This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_One 00:01:10 1 History 00:01:19 1.1 Early years and launching 00:02:33 1.2 Creation of BBC One 00:06:06 1.3 Michael Grade era (1984–1987) 00:10:50 1.4 1990s 00:15:13 1.5 2000s 00:21:58 1.6 The One to Watch campaign 00:24:16 1.7 2010s 00:27:35 2 Subsidiary channel(s) 00:27:45 2.1 BBC One +1 00:28:20 2.2 BBC One HD 00:31:26 3 Contemporary programming 00:40:15 4 Presentation 00:42:05 5 Regional variations 00:43:39 6 Availability outside the UK 00:44:33 7 Accessibility 00:45:10 8 Controllers of BBC One 00:45:20 9 See also 00:45:40 10 Notes and references 00:45:50 11 External links Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago. Learning by listening is a great way to: - increases imagination and understanding - improves your listening skills - improves your own spoken accent - learn while on the move - reduce eye strain Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone. Listen on Google Assistant through Extra Audio: https://assistant.google.com/services/invoke/uid/0000001a130b3f91 Other Wikipedia audio articles at: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=wikipedia+tts Upload your own Wikipedia articles through: https://github.com/nodef/wikipedia-tts Speaking Rate: 0.9980357511188973 Voice name: en-GB-Wavenet-D "I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think." - Socrates SUMMARY ======= BBC One is the first and principal television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man and Channel Islands. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution. It was renamed BBC TV in 1960, using this name until the launch of the second BBC channel BBC2 in 1964, whereupon the BBC TV channel became known as BBC1, with the current spelling adopted in 1997. The channel's annual budget for 2012–13 was £1.14 billion. The channel is funded by the television licence fee together with the BBC's other domestic television stations, and shows uninterrupted programming without commercial advertising. It is currently the most watched television channel in the United Kingdom, ahead of its traditional rival for ratings leadership, ITV. As of June 2013 the channel is headed by Charlotte Moore, the BBC's Director of Content.