The BBC is a Public Owned National Broadcaster, free from Advertisements and funded by a licence fee payable by All Television viewers.There are two main television channels:

BBC1 (broadcasting a diverse range of popular programming and News)

BBC2 (broadcasting a mix of programmes including drama/ educational and arts)

In addition there are a number of regional centres; however apart from News and some additional regional programming the output is almost totally network fed.

1927	1st January	FOUNDED
1932	.	EXPERIMENTAL TV BEGINS
1936	2nd November	TELEVISION SERVICE COMMENCES
1939	1st September	TELEVISION SERVICE SUSPENDED
1946	7th June	TELEVISION SERVICE RE-COMMENCES
1953	.	'LIVE' COVERAGE OF THE ROYAL CORONATION
1960	29th June	TELEVISION CENTRE OPENED
1963	23rd November	'DR WHO' FIRST TRANSMITTED
1964	21st April	'BBC1' REPLACES EXISTING CHANNEL
1964	21st April	'BBC2' LAUNCHES
1967	2nd December	'BBC2' LAUNCHES COLOUR TRANSMISSION
1969	15th November	'BBC1' LAUNCHES COLOUR TRANSMISSION
1983	17th January	'BREAKFAST TIME' COMMENCES
1991	.	BBC WORLD SERVICE TELEVISION LAUNCHES (satellite)
1992	November	UK GOLD (co-owned commercial satellite venture) launched
1997	9th November	'NEWS 24' COMMENCES (cable & provides overnight service on 'BBC1')
1998	23rd September	BBC CHOICE (new Digital TV Channel) launched

BBC CHOICE - THE NEWEST INTRODUCTION BY THE BBC (ONLY AVAILABLE VIA DIGITAL)

Selected BBC output has included:

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