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27 January – Grandstand, the flagship BBC sports programme, is aired for the final time on BBC One, after nearly 50 years on television screens. The very last edition is broadcast the following day on BBC Two. [289] 9 March – The BBC's Castaway returns for a second, but shorter series. [290]
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BBC1 abandons regular programming to provide up to date coverage of unfolding events. 1 October – BBC London is launched, replacing Newsroom South East. [28] 2002. 25 January – UK Today ends after all of the BBC's regional centres are upgraded for digital broadcasting. However, due to cost considerations, the BBC decides not to create ...
17 April – Brothers in Law makes its debut on BBC TV. 14 June – BBC TV airs the first episode of the sitcom Steptoe and Son, written by Galton and Simpson. 24 November – The first episode of the influential satire show That Was the Week That Was airs on BBC TV. [27] 1963. 13 January – BBC TV airs the play The Madhouse on Castle Street ...
This Week is a British current affairs and politics TV programme. It was screened late on Thursday evenings on BBC One and hosted by former Sunday Times editor Andrew Neil , with a panel of two commentators, one from the right and the other from the left of the political spectrum.
The following is a list of most watched programmes, excluding sporting events and news coverage. The mid-1980s introduction of in-week repeat showings accounts for six of the top ten programmes. On this measure, the 1996 Christmas edition of Only Fools and Horses is, not including figures for repeats, the most-watched non-documentary programme ...
Consequently, the BBC's weekday breakfast programmes start half an hour earlier, at 6 am. 13 April – For the first time all BBC News programmes have the same look following a relaunch of all of the main news bulletins. 1994. 9 April – LWT launches a new Sunday morning political programme for ITV – Jonathan Dimbleby.
24 Hours or Twenty-Four Hours is a long-running, late-evening, weekdaily news magazine programme that aired on BBC1. It focused on analysis and criticism of current affairs, and featured in-depth short documentary films that set the style for current-affairs magazine programmes. 24 Hours launched on 4 October 1965 and focused on investigative ...