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This is a list of British television related events from 1995.

Events

=January=

  • 2 January – The network television premiere on BBC2 of The Doors, Oliver Stone's critically acclaimed biopic of Jim Morrison, starring Val Kilmer.{{cite news|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1995-01-02 |title=BBC Two England – 2 January 1995 |work=BBC Genome |publisher=BBC |access-date=18 January 2016}}
  • 3 January – The legal drama Kavanagh QC makes its debut on ITV, starring John Thaw.
  • 4 January – The network television premiere on ITV of Chris Walas's 1989 horror sequel The Fly II, starring Eric Stoltz, Daphne Zuniga, Lee Richardson and John Getz with a special appearance from Jeff Goldblum.
  • 5 January – Jack Dee guest presents an edition of Top of the Pops.{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/deab6bd111f5431581521d6b1bf1c7c0 |title=Top of the Pops – BBC One – 5 January 1995 |publisher=BBC |work=BBC Genome |date=5 January 1995 |accessdate=25 June 2023}}
  • 9 January – Sky One begins 24-hour broadcasting, filling the overnight hours with music videos under the name Hit Mix Long Play.
  • 16 January – BBC World Service Television officially closes, ahead of the launch of two separate channels – BBC World and BBC Prime.
  • 24 January – Martine McCutcheon makes her EastEnders debut as Tiffany Raymond, later Mitchell.
  • 26 January – At 7:00pm London Time, BBC World Service Television is launched, offering two services:
  • BBC World (since renamed BBC News): A 24-hour English free-to-air terrestrial international news channel: news bulletins, information, business and financial news magazines and current affairs programmes .
  • BBC Prime (since replaced by BBC Entertainment): A 24-hour English cable lifestyle, variety and entertainment channel: variety, culture, leisure, lifestyle, art and light entertainment programmes.{{cite web|title=BBC World 1995|url=http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/news/bbcworld/1995.html|publisher=TVARK|access-date=18 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318042746/http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/news/bbcworld/1995.html|archive-date=18 March 2012|url-status=dead}} Contains video of pre-launch caption, and of the simultaneous launch of BBC World and BBC Prime.
  • 27 January – Debut of the medical drama Dangerfield on BBC1, starring Nigel Le Vaillant.
  • 29 January – The start of BBC2's weekly roundup of proceedings in the O. J. Simpson murder trial with The Trial of O. J. Simpson.{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/4e5b485df0134e2e8b2290e6c68ed86f |title=The Trial of OJ Simpson – BBC Two England – 29 January 1995 |work=BBC Genome |date=29 January 1995 |publisher=BBC |access-date=26 October 2016}}
  • 30 January
  • BBC Prime is launched at 7:00pm London Time.
  • The most watched episode of Brookside is broadcast on Channel 4, in which the body of Trevor Jordache is found under the patio.

=February=

  • 1 February – The US medical drama series ER makes its British debut on Channel 4.
  • 2 February – Kylie Minogue guest presents an edition of Top of the Pops.{{Cite web|url=https://totparchive.co.uk/episode?id=1613|title=Top of the Pops Archive – 02/02/1995|accessdate=25 June 2023}}
  • 3 February – An edition of the live morning ITV discussion show The Time, The Place abruptly ends ten minutes early after an item about men's fashion features a black male model wearing a skirt while another black man in the audience starts complaining that the show is racist, eventually making his way onto the stage.{{cite news|title=TV bosses investigate talk show sabotage|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-post-tv-bosses-investigate-talk/153615245/|work=Nottingham Evening Post|page=2|date=4 February 1995|access-date=19 August 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|title=Hecklers force TV show off air|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/western-daily-press-hecklers-force-tv-sh/153615845/|work=Western Daily Press|page=5|date=4 February 1995|access-date=19 August 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
  • 5 February – The network television premiere on ITV of Chris Columbus's 1990 holiday comedy Home Alone, starring Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard and Catherine O'Hara.
  • 9 February – Gary Olsen guest presents an edition of Top of the Pops.{{Cite web|url=https://totparchive.co.uk/episode?id=1614|title=Top of the Pops Archive – 09/02/1995|accessdate=25 June 2023}}
  • 10 February – After a pilot episode broadcast in December 1993, the first full series of The Mrs Merton Show starts on BBC2, presented by Caroline Aherne as the titular character.{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/a24ecac2553c4da4b46edc2689f311f2 |title=The Mrs Merton Show – BBC Two – 10 February 1995 |publisher=BBC |work=BBC Genome |date=10 February 1995 |accessdate=29 October 2023}}
  • 13 February – The network television premiere on ITV of Deceived, starring Goldie Hawn and John Heard.
  • 14 February – Sky One hosts Sky's first telethon, to raise money for the Variety Club.
  • 16 February – Cable channel Wire TV is sold to Mirror Television, owned by the parent company of the Daily Mirror newspaper.{{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19950216/ai_n13966309|title=Mirror Group buys cable TV channel|newspaper=The Independent|location=London|date=16 February 1995}} It plans to launch Sportswire as a full-time channel and replace Wire TV with a new channel called L!VE TV.
  • 19 February – The 10th anniversary of the launch of the soap EastEnders on BBC1. As part of the celebrations, the first 25 episodes from 1985 are repeated each day at 10am during February and March, starting from episode one on Monday 20 February{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/17c28240a2844e98851a8b1a0a9a07ad |title=EastEnders – the Early Days – BBC One London – 20 February 1995 – BBC Genome |date=20 February 1995 |publisher=Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk |access-date=2018-01-13}} and ending on Friday 26 May.{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1995-05-26 |title=The Morning on BBC1 – BBC One London – 26 May 1995 – BBC Genome |publisher=Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk |access-date=2018-12-03}} while selected episodes from 1985 and 1986 are also repeated on BBC1 on Fridays at 8:30pm for a short while. Billed as The Unforgettable EastEnders the episodes aired are as follows:
  • 17 February: The identity of the father of Michelle Fowler's baby is revealed in October 1985.{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/07705a8fb3cf439a9c9bc9c0c7d1daf7 |title=The Unforgettable EastEnders – BBC One London – 17 February 1995 – BBC Genome |date=17 February 1995 |publisher=Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk |access-date=2018-01-13}}
  • 24 February: Michelle and Lofty's wedding day in September 1986.{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/eae91bfeda1b49d584aff81bef3f39a8 |title=The Unforgettable EastEnders – BBC One London – 24 February 1995 – BBC Genome |date=24 February 1995 |publisher=Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk |access-date=2018-01-13}}
  • 3 March: Den Watts hands Angie divorce papers on Christmas Day 1986, an episode originally watched by more than 30 million viewers.{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/38172b224e5b484e81505f707532d3ec |title=The Unforgettable EastEnders – BBC One London – 3 March 1995 – BBC Genome |date=3 March 1995 |publisher=Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk |access-date=2018-01-13}}
  • 10 March: Two-hander episode featuring Dot and Ethel from July 1987.{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/adbfa0b7930a402fad8a98fb736f13f7 |title=The Unforgettable EastEnders – BBC One London – 10 March 1995 – BBC Genome |date=10 March 1995 |publisher=Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk |access-date=2018-01-13}}
  • 23 February – Peter Cunnah of D:Ream guest presents an edition of Top of the Pops.{{Cite web|url=https://totparchive.co.uk/episode?id=1616|title=Top of the Pops Archive – 23/02/1995|accessdate=25 June 2023}}
  • 25 February
  • BBC2 airs a documentary about the Rev. W. Awdry called The Thomas the Tank Engine Man as part of their Bookmark series. It is narrated by Hilary Fortnam, Awdry's daughter, and includes a look at the Thomas merchandise, the success of Thomas, images from the original Railway Series books with stock narration by John Gielgud, interviews with several people such as Mr Awdry himself, fans of Thomas, Awdry's son Christopher, children's author and poet Michael Rosen, various people who worked on the books and toys, Brian Sibley who also wrote the Reverend's autobiography, the people behind the television broadcasts and rights of Thomas in Japan and the producers of the television series Britt Allcroft and David Mitton, plus a special behind the scenes peek of the 100th episode Thomas and the Special Letter and Mr Awdry criticising the third series episode Henry's Forest.
  • The final episode of the light entertainment series Don't Forget Your Toothbrush is broadcast on Channel 4.
  • 27–28 February – Sky One airs Episode 404 of E Street, the final episode of the Australian soap, splitting the hour-long edition into two half-hour episodes.

