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mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%93" title="বিবিসি রেডিও – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="বিবিসি রেডিও" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC-Skingomz" title="BBC-Skingomz – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="BBC-Skingomz" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radio" title="BBC Radio – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="BBC Radio" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A1%CE%B1%CE%B4%CE%B9%CF%8C%CF%86%CF%89%CE%BD%CE%BF_BBC" title="Ραδιόφωνο BBC – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ραδιόφωνο BBC" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radio" title="BBC Radio – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="BBC Radio" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88_%D8%A8%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%A8%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C" title="رادیو بی‌بی‌سی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="رادیو بی‌بی‌سی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radio" title="BBC Radio – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="BBC Radio" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radio" title="BBC Radio – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="BBC Radio" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_%EB%9D%BC%EB%94%94%EC%98%A4" title="BBC 라디오 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="BBC 라디오" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radio" title="BBC Radio – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="BBC Radio" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B" title="बीबीसी रेडियो – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="बीबीसी रेडियो" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radio" title="BBC Radio – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="BBC Radio" 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title="英国放送協会のラジオ放送 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="英国放送協会のラジオ放送" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radio" title="BBC Radio – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="BBC Radio" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radio" title="BBC Radio – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="BBC Radio" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Sound_Archive" title="BBC Sound Archive">Sound Archive</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Trust" title="BBC Trust">BBC Trust</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Board_of_Governors_of_the_BBC" title="Board of Governors of the BBC">Board of Governors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Broadcasting_Company" title="British Broadcasting Company">British Broadcasting Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_the_BBC" title="Coat of arms of the BBC">Coat of arms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_controversies" title="BBC controversies">Controversies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_the_BBC" title="Criticism of the BBC">Criticism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_day_of_BBC_television" title="First day of BBC television">First day of TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Logo_of_the_BBC" title="Logo of the BBC">Logo</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Radio_Times" title="Radio Times">Radio Times</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Genome_Project" title="BBC Genome 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Vale Studios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_Centre,_London" title="Television Centre, London">Television Centre</a> (former)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_City_Place" title="White City Place">White City & Media Village</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Birmingham</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Drama_Village" title="BBC Drama Village">Drama Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mailbox_Birmingham" title="Mailbox Birmingham">Mailbox Birmingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pebble_Mill_Studios" title="Pebble Mill Studios">Pebble Mill Studios</a> (former)</li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Cardiff</div><div 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title="Broadcasting House, Bristol">Broadcasting House, Bristol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Elstree_Centre" title="BBC Elstree Centre">BBC Elstree Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MediaCityUK" title="MediaCityUK">MediaCityUK, Salford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Pacific_Quay" title="BBC Pacific Quay">Pacific Quay, Glasgow</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:BBC_sidebar" title="Template:BBC sidebar"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:BBC_sidebar" title="Template talk:BBC sidebar"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:BBC_sidebar" title="Special:EditPage/Template:BBC sidebar"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>BBC Radio</b> is an operational <a href="/wiki/Business_division" class="mw-redirect" title="Business division">business division</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and service of the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">British Broadcasting Corporation</a> (BBC) which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a <a href="/wiki/BBC_Charter" title="BBC Charter">royal charter</a> since 1927. The service provides national radio stations covering the majority of musical genres, as well as <a href="/wiki/BBC_Local_Radio" title="BBC Local Radio">local radio</a> stations covering local news, affairs and interests. It also oversees online audio content.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Of the national radio stations, <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_1" title="BBC Radio 1">BBC Radio 1</a>, <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_2" title="BBC Radio 2">2</a>, <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_3" title="BBC Radio 3">3</a>, <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_4" title="BBC Radio 4">4</a> and <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_5_Live" title="BBC Radio 5 Live">5 Live</a> are all available through analogue radio (<a href="/wiki/Medium_wave" title="Medium wave">MW</a> or <a href="/wiki/FM_broadcasting" title="FM broadcasting">FM</a>, also BBC Radio 4 broadcasts on <a href="/wiki/Longwave" title="Longwave">longwave</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) as well as on <a href="/wiki/DAB_Digital_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="DAB Digital Radio">DAB Digital Radio</a> and <a href="/wiki/BBC_Sounds" title="BBC Sounds">BBC Sounds</a>. The <a href="/wiki/BBC_Asian_Network" title="BBC Asian Network">Asian Network</a> broadcasts on DAB and selected AM frequencies in the English Midlands. <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_1Xtra" title="BBC Radio 1Xtra">BBC Radio 1Xtra</a>, <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_4_Extra" title="BBC Radio 4 Extra">4 Extra</a>, <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_5_Sports_Extra" title="BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra">5 Sports Extra</a>, <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_6_Music" title="BBC Radio 6 Music">6 Music</a> and the <a href="/wiki/BBC_World_Service" title="BBC World Service">World Service</a> broadcast only on DAB and BBC Sounds, while Radio 1's <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_1_Dance" title="BBC Radio 1 Dance">Dance</a> stream is available only online. </p><p>All of the BBC's national radio stations broadcast from bases in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> and <a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a>, usually in or near to <a href="/wiki/Broadcasting_House" title="Broadcasting House">Broadcasting House</a> or <a href="/wiki/MediaCityUK" title="MediaCityUK">MediaCityUK</a>. However, the BBC's network production units located in <a href="/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a>, <a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bristol" title="Bristol">Bristol</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cardiff" title="Cardiff">Cardiff</a> and <a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a> also make radio programmes.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC_Radio&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_BBC" title="Timeline of the BBC">Timeline of the BBC</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Broadcasting_Company" title="British Broadcasting Company">British Broadcasting Company</a>, and <a href="/wiki/BBC#History" title="BBC">BBC § History</a></div> <p>The BBC's radio services began in 1922. The British Government licensed the BBC through its <a href="/wiki/General_Post_Office" title="General Post Office">General Post Office</a>, which had original control of the airwaves because they had been interpreted under law as an extension of the Post Office services. Today radio broadcasting still makes up a large part of the corporation's output – the title of the BBC's listings magazine, <i><a href="/wiki/Radio_Times" title="Radio Times">Radio Times</a></i>, reflects this. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_charter">First charter</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC_Radio&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: First charter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/BBC_Charter" title="BBC Charter">BBC Charter</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_broadcast,_Christmas_1934_(Our_Generation,_1938).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Royal_broadcast%2C_Christmas_1934_%28Our_Generation%2C_1938%29.jpg/220px-Royal_broadcast%2C_Christmas_1934_%28Our_Generation%2C_1938%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Royal_broadcast%2C_Christmas_1934_%28Our_Generation%2C_1938%29.jpg/330px-Royal_broadcast%2C_Christmas_1934_%28Our_Generation%2C_1938%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Royal_broadcast%2C_Christmas_1934_%28Our_Generation%2C_1938%29.jpg/440px-Royal_broadcast%2C_Christmas_1934_%28Our_Generation%2C_1938%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1806" data-file-height="1198" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/George_V" title="George V">George V</a> giving the 1934 <a href="/wiki/Royal_Christmas_Message" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Christmas Message">Royal Christmas Message</a> on BBC Radio</figcaption></figure> <p>On 1 January 1927, the <a href="/wiki/British_Broadcasting_Company" title="British Broadcasting Company">British Broadcasting Company</a> was succeeded in monopoly control of the airwaves by the <a href="/wiki/British_Broadcasting_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="British Broadcasting Corporation">British Broadcasting Corporation</a>, under the terms of a <a href="/wiki/Royal_charter" title="Royal charter">royal charter</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/John_Reith,_1st_Baron_Reith" title="John Reith, 1st Baron Reith">John Reith</a>, who had been the founding managing director of the commercial company, became the first Director-General. He expounded firm principles of centralised, all-encompassing radio broadcasting, stressing programming standards and moral tone. These he set out in his 1924 autobiography, <i>Broadcast Over Britain</i>, influencing modern ideas of <a href="/wiki/Public_service_broadcasting_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom">public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom</a>. To this day, the BBC aims to follow the Reithian directive to "inform, educate and entertain".