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BBC World Service, accompanied by its website, which serves as a news portal and provides online access to radio broadcasts. The radio service is broadcast from Broadcasting House in London and Pakistan as well as from a BBC South & east asia bureau in New Delhi. It also has a children’s channel CBeebies. The target audience are Pakistanis & Indian viewers.

The BBC is the world’s leading public service broadcaster

We’re impartial and independent, and every day we create distinctive, world-class programmed and content which inform, educate and entertain millions of people in the UK and around the world. We do this across:

• A portfolio of television services, including the UK’s most-watched channel BBC One, the pioneering online-only youth service BBC Three, and our multi award-winning channels for children, as well as national and regional television programmers and services across England. Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
• Ten UK-wide radio networks, providing the best live music broadcasting in the UK, as well as speech radio which informs, educates and entertains. We also have two national radio services each in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and 39 local radio stations across England and the Channel Islands, providing an invaluable and unique service to listeners across the UK
• Our digital services including BBC News, Sport, Weather CBBC and CBeebies, iPlayer and BBC Sounds, BBC Red Button and our vast archive 
• BBC World Service television, radio and online on more than 40 languages

Established by a Royal Charter, the BBC is principally funded through the licence fee paid by UK households. Our role is to fulfil our mission and promote our Public Purposes.

Our commercial operations including BBC Studios, the BBC’s award-winning production company and world-class distributor, provide additional revenue for investment in new programming and services for UK audiences.

The BBC’s Board ensures that we deliver our mission and public purposes which are set out in the Charter. The Executive Committee is responsible for day-to-day management. We are regulated by Ofcom.

BBC Education

BBC Education delivers the BBC's public purpose to promote education and is central to fulfilling the BBC's mission to inform, educate and entertain.

We aim to transform lives through education by:

• Providing every child in the UK with a personalised structured learning experience to maximise their individual attainment through BBC Bitesize
• Supporting and inspiring classroom learning with world-class, curriculum-linked programming (currently delivered through BBC Teach)
• Addressing societal and educational deficits within the UK by acting as a leader and convener of strategic partnerships aimed at effecting tangible change such as the BBC micro:bit campaign, BBC Terrific Scientific and Super Movers, an exciting partnership with the Premier League to inspire primary school children to get active.

BBC Bitesize has been an invaluable support for young learners since 1998 and today supports the UK curricula in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales using a rich mix of written content, audio, video, infographics, interactive activities and guides. Today Bitesize is used by 80% of secondary school students in the UK with average unique browsers of 2.5 million each week in term time. It is a valued resource for students, with 80% of GCSE users agreeing that it made them feel more prepared for their exams.

BBC Tech aims to support teachers by curating the best of BBC videos, BBC archive and other curriculum-related resources for use in the classroom. BBC Teach has a dedicated teaching resource site including thousands of free curriculum-mapped short films for teachers, arranged by subject and age-group; audio for primary teachers from School Radio; and educational campaigns including Super Movers and Terrific Scientific.

UK public services Or Pan-UK television services

BBC One:

BBC One is a British free-to-air television network owned and operated by the BBC, which operates a public television service. It is the corporation's flagship network, and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, including BBC News television bulletins, primetime drama and entertainment, and some sports events.

BBC Two:

BBC Two is a British free-to-air television network owned and operated by the BBC. It covers a wide range of subject matter, with a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream and popular BBC One.

BBC Three

BBC Three is a British free-to-air television channel owned and operated by BBC, on-air regularly from 19:00 to around 04:00, timesharing with CBBC. It was first launched in 2003 with programmes targeting 16 to 34-year-olds, covering all genres including animation, comedy, current affairs, and drama series. The television channel closed down in 2016 and was replaced by an online-only BBC Three streaming channel. After six years of being online-only, BBC Three returned to linear television on 1 February 2022.

BBC Four

BBC Four is a British free-to-air television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It was launched on 2 March 2002, with a schedule running from 7:00pm to around 4:00am, timesharing with CBeebies. The channel shows a wide variety of programmes including arts, documentaries, music, international film, comedy, original programmes, drama and current affairs. It is required by its licence to air at least 100 hours of new arts and music programmes, 110 hours of new factual programmes and to premiere 20 foreign films each year.

