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2010 in British television

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This is a list of events that took place in 2010 related to British television.

Events

January

Date	Event
1 January	David Tennant makes his final regular appearance as the Tenth Doctor in the second part of the Doctor Who festive special "The End of Time", the final episode to be written by Russell T Davies, until 2023. The episode also sees the debut of the Eleventh Doctor played by Matt Smith and was watched by 10.4 million viewers.
3 January	Celebrity Big Brother returns for its final series on Channel 4.
5 January	Filming of Coronation Street and Emmerdale are halted because of heavy snowfall.{{cite web
7 January	url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8445581.stm	title=Jonathan Ross is Leaving the BBC	work=BBC News	date=7 January 2010	access-date=7 January 2010}}
20 January	ITV broadcasts the postponed 2009 National Television Awards. The venue was also switched from the Royal Albert Hall to The O2 Arena and was watched by 7.4 million viewers – a 30% share of the audience.
21 January	The rapper and former Celebrity Big Brother contestant Lady Sovereign is scheduled to appear on BBC One's political magazine programme, This Week to discuss the laws regarding self-defence for householders. She is shown backstage early in the show, waving to camera in anticipation of her appearance, but has disappeared by the time the segment begins. Presenter Andrew Neil apologises to viewers, explaining she has "done a runner" and instead discussed the topic with regular contributors Michael Portillo and Diane Abbott. In a subsequent interview with The Guardians Rich Pelley, the rapper says she had a panic attack. "My hands went stiff and I started hyperventilating. I didn't want to do it hours before but I went anyway, then I just changed my mind at the last minute, I guess."
CBeebies aired the last re-run of series 3 & 4 of Balamory, due to rights issues. Re-runs of the first 2 series continued until 2016.
25 January	Long running children's television series and giant children's favourite Thomas and Friends is back on Channel 5 with a brand new series brought to life with fully CGI animation by Vancouver-based animation studio Nitrogen Studios.
28 January	Royal Mail boss Adam Crozier is appointed as ITV plc's new chief executive.
29 January	While giving evidence to the Iraq Inquiry, former Prime Minister Tony Blair addresses the interview he gave to Fern Britton in December, telling the hearing it was a mistake to say he would have got rid of Saddam Hussein regardless of whether or not the Iraqi leader had weapons of mass destruction. The inquiry is also told the interview had been recorded in July 2009, some months before the hearing was convened.
Cage fighter Alex Reid wins the seventh series of Celebrity Big Brother, the final one to air on Channel 4.
31 January	BSkyB becomes the first broadcaster in the world to show a live sports event in [3D](3d-television) when Sky Sports screens a football match between Manchester United and Arsenal to a public audience in several selected pubs.
January	Coverage of proceedings from the National Assembly for Wales are moved from S4C2 to the new BBC Democracy Live website.

February

Date	Event
5 February	Channel 5 airs Episode 5000 of Home and Away.
9 February	Supernanny presenter Jo Frost returns to Channel 4 with a new series, Jo Frost Extreme Parental Guidance.
Soap bosses confirm that Shane Richie and Jessie Wallace will reprise their roles as Alfie and Kat Moon in EastEnders, having last been seen on screen together in 2005.
10 February – 10 March	Analogue is switched off in the Blaenplwyf area
10 February	Channel 4's deal with Warner Brothers International Television to show episodes of Friends on Channel 4 and E4 will end from Autumn 2011 meaning the series will disappear from the network's schedules.
12 February	The events of the [2010 Winter Olympics](2010-winter-olympics) start broadcasting worldwide.
13 February	Charlie Bruce wins series one of So You Think You Can Dance.
15 February	Fiona Armstrong and Julia Somerville join the BBC News Channel as regular presenters. They will be joined by Zeinab Badawi and Carole Walker as the BBC seeks to fight accusations that it has an ageist policy.
On an edition of the BBC's regional Inside Out programme, broadcaster Ray Gosling claims to have killed a former lover who had AIDS. He is arrested on suspicion of murder by Nottinghamshire Police two days later. The confession is later deemed to have been false. Gosling is charged with wasting police time, and given a 90-day suspended sentence at Nottingham Magistrates Court on 14 September.
19 February	BBC One soap EastEnders celebrates its 25th anniversary with a live episode. The episode, watched by 16.6 million viewers sees the culmination of the storyline concerning who killed the character Archie Mitchell (played by Larry Lamb), revealing that the deed was done by Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner).
24 February	News at Ten presenter Julie Etchingham is named as Presenter of the Year at the Royal Television Society Awards, the first woman to win the accolade.
28 February	The events of the [2010 Winter Olympics](2010-winter-olympics) end broadcasting worldwide.

