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This is a list of British television related events from 1979. ==Events== *2 January – BBC2 broadcasts the first in Michael Wood's groundbreaking history documentary series, ''In Search of the Dark Ages''. *28 January – ''Thomas & Sarah'', a spin-off of ''Upstairs, Downstairs'' premieres on LWT. It runs for only one series. *24 March – ''Tales of the Unexpected'', an Anglia Television series based on the short stories of Roald Dahl, makes its debut on ITV. *3 May–4 May – BBC1 and ITV broadcast coverage of the 1979 General Election. The election is won by the Conservatives and sees Margaret Thatcher become the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. *6 August – Technicians at Thames Television go on strike following a long-running dispute. *10 August – The whole of the ITV network except the Channel Islands is affected by a technicians' strike for eleven weeks. *27 August – Lord Mountbatten was murdered by IRA bombers. His death set a record audience for a news bulletin, as 26 million viewers watched the coverage on BBC1. Strike action at ITN led to the record viewing figures. *2 September – Subtitling of television programmes on Ceefax begins. *25 September – Robin Day presents the first edition of the long-running political debate programme ''Question Time'' on BBC1. The programme continues to air to the present day. *24 October – On ITV's first night back on the air after the strike, ''Quatermass'', the fourth and final serial featuring Professor Bernard Quatermass, begins its run on the network. *11 November – Last episode of the first series of the sitcom ''To the Manor Born'' on BBC1 receives 23.95 million viewers, the all-time highest figure for a recorded programme in the UK. *1 December – BBC2 unveils the first computer-generated television presentation symbol in the world. US broadcaster NBC unveils their first computer-generated symbol later that year. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1979 in British television」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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