November – BBC2 show the first episode of the comedy sketch show The Goodies starring Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie. 13 November – The Colour Strike begins when ITV staff refuse to work with colour television equipment following a dispute over pay with their management. 18 November – First episode of the long-running children's movie themed quiz show Screen Test on BBC1. 23 November – The first edition of Engineering Announcements is broadcast on ITV. December 9 December – 10th anniversary of the first episode of Coronation Street. 25 December – Pluto's Christmas Tree is broadcast on BBC1, the first complete Mickey Mouse cartoon to be shown on British television in colour. Debuts BBC1 3 January – It's Cliff Richard! (1970–1974) 4 January – Ivanhoe (1970) 5 January – A Question of Sport (1970–present) 2 February – A Stranger on the Hills (1970) 3 February – On Trial (1970) 9 February – Doomwatch (1970–1972) 20 February – The Banana Splits (1968–1970) 6 April – The Adventures of Parsley (1970–1971) 24 April – The Culture Vultures (1970) 29 May – Tarbuck's Luck (1970–1972) 2 July – The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens (1970) 20 August – Hope and Keen's Crazy House (1970–1972) 12 September – Here Come the Double Deckers! (1970–1971) 13 September – The Black Tulip (1970) 14 September Nine O'Clock News (1970–2000) Ryan International 17 September Bachelor Father (1970–1971) Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? (1969–1970) 19 September – The Pink Panther Show (1969–1980) 15 October – Play for Today (1970–1984) 17 October – Words and Pictures (1970–2001, 2006–2007) 24 October – If It's Saturday, It Must Be Nimmo (1970) 25 October – Little Women (1970) 27 October – Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines (1969–1970) 18 November – Screen Test (1970–1984) 23 November – Drama Playhouse (1970; 1972) BBC2 1 January – The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970) 5 January – Barry Humphries' Scandals (1970) 19 January – Germinal (1970) 15 February – The Woodlanders (1970) 15 March – Daniel Deronda (1970) 22 March – Charley's Grants (1970) 7 April – Codename (1970) 26 April – The Spoils of Poynton (1970) 31 May – Villette (1970) 6 August – Edward II (1970) 9 August – Sentimental Education (1970) 22 September – The Roads to Freedom (1970) 27 September – Oh in Colour (1970) 29 September – Menace (1970–1973) 8 November – The Goodies (1970–1982) 1 December –