March

Date	Event
3 March	ITV announces a pre-tax profit of £25m for 2009, compared with a loss of £2.7bn in 2008.
3 – 31 March	Analogue is switched off in the Wenvoe area.
4 March	Penny Smith announces she is to leave GMTV after 17 years to pursue other projects.
Carol Vorderman appears as a panellist on BBC One's Question Time. Her performance is subsequently described by the New Statesmans James Macintyre as "one of the worst by any panel member I have ever seen" because of her "clichéd, shrill, pub-boring, parochial approach" and because "she trotted out sluggish conventional wisdom at every turn".
13 March	ITV announces that This Morning will air seven days a week, with two new one-hour shows being broadcast on Saturdays and Sundays from Saturday 20 March. Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby will present the extra shows.
18 March	A debate on The Alan Titchmarsh Show in which the actress Julie Peasgood emphasises the negative effects of violent video games attracts criticism due to her contribution to the 2000 release Martian Gothic: Unification, and because her arguments were based on a single unfavourable report on the subject.
24 March – 7 April	Analogue is switched off in the Mendip area.
26 March	Primary school programming is shown during the day on BBC Two for the final time. From next term, primary schools broadcasts become part of the overnight BBC Learning Zone with series shown as a back-to-back set rather than over several weeks.
Doctors celebrates its 10th anniversary.
ITV announced its intention to cancel its long running police drama The Bill from autumn 2010, saying that the decision was made as it reflects the "changing tastes" of viewers.
Channel 4 quiz show Countdown celebrates its 5000th edition with a letter of congratulations from The Queen.
28 March	Gray O'Brien begins filming new scenes as Coronation Street villain Tony Gordon, who will break out of prison brandishing a gun after faking a heart attack.
Actress Hayley Tamaddon and skating partner Daniel Whiston win the fifth series of Dancing on Ice.
29 March	Claudia Winkleman is confirmed as Jonathan Ross's replacement as host of Film 2010 when Ross leaves the show later in the year.
The financial debate, the first of the 2010 election debates between Chancellor Alistair Darling, shadow Chancellor George Osborne and Liberal Democrat financial affairs spokesman Vince Cable is held on Channel 4.
31 March	The last analogue television services are switched off in Wales, making it the first part of the UK to have a fully digital service.
S4C begins broadcasting solely in Welsh.
BSkyB is told by the broadcasting regulator Ofcom that it must cut the price it charges rival cable, terrestrial and internet broadcasters to show its premium sports channels. Sky says that it will appeal against the ruling.

April

Date	Event
2 April	ITV1 HD is launched as a full-time service, offering a high definition simulcast of ITV1, with some programmes aired in upscaled HD until they are able to be filmed in full HD. On the same day, the ITV1 logo is slightly refreshed with the addition of a gradient effect and four new idents are introduced with a different soundtrack compared to the existing set of idents, which are retained but also updated to feature the refreshed ITV1 logo.
3 April	Doctor Who begins a new season (technically its 31st) with new leading actor Matt Smith. The first episode is watched by 8.4 million viewers.
5 April	Emmanuel College, Cambridge wins the 2009–10 series of University Challenge, beating St John's College, Oxford 315–100.
7 April	Dhruv Baker wins the 2010 series of MasterChef.
9 April	Long-running Coronation Street actor Bill Tarmey quits the soap after 31 years playing Jack Duckworth.
10 April	ITV airs the British terrestrial television premiere of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix; the film is watched by 5.726 million viewers (25.7% of the audience share).
11 April	Coronation Street begins airing its first lesbian storyline, involving Sophie Webster (Brooke Vincent) and Sian Powers (Sacha Parkinson).
13 April	BBC One airs the 500th episode of its hospital drama Holby City.
15 April	ITV airs the first of three election debates between Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg ahead of the [2010 General Election](2010-united-kingdom-general-election).
19 April	Adrian Chiles quits the BBC to join ITV and GMTV in a new four-year deal.
Five launches a contest to find an aspiring British actress to appear in Neighbours to celebrate the soap's 25th anniversary.
21 April	Ben Shephard announces he is to quit GMTV after five years.
ITV newsreader Katie Derham is to join the BBC. She will be given an arts brief, including fronting the coverage of the Proms for BBC Two and BBC Radio 3.{{cite news	title = Katie Derham leaving ITN for BBC
22 April	The second election debate is aired by Sky News, and is viewed by an audience of 3.355 million, giving the channel its largest ever peak time audience. The debate is also shown on Sky Three and the BBC News Channel, and collectively attracts a viewership of 4.1 million.
29 April	BBC News hosts the final leaders debate before the election.
Rachel Leskovac, who plays hairdresser Natasha Blakeman in Coronation Street is to leave the soap.
30 April	Adrian Chiles presents his final edition of The One Show.

