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About the BBC

BBC services on television

BBC One

BBC One

BBC One's remit is to be the BBC's most popular mixed-genre television service across the UK, offering a wide range of high-quality programmes.

It should be the BBC's primary outlet for major UK and international events and it should reflect the whole of the UK in its output. A very high proportion of its programmes should be original productions.

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BBC One is broadcast on analogue and digital TV.

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BBC Two

BBC Two

BBC Two's remit is to be a mixed-genre channel appealing to a broad adult audience with programmes of depth and substance. It should carry the greatest amount and range of knowledge-building programming of any BBC television channel, complemented by distinctive comedy, drama and arts programming.

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BBC Two is broadcast on analogue and digital TV.

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BBC Three

BBC Three

The remit of BBC Three is to bring younger audiences to high-quality public service broadcasting through a mixed-genre schedule of innovative UK content featuring new UK talent.

The channel should use the full range of digital platforms to deliver its content and to build an interactive relationship with its audience.

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BBC Three is broadcast on digital TV.

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BBC Four

BBC Four

The remit of BBC Four is to be a mixed-genre television channel for all adults, offering an ambitious range of innovative, high-quality output that is intellectually and culturally enriching. Its focus should be on the provision of factual and arts programming.

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BBC Four is broadcast on digital TV.

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CBBC

CBBC

The remit of CBBC is to provide a wide range of high-quality, distinctive content for 6–12 year olds, including drama, entertainment, comedy, animation, news and factual. The great majority of this content should be produced in the UK.

CBBC should provide a stimulating, creative and enjoyable environment that is also safe and trusted. The service should have a particular focus on informal learning, with an emphasis on encouraging participation.

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CBBC is broadcast on digital TV.

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CBeebies

CBeebies

The remit of CBeebies is to offer high-quality, mostly UK-produced programmes to educate and entertain the BBC's youngest audience. The service should provide a range of programming designed to encourage learning through play in a consistently safe environment for children under six years old.

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CBeebies is broadcast on digital TV.

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BBC News

BBC News

BBC News Channel should deliver up-to-the-minute, accurate, impartial and independent news, analysis and insight. It should provide fast and comprehensive coverage of local, UK and international events as they unfold and specialist analysis to put the news in context.

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BBC News is broadcast on digital TV.

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BBC Parliament

BBC Parliament

The remit of BBC Parliament is to make accessible to all the work of the UK's parliamentary and legislative bodies and the European Parliament. The service should also analyse and set in context the issues and politics behind parliamentary debates.

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BBC Parliament is broadcast on digital TV.

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BBC Red Button

BBC Red Button

The remit of BBC Red Button is to offer continuous and constantly updated news, information, education and entertainment to digital television audiences in the form of interactive video, audio, pictures and text.

BBC Red Button should offer content which supports and enhances some linear television programmes. It should be an access and navigation point for BBC non-linear television and radio content, offering supporting material and enhancements for linear broadcast output.

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You can receive BBC Red Button via digital TV.

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BBC HD

BBC HD

The remit of the BBC HD channel is to offer a mixed-genre schedule of programming in high-definition (HD) format, most of which has been originated by the BBC's other television channels.

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BBC HD is broadcast on digital TV.

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