BBC One - Final Regular Closedown (11.09.1997)

Copyright (c) 1997 British Broadcasting Corporation Aired on the wee hours of 9 November 1997 - it was the final time that BBC One had regularly signed off for the night, and that following late evening, the channel would start overnight simulcasts of BBC News 24 (now known as BBC News), a practice which continued to this day. — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — BBC One is the flagship free-to-air TV network of the British Broadcasting Corporation - or the BBC, and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News bulletins, primetime drama series and entertainment content such as EastEnders, Doctor Who, and Blue Peter, and live sport events. The channel first began operations 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. It was renamed BBC TV in 1960 and used this name until the BBC had launched BBC2 in 1964; The main channel then became known as BBC1. It was in 1997 (which coincides with the major branding overhaul of the BBC itself) that the channel adopted the current spelling of 'BBC One'. BBC One is funded by the television license 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 UK as at 2019, ahead of its traditional rival for ratings leadership, ITV.