=March=

  • 1 March – TV Asia is renamed Zee TV following the sale of the business to Zee's owner Subash Chandra.{{Cite web |last=Roy |first=Bidisha |date=2017-01-06 |title=Mr. HR Shah: The Doyen of Indian American Community |url=https://www.theindianpanorama.news/unitedstates/mr-hr-shah-doyen-indian-american-community/ |access-date=2023-06-25 |website=The Indian Panorama |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Jessica |date=2017-01-26 |title=H. R. SHAH CONFERRED PADMA SHRI |url=https://www.avstv.com/h-r-shah-conferred-padma-shri/ |access-date=2023-06-25 |website=AVS TV Network – bollywood and Hollywood latest News, Movies, Songs, Videos & Photos – All Rights Reserved}}
  • 2 March – Keith Allen guest presents an edition of Top of the Pops.{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/p0gds17b |title=Top of the Pops – BBC One – 2 March 1995 |publisher=BBC |work=BBC Genome |date=2 March 1995 |accessdate=29 October 2023}}
  • 4 March – Channel 4 airs "Pot Night", eight hours of programming dedicated to cannabis.{{cite web|url=http://indexd100.html/?page_id=1139|title=1995 : Off The Telly|access-date=23 January 2019}}{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • 11 March – Channel 4:
  • Begins airing a rerun of the Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais' comedy-drama Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, which made its debut on ITV on 11 November 1983.
  • Debuts "Red Light Zone", a season of "late-night programming focusing on sex, the sex industries and sexual tourism". The strand runs weekly for eight weeks.{{cite news|first=Jasper |last=Rees |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/red-hot-and-british-1610975.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/red-hot-and-british-1610975.html |archive-date=2022-05-01 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Red hot and British |publisher=Independent Print Limited |newspaper=The Independent |date=11 March 1995 |access-date=21 November 2018}}{{cbignore}}
  • 12 March – Debut of Kay Mellor's crime drama series Band of Gold on ITV, starring Geraldine James, Cathy Tyson, Barbara Dickson and Samantha Morton, which focuses on a group of prostitutes who live and work in Bradford's red-light district.
  • 15 March – 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.{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/13f64b7353fd43b4be868d8da9b81d13 |title=Modern Times: Death on Request – BBC Two – 15 March 1995 |publisher=BBC |work=BBC Genome |date=15 March 1995 |accessdate=29 October 2023}} The programme is criticized by groups opposed to euthanasia.
  • 16 March – Lenny Henry guest presents an edition of Top of the Pops.{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/p0gg3d47 |title=Top of the Pops – BBC One – 16 March 1995 |publisher=BBC Genome |work=BBC |date=16 March 1995 |accessdate=29 October 2023}}
  • 17 March – The Night of Comic Relief, the 1995 Comic Relief telethon is broadcast on BBC1.{{cite news|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/9bc774eddb80411e97b7e236ce2be4b5 |title=The Night of Comic Relief – BBC One London – 17 March 1995 |work=BBC Genome |publisher=BBC |access-date=12 November 2016}}
  • 24 March
  • Following the recent death of James Herriot (Alf Wight), BBC1 airs A Tribute to James Herriot in which Robert Hardy introduces a 1980 episode of the series All Creatures Great and Small, which was based on Herriot's memoirs as a Yorkshire vet.{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/8e3e517607904c6e8e780ca5ca73ebe1 |title=A Tribute to James Herriot – BBC One London – 24 March 1995 – BBC Genome |date=24 March 1995 |publisher=Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk |access-date=2018-01-13}}
  • The final episode of The Word is broadcast on Channel 4 after five years on the air.
  • 29 March – Trinity College, Cambridge wins the 1994–95 series of University Challenge on BBC2, beating New College, Oxford 390–180.{{cite web |url=http://www.itnsource.com/en/shotlist/ITVProgs/1995/03/22/120860027/ |title=UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE (FINAL – TRINITY CAMBRIDGE V. NEW COLLEGE OXFORD) |publisher=ITN Source |access-date=11 September 2014}}
  • 30 March
  • P.J. and Duncan guest present an edition of Top of the Pops.{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/p0ghff8m |title=Top of the Pops – BBC One – 30 March 1995 |publisher=BBC |work=BBC Genome |date=30 March 1995 |accessdate=29 October 2023}}
  • The third series of the hugely popular sitcom Absolutely Fabulous begins on BBC1.{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/p00db2v6 |title=Absolutely Fabulous – BBC One – 30 March 1995 |publisher=BBC |work=BBC Genome |date=30 March 1995 |accessdate=29 October 2023}}