May

Date	Event
4 May	The premiere episode of Luther was aired on the BBC.
5–19 May	Analogue is switched off in the Bressay area.
6–12 May	Coverage of the [2010 general election](2010-united-kingdom-general-election) is shown on all major television networks. There is also extensive coverage of the [aftermath](2010-united-kingdom-government-formation) as the election results in a hung parliament and the Liberal Democrats seek to broker a deal with both the Conservatives and Labour to form a coalition government. David Cameron becomes Prime Minister on 11 May.
12–26 May	Analogue is switched off in the Keelylang area.
12 May	Jeremy Hunt is appointed as Culture Secretary by David Cameron.
Steve Rider quits as ITV Sport anchor after five years after his [World Cup](2010-fifa-world-cup) presenting role is given to Adrian Chiles.
Junior Apprentice makes its debut on BBC One. The first episode sees Karren Brady succeed Margaret Mountford as a member of Lord Sugar's board room.
21 May	Final ever episode of the BBC drama Ashes To Ashes.
24 May	Channel 4 premieres a live telecast game show The Million Pound Drop which became an international game show franchise shortly after the broadcast. The series (that would rename to The £100K Drop in 2018) would continue to run until its finale episode on 23 August 2019.
28 May	Georgia Bradford wins the 2010 series of Junior MasterChef.
29 May	Germany's Lena Meyer-Landrut wins the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest with "Satellite".
31 May	Coronation Street unveils a new opening title sequence and updated theme tune ahead of its fiftieth anniversary celebrations later in the year. The soap also begins transmitting in full high definition from this date onwards.

June

Date	Event
2 June	Television schedules are changed in the wake of the Cumbria shootings. BBC One alters their programming to broadcast two BBC News Specials about the shootings, at 14:15 and 19:30 on the same day. The scheduled 21:00 episode of ITV's Coronation Street is cancelled as it contained a violent storyline featuring a gun siege. Episodes for 3 and 4 June were also cancelled and rescheduled to air the following week. An episode of the Channel 4 panel game You Have Been Watching, which was due to be broadcast on 3 June, was postponed because it is a crime special.
The BBC have announced that long running comedy Last of the Summer Wine is to be axed after 37 years.
ITN has announced that Nina Hossain is to replace Katie Derham as a new co-host on London Tonight.
2 – 16 June	Analogue is switched off in the Rumster forest area.
4 June	Penny Smith presents her final programme on GMTV after 17 years.
BSkyB announces that it has finalised the terms of a deal to buy Virgin Media Television for £160 million.
5 June	Gymnastics troupe Spelbound win the fourth series of Britain's Got Talent.
9 June	Big Brother returns to Channel 4 for its final series.
10 June	Mathematics student Arjun Rajyagor wins the first series of Junior Apprentice and a £25,000 investment from Lord Sugar to kick start his business career.
11 June	The [2010 FIFA World Cup](2010-fifa-world-cup) begins with BBC and ITV showing live coverage.
GMTV announces plans to rebrand itself in September, dropping the GMTV name after 17 years in a £1.5million overhaul. On the same day presenter Andrew Castle announces his intention to leave the station after 10 years on air.
12 June	ITV1 HD's coverage of England's opening match at the 2010 FIFA World Cup against the USA is affected by a technical error resulting in viewers missing the opening goal of the match scored by England captain Steven Gerrard. The standard definition feed is not affected by the error.
The first edition of James Corden's World Cup Live is broadcast on ITV1, a comedy programme that will be shown after every evening match from the 2010 FIFA World Cup that is broadcast live by ITV1.
15 June	Robbie Earle is dismissed from his punditry role with ITV with immediate effect after it emerges that tickets allocated to his family and friends had been passed on to a third party as part of an organised marketing ambush scheme by the Dutch beer brand Bavaria.
20 June	ITV has announced that Christine Bleakley is to join GMTV to reunite with Adrian Chiles after signing a three-year contract with the broadcaster.
Thousands of hours of programming from STV's archives will be made available online from later in the year after the Scottish broadcaster signed a deal with YouTube, the Daily Record reports.
23 June	Following the previous day's emergency budget statement, David Cameron and Nick Clegg are questioned by a live audience on its potential impact. The programme Britain's Economy: Cameron and Clegg Face the Audience is presented by Nick Robinson and aired on the BBC News Channel and BBC Two.
25 June	ITV is to suspend production of Heartbeat to catch up on a backlog of unbroadcast episodes, it is reported.
27 June	ITV experiences its lowest viewing figures in its history. Less than one in ten people watched the channel and no more than 4 million people watched a single programme. On the day, the BBC broadcast the [2010 FIFA World Cup](2010-fifa-world-cup) last-16 match between England and Germany (with 17.8 million viewers). Lack of viewers was also blamed on good summer weather.

July

Date	Event
1 July	It is announced that Emma Crosby will leave GMTV after only a year.
7 – 21 July	Analogue is switched off in the Eitshal area.
9 July	ITV announces the name of its new breakfast television service that will replace GMTV. Daybreak will launch in September.
11 July	BBC One and ITV1 broadcast live coverage of the [2010 FIFA World Cup Final](2010-fifa-world-cup-final) from Soccer City in Johannesburg.
13 July	BSkyB completes its deal to buy Virgin Media Television after receiving regulatory approval in the Republic of Ireland. Sky will rename its new acquisition Living TV Group.
14 – 28 July	Analogue is switched off in the Skriaig area.
16 July	Essex teenager Gabriella Darlington wins Five's Be a Star on Neighbours competition, and will make a four-week appearance in the show as Poppy Rogers. She will be seen on UK screens from 10 November.
19 July	url=https://www.s4c.co.uk/e_press_level2.shtml?id=351	title=S4C Press Release: S4C Clirlun now available throughout Wales	date=19 July 2010	publisher=S4C}}
20 July	The Teletext games magazine GameCentral is to move to the Metro website following an online petition by fans to keep it running.
23 July	Media tycoon Richard Desmond buys Five from RTL for £104m.
25 July	BBC One broadcasts the first episode of Sherlock, a modern-day adaptation of Sherlock Holmes, written by Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat and starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Holmes and Martin Freeman as Dr. John Watson. The episode is watched by a total of 7.5 million viewers.
30 July	Ben Shephard presents his final programme on GMTV after 11 years.