<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Competition_from_overseas_stations">Competition from overseas stations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC_Radio&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Competition from overseas stations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although no other broadcasting organisation was licensed in the UK until 1973, commercial competition soon opened up from overseas. The English language service of <a href="/wiki/Radio_Luxembourg" title="Radio Luxembourg">Radio Luxembourg</a> began in 1933 as one of the earliest commercial radio stations broadcasting to Britain and Ireland. With no possibility of domestic commercial broadcasting in the UK, a former British <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> captain and entrepreneur (and from 1935 <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_UK" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative Party UK">Conservative Party</a> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament (UK)">MP</a>) named <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Plugge" title="Leonard Plugge">Leonard Plugge</a> set up his own <a href="/wiki/International_Broadcasting_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="International Broadcasting Company">International Broadcasting Company</a> in 1931.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The IBC began leasing time on transmitters in continental Europe and then reselling it as sponsored English-language programming aimed at audiences in Britain and Ireland. Because Plugge successfully demonstrated that state monopolies such as that of the BBC could be broken, other parties became attracted to the idea of creating a new commercial radio station specifically for this purpose. It was an important forerunner of <a href="/wiki/Pirate_radio" title="Pirate radio">pirate radio</a> and modern commercial radio in the United Kingdom. The onset of World War II silenced all but one of the original IBC stations, with only Radio Luxembourg continuing its nightly transmissions to Britain. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Empire_and_the_world">Empire and the world</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC_Radio&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Empire and the world"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>To provide a different service from the domestic audience the Corporation started the BBC Empire Service on short wave in 1932, originally in English but it soon provided programmes in other languages. At the start of the Second World War it was renamed The Overseas Service and is now known as the <a href="/wiki/BBC_World_Service" title="BBC World Service">BBC World Service</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Commercial_radio_influence">Commercial radio influence</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC_Radio&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Commercial radio influence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Beginning in March 1964, <a href="/wiki/Radio_Caroline" title="Radio Caroline">Radio Caroline</a> became the first of what would become ten offshore <a href="/wiki/UK_pirate_radio" class="mw-redirect" title="UK pirate radio">pirate radio</a> stations that began to ring the British coastline, mostly along the south-east coast. By 1966 millions were tuning into these commercial stations, and the BBC was rapidly losing its radio listening audience.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was largely due to the fact that even though they were fully aware of the problem, the BBC still only played a few hours of pop music records a week, as opposed to the pirates which broadcast chart music and new releases every day. </p><p>The British government reacted by passing the <a href="/wiki/Marine,_%26c.,_Broadcasting_(Offences)_Act_1967" title="Marine, &c., Broadcasting (Offences) Act 1967">Marine, &c., Broadcasting (Offences) Act 1967</a>, which virtually wiped out all of the pirate stations at midnight on 14 August 1967, by banning any British citizen from working for a pirate station. Only <a href="/wiki/Radio_Caroline" title="Radio Caroline">Radio Caroline</a> survived, and continues to broadcast today, though the last original offshore broadcast was in 1989. </p><p>One of the stations, <a href="/wiki/Wonderful_Radio_London" title="Wonderful Radio London">Radio London</a> (also known as "Big L"), was so successful that the BBC was told to copy it as best they could. This led to a complete overhaul by <a href="/wiki/Frank_Gillard" title="Frank Gillard">Frank Gillard</a>, the BBC's director of radio output, creating the four analogue channels that still form the basis of its broadcasting today. The creator of Radio 1 told the press that his family had been fans of Radio London. </p><p>The BBC hired many out-of-work broadcasting staff who had come from the former offshore stations. <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Everett" title="Kenny Everett">Kenny Everett</a> was asked for input in how to run the new pop station due to his popularity with both listeners and fellow presenters. <a href="/wiki/Tony_Blackburn" title="Tony Blackburn">Tony Blackburn</a>, who presented the first <i><a href="/wiki/Radio_1_Breakfast" title="Radio 1 Breakfast">Radio 1 Breakfast</a></i> show, had previously presented the morning show on Radio Caroline and later on Radio London. He attempted to duplicate the same sound for Radio 1. Among the other DJs hired was <a href="/wiki/John_Peel" title="John Peel">John Peel</a>, who had presented the overnight show on Radio London, called <i>The Perfumed Garden</i>. Though it only ran for a few months prior to Radio London's closure, <i>The Perfumed Garden</i> got more fan mail than the rest of the pop DJs on Radio London combined, so much that staff wondered what to do with it all. The reason it got so much mail was that it played different music and was the beginning of the "album rock" genre. On Everett's suggestion, Radio London's <a href="/wiki/PAMS" title="PAMS">PAMS</a> <a href="/wiki/Jingles" class="mw-redirect" title="Jingles">jingles</a> were commissioned to be re-recorded in <a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>, so that "<i>Wonderful Radio London</i>" became "<i>Wonderful Radio One on BBC</i>". </p><p>The BBC's more popular stations have encountered pressure from the commercial sector.<sup id="cite_ref-tel-nov2010_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tel-nov2010-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/John_Myers_(radio_executive)" title="John Myers (radio executive)">John Myers</a>, who had developed commercial brands such as <a href="/wiki/Century_Network" title="Century Network">Century Radio</a> and <a href="/wiki/Real_Radio" title="Real Radio">Real Radio</a>, was asked in the first quarter of 2011 to conduct a review into the efficiencies of Radios 1, 2, 1Xtra and 6 Music. His role, according to Andrew Harrison, the chief executive of RadioCentre, was "to identify both areas of best practice and possible savings."<sup id="cite_ref-tel-nov2010_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tel-nov2010-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="BBC_analogue_networks">BBC analogue networks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC_Radio&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: BBC analogue networks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 30 September 1967: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_1" title="BBC Radio 1">BBC Radio 1</a> was launched as a pop music station, initially on a part-time basis.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/BBC_Light_Programme" title="BBC Light Programme">BBC Light Programme</a> (launched 29 July 1945) was renamed <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_2" title="BBC Radio 2">BBC Radio 2</a> and broadcast easy listening music, folk, jazz, light entertainment and sport.</li> <li>The evening <a href="/wiki/BBC_Third_Programme" title="BBC Third Programme">BBC Third Programme</a> (launched 29 September 1946) and daytime BBC Music Programme (launched 22 March 1965) were merged under the heading of <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_3" title="BBC Radio 3">BBC Radio 3</a>, although the Third Programme kept its separate title until 3 April 1970.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/BBC_Home_Service" title="BBC Home Service">BBC Home Service</a> (launched 1 September 1939) became <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_4" title="BBC Radio 4">BBC Radio 4</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_5_(former)" title="BBC Radio 5 (former)">BBC Radio 5</a> was launched on 27 August 1990 as a home for sport and educational and children's programming, but was replaced by <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_5_Live" title="BBC Radio 5 Live">BBC Radio 5 Live</a>, a dedicated news and sport network, on 28 March 1994.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2002_digital_radio_networks">2002 digital radio networks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC_Radio&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2002 digital radio networks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>With the increased rollout of <a href="/wiki/Digital_Audio_Broadcasting#United_Kingdom" title="Digital Audio Broadcasting">Digital Audio Broadcasting</a> (DAB) between 1995 and 2002, BBC Radio launched several new digital-only stations <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_1Xtra" title="BBC Radio 1Xtra">BBC 1Xtra</a>, <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_6_Music" title="BBC Radio 6 Music">BBC 6 Music</a> and <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_4_Extra" title="BBC Radio 4 Extra">BBC 7</a> in 2002 on 16 August, 11 March and 15 December respectively – the first for "new black British music", the second as a source of performance-based "alternative" music, the latter specialising in archive classic comedy shows, drama and children's programmes. <a href="/wiki/BBC_Asian_Network" title="BBC Asian Network">BBC Asian Network</a> joined the national DAB network on 28 October 2002. The stations had "Radio" added to their names in 2008. In 2011, BBC Radio 7 was renamed <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_4_Extra" title="BBC Radio 4 Extra">BBC Radio 4 Extra</a> and the service was more closely aligned with Radio 4. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020s_spin-off_stations">2020s spin-off stations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC_Radio&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2020s spin-off stations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the start of the 2020s, two Radio 1 <a href="/wiki/Sister_station" title="Sister station">spin-offs</a> were launched on <a href="/wiki/BBC_Sounds" title="BBC Sounds">BBC Sounds</a>, <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_1_Dance" title="BBC Radio 1 Dance">BBC Radio 1 Dance</a> in October 2020, followed by <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_1_Relax" title="BBC Radio 1 Relax">BBC Radio 1 Relax</a> in April 2021. </p><p>In February 2024, the corporation announced plans to launch three new spin-offs, pending public consultation and regulatory approval: one from Radio 1 for “music from the 2000s and 2010s, catering to the appetite from young audiences for recent nostalgia”; one from Radio 2, with “‘a distinctive take on pop nostalgia’ from the 50s, 60s and 70s”; and one from Radio 3 for “calming classical music”. In addition, Radio 1 Dance would launch on DAB expanded programming.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Stations">Stations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC_Radio&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Stations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bbc_broadcasting_house_front.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Bbc_broadcasting_house_front.jpg/220px-Bbc_broadcasting_house_front.