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BBC Radio Swindon outputs from the renamed BBC Radio Wiltshire begin. 15 December – BBC Radio 4 Extra is launched as BBC7. 2003. 9 February – BBC Three is launched at 19:00 in a simulcast with BBC Two. It replaces BBC Choice. 8 December – BBC News 24 is relaunched with a new set and titles, as well as a new Breaking News sting. Networked ...
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current state with its current name on New Year's Day 1927.
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
Rather than closing down, the BBC fills the gap with Ceefax Olympics AM which provides news from the Games to fill the gap between the end of live coverage and the start of Olympic Breakfast Time. [2] 1985. No events. 1986. 2 April – Central launches a Jobfinder service which is shown for one hour after the end of the day's programming.
The BBC is the largest public broadcaster in the world. Television broadcasts in the United Kingdom began in 1932, however, regular broadcasts would only begin four years later. Television began as a public service which was free of advertising, which followed the first demonstration of a transmitted moving image in
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.
26 March – BBC Two launches in high definition for the first time, two and a half years after BBC One did. 8 May – BBC Two Controller Janice Hadlow takes temporary control of BBC Four following the departure of Richard Klein to become head of ITV factual programming. [257] 12 September – Debut of the period crime drama Peaky Blinders on ...
4–12 August – The BBC's coverage of the 1984 Summer Olympic Games sees Breakfast Time being given over to Olympic Games highlights, and this includes weekend editions. News summaries are broadcast on the hour and this is the first time that the BBC has broadcast a full service of pre-lunchtime news bulletins at the weekend. [16]