 starring Nigel Le Vaillant 29 January The start of BBC2 s weekly roundup of proceedings in the O J Simpson murder trial with The Trial of O J Simpson 5 30 January BBC Prime at 19 00 00 or 7 00 00pm GMT was officially opening ceremony or grand opening to cable lifestyle variety and entertainment channel variety culture leisure lifestyle art and light entertainment programmes The most watched episode of Brookside is broadcast on Channel 4 where the body of Trevor Jordache was found under the patio February Edit 2 February Kylie Minogue guest presents an edition of Top of the Pops 6 3 February An edition of the live morning ITV discussion show The Time The Place abruptly ends ten minutes early after an item about men s fashion featured a black male model wearing a skirt while another black man in the audience starts complaining that the show is racist eventually making his way onto the stage 5 February The network television premiere of Chris Columbus 1990 holiday comedy Home Alone on ITV starring Macaulay Culkin Joe Pesci Daniel Stern John Heard and Catherine O Hara 9 February Gary Olsen guest presents an edition of Top of the Pops 7 10 February After a pilot episode was broadcast in December 1993 the first full series of The Mrs Merton Show starts on BBC2 presented by Caroline Aherne as the titular character 13 February The network television premiere of Deceived on ITV starring Goldie Hawn and John Heard 15 February As part of the Modern Times series BBC2 airs Death on Request a Dutch documentary showing a doctor giving a terminally ill patient a lethal injection of drugs The programme is criticized by groups opposed to euthanasia 16 February Cable channel Wire TV is sold to Mirror Television a subsidiary of Mirror Group plc 8 It plans to launch Sportswire as a full time channel and replace Wire TV with a new channel called L VE TV 19 February The 10th anniversary of the launch of the soap EastEnders on BBC1 As part of the celebrations the first 25 episodes from 1985 are repeated each morning at 10am during February and March starting from episode one on Monday 20 February 9 and ending on Friday 26 May 10 while selected episodes from 1985 and 1986 are also repeated on BBC1 on Friday evenings at 8 30pm for a short while Billed as The Unforgettable EastEnders the episodes aired are as follows 17 February The identity of the father of Michelle Fowler s baby is revealed in October 1985 11 24 February Michelle and Lofty s wedding day in September 1986 12 3 March Den Watts hands Angie divorce papers on Christmas Day 1986 an episode originally watched by over 30 million viewers 13 10 March Two hander episode featuring Dot and Ethel from July 1987 14 23 February Peter Cunnah of D Ream guest presents an edition of Top of the Pops 15 24 February Episode 2161 of Neighbours becomes the last episode aired by the BBC to feature the full length closing credits Starting from the following episode the BBC would adopt a shortened 35 second version 25 February BBC2 airs a documentary about The Rev W Awdry called The Thomas the Tank Engine Man as part of their Bookmark series It is narrated by Hilary Fortnam Awdry s daughter and includes a look at the Thomas merchandise the success of Thomas images from the original Railway Series books with stock narration by John Gielgud interviews with several people such as The Reverend himself fans of Thomas Awdry s son Christopher children s author and poet Michael Rosen various people who worked on the books and toys Brian Sibley who also wrote the Reverend s autobiography the people behind the television broadcasts and rights of Thomas in Japan and the producers of the television series Britt Allcroft and David Mitton plus a special behind the scenes peek of the 100th episode Thomas and the Special Letter and the Reverend criticizing the third series episode Henry s Forest The final episode of the light entertainment series Don t Forget Your Toothbrush is broadcast on Channel 4 27 28 February Sky One airs Episode 404 of E Street the final episode of the Australian soap splitting the hour long edition into two half hour episodes March Edit 1 March TV Asia is renamed Zee TV following the sale of the business to Zee s owner Subash Chandra 16 17 4 March Channel 4 airs Pot Night eight hours of programming dedicated to cannabis 18 11 March Channel 4 begins airing a rerun of the Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais comedy drama Auf Wiedersehen Pet which made its debut on ITV on 11 November 1983 Also this day sees the debut of Red Light Zone a season of late night programming focusing on sex the sex