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1937. 24 April – The first children's television show For the Children is broadcast.; 1939. 1 September – The BBC Television Service is suspended, about 20 minutes following the conclusion of a Mickey Mouse cartoon (Mickey's Gala Premier), owing to the imminent outbreak of the Second World War amid fears that the VHF transmissions would act as perfect guidance beams for enemy bombers ...
18 November – Children in Need 2016 is aired on BBC One. The fundraiser is the first to take place since the death of Sir Terry Wogan, and tributes are paid to him throughout the evening. The 2016 event raises a record £46.6m. [395]
7 July – The BBC's children's programme For the Children returns, one of the few pre-war programmes to resume after the resumption of the BBC Television Service. 4 August – Children's puppet Muffin the Mule makes his debut in an episode of For the Children. He becomes so popular, he is given his own show later in the year.
1 April – BBC 1/2 Mix is relaunched as BBC TV Europe. [57] 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.
1999 in British television – Popular television presenter Jill Dando is assassinated outside her home in West London, The murder remains unsolved to the present day, Six TV, Britain's sixth and last terrestrial localised channel launches in both Oxfordshire and Southampton, ITV axes News at Ten after a run of 32 years and BBC One broadcasts a ...
Pages in category "BBC television timelines" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. ... Timeline of children's television on the BBC; T.
2000. 31 January – Carlton Kids stops broadcasting. [5]1 February – Discovery Kids launches on the OnDigital platform as a direct replacement for Carlton Kids. 27 May – Boomerang launches to broadcast classic cartoons from the Hanna-Barbera, MGM and Warner Bros archive programme library, as well as freeing up its sister network of many classics in the schedule.