"BBC1" redirects here. For the BBC radio stations, see BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 1Xtra. For other uses, see Bbc1 (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with BBC First.
Television channel
BBC One
Logo used since 2021
Country
United Kingdom
Broadcast area
United Kingdom
Isle of Man
Channel Islands
Network
BBC Television
Headquarters
Broadcasting House, London, United Kingdom
Programming
Language(s)
English
Picture format
1080i/1080p[a] HDTV (downscaled to 576i for the SDTV feed) 2160p UHDTV (ongoing trials, available on BBC iPlayer for certain programmes only)
Ownership
Owner
BBC
Sister channels
BBC Two
BBC Three
BBC Four
BBC News
BBC Parliament
CBBC
CBeebies
BBC Scotland
BBC Alba
History
Launched
2 November 1936; 87 years ago (1936-11-02)
Former names
BBC Television Service (2 November 1936 – 7 October 1960)
BBC TV (8 October 1960 – 19 April 1964)
BBC1 (20 April 1964 – 3 October 1997)
Links
Webcast
BBC One on BBC iPlayer (UK only)
Website
BBC One
Availability
Terrestrial
Freeview
Channel 1 (SD) Channel 101 (HD)
Other providers
See dedicated section
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's oldest and flagship channel, and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, primetime drama and entertainment, and live BBC Sport events.
The channel was launched on 2 November 1936 under the name BBC Television Service, which was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution.[b] It was renamed BBC TV in 1960 and used this name until the launch of the second BBC channel, BBC2, in 1964. The main channel then became known as BBC1. The channel adopted the current spelling of BBC One in 1997.
The channel's annual budget for 2012–2013 was £1.14 billion.[1] It is funded by the television licence fee together with the BBC's other domestic television stations and shows uninterrupted programming without commercial advertising. The television channel had the highest reach share of any broadcaster in the United Kingdom as at 2019,[2] ahead of its traditional rival for ratings leadership ITV.[3] In 2013, a major global study of the BBC by the Populus polling organisation found BBC One to be rated the highest-quality TV channel in the world, with BBC Two coming in third place.[4]
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^"BBC One Service Licence" (PDF). BBC Trust. November 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
^"UK: most watched TV channels 2019". Statista. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
^"Most popular TV channels in the UK 2021". Statista. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
^"International Perceptions of TV Quality" (PDF). Downloads.bbc.co.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 March 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
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