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BBC One is a British free-to-air

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. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes

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television bulletins, primetime drama and entertainment, and live BBC Sport events. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution. It was renamed BBC TV in 1960 and used this name until the launch of the second BBC channel, BBC2, in 1964. The main channel then became known as BBC1. The channel adopted the current spelling of BBC One in 1997. The channel's annual budget for 2012–2013 was £1.14 billion. It is funded by the

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fee together with the BBC's other domestic television stations and shows uninterrupted programming without commercial advertising. The television channel had the highest reach share of any broadcaster in the United Kingdom as at 2019, ahead of its traditional rival for ratings leadership ITV. In 2013, a major global study of the BBC by the Populus polling organisation found BBC One to be rated the highest-quality TV channel in the world, with BBC Two coming in third place.

History

Early years and launching

The BBC began its own regular television programming from the basement of Broadcasting House, London, on 22 August 1932. The channel officially began regular broadcasts on 2 November 1936 from a converted wing of the Alexandra Palace in London. On 1 September 1939, two days before Britain declared

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on Germany, the station was taken off air with little warning, with the last programme to be shown being a Mickey Mouse cartoon (the 1933 short ''Mickey's Gala Premier''); the government was concerned that the VHF transmissions would act as a beacon to enemy aircraft that could bomb London. BBC Television returned on 7 June 1946 at three o'clock in the afternoon.

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, one of the original announcers, made the first announcement, saying, "Good afternoon everybody. How are you? Do you remember me, Jasmine Bligh?". Twenty minutes later, BBC Television again aired the Mickey Mouse cartoon that they had broadcast in 1939.

Creation of BBC1

The BBC held a statutory monopoly on television broadcasting in the United Kingdom until

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, the first Independent Television (ITV) station, began to broadcast on 22 September 1955. The competition quickly forced the channel to change its identity and priorities, following a large reduction in its audience, as noted in the 1962 Pilkington Report on the future of broadcasting. Simultaneously, the Pilkington Report decided to award an additional television station to the BBC on the basis that ITV was in comparison lacking in serious programming. BBC Television became BBC1 when BBC2 launched on 20 April 1964, transmitting an incompatible 625-line image on UHF. The only way to receive all channels was to use a complex "dual-standard" 405- and 625-line receiver with both a VHF and a UHF aerial (405-line-only sets became obsolete in 1985 when VHF transmissions ended). BBC1 moved to purpose-built facilities at Television Centre on 20 September 1969. Television News continued to use Alexandra Palace as its base and by early 1968 had even converted one of its studios to colour. In the weeks leading up to 15 November 1969, BBC1 unofficially transmitted the occasional programme in its new colour system in order to test it. At midnight on 15 November, simultaneously with ITV and two years after BBC2 had done so, BBC1 officially began 625-line

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colour programming on UHF with a broadcast of a concert by

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. Colour transmissions could be received in monochrome via monochrome 625-line sets until the end of analogue broadcasting. Between 1973 and 1977, BBC1 achieved an average audience share of 45% under Bryan Cowgill. This was the channel's most successful period in terms of audience share. On 30 December 1980, the BBC announced plans to introduce a new breakfast television service to compete with

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. They stated that the new show would be broadcast before TV-am but included the caveat that the new show would not launch until at least November 1981, whereupon new licence fee income could finance the necessary extension of broadcasting hours. On 17 January 1983, one year after originally planned, the first edition of '' Breakfast Time'' was shown on BBC1, becoming the first UK wide breakfast television service and continued to lead in the ratings until 1984.

Michael Grade era (1984–1987)

In 1984, Bill Cotton become managing director of Television at the BBC, and set about overhauling BBC1, which had been slated with poor home grown shows, its heavy reliance on US imports, with ''

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'' and '' The Thorn Birds'' being BBC1's highest rated programmes and ratings being over 20% behind ITV. Cotton recruited

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to become Controller of BBC1 from 1 September 1984 the first time the corporation had recruited someone outside of the BBC, replacing Alan Hart, who had been criticised for his lack of knowledge in general entertainment, as he was head of BBC Sport prior to 1981. The first major overhaul was to axe the unpopular ''