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="306" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Bbc_broadcasting_house_front.jpg/330px-Bbc_broadcasting_house_front.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Bbc_broadcasting_house_front.jpg/440px-Bbc_broadcasting_house_front.jpg 2x" data-file-width="774" data-file-height="1076" /></a><figcaption>Much of BBC radio comes from Broadcasting House, Portland Place at the head of Regent Street, London</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_(UK-wide)"><span id="National_.28UK-wide.29"></span>National (UK-wide)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC_Radio&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: National (UK-wide)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The BBC today runs national domestic radio stations, six of which are available in analogue formats (via FM or AM), while other have a purely digital format – they can be received via <a href="/wiki/DAB_Digital_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="DAB Digital Radio">DAB Digital Radio</a>, UK digital television (satellite, cable and <a href="/wiki/Freeview_(UK)" title="Freeview (UK)">Freeview</a>) plus live streams and listen again on <a href="/wiki/BBC_Sounds" title="BBC Sounds">BBC Sounds</a>. The current stations are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_1" title="BBC Radio 1">BBC Radio 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Contemporary_hit_radio" title="Contemporary hit radio">youth-orientated music</a>, including talk, comedy and alternative music, plus news, original in-house live music sessions, original live music concerts and music documentaries. Available on 97–99 FM and on digital platforms.</li></ul> <dl><dd><table> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top">Slogan:</td> <td><i>The biggest new pop and all day vibes</i> </td></tr></tbody></table></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_1_Dance" title="BBC Radio 1 Dance">BBC Radio 1 Dance</a> – an online 'stream' from Radio 1 playing brand new, present and classic dance music. Available only on BBC Sounds.</li></ul> <dl><dd><table> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top">Slogan:</td> <td><i>The biggest current, future and classic dance vibes</i> </td></tr></tbody></table></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_1_Anthems" title="BBC Radio 1 Anthems">BBC Radio 1 Anthems</a> – an online 'stream' from Radio 1 playing mainly throwback music. Available only on BBC Sounds.</li></ul> <dl><dd><table> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top">Slogan:</td> <td><i>All day anthems from the 00s to now</i> </td></tr></tbody></table></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_1Xtra" title="BBC Radio 1Xtra">BBC Radio 1Xtra</a> – new and classic <a href="/wiki/Black_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Black music">black</a> and <a href="/wiki/Urban_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban music">urban music</a>, plus news, original in-house live music sessions, original live music concerts and music documentaries. The service simulcasts Radio 1 from 21:00 to 23:00 on Saturdays. Available only on digital platforms.</li></ul> <dl><dd><table> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top">Slogan:</td> <td><i>Amplifying black music and culture</i> </td></tr></tbody></table></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_2" title="BBC Radio 2">BBC Radio 2</a> – <a href="/wiki/Adult_contemporary" class="mw-redirect" title="Adult contemporary">adult-orientated music</a>, along with talk, comedy and alternative music, plus news, original in-house live music sessions, original live music concerts and music documentaries. Available on 88–91 FM and on digital platforms.</li></ul> <dl><dd><table> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top">Slogan:</td> <td><i>Lift your day with the best tunes from your favourite DJs</i> </td></tr></tbody></table></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_3" title="BBC Radio 3">BBC Radio 3</a> – arts and <a href="/wiki/High_culture" title="High culture">high culture</a>, special-interest music (<a href="/wiki/European_classical_music" class="mw-redirect" title="European classical music">classical</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a>, <a href="/wiki/World_music" title="World music">world music</a>), plus news, original in-house live music sessions, original live music concerts and music documentaries. Available on 90–93 FM and digital platforms.</li></ul> <dl><dd><table> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top">Slogan:</td> <td><i>Adventures in classical</i> </td></tr></tbody></table></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_3_Unwind" title="BBC Radio 3 Unwind">BBC Radio 3 Unwind</a> - An online "stream" from Radio 3 that plays relaxing, calming classical music. Available only on BBC Sounds.</li></ul> <dl><dd><table> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top">Slogan:</td> <td><i>Music to unwind your mind</i> </td></tr></tbody></table></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_4" title="BBC Radio 4">BBC Radio 4</a> – news, current affairs, arts, history, original in-house drama, original in-house first-run comedy, science, books and religious programming. The service simulcasts the World Service from 01:00 to 05:20 daily. Available on 92–95 FM, on 103–105 FM, on 198 <a href="/wiki/Longwave" title="Longwave">LW</a> and on digital platforms.</li></ul> <dl><dd><table> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top">Slogan:</td> <td><i>Inquisitive speech radio to make sense of your world</i> </td></tr></tbody></table></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_4_Extra" title="BBC Radio 4 Extra">BBC Radio 4 Extra</a> – classic comedy, drama, books, science fiction, fantasy and children's programmes. Also broadcasts <a href="/wiki/Yesterday_in_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Yesterday in Parliament">Yesterday in Parliament</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Service" title="The Daily Service">the Daily Service</a>. Originally named BBC Radio 7. Available only on digital platforms.</li></ul> <dl><dd><table> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top">Slogan:</td> <td><i>Journey into the Radio 4 archive</i> </td></tr></tbody></table></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_5_Live" title="BBC Radio 5 Live">BBC Radio 5 Live</a> – news, current affairs, live sport coverage, phone-ins and talk programming, launched in 1994 as a replacement of the original <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_5_(former)" title="BBC Radio 5 (former)">Radio 5</a>. The service is simulcast on <a href="/wiki/BBC_Local_Radio" title="BBC Local Radio">BBC Local Radio</a> stations from 01:00 to 06:00 daily. Available on 693 and 909 MW and on digital platforms.</li></ul> <dl><dd><table> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top">Slogan:</td> <td><i>The voice of the UK - breaking news and live sport</i> </td></tr></tbody></table></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_5_Sports_Extra" title="BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra">BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra</a> – a sister station to Radio 5 Live for additional coverage of sporting events. Available only on digital platforms.</li></ul> <dl><dd><table> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top">Slogan:</td> <td><i>More live sport. Pure live sport.</i> </td></tr></tbody></table></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_6_Music" title="BBC Radio 6 Music">BBC Radio 6 Music</a> – an eclectic mix of alternative genres including rock, funk, punk and reggae (and most non-special interest genres), plus news, original in-house live music sessions, original live music concerts and music documentaries. Available only on digital platforms.</li></ul> <dl><dd><table> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top">Slogan:</td> <td><i>Music beyond the mainstream</i> </td></tr></tbody></table></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Asian_Network" title="BBC Asian Network">BBC Asian Network</a> – music and talk for <a href="/wiki/British_Asians" title="British Asians">British Asians</a>, plus news, original in-house live music sessions, original live music concerts and music documentaries. Available on medium wave in parts of the English <a href="/wiki/Midlands" title="Midlands">Midlands</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cambridgeshire" title="Cambridgeshire">Cambridgeshire</a>; also available on digital platforms nationally.</li></ul> <dl><dd><table> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top">Slogan:</td> <td><i>Celebrating British Asian identity</i> </td></tr></tbody></table></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nations,_regions_and_local_stations"><span id="Nations.2C_regions_and_local_stations"></span>Nations, regions and local stations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC_Radio&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Nations, regions and local stations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The BBC also operates radio stations for three UK nations: <a href="/wiki/BBC_Cymru_Wales" title="BBC Cymru Wales">Wales</a>, <a href="/wiki/BBC_Scotland" title="BBC Scotland">Scotland</a>, and <a href="/wiki/BBC_Northern_Ireland" title="BBC Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>. These stations focus on local issues to a greater extent than their UK-wide counterparts, organising live phone-in debates about these issues, as well as lighter talk shows with music from different decades of the 20th and 21st centuries. Compared to the majority of the UK's commercially funded radio stations, which generally broadcast little beyond contemporary popular music, the BBC's "national regional" stations offer a more diverse range of programming. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Wales" title="BBC Radio Wales">BBC Radio Wales</a>: A variety of programming, in English, for Wales.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Cymru" title="BBC Radio Cymru">BBC Radio Cymru</a>: Programming in <a href="/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh language</a>, with opt-out station <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Cymru_2" title="BBC Radio Cymru 2">BBC Radio Cymru 2</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Scotland" title="BBC Radio Scotland">BBC Radio Scotland</a>: A variety of programming, in English, for Scotland; it has <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Orkney" title="BBC Radio Orkney">Orkney</a> and <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Shetland" title="BBC Radio Shetland">Shetland</a> opt-outs.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_nan_G%C3%A0idheal" title="BBC Radio nan Gàidheal">BBC Radio nan Gàidheal</a>: Programming in <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic" title="Scottish Gaelic">Scottish Gaelic</a> language.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Ulster" title="BBC Radio Ulster">BBC Radio Ulster</a>: A variety of programming for Northern Ireland; it has an opt-out station, <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Foyle" title="BBC Radio Foyle">BBC Radio Foyle</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Local_services">Local services</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC_Radio&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Local services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are forty <a href="/wiki/BBC_Local_Radio" title="BBC Local Radio">BBC Local Radio</a> services across <a href="/wiki/BBC_English_Regions" title="BBC English Regions">England</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Channel_Islands" title="Channel Islands">Channel Islands</a>, often catering to individual <a href="/wiki/Counties_of_England" title="Counties of England">counties</a>, cities, or wider regions.