BBC One
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February 13 2025 | Northern Ireland-exclusive BBC1 COW ident created to promote EastEnders's 40th anniversary, featuring a glitch into the 1985 ident. |
January 2025 | Martine Croxall announced she would share presenting duties with Kasia Madera for the lunchtime bulletin. |
2024 | Anna Foster became a presenter, while Jane Hill, Reeta Chakrabarti, Clive Myrie concluded their long-standing roles. |
2024 | Programme extended to 60 minutes, with regional lunchtime news bulletins reduced from 15 to 10 minutes and now airing around 1:35pm. |
December 31 2024 | Conclusion of the Wallace & Gromit Christmas idents on BBC One's New Year's Eve special. |
December 25 2024 | Premiere of Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl on BBC One, coinciding with the Christmas Day broadcast. |
November 30 2024 | BBC One began airing Wallace & Gromit Christmas idents, promoting the upcoming 'Vengeance Most Fowl' special, featuring Wallace, Gromit, and Norbot in festive scenes. |
November 14 2024 | Continuing drama Doctors broadcasts its final episode after 24 years on air, marking the first time since 1986 that a continuing drama/soap is no longer part of BBC One's daytime schedule. |
June 3 2024 | First hour-long broadcast from MediaCityUK in Salford, marking the first regular national news bulletin broadcast from outside London. |
May 6 2024 | Doctor Who series 14 promotional ident aired, featuring the Fifteenth Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) providing a voiceover and accidentally triggering historical 1953 and 1966 idents via the TARDIS. |
January 13 2024 | Gladiators is revived by the BBC, returning to television on BBC One during Saturday evening primetime. The show, originally broadcast by ITV and last seen on Sky One in 2009, makes its comeback. |
January 2 2024 | BBC Breakfast and Morning Live extend their running times. BBC Breakfast now runs until 9:30, and Morning Live's airtime is extended to 75 minutes, with a new transmission slot from 9:30 to 10:45. |
2023 | Katya Adler, Maryam Moshiri, and Lucy Hockings become presenters. |
2023 | Gareth Barlow joins the presenting team, and Huw Edwards concludes his role as an occasional relief presenter. |
December 2 2023 | BBC One introduced Christmas idents featuring characters from Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler children's books, including Tabby McTat, Stick Man, and The Gruffalo. |
October 20 2023 | BBC cancels its Match of the Day spin-off programme, MOTDx, after four years on air. |
August 20 2023 | BBC One broadcasts the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup final, where England is defeated by Spain 1-0, attracting a peak audience of 12 million viewers, with 3.9 million watching online. |
July 2023 | George Alagiah died from bowel cancer at the age of 67. |
June 26 2023 | BBC Breakfast unveiled a new look, moving to a multipurpose studio in Media City, Salford. |
May 15 2023 | Permanently moved to Studio B, adopting new presentation, graphics, and titles. |
May 7 2023 | BBC One broadcasts the coronation celebration concert and lightshow from Windsor Castle. |
May 6 2023 | BBC One provides full coverage of King Charles III and Camilla's coronation, achieving a collective audience of 18 million, with a peak of 20.4 million viewers during the crowning moment. |
April 2023 | BBC News Channel and BBC World News merged, resulting in no specific dedicated presenters for the lunchtime bulletin. |
April 26 2023 | BBC One completes the second part of its regional roll-out, finalizing the transition of its broadcast format. |
March 22 2023 | BBC One begins the first part of its regional roll-out, with plans to close SD versions on satellite. |
March 14 2023 | First use of Studio B at Broadcasting House for a trial presentation. |
January 2023 | BBC Weekend News ceased being broadcast simultaneously on the BBC News channel, ending a long-standing practice shortly before the merger of BBC News channel and BBC World News. |
January 2023 | Regional BBC channels planned to begin broadcasting in HD, with local regional programmes to be revamped to match. |
2022 | Matthew Amroliwala returns to presenting, and Mishal Husain transitions out. |
December 31 2022 | BBC One concluded the 'The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse' Christmas idents. |
December 2 2022 | BBC One launched Christmas idents based on 'The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse', featuring characters from Charlie Mackesy's storybook in various Christmas-themed scenes. |
October 18 2022 | BBC 100 Years centenary idents launched across BBC channels, with 'Quiet Joy 2' being the final centenary ident used on BBC One at 8:00pm on 2 December 2022. |
September 10 2022 | Special memorial ident for HM Queen Elizabeth II introduced, using the 'Family' ident from 2021 with the Queen's coat of arms in purple, used for special programming following her death and leading up to her state funeral. |
August 27 2022 | Special ident for 'The Capture' series 2 aired, featuring a modified Market 'Aftermath' ident with CCTV-style graphics. A mysterious deep voice interrupted the continuity announcer during Antiques Roadshow on 28 August. |
July 13 2022 | Dedicated evening continuity for BBC One viewers in Northern England launches, without additional north-specific programming or special on-screen BBC North branding. |
July 8 2022 | Jon Kay announced as permanent replacement for Dan Walker as presenter. |
June 27 2022 | For the first time since 1983, BBC One schedules live evening coverage of Wimbledon to reduce scheduling disruptions caused by last-minute coverage transfers from BBC Two. |
June 4 2022 | BBC One airs the Platinum Party at the Palace, celebrating the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II, featuring performances by Diana Ross, Queen and Adam Lambert, Duran Duran, and Sir Rod Stewart. |
June 2 2022 | The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall make a guest appearance in an EastEnders episode, joining residents in celebrating the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II. |
May 26 2022 | BBC announced a revamp of BBC News at Six and Ten, along with BBC Breakfast, including a new studio and presentation as part of a wider BBC rebrand. |
May 10 2022 | Two new Café idents are introduced: the Builders ident showing construction workers having a food break, and the Cup Winners ident featuring a group celebrating a sports victory. |
May 9 2022 | The First Date ident in the Café series is launched, depicting a couple on their first date in a café. |
April 24 2022 | The Party ident completes the Outdoor Pool series, showing a group of people partying in the pool. |
April 21 2022 | The Clowning Around ident is added to the Outdoor Pool series, featuring a man diving into a pool where two women are sitting. |
April 20 2022 | The Swim Squad ident is launched in the Outdoor Pool series, showing a group of people swimming at Park Road Lido in Crouch End. |
April 3 2022 | The Ramblers ident is added to the Farmland series, showing ramblers in stormy weather, and the Daytime Sky ident is introduced. |
April 2 2022 | The Drawing ident is introduced, featuring a figure-drawing class with people painting a person lying on a bench. |
April 1 2022 | The 'Lens' idents were officially launched, completely replacing the previous 'Oneness' idents and marking a new visual identity for BBC One. |
March 29 2022 | Medical drama Holby City airs its final episode after 23 years of broadcasting. |
February 21 2022 | The BBC One magazine programme Morning Live relocates to studios in Manchester as part of the BBC's strategy to produce more content outside London. |
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