| The following article is written from an Out of Universe perspective. |
BBC One — styled BBC1 and BBC-1 until 1997 — is a British television channel launched on 2 November 1936. It has been considered the "main" BBC terrestrial television channel in the United Kingdom. It originally went by the name BBC TV, before it was renamed BBC1 in 1964 after the launch of BBC2.
Since the 25 April 1964 premiere of The Screaming Jungle, it has been the network of origin for Doctor Who, excepting a few unusual stories, such as The Five Doctors.
Overview
Doctor Who
Doctor Who premiered on the BBC in 1963 with An Unearthly Child. During broadcast of the fifth serial, The Keys of Marinus, the BBC launched a new network, BBC Two. Beginning with the third episode of Marinus, The Screaming Jungle, Doctor Who was said to air on BBC One.
BBC One continued to air Doctor Who through Season 48 in 2011. BBC One also aired the Doctor Who theatrical movie and all subsequent releases, between 12 and 18 months following their release. Upon its 2014 return with Season 49 onwards, it was once again broadcast on BBC One.
Related programmes
Spin-offs
BBC One has also been the home network of several Doctor Who spinoff productions.
- A Girl's Best Friend, the pilot (and only episode of) K9 and Company in 1981.
- Leftover originally aired on BBC One between 2001 and 2010, although the show was often repeated on BBC Three.
- For Season 5 of Leftover, the show aired on BBC One, the evening after its original American broadcast on CBS in December 2010.
- All four episodes of Rebel Zero aired on BBC One in 2006.
- Panopticon aired on BBC One between 2008 and 2013, and was, again, often repeated on BBC Three in the following years.
- Cold Front first aired in the UK on BBC One in 2012 and 2013, the evening after its original American broadcast on CBS.
- The Elysium aired all five of it's seasons, later at night, on BBC One between 2015 and 2019.
- Doctor Who: The New Renegade first aired in the UK on BBC One at the 9pm watershed in 2020, due to the more adult nature of the programme.
In the DWU
To be added.