=April=

  • 1 April
  • Confessions makes its debut on BBC1. The programme is developed from Simon Mayo's Confessions feature on his BBC Radio 1 programme.{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/43eb34529dfb4905a0dccdfec9d8fc54 |title=Confessions – BBC One – 1 April 1995 |publisher=BBC |work=BBC Genome |date=April 1995 |accessdate=3 December 2023}}
  • The action/science-fiction series Bugs makes its debut on BBC1.{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/p00yp99h |title=Bugs – BBC One – 1 April 1995 |publisher=BBC |work=BBC Genome |date=April 1995 |accessdate=29 October 2023}}
  • The US medical drama series Chicago Hope makes its UK debut on BBC1.{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/84aceb4fe7354caaa601c8b22a7efd95 |title=Chicago Hope – BBC One – 1 April 1995 |publisher=BBC |work=BBC Genome |date=April 1995 |accessdate=29 October 2023}}
  • 3 April – A Scottish court imposes a prohibition on BBC Scotland airing an edition of Panorama that includes an interview with Prime Minister John Major amid concerns it could affect local elections to be held on 6 April. However, the edition is broadcast in England and Wales.
  • 8 April–20 May – ITV shows the LWT-made cue sports tournament Tenball, a variant of snooker with elements of pool. It is won by Jimmy White, but neither show nor sport are revived after this single season.{{Cite web|title=Tenball|website=UKGameshows|accessdate=2018-05-21|url=http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Tenball|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702044844/http://ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Tenball|archivedate=2017-07-02}}
  • 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 to be withdrawn.{{cite news|url=http://century.guardian.co.uk/1990-1999/Story/0,,112789,00.html|title=Aitken sues over Saudi claims|work=The Guardian|location=London|date=11 April 1995|access-date=29 March 2013}} 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."{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199798/cmhansrd/vo971217/debtext/71217-03.htm|title=House of Commons Hansard Debates for 17 Dec 1997|publisher=House of Commons|date=17 December 1997|access-date=29 March 2013}} After launching a subsequent libel case against the makers of the film, Aitken is sentenced to 18 months in prison for perjuring himself.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/aitken|title=Special reports: the Aitken case|work=The Guardian|access-date=29 March 2013}}
  • 13 April – Phill Jupitus guest presents an edition of Top of the Pops.{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/p0gjl3sc |title=Top of the Pops – BBC One – 13 April 1995 |publisher=BBC |work=BBC Genome |date=13 April 1995 |accessdate=3 December 2023}}
  • 17 April – ITV airs an adaptation of the Joanna Trollope novel A Village Affair.{{cite news|author=The Weasel |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/up-down-canary-wharf-5426766.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/up-down-canary-wharf-5426766.html |archive-date=2022-05-01 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Up & Down Canary Wharf |work=The Independent |access-date=2018-01-13}}{{cbignore}}
  • 21 April – Channel 4 airs the first episode of the Irish sitcom Father Ted starring Dermot Morgan and Ardal O'Hanlon.
  • 22 April – Fully Booked replaces Parallel 9 as BBC1's Saturday morning Summer children's show.
  • 27 April – Chris Evans guest presents an edition of Top of the Pops.{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/p0gl96jh |title=Top of the Pops – BBC One – 27 April 1995 |publisher=BBC |work=BBC Genome |date=27 April 1995 |accessdate=3 December 2023}}
  • 28 April – The hugely popular US sitcom Friends makes its UK debut on Channel 4.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/arts/features/story/0,,1140666,00.html|title=Influential Friends | | guardian.co.uk Arts|website=www.theguardian.com|accessdate=Dec 3, 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/friends-a-timeline-of-obscene-profitability |title='Friends' – A Timeline of Obscene Profitability |first=Daniel |last=Frankel |date=27 May 2021 |website=NextTV |accessdate=3 December 2023}}
  • 29 April
  • The final edition of ITV's Saturday morning show What's Up Doc? is broadcast. It is replaced the following Saturday by Scratchy & Co.
  • The final episode of You Bet! presented by Matthew Kelly is broadcast on ITV.

