2013 in British television

|ITV signs a twelve-month product placement deal with DFS that will see the furniture retailer's sofas used as part of the set for This Morning.{{cite news|first=Lara |last=O'Reilly |url=http://www.marketingweek.com/2013/01/02/dfs-signs-this-morning-product-placement-deal/ |title=DFS signs This Morning product placement deal |work=Marketing Week |date=2 January 2013 |accessdate=8 January 2015 |url-access=subscription }}

|The CBeebies and CBBC blocks on BBC Two air for the last time. The children's programming would in the future air exclusively on their dedicated channels.

|CITV celebrates its 30th anniversary with an "Old Skool" marathon of archive programming on the weekend.

|In a poll conducted for the film channel Sky Movies 007 HD, a scene from Goldfinger in which James Bond is strapped to a table while a laser beam begins to cut it in half is voted as the best Bond movie moment.{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-01-02/news-interviews/36110500_1_current-bond-star-sky-movies-goldfinger |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216064911/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-01-02/news-interviews/36110500_1_current-bond-star-sky-movies-goldfinger |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 February 2013 |title=Best moment from the 007 movies |date=2 January 2013 |newspaper=The Times of India |accessdate=10 January 2013}}

|BBC One airs the last programme in its astronomy series The Sky at Night to be presented by Sir Patrick Moore, recorded shortly before his death in December 2012. He launched the series in 1957.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pt8sy |title=The Sky at Night, Reaching for the Stars |work=BBC Online |date=6 January 2013 }}

|BBC sports presenter Gabby Logan is appointed Chancellor of Leeds Trinity University.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-20912459 |publisher=BBC News |title=Gabby Logan appointed Leeds Trinity Chancellor |date=7 January 2013 |accessdate=13 January 2013}}

|BBC Four confirms that its reruns of Top of the Pops will continue with episodes from 1978, but that editions featuring Jimmy Savile will not be aired.{{cite news|first=Mike |last=Watkins |url=http://www.atvtoday.co.uk/8765-top-of-the-pops-to-continue-on-bbc-four/ |title=Top of the Pops to continue on BBC Four |publisher=ATV Today |date=9 January 2013 |accessdate=12 April 2015}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20969876 |title=Top of the Pops reruns to continue |publisher=BBC News |date=10 January 2013 |accessdate=12 April 2015}}

|ITV1 rebrands back to its original name, ITV, after 12 years, along with the introduction of a new logo on ITV plc-owned channels and online services.{{cite news|last=Lazarus |first=Susanna |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-01-14/goodbye-itv1-broadcasters-major-rebrand-goes-live |title=Goodbye ITV1... broadcaster's major rebrand goes live |publisher=Immediate Media Company |work=Radio Times |date=14 January 2013 |accessdate=20 January 2013}}

|After nearly four years, Countdown is filmed at the Granada Studios in Manchester for the last time. Subsequent series are now filmed at dock10, MediaCityUK in Salford thus marking the second time that the show has relocated in its 30-year history.

|The BBC issues an immediate apology after its digital channel CBeebies airs an episode of Tweenies from 2001 in which one of the main characters named Max dresses as Jimmy Savile to present a chart show.{{cite news|author=BBC |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/9813987/BBC-under-fire-after-Tweenies-character-dresses-up-as-Jimmy-Savile.html |title=BBC under fire after Tweenies character dresses up as Jimmy Savile |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=20 January 2013 |accessdate=20 January 2013}}

|Broadcaster Stuart Hall is charged with one count of rape and 14 of indecent assault following a police investigation into historic allegations.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21154999 |publisher=BBC News |title=Broadcaster Stuart Hall charged with rape |date=22 January 2013 |accessdate=2 May 2013}}

|Coronation Street, Downton Abbey, This Morning, Strictly Come Dancing and Miranda Hart are among the big winners at the 18th National Television Awards. Joanna Lumley takes home a lifetime achievement accolade.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/jan/24/national-television-awards-winners |title=National Television Awards: full list of the winners |newspaper=The Guardian |date=24 January 2013 |accessdate=7 February 2013}}

|Singer Rylan Clark wins the eleventh series of Celebrity Big Brother.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s150/celebrity-big-brother/news/a454024/rylan-clark-beats-heidi--spencer-to-win-celebrity-big-brother.html#~oCoGhQW0WZKVpr |title=Rylan Clark beats Heidi & Spencer to win Celebrity Big Brother |website=Digital Spy |date=25 January 2013 |accessdate=25 April 2014}}

|Former Channel 5 Director of Programmes Jeff Ford has been hired by Irish commercial broadcaster TV3 to become their new Director of Content, a position he will take up in February.{{cite news|first=Lisa |last=O'Carroll |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/jan/30/jeff-ford-tv3-head-content |title=Jeff Ford to become head of content at TV3 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=30 January 2013 |accessdate=10 April 2015}}

|Former Olympic Skier Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards wins the first series of Splash!.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a455872/eddie-the-eagle-edwards-wins-splash.html#~oHL0G5xMQICBgZ |title=Eddie 'The Eagle' Edwards wins 'Splash!' |website=Digital Spy |date=2 February 2013 |accessdate=20 June 2014}}

|More4 launches in high-definition for the first time.

|Cable television provider Virgin Media announced it is to be acquired by Liberty Global for US$23.3 billion (£15 billion).{{cite press release |title=Liberty Global to Acquire Virgin Media |date=5 February 2013 |publisher=Liberty Global |url=http://www.libertyglobal.com/PDF/press-release/02-05-Final-Transaction-Announcement.pdf|accessdate=6 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130825194422/http://www.libertyglobal.com/PDF/press-release/02-05-Final-Transaction-Announcement.pdf |archive-date=25 August 2013 |url-status=dead }}

|The BBC Trust approves a twelve-month trial to make some BBC TV content available online through BBC iPlayer ahead of its scheduled television debut.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21380666 |publisher=BBC News |title=BBC to trial selected shows online |date=8 February 2013 |accessdate=8 February 2013}}

|BBC Three celebrates its 10th anniversary.

|ITV's This Morning apologises after "accidentally" showing a photograph of Kate Middleton in a bikini. The image was used while discussing a recent controversy involving pictures of the Duchess, but should have been blurred out.{{cite news|first=Daisy |last=Wyatt |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/this-morning-apologises-for-showing-image-of-pregnant-kate-middleton-in-bikini-8493383.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/this-morning-apologises-for-showing-image-of-pregnant-kate-middleton-in-bikini-8493383.html |archive-date=1 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=This Morning apologises for showing image of pregnant Kate Middleton in bikini |publisher=Independent Print Ltd |newspaper=The Independent |date=13 February 2013 |accessdate=13 February 2013}}{{cbignore}}

|Former head of BBC News Helen Boaden is appointed Director of BBC Radio by incoming BBC Director-General Tony Hall. She will take up the position from April.{{cite news|url=http://radiotoday.co.uk/2013/02/helen-boaden-appointed-director-bbc-radio/ |title=Helen Boaden appointed Director, BBC Radio |publisher=Radio Today |date=14 February 2013 |accessdate=15 February 2013}}

|ITV drops the actor Michael Le Vell from Coronation Street pending the outcome of legal proceedings after police charge him with 19 child sex offences allegedly committed between 2001 and 2010.{{cite news|url=http://news.sky.com/story/1052421/michael-le-vell-will-fight-child-sex-charges |title=Michael Le Vell Will 'Fight' Child Sex Charges |publisher=British Sky Broadcasting |work=Sky News |date=15 February 2013 |accessdate=15 February 2013}}

|Sir Jonathan Ive, Senior Vice-president of Industrial Design for Apple Inc., is presented with Blue Peter{{'}}s highest accolade, a gold Blue Peter badge in a special edition of the show about gadgets.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/blue-peter-jonathan-ive.html |work=BBC Media Centre |title=Sir Jonathan Ive honoured with exclusive gold Blue Peter Badge |publisher=BBC |date=15 February 2013 |accessdate=15 February 2013}}

|BBC journalists stage a one-day strike over compulsory redundancies.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21492563 |publisher=BBC News |title=BBC journalists strike over redundancies |date=18 February 2013 |accessdate=18 February 2013}}

|Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway returns to ITV after a four-year hiatus.