August

Date	Event
4 – 18 August	Analogue is switched off in the Angus area.
9 August	Viewers in Scotland complain to the BBC after hearing newsreader Kate Silverton swear at the end of a bulletin. The presenter had not realised the mic was still on when she uttered the expletive, which is only picked up by BBC One Scotland. The BBC later apologises for the incident.
14 – 22 August	The events of the [2010 IBSA World Blind Football Championship](2010-ibsa-world-blind-football-championship) are aired.
20 August	Lisa Faulkner wins the 2010 series of Celebrity MasterChef.
23 August	Sky Sports News is removed from the Freeview platform after Sky decided to make it a subscription only channel.
24 August	Josie Gibson wins Channel 4's final regular series of Big Brother and Ultimate Big Brother launched immediately after becoming the final ever series of Big Brother to air on Channel 4.
29 August	After 37 years, the long-running sitcom Last of the Summer Wine is aired on BBC One for the last time.
31 August	After 26 years, the long-running police drama The Bill is aired on ITV for the last time, concluding with the second part of the series finale, Respect.

September

Date	Event
1 – 15 September	Analogue is switched off in the Durris area.
3 September	GMTV airs its last edition after 17 years on air.
Virgin1 is rebranded as Channel One.
6 September	New ITV breakfast show Daybreak begins with former The One Show hosts Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley presenting. The inaugural edition features an interview with former Prime Minister Tony Blair, while overnight viewing figures published the following day indicate the programme had an audience of over a million.
8 – 22 September	Analogue is switched off in the Knockmore area.
9 September	Five airs a special evening edition of its morning news themed programme The Wright Stuff to celebrate its tenth anniversary.
10 September	Barbara Windsor makes her final regular appearance as EastEnders Peggy Mitchell, exiting in a dramatic storyline that sees The Queen Vic destroyed by fire.
Brian Dowling becomes Big Brother's Ultimate Housemate after winning Ultimate Big Brother which is the last ever series of the reality television show to air on Channel 4 before returning on 18 August 2011 this time on Channel 5.
12 September	Heartbeat airs its last ever episode after 18 years with the episode watched by 6.00 million viewers.
14 September	Jay Hunt announces she is leaving the post of Controller of BBC One to take up the role of chief creative officer at Channel 4.
15 September	BSkyB announces that it is to close down Bravo (and also Bravo 2) on 1 January 2011 and Channel One (formerly Virgin 1) on 1 February 2011 to focus on the Living brand as well as their own channels such as Sky1, Sky2 and Sky3. The gameshow channel Challenge is to take over Channel One's slot on Freeview, which will boost ratings for Challenge.
16 September	BBC One airs a special edition of Question Time featuring David Miliband, Ed Miliband, Ed Balls, Andy Burnham and Diane Abbottthe five candidates in the forthcoming [Labour Party leadership election](2010-labour-party-leadership-election-uk).
The Welsh language channel S4C2 is removed from Sky channel 507.
17 September	Jessie Wallace returns to EastEnders after five years.
21 September	Edd Kimber wins the first series of The Great British Bake Off.
28 September	ITV confirms that the noted 1950s red landmark "Granada TV" sign on the roof and entrance of Granada Studios on Quay Street, Manchester, has been removed for safety reasons after maintenance found it was badly corroded.

