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The BBC eventually found the bandwidth to make the channel full-screen after receiving "thousands of angry and perplexed e-mails and letters", [80] not to mention questions asked by MPs in the Houses of Parliament itself; 28 November – Resignation of Chairman Michael Grade, to join ITV.
31 March – The agreement for joint experimental transmissions by the BBC and John Logie Baird's company comes to an end. [6] 1935. 11 September – Final transmission of John Logie Baird's 30-line television system by the BBC. The BBC begins preparations for a regular high definition broadcasting service from Alexandra Palace. 1936
BBC Two was the first channel to be transmitted on 625 lines, in 1964. It then carried a small-scale regular colour service from 1967. BBC One followed in November 1969. Weekly reach of the BBC's domestic television channels 2011–12 [159] A new Scottish Gaelic television channel, BBC Alba, was launched in September 2008. It is also the first ...
21 December – Newsround is broadcast on BBC One for the final time due to the decision to end the BBC One afternoon block of children's programmes. 2013. 5 April – BBC Monitoring moves to Licence Fee funding. [41] 10 December – The BBC News Channel starts broadcasting in high definition. [42] 2014
27 October – Instead of showing pages from the BBC's digital text service during BBC Two's overnight downtime, the channel instead launches This is BBC Two which is a loop of forthcoming BBC Two programmes. 21 December – The final edition of ITV's early morning news programme ITV News at 5:30 is broadcast. Consequently, apart from special ...
On 8 October 2013, the BBC announced plans to launch a one-hour time shift of the channel, named BBC One +1. [74] The channel would have replaced BBC Three in 2016. However, on 30 June 2015, the BBC Trust rejected the plans for a BBC One +1 channel as they stated that it would be at the expense of commercial rivals. [75]
2013 in British television – BBC Two launches in high-definition for the first time 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 years after BBC One did, Panorama becomes the first ongoing British TV programme to reach and celebrate its 60th anniversary since BBC Wimbledon in 1987 The Boat Race in 1998 and BBC Cricket in 1999, More4 also launches in HD for the first time ...
6 June – World News Today returns to the weekend schedule of the BBC News Channel for the first time, airing at 9:00. 2016. February – The BBC News Channel briefly begins showing Newsnight, delayed by 45 minutes from the live BBC Two broadcast. [15] 21 March – The two-hour slot between 11 am and 1 pm on weekdays is relaunched as BBC ...