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{{Year nav topic5|1958|British television}}This is a list of British television related events from 1958. EventsJanuary- 14 January – TWW, the first ITV franchise for South Wales and West of England, goes on the air.
February- 17 February – Pope Pius XII designates St. Clare of Assisi the patron saint of television.[1] Thereafter, placing her icon on a television set was said to improve reception.
- 18 February – Footage of the annual Shrove Tuesday Atherstone Ball Game is shown on television for the first time.[2]
March- 31 March – Debut of the BBC's serial Starr and Company' set in an engineering firm. The programme is aired for nine months.[3][4]
AprilMay- 5 May – First experimental transmissions of a 625-line television service.
JuneJulyAugust- 30 August – Southern Television, the ITV franchise for South Central and South East England, goes on the air.
SeptemberOctober- 11 October – The long running Saturday afternoon sports programme Grandstand debuts on the BBC Television Service. It aired until 2007.
- 16 October – Blue Peter, the world's longest-running children's TV programme, debuts on the BBC Television Service. It continues to air to the present day.
- 28 October – The State Opening of Parliament is broadcast on television for the first time.
November- 30 November – During the live broadcast of the Armchair Theatre play Underground on the ITV network, actor Gareth Jones has a fatal heart attack between two of his scenes while in make-up.
DecemberDebutsBBC Television Service/BBC TV- 24 January – Pride and Prejudice (1958)
- 7 May – {{flagicon|SCO}} White Heather Club (1958–1968)
- 14 June – The Black and White Minstrel Show (1958–1978)
- 11 October – Grandstand (1958–2007)
- 16 October – Blue Peter (1958–present)
- 22 December – Quatermass and the Pit (1958–1959)
ITV- 8 January – Ivanhoe (1958–1959)
- 13 September – Oh Boy! (1958–1959)
- 14 September – The Invisible Man (1958–1959)
- 19 September – The Larkins (1958–1964)
- 20 September – The Adventures of William Tell (1958–1959)
- 6 October – Cannonball (1958–1959)
- Unknown
- Gwlad y Gan (1958–1964)
- Torchy the Battery Boy (1958–1959)
Television shows1920s- BBC Wimbledon (1927–1939, 1946–2024)
1930s- BBC Cricket (1939, 1946–1999, 2020–2024)
1940s- Watch with Mother (1946–1973)
- Come Dancing (1949–1998)
1950s- Andy Pandy (1950–1970, 2002–2005)
- All Your Own (1952–1961)
- Rag, Tag and Bobtail (1953–1965)
- The Good Old Days (1953–1983)
- Panorama (1953–present)
- The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955–1960)
- Picture Book (1955–1965)
- Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1955–1967, 1973–1974)
- Take Your Pick (1955–1968, 1992–1998)
- Double Your Money (1955–1968)
- Dixon of Dock Green (1955–1976)
- Crackerjack (1955–1984)
- Hancock's Half Hour (1956–1961)
- Opportunity Knocks (1956–1978, 1987–1990)
- This Week (1956–1978, 1986–1992)
- Armchair Theatre (1956–1974)[5]
- What the Papers Say (1956–2008)
- The Army Game (1957–1961)
- The Sky at Night (1957–present)
- The Woody Woodpecker Show (1957–1997)
Ending this year- The Flower Pot Men (1952–1958, 2001–2002)
- The Woodentops (1955–1958)
- Living It Up (1957–1958)
- Six-Five Special (1957–1958)
Births- 10 January – Caroline Langrishe, actress
- 24 January – Jools Holland, British musician
- 29 January – Linda Smith, comedian (died 2006)
- 11 February – Michael Jackson, British broadcast executive
- 20 February – James Wilby, British actor
- 3 March – Miranda Richardson, English actress
- 7 March – Rik Mayall, comedian and actor (died 2014)
- 14 March – Francine Stock, radio and television presenter and author
- 21 March – Gary Oldman, English actor
- 14 April – Peter Capaldi, Scottish actor and director
- 3 May – Sandi Toksvig, Danish-born comedian, author, and radio presenter
- 17 May – Paul Whitehouse, Welsh comedian and actor
- 18 May – Toyah Willcox, actress and singer
- 22 May – Denise Welch, actress and television presenter
- 6 July – Jennifer Saunders, British comedian
- 24 July – Joe McGann, actor
- 31 July – Sue Jenkins, actress
- 29 August – Lenny Henry, British entertainer
- 13 September – Bobby Davro, actor and comedian
- 18 September – Linda Lusardi, British model, actress, and television presenter
- 21 September
- Simon Mayo, British radio presenter
- Penny Smith, television presenter
- 25 October – Simon Gipps-Kent, actor (died 1987)
- 31 October – Debbie McGee, television, radio and stage performer
- 6 December – Nick Park, English filmmaker and animator
Deaths- 30 November – Gareth Jones, actor
See also- 1958 in British music
- 1958 in the United Kingdom
- List of British films of 1958
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://members.chello.nl/~l.de.bondt/ClareAssisi.htm |title=St Clare of Assisi |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5gp2f4HMy?url=http://members.chello.nl/~l.de.bondt/ClareAssisi.htm |archivedate=2009-05-16 |deadurl=no |accessdate=2009-05-13 |df= }} 2. ^{{cite news|first=Nick |last=Reid |url=http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/atherstone-ball-game-story-behind-12629669 |title=Atherstone Ball Game: The story behind England's ancient sport |publisher=Trinity Mirror |newspaper=Coventry Telegraph |date=26 February 2017 |accessdate=11 May 2017}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/genome/entries/e7721a9c-7fb8-4573-ab0d-496c7dcf0edc|title=The Sunday Post: Soap on the Box|date=3 July 2016|website=BBC Genome Blog|accessdate=27 January 2019}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/dcfacc0af5134c4c96fa7d90ac4a65a4|title=Starr and Company: One Side of the Family|date=28 March 1958|publisher=|issue=1794|pages=13|accessdate=27 January 2019|via=BBC Genome}} 5. ^Mark Duguid "Armchair Theatre (1956–74)", BFI screenonline
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