October

Date	Event
1 October	The very first 3D channel in the UK, Sky 3D launches.
4 October	Tiffany Pisani wins Cycle 6 of Britain's Next Top Model.
6 October	The Apprentice returns to BBC One for a sixth series, having been delayed from earlier in the year because of the general election, and concerns Lord Sugar's role as a government adviser could present a conflict of interest if the series was on air in the run up to polling day.
6 – 20 October	Analogue is switched off in the Rosemarkie area.
8 October	During a review of the following day's newspapers, Sky News presenter Steve Dixon is forced to make a hasty apology after asking Bee Gee Robin Gibb if his brother, Maurice (who died in 2003) is watching while discussing an article that makes reference to the late singer.
11 – 25 October	BBC Four show the first episode of Mark Gatiss' A History of Horror documentary. Each of the three episodes looks at the influence of the genre and features interviews with the likes of John Carpenter, George A. Romero and Roger Corman.
13 – 27 October	Analogue is switched off in the Torosay area.
14 October	Five confirms that Natasha Kaplinsky will leave the broadcaster at the end of the year.
15 October	BBC Three Controller Danny Cohen is named as the new Controller of BBC One, replacing Jay Hunt.
Five airs Episode 6000 of Neighbours.
20 October	ITV confirms that Beverley Callard will leave her Coronation Street role as Rovers Return landlady Liz McDonald in 2011, after 22 years with the soap.
url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/oct/20/spending-review-2010-key-points	title=Spending review 2010:key points at a glance	work=Guardian.co.uk	accessdate=21 October 2010	date=20 October 2010	location=London}}
23 October	Channel 4 teen soap Hollyoaks celebrates its 15th anniversary.
28 October	Release of A Simples Life, the autobiography of the real-life meerkat Aleksandr Orlov, star of the Compare the Meerkat television adverts that first appeared on screen in January 2009. The commercials have proved popular with viewers, and have seen pre-order sales of the book on Amazon.co.uk out-perform those of autobiographies by people such as Tony Blair, Cheryl Cole and Dannii Minogue.
October	UKTV launches its second HD channel – for Eden.
In Wales, S4C2 is removed from Virgin Media channel 168.

November

Date	Event
2 November	Claire Lara wins the third series of MasterChef: The Professionals.
4 November	Business Secretary Vince Cable orders Ofcom to investigate News Corporation's plan to take full control of BSkyB.
5 November	Members of the National Union of Journalists at the BBC begin a 48-hour strike in a dispute over proposed changes to the corporation's pension scheme. BBC News operates a reduced service.
The BBC announces that Ready Steady Cook will not return for another series.
8 November	Bill Tarmey makes his final appearance on Coronation Street, dying in his armchair of incurable cancer. Elizabeth Dawn returns for a one-off appearance as the ghost of Jack's late wife Vera.
17 November	Analogue is switched off in the Channel Islands.
19 November	Cast members of EastEnders and Coronation Street take part in a crossover episode titled East Street for Children in Need.
26 November	Ofcom revokes the broadcast licenses of the four Tease Me television sex line channels for broadcasting sexually explicit content before the watershed.
30 November	In Wales, S4C2 is removed from Freeview channel 86.

December

Date	Event
4 December	Singer Stacey Solomon wins the tenth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.
6 December	S4C2 ceases broadcasting when it is removed from the Freesat platform.
6–10 December	ITV1 soap Coronation Street celebrates its 50th anniversary with a week of special episodes, centering around a tram derailing and crashing into the street. This includes the broadcast of an hour long live episode on the date of the anniversary itself (9 December). Additional special programmes during the week include a repeat of the very first episode from 1960, a countdown of the soap's 50 most memorable moments as voted for by the public and a quiz show special hosted by Paul O'Grady.
12 December	Matt Cardle wins the seventh series of The X Factor.
13 December	BBC journalist Ben Brown conducts an interview for the BBC News Channel with Jody McIntyre, a political activist with cerebral palsy who had been dragged from his wheelchair by Metropolitan police officers during a recent student protest march through London. Brown is subsequently criticised by viewers for adopting a "highly accusatory" tone during the interview.
18 December	Actress Kara Tointon and dancing partner Artem Chigvintsev win the eighth series of Strictly Come Dancing.
19 December	Stella English wins the sixth series of The Apprentice.
Jockey Tony McCoy is named as this year's BBC Sports Personality of the Year.
20 December	BBC News journalist Brian Hanrahan, best known for reporting the Falklands War, dies of bowel cancer aged 61.
21 December	The European Commission approves News Corporation's bid to take full control of British satellite broadcaster BSkyB. However, the deal will be reviewed by Ofcom before a final decision is made.
Responsibility for media and broadcasting policy is transferred from Business Secretary Vince Cable's Department to that of Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt after Cable was secretly recorded by Daily Telegraph journalists saying that he had "declared war" on Rupert Murdoch over News Corporation's plans to take full control of BSkyB.
26 December	Upstairs, Downstairs returns after 35 years of absence moving from ITV to BBC One.

Debuts

BBC

Date		width=250	Debut		width=100	Channel
2 January
4 January
8 January
EastEnders: E20
9 January
13 January
14 January
18 January
21 January
22 January
Spirit Warriors
24 January
The Great Rift: Africa's Wild Heart
25 January
30 January
31 January
4 February
19 February
21 February
23 February
1 March
7 March
9 March
14 March
15 March
18 March
26 March
31 March
5 April
6 April
18 April
16 April
25 April
26 April
1 May
3 May
4 May
Luther
10 May
12 May
17 May
23 May
31 May
3 June
10 June
Stanley Park
11 June
22 June
23 June
28 June
30 June
The Bionic Vet
10 July
11 July
15 July
24 July
25 July
28 July
3 August
6 August
9 August
12 August
15 August
Vexed
22 August
24 August
2 September
6 September
Climbing Great Buildings
12 September
14 September
16 September
17 September
18 September
27 September
28 September
4 October
9 October
10 October
12 October
1 November
3 November
15 November
The Indian Doctor
25 December
26 December

