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BBC Four
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"BBC4" redirects here. For the BBC radio stations, see BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 4 Extra.
Not to be confused with Channel 4.
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[1] and shows a wide variety of programmes including arts, documentaries, music, international film and drama, and current affairs.[2] 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.[3][4] The channel broadcasts daily from 7:00 pm to 4:00 am, timesharing with CBeebies (which starts at 6:00 am).[5]
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Country | United Kingdom |
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Broadcast area |
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Network | BBC Television |
Headquarters | London, England |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Picture format | 1080i/1080p[lower-alpha 1] HDTV (downscaled to 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | BBC |
Sister channels | BBC One BBC Two BBC Three BBC News BBC Parliament CBBC CBeebies BBC Scotland BBC Alba |
History | |
Launched | 2 March 2002; 22 years ago (2002-03-02) |
Replaced | BBC Knowledge |
Links | |
Website | BBC Four |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Freeview (UK) | Channel 9 (SD; 24 in Scot) Channel 106 (HD) |
Streaming media | |
BBC iPlayer | Watch live (UK only) |
Virgin TV Anywhere | Watch live (Ireland only) |
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