This is a list of British television related events from 1954. Events January 11 January – The first weather forecast with an in-vision presenter is televised in the United Kingdom, its first presenter is George Cowling. February No events. March No events. April 9 April – The Grove Family, generally considered the first British TV soap opera, debuts on the BBC Television Service. May No events. June No events. July 5 July – First actual news bulletin, News and Newsreel, aired on the BBC Television Service, replacing Television Newsreel. 30 July – The Television Act 1954 is given Royal Assent. It authorises the setting up of the infrastructure for British commercial television. August No events. September No events. October 7 October – BBC Television covers a party political conference for the first time when it broadcasts from the Conservative Party Conference in Blackpool. November No events. December 12 December – The BBC Television Service screens its famous, and controversial, adaptation of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, which attracts criticism in the House of Commons. 30 December – The first BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony is presented from London's Savoy Hotel. Christopher Chataway is the first winner. The award airs annually from now on. The British Academy Television Awards, the most prestigious awards in the British television industry, are first awarded. Debuts BBC Television Service 5 January – A Castle and Sixpence (1954) 16 January – The Lost Planet (1954) 19 January – Show Case (1954–1955) 27 January – Friends and Neighbours (1954) 6 February – Clementina (1954) 16 February – The Cabin in the Clearing (1954) 17 February – The Bespoke Overcoat (1954) 30 March – The Wide, Wide World (1954) 31 March – Gravelhanger (1954) 9 April – The Grove Family (1954–1957) 21 April – Running Wild (1954) 11 May – The Windmill Family (1954) 12 May – The Dancing Bear (1954) 12 May – Fast and Loose (1954–1955) 23 May – The Promised Years (1954) 7 June – Emney Enterprises (1954–1957) 15 June – The Gentle Falcon (1954) 10 July – Happy Holidays (1954) 13 July – Dear Dotty (1954) 14 July – The Six Proud Walkers (1954) 3 August – Paradise Island (1954) 16 August – Stage by Stage (1954–1955) 25 August – Crime on Our Hands (1954) 1 October – And So to Bentley (1954) 13 November – Fabian of the Yard (1954–1956) 24 November