|Telecommunications giant BT, which bought the rights to some Premier League matches in 2012, expands its investment in sports broadcasting with the purchase of ESPN's channels in Britain and Ireland.{{cite news|first=Jason |last=Deans |first2=Owen |last2=Gibson |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/feb/25/espn-bt-vision |title=BT buys ESPN'S UK and Ireland TV channels |newspaper=The Guardian |date=25 February 2013 |accessdate=25 February 2013}}

|BBC One airs the 1000th edition of A Question of Sport.{{cite news|first=Michael |last=Hogan |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9907924/A-Question-of-Sport-1000th-episode-BBC-One-review.html|title= A Question of Sport: 1,000th episode, BBC One, review|date=5 March 2013|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=21 February 2015 }}

|Prince Charles guest edits an edition of Countryfile to celebrate the programme's 25th anniversary.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21741175 |publisher=BBC News |title=Countryfile beats Dancing on Ice in ratings |date=11 March 2013 |accessdate=15 June 2014}}

|A full-size replica of the House of Commons, used in place of the real chamber in several films and television series, is among film sets for sale on the internet auction site eBay.{{cite news|first= John-Paul |last=Ford Rojas |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet/9929628/Short-cut-to-House-of-Commons-for-aspiring-MPs-as-replica-chamber-goes-on-sale-on-eBay.html |title=Short-cut to House of Commons for aspiring MPs as replica chamber goes on sale on eBay |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=14 March 2013 |accessdate=10 February 2015}} It is sold for £123,000, but auctioned again at an auction house in June after the buyer failed to complete the purchase.{{cite news|first=Lizzie |last=Edmonds |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/take-a-seat-in-your-very-own-house-of-commons-as-set-of-iron-lady-goes-to-auction-8662991.html |title=Take a seat in your very own 'House of Commons' as set of Iron Lady goes to auction |newspaper=London Evening Standard |date=18 June 2013 |accessdate=10 February 2015}}

|The 2013 Comic Relief telethon raises a record £75 million for charity.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21789531 |publisher=BBC News |title=Comic Relief: Red Nose night raises record £75m |date=16 March 2013 |accessdate=16 March 2013}}

|The final BBC News bulletins are aired from BBC Television Centre before news operations switch to the Broadcasting House in Central London, effective from 18 March.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21818963 |publisher=BBC News |title=BBC TV Centre to broadcast last network news bulletins |date=17 March 2013 |accessdate=17 March 2013}}

|Coronation Street actor William Roache apologises after appearing to suggest victims of paedophiles were being punished for past sins in an interview for New Zealand's One News.{{cite news|author=Press Association |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/mar/20/coronation-street-bill-roache |title=Coronation Street star Bill Roache apologises for sex abuse comments |newspaper=The Guardian |date=20 March 2013 |accessdate=21 March 2013}}

|Granada Reports is broadcast from the Granada Studios at Quay Street for the last time.

|ITV Granada broadcasts from the dock10 studios for the first time.

|BBC Two launches in high definition for the first time, two and a half years after BBC One did.

|BBC journalists stage a twelve-hour strike, disrupting television and radio news programmes.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21963301 |publisher=BBC News |title=BBC staff strike over job cuts ends |date=29 March 2013 |accessdate=29 March 2013}}

|The BBC confirms that David Tennant and Billie Piper will appear in the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21980892 |publisher=BBC News |title=Doctor Who: David Tennant returns for anniversary show |date=30 March 2013 |accessdate=30 March 2013}}

|The BBC Television Centre is closed and all BBC services move to the Broadcasting House.

|Responsibility for the funding of S4C begins to transfer to the BBC.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-11696905 |publisher=BBC News |title=S4C brings £90m to Welsh economy, finds new research|date=5 November 2010}}

|Countdown co-presenter Rachel Riley will join the presenting team of Channel 5's The Gadget Show when the series returns in the summer, it is announced.{{cite news|url= http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-04-04/countdowns-rachel-riley-joins-the-gadget-show|title= Countdown's Rachel Riley joins The Gadget Show|first= Tim|last= Glanfield|work= Radio Times|date= 4 April 2013|accessdate= 2 June 2013}}

|The US TV miniseries The Bible, a ten-part dramatisation of some of the Bible's most famous stories, will be aired by Channel 5 later in the year, it is announced.{{cite news|first=Alice |last=Vincent |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9980819/The-Bible-TV-series-to-air-on-Channel-Five-this-autumn.html |title=The Bible TV series to air on Channel Five this autumn |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=9 April 2013 |accessdate=21 March 2015}}

|The BBC says that an edition of Panorama filmed secretly on a university study trip to North Korea will be broadcast, despite claims by the London School of Economics that students may have been put in danger.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22144667 |publisher=BBC News |title=BBC insists Panorama North Korea programme will go on |date=15 April 2013 |accessdate=18 April 2013}}

|James Harding, former editor of The Times, is named as the new BBC Director of News. He replaces Helen Boaden, who was moved from the job to become Director of Radio.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22160501 |publisher=BBC News |title=James Harding named as director of BBC News |date=16 April 2013 |accessdate=18 April 2013}}

|BBC One airs the funeral of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who died on 8 April. The three-hour special is watched by an average 3.2 million viewers, peaking at 4.4 million.{{cite news|first=Mark |last=Sweney |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/apr/18/margaret-thatcher-funeral-coverage-viewer-ratings |title=Margaret Thatcher funeral BBC TV coverage attracts 4.4 million viewers |newspaper=The Guardian |date=18 April 2013 |accessdate=18 April 2013}}

|Channel 5 pulls two programmes narrated by Rolf Harris from its schedule after reports the presenter was interviewed by police over allegations of sexual offences.{{cite news|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22212131|title= Rolf Harris questioned in Yewtree sex offence probe|publisher=BBC News|date= 19 April 2013|accessdate= 20 April 2013}}

|Current Director of BBC One, Danny Cohen is appointed Director of BBC Television, taking up the position from 7 May.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22264785 |publisher=BBC News |title=Danny Cohen named as new BBC director of television |date=23 April 2013 |accessdate=23 April 2013}}

|The BBC is to limit the redundancy packages for its managers to £150,000 following criticism about the amount of severance paid to its executives.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22292247 |publisher=BBC News |title=BBC pay-offs to be capped at £150,000 |date=25 April 2013 |accessdate=25 April 2013}}

|Ray Winstone guest hosts Have I Got News for You, the edition prompting over 100 complaints to the BBC and Ofcom in the following days because of the programme's perceived anti-Scottish stance during a section discussing Scottish independence.{{cite news|url=http://www.scotsman.com/what-s-on/tv-radio/ray-winstone-calls-scots-tramps-on-tv-quiz-show-1-2914017 |title=Ray Winstone calls Scots 'tramps' on TV quiz show |publisher=Johnston Press |newspaper=The Scotsman |date=1 May 2013 |accessdate=1 January 2014}}

|The University of Manchester wins the 2012–13 series of University Challenge, beating University College London 190–140.

|Forthcoming scenes from Coronation Street featuring William Roache will be dropped after he is arrested over historic allegations of rape. ITV says he will not appear again in the soap while investigations are ongoing.{{cite news|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/8622699/Ken-Barlow-charged-with-two-counts-of-rape |title='Ken Barlow' charged with two counts of rape |publisher=Fairfax Media |work=Stuff.co.nz |date=1 May 2013 |accessdate=1 May 2013}}

|Broadcaster Stuart Hall pleads guilty to 14 charges of sexual assault.{{cite news|author=Judith Moritz |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22379286 |publisher=BBC News |title=Broadcaster Stuart Hall admits indecent assaults |date=2 May 2013 |accessdate=2 May 2013}}

|A man who died along with his daughter in a speedboat crash off the north Cornish coast on 5 May is named as senior BSkyB executive Nick Milligan.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-22423877 |publisher=BBC News |title=Cornwall speedboat crash victim was BSkyB executive |date=6 May 2013 |accessdate=6 May 2013}}

|BBC Two Controller Janice Hadlow takes temporary control of BBC Four following the departure of Richard Klein to become head of ITV factual programming.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/ariel/22455736 |work=BBC Ariel |title=Hadlow takes temporary charge of BBC Four |publisher=BBC |date=8 May 2013 |accessdate=13 April 2014}}

|BT announces it will offer their BT Sport channels to its broadband customers for free in a bid to challenge Sky's dominance of the pay-per-view market.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22462525 |publisher=BBC News |title=BT offers free Premier League football in BSkyB battle |date=9 May 2013 |accessdate=9 May 2013}}

|The BBC apologises for a Newsnight report about Help for Heroes that falsely suggested the charity was responsible for shortcomings in the care of wounded soldiers.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22551914 |publisher=BBC News |title=BBC apologises for Newsnight Help for Heroes report |date=16 May 2013 |accessdate=16 May 2013}}

|Ian Allen, the creator of children's television series Button Moon wins a claim for damages against a businessman he says copied his designs for tee shirts and mugs.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-22573733 |publisher=BBC News |title=Button Moon creator Ian Allen wins court copyright fight |date=17 May 2013 |accessdate=17 May 2013}}

|Denmark's Emmelie de Forest wins the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest with "Only Teardrops".

