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|<blockquote><font size=5 face="Courier New">Welcome to<br>'''The UK TV Schedules Archive'''</font></blockquote>
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|The '''ONLY''' place on the web to find searchable TV broadcast information by date or by programme, for the history of UK television.
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==First Steps==
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What we want to archive here is programme schedule information for UK television programmes aired between 1936 and present day. We are only concerned with terrestrial channels, namely;
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*BBC1
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*BBC2
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*ITV1 (including regional variations)
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*Channel 4
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*Five
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What We Are NOT
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*We are not concerned with Satellite and Cable channels
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*We are not here to provide information on recent or future programming
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*We are not here to provide in depth analysis or summaries of individual programmes, series, or personalities
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*We are not here to archive pictures or clips from individual shows
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*We are not here to provide background information about any particular channel
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==Navigation==
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You can find information here in one of two ways.
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;Browse : Select a year from the list in the left hand column. A calendar for the requested year will be displayed, and from there you can display the schedule for the given day (dates where wiki content does NOT exist will be show in red).
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;Search : Enter a programme name in the search box in the left hand column to find all airdates for that show currently held here. You can also enter a specific date in the search box to jump right to that day. Dates must be entered in the format "dd mmmm yyyy", for example "12 November 1981" (without the quotes). You may also search for anything that might appear in a programme synopsis, such as presenter name or actor name, but that information may not always be present.
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Revision as of 21:18, 23 July 2007

Welcome to
The UK TV Schedules Archive
The ONLY place on the web to find searchable TV broadcast information by date or by programme, for the history of UK television.

What We Are

What we want to archive here is programme schedule information for UK television programmes aired between 1936 and present day. We are only concerned with terrestrial channels, namely;

  • BBC1
  • BBC2
  • ITV1 (including regional variations)
  • Channel 4
  • Five

What We Are NOT

  • We are not concerned with Satellite and Cable channels
  • We are not here to provide information on recent or future programming
  • We are not here to provide in depth analysis or summaries of individual programmes, series, or personalities
  • We are not here to archive pictures or clips from individual shows
  • We are not here to provide background information about any particular channel


Navigation

You can find information here in one of two ways.

Browse 
Select a year from the list in the left hand column. A calendar for the requested year will be displayed, and from there you can display the schedule for the given day (dates where wiki content does NOT exist will be show in red).
Search 
Enter a programme name in the search box in the left hand column to find all airdates for that show currently held here. You can also enter a specific date in the search box to jump right to that day. Dates must be entered in the format "dd mmmm yyyy", for example "12 November 1981" (without the quotes). You may also search for anything that might appear in a programme synopsis, such as presenter name or actor name, but that information may not always be present.
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