industries and sexual tourism The strand runs weekly for eight weeks 19 17 March The Night of Comic Relief the 1995 Comic Relief telethon is broadcast on BBC1 20 20 March Film 95 reports about illegally rented pirate videos repeating claims that piracy helped by the Federation Against Copyright Theft is directly funding organised crime counterfeiting currency the drugs trade and child pornography 24 March Following the recent death of James Herriot BBC1 airs A Tribute to James Herriot in which Robert Hardy introduces a 1980 episode of the series All Creatures Great and Small which was based on Herriot s memoirs as a Yorkshire vet 21 The final episode of The Word is broadcast on Channel 4 after five years on the air 29 March Trinity College Cambridge wins the 1994 95 series of University Challenge on BBC2 beating New College Oxford 390 180 22 30 March The third series of the hugely popular sitcom Absolutely Fabulous begins on BBC1 April Edit 1 April Confessions makes its debut on BBC1 The programme is developed from Simon Mayo s Confessions feature on his BBC Radio 1 programme 23 The action science fiction series Bugs makes its debut on BBC1 The US medical drama series Chicago Hope makes its UK debut on BBC1 3 April A Scottish Court imposes a prohibition on BBC Scotland airing an edition of Panorama that includes an interview with Prime Minister John Major amid concerns it could affect local elections to be held on 6 April However the edition is broadcast in England and Wales 10 April Conservative MP Jonathan Aitken calls a televised press conference three hours before the transmission of a World in Action film Jonathan of Arabia demanding that allegations about his dealings with leading Saudis to be withdrawn 24 He promises to wield the simple sword of truth and the trusty shield of British fair play to cut out the cancer of bent and twisted journalism 25 After launching a subsequent libel case against the makers of the film Aitken is sentenced to 18 months in prison for perjuring himself 26 17 April ITV airs an adaptation of the Joanna Trollope novel A Village Affair 27 21 April Channel 4 airs the first episode of the Irish sitcom Father Ted starring Dermot Morgan and Ardal O Hanlon 22 April Fully Booked replaces Parallel 9 as BBC1 s Saturday morning Summer children s show 28 April The hugely popular US sitcom Friends and the US medical drama ER both make their UK debuts on Channel 4 29 April The final edition of ITV s Saturday morning show What s Up Doc is broadcast It is replaced the following Saturday by Scratchy amp Co The final episode of You Bet presented by Matthew Kelly is broadcast on ITV May Edit 1 May ITV airs what is billed as a one off episode of Boon The episode Thieves Like Us was originally due to air at the end of series 7 in 1992 93 No reason for this delay has ever been given as the record wait has been two or three years long 2 May Closing date for applications to run Channel 5 Four bids are received from New Century TV Ltd British Sky Broadcasting Goldman Sachs Granada Group Hoare Govett Kinnevik Polygram Really Useful Group and TCI International who bid 2 000 000 Virgin TV Ltd with a bid of 22 002 000 UKTV CanWest Global Communications Corp Scandinavian Broadcast System SA SelectTV Plc The Ten Group Ltd who bid 36 261 158 and Channel 5 Broadcasting Ltd MAI now United News and Media Plc CLT UFA Pearson Plc Warburg Pincus amp Co with a bid of 22 002 000 28 Debut of News 45 a news bulletin style programme presented by Sue Lawley to mark the 50th anniversary of VE Day on BBC1 8 May The 50th anniversary of VE Day is widely marked with a series of television programmes The network television premiere of John Singleton s 1991 drama Boyz n the Hood on BBC2 starring Ice Cube and Cuba Gooding Jr 29 9 May The US Canadian police comedy drama Due South makes its UK debut on BBC1 30 13 May Norway s Secret Garden win the 1995 Eurovision Song Contest with Nocturne 15 May Bruce Gyngell the former chairman of the breakfast station TV am becomes Yorkshire Tyne Tees Television s managing director 31 25 May 24 June ITV provides coverage of the 1995 Rugby World Cup from South Africa as the first Rugby World Cup to be held entirely in one country since it was banned during the apartheid regime 31 May Debut of the new twice weekly soap Castles on BBC1 focusing on the lives of the middle class Castle family The series attracts a relatively poor peak time audience of 3 2 million leading the corporation s head of Drama Charles Denton to brand it a failure 32 It is cancelled after 26 episode with the last episode airing on 20 August 33 Cable