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2 March – BBC Knowledge ceases transmission in the early hours of the morning (the first BBC channel to permanently close) with BBC Four launching to replace it at 7pm. The opening night is simulcast on BBC Two. [189] 3 March – The acclaimed American spy drama 24, starring Kiefer Sutherland as agent Jack Bauer, makes its British debut on ...
BBC Two is the second BBC channel and the third channel to air in the UK. On 20 April 1964, BBC2 planned to launch an evening of programmes beginning at 7:20 pm. However, 35 minutes before the new channel went on air, a power failure spread through most of London, affecting BBC Television Centre, where BBC2's programme control was based.
In November 2001, BBC Wales introduced a special opt-out service known as BBC 2W, which aired weekdays from 8.30 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the BBC Two Wales channel space on digital television, and carried a separate schedule of Welsh-produced programming in comparison to the analogue BBC Two Wales. BBC 2W was discontinued in 2008 due to the ...
Regional Jobfinder services are part of Night Time and they are broadcast between 4am and 5am on weeknights. [11] 17 September–2 October – Channel 4 broadcasts all night for the first time to provide full live coverage of the 1988 Olympic Games. [12] BBC1 also provides all-night Games coverage, and consequently broadcasts non-stop for 16 days.
BBC TV 11 June 1950 15 June 1950 Live broadcast Ads Infinitum: Two 19 December 1996 30 October 2000 The Adventure Game: One Two 24 May 1980 18 February 1986 An Adventure in Space and Time: Two Four 21 November 2013 23 November 2023 Adventure Story: BBC TV 1950 Adventure Story: BBC TV 12 June 1961
Launch date for UKTV rebranding of its free-to-air channels under the name of "U", for example, Dave becomes "U&Dave" and W becomes "U&W". [177] [178] The BBC says it will put a member of Strictly Come Dancing production staff in all future rehearsals following complaints about the behaviour of two of its professional dancers. [179] 18
The BBC announces it will postpone the opening edition of Series 20 of Strictly Come Dancing from its scheduled launch on Saturday 17 September because of ongoing changes to the listings. The live launch will instead air on Friday 23 September before the first live edition is shown the following evening.
Channel 4 was the only TV station to show the testcard at closedown as the BBC just radiated tone for ten minutes after closedown before the transmitters were switched off for the night. Channel 4 (which, at launch in 1982, was usually closed for around sixteen hours a day) began its 24-hour service on 6 January 1997, after a year of gradually ...