BBC Four
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Key facts
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Broadcast area
- United Kingdom Isle of Man Channel Islands
- Network
- BBC Television
- Headquarters
- London, England
- Language
- English
- Picture format
- 1080i / 1080p HDTV , (downscaled to 576i for the SDTV feed)
- Owner
- BBC
- Sister channels
- BBC One , BBC Two , BBC Three , BBC News , BBC Parliament , CBBC , CBeebies , BBC Scotland , BBC Alba
- Launched
- 2 March 2002 ; 24 years ago ( 2002-03-02 )
- Replaced
- BBC Knowledge
- Website
- bbc .co .uk /bbcfour
- Freeview uk
- Channel 9 (SD; 24 in Scot), Channel 106 (HD)
- Bbc iplayer
- Watch live (UK only)
- Virgin tv anywhere
- Watch live (Ireland only)
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
BBC Four - BBC iPlayer
Watch BBC Four live, find TV programme listings and schedules, plus enjoy your favourite shows on BBC iPlayer.
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour
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- inception
- 2002-00-00
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Article
BBC Four is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It was launched on 2 March 2002 and shows a wide variety of programmes including arts, documentaries, music, international film and 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 twenty foreign films each year. The channel broadcasts daily from 7:00 pm to 4:00 am, timesharing with CBeebies (which starts at 6:00 am).
History