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC-LR-2010_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC-LR-2010-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_Service">World Service</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC_Radio&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: World Service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/BBC_World_Service" title="BBC World Service">BBC World Service</a> is the world's largest international broadcaster,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> broadcasting in 27 languages to many parts of the world via analogue and digital shortwave, internet streaming and podcasting, satellite, FM and MW relays and simulcast on Radio 4 from 01:00-05:20 BST and Radio Cymru from 00:00-05:30 BST. It is politically independent (by mandate of the Agreement providing details of the topics outlined in the BBC Charter), non-profit, and commercial-free. The English language service had always had a UK listenership on LW and therefore DAB Services allowed, by this popular demand, it to be now available 24/7 for this audience in better quality reception. </p> <table> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top">Slogan:</td> <td><i>The World's Radio Station</i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Broadcasting">Broadcasting</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC_Radio&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Broadcasting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>BBC Radio services are broadcast on various <a href="/wiki/FM_broadcasting" title="FM broadcasting">FM</a> and <a href="/wiki/AM_broadcasting" title="AM broadcasting">AM</a> frequencies, <a href="/wiki/DAB_digital_radio" class="mw-redirect" title="DAB digital radio">DAB digital radio</a> and live streaming on <a href="/wiki/BBC_Sounds" title="BBC Sounds">BBC Sounds</a>, which is available worldwide. </p><p>They are also available on digital television in the UK, and archived programmes are available for 30 days or more after broadcast on BBC Sounds; many shows are available as podcasts. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="International_syndication">International syndication</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC_Radio&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: International syndication"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The BBC also syndicates radio and podcast content to radio stations and other broadcasting services around the globe, through its BBC Radio International business, which is part of <a href="/wiki/BBC_Studios" title="BBC Studios">BBC Studios</a>. Programmes regularly syndicated by BBC Radio International include: In Concert (live rock music recordings from BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2, including an archive dating back to 1971); interviews, live sessions and music shows; classical music (including performances from the BBC Proms); spoken word (music documentaries, dramas, readings, features and comedies, mainly from BBC Radio 4) and channels, including BBC Radio 1. </p><p>BBC Radio International also provides many services internationally including in-flight entertainment, subscription, and satellite services. BBC Radio International is partnered with Sirius Satellite Radio and <a href="/wiki/British_Airways" title="British Airways">British Airways</a> as well as many other local radio stations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Programmes">Programmes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC_Radio&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Programmes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Category:BBC_Radio_programmes" title="Category:BBC Radio programmes">Category:BBC Radio programmes</a></div> <p>Throughout its history the BBC has produced many radio programmes. Particularly significant, influential, popular or long-lasting programmes include: </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Any_Questions%3F" title="Any Questions?">Any Questions?</a></i> (1948–present): Topical debate series.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Archers" title="The Archers">The Archers</a></i> (1950–present): Long running rural soap opera. Currently<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (September 2022)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> the most listened to programme on Radio 4 and on the BBC's online radio service.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Children%27s_Hour" title="Children's Hour">Children's Hour</a></i> (1922–1964): Long running slot for children's programmes.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Desert_Island_Discs" title="Desert Island Discs">Desert Island Discs</a></i> (1942–present): Interview programme in which the guest chooses the eight pieces of music they would take with them to a desert island. The longest running music radio programme in British history.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Friday_Night_Is_Music_Night" title="Friday Night Is Music Night">Friday Night Is Music Night</a></i> (1953–present): Long running live music show, covering a wide range of music tastes.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gardeners%27_Question_Time" title="Gardeners' Question Time">Gardeners' Question Time</a></i> (1947–present): Gardening programme in which gardening experts give advice and answer listeners' questions.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Goon_Show" title="The Goon Show">The Goon Show</a></i> (1951–1960): Highly influential comedy series with elements of <a href="/wiki/Surrealism" title="Surrealism">surrealism</a>.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hancock%27s_Half_Hour" title="Hancock's Half Hour">Hancock's Half Hour</a></i> (1954–1960): Influential comedy series which transferred to television.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy_(radio_series)" title="The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series)">The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy</a></i> (1978–1980 and 2004–2005): Comedy science fiction serial by <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Adams" title="Douglas Adams">Douglas Adams</a>.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/I%27m_Sorry_I_Haven%27t_a_Clue" title="I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue">I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue</a></i> (1972–present): Comedy series parodying the radio panel game format.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/It%27s_That_Man_Again" title="It's That Man Again">It's That Man Again</a></i> (1939–1949): Comedy series popular during and after <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Journey_into_Space" title="Journey into Space">Journey into Space</a></i> (1953–1958): Science fiction series which was the last UK radio programme to achieve a higher audience than television.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Just_a_Minute" title="Just a Minute">Just a Minute</a></i> (1967–present): Long running <a href="/wiki/Panel_game" class="mw-redirect" title="Panel game">panel game</a> where the contestants must attempt to speak for one minute without repetition, hesitation or deviation.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Letter_from_America" title="Letter from America">Letter from America</a></i> (1946–2004): Commentary on American news and events by <a href="/wiki/Alistair_Cooke" title="Alistair Cooke">Alistair Cooke</a>. The longest-running speech radio programme in history.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_News_Quiz" title="The News Quiz">The News Quiz</a></i> (1977–present): Topical comedy show</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Reith_Lecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Reith Lecture">The Reith Lectures</a></i> (1948–present): Annual series of lectures given by leading figures of the day.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Round_the_Horne" title="Round the Horne">Round the Horne</a></i> (1965–1968): Comedy series notable for its <a href="/wiki/Innuendo" title="Innuendo">innuendo</a> and use of the <a href="/wiki/Gay_slang" class="mw-redirect" title="Gay slang">gay slang</a> <a href="/wiki/Polari" title="Polari">polari</a>.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sports_Report" title="Sports Report">Sports Report</a></i> (1948–present): Saturday sports round-up including the classified <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> results.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Test_Match_Special" title="Test Match Special">Test Match Special</a></i> (1957–present): Live <a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">cricket</a> coverage.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Today_programme" class="mw-redirect" title="Today programme">Today programme</a></i> (1957–present): Early morning news and current affairs programme.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(radio_show)" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Gear (radio show)">Top Gear</a></i>/<i><a href="/wiki/John_Peel" title="John Peel">The John Peel Show</a></i> (1965–2004): Pioneering and influential alternative music programme. Originally fronted by <a href="/wiki/Brian_Matthew" title="Brian Matthew">Brian Matthew</a> as a live music show, which featured unique performances by many top names such as <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">The Beatles</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Who" title="The Who">The Who</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix" title="Jimi Hendrix">Jimi Hendrix</a>. Changed name to simply The John Peel Show in the early 1970s</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Woman%27s_Hour" title="Woman's Hour">Woman's Hour</a></i> (1946–present): Long running magazine programme for women.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Workers%27_Playtime_(radio_programme)" title="Workers' Playtime (radio programme)">Workers' Playtime</a></i> (1941–1964): Lunchtime variety show.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_World_at_One" title="The World at One">The World at One</a></i> (1965–present): Lunchtime news show.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Expenditure">Expenditure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC_Radio&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Expenditure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Update plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Update" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/42px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/63px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/84px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="290" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section needs to be <b>updated</b>. The reason given is: These figures are more than 10 years out of date.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">August 2013</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The following expenditure figures are from 2012/13 and show the expenditure of each service they are obliged to provide:<sup id="cite_ref-2012/13_annual_report_finance_expenditure_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2012/13_annual_report_finance_expenditure-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BBC_2012-13_Expenditure_Radio.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/BBC_2012-13_Expenditure_Radio.png" decoding="async" width="500" height="422" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="422" /></a><figcaption>2012–2013 BBC Radio expenditures of each service it is required to provide</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Service</th> <th>2012/13 Total Cost <br />(<a href="/wiki/Pound_sterling" title="Pound sterling">£million</a>)</th> <th>Comparison with <br />2011/12 (£million) </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_1" title="BBC Radio 1">BBC Radio 1</a> </td> <td>54.2 </td> <td>+ 3.