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Some TV highlights of 1967

•3 January – Trumpton is the second programme on BBC 1 to be shot in colour.

•7 January - Debut of Star Trek an immensely popular ITC production. It became the first British Television programme ever sold to the USSR. Also the debut of The Forsyte Saga - a blockbuster BBC drama in 26 50-minutes episodes, and the second British television program to be sold to the USSR.

•8 April - The United Kingdom wins the 12th Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, Austria. The winning song is "Puppet on a String" performed by Sandie Shaw.

•25 June - The Our World program airs to over 30 countries featuring performers from the represented countries the segment for the United Kingdom, features The Beatles performing "All You Need Is Love", with guests Mick Jagger, Marianne Faithfull, Keith Richards, Keith Moon, Eric Clapton, Pattie Harrison, Jane Asher, Graham Nash, Hunter Davies and others.

•1 July - BBC2 becomes Europe's first colour TV broadcaster, though still experimental at this stage. The colour service is launched with live coverage from the Wimbledon Championships.

•3 July - News at Ten premieres on ITV.

•8 July – Callan has its UK premiere

•29 September - The Prisoner has its UK premiere on ITV (It like Star Trek is shown by all the regions at the same time). The world premiere of the series occurred on 5 September when the series debuted on CTV in Canada.

•13 October - Omnibus, an arts documentary series, begins.

•2 December - Colour television is officially launched on BBC2.

•22 December - Dante's Inferno, Ken Russell's television film about Dante Gabriel Rossetti is shown in the Omnibus series.

•26 December - The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour airs on BBC1 in the UK.

•26 December - Do Not Adjust Your Set premieres on ITV.