|The BBC documentary series Panorama airs unseen footage from the 1989 Hillsborough disaster that casts doubt on medical evidence given at the inquest.{{cite news|last=Marshall |first=Peter |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22566230 |publisher=BBC News |title=Unbroadcast film shows Hillsborough witness was right |date=20 May 2013 |accessdate=20 May 2013}}

|ITV celebrity ice skating competition Dancing on Ice will end in 2014 after 1 further "all-stars" series, after Torvill & Christopher Dean would retire after 30 years of their Bolero performance at the 1984 Winter Olympics.

|BBC political editor Nick Robinson apologises after he quoted a source describing the perpetrators of the previous day's Woolwich attack as "of Muslim appearance". The BBC received 43 complaints after Robinson used the term during the BBC News at Six.{{cite news|first=Josh |last=Halliday |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/may/23/woolwich-attack-bbc-nick-robinson-muslim |title=Woolwich attack: BBC's Nick Robinson apologises after 'Muslim' description |newspaper=The Guardian |date=23 May 2013 |accessdate=23 May 2013}}

|The BBC scraps its £98m Digital Media Initiative – a project launched in 2008 to change the way the corporation's staff utilised video and audio material. Director-General Tony Hall says the scheme has "wasted a huge amount of licence fee payers' money", and that an investigation will be held to determine what lessons can be learned from the venture.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22651126 |publisher=BBC News |title=BBC abandons £100m digital project |date=24 May 2013 |accessdate=24 May 2013}}

|Former Crimewatch presenter Nick Ross issues a statement in defence of criticism he received for comments he makes about rape in his forthcoming book, Crime.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22677513 |publisher=BBC News |title=Nick Ross defends rape comments |date=27 May 2013 |accessdate=27 May 2013}}

|ITV announce that Beverley Callard is to reprise her role as Coronation Street{{'}}s Liz McDonald, and will be seen on screen again from October.{{cite news|last=Kilkelly |first=Daniel |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s3/coronation-street/news/a485666/coronation-street-beverley-callard-returning-as-liz-mcdonald.html#~pdO5rtKr60UV86 |title='Coronation Street': Beverley Callard returning as Liz McDonald |work=Digital Spy |date=30 May 2013 |accessdate=26 May 2015}}

|The BBC announces that Doctor Who actor Matt Smith will quit as the Eleventh Doctor at the end of 2013.{{cite news|last=Masters |first=Tim |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22741493 |publisher=BBC News |title=Matt Smith to leave Doctor Who at the end of year |date=1 June 2013 |accessdate=1 June 2013}}

|In an interview for Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre podcast, actor and comedian Stephen Fry, who has bipolar disorder speaks candidly about an attempted suicide bid while he was filming abroad in 2012.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22782913 |publisher=BBC News |title=Stephen Fry reveals he attempted suicide in 2012 |date=6 June 2013 |accessdate=6 June 2013}}

|Queen Elizabeth II opens the BBC's rebuilt Broadcasting House, creating a memorable television moment when she appears behind the BBC News channel's on air newsreaders.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22804844 |publisher=BBC News |title=Queen officially opens BBC's new Broadcasting House building |date=7 June 2013 |accessdate=7 June 2013}}

|The series seven finale of Britain's Got Talent is disrupted when a woman runs on stage and throws eggs at the judges. She is later revealed to be a member of one of the performing act's backing group.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22832120 |publisher=BBC News |title=Eggs thrown at Britain's Got Talent Final |date=9 June 2013 |accessdate=9 June 2013}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/jun/09/attractions-win-britains-got-talent-eggs |title=Attraction win Britain's Got Talent after judges are pelted by eggs in live final |newspaper=The Guardian |date=9 June 2013 |accessdate=9 June 2013}} The series is won by shadow dancing group Attraction.{{cite web|last=Rigby |first=Sam |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s107/britains-got-talent/news/a488373/attraction-win-britains-got-talent-2013-final.html#~oHhrmDZ1ckfXSy |title=Attraction win 'Britain's Got Talent' 2013 final |website=Digital Spy |date=8 June 2013 |accessdate=15 June 2014}}

|Channel 4 airs an entire commercial break in French to celebrate the launch of its French zombie drama The Returned.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/media/10092002/Channel-4-to-show-adverts-in-French.html |title=Channel 4 to show adverts in French |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=31 May 2013 |accessdate=31 May 2013}}

|Comedian Rory Bremner presents Rory Goes to Holyrood, a one-off comedy programme for BBC Scotland that takes a satirical look at Scottish politics and the independence debate.{{cite news|last=Rudden |first=Liam |url=http://www.scotsman.com/what-s-on/tv-radio/rory-bremner-talks-scottish-politics-in-rory-goes-to-holyrood-1-2963333 |title=Rory Bremner talks Scottish politics in Rory Goes To Holyrood |publisher=Johnston Press |newspaper=The Scotsman |date=12 June 2013 |accessdate=30 December 2013}} The show was conceived as a way of injecting some comedy into a subject that has suffered from an absence of humour.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/rory-goes-to-holyrood.html |work=BBC Media Centre |title=Rory Bremner puts Scottish politics under satirical spotlight |publisher=BBC |date=27 March 2013 |accessdate=30 December 2013}}{{cite news|url=http://www.scotsman.com/what-s-on/tv-radio/scottish-independence-rory-bremner-in-comedy-call-1-3249299 |title=Scottish independence: Rory Bremner in comedy call |publisher=Johnston Press |newspaper=The Scotsman |date=28 December 2013 |accessdate=30 December 2013}}

|The Broadcasters' Audience Research Board announces that catch-up programmes viewed online or through smart devices will be included in official viewing figures for the first time from Autumn 2013.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22903701 |title=Online and catch-up TV added to official ratings |publisher=BBC News |date=14 June 2013 |accessdate=4 May 2015}}

|BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall is sentenced to 15 months in jail for sexually abusing under age girls, as the BBC issues an "unreserved apology" to his victims.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22932222 |publisher=BBC News |title=Stuart Hall jailed for 15 months for sex assaults |date=17 June 2013 |accessdate=17 June 2013}}

|ITV announces that Birds of a Feather will return to British television in January 2014 following a fifteen-year break after the broadcaster signed up the original BBC cast.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22948998 |title=Birds of a Feather sitcom to return – on ITV |publisher=BBC News |date=18 June 2013 |accessdate=24 May 2015}}

|Ofcom is to launch an investigation into BSkyB over the supply of its sports channels to rival broadcasters.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22970723 |publisher=BBC News |title=BT complains to Ofcom about Sky Sports TV supply |date=19 June 2013 |accessdate=19 June 2013}}

|Andrea Begley wins the second series of The Voice.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23017112 |publisher=BBC News |title=Andrea Begley wins The Voice final |date=23 June 2013 |accessdate=6 April 2014}}