=May=

  • 1 May – ITV airs what is billed as a one-off episode of Boon. The episode, Thieves Like Us, was originally due to air at the end of series 7 in 1992/93.
  • 2 May
  • Closing date for applications to run Channel 5. Four bids are received, from New Century TV Ltd (British Sky Broadcasting, Goldman Sachs, Granada Group, Hoare Govett, Kinnevik, Polygram, Really Useful Group and TCI International) who bid £2,000,000, Virgin TV Ltd with a bid of £22,002,000, UKTV (CanWest Global Communications Corp., Scandinavian Broadcast System SA, SelectTV Plc, The Ten Group Ltd) who bid £36,261,158 and Channel 5 Broadcasting Ltd (MAI (now United News and Media Plc), CLT/UFA, Pearson Plc, Warburg Pincus & Co) with a bid of £22,002,000.{{cite web|url=http://www.thisisfive.co.uk/hist_01.shtml|title=thisisfive.co.uk – the story of five|website=www.thisisfive.co.uk|date=2005|access-date=7 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120124715/http://www.thisisfive.co.uk/hist_01.shtml|archive-date=2008-11-20|url-status=live}}
  • Debut of News '45, a news bulletin-style programme presented by Sue Lawley to mark the 50th anniversary of VE Day on BBC1.
  • 4 May – Whigfield guest presents an edition of Top of the Pops.{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/p0gmr819 |title=Top of the Pops – BBC One – 4 May 1995 |publisher=BBC |work=BBC Genome |date=4 May 1995 |accessdate=3 December 2023}}
  • 8 May
  • The 50th anniversary of VE Day is widely marked with a series of television programmes.
  • The network television premiere of John Singleton's 1991 drama Boyz n the Hood on BBC2, starring Ice Cube and Cuba Gooding Jr.{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ec0ec18f5d914d2a8683ac39076c0398 |title=Boyz'n the Hood – BBC Two England – 8 May 1995 – BBC Genome |date=8 May 1995 |publisher=Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk |access-date=2018-01-13}}
  • 9 May – The US/Canadian police comedy drama Due South makes its UK debut on BBC1.{{cite news|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/9b5e7db2013645d8927f4298a6fc0400 |title=Due South – BBC One London – 9 May 1995 |work=BBC Genome |publisher=BBC |access-date=11 October 2016}}
  • 11 May – Channel 4 screens a shortened version of the controversial film The Maltese Double Cross – Lockerbie, which disputes the conclusion reached by the official investigation into the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, instead advancing the theory that the bomb was introduced onto the aircraft by an unwitting drug mule, Khaled Jafaar, in what the filmmaker claims is a CIA-protected suitcase. The film draws criticism from some American relatives of the victims, who accuse Channel 4 of giving air-time to what they claim as "Libyan propaganda."{{Cite news|last=Alan|first=George|title=Channel 4 in storm on Lockerbie|work=Evening Standard|location=London|page=15|date=1995-05-05}}
  • 13 May – Norwegian duo Secret Garden win the 40th Eurovision Song Contest (staged in Dublin and broadcast in the UK by the BBC) with "Nocturne". The UK entry, "Love City Groove" performed by rap group Love City Groove, finishes in 10th place.
  • 15 May – Bruce Gyngell, the former chairman of the breakfast station TV-am, becomes Yorkshire–Tyne Tees Television's managing director.{{cite news |first=Mathew |last=Horsman |title=Yorkshire snaps up former TV-am boss Bruce Gyngell |work=Independent on Sunday|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/yorkshire-snaps-up-former-tvam-boss-bruce-gyngell-1617892.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/yorkshire-snaps-up-former-tvam-boss-bruce-gyngell-1617892.html |archive-date=2022-05-01 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |date=2 May 1995 |access-date=2010-01-24}}{{cbignore}}
  • 22 May – The toy shop format of Rainbow is broadcast for the final time as it is axed due to poor reception. It is to be replaced a year later with Rainbow Days.
  • 25 May – Stewart Lee and Richard Herring guest present an edition of Top of the Pops.{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/p0gp57wv |title=Top of the Pops – BBC One – 25 May 1995 |publisher=BBC |work=BBC Genome |date=25 May 1995 |accessdate=3 December 2023}}
  • 25 May–24 June – ITV provides coverage of the 1995 Rugby World Cup from South Africa as the first Rugby World Cup to be held entirely in one country since it was banned in South Africa during the apartheid regime.
  • 31 May
  • Debut of the new twice-weekly soap Castles on BBC1, focusing on 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.{{cite news|first=Rhys |last=Williams |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/bbc-chief-admits-castles-a-failure-1591023.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/bbc-chief-admits-castles-a-failure-1591023.html |archive-date=2022-05-01 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=BBC chief admits 'Castles' a failure |publisher=Independent Print Limited |newspaper=The Independent |date=12 July 1995 |access-date=3 June 2013}}{{cbignore}} It is cancelled after 26 episodes with the last episode airing on 20 August.{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/5e18499e1c794df098895276d85032ac |title=Castles – BBC One London – 20 August 1995 |work=BBC Genome |date=20 August 1995 |publisher=BBC |access-date=18 May 2017}}
  • Cable channel Wire TV is closed by its new owner as part of a plan to split it into two separate channels: L!VE TV which would replace Wire, with their evening Sportswire programming block launching as a full-time service.