CBBC

CBBC (short for Children's BBC, also known as the CBBC Channel) is a British free-to-air children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC and the brand used for all BBC content for children and teenagers aged 6 to 17. It is broadcast every day from 7:00am to 6:58pm (7:00am to 9:00pm from 2016 to 2022), timesharing with BBC Three

Cbeebies

CBeebies is a British free-to-air children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC, which is available around the world in different languages. Its programming is targeted at young children aged 6 years and younger, with sister channel CBBC aimed at viewers aged over 7 years. It broadcasts every day from 6:00 am to 6:58 pm, timesharing with BBC Four. CBeebies also manages an international network supported by subscription services, and its programs are also available in the UK via Freesat, Sky, Virgin Media, Freeview and BBC iPlayer. An African version of CBeebies launched in 2007 on Zuku TV, DStv, Azam TV, StarSat, GOtv and StarTimes. CBeebies launched in Middle East and North Africa on beIN. An Asian version of CBeebies launched in 2017 on Tata Sky, beIN & BBC Player. An Australian version of CBeebies launched in 2008 on Foxtel & Fetch TV.

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BBC television

In 2017/18 80% of UK adults watched BBC Television each week (2017/18)BBC One was named Channel of the Year by the Royal Television Society in 2018BBC Three’s This Country won best scripted comedy at the 2018 Bafta television awards - one of the 17 awards which the BBC won.The National Television Award’s Impact Award went to Blue Planet II BBC News’s Nawal Al-Maghafi was named Young Talent of the Year at the RTS Journalism Awards. 

Access services:

We provide subtitles on all programmed content broadcast on BBC One, BBC Two (including national and regional variants), BBC Four, BBC News, CBBC and CBeebies and on BBC Three long-form programming. Audio description is available on 20% of our programmers on BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Four, CBBC and CBeebies and longform programmes on BBC Three. In-vision signing is provided on 5% of our channel output.

Network radio

BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It specialises in modern popular music and current chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres at night, including electronica, dance, hip hop and indie, whilst its sister station 1Xtra plays Black contemporary music, including hip hop and R&B.

BBC Radio 1Xtra

BBC Radio 1Xtra is a digital urban contemporary and black music radio station owned and operated by the BBC. Launched at 6 PM on 16 August 2002, it had been code named Network X during the consultation period and is the sister station to BBC Radio 1. The station is broadcast from the 8th floor of Broadcasting House, shared with Radio 1 and the Asian Network. At the time, many electronic programming guides called the station ‘1 Xtra BBC.

BBC Radio 2

BBC Radio 2 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It is the most popular station in the United Kingdom with over 15 million weekly listeners. The station broadcasts a wide range of content, the BBC Radio 2 about page stating: "With a repertoire covering more than 40 years, Radio 2 plays the widest selection of music on the radio—from classic and mainstream pop to a specialist portfolio including classical, country, folk, jazz, soul, rock 'n' roll, gospel, blues, organ music, big band and brass band." BBC Radio 2 broadcasts throughout the UK on FM between 88.1 MHz and 90.2 MHz from studios in Wogan House, adjacent to Broadcasting House in central London. Programmes are broadcast on FM radio, digital radio via DAB, digital television and BBC Sounds.

BBC Radio3

BBC Radio 3 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. Its output centres on classical music and opera, but jazz, world music, drama, culture and the arts also feature. The station describes itself as 'the world's most significant commissioner of new music', and through its New Generation Artists scheme promotes young musicians of all nationalities. The station broadcasts the BBC Proms concerts, live and in full, each summer in addition to performances by the BBC Orchestras and Singers. There are regular productions of both classic plays and newly commissioned drama

BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history from the BBC's headquarters at Broadcasting House, London. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is Mohit Bakaya.

BBC Radio 4 Extra

BBC Radio 4 Extra is a British digital radio station from the BBC, broadcasting archived repeats of comedy, drama and documentary programmes originally on BBC Radio 4 nationally, 24 hours a day. It is the principal broadcaster of the BBC's spoken-word archive, and as a result the majority of its programming originates from that archive. It also broadcasts extended and companion programmes to those broadcast on sister station BBC Radio 4, and provides a "catch-up" service for certain Radio 4 programmes.

BBC Radio 5 live

BBC Radio 5 Live is the BBC's national radio service that broadcasts mainly news, sport, discussion, interviews and phone-ins. It is the principal BBC radio station covering sport in the United Kingdom, broadcasting virtually all major sports events staged in the UK or involving British.

BBC Radio 5 live sports extra

BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra is a national digital radio station in the United Kingdom, operated by the BBC, and specialising in extended sports coverage. It is a sister station to BBC Radio 5 Live and shares facilities, presenters and management, and is a department of the BBC North Group division.

BBC Radio 6 Music

BBC Radio 6 Music (formerly known as BBC 6 Music between 2002 and 2011) is a British digital radio station owned by the BBC and operated by BBC North, specialising primarily in alternative music. BBC 6 Music was the first national music radio station to be launched by the BBC in 32 years. It is available only on digital media: DAB radio, the Internet, digital television, and throughout northern and western Europe through the Astra 2B satellite.