channel Wire TV is closed by its new owner as part of a plan to split it into two separate channels L VE TV which would replace Wire with their evening Sportswire programming block launching as a full time service June Edit 1 June SelecTV launches on cable Broadcasting drama comedy and entertainment the channel airs on weekdays between 17 00 and 00 00 and at the weekend between 12 00 and 00 00 2 June The new British adult pay per view service Television X The Fantasy Channel is launched which broadcasts between 10 00pm and 5 30am 12 June Mirror Group Newspapers launches the cable channel L VE TV 34 It launches as a channel which broadcasts live programming based around three blocks of live broadcasting each day from its base on the 24th floor of London s Canary Wharf The output is orientated towards a rolling mix of celebrities interviews reviews lifestyle features and reports from events and happenings across the UK 20 June The network television premiere of Tony Scott s 1991 buddy action comedy The Last Boy Scout on ITV starring Bruce Willis and Damon Wayans 22 June Prime Minister John Major s intention to resign and stand in a Conservative Party leadership election is announced on screen as England are playing France in the Rugby World Cup third place play off 29 June Debut of Gaytime TV on BBC2 the BBC s first gay magazine programme 35 June TCI owners of Telewest and NYNEX do a deal with BSkyB which includes a clause that the cable operators do not launch any rival channels to those already operated by Sky This marks the end of Cable Program Partners One CPP1 which had been set up to try to provide alternative content to the satellite dominated multi channel environment of the time and causes the collapse of sports channel Sportswire days before its launch July Edit 3 July Bell Cablemedia is formed when a number of cable companies including Jones Cable UK merge 8 July BBC1 repeats 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 36 Lee Griffiths wins the sixth series of Stars in Their Eyes on ITV performing as Bobby Darin The final episode of the long running darts based game show Bullseye is broadcast on ITV it would be briefly revived on Challenge in 2006 9 July For the first time the BBC shows live coverage of the Wimbledon Championships Men s singles final in tennis on BBC1 Previously it had been shown on BBC2 as part of Sunday Grandstand Marion Macfarlane wins the 1995 series of MasterChef on BBC1 26 July BBC Enterprises the BBC s commercial arm is restructured as BBC Worldwide Ltd August Edit 2 August Channel 4 begins a season of documentaries and features for gay and lesbian viewers 35 10 August The final episode of The Crystal Maze is broadcast on Channel 4 it would be revived in 2016 14 August The sitcom Oh Doctor Beeching makes its debut on BBC1 15 August Sue Lawley presents News 45 VJ Day on BBC1 to mark the 50th anniversary of VJ Day and the conclusion of World War II 17 August ITV airs the 2 000th episode of Emmerdale 27 August Speaking at the Edinburgh Television Festival Michael Mansfield QC one of Britain s leading barristers calls for television cameras to be admitted into English courts to help demystify the legal process and restore public confidence in it 37 28 August The Krypton Factor returns to ITV after a two year break with a new format presented by Gordon Burns with Penny Smith 30 August The first National Television Awards are held at the Wembley Conference Centre and presented by Eammon Holmes September Edit 2 September Dyke TV the first television series aimed at lesbians makes its debut on Channel 4 35 The game show Raise the Roof makes its debut on ITV presented by Bob Holness in which contestants can win a house worth 100 000 However the series is not a success and it is axed in January 1996 4 September Carlton introduces new idents The Price Is Right is relaunched under the name Bruce s Price Is Right presented by Bruce Forsyth 5 September The US animated fantasy sitcom featuring Felix the Cat called The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat makes its UK debut on ITV before airing in its homeland on 16 September Jill Dando succeeds Sue Cook as co presenter of Crimewatch alongside Nick Ross 38 10 September BBC Wales relaunches its rugby union coverage under the name of Scrum V It replaces Rugby Special Wales 11 September The children s stop motion animated series Oakie Doke makes its debut on BBC1 39 The final episode of the long running dance competition Come Dancing is broadcast on BBC1 although special episodes would air until 1998 12 September The children s animated series Oscar