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20 April – Due to the launch of BBC2 the existing BBC TV channel is renamed BBC1. 28 September – In the Midlands, BBC1 airs the first edition of its local news programme, Midlands Today. [1] 28 October – The Wednesday Play premieres. [2] 15 December – Peter Watkins ' docudrama Culloden is shown.
Programmes are broadcast daily, Monday to Saturday, at 3pm–4pm and 9pm–10pm. 6 February – The BBC Television Service drops the Baird system in favour of the Marconi-EMI 405 lines system. 24 April – The first children's television show For the Children airs.
1 April – BBC 1/2 Mix is relaunched as BBC TV Europe. [53] The service also now becomes available to other parts of Europe. May – The BBC Night Network is launched on the BBC's six local radio stations in Yorkshire and north east England. The service broadcasts seven nights a week from 6:05 pm (6 pm at the weekend) until 12midnight. Two ...
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.
March – The first in-vision Ceefax transmissions are broadcast. 1981. 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 Midday News is broadcast.
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current state with its current name on New Year's Day 1927.
The "Television Symbol", known informally as the "Bats Wings", was the first BBC Television Service ident. It was created by Abram Games and was used from 1953 to 1960. [ 1 ] BBC Television is a service of the BBC. The corporation has operated a public broadcast television service in the United Kingdom, under the terms of a royal charter, since ...
1953. 2 June – The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey is televised by the BBC and watched live by an estimated audience of 20 million people in the United Kingdom. 1954. 5 July – BBC newsreader Richard Baker reads the first televised BBC News bulletin. The new bulletin replaces Television Newsreel.