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2 June – Opportunity Knocks ends its run on BBC1 after four series with the 1990 final. [32] 8 June–8 July – The BBC and ITV provide television coverage of the 1990 FIFA World Cup. 15 June – The long-running children's arts and crafts series Art Attack makes its debut on Children's ITV, presented by Neil Buchanan.
Channel 4 also covers the 1984 events. 7–14 August – Channel 4, in conjunction with ITV, broadcasts live coverage of the first World Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland. 1984. 22 March – Horse racing coverage is broadcast on Channel 4 for the first time, resulting in the launch of Channel 4 Racing.
January – Just four months after going on air, Eleven Sports relinquishes most of its football rights, passing many of them onto Premier Sports. February – Amazon Prime takes over as the UK broadcaster of the tennis ATP World Tour. [107] 30 June – After 18 seasons on air, Chelsea TV closes as a linear channel.
Wise Up (educational; 1995–2000) Wish Kid (US/Italy import) The Wombles (originally broadcast on BBC One and ITV; on C4 1992-1995) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Japan import) Yo Gabba Gabba! (US import, originally broadcast on Nick Jr., 2009-2011) Worzel Gummidge Down Under (1987-1989) The Zack Files.
27 April – Sunday Cricket begins broadcasting a match each week from the new Sunday League. [8] 1972. A new one-day competition, the Benson & Hedges Cup, begins and the BBC provides live coverage of a match from each round. 1975. 7–21 June – The BBC shows extensive live coverage of the first Cricket World Cup.
Coverage had been shown since the late 1970s and continues throughout the decade. 1982. 8 November – The newly launched Channel 4 shows live sport for the first time when it broadcasts coverage of a match from Division One of the National Basketball League. It shows highlights of the first half of the game and live coverage of the second half.
Channel 5 begins showing live coverage of MotoGP. It shows the event for the next three seasons. 2001. March – Motorsports channel Motors TV launches in the UK. 30 September – Murray Walker commentates on his final televised Formula One race at the 2001 United States Grand Prix.
Continues on BT TV, TalkTalk TV, Sky and Virgin Media. 31 October 2013 54 Home: Removed with closure of Top Up TV. Returned in March 2016 on channel 25 as part of Freeview. 57 BT Sport Previews Removed with closure of Top Up TV. Channel removed from EPG on 4 November 2013. Extended broadcasting hours for Marketplace. 1 November 2013 53 SAB TV