s Orchestra featuring the voice of Dudley Moore makes its debut on BBC1 40 The series is designed to inspire children with the delights of classical music and incorporates orchestral works from famous composers such as Ludwig van Beethoven and Johann Sebastian Bach Debut of the sitcom Is It Legal on ITV and later on Channel 4 14 September Debut of the sports themed comedy panel show They Think It s All Over on BBC1 presented by Nick Hancock 15 September The popular children s stop motion animated series Noddy s Toyland Adventures airs on Network 2 This was the first time it has been shown in Ireland although viewers with access to the BBC and various British television channels were able to see earlier transmissions including the series original debut on 29 September 1992 24 September Pride and Prejudice the massively popular TV adaptation of Jane Austen s novel makes its debut on BBC1 41 The six part serial finishes on 29 October 42 The network television premiere of Arthur Hiller s 1992 baseball drama The Babe on BBC2 starring John Goodman as American baseball legend George Herman Babe Ruth 43 28 September Star Trek Deep Space Nine makes its UK debut on BBC2 with the feature length episode Emissary 44 September STV acquires a 20 stake in HTV worth 36 million as part of a deal with Flextech 45 Janet Street Porter resigns from L VE TV and is replaced by Kelvin MacKenzie who axes the rolling content and replaces it with programmes that quickly earns it a reputation as tabloid television October Edit 1 October Six years after it was originally planned the British version of the Disney Channel goes on the air The Sci Fi Channel launches However its full schedule 8am to 2am is only available to cable viewers as satellite subscribers are only able to see the channel for a few hours each day as it shares transponder space with a number of other channels The UK s first Christian channel Christian Channel Europe launches It broadcasts for three hours each day between 4am and 7am 7 28 October Cable channel L VE TV broadcasts matches from the 1995 Rugby League World Cup It shows many of them exclusively because apart from the opening game the BBC does not show any live matches until the semi final stage 8 October BBC2 airs the final edition of The Trial of O J Simpson as coverage of the trial draws to a conclusion 46 The BBC s subscription service BBC Select ends after three years on the air 9 October Launch of The Learning Zone an education service shown overnight on BBC2 12 October ITV airs Bait an episode of The Bill that concludes a three part story and sees the exit of the character Jo Morgan played by Mary Jo Randle who is shot while trying to warn June Ackland Trudie Goodwin of an impending attack on her car 15 October The final episode of Challenge Anneka is broadcast on BBC1 16 October After 25 years as Coronation Street landlady Bet Lynch Julie Goodyear makes her final regular appearance in the soap She briefly returned to the show in 2002 and 2003 and starred in a spin off series Coronation Street After Hours in 1999 At the time of her departure Goodyear had recently received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the inaugural National Television Awards ITV airs a five part documentary every weekday celebrating 40 years of their children s input since the launch of the network in 1955 Simply the Best CITV Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends receives its only mention on Wednesday after three series 20 October Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited is awarded the licence to launch Channel 5 47 48 It is a consortium of four investors Pearson United News and Media CLT Ufa and Warburg Pincus 49 21 October Comedian Jim Davidson succeeds Bruce Forsyth as presenter of The Generation Game on BBC1 50 The short lived US science fiction series VR 5 makes its debut on Sky One The network television premiere of Sheldon Lettich s 1991 American martial arts action thriller Double Impact on ITV starring Jean Claude Van Damme Geoffrey Lewis Alan Scarfe Bolo Yeung and Philip Chan Yan Kin with a special appearance by female bodybuilder and fitness expert Cory Everson 22 October Jenna Tinson wins the 1995 series of Junior MasterChef on BBC1 23 October The first episode of the soap Hollyoaks is broadcast on Channel 4 November Edit 1 November Four more satellite and cable channels launch in the UK with European Business News Playboy TV The Paramount Channel and Sky Sports Gold 11 November The History Channel launches in the UK The network television premiere of Mick Jackson s 1992 romantic drama thriller