This is a list of British television related events from 1974. Events January 3 January – BBC1 show the first episode of the Second World War set comedy series It Ain't Half Hot Mum starring Windsor Davies. 5 January Debut of the children's Saturday morning television show Tiswas, hosted by Chris Tarrant. The series starts as a local programme in the Midlands (on ATV) but is not shown on most ITV stations until September 1981 (and never in the Channel Islands). Due to the ongoing overtime ban by the National Union of Mineworkers, strike action in the electricity supply industry and effects of the 1973 oil crisis which have led to a Three-Day Week, the government orders both the BBC and ITV television services to closedown early each night at 10:30pm to save electricity. The early closedowns will later alternate each day between the BBC and ITV. The early closedowns end on Friday 8 February following calling of the February 1974 United Kingdom general election. 7 January A two-minute mid-afternoon regional news summary is broadcast on BBC1 for the first time. It is transmitted immediately before the start of the afternoon's children's programmes. ITV launch the long running travel show Wish You Were Here...? hosted by Judith Chalmers. 30 January – BBC2 shows the first early morning Open University programming, airing between 6:40am and 7:30am. February 12 February – BBC2 first airs the children's television series Bagpuss, made by Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate's Smallfilms in stop motion animation. Despite just 13 episodes being made, the series becomes fondly remembered and gains a huge cult following. 18 February – The American depression era family drama series The Waltons debuts on British television. 22 February – BBC2 airs the drama Girl as part of its Second City Firsts anthology series. The drama which tells the story of an affair between two army officers, is the first on British television to feature a gay kiss between two women. February – The fifth of the five experimental community cable television channels, Wellingborough Cablevision, begins broadcasting. March No events. April 6 April – The 19th Eurovision Song Contest is held at the Dome in Brighton, produced and transmitted by the BBC. Katie Boyle hosts the event for the fourth time. Sweden wins the contest with the song Waterloo, performed by ABBA who become the first group to win the contest. They go on to