ITV

Date		width=250	Debut		width=100	Channel
2 January
15 January
1 February
22 February
27 February
5 March
26 March
2 April
12 April
16 April
17 April
The Whole 19 Yards
22 April
7 June
12 June
5 July
17 July
Odd One In
2 August
4 August
16 August
24 August
6 September
Lorraine
Bouquet of Barbed Wire
10 September
12 September
22 September
26 September
27 September
10 October
21 October
15 November
20 November
20 December

Channel 4

Date		width=250	Debut		width=100	Channel
18 January
25 January
31 January
5 April
7 April
10 April
16 April
19 April
iCandy
21 April
22 April
23 April
MovieMash
The Ricky Gervais Show
24 May
31 May
21 June
25 June
6 August
10 August
7 September
26 September
Miliband of Brothers
7 October
16 October
1 November
8 November
14 November
21 November
30 November

Five

Date		width=250	Debut		width=100	Channel
11 January
9 February
29 March
31 March
18 July
24 September
22 October
25 December

Other channels

Date		width=250	Debut		width=100	Channel
3 January
8 January
1 February
10 January
14 February
11 March
19 March
26 March
6 April
2 May
5 May
30 May
10 June
23 July
15 August
29 August
3 September
23 September
10 October
4 November

Channels

New channels

Date	Channel
1 March	MTV Classic
25 March	Dance Nation TV
29 March	Lava
Imagine TV
2 April	ITV1 HD
22 April	Sky News HD
1 May	Jewellery Maker
6 June	STV HD
5 July	Living Loves
13 July	Five HD
6 August	Sky Movies Classics HD
9 August	Comedy Central HD
23 August	Sky Sports News HD
Sky3 +1
31 August	Good Food HD
1 September	Vintage TV
1 October	Sky 3D
4 October	Eden HD
5 October	Nickelodeon HD
UTV HD
7 October	ITV2 HD
1 November	Film GB
3 November	BBC One HD
15 November	ITV3 HD
ITV4 HD

Defunct channels

Main article: List of former TV channels in the United Kingdom#2010

Date	Channel
1 March	Rockworld TV
VH1 Classic
10 March	Virgin Central
17 March	Flaunt
29 March	Rockworld TV
NDTV Imagine
31 March	S4C (analogue service)
1 April	Men & Motors
GOD Europe
21 April	Unexplained Channel
5 May	Thomas Cook TV
2 June	Rural TV
24 June	Sky Travel
30 June	Music Choice Europe
1 July	Living +2
6 August	Real Madrid TV
19 August	Sky Real Lives
Sky Real Lives +1
Sky Real Lives HD
Sky Real Lives 2
31 August	Teachers TV
1 September	oMusic TV
2 September	Original Black Entertainment TV
8 September	Edge Media Television
6 December	S4C2

Rebranded channels

Date	Old Name	New Name
6 January	Sky Sports Xtra	Sky Sports 4
1 March	MTV R	MTV Shows
MTV Two	MTV Rocks
13 April	Sci Fi Channel	Syfy
Sci Fi Channel +1	Syfy +1
Sci Fi Channel HD	Syfy HD
3 September	Virgin1	Channel One
Virgin1 +1	Channel One +1
15 October	Hallmark Channel	Universal Channel
Hallmark Channel +1	Universal Channel +1
Hallmark Channel HD	Universal Channel HD

Television shows

Changes of network affiliation

Show	Moved from	Moved to
Golden Balls	ITV1	Challenge
The British Comedy Awards	Channel 4
Upstairs, Downstairs	BBC One
PhoneShop	Channel 4	E4
Robot Wars (repeats)	Bravo	Dave
Top of the Pops 2	Dave	Yesterday
South Park (on Freeview)	Channel 4	Viva
Pinky and the Brain	CBBC	Kix

Returning this year after a break of one year or longer

Programme	Date of original removal	Original channel	Date of return	New channel(s)
Thomas & Friends	26 September 2008	Channel 5	25 January 2010	N/A (Same channel as original)
Jo Frost Extreme Parental Guidance	8 October 2008	Channel 4	9 February 2010
Children's Hospital	26 February 2003	BBC One	23 March 2010	ITV
Upstairs, Downstairs	21 December 1975	ITV	26 December 2010	BBC One

Continuing television shows

1920s

Programme	Date
BBC Wimbledon	1927–1939, 1945–2019, 2021–present

1930s

Programme	Date
Trooping the Colour	1937–1939, 1945–2019, 2023–present
The Boat Race	1938–1939, 1945–2019, 2021–present

1950s

Programme	Date
Panorama	1953–present
Eurovision Song Contest	1956–present
The Sky at Night	1957–present
Blue Peter	1958–present

1960s

Programme	Date
Coronation Street	1960–present
Points of View	1961–present
Songs of Praise
University Challenge	1962–1987, 1994–present
Doctor Who	1963–1989, 1996, 2005–present
Match of the Day
The Money Programme	1966–2010