BBC Asian Network

BBC Asian Network is a British Asian radio station owned and operated by the BBC. The station's target audience is people "with an interest in British Asian lifestyles", especially British Asians between the ages of 18 and 34. The station has production centres in London and Birmingham

BBC radio

In 2017/18 64% of UK adults listened to BBC Radio each week (2017/18) BBC Radio One was named Station of the Year at the Audio and Radio Industry Awards in 2017 - one of the 27 awards which the BBC won. With over 300 live performances 6 Music broadcast more live music than any other station in the UK 5 live’s Emma Barnett was given the Broadcasting Press Guild award for Radio Broadcaster of the Year.

Around the UK

82% of adults in Wales watch BBC television each week Stephen Nolan won the award for Best Speech Presenter at Breakfast at the 2018 Arias for the Radio Ulster show. At the same awards BBC Three Counties Radio’s Justin Dealey won for Best Speech Presenter (non-breakfast).

BBC Scotland

BBC Scotland is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcaster in Scotland. It is one of the four BBC national regions, together with the BBC English Regions, BBC Cymru Wales and BBC Northern Ireland. Its headquarters are in Glasgow, it employs approximately 1,250 staff as of 2017, to produce 15,000 hours of television and radio programming per year. Some £320 million of licence fee revenue is raised in Scotland, with expenditure on purely local content set to stand at £86 million by 2016–17. The remainder of licence fee revenue raised in the country is spent on networked programmes shown throughout the UK.

BBC One Scotland

BBC One Scotland is a British free-to-air television channel operated by BBC Scotland. It is the Scottish variation of the UK-wide BBC One. For all of the time the channel is referred to on screen as BBC One Scotland, sometimes using overlays to replace the normal channel identifier. The station also has its own team of continuity announcers, provided by BBC Scotland, to accommodate for the variations seen in Scotland from the rest of the BBC One network.

BBC One Wales

BBC One Wales is a television channel operated by BBC Cymru Wales. It is the Welsh variation of the UK-wide BBC One and is broadcast from Central Square in Cardiff. BBC One Wales broadcasts around three hours of non-news programmes for Wales each week alongside six hours a week of national news for Wales from Wales Today.

BBC One Northern Ireland

BBC One Northern Ireland is a television channel operated by BBC Northern Ireland. It is the Northern Irish variation of the UK-wide BBC One. The service is broadcast in Northern Ireland from Broadcasting House in Belfast. In the rest of the UK, BBC One Northern Ireland is available as a regional variant on most TV service providers. In Ireland, BBC One Northern Ireland is available as a standard channel.

BBC Two Wales

BBC Cymru Wales is a division of the BBC, and the national broadcaster for Wales. It is one of the four BBC national regions, alongside the BBC English Regions, BBC Northern Ireland and BBC Scotland. Established in 1964, BBC Cymru Wales is based in Cardiff and directly employs some 1,200 people to produce a range of programmes for television, radio and online services in both English and Welsh

BBC Two Northern Ireland

BBC Two Northern Ireland is the Northern Irish variation of BBC Two operated by BBC Northern Ireland. It is broadcast via digital terrestrial transmitters and from the SES Astra 2E satellite at the 28.2° East orbital position.

BBC Alba

BBC Alba is a Scottish Gaelic-language free-to-air television channel jointly owned by the BBC and MG Alba. The channel was launched on 19 September 2008 and is on-air for up to seven hours a day with BBC Radio nan Gàidheal simulcasts. The name Alba is the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland. The station is unique in that it is the first channel to be delivered under a BBC licence by a partnership and is also the first multi-genre channel to come entirely from Scotland. 

Radio Scotland

BBC Radio Scotland is a Scottish radio network owned and operated by BBC Scotland, a division of the BBC. It broadcasts a wide variety of programmes. It replaced the Scottish BBC Radio 4 opt-out service of the same name from 23 November 1978. Radio Scotland is broadcast in English, whilst sister station Radio nan Gàidheal broadcasts in Scottish Gaelic.

Radio Nan Gaidheal

BBC Radio nan Gàidheal is a Scottish Gaelic language radio station owned and operated by BBC Scotland, a division of the BBC. The station was launched in 1985 and broadcasts Gaelic-language programming with the simulcast of BBC Radio Scotland

BBC Radio Wales

BBC Radio Wales is a Welsh radio network owned and operated by BBC Cymru Wales, a division of the BBC. It began broadcasting on 13 November 1978, replacing the 'Radio 4 Wales' opt-out service. Radio Wales broadcasts in English, whilst sister network Radio Cymru has Welsh language

Radio Cymru

BBC Radio Cymru is a Welsh language national radio network operated by BBC Cymru Wales, a division of the BBC. It broadcasts on two stations across Wales on FM, DAB, digital TV and online. The main network broadcasts for 18+1⁄2 hours a day from 5:30am to midnight with overnight programming simulcast from the BBC World Service after closedown. A second station, Radio Cymru 2, broadcasts on digital and online platforms, and provides separate breakfast programming every morning.