=June=

  • 1 June
  • SelecTV launches on cable. Broadcasting drama, comedy and entertainment, the channel airs on weekdays between 17:00 and 00:00 and at the weekend between 12:00 and 00:00.
  • Sportswire does not launch following TCI (owners of Telewest) and NYNEX making a deal with British Sky Broadcasting which includes a clause that the cable operators will not launch any rival channels to those already operated by Sky.
  • 2 June – The new British adult pay-per-view service Television X – The Fantasy Channel is launched, which broadcasts between 10.00pm and 5.30am.
  • 5 June
  • Granada's Night Time presentation is dropped after seven years.
  • ITN's Early Evening News is revamped with a new look inspired by News at Ten. The new titles are produced by Lambie-Nairn. The new look is rolled out across weekend and overnight bulletins by July, having been introduced on the lunchtime bulletin in March.
  • 12 June – Mirror Group Newspapers launches the cable channel L!VE TV.{{cite news|first=Mathew |last=Horsman |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/mirror-tv-move-outlined-as-profits-jump-43-1616518.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/mirror-tv-move-outlined-as-profits-jump-43-1616518.html |archive-date=2022-05-01 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Mirror TV move outlined as profits jump 43% |publisher=Independent Print Limited |newspaper=The Independent |date=21 April 1995 |access-date=28 June 2014}}{{cbignore}} It broadcasts continuous live programming from its base on the 24th floor of London's Canary Wharf with output containing a rolling mix of celebrities, interviews, reviews, lifestyle features and reports from events and happenings across the UK.
  • 15 June – Michelle Gayle guest presents an edition of Top of the Pops.{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/p0grp4ss |title=Top of the Pops – BBC One – 15 June 1995 |publisher=BBC |work=BBC Genome |date=15 June 1995 |accessdate=17 December 2023}}
  • 20 June – The network television premiere on ITV of Tony Scott's 1991 buddy action comedy The Last Boy Scout, starring Bruce Willis and Damon Wayans.
  • 22 June – Prime Minister John Major's intention to resign and stand in a Conservative Party leadership election is announced on screen as England are playing France in the Rugby World Cup third place play off.
  • 29 June – Debut of Gaytime TV on BBC2, the BBC's first gay magazine programme.{{cite news|first=Paul |last=Burston |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/gay-tv-as-in-lively-bright-playful-merry-1587377.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/gay-tv-as-in-lively-bright-playful-merry-1587377.html |archive-date=2022-05-01 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Gay TV: as in lively, bright, playful, merry |publisher=Independent Print Limited |newspaper=The Independent |date=20 June 1995 |access-date=4 April 2014}}{{cbignore}}
  • June – TCI, owner of Telewest and NYNEX, does a deal with BSkyB, which includes a clause that the cable operators do not launch any rival channels to those already operated by Sky. This marks the end of Cable Program Partners One (CPP1) which had been set up to try to provide alternative content to the satellite-dominated multi-channel environment of the time and causes the collapse of sports channel Sportswire days before its launch as a sister channel to L!VE TV.

=July=

  • 3 July – Bell Cablemedia is formed when a number of cable companies, including Jones Cable UK, merge.
  • 6 July – Wendy Lloyd guest presents an edition of Top of the Pops.{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/p0gstzys |title=Top of the Pops - BBC One - 6 July 1995 |publisher=BBC |work=BBC Genome |date=6 July 1995 |accessdate=14 January 2024}}
  • 8 July
  • BBC1 repeats the 1994 reality special Girl Friday in which Joanna Lumley spends nine days on a desert island with just a basic survival kit, partly self-filmed.{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/460faa1ab0a341b0bcd36fbe3b4aeb4c |title=Girl Friday – BBC One London – 8 July 1995 – BBC Genome |date=8 July 1995 |publisher=Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk |access-date=2018-01-13}}
  • Lee Griffiths wins the sixth series of Stars in Their Eyes on ITV, performing as Bobby Darin.
  • The final edition of the long-running darts-based game show Bullseye is broadcast on ITV. It would be briefly revived on Challenge in 2006.
  • 9 July
  • For the first time, the BBC shows live coverage of the Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final in tennis on BBC1. Previously, it has been shown on BBC2 as part of Sunday Grandstand.
  • Marion Macfarlane wins the 1995 series of MasterChef on BBC1.
  • 13 July – Dale Winton guest presents an edition of Top of the Pops.{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/p0gtbzcj |title=Top of the Pops - BBC One - 13 July 1995 |publisher=BBC |work=BBC Genome |date=13 July 1995 |accessdate=14 January 2024}}
  • 20 July – Gayle Tuesday guest presents an edition of Top of the Pops.{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/p0gtc2b4 |title=Top of the Pops - BBC One - 14 July 1995 |publisher=BBC |work=BBC Genome |date=20 July 1995 |accessdate=14 January 2024}}
  • 26 July – BBC Enterprises, the BBC's commercial arm, is restructured as BBC Worldwide Ltd.
  • 27 July – Craig McLachlan guest presents an edition of Top of the Pops.{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/p0gv679x |title=Top of the Pops - BBC One - 27 July 1995 |publisher=BBC |work=BBC Genome |date=27 July 1995 |accessdate=14 January 2024}}

=August=

  • 2 August – Channel 4 begins a season of documentaries and features for gay and lesbian viewers.
  • 10 August – The final episode of The Crystal Maze is broadcast on Channel 4; it will be revived in 2016.
  • 14 August – The sitcom Oh, Doctor Beeching! makes its debut on BBC1.
  • 15 August – Sue Lawley presents News '45: VJ Day on BBC1 to mark the 50th anniversary of VJ Day and the conclusion of World War II.
  • 17 August – ITV airs the 2,000th episode of Emmerdale.
  • 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.{{cite news|first=Rhys |last=Williams |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/cameras-in-court-will-let-justice-be-seen-to-be-done-1598322.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/cameras-in-court-will-let-justice-be-seen-to-be-done-1598322.html |archive-date=2022-05-01 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Cameras in court 'will let justice be seen to be done' |publisher=Independent Print Ltd |newspaper=The Independent |date=28 August 1995 |access-date=2 May 2012}}{{cbignore}}
  • 28 August – The Krypton Factor returns to ITV after a two-year break with a new format, presented by Gordon Burns with Penny Smith.
  • 30 August – The first National Television Awards are held at the Wembley Conference Centre and presented by Eamonn Holmes.

