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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. [47] 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.
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.
1935 in British television – Baird stops broadcasting in September. 1936 in British television – Electronically scanned television begins from Alexandra Palace. 1937 in British television – First outside broadcast at the Coronation of King George VI. 1938 in British television – First news bulletin carried by BBC television, in sound only.
BBC/ITV/S4C/Sky News/Talk TV/GB News Notes : At least two Muhammad Ali boxing matches were reported to have been watched by at least 26 million viewers in the United Kingdom: the Fight of the Century (Ali vs. Frazier) was reported to have been watched by 27.5 million British viewers in 1971, [9] and The Rumble in the Jungle (Ali vs. Foreman ...
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 ...
The Tony Ferrino Phenomenon. Categories: 1997 in television by country. Television in the United Kingdom by year. 1997 in the United Kingdom. 1990s in British television. Hidden categories: Category series navigation year and decade. CatAutoTOC generates no TOC.
17 January – At 6:30am, Britain's first-ever breakfast television show, Breakfast Time, launches on BBC1. 1 February – TV-am launches on ITV, with Daybreak and Good Morning Britain. 14 February – Following the launch of Breakfast Time, the Open University (OU) programmes previously shown on BBC1 on weekday mornings move to BBC2, resulting ...