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'' current affairs programme: this was a replacement for the news and magazine show '' Nationwide''. Its replacement was the '' BBC Six O'Clock News'', a straight news programme in a bid to shore up its failing early evening slot. It was believed the BBC were planning to cut short the evening news and move more light entertainment programming in from the 18:20 slot, but this was dismissed. The Miss Great Britain contest was dropped, being described as verging on the too offensive after the January 1985 contest, with ''World's Strongest Man'' and ''International Superstar'' also being cancelled. BBC1 was relaunched on 18 February 1985 with a new look, new programming including '' Wogan'', '' EastEnders'' and a revised schedule to help streamline and maintain viewers throughout the course of the evening. Grade started to gear most programmes to either on the hour or half past the hour, while ''Panorama'' and ''Omnibus'' were both moved after the ''Nine O'Clock News''. Grade was also determined to end the dated and inept BBC1 scheduling which was hampering the network and holding back good programmes. Grade stated "When I took over BBC1, I discovered there were wonderful things, it was just a case of where to put them." ''Wogan'' had been scheduled for a 10 pm slot, but Grade moved it to a 7 pm slot as he believed the show had potential. From February to August 1985, a high number of American mini-series were broadcast while filming took place of a number of new home grown programmes, including ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. Further improvement came about when the corporation strengthened its drama output costing £30 million, with eight new series, including ''

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'', '' All Creatures Great and Small'', ''Hold the Back Page'', and ''Bluebill'', along with the return of ''Bergerac'' and ''Big Deal''. The increase in the drama department was achieved by switching the money away from the administrative service over a three-year period, after BBC1 was criticised for failing in matching ITV's output in drama. ''EastEnders'' was moved to a 19:30 slot, where it managed to soar to 20 million, helping the BBC1 audience share increase to nearly 50% for the first time since 1982. On 27 February 1985, '' Doctor Who'' was placed on an 18-month hiatus. The BBC originally planned to axe the series as they wished to spend its budgets on new programming for the channel, but was forced to back down from public pressure and Doctor Who returned in September 1986. At the time Michael Grade and Jonathan Powell were blamed for the decision (Grade was the target of death threats) but it was later revealed that the decision was taken due to the series running out of creative inspiration, making it impossible to find anyone (at the time) who knew what to do with the series. On 9 September 1985, the long-standing children's programming block was overhauled and rebranded as ''

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'', which gave it dedicated idents for the first time and had a live in-vision presenter, similar to rival ITV's

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block which had been running since January 1983. Previously the BBC had broadcast children's programming using BBC1's team of regular duty announcers. The launch presenter for this block, and thus the first Children's BBC presenter of the current format, was

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. On 23 May 1986, long-running lunchtime magazine show ''

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'' was broadcast for the last time after being on air for 14 years. On 27 October 1986, BBC1 launched its daytime television schedules. In a statement, BBC Daytime head Roger Laughton said:

1990s

Stereo audio transmissions, using the

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digital stereo sound format began on BBC1 in late 1987, to coincide with the sale of the first consumer NICAM-enabled equipment, a year after BBC2, and were gradually phased in across BBC TV output, although it took until 31 August 1991 for the service to begin officially on both channels. During this time, both commercial analogue broadcasters, ITV and

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had officially begun stereo transmissions using the BBC-developed NICAM system. Widescreen programming was introduced on digital platforms in 1998. For the first 50 years of its existence, with the exception of films and programmes purchased from the United States and elsewhere, almost all the channel's output were produced by the BBC's in-house production departments. This changed following the passing of the

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, which required that 25% of the BBC's television output be out-sourced to independent production companies. By 2004, many popular BBC One shows were made for the channel by independents, but the in-house production departments continued to contribute heavily to the schedule. In March 1991, as part of the £63 million programme package for spring and summer line up on BBC1, it was announced an extra £20 million was to be spent on rejuvenating the channels drama and comedy output during peak times, to keep the channel in a healthy state once the new Channel 3 licences were awarded. In December 1991 '' Wogan'' was to be cancelled, due to falling ratings against a number of ITV shows, in which ''Wogan'' only managed six million viewers compared to double that for '' This Is Your Life'', '' The Krypton Factor'' and ''

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''. Additionally an extra £40 million a year was spent on narrowing the gap on ITV's ratings lead, since a few months prior to this the channel had been criticised for its Autumn schedule, having tired formats, uninspiring scheduling of new programmes and poor scripts. ''Wogan'' was replaced with ''

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'', in early July 1992, but this was itself cancelled a year later.