=September=

  • 2 September
  • Dyke TV, the first television series aimed at lesbians, makes its debut on Channel 4.
  • The game show Raise the Roof makes its debut on ITV; it is presented by Bob Holness, and contestants can win a house worth £100,000. However, the series is not a success and it is axed in January 1996.
  • 4 September
  • Carlton introduces new idents.
  • The Price Is Right is relaunched under the name Bruce's Price Is Right, presented by Bruce Forsyth.
  • 5 September
  • The US animated fantasy sitcom featuring Felix the Cat called The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat makes its UK debut on ITV before airing in its homeland on 16 September.
  • Jill Dando succeeds Sue Cook as co-presenter of Crimewatch alongside Nick Ross.{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/10ff818d1cb6441a9a3eb1f55fccb0a3 |title=Crimewatch UK – BBC One London – 5 September 1995 – BBC Genome |date=5 September 1995 |publisher=Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk |access-date=2018-01-13}}
  • The Jerry Springer Show makes its UK TV debut on UK Living and is aired twice weekly at 7pm.
  • Mr. Men and Little Miss debuts on ITV.
  • 10 September – BBC Wales relaunches its rugby union coverage under the name of Scrum V. It replaces Rugby Special Wales.
  • 11 September
  • The children's stop-motion animated series Oakie Doke makes its debut on BBC1.{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/dbc6ecd4b4544621bca0015eaecda53a |title=Oakie Doke – BBC One London – 11 September 1995 – BBC Genome |date=11 September 1995 |publisher=Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk |access-date=2018-01-13}}
  • The final edition of the long-running dance competition Come Dancing is broadcast on BBC1, although special editions would air until 1998.
  • 12 September
  • The children's animated series Oscar's Orchestra, featuring the voice of Dudley Moore, makes its debut on BBC1.{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/bae525417f484c33be6d16f877760961 |title=Oscar's Orchestra – BBC One London – 12 September 1995 – BBC Genome |date=12 September 1995 |publisher=Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk |access-date=2018-01-13}} The series is designed to inspire children with the delights of classical music and incorporates orchestral works from famous composers such as Ludwig van Beethoven and Johann Sebastian Bach.
  • Debut of the sitcom Is It Legal? on ITV and later on Channel 4.
  • 14 September – Debut of the sports-themed comedy panel show They Think It's All Over on BBC1, presented by Nick Hancock.
  • 24 September
  • Pride and Prejudice, the massively popular TV adaptation of Jane Austen's novel, makes its debut on BBC1.{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/d5c6738502c140d0bebf899d4825c89f |title=Pride and Prejudice – BBC One London – 24 September 1995 – BBC Genome |date=24 September 1995 |publisher=Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk |access-date=2018-01-13}} The six-part serial finishes on 29 October.{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/99789b92f31d454a85ece2b64ee16647 |title=Pride and Prejudice – BBC One London – 29 October 1995 – BBC Genome |date=29 October 1995 |publisher=Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk |access-date=2018-01-13}}
  • The network television premiere of Arthur Hiller's 1992 baseball drama The Babe on BBC2, starring John Goodman as American baseball legend George Herman ‘‘Babe’’ Ruth.{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/acf482d456d0489d95ea340631fac043 |title=The Babe – BBC Two England – 24 September 1995 – BBC Genome |date=24 September 1995 |publisher=Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk |access-date=2018-01-13}}
  • 28 September – Star Trek: Deep Space Nine makes its UK debut on BBC2 with the feature-length episode Emissary.{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/6474839c1f504818afca7fa6b46e6585|title=Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Emissary|date=21 September 1995|issue=3740|pages=114|access-date=3 February 2019|via=BBC Genome}}
  • September
  • STV acquires a 20% stake in HTV worth £36 million as part of a deal with Flextech.{{cite web|url=http://mediatel.co.uk/newsline/1995/10/24/mirror-group-rebuilds-stv-stake/|title=MediaTel: Newsline: Mirror Group Rebuilds STV Stake|work=mediatel.co.uk}}
  • Janet Street-Porter resigns from L!VE TV and is replaced by Kelvin MacKenzie who axes the rolling content and replaces it with programmes that quickly earn it a reputation as tabloid television.
  • The BBC Select name for overnight educational programming is used for the final time.[https://www.curiousbritishtelly.co.uk/2024/02/bbc-select-failed-subscription-service.html#more BBC Select: A Failed Subscription Service]

=October=

  • 1 October
  • Six years after it was originally planned, the British version of the Disney Channel goes on the air.
  • The Sci-Fi Channel launches. However, its full schedule, 8am to 2am, is only available to cable viewers as satellite subscribers are only able to see the channel for a few hours each day as it shares transponder space with a number of other channels.
  • The UK's first Christian channel, Christian Channel Europe, launches. It broadcasts for three hours each day, between 4am and 7am.
  • 7–28 October – Cable channel L!VE TV broadcasts matches from the 1995 Rugby League World Cup. It shows many of them exclusively, because, apart from the opening game, the BBC does not show any live matches until the semi-final stage.
  • 8 October
  • BBC2 airs the final edition of The Trial of O. J. Simpson as coverage of the trial draws to a conclusion.{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/d85f6dae6fc14c5b94671d0411b45c73 |title=The Trial of OJ Simpson – BBC Two England – 8 October 1995 |work=BBC Genome |date=8 October 1995 |publisher=BBC |access-date=26 October 2016}}
  • The BBC's subscription service BBC Select ends after three years on the air.
  • 9 October – Launch of The Learning Zone, an education service shown overnight on BBC2.
  • 12 October – ITV airs Bait, an episode of The Bill that concludes a three-part story and sees the exit of the character Jo Morgan, played by Mary Jo Randle, who is shot while trying to warn June Ackland (Trudie Goodwin) of an impending attack on her car.
  • 15 October – The final edition of Challenge Anneka is broadcast on BBC1.
  • 16 October
  • After 25 years as Coronation Street landlady Bet Lynch (Julie Goodyear) makes her final regular appearance in the soap. She briefly returns to the show in 2002 and 2003 and stars in a spin-off series, Coronation Street: After Hours, in 1999. At the time of her departure, Goodyear has recently received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the inaugural National Television Awards.
  • ITV airs a five-part documentary every weekday celebrating 40 years of their children's input since the launch of the network in 1955, Simply the Best: CITV.
  • 20 October – Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited is awarded the licence to launch Channel 5.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/the-channel-5-licence-was-the-last-chance-to-offer-something-new-on-a-free-station-the-itc-blew-it-1580312.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/the-channel-5-licence-was-the-last-chance-to-offer-something-new-on-a-free-station-the-itc-blew-it-1580312.html |archive-date=2022-05-01 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title='The Channel 5 licence was the last chance to offer something new on a}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|url=https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/19-october-1995/itc-to-identify-channel-5-winner/|title=ITC to identify Channel 5 winner – Design Week|date=20 October 1995}} It is a consortium of four investors, Pearson, United News and Media, CLT-Ufa and Warburg Pincus.{{cite news|author=Tara Conlan |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/jul/20/citynews.broadcasting |title=A history of Five |newspaper=The Guardian |date=20 July 2005 |access-date=22 November 2018}}
  • 21 October
  • Comedian Jim Davidson succeeds Bruce Forsyth as presenter of The Generation Game on BBC1.{{cite web |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/c83ec81c1b95470a910025558432e6ed |title=Jim Davidson's Generation Game – BBC One London – 21 October 1995 |publisher=BBC |work=BBC Genome Project |date=21 October 1995 |access-date=17 October 2016}}
  • The short-lived US science-fiction series VR.5 makes its debut on Sky One.
  • The network television premiere of Tim Burton's 1992 blockbuster sequel Batman Returns, starring Michael Keaton, Michelle Pfeiffer, Danny DeVito and Christopher Walken on ITV.
  • The network television premiere of Sheldon Lettich's 1991 American martial arts action thriller Double Impact on ITV, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Geoffrey Lewis, Alan Scarfe, Bolo Yeung and Philip Chan Yan Kin, with a special appearance by female bodybuilder and fitness expert Cory Everson.
  • 22 October – Jenna Tinson wins the 1995 series of Junior MasterChef on BBC1.
  • 23 October – The first episode of the soap Hollyoaks is broadcast on Channel 4.