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_1Xtra" title="BBC Radio 1Xtra">BBC Radio 1Xtra</a> </td> <td>11.8 </td> <td>+ 0.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_2" title="BBC Radio 2">BBC Radio 2</a> </td> <td>62.1 </td> <td>+ 1.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_3" title="BBC Radio 3">BBC Radio 3</a> </td> <td>54.3 </td> <td>+ 1.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_4" title="BBC Radio 4">BBC Radio 4</a> </td> <td>122.1 </td> <td>+ 6.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_4_Extra" title="BBC Radio 4 Extra">BBC Radio 4 Extra</a> </td> <td>7.2 </td> <td>– 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_5_Live" title="BBC Radio 5 Live">BBC Radio 5 Live</a> </td> <td>76 </td> <td>+ 6.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_5_Sports_Extra" title="BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra">BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra</a> </td> <td>5.6 </td> <td>+ 0.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_6_Music" title="BBC Radio 6 Music">BBC Radio 6 Music</a> </td> <td>11.5 </td> <td>– 0.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_Asian_Network" title="BBC Asian Network">BBC Asian Network</a> </td> <td>13 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_Local_Radio" title="BBC Local Radio">BBC Local Radio</a> </td> <td>152.5 </td> <td>+ 6 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Scotland" title="BBC Radio Scotland">BBC Radio Scotland</a> </td> <td>32.7 </td> <td>+ 0.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_nan_G%C3%A0idheal" title="BBC Radio nan Gàidheal">BBC Radio nan Gàidheal</a> </td> <td>6.3 </td> <td>+ 0.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Wales" title="BBC Radio Wales">BBC Radio Wales</a> </td> <td>18.8 </td> <td>+ 1.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Cymru" title="BBC Radio Cymru">BBC Radio Cymru</a> </td> <td>17.6 </td> <td>+ 1.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Ulster" title="BBC Radio Ulster">BBC Radio Ulster</a> and <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Foyle" title="BBC Radio Foyle">BBC Radio Foyle</a> </td> <td>23.8 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><i>Total</i> </th> <td>669.5 </td> <td>+ 29.4 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Directors">Directors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC_Radio&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Directors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Appointed</th> <th>Director </th></tr> <tr> <td>1963</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_Gillard" title="Frank Gillard">Frank Gillard</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1970</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ian_Trethowan" title="Ian Trethowan">Ian Trethowan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1976</td> <td><a href="/wiki/P._H._Newby" title="P. H. Newby">Howard Newby</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1978</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aubrey_Singer" title="Aubrey Singer">Aubrey Singer</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1982</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Francis_(broadcaster)" title="Richard Francis (broadcaster)">Richard Francis</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1986</td> <td>Brian Wenham </td></tr> <tr> <td>1987</td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Hatch" title="David Hatch">David Hatch</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liz_Forgan" title="Liz Forgan">Liz Forgan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Bannister" title="Matthew Bannister">Matthew Bannister</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jenny_Abramsky" title="Jenny Abramsky">Jenny Abramsky</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tim_Davie" title="Tim Davie">Tim Davie</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Helen_Boaden" title="Helen Boaden">Helen Boaden</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Purnell" title="James Purnell">James Purnell</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC_Radio&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/BBC_Logo_2021.svg/32px-BBC_Logo_2021.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/BBC_Logo_2021.svg/48px-BBC_Logo_2021.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/BBC_Logo_2021.svg/64px-BBC_Logo_2021.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="560" data-file-height="160" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:BBC" title="Portal:BBC">BBC portal</a></li> <li><a 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title="BBC Radio Merseyside">Merseyside</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/BBC_South" title="BBC South">South</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Berkshire" title="BBC Radio Berkshire">Berkshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Oxford" title="BBC Radio Oxford">Oxford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Solent" title="BBC Radio Solent">Solent</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/BBC_South_East" title="BBC South East">South East</a></th><td 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Cornwall" title="BBC Radio Cornwall">Cornwall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Devon" title="BBC Radio Devon">Devon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Guernsey" title="BBC Radio Guernsey">Guernsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Jersey" title="BBC Radio Jersey">Jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Somerset" title="BBC Radio Somerset">Somerset</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/BBC_West" title="BBC West">West</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Bristol" title="BBC Radio Bristol">Bristol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Gloucestershire" title="BBC Radio Gloucestershire">Gloucestershire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Wiltshire" title="BBC Radio Wiltshire">Wiltshire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/BBC_West_Midlands" title="BBC West Midlands">West Midlands</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_CWR" title="BBC CWR">CWR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Hereford_%26_Worcester" title="BBC Hereford & Worcester">Hereford and Worcester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Shropshire" title="BBC Radio Shropshire">Shropshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Stoke" title="BBC Radio Stoke">Stoke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_WM" title="BBC Radio WM">WM</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/BBC_Yorkshire" title="BBC Yorkshire">Yorkshire</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Leeds" title="BBC Radio Leeds">Leeds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Sheffield" title="BBC Radio Sheffield">Sheffield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_York" title="BBC Radio York">York</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/BBC_Yorkshire_and_Lincolnshire" title="BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire">Yorkshire and Lincolnshire</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Humberside" title="BBC Radio Humberside">Humberside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Lincolnshire" title="BBC Radio Lincolnshire">Lincolnshire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;">International stations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div 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Sport">Sport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Weather" title="BBC Weather">Weather</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Nations and<br />regions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/BBC_English_Regions" title="BBC English Regions">England</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Birmingham" title="BBC Birmingham">Birmingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_%26_Music_Production_Bristol" title="BBC Radio & Music Production Bristol">Bristol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_East" title="BBC East">East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_East_Midlands" title="BBC East Midlands">East Midlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_London" title="BBC London">London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Manchester" title="BBC Manchester">Manchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_North_East_and_Cumbria" title="BBC North East and Cumbria">North East & Cumbria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_North_West" title="BBC North West">North West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_South" title="BBC South">South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_South_East" title="BBC South East">South East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_South_West" title="BBC South West">South West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_West" title="BBC West">West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_West_Midlands" title="BBC West Midlands">West Midlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Yorkshire" title="BBC Yorkshire">Yorkshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Yorkshire_and_Lincolnshire" title="BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire">Yorkshire & Lincolnshire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rest of UK</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Northern_Ireland" title="BBC Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Scotland" title="BBC Scotland">Scotland</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_G%C3%A0idhlig" title="BBC Gàidhlig">Gàidhlig</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Cymru_Wales" title="BBC Cymru Wales">Wales</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Commercial<br />subsidiaries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Studios" title="BBC Studios">BBC Studios</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Studios_Productions" title="BBC Studios Productions">Productions</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Studios_Natural_History_Unit" title="BBC Studios Natural History Unit">Natural History Unit</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Studios_Home_Entertainment" title="BBC Studios Home Entertainment">Home Entertainment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demon_Music_Group" title="Demon Music Group">Demon Music Group</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Studioworks" title="BBC Studioworks">BBC Studioworks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Worldwide" title="BBC Worldwide">BBC Worldwide</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_BBC" title="Timeline of the BBC">History</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Archives" title="BBC Archives">Archives</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Sound_Archive" title="BBC Sound Archive">Sound Archive</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Trust" title="BBC Trust">BBC Trust</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Board_of_Governors_of_the_BBC" title="Board of Governors of the BBC">Board of Governors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Broadcasting_Company" title="British Broadcasting Company">British Broadcasting Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_the_BBC" title="Coat of arms of the BBC">Coat of arms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_controversies" title="BBC controversies">Controversies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_the_BBC" title="Criticism of the BBC">Criticism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_day_of_BBC_television" title="First day of BBC television">First day of TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Logo_of_the_BBC" title="Logo of the BBC">Logo</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Radio_Times" title="Radio Times">Radio Times</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Genome_Project" title="BBC Genome Project">Genome</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_BBC" title="Timeline of the BBC">Timeline</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Key<br />properties<br />(<a href="/wiki/List_of_BBC_properties" title="List of BBC properties">full list</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">London</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Broadcasting_House" title="Broadcasting House">Broadcasting House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lime_Grove_Studios#BBC_studios" title="Lime Grove Studios">Lime Grove</a> (former)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maida_Vale_Studios" title="Maida Vale Studios">Maida Vale Studios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_Centre,_London" title="Television Centre, London">Television Centre</a> (former)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_City_Place" title="White City Place">White City & Media Village</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Birmingham</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Drama_Village" title="BBC Drama Village">Drama Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mailbox_Birmingham" title="Mailbox Birmingham">Mailbox Birmingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pebble_Mill_Studios" title="Pebble Mill Studios">Pebble Mill Studios</a> (former)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cardiff</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Cymru_Wales_New_Broadcasting_House" title="BBC Cymru Wales New Broadcasting House">New Broadcasting House, Cardiff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broadcasting_House,_Cardiff" title="Broadcasting House, Cardiff">Broadcasting House</a> (former)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roath_Lock" title="Roath Lock">Drama Village (Roath Lock)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wales_Millennium_Centre#Phase_2_(C_Bay)_–_BBC_Hoddinott_Hall" title="Wales Millennium Centre">BBC Hoddinott Hall</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other locations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Broadcasting_House,_Belfast" title="Broadcasting House, Belfast">Broadcasting House, Belfast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Elstree_Centre" title="BBC Elstree Centre">BBC Elstree Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MediaCityUK" title="MediaCityUK">MediaCityUK, Salford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Pacific_Quay" title="BBC Pacific Quay">Pacific Quay, Glasgow</a></li></ul> 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by circulation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible uncollapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Radio_in_the_UK" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Radio_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Radio in the United Kingdom">Radio in the UK</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_the_United_Kingdom#National_analogue_and_digital_stations" title="List of radio stations in the United Kingdom">National<br />stations</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">BBC</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_1" title="BBC Radio 1">BBC Radio 1</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_1Xtra" title="BBC Radio 1Xtra">BBC Radio 1Xtra</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_2" title="BBC Radio 2">BBC Radio 2</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_3" title="BBC Radio 3">BBC Radio 3</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_4" title="BBC Radio 4">BBC Radio 4</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_4_Extra" title="BBC Radio 4 Extra">BBC Radio 4 Extra</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_5_Live" title="BBC Radio 5 Live">BBC Radio 5 Live</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_5_Sports_Extra" title="BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra">BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_6_Music" title="BBC Radio 6 Music">BBC Radio 6 Music</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_Asian_Network" title="BBC Asian Network">BBC Asian Network</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_World_Service" title="BBC World Service">BBC World Service</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_National_DAB" title="BBC National DAB">BBC National DAB</a> (multiplex)</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Independent_National_Radio" title="Independent National Radio">Independent<br />/ commercial</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Absolute_Radio_Network" title="Absolute Radio Network">Absolute Radio Network</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/British_Forces_Broadcasting_Service" title="British Forces Broadcasting Service">BFBS Radio</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Capital_(radio_network)" title="Capital (radio network)">Capital</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Capital_Xtra" title="Capital Xtra">Capital Xtra</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Classic_FM_(UK)" title="Classic FM (UK)">Classic FM</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Digital_One" title="Digital One">Digital One</a> (multiplex)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Gold_(British_radio_network)" title="Gold (British radio network)">Gold</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_Radio" title="Greatest Hits Radio">Greatest Hits Radio</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Heart_(radio_network)" title="Heart (radio network)">Heart</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Hits_Radio" title="Hits Radio">Hits Radio</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Jazz_FM_(UK)" title="Jazz FM (UK)">Jazz FM</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Kiss_Network" title="Kiss Network">Kiss Network</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/LBC" title="LBC">LBC</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/LBC_News" title="LBC News">LBC News</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Magic_(UK_radio_station)" title="Magic (UK radio station)">Magic</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Magic_Classical" title="Magic Classical">Magic Classical</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Premier_Christian_Radio" title="Premier Christian Radio">Premier Christian Radio</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/RNIB_Connect_Radio" title="RNIB Connect Radio">RNIB Connect Radio</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sound_Digital" title="Sound Digital">Sound Digital</a> (multiplex)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Smooth_Radio_(2014)" title="Smooth Radio (2014)">Smooth Radio</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Talksport" title="Talksport">talkSPORT</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Talkradio" title="Talkradio">TalkRadio</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Times_Radio" title="Times Radio">Times Radio</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/United_Christian_Broadcasters" title="United Christian Broadcasters">UCB UK</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Radio_UK" title="Virgin Radio UK">Virgin Radio UK</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Radio_X_(United_Kingdom)" title="Radio X (United Kingdom)">Radio X</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_the_United_Kingdom#Local_and_regional_analogue_and_digital_stations" title="List of radio stations in the United Kingdom">Regional<br />and local<br />stations</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/BBC_Local_Radio" title="BBC Local Radio">BBC</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_the_United_Kingdom#BBC_Local_Radio" title="List of radio stations in the United Kingdom">List of BBC Local Radio stations</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Scotland" title="BBC Radio Scotland">BBC Radio Scotland</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_nan_G%C3%A0idheal" title="BBC Radio nan Gàidheal">BBC Radio nan Gàidheal</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Ulster" title="BBC Radio Ulster">BBC Radio Ulster</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Foyle" title="BBC Radio Foyle">BBC Radio Foyle</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Wales" title="BBC Radio Wales">BBC Radio Wales</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Cymru" title="BBC Radio Cymru">BBC Radio Cymru</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Cymru_2" title="BBC Radio Cymru 2">Cymru 2</a></dd></dl></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Local_Radio" title="Independent Local Radio">Independent<br />/ commercial</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_the_United_Kingdom#Community_radio_stations" title="List of radio stations in the United Kingdom">List of community radio stations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_the_United_Kingdom#Commercial_radio" title="List of radio stations in the United Kingdom">List of local commercial radio stations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_the_United_Kingdom#Semi-national_analogue_and_digital_stations" title="List of radio stations in the United Kingdom">List of semi-national / regional analogue and digital radio stations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other<br />stations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_the_United_Kingdom#Hospital_radio_stations" title="List of radio stations in the United Kingdom">List of hospital radio stations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pirate_radio_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Pirate radio in the United Kingdom">Pirate radio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Restricted_Service_Licence" title="Restricted Service Licence">Restricted Service Licence</a> (RSL) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_the_United_Kingdom#RSL_stations" title="List of radio stations in the United Kingdom">List of RSL stations</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_the_United_Kingdom#Satellite_radio_stations" title="List of radio stations in the United Kingdom">List of satellite radio stations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_the_United_Kingdom#Student_and_schools_radio" title="List of radio stations in the United Kingdom">List of student and schools radio</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Broadcasting_House" title="Broadcasting House">Broadcasting House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FM_broadcasting_in_the_UK" class="mw-redirect" title="FM broadcasting in the UK">FM broadcasting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dock10_(television_facility)" title="Dock10 (television facility)">Dock10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radio_Academy" title="Radio Academy">Radio Academy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Radio_Academy_Awards" title="Radio Academy Awards">Radio Academy Awards</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radio_Independents_Group" title="Radio Independents Group">Radio Independents Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAJAR" title="RAJAR">RAJAR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_most-listened-to_radio_programs" title="List of most-listened-to radio programs">Most listened to programmes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Television_in_the_UK" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Television_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Television in the United Kingdom">Television in the