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This is a list of British television related events from 1995. ==Events== *16 January – BBC World Service Television was renamed as "BBC World" at 19:00 GMT as the international free-to-air news channel. It was officially launched on Thursday, 26 January 1995 at 19:00 GMT. *26 January – Launch of BBC World and BBC Prime, successors to World Service Television. *30 January – On Channel 4, the most watched episode of Brookside was broadcast where the body of Trevor Jordache was found under the patio. *3 February – An edition of the live morning ITV discussion programme ''The Time, The Place'' is abruptly ended ten minutes early. After an item about men's fashion featured a black male model wearing a skirt, another black man in the audience starts complaining that the show is racist, eventually making his way onto the stage. *15 February – As part of the ''Modern Times'' series BBC2 airs ''Death on Request'', a Dutch documentary showing a doctor giving a terminally-ill patient a lethal injection of drugs. The programme is criticised by groups opposed to euthanasia. *19 February – 10th anniversary of the launch of ''EastEnders''. As part of the celebrations, episodes from 1985 are repeated each morning at 10am from February to May, starting from episode one. Selected episodes from 1985 and 1986 are also repeated on BBC1 on Friday evenings at 20:30 for a short while. *3 April – A Scottish Court imposes a ban on BBC Scotland airing an edition of ''Panorama'' that includes an interview with Prime Minister John Major amid concerns it could have an impact on local elections to be held on 6 April. However, the edition is broadcast in England and Wales. *10 April – Conservative MP Jonathan Aitken calls a televised press conference three hours before the transmission of a ''World in Action'' film, ''Jonathan of Arabia'', demanding that allegations about his dealings with leading Saudis be withdrawn. He promises to wield "the simple sword of truth and the trusty shield of British fair play ... to cut out the cancer of bent and twisted journalism." After launching a subsequent libel case against the makers of the film Aitken is sentenced to 18 months in prison for perjuring himself. *1 May – ITV airs what is billed as a one off episode of ''Boon''. The episode, ''Thieves Like Us'' was originally due for transmission at the end of series 7 in 1992/93. No reason for this delay has ever been given as the record wait was 2 or 3 years long. *2 May – Debut of ''News '45'', a news bulletin-style programme presented by Sue Lawley to mark the 50th anniversary of VE Day. *8 May – The 50th anniversary of VE Day is widely marked in television programmes. *9 May – The US/Canadian police comedy drama ''Due South'' makes its British television debut on BBC1. *25 May–24 June – ITV provides coverage of the 1995 Rugby World Cup from South Africa, the first Rugby World Cup to be held entirely in one country. *31 May – Debut of the new BBC twice-weekly soap ''Castles'', centring around the lives of the middle-class Castle family. The series attracts a relatively poor peak time audience of 3.2 million, leading the corporation's head of Drama, Charles Denton to brand it a failure. It is cancelled after 26 episodes. *12 June – Mirror Group Newspapers launches the cable channel L!VE TV. *29 June – Debut of ''Gaytime TV'' on BBC 2, the BBC's first gay magazine programme. *8 July – Lee Griffiths wins the sixth series of ''Stars in Their Eyes'', performing as Bobby Darin. *9 July – Marion Macfarlane wins the 1995 series of ''MasterChef''. *2 August – Channel 4 begins a season of documentaries and features for gay and lesbian viewers.〔 *15 August – * *Launch of L!VE TV, a cable channel owned by MGN. The channel's programming quickly earns it a reputation as tabloid television. It is perhaps best remembered for its mascot News Bunny who, among other things, stood for Parliament at the 1996 South Staffordshire by-election and polled 85 votes. * *Sue Lawley presents ''News '45: VJ Day'' to mark the 50th anniversary of VJ Day and the conclusion of World War II. *27 August – Speaking at the Edinburgh Television Festival, Michael Mansfield, QC, one of Britain's leading barristers calls for television cameras to be admitted into English courts to help demystify the legal process and restore public confidence in it. *30 August – The first National Television Awards are held at the Wembley Conference Centre and presented by Eammon Holmes. *2 September – Channel 4 debuts ''Dyke TV'', the first television series aimed at lesbians.〔 *24 September – ''Pride and Prejudice'' (UK), the BBC's massively popular adaptation of Jane Austen's novel, debuts on BBC One. The six-part serial finishes on 29 October. *1 October – Six years after it was originally planned, a British version of the Disney Channel launches in the UK and The God Channel, then known as Christian Channel Europe, also launches. *9 October – Launch of BBC Learning Zone, an education service shown overnight on BBC Two. *16 October – After 25 years as ''Coronation Street'' landlady Bet Lynch, Julie Goodyear makes her final regular appearance in the soap. She briefly returned to the show in 2002 and 2003, and starred in a spin-off series, ''Coronation Street: After Hours'' in 1999. At the time of her departure, Goodyear had recently received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the inaugural National Television Awards. *22 October – Jenna Tinson wins the 1995 series of ''Junior MasterChef''. *23 October - Channel 4 broadcasts the first ever episode of ''Hollyoaks''. *1 November – Seven more satellite and cable channels launch in the United Kingdom: Euro Business News, Playboy TV, The Paramount Channel, The History Channel, Sky Sports Gold, and the Sci-Fi Channel. *20 November * *Zee TV (Hindi television channel) launches in the UK. * *During an hour-long interview with Martin Bashir for the BBC's ''Panorama'' programme, The Princess of Wales speaks openly for the first time about her separation from The Prince of Wales, and admits to an adulterous affair with her riding instructor, James Hewitt. An estimated 22.78 million watch the broadcast,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.barb.co.uk/facts/since1981?year=1995&view=top10 )〕 the all-time record for a British current affairs programme. *Unknown – BBC Enterprises, the BBC's commercial arm, is restructured as BBC Worldwide Ltd. 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「1995 in British television」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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