of US sitcom Friends, with the episode watched by 8.6 million viewers. 31 May – Long running children's animated television series Peppa Pig premieres on Nick Jr. and Five. June 2 June – Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter makes its Network television premiere on ITV1. 4 June – BBC News reports that having been axed by BBC America in September 2003, EastEnders will air in the US once again. Episodes will appear on the subscription channel Dish Network, beginning from where BBC America left the series. Kitten Pinder is evicted from the Big Brother UK house, shouting against The Queen and the aristocracy on the way out. She is the first contestant to be evicted by the show's producers rather than through an audience vote after she repeatedly broke the rules during her stay in the house. 5 June – Launch of the BBC's Summer in the Sixties season with a night of classic TV from the 1960s on BBC Four, including episodes of Coronation Street, Z Cars, Not Only But Also, and Call My Bluff. More 1960s programming is aired on 6 June, with episodes of World in Action and Till Death Us Do Part among the lineup. 7 June – Jane Danson returns to Coronation Street as Leanne Battersby after an absence of four years. 9 June – BSkyB unveil plans to launch a free-to-air service to rival Freeview. Jurassic Park III makes its Network television premiere on ITV1. 11 June – BBC Four begins a re-run of the 1960s classic television series The Prisoner. 12 June–4 July – Euro 2004 is held in Portugal. 14 June – Quiz TV launches in the UK, one of the country's first phone-in quiz channels. Many more launched over the next few years, though Quiz TV itself would close down in 2006. 17 June – The live feed of Big Brother is taken off air as the housemates become aggressive and fight. Security guards are sent in to break up the fight, while Hertfordshire Police ask to view footage of the incident after being contacted by members of the public. 22 June – Mark Thompson takes over as Director-General of the BBC. 23 June – Channel 4 airs the final episode of the US sitcom Frasier. 24 June – The highest rated audience of the year is recorded in the UK as 20.66 million watch England's football match against Portugal