1970s

Programme	Date
Question of Sport	1970–present
Emmerdale	1972–present
Mastermind
Newsround
Last of the Summer Wine	1973–2010
Arena	1975–present
One Man and His Dog	1976–present
The Krypton Factor	1977–1995, 2009–2010
Top Gear	1977–present
Ski Sunday	1978–present
Antiques Roadshow	1979–present
Question Time

1980s

Programme	Date
Children in Need	1980–present
Timewatch	1982–present
The Bill	1984–2010
Channel 4 Racing	1984–2016
Thomas & Friends	1984–present
EastEnders	1985–present
Comic Relief
Casualty	1986–present
Fireman Sam	1987–1994, 2005–2013
This Morning	1988–present
The Simpsons	1989–present

1990s

Programme	Date
Have I Got News for You	1990–present
Heartbeat	1992–2010
A Touch of Frost
Shooting Stars	1993–2002, 2009–2011
Time Team	1994–2013
The National Lottery Draws	1994–2017
Top of the Pops 2	1994–2017
Hollyoaks	1995–present
Never Mind the Buzzcocks	1996–2015
Silent Witness	1996–present
Midsomer Murders	1997–present
Y Clwb Rygbi, Wales
South Park
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	1998–2014
Bob the Builder	1998–present
British Soap Awards	1999–2019, 2022–present
Family Guy	1999–2002, 2005–present
Futurama	1999–2003, 2008–2013
Bremner, Bird and Fortune	1999–2010
SpongeBob SquarePants	1999–present
Holby City	1999–2022

2000s

Programme	Date
The Weakest Link	2000–2012, 2017–present
Big Brother	2000–present
Real Crime	2001–2011
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!	2002–present
Harry Hill's TV Burp	2002–2012
Spooks	2002–2011
Daily Politics	2003–2018
New Tricks	2003–2015
QI	2003–present
Peep Show	2003–2015
Politics Show	2003–2011
The Royal
This Week	2003–2019
Doc Martin	2004–2022
Shameless	2004–2013
Strictly Come Dancing	2004–present
The X Factor	2004–2018
Coach Trip	2005–2006, 2009–2012, 2013–present
Come Dine with Me	2005–present
[8 Out of 10 Cats](8-out-of-10-cats)
It's Me or the Dog	2005–2012
Deal or No Deal	2005–2016
The Andrew Marr Show	2005–2021
Mock the Week	2005–2022
Dancing on Ice	2006–present
That Mitchell and Webb Look	2006–2010
Torchwood	2006–2011
Waterloo Road	2006–2015
Britain's Got Talent	2007–present
Gavin & Stacey	2007–2010, 2019
M.I.High	2007–2014
Outnumbered
Trapped	2007–present
The Sarah Jane Adventures	2007–2011
Skins	2007–2013
The Tudors	2007–2010
Would I Lie To You?	2007–present
Argumental	2008–2012
Ashes to Ashes	2008–2010
Mistresses
Only Connect	2008–present
The Inbetweeners	2008–2010
Merlin	2008–2012
Survivors	2008–2010
Wallander	2008–2016
Bang Goes the Theory	2009–2014
The Chase	2009–present
The Cube	2009–2015
The Impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson	2009–2011
Miranda	2009–2015
Missing	2009–2010
PhoneShop	2009–2013
Pointless	2009–present
Psychoville	2009–2011
Russell Howard's Good News	2009–2015
School of Comedy	2009–2010
Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps	2009–2010
Rip Off Britain	2009–present

Ending this year

Date	Programme	Channel	Debut(s)
1 January	Gavin & Stacey	BBC One	2007
29 January	Celebrity Big Brother	Channel 4	2001
12 February	Bill Bailey's Birdwatching Bonanza	Sky 1	2010
23 February	Survivors{{Cite news	url= http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Survivors-Scifi-series-axed-by.6223285.jp	title=Survivors: Sci-fi series axed by BBC
11 March	Bellamy's People	BBC Two	2010
14 March	Banded Brothers
26 March	Missing	BBC One	2009
29 March	Married Single Other	ITV	2010
3 April	The Door
5 April	A Touch of Frost	1992
22 April	Museum of Life	BBC Two	2010
25 April	Tropic of Cancer
27 April	Five Daughters	BBC One
4 May	Chinese Food in Minutes	Five
7 May	Divided	ITV	2009
21 May	Ashes to Ashes	BBC One	2008
26 May	Money	BBC Two	2010
30 May	The South Bank Show	ITV	1978
31 May	Terry Pratchett's Going Postal	Sky 1	2010
5 June	The Whole 19 Yards	ITV
16 July	Friday Night with Jonathan Ross	BBC One	2001
23 July	The 5 O'Clock Show	Channel 4	2010
30 July	Working Lunch	BBC Two	1994
9 August	Identity	ITV	2010
13 August	[3@Three](3-three)
22 August	Don't Stop Believing	Five
26 August	Mistresses		BBC One	2008
28 August	Magic Numbers	ITV	2010
29 August	Last of the Summer Wine	BBC One	1973
31 August	The Deep	2010
The Bill	ITV	1984
3 September	GMTV	1993
5 September	Mountain Gorilla	BBC Two	2010
7 September	Raven	CBBC	2002
10 September	Big Brother	Channel 4	2000
SkyNews.com	Sky News	2007
12 September	Heartbeat	ITV	1992
19 September	Must Be the Music	Sky 1	2010
24 September	The Michael Ball Show	ITV
28 September	Climbing Great Buildings	BBC Two
This Is England '86	Channel 4
18 October	The Inbetweeners	E4	2008
School of Comedy	2009
22 October	Suck My Pop	Viva	2010
2 November	Whites	BBC Two
7 November	Taggart	ITV	1983
To Buy or Not to Buy	BBC One	2003
18 November	Reggie Perrin	2009
8 December	Wallace and Gromit's World of Invention	2010
17 December	The Restaurant	BBC Two	2007
Trisha Goddard	Five	2005

