BBC Television Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

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.

Table of contents

1 Free-to-air analogue stations in the UK 2 Free-to-air digital stations in the UK 3 International news channel 4 BBC Worldwide channels 5 See also

Free-to-air analogue stations in the UK

• BBC One

The Corporation's primary network, broadcasting mainstream comedy, drama, documentaries, films and the home of their television news, sport and children's programmes.

• BBC Two

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

• BBC Three

The main digital television network operated by the Corporation, home to mainly youth-orientated programming, particularly new comedy sketch shows and sitcoms.

• BBC Four

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.

• BBC News 24

A dedicated news channel.

• BBC Parliament

The Corporation's dedicated politcs channel, covering both the British parliament and international politics.

• CBBC Channel

For children aged eight and above.

• CBeebies

For children under eight.

International news channel

• BBC World

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:

• BBC America

An American cable television channel, co-owned with Discovery Networks, showcasing British television programming.

• BBC Canada

The Canadian equivalent, co-owned with Alliance Atlantis.

• BBC Kids

Also based in Canada and co-owned with Alliance Atlantis, and dedicated to children's programming.

• BBC Food

Dedicated to the BBC's various cookery programmes, broadcasting via satellite television in southern Africa and Scandanavia.

• BBC Prime

Showcasing BBC programming via satellite television, available across Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

See also

These articles may also be of interest:

• Timeline of the BBC
• List of BBC television programming
• BBC television drama

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