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This is a list of British television related events from 1981. ==Events== *5 January – ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'', the television version of Douglas Adams' radio comedy of the same name debuts on BBC2. *21 March – After an unprecedented seven years starring in ''Doctor Who'', Tom Baker makes his final appearance as the Fourth Doctor in Part 4 of ''Logopolis''. Peter Davison makes his first appearance as the Fifth Doctor at the conclusion of that story. *4 April – Bucks Fizz was the winner of Eurovision Song Contest with the song, ''Making Your Mind Up''. *27 July – In a specially timed event by the show's writers, Ken Barlow marries Deirdre Langton on ''Coronation Street'', just two days before the real-life wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer. The wedding of Ken and Deirdre is watched by over 24 million viewers in Britain. *29 July – The marriage of Charles, Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer takes place at St Paul's Cathedral. More than 30,000,000 viewers watch the wedding on television – the second highest television audience of all time in Britain. *8 September – BBC1 airs the first episode of the comedy series ''Only Fools and Horses'' starring David Jason. *16 September – BBC1 sees the first appearance of children's Royal Mail and Post Office Ltd programme ''Postman Pat'' first voiced by Ken Barrie in the early years with BBC1 showing repeats half a decade or so later. *28 September – Thames Television airs the first episode of Cosgrove Hall Films' children's animated series ''Danger Mouse'' with the lead character voiced by David Jason. *12 October – ''Brideshead Revisited'', a television adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's novel of the same name begins on ITV. *31 December – The final day on air for the ITV regional stations ATV, Southern, and Westward. *BBC1 and The Open University aired computer generated clocks. 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「1981 in British television」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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