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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 BBC did well out of the crisis, which cemented a national audience for its broadcasting, and it was followed by the Government's acceptance of the recommendation made by the Crawford Committee (1925–26) that the British Broadcasting Company be replaced by a non-commercial, Crown-chartered organisation: the British Broadcasting Corporation.
6 February – The BBC Television Service drops the Baird system in favour of the Marconi-EMI 405 lines system. 24 April – The first children's television show For the Children airs. 12 May – The BBC use their outside broadcast unit for the first time to televise the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
BBC Television is a service of the BBC. The corporation has operated a public broadcast television service in the United Kingdom, under the terms of a royal charter, since 1927. It produced television programmes from its own studios from 1932, although the start of its regular service of television broadcasts is dated to 2 November 1936. [2]
The BBC's official publication, The Radio Times, listed the opening one-hour schedule – the first ever, on a dedicated TV channel – starting at 3 pm, as: [5] 3:00 – Opening of the BBC Television Service; 3:15 – Interval; time, weather; 3:20 – British Movietone News; 3:30 – Variety; 4:00 – Close
3 January – The BBC begins broadcasting its first foreign-language radio service, in Arabic. 14 March – Portuguese for Brasil and Spanish for Latin America begin. 4 June – Portuguese for Europe programmes begins. 27 September – German, French and Italian programmes begin. November – The Empire Service is renamed the BBC Overseas ...
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 ...
13 June – BBC News unveils its flagship studio [62] for use during BBC News at Six, [63] BBC News at Ten [64] and BBC London's local newscasts. [65] The newsroom's new look and technological features [66] are first introduced to the viewing public by Huw Edwards on a report during The One Show with Alex Jones. [67] [68]