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29 November – The BBC announces that Top of the Pops will move from its Friday evening BBC One slot to BBC Two, where it will air on Sunday evenings. [257] 25 December – The first Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone makes its UK television debut on BBC One as part of the channel's Christmas Day lineup. [258] [259]
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.
World Snooker Championship: BBC One & BBC Two 1977 – present; BDO World Darts Championship: BBC One & BBC Two 1978 – 2016; Ski Sunday: BBC Two 1978 – present; London Marathon: BBC One 1981 – present; Great North Run: BBC One 1981 – present; Today at Wimbledon: BBC Two 1993 – 2014 & 2016 – present (replaced by Wimbledon 2Day in 2015)
There was much criticism in the press over the inability of the BBC to find a full-time Head of Drama, with even the BBC Chairman Sir Christopher Bland criticising the amount of time it was taking to find a new Head of Department, stating publicly that: "There aren't a lot of people who are pre-eminently qualified and able to do the biggest job ...
The BBC One and ITV schedules are once again amended, to provide coverage of the procession to carry the Queen's coffin from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall for her lying in state. BBC One adds two additional programmes to its daytime schedule, coverage of the procession from 1.00pm to 4.30pm and an Events of the Day at 7.00pm.
Following the death of Barbara Windsor the previous day, BBC One makes changes to its Friday evening schedule to air the 2017 Windsor biopic Babs. [347] 17: Doctors transmits their final episode before their annual Christmas break, with the usual two-week break extended until February 2021. [348] 18
On BBC One, the sequence was as follows.It began with a rundown of the following evening's schedule, the national weather forecast, a public information film (Monday to Thursday nights only), a closing announcement wishing goodnight to viewers and pointing them towards BBC radio services on air through the night, made over the clock and finally a rendition of the National Anthem (God Save the ...
The BBC News Channel is merged with BBC World News to form a single worldwide news channel called BBC News, which launches at 9.00am. The channel is based on BBC World News output, but retains the ability to break away from international programming for a major UK news story.