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launched the 1993 Autumn schedule calling it "My first try with a lot of help from my friends", with the channel still under criticism, following the start of new programming which Alan introduced a year earlier, and the number of summer repeats. £175 million was spent on 80 hours of original drama produced, enchantment to the arts with an extended 26-week run for '' Omnibus'', and documentaries with '' The Downing Street Years'', new wildlife series and an eight-month look at Sheffield's Children's hospital, while '' Goodnight Sweetheart'', ''

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'' and ''The Danny Baker Show'' were new comedy series. '' Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman'' included in the Saturday night line up to increase variety. Following the public disapproval of filling its schedule with 25% of repeats during the summer months of 1993, BBC1 agreed to broadcast an extra 110 hours worth of original programming over the same period during the summer in 1994, which included giving ''EastEnders'' an additional episode per week. Efficiency savings of £25 million were found and redeployed to the new productions. The savings were seen as a vindication for the producer choice, and the controversial market-oriented drive introduced in April 1993. BBC One 1997

By March 1999, the channel admitted defeat in its ratings war with ITV, with its Spring line up emphasising more on serious factual and educational programmes, and drama. This change in strategy came about after continuing complaints that the channel was appealing to the lowest common denominator to increase viewership. Reliance on

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s and the dropping of the vilified ''

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'' were chastened by the hoax guests on ''

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''. Alan Yentob said "The spring package is to remind people of what the BBC is here for, range and ambition you won't find anywhere else at peak time". The changes helped the channel distinguish itself from (as one BBC executive said) "its down-market rival and would not compete for viewers on ITV's terms."

2000s

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became Controller of BBC One, a post she took up on 1 November 2000. She had previously been sounded out about the job in 1997 after

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's departure, but had turned down the opportunity as she felt she was then not yet experienced enough. During Heggessey's five years in charge, BBC One's audience share fell by 19.9%, to 23%, although this was in the context of declining audience figures across all British television channels due to increased competition from multichannel

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. However, in 2001 BBC One overtook its main rival ITV in terms of annual audience share for the first time since the rival channel had launched in 1955, although much of this was down to the success of the channel's

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line-up, which had its own Controller: Jane Lush. When Heggessey arrived at the channel in November 2000, she inherited two controversial schedule changes which had been implemented the previous month, at the behest of

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; the '' Nine O'Clock News'' had been moved to the later time of 22:00 and ''Panorama'' moved from Monday night prime time slot to a later slot on Sunday nights. The moving of ''Panorama'' attracted criticism that BBC One was sidelining serious programming in favour of more populist output. Heggessey publicly defended the decision, despite it not being hers, claiming that ''Panorama'' ratings would have "dwindled" in its previous slot. Heggessey and the BBC's Controller of Drama Commissioning,

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, took advantage of the weekday 21:00 slot opening up by moving the news to commission new popular drama output, such as the successful '' Waking the Dead'' (2000–2011) and '' Spooks'' (2002–2011). Celebrity dancing show '' Strictly Come Dancing'' (2004–present) was also a popular success on Saturday nights, although another Saturday night entertainment series, ''

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'', faced accusations of being too derivative of the output of commercial rivals, and during Heggessey's era the channel frequently came under attack for being too populist and not providing enough serious programming. Immediately after her arrival, Heggessey ordered a review of the "Balloon" idents the channel had been using for its between-programme

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since 1997. In her opinion, the balloon was "slow and distant" and so, on 29 March 2002, after much speculation, she took the decision to abandon the "Balloon" idents (and the traditional "Globe" idents the channel had used in a variety of forms since 1963). They were replaced by a new style of on-air identity for the channel, the "Rhythm & Movement" idents. The new idents attracted criticism for going against the traditions of the channel and pandering to " political correctness", as they featured activities performed by people of various ethnicities. The abandonment of a station clock, and perceived lack of a 'serious ident', also put the BBC in an embarrassing situation just one day into the new look with the death of the

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. One of Heggessey's most notable decisions and last major success at the channel was the recommissioning of the science-fiction drama series '' Doctor Who'', which had been a popular hit in previous decades but ceased production in

