Events
- 7 January – The Avengers premieres on ITV.
- 3 February – The final live episode of Coronation Street is aired. From now on all episodes are prerecorded. The next live transmission will not occur until 8 December 2000.
- 6 March – Coronation Street begins airing on Monday and Wednesday evenings at 19:30. Previously, it had been transmitted on Wednesday and Friday evenings at 19:00. (see scheduling of Coronation Street)
- 29 April – Westward Television, the first ITV franchise for South West England, goes on air.
- 1 September – Border Television, the ITV franchise for the English-Scottish Border and Isle of Man, goes on air.
- 30 September – Grampian Television, the ITV franchise for North East Scotland, goes on air.
- 1 October – Songs of Praise debuts on BBC TV.
- 2 October – Points of View, the long running BBC television programme featuring the letters of viewers offering praise, criticism and purportedly witty observations on the television of recent weeks, begins airing. It contues to the present day.
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