This is a list of British television related events from 1971. Events January 3 January – BBC Open University broadcasts begin on BBC2. 27 January – Valerie Barlow is electrocuted by a faulty hairdryer and then perishes in a house fire on Coronation Street. February 3 February – After nearly three months, the ITV Colour Strike ends and programmes resume being made in colour. 6 February–13 March – BBC Two first broadcasts the serial Jude the Obscure, starring Robert Powell, in six 45-minute episodes. 17 February – BBC2 airs Elizabeth R, a drama serial of six 85-minute plays starring Glenda Jackson in the title role. 25 February – The animated children's adventure series Mr Benn airs on BBC1. March 29 March – The US children's educational series Sesame Street begins airing on British television for the first time ever. It will debut on ITV by first airing on HTV. April 10 April – The Two Ronnies debuts on BBC1. Starring Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett it would go on to become one of the most successful and long running light entertainment shows on British television. May 22 May — Westward Television starts broadcasting in colour from the Redruth transmitter. June 7 June – The UK children's magazine show Blue Peter buries a time capsule in the grounds of BBC Television Centre, due to be opened on the first episode of the year 2000. 16 June – BBC1 airs the documentary Yesterday's Men as part of the 24 Hours strand, a film about former Prime Minister Harold Wilson and the Labour Party Cabinet following Labour's loss of power at the 1970 general election. The BBC removes parts of the programme amid complaints from Labour about allegations surrounding Wilson's memoirs, prompting producer Angela Pope to have her name removed from the documentary. The BBC ultimately agrees not to repeat the film during Wilson's lifetime and it is not shown again until 2013. 19 June – The first episode of the late night chat show Parkinson with host Michael Parkinson is broadcast on BBC1. July No events. August 2 August – The Pendle Forest transmitter begins transmissions and becomes the first UHF relay service to be operated by the Independent Television Authority. September 1 September – Border Television marks its tenth anniversary and begins broadcasting in colour, but initially only from the Caldbeck transmitter, while viewers served by the Selkirk transmitter had to