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The majority of special events attracting large audiences are often carried on more than one channel. The most watched special event programme of all time on a single channel in the UK is the 1973 wedding ceremony of Princess Anne, shown only on BBC One. Pre-1981 figures supplied by the British Film Institute (BFI)
17 October – BBC2 broadcasts a teatime news summary with subtitles for the last time. For the past three years this bulletin, which had been broadcast at around 5.25 pm, had been the first programme of the day (apart from educational programmes and sports coverage). 24 October – The final edition of News After Noon is broadcast.
The Friday night draws showed the EuroMillions results and the Thunderball draw and are usually broadcast at 23:15. The Friday night draws were the only draws not to be broadcast live. From January 2013, the Friday draws are available to watch exclusively on the National Lottery's website. There is still a results update on BBC One at 22:35.
International football finals are a particular problem as research has shown that 71% of people in the UK will watch them at home instead of public venues such as pubs. [4] The Grid predicted a pickup of around 3000 MW, equivalent to 1.2 million kettles being turned on at once, if England made the later stages of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. [4] [9]
2013 in British television – BBC Two launches in high-definition for the first time 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 years after BBC One did, Panorama becomes the first ongoing British TV programme to reach and celebrate its 60th anniversary since BBC Wimbledon in 1987 The Boat Race in 1998 and BBC Cricket in 1999, More4 also launches in HD for the first time ...
Figures indicate that the first episode is watched by 4.2 million, a healthy audience for a BBC Two programme, but by the third episode, aired on 31 January, fell to 2.5 million. [ 177 ] 13 February – BBC Two airs Gimme Some Truth , a documentary featuring footage of John Lennon as he recorded his 1971 album Imagine .
Following a successful pilot broadcast on 22 December 2001, a series was commissioned, starting on 14 November 2002. Production of an episode often involved Hill and his programme's associate writing team, including Brenda Gilhooly, Paul Hawksbee, Daniel Maier, Joe Burnside, David Quantick and Madeleine Brettingham, watching significant amounts of television, much on preview tapes.
14 July – Watchdog launches as a stand-alone programme on BBC1, [25] having previously been a segment within the teatime news magazine programmes Nationwide and Sixty Minutes. 27 July – BBC2 airs "Blues Night", an Arena special dedicated to the Blues and featuring artists from the genre, including Sonny Boy Williamson , B. B. King , Blind ...