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. Heggessey and Jane Tranter recommissioned the series in September 2003, after Heggessey had spent two years persuading the BBC's commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, to abandon their attempts to make a

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version of the programme and allow it to instead return it to BBC One. The new version of ''Doctor Who'' (2005–present) debuted on 26 March 2005 and became a critical and popular hit, with Paul Hoggart of ''

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'' newspaper describing the series as "a joyful, exuberant reinvention and a fine legacy from Ms Heggessey." Heggessey did later concede in a 2005 interview with ''

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'' newspaper that

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programming had suffered a cutback under her control of BBC One. However, she did respond to this omission following criticism from the

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by commissioning programmes such as the arts documentary series '' Imagine...'' (2003–present) and ''

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'' (2005). On 14 February 2005 it was announced that Lorraine Heggessey was to leave the BBC to take up the post of Chief Executive at production company

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. She left on 15 April. Five months after her departure, BBC One was named "Channel of the Year" at the

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, primarily on the strength of Heggessey's commissions such as ''Strictly Come Dancing'' and ''Doctor Who''. Joining the channel as Controller in 2005,

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oversaw the commissioning of several successful BBC One programmes including ''

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'' (2006–2009), ''

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'' (2006) and '' How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?'', which was followed by similar shows '' Any Dream Will Do'' and '' I'd Do Anything'' because of its success. His first full year in charge of the channel saw a year-on-year growth in the audience share, with a rise from 22.2% in August 2005 to 23.6% in August 2006. Fincham also directly initiated the creation of both ''

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'' (2006–present), an early evening, current-affairs and lifestyle magazine programme, which now runs all but two weeks of the year, and '' Davina'' (2006), a prime time

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, the latter hosted by

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, who presented '' Big Brother''. However, ''Davina'' was a critical and ratings disaster, which Fincham subsequently admitted was personally his fault, although he defended the strategy of experimenting with the BBC One schedule. This he continued in January 2007, when he moved the current affairs series '' Panorama'' from its Sunday night slot back to the prime time Monday evening slot from which it had been removed in 2000, most likely in response to a demand from the

for the channel to show more current affairs programming in prime time. BBC One (2002)

Fincham's judgement was again called into question, this time by ''The Telegraph'', for his decision to spend £1.2 million replacing the channel's 'Rhythm and Movement' idents, which had been introduced by his predecessor

several years earlier, with the 'Circle' idents, a set of eight ten-second films, some of which were shot abroad in locations such as Mexico and Croatia. Fincham later found himself having to publicly defend the £18 million salary that the BBC paid Jonathan Ross in 2006, although Ross's BBC One work—primarily consisting of ''

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''—formed only part of his overall BBC commitment. The channel was named ''Channel of the Year'' at the 2007 Broadcast Awards.

The One to Watch campaign

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...
logo. Each new campaign incorporating the theme retained the same animated sequence. BBC One logo (colour)

In May 2007, Fincham took the decision to drop '' Neighbours'', an Australian soap opera, from BBC One after 21 years on the channel, when its producers,

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significantly raised the price they wanted the BBC to pay for it in a bidding war. Fincham commented that it was 'a big loss', but that BBC One would not pay 'the best part of £300 million'. ''Neighbours'' left the channel after the BBC's contract to show the programme ended on 8 February 2008, and moved to Channel 5 on 11 February 2008.Bidding war sees Neighbours move house from BBC to Five
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'' was moved from BBC Two to fill the gap, with the afternoon

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slot moving 20 minutes earlier. There was further controversy in July 2007 when Fincham was accused of misleading BBC One viewers. The incident involved a clip from forthcoming documentary '' A Year with the Queen'' which was shown to journalists during a press conference. It apparently showed

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storming out of a session with American photographer

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over a disagreement about what she should wear, but the BBC subsequently admitted that the scenes used in the trailer had been edited out of their correct order, meaning that a false impression was given. Fincham admitted the error, but rejected calls that he should resign from his position as a result. His future was deemed uncertain following critical comments from Sir Michael Lyons, Chairman of the

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, and he resigned on 5 October 2007. In 2009, a report published by the

found scheduling changes had led to a decrease in viewers. This was especially noticeable for '' Blue Peter'' and '' Newsround'', two of CBBC's flagship programmes; ''Blue Peter'' which recorded its lowest viewing numbers since it started in 1958, and ''Newsround'' with fewer than 100,000 viewers compared to 225,000 in 2007.