The Bodyguard on ITV starring Kevin Costner and singer Whitney Houston 12 November BBC2 airs Twin Peaks Fire Walk with Me David Lynch s 1992 prequel to the acclaimed series Twin Peaks starring Sheryl Lee Ray Wise and Kyle MacLachlan 51 13 November Debut of the sitcom The Thin Blue Line on BBC1 starring Rowan Atkinson 20 November Zee TV launches in the UK The cookery series Can t Cook Won t Cook makes its debut on BBC1 The final episode of The Krypton Factor is broadcast on ITV although it would be revived in 2009 During an hour long interview with Martin Bashir for the BBC s Panorama The Princess of Wales speaks about her marriage to The Prince of Wales now Charles III his affair with Camilla Parker Bowles and admits to her intimate relationship with James Hewitt 52 An estimated 22 78 million watch the interview 53 the all time record for a British current affairs programme It is subsequently acknowledged by the BBC that Bashir had used forged documents to win Diana s trust to secure the interview 54 22 November After Virgin TV challenges the ITC s decision to award the licence to run the UK s fifth television channel to Channel 5 Broadcasting Ltd the High Court grants leave for a judicial review into the decision 28 26 November ITV airs The Beatles Anthology an eight part documentary series chronicling the career of The Beatles which leads to the release of two previously unreleased songs Free as a Bird and Real Love December Edit 2 3 December Channel 4 airs Soap Weekend a weekend of programming dedicated to soap operas with documentaries and classic episodes of series including EastEnders Neighbours and Brookside 18 7 December PText the Paramount Comedy Channel s teletext service begins showing old episodes of the ORACLE soap Park Avenue After showing the first four episodes from 11 December they switch to episode 376 in doing so in order that the dates correspond i e 11 December in the soap is also 11 December for the viewers In all PText showed 700 episodes of Park Avenue 15 December The final episode of Mr Bean is broadcast on ITV with The Best Bits of Mr Bean 24 December A Close Shave the third short film starring Wallace and Gromit makes its debut on BBC2 featuring the voices of Peter Sallis and Anne Reid 25 December Christmas Day highlights on BBC1 include the network television premiere of Adrian Lyne s 1993 drama Indecent Proposal starring Robert Redford Demi Moore and Woody Harrelson 55 The final episode of the sitcom Keeping Up Appearances is broadcast on BBC1 31 December New Year s Eve highlights on BBC1 include Songs of Praise on Ice from the Blackpool Pleasure Beach Ice Arena and the network television premiere of Baz Luhrmann s 1992 comedy romance Strictly Ballroom 56 December Channel 4 airs the documentary Sex with Paula in which Paula Yates talks to celebrities about their love lives Originally made in 1986 the programme was deemed to be unsuitable for audiences at the time due to its perceived message of promiscuity at the height of the AIDS epidemic 18 Debuts EditBBC1 Edit 1 January Little Lord Fauntleroy 1995 Cold Comfort Farm 1995 3 January Timekeepers 1995 1996 4 January Elidor 1995 5 January Down to Earth 1995 Robinson Sucroe 1994 1995 8 January Tears Before Bedtime 1995 11 January The Private Life of Plants 1995 12 January Bad Boys 1995 1996 20 January The Plant 1995 21 January Ghosts 1995 27 January Dangerfield 1995 1999 5 February The Buccaneers 1995 15 February The Biz 1995 1997 23 February Crown Prosecutor 1995 2 March Glad Rags 1995 12 March The Choir 1995 26 March Hamish Macbeth 1995 1997 1 April Confessions 1995 1998 Bugs 1995 1999 Chicago Hope 1994 2000 4 April Monty the Dog who wears glasses 1995 14 April BBC Wildlife Specials 1995 present 9 May Due South 1995 1999 13 May Rumble 1995 14 May The Hanging Gale 1995 15 May Next of Kin 1995 1997 21 May The Vet 1995 1996 23 May Out of the Blue 1995 1996 31 May Castles 1995 Monkhouse s Memory Masters 1995 11 June Oliver s Travels 1995 27 June Bump in the Night 1994 1995 26 July Match of the Seventies 1995 1996 27 July Resort to Murder 1995 14 August Oh Doctor Beeching 1995 1997 28 August Atletico Partick 1995 1996 4 September The Peter Principle 1995 1997 2000 7 September Backup 1995 1997 Oakie Doke 1995 1996 12 September Oscar s Orchestra 1995 2000 13 September People s Century 1995 1997 14 September They Think It s All Over 1995 2006 19 September How to Be a Little Sod 1995 24 September Pride and Prejudice 1995 29 September Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde 1995 1998 5 November The Final Cut 1995 13 November The Thin Blue Line 1995 1996 