Radio Ulster

BBC Radio Ulster (Irish: BBC Raidió Uladh) is a Northern Irish radio station owned and operated by BBC Northern Ireland, a division of the BBC. It was established on New Year's Day 1975, replacing what had been an opt-out of BBC Radio 4.

Radio Foyle

BBC Radio Foyle is a BBC Northern Ireland local radio station, serving County Londonderry in Northern Ireland. It is named after the River Foyle which flows through Derry, the city where the station is based. The station broadcasts from BBC's Northland Road studios on 93.1 FM in Derry. It was available on 792 kHz MW until 6 May 2021. There is also a small television studio based there used for interviews with the interviewee sitting in front of a CSO screen which normally has a live view of Derry. Since it broadcasts from a point close to the border between County Londonderry and County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland, it includes some coverage of the latter county

BBC local radio

Local BBC Radio is the BBC's local and regional radio division for England and the Channel Islands, consisting of forty stations

Digital services

We offer a range of services online through our websites and apps across a range of devices from computers and tablets to smartphones and connected TVs. BBC Red Button currently provides access to content directly related to that being watched on TV such as alternative tennis matches at Wimbledon, news headlines from the BBC News channel, or interactive games from CBeebies.

74% of UK adults use BBC Online each month Bodyguard is BBC iPlayer’s most successful box set over with over 38 million requests (at 21 October 2018) 47.8 million UK browsers came to BBC News Online in the week leading up to the 2017 General Election 82% of under 16 users said that BBC Bitesize helps them with their schoolwork/homework Kermode and Mayo’s Film Review won Listeners’ Choice at the 2018 British Podcast Awards BBC The Social won the RTS Scotland Innovation award

BBC Homepage

The British Broadcasting Corporation is the national broadcaster of the United Kingdom. Headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, it is the world's oldest national broadcaster, and the largest broadcaster in the world by number of employees, employing over 22,000 staff in total, of whom approximately 19,000 are in public-sector broadcasting.

BBC iPlayer

BBC iPlayer is a video on demand service from the BBC. The service is available on a wide range of devices, including mobile phones and tablets, personal computers and smart televisions. iPlayer services delivered to UK-based viewers feature no commercial advertising. The terms BBC iPlayer, iPlayer, and BBC Media Player refer to various methods of viewing or listening to the same content. Viewing or recording live television broadcasts from any UK broadcaster or viewing BBC TV catch-up.

BBC Sounds

BBC Sounds is a streaming media and audio download service from the BBC that includes live radio broadcasts, audio on demand, and podcasts. The service is available on a wide range of devices, including mobile phones and tablets, personal computers, cars, and smart televisions. Media delivered to UK-based listeners does not feature commercial advertising.

BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online news coverage. The service maintains 50 foreign news bureaus with more than 250 correspondents around the world. Fran Unsworth has been director of news and current affairs since January 2018.

BBC Sport

BBC Sport is the sports division of the BBC, providing national sports coverage for BBC Television, radio and online. The BBC holds the television and radio UK broadcasting rights to several sports, broadcasting the sport live or alongside flagship analysis programmes such as Match of the Day, Test Match Special, Ski Sunday, Today at Wimbledon and previously Grandstand. Results, analysis and coverage is also added to the BBC Sport website and through the BBC Red Button interactive television.

BBC Bitesize

supports students with their studies outside the classroom, at home and on the go. It directly relates to the curriculum, supporting learners from reception through to taking school-leaving exams. BBC Bitesize also supports UK students with online resources offering careers inspiration and advice.

BBC Bitesize has been an invaluable support for young learners since 1998 and today supports the UK curricula in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales using a rich mix of written content, audio, video, infographics, interactive activities and guides. Today Bitesize is used by 80% of secondary school students in the UK with average unique browsers of 2.5 million each week in term time. It is a valued resource for students, with 80% of GCSE users agreeing that it made them feel more prepared for their exams.

BBC Bitesize has produced guidelines for all suppliers, setting out how we will work together to meet our ambitions for diversity and inclusion. Suppliers should consult these guidelines when responding to Bitesize commissioning briefs.

BBC Weather

BBC Weather is the department of the BBC responsible for both the preparation and the broadcasting of weather forecasts. On 6 February 2018, BBC Weather changed supplier from the government Met Office to MeteoGroup, after being required to put its weather services out to tender. Previously, the government Met Office had been the provider of weather information for 94 years.