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As a nation of TV lovers, we’ve seen many programmes come and go over the years, but which programmes have stood the test of time? Read on to find out the UK’s five longest-running TV shows…
1. Panorama, 60 years
Panorama is a BBC Television current affairs documentary programme that was first broadcast in 1953, and it is the world’s longest-running current affairs television programme in the UK.
The show places emphasis on investigative journalism, and famously broadcast a hoax film about the harvesting of the spaghetti crop on April Fool’s Day, 1957.
2. BBC News, 59 years
The British Broadcasting Company broadcast its first radio bulletin from radio station 2LO on 14 November 1922. In 1960 a purpose built newsroom was created at Alexandra Palace, and television reporters were recruited and given the opportunity to write and voice their own scripts.
3. The Sky at Night, 56 years
The Sky at Night is a monthly documentary television programme on astronomy produced by the BBC. The show had the same presenter from the 24 April 1957 until 7 January 2013, which made it the longest-running programme with the same presenter in television history.
4. Coronation Street, 53 years
The TV show about the nations favourite street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960 and within six months it had become the most-watched programme on British television. On the 17thSeptember 2010, it became the world’s longest-running TV soap opera in production.
5. University Challenge, 51 years
University Challenge was inspired by an American television quiz show called College Bowl. Cecil Bernstein, brother of Sidney Bernstein who founded Granada Television in 1954, had seen the programme in the United States and admired the concept.
Stephen Fry appeared as a contestant on the show in 1980, whilst he was a student at Cambridge in 1980.
6. Doctor Who, 50 years
Arguably, one of Britain’s most loved TV shows is the world-famous Doctor Who. The programme depicts the adventures of the Doctor, a Time Lord—a time-travelling humanoid alien. The Doctor explores the universe in his TARDIS, a time-travelling device, which the exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first began.
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