15 November The Queen s Nose 1995 2003 20 November Can t Cook Won t Cook 1995 2000 23 December Nick and Noel 1993 30 December Iznogoud 1995 31 December Black Hearts in Battersea 1995 1996 Unknown Devil s Advocate 1995 BBC2 Edit 5 January Jeremy Clarkson s Motorworld 1995 1996 7 January The Last Machine 1995 film documentary 16 January Signs and Wonders 1995 10 February The Mrs Merton Show 1995 1998 13 February Blood and Peaches 1995 23 February The Glam Metal Detectives 1995 27 February Game On 1995 1998 11 April Fist of Fun 1995 1996 16 April Persuasion 1995 22 April Fully Booked 1995 1999 1 May The Outer Limits 1995 2002 15 May The Music Biz 1995 music documentary 24 June The Saturday Night Armistice 1995 1999 Rock Family Trees 1995 29 June Gaytime TV 1995 1999 18 August Pulp Video 1995 3 September The Death of Yugoslavia 1995 12 September Nautilus 1995 documentary series 13 September Degrees of Error 1995 16 September Love Bites Anthology 3 dramas Go Now Loved Up In Your Dreams 1995 14 October The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd 1995 16 October Going Going Gone 1995 1998 19 October In the Company of Men 1995 16 November The Ghostbusters of East Finchley 1995 17 November Coogan s Run 1995 24 December A Close Shave 1995 ITV Edit 2 January A Mind to Murder 1995 3 January Kavanagh QC 1995 2001 6 January The Glass Virgin 1995 9 January Lucky Numbers 1995 1997 1 February Thief Takers 1995 10 February Tales from the Cryptkeeper 1993 1999 20 February Beyond Reason 1995 26 February The Gambling Man 1995 5 March The Vacillations of Poppy Carew 1995 6 March She s Out 1995 9 March Chiller 1995 12 March Band of Gold 1995 1997 15 March Cone Zone 1995 1997 4 April My Good Friend 1995 1996 5 April Sharman 1995 1996 13 April The Baldy Man 1995 1998 17 April A Village Affair 1995 6 May Scratchy amp Co 1995 1998 14 May The Governor 1995 1996 22 May Bramwell 1995 1998 23 May Dangerous Lady 1995 5 June The Caribou Kitchen 1995 1998 8 June Searching 1995 10 July Barbara 1995 2003 17 July Sometime Never 1995 1996 2 September Gladiators Train 2 Win 1995 1998 Raise the Roof 1995 1996 4 September The Slow Norris 1995 1999 5 September The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat 1995 1997 6 September The Perfect Match 1995 7 September Fantomcat 1995 1996 10 September The Famous Five 1995 1997 11 September The Singing Kettle News 1995 2000 12 September Is It Legal 1995 1998 9 October Wolves Witches and Giants 1995 1999 11 October Bliss 1995 1997 24 October Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries 1995 2000 25 October Paparazzo 1995 26 October My Kind of People 1995 27 October Freakazoid 1995 1997 17 November Faith in the Future 1995 1998 19 November The Beatles Anthology 1995 10 December Pinky and the Brain 1995 1998 25 December The Little Engine That Could 1991 28 December McCallum 1995 1998 Channel 4 Edit 16 February Hearts and Minds 1995 20 March Deadline 1995 21 April Father Ted 1995 1998 28 April Friends 1994 2004 ER 1994 2009 4 May Paul Merton s Life of Comedy 1995 16 May The Politician s Wife 1995 21 May A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies 1995 4 September One for the Road 1995 12 October Jake s Progress 1995 23 October Hollyoaks 1995 present 13 November Porkpie 1995 1996 24 November Dressing for Breakfast 1995 1998 25 November England My England 1995 24 December The Adventures of Mole 1995 S4C Edit 5 September Rownd a Rownd 1995 present Channels EditNew channels Edit Date Channel16 January BBC World26 January BBC WorldBBC Prime30 January BBC Prime27 February European Business News1 June SelecTV2 June Television X The Fantasy Channel12 June L VE TV1 October The Disney ChannelSci Fi ChannelChristian Channel Europe1 November The Paramount ChannelSky Sports GoldThe History ChannelPlayboy TV20 November Zee TVDefunct channels Edit Date Channel16 January BBC World Service Television26 January BBC World Service TelevisionMarch TV Asia31 May Wire TVTelevision shows EditReturning this year after a break of one year or longer Edit Boon 1986 1992 1995 Chain Letters 1987 1990 1995 1997 The Price Is Right 1984 1988 1995 2001 2006 2007 Ending this year EditThe Tomorrow People 1973 1979 1992 1995 Why Don t You 1973 1995 We Are the Champions TV series 1973 1995 The Krypton Factor 1977 1995 2009 2010 Bullseye 1981 1995 2006 Boon 1986 1992 1995 The DJ Kat Show 1986 1995 Allsorts 1986 1995 A Bit of Fry amp Laurie 1989 1995 Challenge Anneka 1989 1995 2006 Keeping Up Appearances 1990 1995 The Crystal Maze 1990 1995 2016 2020 The Dreamstone 1990 1995 Mr Bean 1990 1995 Bottom 1991 1995 What s Up Doc 1992 