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Regional Jobfinder services are part of Night Time and they are broadcast between 4am and 5am on weeknights. [11] 17 September–2 October – Channel 4 broadcasts all night for the first time to provide full live coverage of the 1988 Olympic Games. [12] BBC1 also provides all-night Games coverage, and consequently broadcasts non-stop for 16 days.
As a result, the season represented the first time that all 380 matches in a Premier League season were broadcast live in the UK. [50] On 20 June 2020, Brighton & Hove Albion and Arsenal played the first Saturday 3pm Premier League game to be shown live on television in the UK, as part of "Project Restart" during the pandemic. [51]
The Time from NPL is a radio signal broadcast from the Anthorn Radio Station near Anthorn, Cumbria, which serves as the United Kingdom's national time reference. [1] The time signal is derived from three atomic clocks installed at the transmitter site, and is based on time standards maintained by the UK's National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in Teddington. [2]
9 May - A South American national team is shown on British television for the first time. Live second half coverage of England's 2-1 win over Argentina is broadcast on BBC Television. [18] 20 October - A Wales international, a 1-1 draw with England, is televised live for the first time. It is the first live football broadcast from outside ...
The 3:00pm (UK time) Saturday kick-offs are not allowed to be shown live in the UK due to the hours of 2:45pm to 5:15pm being 'blocked broadcasting hours', [2] as requested by the FA and enforced by UEFA.
17–20 July – After 60 years, the BBC shows live coverage of The Open Championship for the final time as from next year, live coverage of the event transfers to Sky Sports although the BBC does continue to show two hours of highlights each day. [54] 21 December – Budget cuts result in the BBC deciding to end its coverage of Grand Prix.
The BBC (the UK host broadcaster of the Championships) began broadcasting Wimbledon in 1937. David Coleman hosted the live coverage from 1964 to 1966 and from 1968 to 1969. Harry Carpenter hosted the live coverage in 1967 and from 1970 to 1990 (and in some years also hosted the evening highlights programme).
9–18 March – Channel 4 broadcasts live coverage of the 2018 Winter Paralympics. It provides more than 100 hours of television coverage on Channel 4 and 4seven, more than double the amount of coverage it had given to the 2014 Games. [19] 2 June – Channel 4 shows rugby union for the first time when it broadcasts live coverage of Wales ...