BBC1 and BBC2 are too similar, while BBC4 needs to do more to raise its profile, the BBC Trust said yesterday after a review of the output of the channels. The corporation's governing body told ...

EXCLUSIVE: BBC2 and PBS have commissioned a War of the Worlds-style hybrid drama/documentary that spotlights a near future in which extra-terrestrial life has been detected. First Contact will combine ...

BBC2 was scheduled to begin broadcasting at 7.20pm on April 20, 1964, but its opening night was a disaster after a fire at Battersea Power Station plunged BBC Television Centre into darkness. One of ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

BBC2 is getting a makeover – a full new set of on-air dents starting on Thursday that represent its first “refresh” in twenty years. Gone are those playful little Twos that used to scurry ...

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BBC2 comedy Two Doors Down is set to join BBC1 as part of a major broadcaster shake-up. The Scottish sitcom, which started in 2016 and centres around a family and their insufferable neighbours, will ...

The Easter holiday is approaching us – you know, that joyous time of year when children scream their lungs off in department stores during the daytime and those few extra pounds creep on due to ...

WHEN they lost The Great British Bake Off to Channel 4 three years ago, the BBC hit back with rival show The Big Family Cooking Showdown. But it struggled in the ratings — and has now been axed by ...

All content to be available online, says controller... The controller of BBC2 has said he intends to make the channel the first mainstream TV station to broadcast via broadband. Roly Keating's ...