Blackadder is the name that encompassed four series of a BBC One period British sitcom, along with several one-off instalments.

BBC Red Button is also available on Sky in the Republic of Ireland through BBC One, Two, Three or Four on channels 141, 142, 210 and 211 respectively.

Its sister services, BBC World was also renamed as " BBC World News " while the national news bulletins became BBC News at One, BBC News at Six and BBC News at Ten.

A further announcement by Head of television news Peter Horrocks came at the same time as Bakhurst's appointment in which he outlined his plan to provide more funding and resources for the channel and shift the corporation's emphasis regarding news away from the traditional BBC One bulletins and across to the rolling news channel.

The BBC News Channel moved from the Studio N8 set ( now home to BBC World News ) to what was the home of the national news in Studio N6, allowing the Channel to share its set with the BBC News at One and the BBC News at Ten – with other bulletins moving to studio TC7.

The BBC began simulcasting the channel overnight on terrestrial channel BBC One with the launch of the channel, ending the tradition of a closedown but at the same time effectively making the service available to many more viewers.

During major breaking news events, the BBC News Channel has been broadcast on BBC One ; examples of special broadcasts include the 11 September 2001 attacks, 7 July 2005 London bombings, the capture of Saddam Hussein, and the death of Osama bin Laden.

Since the launch of Breakfast in 2000, the programme has been simulcast on both BBC One and BBC News, replacing the individual breakfast news programmes that had been run by both channels.

Breakfast on BBC One then generally continues until 09: 15.

The bulletin was joined in being simulcast on 10 April 2006 when the BBC News at One ( with British Sign Language in-vision signing ) and BBC News at Six bulletins were added to the schedule following a similar format to the News at Ten in terms of content on the channel once each simulcast ends.

During the Summer, the hour long programme News 24 Sunday was broadcast both on BBC One and the BBC News Channel at 09: 00, to replace The Andrew Marr Show, which is off air.

These programmes are simulcast with BBC World News and either BBC One or BBC Two.

The Acorn Electron is a budget version of the BBC Micro educational / home computer made by Acorn Computers Ltd.

Another instrumental called " Brother " was used as the theme to the BBC Radio 1 Top 20 / 40 when Tom Browne / Simon Bates presented the programme in the 1970s.

The BBC Governors ' annual report for 2005 / 2006 reported that average audience figures for fifteen minute periods had reached 8. 6 % in multichannel homes, up from 7. 8 % in 2004 / 2005.

It is expected that the BBC News Channel will relocate, along with other BBC news services including BBC World News to the newly refurbished Broadcasting House in late 2012 / early 2013, after completion of the new television news studios has taken place and it will be relaunched.

* Cleopatra ( Rome character ), in the HBO / BBC television series Rome

* The Human Sexes ( 1997 ) — Discovery / BBC documentary TV series

A broad range of peripherals exist for the Dragon 32 / 64, and on top of this there are add-ons such as the Dragon's Claw which give the Dragons access to the BBC Micro's large range of accessories ( a particularly important factor in the UK home market ).

' Freeview video by the Vega Science Trust and the BBC / OU.

* Great Rift: Africa's wild heart ( TV series ) A BBC / Animal Planet production

* Simon Schama, A History of Britain: At the Edge of the World, 3500 BC – 1603 AD BBC / Miramax, 2000 ISBN 0-7868-6675-6 ; TV series A History of Britain, Volume 2: The Wars of the British 1603 – 1776 BBC / Miramax, 2001 ISBN 0-7868-6675-6 ; A History of Britain-The Complete Collection on DVD BBC 2002

In the 1980s comedian Andy Cameron presented the Hogmanay show on BBC Scotland while Peter Morrison presented a show called " A Highland Hogmanay " on STV / Grampian.

BBC Radio 3 commonly makes use of three ISDN BRIs to carry 320 kbit / s audio stream for live outside broadcasts.

* BBC Radio Jersey 88. 8fm, 1026 mW & bbc. co. uk / jersey

* Edward Baker-Duly in the 2010 BBC Wales / Masterpiece TV production Upstairs, Downstairs

In 2006, in response to 9 / 11 conspiracy theories surrounding its original news story, the BBC said that confusion had arisen with the common Arabic names, and that its later reports on the hijackers superseded its original story.

* In the final episode of the BBC time travel / cop show Ashes to Ashes ( Series 3, Episode 8 ), it is revealed that the world that Alex Drake awoke to after being shot, which Sam Tyler described and that other major characters inhabit, is a kind of Limbo, one seemingly specifically for members of the police force, who had died in violent or sudden ways, with Gene Hunt taking on a role similar to that of a Psychopomp or Charon of Greek mythology, helping " the troubled souls of Her Majesty's Constabulary " accept their deaths and move on to Heaven.

In the early 2000s, BBC Two also started simulcasting the channel, although the weekend morning show Weekend 24 had been simulcast on the channel in the early days.

Examples include Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels ( 1998 ) ( wherein the slang is translated via subtitles in one scene ); The Limey ( 1999 ); Sexy Beast ( 2000 ); Snatch ( 2000 ); Ocean's Eleven ( 2001 ); and Austin Powers in Goldmember ( 2002 ); It's All Gone Pete Tong ( 2004 ), after BBC radio disc jockey Pete Tong whose name is used in this context as rhyming slang for " wrong "; Green Street Hooligans ( 2005 ).

On 25 February 2008, he started presenting Brainbox Challenge, a new game show, for BBC Two.

One of his early comedy writing projects was Black Cinderella Two Goes East with Rory McGrath for BBC Radio 4 in 1978.

A version of " Two Tribes " was originally recorded for a BBC John Peel session in October 1982.

BBC Two showed an episode on 8 November 2008 as part of its tribute night to producer Geoffrey Perkins, who had died just over two months before.

* 2006 – The world's longest running music show Top of the Pops is broadcast for the last time on BBC Two.

Two archive recordings of Orton are known to survive: a short BBC radio interview first transmitted in August 1967 and a video recording, held by the British Film Institute, of his appearance on Eamonn Andrews ' ITV chat show transmitted 23 April 1967.

The Tube is a television documentary originally made by ITV in 2002 in October 2011 the director of BBC Two announced announced a " new " TV series called ' The Tube ' which looks into the life of those who work and travel on London Underground.

A broadcasting organisation may broadcast several programs at the same time, through several channels ( frequencies ), for example BBC One and Two.

It began screening on BBC One on weekday afternoons on April 28, 2008 but after lower than desired ratings figures it was shifted to BBC Two from May 19, 2008.

Two series were made in 1963 and 1964 and ( presumably because it was shot on 35mm film rather than video ) the entire series has reportedly been preserved in the BBC archives.

An instrumental section of " Party Fears Two " was used as the theme music for the BBC Radio 4 satirical current affairs series Week Ending.

On 2 January 2001, a second series named Bill and Ben began on CBBC on BBC Two, this time involving stop-motion animation, 35mm film style and full color, and made by Cosgrove Hall Films with a team of ten animators.

The Weakest Link is a British television quiz show, mainly broadcast on BBC Two, but also on BBC One.

After the huge success of the show in its early evening slot on BBC Two, a prime-time edition was shown on BBC One, usually broadcast on Wednesday evenings.

There are five major analogue networks-BBC One, BBC Two, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5.