=November=

  • 1 November – Four more satellite and cable channels launch in the UK with European Business News, Playboy TV, The Paramount Channel and Sky Sports Gold.
  • 11 November
  • The History Channel launches in the UK.
  • The network television premiere on ITV of Mick Jackson's 1992 romantic drama thriller The Bodyguard, starring Kevin Costner and singer Whitney Houston.
  • 12 November – BBC2 airs Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, David Lynch's 1992 prequel to the acclaimed series Twin Peaks, starring Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise and Kyle MacLachlan.{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f31512591c2b42b2942d6e9be86857a4|title=Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me – BBC Two England – 12 November 1995 – BBC Genome|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk|date=12 November 1995 |access-date=18 September 2018}}
  • 13 November – Debut on BBC1 of the sitcom The Thin Blue Line, starring Rowan Atkinson.
  • 20 November
  • Zee TV launches in the UK.
  • The cookery series Can't Cook, Won't Cook makes its debut on BBC1.
  • The final edition of The Krypton Factor is broadcast on ITV, although it would be revived in 2009.
  • During an hour-long interview with Martin Bashir for the BBC's Panorama, The Princess of Wales speaks about her marriage to The Prince of Wales and his affair with Camilla Parker-Bowles, and admits to her intimate relationship with James Hewitt.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/20/newsid_4341000/4341436.stm|title=Diana admits adultery in TV interview|publisher=BBC|work=On This Day|access-date=2012-02-15|date=1995-11-20}} An estimated 22.78 million watch the interview,{{cite web|title=Top 10 Programmes – 1995|url=http://www.barb.co.uk/facts/since1981?year=1995&view=top10|publisher=BARB|access-date=2012-02-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327074438/http://www.barb.co.uk/facts/since1981/?year=1995&view=top10|archive-date=2012-03-27|url-status=dead}} the all-time record for a British current affairs programme. It is subsequently acknowledged by the BBC that Bashir had used forged documents to win Diana's trust to secure the interview.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/bbc-says-sorry-to-dianas-brother-earl-spencer-for-interview-deceit-ghfjqbbbx|title=BBC says sorry to Diana's brother Earl Spencer for interview 'deceit'|work=The Sunday Times|location=London|last=Urwin|first=Rosamund|date=2020-11-01|access-date=2020-11-07|quote=Spencer is understood to have told Davie that he has records of all his meetings and conversations with Bashir. These are alleged to show that Bashir told Diana fantastical stories to win her trust and that he used the fake bank statements to garner his first meeting with her.}} {{subscription required}}
  • 22 November – After Virgin TV challenges the ITC's decision to award the licence to run the UK's fifth television channel to Channel 5 Broadcasting Ltd, the High Court grants leave for a judicial review into the decision.
  • 26 November – ITV airs The Beatles Anthology, a six-part documentary series chronicling the career of The Beatles, which leads to the release of two previously unreleased songs, "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love".

=December=

  • 2–3 December – Channel 4 airs "Soap Weekend", a weekend of programming dedicated to soap operas with documentaries and classic episodes of series including EastEnders, Neighbours and Brookside.
  • 15 December – The final episode of Mr. Bean is broadcast on ITV with The Best Bits of Mr. Bean.
  • 18 December – BBC1 show the network premiere of the 1986 fantasy action adventure film Highlander, starring Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery.
  • 24 December – A Close Shave, the third short film starring Wallace and Gromit, makes its debut on BBC2, featuring the voices of Peter Sallis and Anne Reid.
  • 25 December
  • The network television premiere on BBC1 of Steven Spielberg's 1991 fantasy film Hook, starring Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts and Bob Hoskins. The film was first shown on Sky Movies on December 25, 1993.{{cite news|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1995-12-25 |title=BBC One London – 25 December 1995 |work=BBC Genome |publisher=BBC |access-date=18 January 2016}}
  • Christmas Day highlights on BBC1 include the network television premiere of Adrian Lyne's 1993 drama Indecent Proposal, starring Robert Redford, Demi Moore and Woody Harrelson.{{cite news|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1995-12-25 |title=BBC One London – 25 December 1995 |work=BBC Genome |publisher=BBC |access-date=18 January 2016}}
  • The final episode of the sitcom Keeping Up Appearances is broadcast on BBC1.
  • ITV show the network premiere of the 1992 comedy film Sister Act, starring Whoopi Goldberg.
  • 31 December – New Year's Eve highlights on BBC1 include Songs of Praise on Ice from the Blackpool Pleasure Beach Ice Arena and the network television premiere of Baz Luhrmann's 1992 comedy romance Strictly Ballroom.{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1995-12-31 |title=BBC One London – 31 December 1995 |work=BBC Genome |publisher=BBC |access-date=26 October 2016}}
  • December – Channel 4 airs the documentary Sex with Paula, in which Paula Yates talks to celebrities about their love lives. Originally made in 1986, the programme was deemed to be unsuitable for audiences at the time, owing to its perceived message of promiscuity at the height of the AIDS epidemic.

