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This is a list of British television related events from 1964. ==Events== *1 January – The first ''Top of the Pops'' airs on BBC TV. *9 February – Launch of BBC Wales TV. *6 April – Associated-Rediffusion changes its name to Rediffusion, London. *20 April – BBC Two starts broadcasting, the existing BBC TV channel is renamed BBC1. A power failure prevents the planned opening night's schedule from happening and all that can be screened is announcer Gerald Priestland delivering apologies from Alexandra Palace, 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. *July – Associated Television's series ''Emergency – Ward 10'' shows the first kiss on television between black and white actors, Joan Hooley playing surgeon Louise Mahler and John White playing Dr. Giles Farmer. *22 August – The first ''Match of the Day'' airs on BBC2 and the following episodes moved to BBC1. *28 September – In the Midlands, BBC One airs the first edition of its local news programme, ''Midlands Today''. *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'' (US: ''Secret Agent'') returns to ITV after being cancelled in 1961. *28 October – ''The Wednesday Play'' premieres on BBC1. *2 November – ''Crossroads'' premieres on ITV. *15 December – Peter Watkins' docudrama ''Culloden'' is shown on BBC1. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1964 in British television」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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