1995 The Animals of Farthing Wood 1993 1995 The Legends of Treasure Island 1993 1995 Alphabet Castle 1993 1995 The High Life 1994 1995 Arthur C Clarke s Mysterious Universe 1994 1995 Don t Forget Your Toothbrush 1994 1995 Scavengers 1994 1995 Incredible Games 1994 1995 Knowing Me Knowing You 1994 1995 The All New Alexei Sayle Show 1994 1995 Ain t Misbehavin 1994 1995 Castles 1995 Births Edit23 January Holly Kenny actress 1 February Richard Wisker actor singer and presenter 10 February Archie Madekwe actor 30 March Simone Ashley actress 16 April Poppy Lee Friar actress 17 April Phoebe Dynevor actress 4 May Alex Lawther actor 9 July Georgie Henley actress 17 August Jessie Mei Li actress 26 August Hannah van der Westhuysen actress 31 August Ceallach Spellman actor and radio DJ 15 November Amy James Kelly actressDeaths EditDate Name Age Cinematic Credibility7 January Larry Grayson 57 71 comedian and television presenter9 January Peter Cook 57 comedian and actor23 January Ken Hill 57 television scriptwriter30 January Gerald Durrell 70 naturalist writer and presenter of natural history programmes2 February Donald Pleasence 75 actor8 February Rachel Thomas 89 actress Pobol y Cwm 23 February John Paul 73 actor Marcus Agrippa in I Claudius 7 March Ivan Craig 83 actor11 March Myfanwy Talog 50 actress17 March Donald Baverstock 71 television producer and executive21 March Robert Urquhart 72 actor Pathfinders Brideshead Revisited 22 March Peter Woods 64 BBC journalist and newsreader4 April Kenny Everett 50 comedic performer and DJ15 April Michael Aldred 49 television presenter Ready Steady Go 16 April Arthur English 75 actor The Ghosts of Motley Hall Are You Being Served In Sickness and in Health 2 May Michael Hordern 83 actor narrator of Paddington Bear and voice of badger from The Wind in the Willows 10 May Harold Berens 92 actor and comedian11 May John Phillips 80 actor Z Cars 15 May Eric Porter 67 actor Winston Churchill The Wilderness Years The Jewel in the Crown 22 May Robert Flemyng 85 actor Compact 15 June Charles Bennett 95 television scriptwriter18 June Arthur Howard 85 actor29 June Noel Dyson 78 actress Coronation Street Father Dear Father 12 July Michael Clegg 62 naturalist and television presenterGordon Flemyng 61 television producer10 September Derek Meddings 64 television special effects designer12 September Jeremy Brett 59 actor Sherlock Holmes in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 29 September Susan Fleetwood 51 actress The Buddha of Suburbia Lovejoy 6 October Anthony Newlands 70 actor The Avengers 12 October Gary Bond 55 actor16 October Richard Caldicot 87 actor Some Mothers Do Ave Em 4 November Marti Caine 51 actress dancer presenter singer writer and comedianPaul Eddington 68 actor The Good Life and Yes Minister 3 December Jimmy Jewel 85 actor Funny Man 9 December Benny Lee 79 actor Are You Being Served See also Edit1995 in British music 1995 in British radio 1995 in the United Kingdom List of British films of 1995References Edit BBC Two England 2 January 1995 BBC Genome BBC Retrieved 18 January 2016 Top of the Pops BBC One 5 January 1995 BBC Genome BBC Retrieved 25 June 2023 BBC World 1995 TVARK Archived from the original on 18 March 2012 Retrieved 18 September 2011 Contains video of pre launch caption and of the simultaneous launch of BBC World and BBC Prime Top of the Pops Archive 26 01 1995 Retrieved 25 June 2023 The Trial of OJ Simpson BBC Two England 29 January 1995 BBC Genome BBC Retrieved 26 October 2016 Top of the Pops Archive 02 02 1995 Retrieved 25 June 2023 Top of the Pops Archive 09 02 1995 Retrieved 25 June 2023 Mirror Group buys cable TV channel The Independent 16 February 1995 EastEnders the Early Days BBC One London 20 February 1995 BBC Genome Genome ch bbc co uk Retrieved 2018 01 13 The Morning on BBC1 BBC One London 26 May 1995 BBC Genome Genome ch bbc co uk Retrieved 2018 12 03 The Unforgettable EastEnders BBC One London 17 February 1995 BBC Genome Genome ch bbc co uk Retrieved 2018 01 13 The Unforgettable EastEnders BBC One London 24 February 1995 BBC Genome Genome ch bbc co uk Retrieved 2018 01 13 The Unforgettable EastEnders BBC One London 3 March 1995 BBC Genome Genome ch bbc co uk Retrieved 2018 01 13 The Unforgettable EastEnders BBC One London 10 March 1995 BBC Genome Genome ch bbc co uk Retrieved 2018 01 13 Top of the Pops Archive 23 02 1995 Retrieved 25 June 2023 Roy Bidisha 2017 01 06 Mr HR Shah The Doyen of Indian American Community The Indian Panorama Retrieved 2023 06 25 Jessica 2017 01 26 H R SHAH CONFERRED PADMA SHRI AVS TV Network bollywood and Hollywood latest News Movies