| 1960  29 June BBC Television Centre opened
8 October New-look in-vision continuity team on BBCtv - Michael Aspel, Kenneth Kendall, Judith Chalmers and Nan Winton 9 December First episode of Coronation Street on ITV
1961 The BBC's late evening news bulletin was moved to a fixed point of 9.15pm in 1961. In-vision continuity was scrapped during primetime on BBCtv (off-peak announcing continued until around 1963, and for childrens' programmes until 1965) January First regional broadcasts by BBC South; the news programme is The South at Six, later South Today. BBC South West also began broadcasting in 1961 with South West at Six, later Spotlight South West 29 April Independent Television extended to the South West - the provider is Westward 1 September Independent Television extended to Scottish/English border - the provider is Border 30 September Independent Television extended to north Scotland - the provider is Grampian 1 October First edition of Songs of Praise 2 October First edition of Points of View
1962 January Early evening news on BBCtv moved from 6.00pm to 5.55. In the autumn it moved to 5.50 1 September Independent Television extended to the Channel Islands - the provider is Channel Television 14 September Independent Television extended to north and west Wales - the provider is Wales (West and North) Television, which merges with TWW in January 1964 November Experimental colour television transmissions begin by the BBC from Crystal Palace
1963 First edition of ITV's World in Action 30 September First spinning globe ident introduced on BBCtv 23 November First episode of Doctor Who
1964 In mid 1964, BBC1's early evening news moved back from 5.50pm to 5.55 1 January First edition of Top of the Pops 9 February Launch of BBC Wales, providing Welsh language programming; Wales Today launched 28 March Radio Caroline, the first offshore pirate station, launched. Several other stations follow in the next few years 6 April ITV company Associated-Rediffusion renamed Rediffusion 20 April BBC2 launched on 625 lines UHF from the Crystal Palace transmitter - on weekday evenings programmes started at 7.20pm. However a power failure in west London eliminated the first evening's programmes. BBCtv renamed BBC1, with a new globe symbol   
21 April First programme broadcast on BBC2 - Play School at 11.00am. Newsroom launches at 10.35pm 26 April First edition of BBC2's weekly News Review for the deaf 2 May First edition of BBC2's Horizon  22 August First edition of Match of the Day on BBC2
30 August Network Three renamed Third Network; introduction of the Music Programme on the Third Network's frequencies on Sunday, Sports Service on Saturday and Study Session on weekdays 6.30-7.30pm. The Third Programme continues in the evenings 28 September First edition of Midlands Today 6 December BBC2 extended to the Midlands December Music Programme extended to seven days a week on the Third Network's frequencies
1965  The BBC's late evening news bulletin moved from 9.15pm to 8.50 in 1965 or early 1966. 24 Hours, a late night current affairs programme, started
June Final edition of BBC1's Tonight 7 July First edition of Tomorrow's World 12 September BBC2 extended to Wales and the West 31 October BBC2 extended to the North 13 December Launch of Jackanory on BBC1 means childrens programmes now run from 4.45-5.55
1966 15 January BBC2 extended to the South; other areas are reached soon afterwards 5 April First edition of BBC2's The Money Programme 18 April New version of the BBC1 globe; this symbol is altered approx 6 June
1967 By January the BBC's early evening news had moved from 5.55pm to 5.50 25 June Our World - first live satellite worldwide programme 1 July First regular colour transmissions on BBC2 - selected programmes only  3 July News at Ten begins on ITV
14 July The Marine etc Broadcasting (Offences) Act effectively outlaws the offshore pirate stations. Many close down in the following weeks 30 September Radio 1 launched on 247m at 7.00am. Light Programme is renamed Radio 2, available on 1500m long wave and VHF. Third Network renamed Radio 3 and the Home Service becomes Radio 4. (The Music Programme, Third Programme, Sports Service and Study Session continue under the Radio 3 heading) 8 November First BBC Local Radio station opened, BBC Radio Leicester. Radio Sheffield opened 15 Nov, Merseyside on 22 Nov 2 December The full colour service begins on BBC2
1968 January BBC2 evening broadcasts now start at 7.00pm instead of 7.30; Newsroom moves from a late night slot to 7.30pm each weeknight, and becomes the first news programme in colour 5 January First edition of BBC2's Gardeners' World 31 January BBC Radio Nottingham opened. Further BBC Local Radio stations start: Brighton (14 Feb), Stoke-on-Trent (14 Mar), Leeds (24 Jun), Durham (31 Jul) 3 March Final broadcasts by TWW; HTV takes over the next day 25 March BBC North (Leeds) begins broadcasting with its own edition of Look North 7 July (approx) Updated BBC1 globe ident 28 July Final broadcasts by ITV companies ABC and Rediffusion 29 July First broadcasts by ITV companies Yorkshire and Thames 2 August First broadcasts by ITV company London Weekend
1969 By early 1969 BBC1's children's programmes started at 4.20pm with a repeat of BBC2's Play School 2 January First edition of BBC1's Holiday   21 July Moon landing televised
9 September Nationwide launches on BBC1 with Michael Barrett. It initially runs from Tuesday to Thursday only 20 September BBC News moves from Alexandra Palace
to a new extension of BBC Television Centre 15 November BBC1 and ITV begin their first colour broadcasts on 625 lines UHF from five transmitters. New ident for BBC1 - the first mirror globe 13 December Colour service extended to three more transmitters | 
