ALT Seasons of the Year Drama ITV (Granada) 14 June - 19 July 1971 Six plays involving the various occupants of 'Seasons' (a country house) over a 150 year period. The cast includes: Jennie Linden Ian Ogilvy Nicholas Jones Donald Hewlett Richard Vernon Catherine Lacey Tony Anholt Angela Thorne Frederick Treves Thora Hird Frazer Hines Nerys Hughes Dinah Sheridan Wendy Padbury Gwen Watford Penny Spencer Googie Withers John Stratton Barbara Lott Horst Janson William Lucas
ALT Room at the Bottom Sitcom BBC 1 14 June 1966 (pilot), 14 March - 25 April 1967 Set in the maintenance department of a large company tower block. It was the first sitcom by the writing team of John Esmonde and Bob Larbey. The cast includes: Kenneth Connor Deryck Guyler Gordon Rollings Kenny Lynch Brian Wilde John Horsley Patrick Newell Yvonne Antrobus Jack Bligh Richard Coleman Frances Collins Eric Dodson John Dunbar Janina Faye Wendy Gifford Henry McGee Geraldine Newman Richard O'Sullivan
ALT We remember... John Logie Baird - inventor 13 August 1888 – 14 June 1946 Age 57 John demonstrated the world's first mechanical television system in 1926. He went on to invent the first publicly demonstrated colour television system and the first viable purely electronic colour television picture tube.
ALT Remembering... Mike Yarwood - impressionist 14 June 1941 - 8 September 2023 Age 82 One of Britain's top-rated entertainers, regularly appearing on television from the 1960s to the 1980s in his own shows and on variety programmes. Among his TV credits are: The Vicar of Dibley Call up the Stars Mr H Is Late The Morecambe & Wise Show Oh in Colour Three of a Kind The Jack Jones Show Bob Monkhouse: The Last Stand Night of a Thousand Faces I Love 1970's Have I Got News for You Esther The Generation Game Des O'Connor Tonight This Week Mike Yarwood in Persons Seaside Special Friday Night, Saturday Morning Multi-Coloured Swap Shop Parkinson The Royal Windsor Big Top Show Saturday Night at the Mill Look, Mike Yarwood! Election 74 What's My Line? An Hour with Mike Yarwood A Question of Sport Crowther's Back in Town The Golden Shot It's Lulu Will the Real Mike Yarwood Stand Up? Billy Cotton Band Show Cilla Secombe, Friends and Relations This is Tom Jones! The New London Palladium Show
ALT 13 June 2021 News channel GBNews launches. It was positioned as an alternative news channel in the United Kingdom, offering a different perspective from the established news networks.
ALT Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die Documentary BBC Two (KEO North/BBC Scotland) 13 June 2011 This one-off programme is about the controversial subject of assisted death. It is presented by Terry Pratchett and features Peter Smedley, a 71-year-old motor neurone disease sufferer, dying by assisted death at the Swiss assisted dying organisation, Dignitas.
ALT We remember... Joan Benham - actress 17 May 1918 - 13 June 1981 Age 63 Joan is best known as Lady Prudence Fairfax in the ITV period drama series Upstairs, Downstairs. Benham's other television credits include: Terry and June Both Ends Meet The Sun Trap Breakaway Crown Court Just William The Upchat Line Three Piece Suite Doctor on the Go The Duchess of Duke Street Happy Ever After Within These Walls Father Brown Melissa Romany Jones Wodehouse Playhouse Jackanory Playhouse Doctor in Charge ITV Playhouse The Befrienders Rules, Rules, Rules Six Dates with Barker W Somerset Maugham Never a Cross Word Doctor in the House Not in Front of the Children Dr Finlay's Casebook The Ugliest Girl in Town Armchair Theatre Mickey Dunne Mogul Mrs Thursday Pardon the Expression No Hiding Place Story Parade The Worker Hancock Saki A Life of Bliss Hotel Imperial Something in the City Don't Tell Father My Wife and I The Rose and the Ring Tilly of Bloomsbury Dandy Dick 3-2-1 The Russell Harty Show
ALT Operation Patch Historical drama ITV (Southern) 13 June - 25 July 1976 https://tvark.org/operation-patch England, 1805. During an impending major sea battle with France, two teenagers discover a plot to assassinate Nelson. The cast includes: Michael Robbins Barry Lowe Anthony Pedley Virginia Balfour Lynsey Baxter Nigel Greaves Diane Mercer Donald Pickering Brian Anthony Robert James Alex Davion Griffith Davies MJ Matthews Leslie Dwyer
