1988, although normal programming gradually resumes. The strikers are eventually sacked and replaced with non union staff. ITV stations later follow Gyngell's example. The ITV Schools service move to Channel 4 to allow ITV to develop a fully commercial daytime schedule and The Old Grey Whistle Test and The Two Ronnies end as does the original run of University Challenge. Two separate government studies identify spare frequency space on the UHF band, prompting political debate about the viability of a fifth UK terrestrial TV channel. 1988 in British television – By the end of 1988, all ITV regions are providing a full 24-hour service, which includes through-the-night news summaries and bulletins from ITN. Also in 1988, the BBC and Channel 4 both start broadcasting into the early hours for the first time. Comic Relief airs its first Red Nose Day fundraiser on BBC One while ITV broadcasts Death on the Rock, a hugely controversial episode of Thames Television's This Week current affairs strand, investigating Operation Flavius, which resulted in the SAS killing three members of the IRA in Gibraltar. The British government introduces 6 years of regulations banning the direct broadcast of people representing eleven Irish republican and Ulster loyalist groups. You Bet! appears along with This Morning and 15 to 1. 1988 also sees the end of the long-running soap Crossroads along with Play School which is replaced by Playbus. The popularity of Neighbours sees it moved to an early evening slot on BBC One. 1989 in British television – Sky Television plc is launched while the government introduces a controversial Broadcasting Bill that will pave the way for the deregulation of commercial television. Television cameras are allowed into the House of Commons for the first time. Also A Grand Day Out starring Wallace and Gromit debuts first on Channel 4 before moving to the BBC and Red Dwarf debuts on BBC2 and Australian soap Home and Away debuts on ITV. 1990s 1990 in British television – British Satellite Broadcasting (BSB) is launched, but later merges with Sky Television plc after an unsuccessful run. John Major the Chancellor of the Exchequer, delivers the first budget statement to be televised. The Broadcasting Bill receives Royal Assent, pop music game show Stars in Their Eyes first appears on ITV along with You've Been Framed! and Mr. Bean, popular BBC sitcom One Foot in the Grave also appears and The Simpsons debut