BBC Television
The British Broadcasting Corporation is responsible for broadcasting several television stations in the United Kingdom. For general details on the history of their television services, please visit the main BBC article. If you were looking for more specific information on individual channels, perhaps you were searching for one of the articles listed below.
Free-to-air analogue stations in the UK
- The Corporation's primary network, broadcasting mainstream comedy, drama, documentaries, films and the home of their television news, sport and children's programmes.
- Home to more specialist programming, including comedy, documentaries, dramas and minority interest programmes, as well as imported programmes from other countries, particularly the United States.
Free-to-air digital stations in the UK
- The main digital television network operated by the Corporation, home to mainly youth-orientated programming, particularly new comedy sketch shows and sitcoms.
- Niche programming for an older audience, including specialist documentaries, occasional 'serious' dramas, live theatre, foreign language films and television programmes and 'prestige' archive television repeats.
- A dedicated news channel.
- The Corporation's dedicated politcs channel, covering both the British parliament and international politics.
- For children aged eight and above.
- For children under eight.
International news channel
- An international, commercially-funded (albeit run by the BBC and not BBC Worldwide) twenty-four hour news channel, not available to UK viewers.
BBC Worldwide channels
The BBC's wholly-owned commercial subsidiary, BBC Worldwide, also operates several international television channels under BBC branding:
- An American cable television channel, co-owned with Discovery Networks, showcasing British television programming.
- The Canadian equivalent, co-owned with Alliance Atlantis.
- Also based in Canada and co-owned with Alliance Atlantis, and dedicated to children's programming.
- Showcasing BBC programming via satellite television, available across Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
See also
These articles may also be of interest:
