This is a list of British television related events from 1955.
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April
- 8 April – The BBC broadcasts Billy Graham's All Scotland Crusade live from the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow.[1] This has the second highest audience share at this time, after the Coronation.
May
- May – A consortium of the initial four Independent Television broadcasting companies establishes ITN, which will provide ITV with its news service when it launches in September.
- 17 May – Sir Anthony Eden hosts a ground-breaking television election programme for the Conservative Party, the first broadcast of its type. The 30 minute programme features government ministers pitted against newspaper editors.[2]
- 26–27 May – The BBC provides around 17 hours of results coverage of the 1955 United Kingdom general election. The BBC records the coverage for the first time but only around three hours still exists in the BBC archives.
June
- 29 June – Life with the Lyons, one of the first successful British sitcoms (starring British-domiciled American couple Ben Lyon and Bebe Daniels), premieres on the BBC Television Service, having previously been broadcast only on radio. It will later transfer to ITV.
December
- 25 December – After being on radio since 1932, the Royal Christmas Message is broadcast on British television for the first time, in sound only at 3pm. The first visual Christmas message is shown in 1957.
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1920s
- BBC Wimbledon (1927–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–2024)
- Muffin the Mule (1946–1955, 2005–2006)
- Garrison Theatre (1953–1955)
- Face the Music (1953–1955)
- Walk in the Air (1954–1955)
- Stage by Stage (1954–1955)
- Fast and Loose (1954–1955)
- Show Case (1954–1955)
- 5 January – Jimmy Mulville, comedian and producer
- 6 January
- 17 January – Gaby Rado, television journalist (died 2003)
- 3 February – Kirsty Wark, television presenter
- 8 February – Carol Harrison, actress and writer
- 18 March – Jeff Stelling, sports journalist and television presenter
- 29 March – Marina Sirtis, actress
- 5 April – Janice Long, née Chegwin, pop music presenter (died 2021)
- 17 May – Nicola Heywood-Thomas, broadcaster and journalist (died 2023)
- 22 May – Dale Winton, broadcast presenter (died 2018)
- 7 June – Dean Sullivan, actor
- 14 June
- 23 June – Maggie Philbin, broadcast presenter
- 14 August – Gillian Taylforth, actress
- 20 September – David Haig, actor
- 18 October – Timmy Mallett, television presenter
- 9 November – Karen Dotrice, actress
- 22 November – George Alagiah, BBC journalist and news presenter (died 2023)
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