ALT Paul Lynde - 13/6/1926 - 10/1/1982 Age 55 Paul's TV credits include: The Perils of Penelope Pitstop The Paul Lynde Show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Help, It's The Hair Bear Bunch Laff-a-Lympics Bewitched Where's Huddles? It's the Wolf Cattanooga Cats I Dream of Jeannie The Beverly Hillbillies The Pruitts of Southampton F Troop Gidget/Gidget Grows Up/Gidget Gets Married Burke's Law The Munsters The Phil Silvers Show Bob Hope for President Dinah! Paul Lynde Goes MA-A-A-AD Paul Lynde at the Movies The Osmond Family Show Donny and Marie The Paul Lynde Comedy Hour The Paul Lynde Halloween Special The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson The Bob Hope Show Donahue The $10,000 Pyramid Sandy Duncan Special The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour Mantrap The Golddiggers The Jerry Lewis Show Gypsy The Ed Sullivan Show The Andy Williams Show The Perry Como Show The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar
ALT The Comedians Stand up comedy ITV (Granada) 12 June 1971 - 28 December 1993 11 series - 81 episodes Among those who participated were: Russ Abbot Lennie Bennett Stan Boardman Jim Bowen Jimmy Bright Duggie Brown Mike Burton Dave Butler Brian Carroll Frank Carson Johnnie Casson Eddie Colinton Mike Coyne Colin Crompton Bob Curtiss Pauline Daniels Charlie Daze Les Dennis Vince Earl Steve Faye Ray Fell Eddie Flanagan Stu Francis Mike Goddard Ken Goodwin Jackie Hamilton Jerry Harris Jimmy Jones Mike Kelly George King Bobby Knutt Bernard Manning Jimmy Marshall Mike McCabe Paul Melba Mick Miller Pat Mooney Hal Nolan Tom O'Connor Tom Pepper Bryn Phillips Al Robbins Don Reid Mike Reid George Roper Harry Scott Paul Shane Pat Tansey Sammy Thomas Johnny Wager Roy Walker Jos White, Charlie Williams Gerry Thomas Lee Wilson Lenny Windsor
ALT Get Lost! Comedy drama ITV (YTV) 12 June - 3 July 1981 Written by Alan Plater The plot concerns the disappearance of the husband of Leeds schoolteacher Judy Threadgold. Investigating the disappearance, with the aid of her colleague, woodwork teacher Neville Keaton, Judy learns of the existence of a secret organisation that helps disaffected people leave their unhappy lives behind. It was hoped to be the prequel to The Beiderbecke Trilogy, but that series was rewritten by Plater with new characters when the actor who played Keaton wasn't available. The cast includes: Bridget Turner Alun Armstrong David Calder Michael Goldie Colin Sharp Sheila Reid Neil McCarthy Rosalie Williams Lizzie Mickery Ray Dunbobbin John Franklyn-Robbins
ALT Don't Get Done, Get Dom Consumer rights series BBC One (Flame TV) 12 June 2006 - 29 May 2015 9 series - 144 episodes. Dominic Littlewood takes on some of the biggest names in town to sort out the domestic disasters of frustrated homeowners. In later episodes, Dom is assisted by Rani Price.
ALT We remember... Lucinda Riley - actress, writer and dancer 16 February 1965 – 11 June 2021 Age 56 Lucinda's television credits include: Beadle's About Jumping the Queue Auf Wiedersehen, Pet The Story of the Treasure Seekers Riley is more noted for her book writing, notably The Seven Sisters series of novels.
ALT Clarkson's Farm Reality documentary Amazon Prime (Expectation/Con Dao/Amazon MGM) 11 June 2021 - present day 5 series - 38 episodes The series documents Clarkson's attempts at running a 1,000-acre farm near Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire. Described by Clarkson as "genuine reality television," the series has received positive reviews and has been praised for raising public awareness of the British farming industry on the international stage.
ALT Crouchy's Year-Late Euros: Live Entertainment BBC One (Fulwell 73 productions) 11 June - 12 July 2021 12 episodes Peter Crouch, Maya Jama and Alex Horne host their post-match party. The biggest names from sport, comedy and music star in a festival of football and fun. Broadcast during the delayed 2020 European Football Championships.
ALT Gayle's World Parody comedy ITV (Carlton) 11 June 1996 (pilot), 18 June - 23 July 1997 Comedy series following Brenda Gilhooly in the guise of her comic alter-ego, model Gayle Tuesday. Guests included: Gabrielle Glaister Vicki Michelle Carol Hawkins Anna Karen Sara Cox Kathy Lloyd Danniella Westbrook Mem Ferda Charlotte Coleman Ken Andrew Melvyn Hayes
ALT Selling Hitler Fact-based drama ITV (Thames/Euston Films/Warner Sisters) 11 June - 9 July 1991 Based around the true story of the Hitler Diaries hoax which was adapted from Robert Harris's 1986 book Selling Hitler: The Story of the Hitler Diaries. The cast includes: Jonathan Pryce Alexei Sayle Alison Doody Julie T Wallace Richard Wilson Olivier Pierre Philip Fox Peter Capaldi Tom Baker John Shrapnel Elaine Collins Thomas Wheatley Philip Bowen Elizabeth Spender John Boswall Annette Lynton Caroline Strong Conor Chamberlain Rosemary Allen Zannah Lea Roger Lloyd-Pack Barry Humphries Alan Bennett