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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.
2 September – Launch of "Daytime on 1", BBC1's new daily schedule that includes six and a half hours of drama, quiz shows, discussion programming, chat shows and cookery shows. 15 September – Debut of Rhodes , an eight part BBC1 drama series about the life of the controversial British adventurer and empire-builder Cecil Rhodes . [ 167 ]
BBC1 abandons regular programming to provide up to date coverage of unfolding events. 1 October – BBC London is launched, replacing Newsroom South East. [28] 2002. 25 January – UK Today ends after all of the BBC's regional centres are upgraded for digital broadcasting. However, due to cost considerations, the BBC decides not to create ...
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.
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC.It is the corporation's oldest and flagship channel, and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, primetime drama and entertainment, and live BBC Sport events.
The film was first shown on Sky Movies on December 25, 1993. [78] Christmas Day highlights on BBC1 include the network television premiere of Adrian Lyne's 1993 drama Indecent Proposal, starring Robert Redford, Demi Moore and Woody Harrelson. [79] The final episode of the sitcom Keeping Up Appearances is broadcast on BBC1.
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.