Songs Videos amp Photos All Rights Reserved Retrieved 2023 06 25 a b c 1995 Off The Telly Retrieved 23 January 2019 permanent dead link Rees Jasper 11 March 1995 Red hot and British The Independent Independent Print Limited Archived from the original on 2022 05 01 Retrieved 21 November 2018 The Night of Comic Relief BBC One London 17 March 1995 BBC Genome BBC Retrieved 12 November 2016 A Tribute to James Herriot BBC One London 24 March 1995 BBC Genome Genome ch bbc co uk Retrieved 2018 01 13 UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE FINAL TRINITY CAMBRIDGE V NEW COLLEGE OXFORD ITN Source Retrieved 11 September 2014 BBC Programme Index BBC One 1 April 1995 Aitken sues over Saudi claims The Guardian 11 April 1995 Retrieved 29 March 2013 House of Commons Hansard Debates for 17 Dec 1997 House of Commons 17 December 1997 Retrieved 29 March 2013 Special reports the Aitken case The Guardian Retrieved 29 March 2013 The Weasel Up amp Down Canary Wharf The Independent Archived from the original on 2022 05 01 Retrieved 2018 01 13 a b thisisfive co uk the story of five www thisisfive co uk 2005 Archived from the original on 2008 11 20 Retrieved 7 January 2019 Boyz n the Hood BBC Two England 8 May 1995 BBC Genome Genome ch bbc co uk Retrieved 2018 01 13 Due South BBC One London 9 May 1995 BBC Genome BBC Retrieved 11 October 2016 Horsman Mathew 2 May 1995 Yorkshire snaps up former TV am boss Bruce Gyngell Independent on Sunday Archived from the original on 2022 05 01 Retrieved 2010 01 24 Williams Rhys 12 July 1995 BBC chief admits Castles a failure The Independent Independent Print Limited Archived from the original on 2022 05 01 Retrieved 3 June 2013 Castles BBC One London 20 August 1995 BBC Genome BBC Retrieved 18 May 2017 Horsman Mathew 21 April 1995 Mirror TV move outlined as profits jump 43 The Independent Independent Print Limited Archived from the original on 2022 05 01 Retrieved 28 June 2014 a b c Burston Paul 20 June 1995 Gay TV as in lively bright playful merry The Independent Independent Print Limited Archived from the original on 2022 05 01 Retrieved 4 April 2014 Girl Friday BBC One London 8 July 1995 BBC Genome Genome ch bbc co uk Retrieved 2018 01 13 Williams Rhys 28 August 1995 Cameras in court will let justice be seen to be done The Independent Independent Print Ltd Archived from the original on 2022 05 01 Retrieved 2 May 2012 Crimewatch UK BBC One London 5 September 1995 BBC Genome Genome ch bbc co uk Retrieved 2018 01 13 Oakie Doke BBC One London 11 September 1995 BBC Genome Genome ch bbc co uk Retrieved 2018 01 13 Oscar s Orchestra BBC One London 12 September 1995 BBC Genome Genome ch bbc co uk Retrieved 2018 01 13 Pride and Prejudice BBC One London 24 September 1995 BBC Genome Genome ch bbc co uk Retrieved 2018 01 13 Pride and Prejudice BBC One London 29 October 1995 BBC Genome Genome ch bbc co uk Retrieved 2018 01 13 The Babe BBC Two England 24 September 1995 BBC Genome Genome ch bbc co uk Retrieved 2018 01 13 Star Trek Deep Space Nine Emissary 21 September 1995 p 114 Retrieved 3 February 2019 via BBC Genome MediaTel Newsline Mirror Group Rebuilds STV Stake mediatel co uk The Trial of OJ Simpson BBC Two England 8 October 1995 BBC Genome BBC Retrieved 26 October 2016 The Channel 5 licence was the last chance to offer something new on a Archived from the original on 2022 05 01 ITC to identify Channel 5 winner Design Week 20 October 1995 Tara Conlan 20 July 2005 A history of Five The Guardian Guardian Media Group Retrieved 22 November 2018 Jim Davidson s Generation Game BBC One London 21 October 1995 BBC Genome Project BBC Retrieved 17 October 2016 Twin Peaks Fire Walk with Me BBC Two England 12 November 1995 BBC Genome genome ch bbc co uk Retrieved 18 September 2018 Diana admits adultery in TV interview On This Day BBC 1995 11 20 Retrieved 2012 02 15 Top 10 Programmes 1995 BARB Archived from the original on 2012 03 27 Retrieved 2012 02 15 Urwin Rosamund 2020 11 01 BBC says sorry to Diana s brother Earl Spencer for interview deceit The Sunday Times London Retrieved 2020 11 07 Spencer is understood to have told Davie that he has records of all his meetings and conversations with Bashir These are alleged to show that Bashir told Diana fantastical stories to win her trust and that he used the fake bank statements to garner his first meeting with her subscription required BBC One London 25 December 1995 BBC Genome BBC Retrieved 18 January 2016 BBC One London 31 December 1995 BBC Genome BBC Retrieved 26 October 2016 Hayward Anthony 8 January 1995 Obituary Larry Grayson The 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