2006 in British television
The following is a list of British television related events from the year 2006.
Events
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Debuts
BBC One
BBC Two
BBC Three
BBC Four
ITV (1/2/3/4/CITV)
| Date | Debut |
| 14 January | Dancing on Ice |
| 23 January | Northern Lights |
| 29 January | Lewis, a spin-off from Inspector Morse. |
| 27 February | Love Lies Bleeding |
| 9 April | Ghostboat |
| 7 May | If I Had You |
| 14 May | |
| 10 July | PokerFace |
| 31 October | Horrid Henry |
| 6 November | Dickinson's Real Deal |
| 9 December | Extinct |
| 10 December | Housewife, 49 |
| 18 December | Losing Gemma |
Channel 4
Five
| Date | Debut |
| 19 March |  Everybody Hates Chris |
| 27 April | Suburban Shootout |
Disney Channel UK
Cartoon Network UK
| Date | Debut |
| 20 February | My Gym Partner's A Monkey |
| 4 March | Ben 10 |
Channels
New channels
Defunct channels
| Date | Channel |
| 6 March | Cartoon Network + |
| 16 March | Toon Disney |
| 18 April | UKTV People +1 |
| 19 July | FilmFour Weekly |
| 1 August | VH2 |
| 1 November | Granada Plus |
Rebranded channels
Changes of network affiliation
Television shows
Returning this year after a break of one year or longer
Continuing television shows
1920s
- BBC Wimbledon
1950s
- Panorama.
- What the Papers Say .
- The Sky at Night.
- Blue Peter .
- Grandstand .
1960s
- Coronation Street .
- Songs of Praise.
- Doctor Who.
- Top of the Pops.
- Match of the Day.
- The Money Programme .
1970s
- Emmerdale.
- Newsround.
- Last of the Summer Wine.
- Arena .
- One Man and His Dog.
- Top Gear.
- Grange Hill .
- Antiques Roadshow .
- Question Time
1980s
- Children in Need
- Postman Pat
- Timewatch
- Countdown
- The Bill
- Channel 4 Racing
- Thomas & Friends
- EastEnders
- Comic Relief
- Casualty
- ChuckleVision
- Fireman Sam
- This Morning
- The Simpsons
1990s
- Have I Got News for You
- Room 101
- A Touch of Frost
- Heartbeat
- Time Team
- The National Lottery Draws
- Top of the Pops 2
- Hollyoaks
- Arthur
- Never Mind the Buzzcocks
- Silent Witness
- King of the Hill
- Midsomer Murders
- South Park
- Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
- Bob the Builder.
- Bremner, Bird and Fortune
- Family Guy
- SpongeBob SquarePants
2000s
- The Weakest Link
- Popworld
- Real Crime
- Flog It!
- Foyle's War
- I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
- Harry Hill's TV Burp
- Spooks
- Top Gear
- Daily Politics
- New Tricks
- Peep Show
- All Grown Up!
- Politics Show
- QI
- The Royal
- This Week
- Strictly Come Dancing
- Sea of Souls
- Supernanny
- Shameless
- Doc Martin
- The X Factor
- More4 News
- Love Soup
- Come Dine with Me
- The Jeremy Kyle Show
- It's Me or the Dog
- Deal or No Deal
- Sunday AM
Ending this year