2010s

As part of the Delivering Quality First proposals submitted by the BBC in October 2011 and approved by the

in May 2012, all children's programming on BBC One and Two would be moved permanently to the CBBC and CBeebies channels following the digital switchover. It was found that the majority of child viewers watched the programmes on these channels already and that only 7% of these children watched CBBC programmes on BBC One and Two only, it was made clear "Children's programmes are absolutely fundamental to the BBC and that is why we have protected investment in them in the light of cuts elsewhere." Children's programming on BBC One ended on 21 December 2012. The move was criticised by ''Teletubbies'' co-creator Anne Wood, who described the changes as "ghettoising children's programmes" and believe it was merely a cost-cutting measure. Wood said "On the one hand it is inevitable. But it is dismissive of children. There is a certain amount of overlooking of the fact that children's programmes do get a wider audience than people are aware of ... I have frequently had letters from older people who have enjoyed my programmes as much as children do. A lot of the reason older people like to watch children's programming is because it is life-enhancing." Head of BBC Children's, Joe Godwin said: "Our young viewers are our priority and the vast majority of children in the UK already tune in to CBeebies and CBBC to find their favourite BBC children's programmes. Far from being a 'cynical' move, we're just following where our audience has already gone." As part of the review in 2012 other changes were brought in, including: * BBC One is reducing the minimum hours of arts and music from 45 to 40, achieved through cutting episodes of shows, in particular Film 2013. * BBC One and Two will "largely be protected from making significant cuts". * Repeats on BBC One will increase, but remain under 10% of all output (the current rate is 8.4%). * Expenditure on sports rights will be cut by 15%. This had largely been achieved already by sharing rights to Formula 1 coverage from 2012 (it was later dropped entirely from 2016). In 2012, the BBC out-bid ITV for the rights to air a ''

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'' version of Dutch TV talent show ''

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''. The BBC paid £22 million for the rights to broadcast the show in the UK for two years. ''The Voice UK'' achieved good ratings for the BBC but ratings dropped towards the end of the first series and the second series. In 2013, ''The Voice UK'' was rescheduled to avoid a clash, and as a result, ratings have improved. In November 2015, it was announced that ''The Voice UK'' would be moving to ITV from 2017, especially because of the

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ownership of franchise owner,

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Sister channels

BBC One +1

On 8 October 2013, the BBC announced plans to launch a one-hour time shift of the channel, named BBC One +1. The channel would have replaced

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in 2016. However, on 30 June 2015, the BBC Trust rejected the plans for a BBC One +1 channel as they stated that it would be at the expense of commercial rivals.

BBC One HD

BBC One HD, a

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of BBC One in

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high definition (HD), launched on 3 November 2010 at 19:00 with ''The One Show''. The channel simulcasts a network version of BBC One in High Definition, with HD versions of programmes including '' Doctor Who'', '' Holby City'', ''

'', '' Strictly Come Dancing'' and ''

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''. '' EastEnders'' was also made available in HD from Christmas Day 2010. All programmes still made in standard definition were upscaled on the channel, with the intention that by 2012 the vast majority of the channel's output would be in high definition. On 30 May 2012, the satellite and terrestrial resolution was increased to

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. BBC One HD at launch did not offer regional variations, and therefore the channel could not broadcast during regional programming slots, most noticeably the local news programmes. The BBC Trust admitted that this was due to technical and financial constraints, but the BBC announced on 6 June 2011 that the national variations of BBC One Northern Ireland, BBC One Scotland and BBC One Wales, would become available from 2012. On 24 October 2012, Northern Ireland received the first variation. A Scottish variation launched on 14 January 2013, followed by a Welsh variation on 29 January 2013. Unlike BBC One HD, which is capable of broadcasting audio content in full 5.1 DTS, BBC One Wales HD and BBC One Northern Ireland HD are both currently only broadcasting audio in PCM stereo, even when programming is otherwise identical to that of BBC One HD. On 16 July 2013, the BBC indicated that it also wants to launch regional variants of BBC One HD across England; however, this would require the approval of the BBC Trust, with a proposal due to be presented within six months. On 18 November 2013, the Northern Irish regional variant of BBC One HD was swapped with the SD channel on Sky's EPG for HD subscribers. This was followed by the Welsh and Scottish variants on 10 December. On 24 March 2014, BBC One Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland HD launched on Freesat, Sky and Virgin Media outside the regions they were originally seen in. On 31 March 2016, BBC One HD in England moved from channel 141 on the Sky

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to channel 115, a position vacated by

, which had been switched to internet-only six weeks earlier. Changes in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland were also scheduled but delayed for 'technical reasons'.

