This is a list of events that took place in 2025 relating to television in the United Kingdom.
Events
January
Date Event1BBC One sees in the New Year with Sophie Ellis-Bextor, who performs and hosts a "New Year Disco".Ross Kemp will reprise his role as EastEnders character Grant Mitchell to coincide with the programme's 40th anniversary.Details of the most-watched television events of the decade so far are released. In first place is Boris Johnson's 23 March 2020 Downing Street address at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, watched by 28.3 million viewers. This is followed by an address given by Johnson on , watched by 27.6 million. In third place is the state funeral of Elizabeth II on (26.5 million), followed by Elizabeth II's COVID-19 address on 5 April 2020 (24.5 million), and the UEFA Euro 2020 final on 11 July 2021 (22.5 million).Joel Dommett and Ellie Taylor are crowned the winners of the Gladiators Celebrity Special after beating Rob Beckett and Louise Minchin.All WWE wrestling programmes move to Netflix after many years on linear TV channels including TNT Sports, with the WWE Network closing down at the same time.2A new Gavin & Stacey clip showing scenes from a long-discussed fishing trip that was a running joke throughout the series is released.6Barb-produced figures give the Christmas Day episode of Gavin and Stacey an audience of 19.11 million in the first week following its transmission.After 20 years on Channel 4, the broadcaster moves its traditional weeknight showing of The Simpsons to E4.Debut of BBC Scotland's new weeknight news bulletin, Reporting Scotland: News at Seven, presented by Laura Maciver and Amy Irons.10Royal Mail launches a set of special stamps to celebrate award-winning sitcom The Vicar of Dibley.11An advert for Endrick Clothing filmed on the wedding day of reality TV stars Vicky Pattison and Ercan Ramadan, and that shows the groom and groomsmen smoking cigars, is banned by the Advertising Standards Agency for glamorising smoking.13It is announced that London Live will close down on 19 January at midnight.15The BBC News Channel stops simulcasting BBC Breakfast during the week, instead airing the global news service which, at that time of day, broadcasts rolling news and business reports. Breakfast will continue to air on the BBC News Channel at the weekend, unless there is breaking news at weekends when it sticks with the international feed.It is announced that Kelly Cates, Mark Chapman and Gabby Logan will replace Gary Lineker as presenters of Match of the Day from the beginning of the next football season.Cyclone (Lystus Ebosel) and Hammer (Tom Wilson) are announced as two new Gladiators ahead of the second series on BBC One.16ITV announces the cancellation of Bath-set crime drama McDonald & Dodds after four series due to a drop in ratings.17Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy announces that the BBC would not be funded from general taxation if the TV licence fee were to be abolished.19London Live closes down following the sale of the channel to David Montgomery's Local TV Ltd.20London TV, a London version of the Local TV Network, which airs True Crime for most of the day, replaces London Live as London's local television station.24Jake Brown and Leanne Quigley win the third series of The Traitors. Overnight viewing figures indicate the episode had an audience of 7.4 million viewers, giving the programme its highest viewing figures to date.26Comedian Josh Jones is forced to withdraw from Dancing on Ice due to an injury sustained while training.27Sir Lindsay Hoyle, the Speaker of the House of Commons, makes a cameo appearance in an episode of Emmerdale.30Sally Magnusson announces she will stand down as presenter of the BBC's Reporting Scotland in April, but will continue to work for the BBC on a freelance basis.Natalie Cassidy announces her departure from EastEnders, with her character Sonia Fowler set to leave during the show's 40th anniversary.
February
Date Event5Newscaster Kay Burley announces, during her breakfast show, she is leaving Sky News with immediate effect after 36 years with the channel.6An ITV News investigation uncovers a number of allegations relating to inappropriate and intimidating behaviour by celebrity chef Gino D'Acampo.7ITV removes Gino D'Acampo's upcoming shows from its schedule after he was accused of inappropriate and intimidating behaviour on set as well as pulling repeats of the most recent series of Family Fortunes.12Ofcom says it is "carefully assessing" 1,227 complaints relating to comments made by Josh Howie on an edition of GB News's Headliners on 22 January concerning the LGBT community.15Netflix are forced to move their BAFTA Awards afterparty, scheduled to be held at the Chiltern Firehouse the following day, to a different venue after a fire at the hotel.Kay Wright is appointed Head of BBC Midlands, overseeing radio, television and online content in the East and West Midlands areas.18Steven Knight, creator of Peaky Blinders, tells BBC Breakfast the franchise will continue beyond the upcoming film.19EastEnders celebrates its 40th anniversary. The celebrations include two viewer votes to decide the outcome of storylines, a first for a British soap opera.20Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy says she will raise concerns with BBC bosses over the documentary Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone, narrated by a 13-year-old boy who is the son of Hamas's deputy minister of agriculture. Hamas is a prescribed terrorist group in the UK, Israel and many other countries. The film is subsequently removed from BBC iPlayer.As part of their 40th anniversary week celebrations, EastEnders airs a live episode, during which the character Martin Fowler (James Bye) is killed-off. Overnight viewing figures indicate the episode was watched by an average 3.7 million viewers.Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson announce they are stepping down from control of the James Bond franchise, with creative control going to Amazon MGM Studios.21Amazon MGM Studios announces that Australian soap Neighbours will finish at the end of 2025, the second time the series has been cancelled, and two years after Amazon relaunched it.22The BBC announces the return of Vicki Fowler to EastEnders after 21 years, with the role recast to Alice Haig.25Actor Alexander Westwood, who appeared in the Netflix series Sex Education, is sentenced to fifteen and a half years in prison after he was convicted of 26 crimes against children and two pupils who went to him for acting tuition.27 To promote the release of new episodes of Peppa Pig, Mummy Pig appears on Good Morning Britain to announce her third pregnancy.Charlotte Moore announces her departure as BBC Chief Content Officer; she will leave the post later in the year.28Eurosport closes in the UK and Ireland after 36 years when TNT Sports incorporates the coverage previously shown on Eurosport. This includes the Olympic Games, cycling (including the Tour de France), snooker, tennis (including three of the four majors) and winter sports.The High Court rules that Ofcom acted unlawfully with rulings over two shows hosted by Jacob Rees-Mogg on GB News in 2023, which it said breached the broadcasting code on impartiality grounds. It is the first time Ofcom has lost such a case.Philip Foster, an actor who appeared in Channel 4 soap Brookside, is sentenced to eight and a half years in prison at Sheffield Crown Court over a £13.6m fraud involving fake model agencies.
March