|It is reported that ITV are considering cancelling Prize Island, a game show filmed in Mozambique in October 2012 before it has even aired. ITV sources have claimed it was supposed to be shown in the spring to compete with BBC One's The Voice, but was considered not to be very good.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a492920/emma-willis-show-prize-island-to-be-axed-by-itv.html |title=Emma Willis show 'Prize Island' to be axed by ITV? |website=Digital Spy |date=25 June 2013 |accessdate=12 October 2013}}{{cite news|url=http://metro.co.uk/2013/06/25/itv-game-show-prize-island-may-never-be-shown-say-reports-3854731/ |title=ITV game show Prize Island may 'never be aired' say reports |newspaper=Metro |date=25 June 2013 |accessdate=12 October 2013}} Prize Island eventually begins airing in October, going out in a Sunday afternoon slot.{{cite news |url=http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/TV-review-Alexander-Armstrong-s-new-gameshow/story-19979658-detail/story.html |title=TV review – Alexander Armstrong's new gameshow Prize Island |newspaper=Bristol Post |date=24 October 2013 |accessdate=6 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506200249/http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/TV-review-Alexander-Armstrong-s-new-gameshow/story-19979658-detail/story.html |archive-date=6 May 2014 |url-status=dead}}{{cite news|first=Kevin |last=O'Sullivan |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-reviews/prize-island-whoever-commissioned-shambolic-2670582 |title=Prize Island? Whoever commissioned this shambolic ITV mess is a prize chump |newspaper=Daily Mirror |publisher=Trinity Mirror |date=2 November 2013 |accessdate=6 May 2014}}

|Charlotte Moore is appointed as Controller of BBC One, replacing Danny Cohen, who was given the role of Director of Television in April.{{cite news|first=Josh |last=Halliday |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/jun/26/charlotte-moore-bbc1-tony-hall |title=Charlotte Moore's BBC1 role 'a very critical appointment', says Tony Hall |newspaper=The Guardian |date=26 June 2013|accessdate=18 October 2014}}

|The BBC announces it is suspending production of 3D programming indefinitely, due to a "lack of public appetite" for the technology.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23195479 |title=BBC 3D programming 'on hold' indefinitely |publisher=BBC News |date=5 July 2013 |accessdate=5 July 2013}}

|Audience figures show Andy Murray's victory in the previous day's Wimbledon Men's Singles final was watched by 17.3 million viewers, making it the most watched programme of the year so far.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23225146 |publisher=BBC News |title=Murray Wimbledon final draws highest TV audience of 2013 |date=8 July 2013 |accessdate=8 July 2013}}

|A special last-minute scene is filmed for inclusion in the day's episode of EastEnders reflecting Andy Murray's Wimbledon victory.{{cite web|first=Daniel |last=Kilkelly |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a496661/eastenders-films-andy-murray-reference-after-wimbledon-triumph.html |title='EastEnders' films Andy Murray reference after Wimbledon triumph |website=Digital Spy |date=9 July 2013 |accessdate=9 July 2013}}

|After 5 seasons and 4 years, the final episode of the 2009 series of Horrible Histories is broadcast on CBBC.

|Police confirm that a body found at Seaford, East Sussex on 12 July is that of Paul Bhattacharjee, an actor who disappeared on 10 July. Bhattacharjee had appeared in the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale, and EastEnders.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-23352162 |publisher=BBC News |title=Paul Bhattacharjee's body found in East Sussex |date=17 July 2013 |accessdate=18 July 2013}}

|An update of Freeview's software leaves owners of Sony DVD recorders unable to access or record Freeview channels through the devices.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23395516 |publisher=BBC News |title=Freeview failure hits Sony recorder owners |date=21 July 2013 |accessdate=21 July 2013}}

|For the past three consecutive weeks in July 2013, Channel 5 has beaten Channel 4 in terms of daily average share for the week, excluding +1. However, this time since its launch in 1997, Channel 5 (on a 5% share) beat Channel 4 (on a 4.94% share) in terms of daily average share for the week including +1.{{cite magazine|first=Arif |last=Durrani |url=http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/news/rss/1192334/C5-attracts-viewers-C4-first-time-16-years/ |title=Channel 5 beats Channel 4 share of viewers for the first time in its 16-year history |magazine=Media Week |date=23 July 2013 |accessdate=27 July 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a500499/big-brother-the-ashes-help-channel-5-beat-channel-4-for-first-time.html |title=Big Brother, the Ashes help Channel 5 beat Channel 4 for first time |website=Digital Spy |date=23 July 2013 |accessdate=27 July 2013}}

|Former BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall has his fifteen-month sentence for a series of indecent assaults doubled to 30 months by the Court of Appeal after the Attorney General launched an appeal against the leniency of the original sentence.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23460778 |publisher=BBC News |title=Stuart Hall jail term doubled by Court of Appeal |date=26 July 2013 |accessdate=27 July 2013}}

|The Fox Broadcasting Company announce plans to remake ITV's popular crime drama, Broadchurch for a US market.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23546542 |title=Broadchurch to be remade for US audience |publisher=BBC News |date=2 August 2013 |accessdate=16 December 2014}}

|Scottish actor Peter Capaldi is unveiled as the Twelfth Doctor in a BBC One special, Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor.{{cite news|url=http://herocomplex.latimes.com/tv/doctor-who-new-doctor-will-be-revealed-in-live-sunday-special/#/0 |title='Doctor Who': New Doctor will be revealed in live Sunday special |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=1 August 2013 |accessdate=1 August 2013}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23570354 |publisher=BBC News |title=Peter Capaldi revealed as Doctor Who's new lead |date=4 August 2013 |accessdate=4 August 2013}}

|An advert featuring a team "rescuing" neglected jars of Marmite has received 278 complaints from viewers since it was first shown two days earlier.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23601215 |publisher=BBC News |title=Marmite TV advert draws widespread complaints |date=7 August 2013 |accessdate=7 August 2013}}

|Paddy Roberts becomes the first male £250,000 winner on Deal or No Deal.{{cite news|last=Hilton |first=Lucy |url=http://www.wigantoday.net/news/local/deal-or-no-deal-winner-to-travel-the-world-1-5948467 |title=Deal Or No Deal winner to travel the world |newspaper=Wigan Today |date=14 August 2013 |accessdate=14 August 2013}}

|Sky News cameraman Mick Deane is shot dead while covering protests following July's coup d'état in Egypt.{{cite news|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/sky-news-cameraman-mick-deane-killed-egypt-violence-61-year-old-shot-dead-cairo-covering-clashes |title=Sky News Cameraman, Mick Deane, Killed in Egypt Violence; 61-Year-Old Shot Dead in Cairo Covering Clashes |newspaper=International Business Times |date=14 August 2013 |accessdate=14 August 2013}}

|Sam Evans wins Big Brother 14.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s149/big-brother/news/a508087/sam-evans-wins-big-brother-2013.html |title=Sam Evans wins Big Brother 2013 |website=Digital Spy |date=19 August 2013 |accessdate=2 April 2014}}

|Top Boy returns to Channel 4 for a second four-part series.

|UK television debut of the Australian prison drama Wentworth on Channel 5.{{cite news|last=Hollingshead |first=Iain |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/10272166/Wentworth-Prison-Channel-5-review.html |title=Wentworth Prison, Channel 5, review |publisher=Telegraph Media Group |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=29 August 2013 |accessdate=17 November 2018}} The opening episode of the Prisoner Cell Block H reboot attracts an audience of 2.4 million.{{cite web|last=Jeffery |first=Morgan |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a520639/channel-5-picks-up-season-two-of-wentworth-prison/ |title=Channel 5 picks up season two of 'Wentworth Prison' |website=Digital Spy |date=1 October 2013 |accessdate=17 November 2018}}

|Thirty years of Blockbusters.

