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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.
Only channels where an episode first aired are listed (with the exception of episodes on non-BBC Three programmes which debuted online; for these) the linear channel and the transmission date on that channel are used. Children's television programmes can be found at List of BBC children's television programmes.
15 February – The COW ident is seen for the final time on BBC1, after six years in use. 16 February – BBC1 and BBC2 receive new idents, both generated from laserdisc and featuring the BBC corporate logo introduced in 1986. BBC1's new ident is a numeral '1' encased in a globe.
United States, a mixture of comedy, drama and lifestyle programming. Joint venture between BBC Studios Channels with AMC Networks. BBC Entertainment: Light entertainment programming. BBC First: Comedy and drama programming. BBC Brit: Factual entertainment programming. BBC Earth: Premium factual programming and documentaries.
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.
News programmes broadcast on British television. ... BBC Breakfast; BBC News at One; ... Tonight (1957 TV programme) Tonight (1999 TV programme) ...
Many of ITV's Christmas programmes are eventually shown on the channel in early 1979 after the dispute ends, but will be followed next summer by the 1979 ITV strike. [11] 21–22 December – BBC1 and BBC2 are forced off the air due to industrial action at the BBC by the ABS union which starts on Thursday 21 December.
25 August – BBC1 show the 1966 Batman movie. This is the first UK wide broadcast after previously being shown on only a select few ITV regions. 27 August – Lord Mountbatten of Burma is murdered by a Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb. His death sets a record audience for a news bulletin as 26 million viewers watch the coverage on BBC1.