Editing Timeline of the BBC (section)

== 1960s ==
[[File:BBC 1 logo 1963.png|right|200px|BBC logo between 1962 and 1972]]
* '''1960'''
** 26 March – [[BBC One|BBC Television]] televises the [[Grand National]] for the first time.
** 19 June – [[Nan Winton]] becomes the BBC's first national female [[News presenter|newsreader]]. 
** 29 June – [[BBC Television Centre]] opens.
** 8 October – The [[BBC One|BBC Television Service]] is renamed as BBC TV.

* '''1961'''
** 30 June – Final original episode of classic sitcom ''[[Hancock's Half Hour|Hancock]]'' broadcast on BBC TV.
** 1 October – Long-running religious music series ''[[Songs of Praise]]'' debuts on BBC TV.
** 2 October – Long-running viewers' letters series ''[[Points of View (TV programme)|Points of View]]'' debuts on BBC TV.
** 15 December – First episode of ''[[Comedy Playhouse]]'' broadcast on BBC TV.

* '''1962'''
** 4 January – Popular sitcom ''[[Steptoe and Son]]'' begins.
** 27 June – The [[Pilkington Committee on Broadcasting]] publishes its report into the future of UK broadcasting. Long its recommendations are the introduction of colour television licenses, that Britain's third national television channel should be awarded to the [[BBC]] and that the BBC should extend its activities to the creation of local radio stations in order to prevent the introduction of commercial radio.
** 28 August – Experimental stereo radio broadcasts begin.
** The BBC runs a series of closed circuit experiments in local radio from a variety of locations across England.<ref name="youtube.com">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX-XWODC3i8 BBC Radio Durham documentary about BBC local radio]</ref>

* '''1963'''
** The BBC logo was modified to slant the boxes with the lettering and to reduce the spaces between the lettering as well as between the boxes.
** 30 September – A globe is used as BBCtv's channel identity for the first time.
** 23 November – [[An Unearthly Child|First broadcast]] of the world's longest-running science fiction television programme, ''[[Doctor Who]]''.

* '''1964'''
** 1 January – First broadcast of pop and rock music television show ''[[Top of the Pops]]''. 
** 20 April – [[BBC2]] starts broadcasting (on [[625-line television system|625 lines]]). The existing BBC Television Service is renamed [[BBC1]].
** 22 August – First broadcast of top flight football television show ''[[Match of the Day]]''.

* '''1965'''
** 22 March – Launch of the daytime BBC Music Programme on the frequencies of Network Three / the Third Programme.
** 1 May – The General Overseas Service is renamed the [[BBC World Service]].
** 10 October – A new service for Asian immigrants begins broadcasting. The programming consists of a weekly television and radio programme broadcast on Sunday mornings.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/4/newsid_2540000/2540633.stm|title= Immigrants feel at home with BBC|publisher= BBC On This Day|access-date= 16 May 2009 | date=1965-10-04}}</ref>

* '''1966'''
**3 January – ''[[Camberwick Green]]'' is the first programme on BBC1 to be shot in colour and the first programme to feature the copyright year in the end credits; BBC1 would not broadcast in colour until almost four years later and regular BBC programmes also wouldn't show the copyright year in the end credits until six years later.
** 5 April – ''[[The Money Programme]]'' – the BBC's first regular programme devoted to business and finance – debuts on [[BBC Two|BBC2]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/36fca513767940b8ada503a4f1774448|title=The Money Programme – BBC Two England – 5 April 1966 – BBC Genome|date=5 April 1966 |publisher=BBC|access-date=11 November 2018}}</ref> 
** 17 April – The first regular stereo radio transmissions begin, from the [[Wrotham transmitting station|Wrotham]] transmitter. 
** A government White Paper paves the way for the launch of a small number (eight) of two-year experimental [[BBC Local Radio]] stations.<ref name="youtube.com"/>

* '''1967'''
**3 January – ''[[Trumpton]]'' is the second programme on BBC1 to be shot in colour and to also feature the copyright year in the end credits five years before regular BBC programmes would; only [[BBC Two|BBC2]] became the first channel to broadcast colour nearly six months later. BBC1 however still wouldn't broadcast colour until almost three years later.
** 25 June – The first worldwide live satellite programme, ''[[Our World (International TV special)|Our World]]'', featuring the Pop band, [[the Beatles]], is televised.
** 1 July – Regular colour TV transmissions ([[625-line television system|625 lines]]) begin on BBC2, starting with the Wimbledon tennis championships.
** 30 September – [[BBC Radio 1]] is launched, as a response to the threat from [[pirate radio]] station broadcasts of popular music. At the same time, the Light Programme, the third network (Network Three / the Third Programme), and the Home Service are renamed Radios [[BBC Radio 2|2]], [[BBC Radio 3|3]] and [[BBC Radio 4|4]] respectively.
** 8 November – The BBC launches its first [[BBC Local Radio|local radio station]] when [[BBC Radio Leicester]] launches.
** 15 November – [[BBC Radio Sheffield]] launches.
** 22 November – [[BBC Radio Merseyside]] launches.
** 2 December – [[BBC2]] becomes the first television channel in Britain to broadcast a full service in colour.

* '''1968'''
** 31 January – [[BBC Radio Nottingham]] launches.
** 14 February – [[BBC Radio Sussex|BBC Radio Brighton]] launches.
** 14 March – [[BBC Radio Stoke]] launches.
** 25 March – BBC regional television from [[Leeds]] began and the first edition of ''[[BBC Look North (Yorkshire and North Midlands)|Look North]]'' is broadcast. Previously, the Yorkshire area had been part of a wider North region based in [[Manchester]].
** 24 June – [[BBC Radio Leeds]] launches.
** 3 July – [[BBC Radio Durham]] launches.
** 31 July – The first episode of ''[[Dad's Army]]'' is broadcast.

* '''1969'''
**10 July – The BBC publishes a report called "Broadcasting in the Seventies" proposing the reorganisation of programmes on the national networks and replacing regional broadcasting on [[BBC Radio 4]] with [[BBC Local Radio]].
** 9 September – The first edition of ''[[Nationwide (TV programme)|Nationwide]]'' is broadcast.
** 19–20 September – [[BBC News]] relocates from [[Alexandra Palace]] in North London to [[BBC Television Centre]] in West London.
**6 October – ''[[Chigley]]'' is the third and final programme to be shot in colour on BBC1 before regular colour broadcasting and also happens to be the first programme to feature the copyright year in [[Roman numerals]] in the end credits nearly seven years ahead of most programmes by the BBC.
** 15 November – BBC1 starts broadcasting in colour (simultaneous with rival [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]). [[NODD (Nexus Orthicon Display Device)|First appearance of the Mirror Globe, coloured blue on black]].
**[[BBC Local Radio]] is made permanent after the two-year experiment is judged to have been a success.