Debuts

=BBC1=

=BBC2=

=ITV=

=Channel 4=

=S4C=

=The Paramount Channel=

Channels

=New channels=

class="wikitable"
width=90|Date

! width=250|Channel

16 January

| BBC World

rowspan="2"| 26 January

| BBC World

BBC Prime
30 January

| BBC Prime

27 February

| European Business News

1 June

| SelecTV

2 June

| Television X – The Fantasy Channel

12 June

| L!VE TV

rowspan="3"| 1 October

| The Disney Channel

Sci-Fi Channel
Christian Channel Europe
rowspan="4"| 1 November

| The Paramount Channel

Sky Sports Gold
The History Channel
Playboy TV
20 November

| Zee TV

=Defunct channels=

class="wikitable"
width=90|Date

! width=250|Channel

16 January

| BBC World Service Television

26 January

| BBC World Service Television

March

| TV Asia

31 May

| Wire TV

Television shows

=Returning this year after a break of one year or longer=

Continuing television shows

=1920s=

  • BBC Wimbledon (1927–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–present)

=1930s=

  • Trooping the Colour (1937–1939, 1946–2019, 2023–present)
  • The Boat Race (1938–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–present)
  • BBC Cricket (1939, 1946–1999, 2020–2024)

=1940s=

=1950s=

  • Panorama (1953–present)
  • What the Papers Say (1956–2008){{cite web |title=What the Papers Say in pictures |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/gallery/2008/may/29/what.the.papers.say |website=The Guardian |access-date=2 April 2022 |date=29 May 2008}}
  • The Sky at Night (1957–present)
  • Blue Peter (1958–present)
  • Grandstand (1958–2007)

=1960s=

=1970s=

=1980s=

=1990s=

Ending this year

Births

Deaths

class="wikitable"
"

! Date

NameAgeCinematic Credibility
7 January

|Larry Grayson{{cite news|first=Anthony |last=Hayward |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-larry-grayson-1567199.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-larry-grayson-1567199.html |archive-date=2022-05-01 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Obituary: Larry Grayson |publisher=Independent Print Limited |newspaper=The Independent |date=8 January 1995 |access-date=15 January 2016}}{{cbignore}}

|71

|comedian and television presenter

9 January

|Peter Cook

|57

|comedian and actor

23 January

|Ken Hill

|57

|television scriptwriter

30 January

|Gerald Durrell

|70

|naturalist, writer and presenter of natural history programmes

2 February

|Donald Pleasence

|75

|actor

8 February

|Rachel Thomas

|89

|actress (Pobol y Cwm)

23 February

|John Paul

|73

|actor (Marcus Agrippa in I, Claudius)

7 March

|Ivan Craig

|83

|actor

11 March

|Myfanwy Talog

|50

|actress

17 March

|Donald Baverstock

|71

|television producer and executive

21 March

|Robert Urquhart

|72

|actor (Pathfinders, Brideshead Revisited)

22 March

|Peter Woods

|64

|BBC journalist and newsreader

4 April

|Kenny Everett

|50

|comedic performer and DJ

15 April

|Michael Aldred

|49

|television presenter (Ready Steady Go!)

16 April

|Arthur English

|75

|actor (The Ghosts of Motley Hall, Are You Being Served?, In Sickness and in Health)

2 May

|Michael Hordern

|83

|actor (narrator of Paddington Bear and voice of badger from The Wind in the Willows)

10 May

|Harold Berens

|92

|actor and comedian

11 May

|John Phillips

|80

|actor (Z-Cars)

15 May

|Eric Porter

|67

|actor (Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years, The Jewel in the Crown)

22 May

|Robert Flemyng

|85

|actor (Compact)

15 June

|Charles Bennett

|95

|television scriptwriter

18 June

|Arthur Howard

|85

|actor

29 June

|Noel Dyson

|78

|actress (Coronation Street, Father, Dear Father)

rowspan="2"|12 July

|Michael Clegg

|62

|naturalist and television presenter

Gordon Flemyng

|61

|television producer

10 September

|Derek Meddings

|64

|television special effects designer

12 September

|Jeremy Brett

|59

|actor (Sherlock Holmes in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes)

29 September

|Susan Fleetwood

|51

|actress (The Buddha of Suburbia, Lovejoy)

6 October

|Anthony Newlands

|70

|actor (The Avengers)

12 October

|Gary Bond

|55

|actor

16 October

|Richard Caldicot

|87

|actor (Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em)

rowspan="2"|4 November

|Marti Caine

|51

|actress, dancer, presenter, singer, writer and comedian

Paul Eddington

|68

|actor (The Good Life and Yes Minister)

3 December

|Jimmy Jewel

|85

|actor (Funny Man)

9 December

|Benny Lee

|79

|actor (Are You Being Served?)

See also

References

{{reflist|30em}}

External links

  • [https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=tv_series&release_date=1995-01-01,1995-12-31&countries=gb&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 1995 British television series] at IMDb

{{Years in TV by country|1995}}