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21 May – Serena Martin wins the 1997 series of Junior MasterChef on BBC1. 23 May – The long-running Channel 4 game show Countdown celebrates its 2000th edition with a special retrospective programme. [48] 24–26 May – Channel 4 dedicates the Spring Bank Holiday weekend to sitcoms.
1 July – The UK transfers sovereignty over Hong Kong, the largest remaining British colony, to the People's Republic of China as the 99 years lease on the territory formally ends. This event is widely considered by historians and commentators to mark the end of the British Empire , the largest imperial endeavour in the history of mankind .
10 September – MUTV launches. [180] 1 October – Sky Digital launches and this is marked by the launch of the UK's first rolling sports news channel Sky Sports News with football news a mainstay of the new service. 7 December – ITV launches ITV2 and part of its schedule is devoted to additional football coverage.
The Wild House. Wing and a Prayer (TV series) Wokenwell. The Woman in White (1997 TV series) The Wombles (1996 TV series) Wyrd Sisters (TV series) Categories: 1997 in British television. British television series debuts by year.
26 March – Debut of As the Crow Flies, a seven-part BBC Two series in which Janet Street-Porter sets out to walk the 350 miles between the Edinburgh and Greenwich observatories. [90] 28 March – Lloyd Burgess wins the 1999 series of MasterChef. 29 March. Pokémon makes its British television debut on Sky One.
10 June – The BBC switches on its digital signal, doing so to coincide with the start of the 1998 FIFA World Cup. The technology will be showcased at a number of public venues over the Summer before the launch of the BBC's first digital television channel, BBC Choice, in the Autumn.
British television seasons that have aired at least one episode in the year 1997 ... Pages in category "1997 British television seasons" ... (1992 British TV series ...
9 May – The BBC announces the launch of a new rolling news channel for the UK as part of its plans for digital television. 1997. 9 November – BBC News 24 launches at 5:30pm. The channel is only available on cable although all viewers are able to sample the channel overnight as BBC News 24 is simulcast during the downtime hours of BBC One. 1998