|Sharon Osbourne returns to The X Factor after six years.{{cite news|last=Hogan |first=Michael |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/x-factor/10270974/Sharon-Osbournes-return-should-breathe-new-life-into-The-X-Factor.html |title=Sharon Osbourne's return should breathe new life into The X Factor |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=28 August 2013 |accessdate=13 June 2014}}

|It is reported that Coronation Street will explore the issue of the right to die when the character Hayley Cropper decides she wants to take her own life after being diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23969815 |publisher=BBC News |title=Coronation Street explores right to die |date=5 September 2013 |accessdate=5 September 2013}}

|Ade Edmondson wins the 2013 series of Celebrity MasterChef.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/sep/07/celebrity-masterchef-winner-2013 |title=Adrian Edmondson wins Celebrity MasterChef 2013 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=7 September 2013 |accessdate=25 April 2015}}

|Michael Le Vell is cleared of child sex allegations following a trial at Manchester Crown Court.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-24032449 |publisher=BBC News |title=Coronation Street's Le Vell cleared of child rape |date=10 September 2013 |accessdate=10 September 2013}}

|Singer Kylie Minogue will join The Voice UK as a coach when the series returns in 2014.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24048141 |publisher=BBC News |title=Kylie Minogue to join The Voice |date=11 September 2013 |accessdate=11 September 2013}}

|Debut of the period crime drama Peaky Blinders on BBC Two.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2013/37/Peaky-Blinders.html |title=Peaky Blinders |work=BBC Media Centre |publisher=BBC |accessdate=17 November 2018}}

|Reality television star Charlotte Crosby wins the twelfth series of Celebrity Big Brother.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s150/celebrity-big-brother/news/a515405/geordie-shore-star-charlotte-crosby-wins-celebrity-big-brother.html#~oCoHfF8GAdiGgx |title='Geordie Shore' star Charlotte Crosby wins Celebrity Big Brother |website=Digital Spy |date=13 September 2013 |accessdate=25 April 2014}}

|Holly Willoughby and Reggie Yates announce their exit from The Voice UK, with new presenter Emma Willis confirmed to co-host the 2014 series.

|ITV re-introduces sub-regional news coverage across England. The weekday daytime, late evening and weekend bulletins as well as 20 minutes of the 6pm programme are once again more localised.

|Marvin Humes announced as Reggie Yates replacement on The Voice UK. He will co-host the third series alongside Emma Willis.

|Sue Barker announces she is stepping down as host of BBC Sports Personality of the Year after 19 years.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/sports-personality/24144461 |title=Sports Personality: Sue Barker steps down from role after 19 years |work=BBC Sport |date=18 September 2013 |accessdate=22 September 2013}}

|The day's episode of EastEnders sees a one-off appearance of Barbara Windsor as Peggy Mitchell.{{cite magazine|last=Brown |first=David |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-09-20/eastenders-barbara-windsor-back-on-the-square---special-peggy-post-credits-scene-to-air-tonight |title=EastEnders: Barbara Windsor back on the Square – special Peggy post-credits scene to air tonight |magazine=Radio Times |date=20 September 2013 |accessdate=1 April 2014}}

|BBC economics editor Stephanie Flanders will leave the BBC to take up a position at JP Morgan Asset Management.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24288088 |publisher=BBC News |title=Stephanie Flanders to leave the BBC for JP Morgan |date=26 September 2013 |accessdate=26 September 2013}}

|Prime Minister David Cameron confirms he will not have a television debate with Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond ahead of next year's referendum on Scottish independence.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-24297286 |publisher=BBC News |title=Scottish independence: David Cameron will not have TV debate with Alex Salmond |date=27 September 2013 |accessdate=27 September 2013}}

|After series one of Wentworth continues to prove popular with viewers, Channel 5 announces it has acquired the UK broadcasting rights for series two. The series will air in 2014.

| ITV celebrates twenty-five years of This Morning, with its original hosts Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan returning to join Phillip Schofield, Holly Willoughby, Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford to present a special live edition from the show's original home at Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool.

|Speaking at the Cheltenham Literary Festival to promote his book, Great Britain's Great War, Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman criticises schools for using episodes of Blackadder Goes Forth to teach students about World War I, saying the practice is "astonishing".{{cite news|last=Furness |first=Hannah |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/10360069/Paxman-teaching-history-through-Blackadder-is-stupid.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007092424/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/10360069/Paxman-teaching-history-through-Blackadder-is-stupid.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 October 2013 |title=Paxman: teaching history through Blackadder is 'stupid' |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=7 October 2013 |accessdate=6 January 2014}}

|It is reported that the comedy Open All Hours will return for a one-off special over Christmas. The episode, titled Still Open All Hours will see David Jason reprise his role as Granville.{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a521620/sir-david-jason-to-star-in-open-all-hours-christmas-special.html|title=Sir David Jason to star in 'Open All Hours' Christmas special|last=Goodacre|first=Kate|work=Digital Spy|date=7 October 2013|accessdate=6 January 2014|archive-date=15 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215231408/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a521620/sir-david-jason-to-star-in-open-all-hours-christmas-special.html|url-status=dead}}

|BBC Director-General Tony Hall announces plans to launch a BBC One +1 channel, and offer a 30-day catch-up service on the iPlayer.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24442265 |publisher=BBC News |title=BBC plans to launch BBC One +1 |date=8 October 2013 |accessdate=8 October 2013}}

|Nine missing episodes from the 1968 Doctor Who series The Web of Fear and The Enemy of the World are made available for download from the BBC website after they were found at a television station in Nigeria.{{cite news|last=Masters |first=Tim |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24467337 |publisher=BBC News |title=Doctor Who: Yeti classic among episodes found in Nigeria |date=11 October 2013 |accessdate=11 October 2013}}

|The BBC says it "completely rejects" allegations by Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre that coverage of an article the paper published about Labour leader Ed Miliband's father was "one-sided".{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24508073 |publisher=BBC News |title=BBC denies Daily Mail editor's claim of bias over Miliband |date=12 October 2013 |accessdate=12 October 2013}}

|BBC Director-General Tony Hall unveils the corporation's four-year plan for World War I centenary programming and coverage. This will include an online resource allowing access to records kept by the Imperial War Museum, and a documentary about Keith Murdoch (the father of Rupert Murdoch) who, as a young war correspondent, revealed the disastrous nature of the Gallipoli Campaign in 1916, changing the direction of the war.{{cite news|first=Ian |last=Burrell |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/bbc-unveils-the-star-of-its-first-world-war-anniversary-coverage--rupert-murdoch-8884028.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/bbc-unveils-the-star-of-its-first-world-war-anniversary-coverage--rupert-murdoch-8884028.html |archive-date=1 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=BBC unveils the star of its First World War anniversary coverage – Rupert Murdoch |newspaper=The Independent |date=16 October 2013 |accessdate=15 January 2014}}{{cbignore}}

|Robert Peston is appointed as BBC Economics Editor, replacing Stephanie Flanders.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24574963 |publisher=BBC News |title=Robert Peston to become BBC economics editor |date=17 October 2013 |accessdate=17 October 2013}}

|Stuart Hall is stripped of his OBE following his conviction for sexual offences against young girls.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-24023832 |publisher=BBC News |title=Stuart Hall stripped of OBE by Queen after sex offences conviction |date=22 October 2013 |accessdate=22 October 2013}}

|Comedian Russell Brand appears as a guest on Newsnight to mark his one-off stint as guest editor of the New Statesman, and tells presenter Jeremy Paxman he has never voted because of an "absolute indifference and weariness and exhaustion from the lies, treachery and deceit of the political class".{{cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/russell-brand-admits-hes-never-voted-and-declares-paxmans-beard-gorgeous-8900755.html |title=Russell Brand admits he's never voted and declares Paxman's beard 'gorgeous' |newspaper=London Evening Standard |date=24 October 2013 |accessdate=29 April 2015}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24818743 |title=Jeremy Paxman: Like Russell Brand, I didn't vote |publisher=BBC News |date=5 November 2013 |accessdate=29 April 2015}} Paxman criticises Brand's stance on the programme, but later tells the Radio Times that he himself did not vote at a recent election, that there is something "irresistible" about the comedian, and that "part of [his] diagnosis is right. There is a huge sense of disillusion out there."

|The BBC hosts 100 Women, a day of debate and discussion across radio, television and online featuring a hundred women from around the world.

