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This is a list of British television related events from 1988. ==Events== *4 January – BBC1 moves the repeat episode of ''Neighbours'' to a 5:35pm evening slot, the decision to do this having been made by controller Michael Grade on the advice of his daughter. *6 January – All ITV regions network ''Emmerdale Farm'' in the Wednesday and Thursday 6.30pm slot. *11 January – The first episode of the game show ''Fifteen to One'' airs on Channel 4. The show's first winner is Gareth McMullan, a teacher from Northern Ireland. *25–29 January – TV-am airs a week of live broadcasts from Sydney to celebrate Australia's bicentenary. *5 February – Comic Relief airs its Red Nose Day fundraiser on BBC1. *13–28 February – The 1988 Winter Olympics are held in Calgary, Alberta and broadcast to television audiences around the world. *15 February – Red Dwarf makes its debut on BBC2 *20 February – ''London's Burning'' makes its debut as a regular series on ITV, having been developed from Jack Rosenthal's original 1986 film. *19 March – Two off-duty British soldiers are killed after stumbling into an IRA funeral procession in Belfast. Footage of the incident is captured by journalists and widely broadcast. *22 March – Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher tells the House of Commons that journalists have a "bounden duty" to assist the police investigation into the corporals killings by handing over their footage. Many have refused to do so fearing it could place them in danger. *23 March – Film of the corporals killings is seized from the BBC and ITN under the Prevention of Terrorism and Emergency Provisions Acts.〔 *4 April – The original series of ''Crossroads'' airs for the last time on ITV. It returns in 2001 before being axed again in 2003. *6 April – ITV's chart show ''The Roxy'' airs for the last time. *15 April – The Pogues perform their controversial hit ''Streets of Sorrow/Birmingham Six'' – a song expressing support for those convicted over the Guildford and Birmingham pub bombings – on the Ben Elton Channel 4 show ''Friday Night Live''. The song is cut short, however, by a commercial break. *28 April – ITV broadcasts ''Death on the Rock'', a hugely controversial episode of Thames Television's ''This Week'' current affairs strand, investigating Operation Flavius, which resulted in the SAS killing three members of the IRA in Gibraltar on 6 March. *16 May – The youth strand DEF II is launched on BBC2. *30 May – Debut of Charles Wood's screenplay ''Tumbledown'' about the experiences of Scots Guard Robert Lawrence, who was left paralysed after being shot in the head by a sniper at the Battle of Mount Tumbledown during the Falklands War. *8 June – * *Television presenter Russell Harty dies aged 53. * *Media mogul Rupert Murdoch announces to the British Academy of Film and Television Arts his intention to launch a new news service. ''Sky News'' is launched at 6.00pm on 5 February 1989. *11 June – The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute concert is staged at Wembley Stadium, London, and broadcast to 67 countries and an audience of 600 million. In the UK it was broadcast on BBC 2. *23 June – Three gay rights activists invade the BBC studios during a six o'clock bulletin of the BBC News. *19 July – ''The Bill'' broadcasts the first episode of its fourth season and switches to a year-round serial format. *3 August – ''Brookside'' is moved from Tuesdays to Wednesdays which means the soap can now be seen on Mondays and Wednesdays. *31 August – ITV airs a version of ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'' starring Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke. *8 September – Channel 4 drops plans to invite Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams to appear on an edition of its late night discussion programme ''After Dark'' following objections from other contributors. *17 September–2 October – The 1988 Summer Olympics are held in Seoul, South Korea and broadcast to television audiences around the world. *30 September – Television presenters Mike Smith and Sarah Greene are seriously injured in a helicopter crash in Gloucestershire. *3 October – The magazine programme ''This Morning'' makes its debut. It is presented by Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan until 2001. *19 October – Home Secretary Douglas Hurd issues a notice under clause 13(4) of the BBC Licence and Agreement to the BBC and under section 29(3) of the Broadcasting Act 1981 to the Independent Broadcasting Authority prohibiting the broadcast of direct statements by representatives or supporters of 11 Irish political and military organisations. The ban lasts until 1994, and denies the UK news media the right to broadcast the voices, though not the words, of all Irish republican and Loyalist paramilitaries. The restrictions – targeted primarily at Sinn Féin – means that actors are used to speak the words of any representative interviewed for radio and television. *25 October – As the 25th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy approaches ITV airs the two part documentary ''The Men Who Killed Kennedy'', a film which explores discrepancies and inconsistencies in the US Government's official version of events. *2 November – * *In the House of Commons, an amendment introduced by the opposition Labour Party condemning the government's decision over the broadcasting ban as "incompatible with a free society" is rejected, despite some Conservative MPs voting with Labour. * *''Evacuation'', an episode of ITV's ''The Bill'' features one of the series early prominent events - an explosion at Sun Hill police station. *8 November – BBC1 airs Episode 523 of ''Neighbours'' featuring the wedding of Scott Robinson and Charlene Mitchell, which is watched by 20 million viewers. *13 November–18 December – The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, one of C.S. Lewis's ''Chronicles of Narnia'', is aired as a six-part TV serial by the BBC, featuring actors including Ronald Pickup, Barbara Kellerman and Michael Aldridge. *23 November – The BBC science fiction series ''Doctor Who'' celebrates its 25th anniversary and begins the three part serial ''Silver Nemesis''. *24 November – Frank Ruse, a left-wing Labour councillor for Liverpool City Council accompanies Liverpool's Pagoda Chinese Youth Orchestra to London for an appearance on ''Blue Peter''. He is given a Blue Peter badge, but later receives a BBC headed letter requesting its return. The letter (later discovered to be a forgery) claims the programme had been approached by the office of Labour leader Neil Kinnock expressing concern that a councillor with hard-left views had been given a ''Blue Peter'' badge. Upon receiving the returned badge, the BBC writes back to Ruse stating that it had not sent the letter. The incident prompts Ruse to start an enquiry to find out who sent the hoax letter. *26 November – Tugs a children's model animated series made by Clearwater Features (the company behind the first two seasons of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends) debuts on ITV. *1 December – ITV's ORACLE Teletext service launches ''Park Avenue'', a teletext based soap opera. It is written by Robert Burns and runs until ORACLE loses its franchise at the end of 1992. *3 December – Comedian Steve Tandy wins ''New Faces of '88''. *11 December – Launch date of the Astra Satellite. The satellite will provide television coverage to Western Europe and is revolutionary as one of the first medium-powered satellites, allowing reception with smaller dishes than has previously been possible. *13 December – Central airs the final episode of ''Sons and Daughters'' making it the first ITV region to complete the series. *22 December – * *Singer Neneh Cherry performs her single "Buffalo Stance" on ''Top of the Pops'' while seven months pregnant, something that goes on to cause a furore in the media.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Top of the Pops: Episode dated 22 December 1988 )〕 * *BBC1 airs ''Civvy Street'', a spin-off episode of ''EastEnders'' set during World War II. *25 December – The final edition of ''It's a Knockout'' to air on BBC1 is another celebrity special, ''It's a Charity Knockout From Walt Disney World'', featuring teams of celebrities from the United Kingdom, United States and Australia. The series returns to S4C in 1991. *26–30 December – As part of a Christmas special, Channel 4 soap ''Brookside'' airs five episodes over five consecutive days. *Unknown – Ulster Television in Northern Ireland is the last in the ITV network to begin 24-hour transmission. 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「1988 in British television」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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