Deaths

Date	Name	Age	Broadcast credibility
5 February	Ian Carmichael	title = Actor Ian Carmichael dies at 89	url = https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8502006.stm
15 February	George Waring	84
1 March	Kristian Digby	32	Television presenter and director
20 March	Harry Carpenter	84	Sports commentator
7 April	Christopher Cazenove	66	Actor
25 June	Alan Plater	75	Television playwright
1 July	Geoffrey Hutchings	71	Actor
13 July	Gilly Coman	54	Actress
6 August	url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/sep/01/john-louis-mansi-obituary	location=London	work=The Guardian	title=John Louis Mansi obituary	first=Gavin	last=Gaughan	date=1 September 2010}}	83	Actor (Heer von Smallhausen in 'Allo 'Allo!)
4 October	Norman Wisdom	95	Actor and comedian
11 October	Claire Rayner	79	Broadcaster and writer
14 October	Simon MacCorkindale	58	Actor, director and producer
26 November	Gavin Blyth	41	Emmerdale producer, Coronation Street story maker
20 December	Brian Hanrahan	61	Television journalist

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Programme	Date
Question of Sport	1970–present
Emmerdale	1972–present
Mastermind
Newsround
Last of the Summer Wine	1973–2010
Arena	1975–present
One Man and His Dog	1976–present
The Krypton Factor	1977–1995, 2009–2010
Top Gear	1977–present
Ski Sunday	1978–present
Antiques Roadshow	1979–present
Question Time

Programme	Date
Have I Got News for You	1990–present
Heartbeat	1992–2010
A Touch of Frost
Shooting Stars	1993–2002, 2009–2011
Time Team	1994–2013
The National Lottery Draws	1994–2017
Top of the Pops 2	1994–2017
Hollyoaks	1995–present
Never Mind the Buzzcocks	1996–2015
Silent Witness	1996–present
Midsomer Murders	1997–present
Y Clwb Rygbi, Wales
South Park
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	1998–2014
Bob the Builder	1998–present
British Soap Awards	1999–2019, 2022–present
Family Guy	1999–2002, 2005–present
Futurama	1999–2003, 2008–2013
Bremner, Bird and Fortune	1999–2010
SpongeBob SquarePants	1999–present
Holby City	1999–2022

Programme	Date
The Weakest Link	2000–2012, 2017–present
Big Brother	2000–present
Real Crime	2001–2011
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!	2002–present
Harry Hill's TV Burp	2002–2012
Spooks	2002–2011
Daily Politics	2003–2018
New Tricks	2003–2015
QI	2003–present
Peep Show	2003–2015
Politics Show	2003–2011
The Royal
This Week	2003–2019
Doc Martin	2004–2022
Shameless	2004–2013
Strictly Come Dancing	2004–present
The X Factor	2004–2018
Coach Trip	2005–2006, 2009–2012, 2013–present
Come Dine with Me	2005–present
[8 Out of 10 Cats](8-out-of-10-cats)
It's Me or the Dog	2005–2012
Deal or No Deal	2005–2016
The Andrew Marr Show	2005–2021
Mock the Week	2005–2022
Dancing on Ice	2006–present
That Mitchell and Webb Look	2006–2010
Torchwood	2006–2011
Waterloo Road	2006–2015
Britain's Got Talent	2007–present
Gavin & Stacey	2007–2010, 2019
M.I.High	2007–2014
Outnumbered
Trapped	2007–present
The Sarah Jane Adventures	2007–2011
Skins	2007–2013
The Tudors	2007–2010
Would I Lie To You?	2007–present
Argumental	2008–2012
Ashes to Ashes	2008–2010
Mistresses
Only Connect	2008–present
The Inbetweeners	2008–2010
Merlin	2008–2012
Survivors	2008–2010
Wallander	2008–2016
Bang Goes the Theory	2009–2014
The Chase	2009–present
The Cube	2009–2015
The Impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson	2009–2011
Miranda	2009–2015
Missing	2009–2010
PhoneShop	2009–2013
Pointless	2009–present
Psychoville	2009–2011
Russell Howard's Good News	2009–2015
School of Comedy	2009–2010
Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps	2009–2010
Rip Off Britain	2009–present