2008 in British television

Events

August

Debuts

BBC One

• 1 January – Sense and Sensibility
• 5 January –
• * Basil's Swap Shop
• *The One and Only
• 8 January – Mistresses
• 10 January – Fairy Tales
• 13 January – Lark Rise to Candleford
• 4 February – Frankenstein's Cat
• 7 February – Ashes to Ashes
• 17 February – The Last Enemy
• 10 March – Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
• 15 March – I'd Do Anything
• 28 March – The Passion
• 12 April – The Kids Are All Right
• 28 April – Out of the Blue
• 1 May – The Invisibles
• 30 June – Criminal Justice
• 5 July – Last Choir Standing
• 8 July – Bonekickers
• 30 July – Lost Land of the Jaguar
• 10 August – Britain From Above
• 26 August – Mutual Friends
• 11 September – The Planners Are Coming
• 14 September – Tess of the D'Urbervilles
• 18 September – The Undercover Soldier
• 20 September –
• *Merlin
• *Hole in the Wall
• 7 October Sunshine
• 12 October – Stephen Fry in America
• 19 October – Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began
• 24 October – Little Dorrit
• 3 November – The Pinky and Perky Show
• 13 November – Apparitions
• 23 November – Survivors
• 30 November – Wallander
• 25 December – ''A Matter of Loaf and Death''

Sky1

Channels

Defunct channels

Television shows

Changes of network affiliation

• It later moved to CITV in early 2009 for a brand newer series and then in late 2012 back to Channel 5.

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