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GCSE Bitesize was launched in January 1998, covering seven subjects. For each subject, a one- or two-hour long TV programme would be broadcast overnight in the BBC Learning Zone block, and supporting material was available in books and on the BBC website. At the time, only around 9% of UK households had access to the internet at home. [3]
This is a timeline of British history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of England, History of Wales, History of Scotland, History of Ireland, Formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and History of the United Kingdom
The company also runs BBC Earth, which distributes the BBC's natural history content to countries outside the UK, and BBC Lifestyle, broadcasting programmes based on themes of Food, Style and Wellbeing. [217] In addition to this, BBC Studios runs an international version of the channel BBC HD. The BBC's East Africa bureau in Nairobi, Kenya.
The history of the United Kingdom begins in 1707 with the Treaty of Union and Acts of Union. The core of the United Kingdom as a unified state came into being with the political union of the kingdoms of England and Scotland, [1] into a new unitary state called Great Britain. [a] Of this new state, the historian Simon Schama said:
Wessex culture brings bronze-working to Britain. [19] c. 1600 BC Last known major construction at Stonehenge. c. 1400 BC Wessex culture replaced by more agrarian peoples; stone circles and early hillforts produced. [19] c. 1380-550 BC Uffington White Horse hill figure cut in Oxfordshire.
BBC Online, formerly known as BBCi, is the BBC's online service. It is a large network of websites including such high-profile sites as BBC News and Sport, the on-demand video and radio services branded BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds, the children's sites CBBC and CBeebies, and learning services such as Bitesize and Own It.
The UK has been described as a "cultural superpower", [7] [8] and London has been described as a world cultural capital. [9] [10] A global opinion poll for the BBC saw the UK ranked the third most positively viewed nation in the world (behind Germany and Canada) in 2013 and 2014. [11] [12]
In modern times, the term "Anglo-Saxons" is used by scholars to refer collectively to the Old English speaking groups in Britain. As a compound term, it has the advantage of covering the various English-speaking groups on the one hand, and to avoid possible misunderstandings from using the terms "Saxons" or "Angles" (English), both of which terms could be used either as collectives referring ...