UK</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Principalchannels(List)" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Principal<br />channels<br />(<a href="/wiki/List_of_television_channels_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of television channels in the United Kingdom">List</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/BBC_Television" title="BBC Television">BBC</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_Two" title="BBC Two">BBC Two</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_Three" title="BBC Three">BBC Three</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_Four" title="BBC Four">BBC Four</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_News_(TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="BBC News (TV channel)">BBC News</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_Parliament" title="BBC Parliament">BBC Parliament</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_Alba" title="BBC Alba">BBC Alba</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_Scotland_(TV_channel)" title="BBC Scotland (TV channel)">BBC Scotland</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/CBBC" title="CBBC">CBBC</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/CBeebies" title="CBeebies">CBeebies</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/ITV1" title="ITV1">ITV1</a>/<a href="/wiki/STV_(TV_channel)" title="STV (TV channel)">STV</a>/<a href="/wiki/UTV_(TV_channel)" title="UTV (TV channel)">UTV</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/ITV2" title="ITV2">ITV2</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/ITV3" title="ITV3">ITV3</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/ITV4" title="ITV4">ITV4</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/ITVBe" title="ITVBe">ITVBe</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Channel_Four_Television_Corporation" title="Channel Four Television Corporation">Channel 4</a>/<a href="/wiki/S4C_Authority" title="S4C Authority">S4C</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/S4C" title="S4C">S4C</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/E4_(TV_channel)" title="E4 (TV channel)">E4</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/E4_Extra" title="E4 Extra">E4 Extra</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Film4" title="Film4">Film4</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/More4" title="More4">More4</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/4seven" title="4seven">4seven</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Paramount_Networks_UK_%26_Australia" title="Paramount Networks UK & Australia">Paramount</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Channel_5_(British_TV_channel)" title="Channel 5 (British TV channel)">Channel 5</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/5Star" title="5Star">5Star</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/5USA" title="5USA">5USA</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/5Select" title="5Select">5Select</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/5Action" title="5Action">5Action</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central_(British_TV_channel)" title="Comedy Central (British TV channel)">Comedy Central</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central_Extra" title="Comedy Central Extra">Comedy Central Extra</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/MTV_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="MTV (British and Irish TV channel)">MTV</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/MTV_Music_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="MTV Music (British and Irish TV channel)">MTV Music</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/MTV_Hits_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="MTV Hits (British and Irish TV channel)">MTV Hits</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/MTV_80s_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="MTV 80s (British and Irish TV channel)">MTV 80s</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/MTV_90s_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="MTV 90s (British and Irish TV channel)">MTV 90s</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="Nickelodeon (British and Irish TV channel)">Nickelodeon</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Nicktoons_(British_TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nicktoons (British TV channel)">Nicktoons</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Nick_Jr._(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="Nick Jr. (British and Irish TV channel)">Nick Jr.</a></dd> <dd>Nick Jr. Too</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sky_UK" title="Sky UK">Sky UK</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Challenge_(TV_channel)" title="Challenge (TV channel)">Challenge</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sky_Arts" title="Sky Arts">Sky Arts</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sky_Atlantic" title="Sky Atlantic">Sky Atlantic</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sky_Cinema" title="Sky Cinema">Sky Cinema</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sky_Comedy" title="Sky Comedy">Sky Comedy</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sky_Crime" title="Sky Crime">Sky Crime</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sky_Documentaries" title="Sky Documentaries">Sky Documentaries</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/History_(European_TV_channel)" title="History (European TV channel)">Sky History</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/H2_(A%26E_Networks)" title="H2 (A&E Networks)">Sky History 2</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sky_Kids_(TV_channel)" title="Sky Kids (TV channel)">Sky Kids</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sky_Max" title="Sky Max">Sky Max</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sky_Mix" title="Sky Mix">Sky Mix</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sky_Nature" title="Sky Nature">Sky Nature</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sky_News" title="Sky News">Sky News</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sky_Replay" title="Sky Replay">Sky Replay</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sky_Sci-Fi" title="Sky Sci-Fi">Sky Sci-Fi</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sky_Showcase" title="Sky Showcase">Sky Showcase</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sky_Box_Office" title="Sky Box Office">Sky Sports Box Office</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sky_Sports_F1" title="Sky Sports F1">Sky Sports F1</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sky_Sports_News" title="Sky Sports News">Sky Sports News</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sky_Sports_Racing" title="Sky Sports Racing">Sky Sports Racing</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sky_Sports" title="Sky Sports">Sky Sports</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sky_Witness_(TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sky Witness (TV channel)">Sky Witness</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/UKTV" title="UKTV">UKTV</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/U%26Alibi" title="U&Alibi">U&Alibi</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/U%26Dave" title="U&Dave">U&Dave</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/U%26Drama" title="U&Drama">U&Drama</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/U%26Eden" title="U&Eden">U&Eden</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/U%26Gold" title="U&Gold">U&Gold</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/U%26W" title="U&W">U&W</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/U%26Yesterday" title="U&Yesterday">U&Yesterday</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Discovery_EMEA" title="Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA">Warner Bros. Discovery</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Animal_Planet_(British_TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Animal Planet (British TV channel)">Animal Planet</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Boomerang_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="Boomerang (British and Irish TV channel)">Boomerang</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cartoon_Network_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="Cartoon Network (British and Irish TV channel)">Cartoon Network</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cartoonito_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="Cartoonito (British and Irish TV channel)">Cartoonito</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/CNN_International" title="CNN International">CNN International</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Discovery_Channel_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="Discovery Channel (British and Irish TV channel)">Discovery Channel</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Discovery_History" title="Discovery History">Discovery History</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Discovery_Science_(European_TV_channel)" title="Discovery Science (European TV channel)">Discovery Science</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Discovery_Turbo" title="Discovery Turbo">Discovery Turbo</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/DMAX_(British_TV_channel)" title="DMAX (British TV channel)">DMAX</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Eurosport_1" title="Eurosport 1">Eurosport 1</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Eurosport_2" title="Eurosport 2">Eurosport 2</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Food_Network" title="Food Network">Food Network</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/HGTV_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="HGTV (British and Irish TV channel)">HGTV</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Investigation_Discovery_(European_TV_channel)" title="Investigation Discovery (European TV channel)">Investigation Discovery</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Quest_(TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Quest (TV channel)">Quest</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Quest_Red" title="Quest Red">Quest Red</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Really_(TV_channel)" title="Really (TV channel)">Really</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/TLC_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="TLC (British and Irish TV channel)">TLC</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/TNT_Sports_(United_Kingdom)" title="TNT Sports (United Kingdom)">TNT Sports</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Narrative Entertainment UK Limited</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Great!_Action" title="Great! Action">Great! Action</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Great!_Movies" title="Great! Movies">Great! Movies</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Great!_Romance" title="Great! Romance">Great! Romance</a></dd> <dd>Great! Real</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Great!