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The world's first scheduled, high-definition (as then defined; meaning 240-line) television programmes were broadcast on 2 November 1936 by the British Broadcasting Corporation. They had been preceded by a number of low-definition BBC test broadcasts, as well as a 180-line Deutscher Fernseh Rundfunk service, from Berlin, since March 1935.
The BBC establishes its first Gaelic department. [11] 1936. 2 November – The BBC opens the world's first regular high-definition television service, from Alexandra Palace. 1937. 24 April – The very first children's television show For the Children.
Shown in commemoration of Armistice Day, it is the first time that a whole evening's programming has been given over to a single play. 1938. 21 February – The BBC Television Service airs the first ever piece of television science-fiction, a 35-minute adaptation of a segment of the play R.U.R. by the Czech playwright Karel Čapek.
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 ...
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 ...
2 March – BBC Knowledge ceases transmission in the early hours of the morning (the first BBC channel to permanently close) with BBC Four launching to replace it at 7pm. The opening night is simulcast on BBC Two. [189]
The BBC's first official online service was the BBC Networking Club, which was launched on 11 May 1994. The service was subsequently relaunched as BBC Online in 1997, before being renamed BBCi, then bbc.co.uk, before it was rebranded back as BBC Online.
Panorama is the world's longest-running current affairs programme and retains a peak-time slot to this day. 1954. 5 July – BBC newsreader Richard Baker introduced the first televised BBC News bulletin which replaces Television Newsreel, The "out of vision" newsreader was John Snagge.