Contemporary programming

Excluding sporting events and news coverage, the top five most watched programmes at their peak viewing points (according to

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) were: With a mission to provide programmes for all licence-fee payers, it has sport, news, current affairs, and documentaries. It has historically broadcast children's programmes (now taken from

and

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). The channel remains one of the principal television channels in the United Kingdom and provides 2,508 annual hours of news and weather, 1,880 hours of factual and learning, 1,036 hours of drama, 672 hours of children's, 670 hours of sport, 654 hours of film, 433 hours of entertainment, 159 hours of current affairs, 92 hours of religion and 82 hours of music and arts. Since 1990, the BBC has had to commission output from other domestic suppliers. Although the statutory target remains 25% for independent production companies to contribute programming for BBC One, 33% of output was made by them in 2010–11. The quota of original programming in peak times is set at 90%; however, 100% of peak programming was original in 2010–11. Over the whole day, the total for the same year was 89%, against a quota of 70%. 2,508 annual hours of news and weather (293 in peak, 1,049 of

simulcasts) are provided by regular news programmes ''The Briefing'', '' BBC Breakfast'', the ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and the ''

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'' each including BBC regional news programmes. All three main news bulletins have a lead over their rival programmes on ITV and other terrestrial or cable channels. During the weekend period, three separate bulletins around these three time periods are broadcast and vary in length from 10 to 25 minutes. BBC One has broadcast overnight simulcasts from the

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(which itself is simulcasting with

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) since 1997; the latter in turn simulcasts the majority of all regular BBC One bulletins. When BBC One is broadcasting a BBC News special, it hands some of its daytime programming to BBC Two. Each year 159 hours of current affairs programmes are broadcast on BBC One, including '' Panorama'' and ''

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''. Politics is also covered, with programmes including ''

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'' and '' This Week'' shown. ''

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'', a programme appealing for help in unsolved crimes, is broadcast monthly. BBC One shows 1,880 hours of factual and learning programming annually. This includes a wide range of shows such as nature documentaries such as ''

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'' as well as lifestyle-format daytime programmes and a number of ''reality television'' formats and the ''One Life'' strand. BBC One broadcasts 1,036 hours of drama each year, more than any other BBC channel. There are four half-hour episodes of '' EastEnders'' each week (not shown on Wednesdays), with an omnibus episode at the weekend, plus the hospital drama ''

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''. Other popular dramas on BBC One include crime dramas such as ''

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'', a programme of which even episode repeats have beaten ITV ratings on numerous occasions. BBC One has traditionally been the home of children's television: '' Blue Peter'' had been broadcast on the channel prior to the Children's BBC strand, and sections such as the pre-school ''

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'' being transmitted on the channel for several decades. This became more pronounced with the launch of Children's BBC, later renamed "

". This new strand was broadcast primarily on BBC One in the late afternoons, as well as Saturday and Sunday mornings also such as ''

Going Live! ''Going Live!'' was a British children's television series that aired on BBC1 from 26 September 1987 to 17 April 1993. It was presented by Phillip Schofield and Sarah Greene. Other presenters included Trevor and Simon, Annabel Giles, Phillip ...

'' and ''

Live & Kicking ''Live & Kicking'' is a British children's television series that originally aired on BBC1 from 2 October 1993 to 15 September 2001. It was the replacement for ''Going Live!'', and took many of its features from it, such as phone-ins, games, c ...

