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Commercially funded BBC Studios and BBC Global News, as well as state-funded BBC World Service operate and distribute these linear television services around the world. These services are not to be confused with the domestic channels operated in the United Kingdom and accessible in the Republic of Ireland.
11 July – Red Rock, a soap made by Ireland's TV3 and set in and around a fictitious Dublin Garda station, makes its UK television debut on BBC One. The opening episode draws an audience of 1.1 million (an 18.6% audience share). [389]
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.
29 July – The Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer is produced by BBC Television & Radio with an audience of 750 million viewers and listeners in over 60 countries. 4 September – The final edition of the Midday News is broadcast. 7 September – News After Noon is launched on BBC1 as a 30-minute lunchtime news ...
1 February – BBC Three relaunches as a television station, six years after it became an online only service. [114] 13 July – Dedicated evening continuity for BBC One viewers in Northern England launches but it is not accompanied by any additional north-specific programming and there is no special on-screen BBC North branding. [115] 2023
24 June – Test match Cricket airs for the first time on the BBC Television Service, with coverage of the second test of The Ashes series between England and Australia, live from Lord's Cricket Ground. 1939. 4 March – The BBC Television Service airs one of the first plays to be written especially for television, Condemned To Be Shot by R. E ...
4 January – BBC1 begins broadcasting on weekdays at 6am. A start of day Ceefax broadcast is retained although it now runs for 15 minutes rather than 30. Channel 4 starts broadcasting 4-Tel on View during its overnight closedowns. [29] [30] April – A weekend 7am Ceefax broadcast begins on BBC1 and is formally mentioned in TV listings. [31]
TV region News programme Headquarters BBC London: BBC London: London: Channel Islands: BBC Channel Islands: St Helier: BBC East Midlands: BBC East Midlands Today: Nottingham: BBC East: BBC Look East: Norwich: BBC North West: BBC North West Tonight: Manchester: BBC North East and Cumbria: BBC Look North (North East and Cumbria) Newcastle Upon ...