|Lord Sugar confirms that the tenth series of The Apprentice has been pushed back to Autumn 2014 to avoid clashing with the 2014 World Cup. Young Apprentice has also been axed.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s108/the-apprentice/news/a527098/the-apprentice-next-series-pushed-back-to-avoid-world-cup-clash.html#~oDjoVmFfLBUPXV |title='The Apprentice': Next series pushed back to avoid World Cup clash |website=Digital Spy |date=28 October 2013 |accessdate=5 May 2014}}

|The BBC announce that The Sky at Night will be shown exclusively on BBC Four from 2014, ending a 54-year run on the corporation's flagship channel.{{cite news|last=Plunkett |first=John |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/oct/29/sky-at-night-bbc-new-slot-petition |title=The Sky at Night gets new slot on BBC4 following 40,000-signature petition |newspaper=The Guardian |date=29 October 2013 |accessdate=18 December 2013}}

|TV cameras are allowed into the Court of Appeal for the first time, after a change in the law allowing proceedings to be recorded.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24744684 |publisher=BBC News |title=TV cameras allowed into Court of Appeal |date=31 October 2013 |accessdate=31 October 2013}}

|BT announces a £897 million deal with UEFA to broadcast the Champions League exclusively on BT Sport from the 2015–16 season for three years, ending two decades of the competition being broadcast free-to-air on ITV.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24879138 |title=Champions League: BT Sport win £897m football rights deal |publisher=BBC Sport |date=9 November 2013 |accessdate=9 November 2013}}

|Panorama becomes the first ongoing British TV programme to reach and celebrate its 60th anniversary.

|Alan Titchmarsh steps down as presenter of the BBC's coverage of the Chelsea Flower Show after 30 years in the role and following the BBC's decision to revamp its coverage of the event.{{cite news|first=John |last=Plunkett |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/nov/12/bbc-alan-titchmarsh-chelsea-flower-show |title=BBC loses Alan Titchmarsh for Chelsea Flower Show coverage |newspaper=The Guardian |date=12 November 2013 |accessdate=1 January 2014}}

|After 24 years and 70 episodes, Agatha Christie's Poirot airs its final episode, Curtain: Poirot's Last Case which sees main character Hercule Poirot killed off. As a result, David Suchet who portrayed Poirot (and is considered the most faithful to the books) has portrayed the character in every major adaptation of the stories that the character appears in.

|James Bond will return to terrestrial television after ITV signs a deal with MGM Worldwide Television to air the films, which were snapped up by BSkyB in an agreement with the distributors in 2012. The new deal enables ITV to air the television premiere of Skyfall in 2014.{{cite news|first=Mark |last=Sweney |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/nov/18/itv-agrees-james-bond-deal-tv-rights-skyfall |title=ITV agrees James Bond TV rights deal |newspaper=The Guardian |date=18 November 2013 |accessdate=2 January 2014}}

|At the Salford Media Festival in Manchester, Scottish Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop says that an independent Scotland would have a new licence fee funded broadcaster based on the assets and staff of BBC Scotland.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-25021650 |publisher=BBC News |title=Scottish independence: Scotland 'would have licence fee funded TV' |date=20 November 2013 |accessdate=20 February 2014}}

|Doctor Who celebrates its 50th anniversary by airing a special episode, "The Day of the Doctor". Overnight viewing figures suggest it was watched by 10.2 million viewers.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25076912 |publisher=BBC News |title=Millions tune in for Doctor Who 50th anniversary show |date=24 November 2013 |accessdate=24 November 2013}}

|The Scottish Government publishes Scotland's Future, its white paper laying out the case for an independent Scotland, and the means through which this would be achieved. Among the proposals are plans to replace BBC Scotland with a Scottish Broadcasting Service, although the body would continue to have close ties with the BBC, including airing content such as Doctor Who and EastEnders.{{cite news|first=Nicholas |last=Watt |first2=Severin |last2=Carrell |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/nov/26/scottish-indpendence-fairer-prosperous-alex-salmond |title=Independent Scotland would keep sterling, says Alex Salmond |newspaper=The Guardian |date=26 November 2013 |accessdate=5 December 2013}}{{cite news|last=Ross |first=Jamie |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-25416782 |publisher=BBC News |title=Scotland's referendum: Ten things we learned in 2013 |date=30 December 2013 |accessdate=30 December 2013}}

|Addressing The Voice of the Listener and Viewer conference, BBC Director-General Tony Hall says the BBC should be "more aggressive" and "less British" in its defence of the television licence.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25126118 |publisher=BBC News |title=Tony Hall: BBC should promote itself more |date=27 November 2013 |accessdate=27 November 2013}}

| Virgin Media switches off its analogue TV service in Milton Keynes. This had been the last analogue television service which had still been in operation in the UK and brings to an end all forms of analogue television in the United Kingdom.

|The new Coronation Street set at dock10, MediaCityUK in Salford is officially unveiled.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25151472 |publisher=BBC News |title=Coronation Street's new set unveiled|date=29 November 2013 |accessdate=29 November 2013}}

|The Bible makes its British television debut on Channel 5.{{cite news|first=Christopher |last=Howse |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/tv-and-radio-reviews/10484409/The-Bible-Channel-5-review.html |title=The Bible, Channel 5, review |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=30 November 2013 |accessdate=21 March 2015}}

|More than 44,000 people have signed a Change.org petition calling for reality television star Katie Hopkins to be banned from television after a Twitter posting in which she made a joke about Scottish life expectancy in the wake of the Glasgow helicopter crash that resulted in several fatalities. Hopkins responds that she was referring to a recent NHS report discussing the country's average life expectancy and apologises for any offence caused.{{cite news|first=Carl |last=Morris |url=http://metro.co.uk/2013/12/02/thousands-sign-petition-calling-for-katie-hopkins-to-be-banned-from-tv-over-death-joke-after-glasgow-helicopter-crash-4210683/ |title=Katie Hopkins faces TV ban petition after being accused of Glasgow helicopter crash 'joke' |newspaper=Metro |date=2 December 2013 |accessdate=15 February 2014}}

|The death of former South African President Nelson Mandela leads to several schedule changes, including extended news coverage and special documentaries paying tribute to him.{{cite news|first=Caroline |last=Westbrook |url=http://metro.co.uk/2013/12/06/nelson-mandela-death-bbc-incurs-wrath-of-mrs-browns-boys-fans-over-interruption-mid-episode-4220994/ |title=Nelson Mandela death: BBC incurs wrath of Mrs Brown's Boys fans after interruption midway through episode |newspaper=Metro News |date=6 December 2013 |accessdate=7 December 2013}}{{cite news|last=Ward |first=Rachel |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/nelson-mandela/10500675/Nelson-Mandela-tribute-documentaries-in-TV-schedules.html |title=Nelson Mandela tribute documentaries in TV schedules |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=6 December 2013 |accessdate=6 December 2013}}

|Figures published by Broadcast magazine indicate that in 2013, ITV achieved its first increase in audience share since 1990, rising from 15.7% in 2012 to 16.5% this year. ITV is also the only one of the five main terrestrial channels to increase its viewership over the past year, while Channel 4 saw a drop from 6.5% to 5.8%. The decrease is attributed to the 2012 boost Channel 4 had in its viewers because of its coverage of that year's Summer Paralympics.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25259783 |title=Channel 4 suffers 2013 ratings slump |publisher=BBC News |date=6 December 2013 |accessdate=4 May 2015}}

|Westlife singer Kian Egan wins the thirteenth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25298105 |publisher=BBC News |title=Westlife's Kian Egan wins I'm A Celebrity |date=9 December 2013 |accessdate=25 April 2014}}

|EastEnders marks the death of Nelson Mandela with a specially recorded scene in which Carol Jackson (Lindsay Coulson) and Denise Fox (Diane Parish) recall Mandela's release from prison in 1990.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25298699 |publisher=BBC News |title=EastEnders and Question Time to remember Nelson Mandela |date=9 December 2013 |accessdate=7 March 2015}}

|The BBC launches five new high-definition simulcasts of BBC News, BBC Three, BBC Four, CBBC and CBeebies.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25298109|title= BBC launches five new HD channels|publisher=BBC |date= 9 December 2013|accessdate=10 December 2013}}

|BBC One's Question Time is broadcast from South Africa to discuss the legacy of Nelson Mandela following his recent death.{{cite news|first=Nicolai|last= Gentchev|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/question-time-south-africa.html |work=BBC Media Centre |title= Question Time to broadcast from South Africa |publisher=BBC |date= 6 December 2013|accessdate=9 December 2013}}

|The media regulator Ofcom says that complaints about BT TV have more than doubled since the launch of BT Sport in August.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25366097 |publisher=BBC News |title=Complaints about BT TV double since launch of BT Sport |date=13 December 2013 |accessdate=13 December 2013}}

|2013 Wimbledon men's singles winner Andy Murray is named this year's BBC Sports Personality of the Year.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/25386015 |title=Andy Murray wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2013 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=15 December 2013 |accessdate=6 November 2015}}