'', each lasting two to three hours. The launch in 2002 of dedicated digital channels for this content —the

and

channels —did not affect this provision. Combined with BBC Two, the channel broadcast 2,195 hours of children's programmes in 2010, mostly in the late afternoons on weekdays. Saturday morning children's programming moved to BBC Two in 2006 following a three-month trial. Sports coverage on BBC One includes

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football highlights on ''

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'', the

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, the

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, and other international

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and swimming events, the

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, Snooker tournaments, the American Super Bowl, and more. The BBC showed the

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, splitting the group stage matches with ITV. The 8 BBC had first pick of matches from the second round. Repeats made up 8.4% of peak programming in 2010–11, up from 8.0% for 2008–09. Programming on this channel costs an average of £162,900 per hour. British and international films are broadcast for 654 hours each year on BBC One. This is mainly late-night fillers with some box office hits at Christmas and holiday periods. Sometimes on a Saturday afternoon there is a film on to fill the gap between entertainment shows but very rarely has there been one in that slot. Entertainment programming on BBC One includes game shows such as the '' National Lottery'', ''

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'', '' Strictly Come Dancing'' and chat shows such as ''

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''. The annual 92 hours of religious programming comprise weekly editions of live '' Songs of Praise'', Christian services and other shows from independent production companies. Mentorn Oxford produces ''Heart and Soul'', described as "a new multi-faith programme featuring a panel and a studio audience", followed by ''Life from the Loft'' which is made by the Leeds-based company True North. In 2005 BBC One was criticised for reducing the amount of religious programming, previously 101 hours per year. BBC One broadcasts many comedy programmes, often on Friday nights. These have included the stand-up comedy show '' Live at the Apollo'', sitcom '' Outnumbered'', and satirical quiz show '' Have I Got News for You''. Saturday evening is also a popular slot for a comedy show such as ''

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'' and ''

The Armstrong and Miller Show ''The Armstrong & Miller Show'' is a British sketch comedy television show produced by Hat Trick Productions for BBC One. It features the double act Armstrong and Miller and a number of notable scriptwriters including Andy Hamilton, co-creator ...

''. Since

became an online-only service in 2016, BBC One broadcast some BBC Three programming, particularly such as ''

People Just Do Nothing ''People Just Do Nothing'' is a British television mockumentary sitcom, created and performed by Allan Mustafa, Steve Stamp, Asim Chaudhry and Hugo Chegwin. The programme follows the lives of MC Grindah, DJ Beats and their friends, who run K ...

'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' This Country''. In March 2019, BBC1 had a dedicated timeslot for BBC3 as a programming block. The block was dropped when BBC Three returned as a linear TV channel in early 2022. As the weekly popular music chart programme ''

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'' was dropped in 2006 (except for the Christmas Day edition), BBC One broadcast 49 hours of music and arts programming in 2010. The majority of this was ''

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'', presented by

, and classical music concerts, in particular some of the ''

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''. BBC One's daytime line-up was a major factor in it overtaking ITV as the most popular channel in 2000, a position it has retained, even though ITV achieves a higher audience share during the daytime. The morning daytime line-up consists of lifestyle shows, such as ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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'', the afternoons contain drama with daily soap '' Doctors'' and classic US drama, such as '' Diagnosis: Murder''. Sometimes a drama such as '' Land Girls'' is shown in the afternoons. Between 15:05 and 17:05 was the CBeebies/CBBC broadcasting strand, with its own visual identity. Historically, BBC One's most popular daytime programme was '' Neighbours'', with audience figures approaching five million. On 11 February 2008, BBC One dropped ''Neighbours'' and the programme has since been broadcast on Channel 5. In its place was the quiz show ''

'', moved from BBC Two, and later replaced in 2011 by ''

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''. On 16 May 2012, the BBC announced the children's block of shows would be moved permanently to CBBC and CBeebies upon the completion of the Digital switchover. In its place appear the game show ''

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'', plus ''

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'' and '' Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is''. In February 2022, the BBC confirmed that '' EastEnders'' will get a Monday to Thursday slot at 7.30pm with the programme due to form part of a BBC soap hour which will include a repeat of daytime soap ''Doctors'' on BBC Two at 7pm. Due to this decision, the BBC One regional slot will be pushed back half an hour to 8pm on Wednesdays, where it will feature programmes such as documentary series '' We Are England''.

