BBC One
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| BBC One | |
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| Launched | 2 November 1936 |
| Owned by | BBC |
| Picture format | 576i (PAL) 16:9 |
| Audience share | 19% (May 2009, BARB) |
| Country | United Kingdom, available in other |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | United Kingdom |
| Formerly called | BBC Television Service (1936 - 8 October 1960) BBC TV (8 October 1960 - April 1964) BBC1 (April 1964 - 3 October 1997) |
| Sister channel(s) | BBC Two BBC Three BBC Four BBC News BBC Parliament BBC HD CBBC CBeebies |
| Website | [www.bbc.co.uk/bbcone www.bbc.co.uk/bbcone] |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Analogue | Normally tuned to channel 1 |
| Freeview | Channel 1 |
| Satellite | |
| Freesat | Channel 101 |
| Sky Digital | Channel 101 and regional variations. |
| Sky Digital Ireland | Channel 141 |
| Astra 2D | 10773H 22000 5/6 |
| Cable | |
| Virgin Media | Channel 101 |
| UPC Ireland | Channel 108 |
| UPC Netherlands | Channel 19 |
| Ziggo | Channel 50 |
| Naxoo | Channel 213 |
| IPTV over ADSL | |
| Tiscali TV | Channel 1 |
| Internet television | |
| BBC Online | Watch live (UK Only) |
| BBC iPlayer | watch (UK Only) |
BBC One is the primary television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular, public television service with a high level of image resolution. It was later renamed BBC tv until the launch of sister channel BBC Two in 1964. The channel has an annual budget of £840 million. Along with the BBC's other domestic television stations, it is funded entirely by the television licence fee, and therefore shows uninterrupted programming with no commercial advertising.
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[edit] Programs
[edit] News
BBC One shows many news features that last approximately 1-2 minutes during the day with 4 main news programs(BBC Breakfast, One O'Clock News, Six O'Clock News and the Ten O'Clock News), which each include regional news and weather.
[edit] Current Affairs
BBC One shows many current affairs programs which show many things including politics(Question Time, This Week), crime(Crimewatch), things happening in the world(Panorama) and people and company's ripping off viewers(Watchdog).
[edit] Factual and Learning
BBC One shows many educational documents covering the earth and animals and many more.
[edit] Drama
BBC One is the home of BBC's drama.With there long running soap Eastenders and hospital dramas such as Casualty and Holby City.They also so innovative dramas such as Spooks and Hustle and time-travel police drama's Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes.They also have sci-fi drama Doctor Who.
[edit] Childrens
BBC One shows some CBBC and CBeebies programs during weekday afternoons between 3:30pm to 5:15pm.By 2013 they are expected to move from BBC One as every home will have to have digital by 2013.
[edit] Sport
BBC hold the right to many sporting events.This includes football, tennis, horse racing, rugby, athletics, the Olympics, snooker and more.
[edit] Films
BBC One shows many films throughout the year.They mainly air them late at night with some box office hits during holidays.
[edit] Entertainment
BBC One also airs a lot of entertainment from game shows, talent shows and chat shows.
[edit] Religion
BBC One shows a few religious programs a week, mainly Songs of Praise.
[edit] Comedy
BBC One mainly shown on Friday nights, although over comedy's are broadcast on BBC Three.
[edit] Music and Arts
With Top of the Pops gone, BBC One main music and arts broadcast is the BBC Proms.
[edit] Lifestyle Shows
BBC One airs some lifestyle shows during the daytime such as Bargain Hunt.
