After three years of consistent use across different platforms, the BBC began to drop the BBCi brand gradually ; on 6 May 2004, the BBC website was renamed bbc. co. uk, after the main URL used to access the site.

From 2008, the BBC gradually began to drop the BBCi name from its digital interactive TV services also, replacing it with the name BBC Red Button.

The BBC News at Ten began simulcasting on the channel on 30 January 2006 as part of the Ten O ' Clock Newshour, followed by extended sport and business news updates.

In the second half of 1945, Thomas began reading for the BBC Radio programme, Book of Verse, broadcast weekly to the Far East providing Thomas with a regular income and bringing him into contact with Louis MacNeice, a congenial drinking companion whose advice Thomas cherished.

On 29 September 1946, the BBC began transmitting the Third Programme, a high-culture network which provided opportunities for Thomas.

The play-by-play announcer is former BBC Radio commentator Callum Williams who began broadcasting with the 2011 season.

This success turned Whitehouse and Higson's career, and they began to appear on shows such as Vic Reeves ' Big Night Out and extensively for the BBC, with Whitehouse appearing on A Bit of Fry and Laurie as a man with a clinical need to have his bottom fondled, and Paul Merton: The Series, then as performer on shows such as Harry Enfield's Television Programme, where he developed numerous characters including DJ Mike Smash of Smashie and Nicey alongside Harry Enfield as Nicey.

Soap operas in the U. K. began on radio and consequently were associated with the BBC.

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.

In 1963, the BBC began production of the longest-running science-fiction television series ever, Doctor Who, about a time travelling alien called the Doctor.

Russell T Davies, responsible for the latest Doctor Who revival in its earlier seasons, began working in the BBC children's department in the 1990s.

Meanwhile, in 1954, he began working with Tony Hancock in BBC radio's Hancock's Half Hour, playing a character with his own name ( but having the invented middle name Balmoral ), who was a petty criminal who would usually manage to con Hancock.

On 2 November 1936 the BBC began transmitting the world's first public regular high-definition service from the Victorian Alexandra Palace in north London.

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 BBC World Service began as the BBC Empire Service in 1932 as a shortwave service aimed principally at English speakers in the outposts of the British Empire.

On 3 November 1936, from Alexandra Palace located on the high ground of the north London ridge, the BBC began alternating Baird 240-line transmissions with EMI's electronic scanning system which had recently been improved to 405 lines after a merger with Marconi.

After easing himself back into broadcasting as chairman of the radio panel game Twenty Questions, he began the second of his three major BBC radio series, Beyond Our Ken.

In 1994, the BBC World Service in Afghanistan began broadcasting Naway Kor, Naway Jwand (" New Home, New Life "), an everyday story of country folk incorporating pieces of useful information.

Douglas Smith ( c. 1910-15 October 1972 ) began his broadcasting career with the BBC European Service ( now the World Service ) in 1946 and later worked as an announcer and newsreader on the Home Service and the Third Programme.

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.

BBC Radio nan Gàidheal in contrast is a Gaelic language station broadcasting for the majority of the day on 103. 5-105 FM and simulcasting Radio Scotland's MW service at other times.

BBC Radio Wales is the English language network, broadcasting various local programmes for approximately 20 hours a day and simulcasting the BBC World Service during the stations down time.

The BBC made extensive use of simulcasting between 1974 and around 1990.

In January 2008, the 1010 AM frequency was devoted entirely to 24 / 7 BBC programming, which changed in March 2009 when 1010 changed calls to KPCW and began simulcasting its FM sister, dropping the BBC programming.

It had feature limitations such as being unable to output more than one channel of sound, ( and provided fewer Envelope-shaping options ) where the BBC was capable of three-way polyphony ( plus one noise channel ) and the inability to provide teletext mode.

