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BBC Three is now on TV…again

Posted on 1st February 2022 by The Clean Feed Team
Last updated on 30th December 2022 Filed under News, PresWatch

After a break of almost six years, BBC Three returned to linear TV this evening.

The channel launched just before 7pm with some short trails for upcoming shows.

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Omah Howard – one of ten new BBC Three announcers provided a link into the first show: BBC Three x Radio 1: The Launch Party.

VIDEO: the opening minutes of BBC Three on launch night. Announcer: Omah Howard. TX DATE: 1st February 2022. COPYRIGHT: BBC.
VIDEO: reel of BBC Three idents broadcast during launch night. TX DATE: 1st February 2022/2nd February 2022. COPYRIGHT: BBC.
VIDEO: BBC One, BBC Two and BBC Four is temporarily “taken over” by BBC Three in their respective 9pm junctions. TX DATE: 1st February 2022. COPYRIGHT: BBC.

The programme line-up for launch night:

7pm BBC Three x Radio 1: The Launch Party. Greg James and Clara Amfo are throwing a party on Radio 1 because BBC Three is on your TV.

7.55pm The Catch Up. A round-up of the day’s news.

8pm Eating with My Ex. With Too Hot to Handle’s Chloe Veitch and Kori Sampson and Rap Game UK’s Lesia and D Live.

8.30pm Eating with My Ex. Geordie Shore’s Bethan Kershaw and Ibiza Weekender Callum Izzard reunite with their exes.

9pm RuPaul’s Drag Race UK vs the World. Spice Girl Mel C joins the judges as our global glamazons vie to become Queen of the World.

10.15pm Lazy Susan. Snails, DJs, baby showers. Life’s miracles explored by acclaimed sketch duo Lazy Susan.

10.30pm Cherry Valentine: Gypsy Queen and Proud. At 18, George Ward left the Gypsy community. Can he now be accepted as a queer Gypsy?

11.30pm Fleabag. Angry, pervy, outrageous and hilarious, Fleabag arrives with a bang.

11.55pm Fleabag. Fleabag attempts to rekindle romantic fires to distract her from the mayhem of her life.

12.25am Eating with my Ex. Repeated from earlier.

12.55am Eating with my Ex. Repeated from earlier.

1.25am RuPaul’s Drag Race UK vs the World. Repeated from earlier.

2.40am Lazy Susan. Repeated from earlier.

2.55am Fleabag. Repeated from earlier.

3.20am Fleabag. Repeated from earlier.

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PICTURED: BBC Three ident. COPYRIGHT: BBC.

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Dates for the Diary

30th January: BBC Reporting Scotland moves to a temporary set. The programme will move back to a refurbished Studio C in the summer.

30th/31st January: BBC One East HD and BBC One East Midlands HD launch on satellite.

6th/7th February: BBC One West Midlands HD, BBC One East Yorkshire/Lincolnshire HD and BBC Alba HD launch on satellite. BBC One/Two Wales SD services close on satellite.

13th/14th February: BBC One West HD, BBC One South West HD, BBC One Channel Islands HD, BBC One London HD and BBC RB1 HD launch on satellite.

20th/21st February: BBC One North East and Cumbria HD, BBC One North West HD, BBC One Yorkshire HD and BBC Parliament HD launch on satellite. BBC One Scotland SD and BBC Scotland SD services close on satellite.

22nd/23rd February: BBC One South East HD launches on satellite.

February 2023: new set for BBC Midlands Today goes live.

13th February 2023: Sky Kids launches.

Q1 2023: BBC Chameleon branding introduced on air for BBC Weather, CBBC and CBeebies.

April 2023: BBC News Channel and BBC World News merge.

November/December 2023: World Radiocommunications Conference (WRC-23).

Q1 2024: SD versions of BBC channels close on satellite.

2024: BBC Four and CBBC go online-only.

2024: BBC Radio 4 Extra goes online-only.

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