2008 in British television

This is a list of events that took place in 2008 related to British television.

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
 * 29 September – Chuggington
 * 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

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.