BBC Text also enabled channel association, the ability for the user to retain their selected television channel visible in one section of the screen whilst viewing the text service, in contrast to Ceefax, which could only be viewed as a full-screen display, or as a semitransparent overlay ( i. e. opaque blocks of colour on top of the television channel, with the black background now transparent ; not ' translucent blocks of colour with a translucent black background ') above the television picture.

BBC Red Button is broadcast on all digital television platforms in the UK, including digital cable ( DVB-C ), IPTV ( TalkTalk TV – channel 503, no red button or teletext ), digital satellite ( DVB-S ) ( Sky & Freesat ) and digital terrestrial television ( DVB-T ) ( Freeview ).

The channel 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.

Since then, with several relaunches, an increase in funding and resources from the BBC and improvements in digital television technology, the channel has been able to diversify content, with two minute looped bulletins available to view via BBC Red Button, BBC News Online and the BBC's mobile website, alongside individual weather and sport bulletins.

In May 2007, the channel became available for UK viewers to view through the BBC News website through a live stream.

In April 2008, the channel was renamed " BBC News " as part of a £ 550, 000 rebranding of the BBC's news output, complete with a new studio and presentation.

As a major part of the BBC News department, the channel is based at and broadcast from the News Centre within BBC Television Centre in West London.

The BBC had run the international news channel BBC World for two and a half years prior to the launch of BBC News 24 on 9 November 1997.

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.

On 21 April 2008, BBC News 24 was renamed BBC News on the channel itself – but is referred to as the BBC News Channel on other BBC services.

Currently, overnight viewers receive 25 minute editions of BBC News every hour, and on weekdays 0100-0200 receive Newsday, live from Singapore and from London 0200-0530 BBC World News.

Since 21 April 2008, the overnight bulletins, while produced by the BBC News Channel, have usually been broadcast from the studios of BBC World News.

Rico Hizon ( reporting from Singapore ), Babita Sharma and Kasia Madera are the main overnight presenters on the channel, appearing on Newsday and generic BBC News bulletins.

Radio collaborations include Euroclassic Notturno – an overnight classical music stream, produced by BBC Radio 3 and broadcast in the United Kingdom as Through the Night – and special theme days, such as the annual Christmas music relays from around Europe.

TRE is affiliated to IRN / SKY News and a World Media Partner with BBC World Service, so they can provide sustaining services overnight.

It was started by the BBC in 1974, and still runs regularly filling BBC Two's overnight schedule as Pages from Ceefax.

The in-vision service Pages from Ceefax is still transmitted overnight until 06: 00 on BBC Two.

As of October 2012 limited Ceefax content can still be viewed overnight on BBC Two via the BBC's Pages from Ceefax slot, on both analogue and digital services.

BBC One has broadcast overnight simulcasts from the BBC News channel since 1997 ; the latter in turn simulcasts the majority of all regular BBC One bulletins.

According to the BBC, the " overnight siege and the clashes may be linked to Monday's deadline for MPs to approve or reject a new cabinet.

In the United Kingdom, ABC World News appears regularly at 1: 30 a. m. local time on the BBC News Channel, which itself may be simulcast on BBC One or BBC Two during the overnight period.

During the week, the Ideas Network airs locally-produced talk programming, longtime daily reading showcase Chapter a Day, and National Public Radio's Talk of the Nation / Science Friday throughout the daytime hours, while at night broadcasting repeats of the daytime talkshows and Chapter a Day, as well as WBUR's On Point, the CBC's Q and As It Happens, and, overnight, the BBC World Service.

TV One has a broad range of programming including ONE News, Current Affairs and ONE Sport, with overnight news coverage provided by BBC World News.

Each station produces most of their own programmes however, some off-peak programming is produced from one station and covering all stations in the region, some is simulcast with other neighbouring regions and all stations simulcast BBC Radio 5 Live overnight when the station is off the air.

After 7pm each weekday, Radio Derby simulcasts regional programming with other BBC Local Radio stations in the East Midlands until midnight when it simulcasts overnight output from BBC Radio Five Live.