<Li> 10 October--Boys from the Blackstuff premieres on BBC2 (last episode was shown on 7 November). </Li> <Li> 24 October--UK Television Premiere of Star Wars on ITV . </Li> <Ul> <Li> 1 November--S4C, the first Welsh language TV service is launched . </Li> <Li> 2 November--Channel 4 starts broadcasting in the UK at 4: 45pm . The first programme shown is the game show Countdown, which, barring the news, is the only programme from the launch night that is still running today . The first ever episode of Brookside is broadcast . The programme can be seen on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 8: 00pm . </Li> <Li> 5 November--Debut of Channel 4's innovative music programme The Tube . </Li> <Li> 9 November--Sitcom The Young Ones starring Rik Mayall was first transmitted on BBC2 . </Li> </Ul> <Li> 1 November--S4C, the first Welsh language TV service is launched . </Li>

British tv game show that first aired in 1982