Presentation

BBC One's identity has been symbolised by a globe shown on its

for much of its existence. The first BBC ident was shown on 2 December 1953, known as the Bat's Wings. In 1962 this was replaced by a map of the UK shown between programmes, and in 1963 the globe appeared, changing in style and appearance over the next 39 years. Most notably, on 18 February 1985, the " Computer Originated World" was introduced. This was a computer-animated globe with the land coloured gold and the sea a transparent blue, giving the impression of a glass globe. This was replaced by the "

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" on 16 February 1991. On 4 October 1997, the globe became a red, orange and yellow hot-air balloon, coloured to resemble a globe. It was filmed flying around various places in the UK. On 29 March 2002, the globe was replaced by a series of visual identities, "idents", consisting of people dancing in various styles. These were replaced on 7 October 2006 by the 'circle' idents. According to the BBC, the circle symbol both represents togetherness (unity) and acts as a link to the classic globe icon used for 39 years. They ran until 4 December 2016, when that year's Christmas idents launched. On 1 January 2017, a new ident set launched, based on the theme of "oneness". Following complaints from viewers on social media that the 2017 set of BBC One idents were not good examples of social distancing amid the Coronavirus Disease 2019 pandemic in the UK, BBC One temporarily suspended the 2017 idents on 1 May 2020 in favour of a special set of idents that adhere towards the social distancing guidelines. the idents were reinstated on 19 July 2021 when the UK government lifted some Coronavirus restrictions until the new Lens idents arrived the following year on 1 April 2022.

Regional variations

BBC One has individual continuity and opt-outs for

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and

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. Each variant maintains the BBC One logo with the addition of the constituent country name beneath it. In England, each region has an individual regional news and current affairs programme opt-out as well as a limited amount of continuity. '' UK Today'', a news programme, was shown nationally to digital viewers in place of regional programmes when they were unavailable to broadcast on analogue television. The programme was discontinued in 2002 and replaced by a transmission of '' BBC London News'' until all BBC regions were made available digitally.

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has the greatest level of variation from the generic network, owing to BBC Scotland scheduling Scottish programming on the main BBC Scotland channel, rather than on BBC Two. BBC One Scotland variations include the soap opera ''

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'' and the football programme ''

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'', the inclusion of which causes network programming to be displaced or replaced.

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was considered a separate channel by the BBC as early as its launch in the mid-1960s, appearing as BBC Wales.

Availability outside the UK

BBC One (Northern Ireland) is widely available in Ireland on

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and satellite television. BBC One (especially the London feed) is also available on cable and

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in the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland,

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and

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. The channel is registered to broadcast within the European Union/EEA through the Luxembourgish Broadcasting Regulator – ALIA. On 27 March 2013 it was offered by British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) to members of

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and their families around the world, replacing the BFBS1 TV channel, which already carried a selection of BBC One programmes. All feeds of BBC One in both SD and HD are broadcast unencrypted on the Astra 2E and 2G satellites, allowing viewing across Belgium, the Netherlands, the Republic of Ireland and parts of France, Germany and Spain.

Accessibility

The BBC announced in May 2008 that it had achieved its aim for all programming to have subtitles for viewers with hearing difficulties. The BBC also offers

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on some popular BBC One programmes for visually impaired viewers. The percentage of the BBC's total television output with audio description available is 10%, having been increased from 8% in 2008.

Controllers of BBC One

* 1963–1965:

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* 1965–1967: Michael Peacock * 1967–1973: Paul Fox * 1973–1977: Bryan Cowgill * 1977–1981: Bill Cotton * 1981–1984: Alan Hart * 1984–1987:

* 1987–1993: Jonathan Powell * 1993–1996:

* 1996–1997:

* 1997–2000: Peter Salmon * 2000–2005:

* 2005–2007:

* 2007–2008: Roly Keating (acting) * 2008–2010: Jay Hunt * 2010–2013: Danny Cohen * 2013–2016: Charlotte Moore In 2016, the controller of BBC One would be promoted to oversee all BBC channels, with the channel controller roles being entirely scrapped in 2020, in favour of a focus on digital streaming.

Notes

References

External links

*
BBC One Service Licence
BBC Trust, July 2009
BBC One Service Licence
BBC Trust, July 2009
BBC One TV listings
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History

Early years and launching

Creation of BBC1

Michael Grade era (1984–1987)

1990s

2000s

The One to Watch campaign

2010s

Sister channels

BBC One +1

BBC One HD

Contemporary programming

Presentation

Regional variations

Availability outside the UK

Accessibility

Controllers of BBC One

See also

Notes

References

External links