|Ofcom reports that a Comic Relief sketch featuring Rowan Atkinson as a fictional Archbishop of Canterbury was the most complained about television broadcast of the year, although Ofcom ruled in July that it did not breach the regulations.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25413389 |publisher=BBC News |title=Rowan Atkinson Comic Relief skit tops Ofcom complaints |date=17 December 2013 |accessdate=17 December 2013}}

|It is reported that former Channel 5 chief executive David Elstein will call for the abolition of the licence fee and suggest the BBC introduce a subscription model when the Culture, Media and Sport Committee convenes to discuss the future of the Corporation in January 2014.{{cite news|first=Steven |last=Swinford |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/10532598/TV-licence-should-be-abolished-major-inquiry-into-future-of-BBC-to-hear.html |title=TV licence should be abolished, major inquiry into future of BBC to hear |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=21 December 2013 |accessdate=2 January 2014}}

|Defence Minister Anna Soubry apologises after comments made on an edition of The Andrew Marr Show in which she described UKIP leader Nigel Farage as looking "like somebody has put their finger up his bottom and he really rather likes it".{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/12/22/anna-soubry-apologises-nigel-farage-_n_4489555.html |title=Anna Soubry Apologises To Nigel Farage For 'Finger Up His Bottom' Remark |work=Huffington Post |date=22 December 2013 |accessdate=23 December 2013}}

|British television premiere of Walt Disney's 1940 animated classic Fantasia is aired on BBC Two for the first time.

|Matt Smith makes his final full appearance as the Eleventh Doctor in the Doctor Who episode "The Time of the Doctor"; his successor, Peter Capaldi, makes a minor appearance as the Twelfth Doctor at the episode's conclusion.

|Overnight viewing figures indicate that Mrs. Brown's Boys was the most watched show on Christmas Day, with an audience of 9.4 million. The BBC claimed four of the five most watched programmes on Christmas Day.{{cite news|first=Hannah |last=Furness |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/10538533/BBC-wins-Christmas-Day-ratings-war-as-Mrs-Browns-Boys-beats-Downton.html |title=BBC wins Christmas Day ratings war, as Mrs Brown's Boys beats Downton |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=26 December 2013 |accessdate=1 January 2014}}{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/mrs-browns-boys-wins-festive-ratings-battle-as-eastenders-loses-top-spot-9025865.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/mrs-browns-boys-wins-festive-ratings-battle-as-eastenders-loses-top-spot-9025865.html |archive-date=1 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |first=Ian |last=Burrell |title=Mrs Brown's Boys wins festive ratings battle as EastEnders loses top spot |newspaper=The Independent |publisher=Independent Print Limited |date=26 December 2013 |accessdate=1 January 2014}}{{cbignore}}

|Still Open All Hours was the most watched programme on Boxing Day, attracting an audience of 10 million. On ITV, the terrestrial television premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 was watched by an average audience of 4.3 million.{{cite news|first=Mark |last=Sweney |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/dec/27/still-open-all-hours-largest-audience-boxing-day |title=Still Open All Hours is Boxing Day hit, attracting largest audience to BBC |newspaper=The Guardian |date=27 December 2013 |accessdate=6 January 2014}}

|More4 HD

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|Kix Power

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| FX

| Fox

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| ITV

| ITV +1

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| Pick TV

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| BBC One & BBC Two

|Channel 4

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|5*

|Channel 4

|ITV

|Comedy Central Extra

|True Entertainment

|BBC Four

|BBC Two

|28 January 1988

|BBC Two

|15 January 2013

|Gold

|21 March 2009

|rowspan=2|ITV

|23 February 2013

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|19 December 2002

|7 April 2013

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|ITV, BBC One & BBC Two

|31 August 2013

|ITV

|27 June 2012

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|2 September 2013

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|23 December 2005
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|The Polar Bear Family & Me

|rowspan="1"|BBC Two

|1985

|Africa

|rowspan="2"|BBC One

|Britain's Brightest

|Great Night Out

| ITV

|Way To Go

|BBC Three

|Face the Clock

|Channel 4

|64 Zoo Lane

|CBeebies

|1999

|BBC Three

|2011

|Wild Arabia

|BBC Two

|2013

|Being Human

|BBC Three

|2008

|Lightfields

|ITV

|2013

|Life's Too Short

|rowspan=2|BBC Two

|2011

|Heading Out

|2013

|Alexander Armstrong's Big Ask

|Dave

|rowspan="2"|2011

|Anna & Katy

|rowspan="2"|Channel 4

|The Common Denominator

|2013

|James May's Man Lab

|BBC Two

|2010

|James Nesbitt's Ireland

|ITV

|rowspan="3"|2013

|The Politician's Husband

|BBC Two

|The Wright Way

|BBC One

|Channel 4

|2004

|Watson & Oliver

|BBC Two

|rowspan="2"|2012

|1001 Things You Should Know

|Channel 4

|An Audience with...

|ITV & Channel 4

|1980

|Ice Age Giants

|BBC Two

|2013

|10 O'Clock Live

|Channel 4

|2011

|Frankie

|BBC One

|2013

|May the Best House Win

|ITV

|2010

|Rise of the Continents

|BBC Two

|rowspan="2"|2013

|Love and Marriage

|ITV

|Lemon La Vida Loca

|ITV2

|2012

|Brendan's Magical Mystery Tour

|Channel 4

|2013

|Horrible Histories

|CBBC

|2009

|Your Face Sounds Familiar

|rowspan="2"|ITV

|2013

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|2011

|E4

|2007

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|rowspan="2"|BBC One

|2011

|The White Queen

|2013

|Restoration Home

|BBC Two

|2011

|PhoneShop

|Channel 4

|2009

|Take On the Twisters

|ITV

|2013

|The Cafe

|Sky 1

|2011

|Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model

|Sky Living

|2005

|Star Treatment

|ITV

|rowspan="4"|2013

|What Remains

|BBC One

|The Guilty

|ITV

|Chickens

|Sky 1

|The IT Crowd

|Channel 4

|2006

|BBC Two

|rowspan="3"|2013

|I Love My Country

|BBC One

|rowspan="3"|ITV

|Whitechapel

|2009

|Pat & Cabbage

|rowspan="6"|2013

|By Any Means

|BBC One

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|Channel 4

|Truckers

|rowspan="3"|BBC One

|Ambassadors

|The Escape Artist

|Agatha Christie's Poirot

|rowspan="2"|ITV

|1989

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|rowspan="4"|2013

|Was It Something I Said?

|Channel 4

|Prize Island

|ITV

|Britain and the Sea

|BBC One

|Snog, Marry, Avoid?

|BBC Three

|2008

|Misfits

|E4

|2009

|Off the Beaten Track

|ITV

|rowspan="2"|2013

|BBC Two

|Ripper Street

|BBC One

|2012

|Lucan

|ITV

|rowspan="2"|2013

|The Great Train Robbery

|BBC One

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|rowspan="2"|2010

|Stand Up for the Week

|Channel 4

|ITV

|2013

|Hebburn

|rowspan="2"|BBC Two

|rowspan="2"|2012

|Peter Andre: My Life

|ITV2

|2009

|Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom

|Channel 5

|2008 or 2009

|Death Comes to Pemberley

|BBC One

|rowspan="3"|2013

|Sunday Scoop

|rowspan="3"|ITV

|2004

|Sky 1

|2011

|rowspan="2"|BBC Two

|2002

|Tudor Monastery Farm

|2013

|Christopher Martin-Jenkins{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/20881346|title=Christopher Martin-Jenkins, TMS commentator, dies aged 67|date=1 January 2013|publisher=BBC Sport |accessdate=11 January 2013}}

| style="text-align: center;" | 67

|Test Match Special commentator

|Robert Kee{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/tv-radio-obituaries/9796708/Robert-Kee.html |title=Robert Kee |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=11 January 2013 |accessdate=11 January 2013}}

| style="text-align: center;" | 93

|Writer and broadcaster

|Bernard Horsfall

| style="text-align: center;" | 82

|English-Scottish actor

|David Taylor

| style="text-align: center;" | 78

|Veterinarian and television host

|Pat Derby[http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/65579/pat-derby-flipper-lassie-trainer-dies-at-69 "Pat Derby, 'Flipper,' 'Lassie' Trainer, Dies at 69"] from AP/TV News Check (19 February 2013)

| style="text-align: center;" | 70

|British-born American animal trainer for numerous television shows in the United States and animal rights activist

|Richard Briers{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21498077 |publisher=BBC News |title=Richard Briers, The Good Life star, dies aged 79 |date=18 February 2013 |accessdate=18 February 2013}}

| style="text-align: center;" | 79

|Narrator, actor, Voice actor (Marriage Lines, Roobarb, Noddy, The Good Life, Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk, Watership Down, Ever Decreasing Circles, Bob The Builder, Monarch of the Glen)

| style="text-align: center;" | 84

|Television presenter and executive (Mr. and Mrs.)

