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Consequently, the BBC's weekday breakfast programmes start half an hour earlier, at 6 am. 13 April – For the first time all BBC News programmes have the same look following a relaunch of all of the main news bulletins. 1994. 9 April – LWT launches a new Sunday morning political programme for ITV – Jonathan Dimbleby.
5 April – Industrial action by members of the Entertainment Trades' Alliance results on all of today's BBC1 programmes being cancelled. [50] 7 June – BBC1 airs the first edition of Crimewatch. The first case to be featured on the show is the murder of Colette Aram, which had occurred the previous year.
London Marathon: BBC One 1981 – present; Great North Run: BBC One 1981 – present; Today at Wimbledon: BBC Two 1993 – 2014 & 2016 – present (replaced by Wimbledon 2Day in 2015) 6 Nations Rugby: BBC One 2000 – present (shared with ITV Sport 2016 – present) Match of the Day 2: BBC Two 2004 – 2012, BBC One 2012 – present
28 April – BBC television programming in Hindi and Urdu ends after more than 20 years. [48] [49] Three months later, on 25 July, a new English language programme for the Asian community launches. [50] 4 June – BBC 1/2 Mix, is launched as a subscription-funded television service, serving continental Europe, initially serving Scandinavia. [51]
BBC Lifestyle: Lifestyle programming. BBC UKTV: Australia, and New Zealand, best of British entertainment programming. BBC Nordic: Nordic countries, Factual entertainment and documentaries programming. BBC Kids: Australia, and New Zealand, Programming for children over the age of six. CBeebies: Programming for children under the age of six.
It is the first BBC programme filmed in colour, although it can only be transmitted in black and white. 24 April – The Sky at Night airs for the first time, presented by Patrick Moore. He would present the programme until his death in December 2012. 24 September – The BBC begins broadcasting programmes for schools.
Ulster restores all-day broadcasting hours. For the last few years it had broadcast reduced hours, not coming on air until 12.00pm during the week when no schools programmes were being broadcast, and closing down every evening at 11.30pm. 1983. 17 January – Breakfast Time, Britain's first breakfast show, launches on BBC1. The new service ...
16 October – BBC Scotland opts out of the network and broadcast their regional version of the Children's BBC Breakfast Show for the second year running, presented by Grant Stott and Gail Porter between 7:15am to 8:25am on BBC Two Scotland for a whole week until 20 October. 1996. 5 February – Breakfast News Extra is launched.