Timeline of BBC Television News

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A timeline of notable events relating to BBC Television News.

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2010s

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">BBC News (UK TV channel)</span> British 24-hour television news channel

The BBC News channel is a British free-to-air public broadcast television news channel owned and operated by the BBC. The channel is based at and broadcasts from Broadcasting House in the West End of London from which it is anchored during British daytime, with overnight broadcasts anchored from Washington, D.C. and Singapore. It was launched as BBC News 24 on 9 November 1997 at 17:30, as part of the BBC's foray into digital domestic television channels, becoming the first competitor to Sky News, which had been running since 1989.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">BBC Two</span> Television channel operated by the BBC

BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's second flagship channel, and it covers a wide range of subject matter, incorporating genres such as comedy, drama and documentaries. BBC Two has a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream and popular BBC One.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">BBC Television</span> Television service of the British Broadcasting Corporation

BBC Television is a service of the BBC. The corporation has operated a public broadcast television service in the United Kingdom, under the terms of a royal charter, since 1927. It produced television programmes from its own studios from 1932, although the start of its regular service of television broadcasts is dated to 2 November 1936.

This is a timeline of the history of the British Broadcasting Corporation.

<i>Breakfast News</i> 1989 British TV series or programme

Breakfast News is a breakfast news programme which first aired on BBC1 on 2 October 1989. The programme was previously known as Breakfast Time. It was planned to launch on 18 September 1989 but was held back by two weeks due to technical issues with its new studio. The programme adopted a rolling news format with news summaries every 15 minutes plus weather and regional news every 30 minutes. Other features included a review of the day's newspapers and regular business news updates.

<i>Breakfast Time</i> (British TV programme) Television series

Breakfast Time is British television's first national breakfast television programme. It was broadcast from 17 January 1983 until 29 September 1989 on BBC1 across the United Kingdom. It was broadcast for the first time just over two weeks before TV-am, the commercial breakfast television station.

This is a list of British television related events from 1997.

This is a list of British television related events from 1988.

This is a list of British television related events from 1986.

This is a list of British television related events from 1980.

This is a timeline of the history of BBC One.

This is a timeline of the history of BBC Two.

This is a timeline of the history of breakfast television in the United Kingdom.

This is a timeline of television in Scotland.

A timeline of notable events relating to the BBC News Channel and its original name BBC News 24.

This is a timeline of the notable events relating to BBC Parliament, its predecessor The Parliamentary Channel and earlier events related to the televising of Parliament in the UK.

This is a timeline of the history of television news in the UK.

This is a timeline of the history of on-air broadcasts of teletext on television in the UK.

This is a timeline of the history of the broadcasting of children's programmes on BBC Television.

This is a timeline of overnight television broadcasting in the United Kingdom. It focuses on programming between midnight and 6am and includes details of when channels began into the night and 24-hour broadcasting.

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