|Raymond Cusick{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21563344 |publisher=BBC News |title=Doctor Who Dalek designer Ray Cusick dies after illness |date=23 February 2013 |accessdate=23 February 2013}}

| style="text-align: center;" | 84

|BBC designer (designed the Daleks on Doctor Who)

|Bob Godfrey{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21552718 |publisher=BBC News |title=Bob Godfrey, Roobarb animator, dies aged 91 |date=22 February 2013 |accessdate=22 February 2013}}

| style="text-align: center;" | 91

|Animator, director, narrator, Voice actor (Roobarb, Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk, Henry's Cat, Bunyip)

|Tony Gubba{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/mar/11/tony-gubba-dies |title=Sports presenter Tony Gubba dies from illness aged 69 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=11 March 2013 |accessdate=11 March 2013}}

| style="text-align: center;" | 69

|Sports commentator (also known for his role as voiceover on Dancing on Ice)

|Norman Collier{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21798955 |publisher=BBC News |title=Comedian Norman Collier dies aged 87 |date=15 March 2013 |accessdate=15 March 2013}}

| style="text-align: center;" | 87

|Comedian

|Frank Thornton{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21828965 |publisher=BBC News |title=Are You Being Served? actor Frank Thornton dies aged 92 |date=18 March 2013 |accessdate=18 March 2013}}

| style="text-align: center;" | 92

|Actor (Last of the Summer Wine, Are You Being Served?)

|Jack Stokes

| style="text-align: center;" | 92

|Animator and director (The Beatles: Yellow Submarine, Roobarb)

|Richard Griffiths{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21973505 |publisher=BBC News |title=Harry Potter actor Richard Griffiths dies |date=29 March 2013 |accessdate=29 March 2013}}

| style="text-align: center;" | 65

|Actor (Pie in the Sky, Harry Potter films)

|Nick Milligan

| style="text-align: center;" | 51

|BSkyB executive

|Paul Shane{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22563351 |publisher=BBC News |title=Hi-de-Hi! actor Paul Shane dies |date=16 May 2013 |accessdate=16 May 2013}}

| style="text-align: center;" | 72

|Actor (Hi-de-Hi!, You Rang, M'Lord?, Oh, Doctor Beeching)

|Arthur Malet

| style="text-align: center;" | 85

|Actor (Mary Poppins, In the Heat of the Night, The Black Cauldron, Anastasia)

|Richard Thorp

| style="text-align: center;" | 81

|Actor (Emmerdale) aka Alan Turner

|Bill Pertwee

| style="text-align: center;" | 86

|Actor (Dad's Army), author

|David Lyon

| style="text-align: center;" | 72

|Actor (House of Cards)

|Mick Aston

| style="text-align: center;" | 66

|Media personality and archaeologist (Time Team)

|Bernie Nolan{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23180456 |publisher=BBC News |title=Singer Bernie Nolan dies aged 52 |date=4 July 2013 |accessdate=4 July 2013}}

| style="text-align: center;" | 52

|Singer and actress (Brookside, The Bill) aka Sheelagh Murphy

|Anna Wing{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23268512 | title=Anna Wing, EastEnders' Lou Beale, dies aged 98 | publisher=BBC News | date=11 July 2013 | accessdate=11 July 2013}}

| style="text-align: center;" | 98

|Actress (EastEnders)

|Alan Whicker{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23287351 |publisher=BBC News |title=Broadcaster Alan Whicker dies at 87 |date=12 July 2013 |accessdate=12 July 2013}}

| style="text-align: center;" | 87

|Journalist and broadcaster (Whicker's World)

| style="text-align: center;" | 78

|Television producer and director (Only Fools and Horses)

| Briony McRoberts{{Cite news|date=20 July 2013|title=Actress Briony McRoberts killed by Tube train|work=BBC News|location=London|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-23389849|accessdate=24 July 2013}}

| style="text-align: center;" | 56

|Actress (Take the High Road)

|Mel Smith{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23390982 |publisher=BBC News |title=Mel Smith dies of a heart attack aged 60 |date=20 July 2013 |accessdate=20 July 2013}}

| style="text-align: center;" | 60

|Comedian (Alas Smith and Jones, Not the Nine O'Clock News)

|Jon Leyne

| style="text-align: center;" | 55

|Reporter of BBC News, BBC News, BBC World News, Reporters

|Mick Deane

| style="text-align: center;" | 61

|Sky News cameraman

|David Frost{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23920336 |publisher=BBC News |title=Sir David Frost, broadcaster and writer, dies at 74 |date=2 September 2013 |accessdate=2 September 2013}}

| style="text-align: center;" | 74

|Television presenter, journalist, comedian and writer (host of Breakfast with Frost, Through the Keyhole, That Was the Week That Was and The Frost Report)

|David Jacobs{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23938128 |title=Broadcaster David Jacobs dies at 87 |publisher=BBC News |date=2 September 2013 |accessdate=2 September 2013}}

| style="text-align: center;" | 87

|Actor and broadcaster (Top of the Pops, Juke Box Jury, A Song for Europe, Come Dancing)

|Felix Dexter{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24591754 |publisher=BBC News |title=Comedian Felix Dexter dies of cancer |date=19 October 2013 |accessdate=19 October 2013}}

| style="text-align: center;" | 52

|Actor, writer and comedian

|Nigel Davenport

| style="text-align: center;" | 85

|Stage, television and film actor (Chariots of Fire, The Treasure Seekers, A Man for All Seasons, Much Ado About Nothing,{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} Howards' Way, Without a Clue)

|John Cole{{cite news|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/tributes-after-bbcs-john-cole-dies-29737433.html |title=Tributes after BBC's John Cole dies |publisher=Independent News and Media |newspaper=Belfast Telegraph |date=8 November 2013 |accessdate=8 November 2013}}

| style="text-align: center;" | 85

|Journalist and broadcaster, former BBC Political Editor

|Peter Cartwright

| style="text-align: center;" | 78

|Actor (Emmerdale) aka George Postlethwaite

|Ray Gosling{{cite news|first=Stuart |last=Jeffries |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/nov/20/ray-gosling |title=Ray Gosling obituary |newspaper=The Guardian |date=20 November 2013 |accessdate=15 February 2014}}

| style="text-align: center;" | 74

|Journalist and broadcaster

|Lewis Collins

| style="text-align: center;" | 67

|Actor (The Professionals)

|Mary Riggans{{cite news|first= Alistair|last= Munro|url=http://www.scotsman.com/what-s-on/tv-radio/take-the-high-road-actress-mary-riggans-dies-1-3220483 |title=Take the High Road actress Mary Riggans dies |publisher=Johnston Press|newspaper= The Scotsman |date=4 December 2013 |accessdate=1 January 2014}}

| style="text-align: center;" | 78

|Actress (Take the High Road, Balamory) aka Suzie Sweet

|David Coleman

| style="text-align: center;" | 87

|BBC Sports commentator

|Geoffrey Wheeler{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25560734 |publisher=BBC News |title=Geoffrey Wheeler, Songs of Praise presenter, dies aged 83 |date=31 December 2013 |accessdate=31 December 2013}}

| style="text-align: center;" | 83

|Broadcaster (Top of the Form, Songs of Praise)

|John Fortune{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25559826 |publisher=BBC News |title=John Fortune, satirical comedian, dies aged 74 |date=31 December 2013 |accessdate=31 December 2013}}

| style="text-align: center;" | 74

|Comedian and satirist (Bremner, Bird and Fortune)