June anniversaries

Notable BBC anniversaries and events that took place in June

Michael Parkinson interviews Spike Milligan in 1976. The chat show Parkinson was first broadcast on 19 June 1971.

June anniversaries

Juke Box Jury1 June 1959
The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II2 June 1953
Mock the Week5 June 2005
Real Lives 5 June 1984
D-Day broadcasts6 June 1944
Till Death Us Do Part 6 June 1966
First broadcast of Crimewatch UK 7 June 1984
Steptoe and Son 7 June 1962
For the Children, the first children's television programme 9 June 1946
Driving School 10 June 1997
The Basil Brush Show 14 June 1968
Blackadder 15 June 1983
Yesterday's Men 17 June 1971
De Gaulle's first broadcast to France 18 June 1940
Parkinson first broadcast 19 June 1971
First female newsreader in vision 20 June 1960
Last programme from Lime Grove Studios 20 June 1991
Wimbledon first televised 21 June 1937
Royal Family first transmitted 21 June 1969
Princess Margaret makes a guest appearance on The Archers 22 June 1984
Music While You Work 23 June 1940
Our World 25 June 1967
Opening of Television Centre 29 June 1960