Events
- 1 January – The first Top of the Pops airs on BBC TV.
- 9 February – Launch of the BBC Wales TV.
- 6 April – Associated-Rediffusion changes its name to Rediffusion, London.
- 20 April – BBC Two starts broadcasting in the UK; the existing BBC TV channel is renamed as BBC One. A power failure prevents the planned opening night's schedule from happening, meaning the first programme shown is Play School the following morning.
- 30 April – Television sets manufactured as of this date are required to receive UHF channels.
- 5 May – The documentary film Seven Up! is broadcast on ITV, showing the lives of fourteen school children. Subsequent films in the series have seen them interviewed every seven years since.
- 30 May – The 26 part documentary series The Great War covering events in World War I begins airing on the BBC.
- 22 August – The first Match of the Day airs on BBC Two.
- 10 October – The 1964 Summer Olympics opening ceremony at Tokyo, Japan, with first time of live Olympic telecast program by geostationary communication satellite.
- 13 October – Danger Man returns to ITV after being cancelled in 1961.
- 28 October – The Wednesday Play premieres on BBC1.
- 2 November – Crossroads premieres on ITV
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