_TV" title="Great! TV">Great! TV</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Pop_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="Pop (British and Irish TV channel)">Pop</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Pop_Max" title="Pop Max">Pop Max</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Services<br />and<br />platforms</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amazon_Prime_Video" title="Amazon Prime Video">Amazon Prime Video</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_iPlayer" title="BBC iPlayer">BBC iPlayer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cable_television_by_region#United_Kingdom" title="Cable television by region">cable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Channel_4_(VoD_service)" title="Channel 4 (VoD service)">Channel 4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digital_television_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Digital television in the United Kingdom">digital</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Digital_terrestrial_television_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom">digital terrestrial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_DTT_channels_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of DTT channels in the United Kingdom">List of channels</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disney%2B" title="Disney+">Disney+</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EE_TV" title="EE TV">EE TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freely" title="Freely">Freely</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freesat" title="Freesat">Freesat</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Freesat%2B" title="Freesat+">Freesat+</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freeview_(UK)" title="Freeview (UK)">Freeview</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High-definition_television_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="High-definition television in the United Kingdom">high-definition</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_HD_channels_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of HD channels in the United Kingdom">List of channels</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ITVX" title="ITVX">ITVX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STV_Player" title="STV Player">STV Player</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Local_television_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Local television in the United Kingdom">local television</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/My5" title="My5">My5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Now_(streaming_service)" title="Now (streaming service)">Now</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netflix" title="Netflix">Netflix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paramount%2B" title="Paramount+">Paramount+</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pop_Player" title="Pop Player">Pop Player</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Restricted_Service_Licence" title="Restricted Service Licence">Restricted Service Licence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_in_the_United_Kingdom#Satellite_television" title="Television in the United Kingdom">satellite</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_free-to-air_channels_at_Astra_28.2%C2%B0E_(Ireland_and_the_United_Kingdom)" title="List of free-to-air channels at Astra 28.2°E (Ireland and the United Kingdom)">List of channels</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Group" title="Sky Group">Sky Group</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Freesat_from_Sky" title="Freesat from Sky">Freesat from Sky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/On_Demand_(Sky)" title="On Demand (Sky)">On Demand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky%2B" title="Sky+">Sky+</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky%2B_HD" title="Sky+ HD">Sky+ HD</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TalkTalk_TV" title="TalkTalk TV">TalkTalk TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TVPlayer" title="TVPlayer">TVPlayer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U_(streaming_service)" title="U (streaming service)">U</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virgin_TV" title="Virgin TV">Virgin Media</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FilmFlex" title="FilmFlex">FilmFlex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TiVo" title="TiVo">TiVo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V%2B" title="V+">V+</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/YouView" title="YouView">YouView</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Analogue_television_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Analogue television in the United Kingdom">analogue</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Analogue_terrestrial_television_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Analogue terrestrial television in the United Kingdom">analogue terrestrial</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Store" title="BBC Store">BBC Store</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TalkTalk_TV_Store" title="TalkTalk TV Store">TalkTalk TV Store</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Film4oD" title="Film4oD">Film4oD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Real_Digital" title="Real Digital">Real Digital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Top_Up_TV" title="Top Up TV">Top Up TV</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studios</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/3_Mills_Studios" title="3 Mills Studios">3 Mills Studios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Cymru_Wales_New_Broadcasting_House" title="BBC Cymru Wales New Broadcasting House">BBC Cymru Wales New Broadcasting House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Elstree_Centre" title="BBC Elstree Centre">BBC Elstree Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Pacific_Quay" title="BBC Pacific Quay">BBC Pacific Quay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Bottle_Yard_Studios" title="The Bottle Yard Studios">The Bottle Yard Studios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broadcasting_House" title="Broadcasting House">Broadcasting House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broadcasting_House,_Belfast" title="Broadcasting House, Belfast">Broadcasting House, Belfast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broadcasting_House,_Bristol" title="Broadcasting House, Bristol">Broadcasting House, Bristol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dock10_(television_facility)" title="Dock10 (television facility)">Dock10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elstree_Studios_(Shenley_Road)" title="Elstree Studios (Shenley Road)">Elstree Studios (Shenley Road)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gas_Street_Studios" title="Gas Street Studios">Gas Street Studios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Leeds_Studios" title="The Leeds Studios">The Leeds Studios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Maidstone_Studios" title="The Maidstone Studios">The Maidstone Studios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mailbox_Birmingham" title="Mailbox Birmingham">Mailbox Birmingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MediaCityUK" title="MediaCityUK">MediaCityUK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Granada_Studios" title="Granada Studios">Old Granada Studios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riverside_Studios" title="Riverside Studios">Riverside Studios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roath_Lock" title="Roath Lock">Roath Lock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Sharp_Project" title="The Sharp Project">The Sharp Project</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Campus" title="Sky Campus">Sky Campus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Studios_Manchester" title="Space Studios Manchester">Space Studios Manchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_Centre,_London" title="Television Centre, London">Television Centre, London</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Broadcasting_House,_Cardiff" title="Broadcasting House, Cardiff">Broadcasting House, Cardiff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dickenson_Road_Studios" title="Dickenson Road Studios">Dickenson Road Studios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fountain_Studios" title="Fountain Studios">Fountain Studios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Hospital_Club" title="The Hospital Club">The Hospital Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lime_Grove_Studios" title="Lime Grove Studios">Lime Grove Studios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Limehouse_Studios" title="Limehouse Studios">Limehouse Studios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_London_Studios" title="The London Studios">The London Studios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MGM-British_Studios" title="MGM-British Studios">MGM-British Studios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Broadcasting_House,_Manchester" title="New Broadcasting House, Manchester">New Broadcasting House, Manchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pebble_Mill_Studios" title="Pebble Mill Studios">Pebble Mill Studios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teddington_Studios" title="Teddington Studios">Teddington Studios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_Centre,_Newcastle_upon_Tyne" title="Television Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne">Television Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_Centre,_Southampton" title="Television Centre, Southampton">Television Centre, Southampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Boat_Studios" title="Upper Boat Studios">Upper Boat Studios</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Television_in_Northern_Ireland" title="Television in Northern Ireland">Television in Northern Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_in_Scotland" title="Television in Scotland">in Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_in_Wales" title="Television in Wales">in Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_TV_channels_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of former TV channels in the United Kingdom">Defunct channels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_International_Television_Festival" title="Edinburgh International Television Festival">Edinburgh International Television Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_in_the_United_Kingdom#History" title="Television in the United Kingdom">History</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_years_in_British_television" title="List of years in British television">List of years</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_television_stations_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="List of television stations in the United Kingdom">List of channels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Student_television_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Student television in the United Kingdom">Student television</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_in_the_United_Kingdom#Viewing_statistics" title="Television in the United Kingdom">Viewing statistics</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_most_watched_television_broadcasts#United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="List of most watched television broadcasts">Most-watched broadcasts</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Companies_and_organisations" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Companies and organisations</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Major<br />companies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ascential" title="Ascential">Ascential</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banijay_UK_Productions" title="Banijay UK Productions">Banijay UK Productions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bauer_Media_Audio_UK" title="Bauer Media Audio UK">Bauer Media Audio UK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bloomsbury_Publishing" title="Bloomsbury Publishing">Bloomsbury Publishing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BT_Group" title="BT Group">BT Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Channel_Four_Television_Corporation" title="Channel Four Television 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