This is a list of British television related events from 2002. Events January 1 January Provisional viewing figures released by the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board indicate that on average, BBC One had more viewers than ITV through 2001. This is the first time this has happened. New Year's Day highlights on BBC One include the films Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Small Soldiers, Shakespeare in Love and 'Til There Was You. 4 January – It is reported that three Coronation Street actors Stephen Beckett (Dr Matt Ramsden), Clare McGlinn (Charlie Ramsden) and Naomi Russell (Bobbi Lewis) are to leave the series in the Spring. 5 January – The first episode of Mr. Bean: The Animated Series premieres on ITV1, based on Rowan Atkinson's Mr. Bean. 7 January The Independent Television Commission rejects 129 viewer complaints about WHSmith's Fat Geordies Christmas advertising campaign, saying the humour was acceptable and would not have caused widespread offence, but the watchdog does express its concerns about the stereotyping of overweight people, suggesting this could be harmful. Sky News content becomes available on terrestrial television for the first time in a decade as Channel 5 begins simulcasting part of the breakfast news programme Sunrise with Sky's news channel. 8 January – EastEnders character Angie Watts is set to be killed off-screen from cirrhosis of the liver due to alcoholism. The character was last seen in May 1988 and her death would air in April 2002. 11 January – Coronation Street bosses confirm that Jacqueline Chadwyck who plays Linda Sykes has left the series and will not return to film any exit scenes. It is also confirmed that comedian Roy Hudd will join the soap to play a lighthearted character, an undertaker named Archie Shuttleworth. 20 January – Bloody Sunday, a television drama based on the events of the controversial Bloody Sunday incident in Northern Ireland in 1972 airs on ITV. The film, and Channel 4's Sunday (aired eight days later and dealing with the same topic) attract several complaints to the Independent Television Commission that it was impartial because of an ongoing inquiry into the incident. But the Commission rules in April that neither film was biased. 22 January – UTV2 closes and is replaced by ITV2. 23 January – At a meeting of the Scottish Affairs Committee in Westminster, BBC governor Sir Robert Smith tells the committee that the possibility of a Six O'Clock News