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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.
The new programme airs as a late evening news and analysis programme. [10] BBC2's late evening news bulletin is renamed Newsnight. 1976. 17 September – The original incarnation of Newsnight is broadcast for the final time. It is replaced three days later with a shorter bulletin called Late Night News on 2. 1977. No events. 1978. No events. 1979
In Town Tonight is a BBC radio programme that was broadcast on Saturday evening from 1933 to 1960 (except for a period of 26 weeks in 1937 when The BBC presents the ABC was broadcast instead). It was an early example of a chat show, originally presented by Eric Maschwitz. Its theme music was "Knightsbridge March" by Eric Coates
Saturday Night Theatre was noted as the major drama of the week on BBC Radio 4, until it was scrapped as a programme strand in 1996. Audiences reached a peak of 6.75 million in 1955, but by the end the average audience levels had fallen to between 50,000 and 100,000 - although with another 500,000 listening to the Monday afternoon repeat. [ 2 ]
The new Saturday early evening programme lasts 40 minutes and combines the day's news and sport with a look back at the week's news. 9 June – The BBC launches its first parliamentary highlights programme when the first edition of The Lords This Week (renamed The Week in the Lords later in 1986) is shown on BBC2.
The Corporation's flagship network, broadcasting mainstream entertainment, comedy, drama, documentaries, films, news, sport, and some children's programmes. BBC One is also the home of the BBC's main news programmes, with BBC Breakfast airing every morning from 06:00 and bulletins airing at 13:00, 18:00 and 22:00 (on weekdays; times vary for ...
7–21 June – The BBC shows extensive live coverage of the first Cricket World Cup. [2] [3] The BBC also shows full coverage of the 1979 World Cup. [4] 11 June – A pilot of the sitcom The Melting Pot, written by and starring Spike Milligan (in brownface) with Neil Shand, is broadcast on BBC2. The following year, a full series of six ...
Coverage of the fire is transmitted minutes after the event on the live ITV Saturday afternoon sports programme World of Sport. BBC's Grandstand also transmits live coverage of the fire. 17 May – Screensport covers the Football League Trophy Southern Area Final between Brentford and Newport County, the first time a match in an English senior ...