56-570: Screen Two is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1985 to 1998 (not to be confused with a run of films shown on BBC2 under the billing Screen 2 between April 1977 and March 1978). Following the demise of the BBC's Play for Today , which ran from 1970 to 1984, producer Kenith Trodd was asked to formulate a new series of one-off television dramas. However, while Play for Today ' s style had been
112-510: A 4-channel service received via satellite. The channels at launch were Sky Channel , Sky News , Sky Movies and Eurosport . They were initially free to receive, and Sky Movies was the first to move to a subscription early in 1990. Sky News was the UK's first dedicated news channel. The new service was the UK's first consumer satellite TV service, beating rival BSB , with which Sky would later merge to become BSkyB. Sky's satellite service grew to become
168-517: A few months. See List of British television series . 100 Greatest British Television Programmes was a list compiled in 2000 by the British Film Institute (BFI), chosen by a poll of industry professionals, to determine what were the greatest British television programmes of any genre ever to have been screened. Although not including any programmes made in 2000 or later, the list is useful as an indication of what were generally regarded as
224-561: A greater total number of regional news programmes. Ofcom sets a quota for the BBC and ITV on the amount of regional programming required. Advertising on ITV1/STV and Channel 4 is regional. Channel 4 is split into 6 advertising regions, but has no regional programming. BBC Scotland and the Gaelic-language channel BBC Alba target Scotland, and the Welsh-language channel S4C targets Wales. In Northern Ireland, channels originating in
280-410: A largely studio-based form of theatre on television, the new series was shot entirely on film. This was an attempt by the BBC to repeat the success of Channel 4 's television films, many of which had been released in cinemas. From 1989 to 1998, a companion series, Screen One , was broadcast on the more mainstream BBC1. After appearing more sporadically in the mid-1990s, Screen Two came to an end as
336-427: A subscription platform through which Sky offer their own channels, pay-per-view services and channels from other broadcasters. Sky's digital platform launched in 1998, with the original analogue service closing in 2001. Sky was acquired by Comcast in 2018. Since 2012, Sky operate Now , an Internet TV streaming service offering subscriptions without a fixed-term contract. Sky's channel portfolio has grown greatly since
392-417: A traditional cable TV connection. The Broadcasters' Audience Research Board publish quarterly statistics of the number of UK households per broadcast TV platform. Aggregating the statistics for Q1 2020 show that 56% subscribe to one or more broadcast TV services, vs 44% who receive free TV. The primary digital terrestrial TV service, Freeview , launched in 2002 and is free-of-charge to view. It replaced
448-558: A year, at a cost of £2.6 billion. Since 24 October 2012, all television broadcasts in the United Kingdom have been in a digital format, following the end of analogue transmissions in Northern Ireland. Digital content is delivered via terrestrial, satellite and cable, as well as over IP. As of 2003, 53.2% of households watch through terrestrial, 31.3% through satellite, and 15.6% through cable. The Royal Television Society (RTS)
504-422: Is a British-based educational charity for the discussion and analysis of television in all its forms, past, present, and future. It is the oldest television society in the world. Free-to-air , free-to-view and subscription providers operate, with differences in the number of channels, capabilities such as the programme guide (EPG), video on demand (VOD), high-definition (HD), interactive television via
560-500: Is a state-owned national broadcaster which is funded by its commercial activities (including advertising). Channel 4 has expanded greatly after gaining greater independence from the IBA , especially in the multi-channel digital world launching E4 , Film4 , More4 , 4Music , 4seven and various timeshift services . Since 2005, it has been a member of the Freeview consortium, and operates one of
616-406: Is a subscription service operated by Sky Ltd , owned by Comcast , which launched in 1998 as SkyDigital. Compared to the previous analogue service which had launched in 1989, it provided more channels, widescreen, interactive TV and a near video-on-demand service using staggered start times for pay-per-view content. Innovations since have included high definition, 3D TV, a digital video recorder ,
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#1732858878176672-429: Is predominately operated by Arqiva . The TV channels are transmitted in bundles, called multiplexes , and the available channels are dependent on how many multiplexes are transmitted in each area. The six national multiplexes are available to 90% of households from 92 transmitters; and three multiplexes are available to 9% of households from 1,067 transmitters. In Northern Ireland, a multiplex carrying channels from
728-419: Is the name Ofcom uses. ITV plc or its predecessor companies created additional free or subscription channels, of which the oldest still running is ITV2 , having launched in 1998. Several older channels have since stopped broadcasting; the oldest of these is Super Channel which was launched by a consortium of ITV regional companies in 1987, was sold and eventually closed in 1998. Launched in 1982, Channel 4
784-426: Is the world's oldest and largest broadcaster, and is the country's principal public service broadcaster of radio and television. BBC Television is funded primarily by a television licence and from sales of its programming to overseas markets. It does not carry advertising . The licence fee is levied on all households that watch or record TV as it is broadcast and the fee is determined by periodic negotiation between
840-632: The Democratic Republic of the Congo . TV via the Internet can be streamed or downloaded, and consist of amateur or professionally produced content. In the UK, most broadcasters provide catch-up TV services which allow viewing of TV for a window after it was broadcast. Online video can be viewed via mobile devices, computers, TVs equipped with a built in Internet connection, or TVs connected to an external set-top-box, streaming stick or games console. Most of
896-585: The Manchester Polytechnic School of Drama at the same time as Richard Griffiths . In 1970, Hill graduated with a Diploma in Theatre. Hill first came to prominence in 1980 as Yosser Hughes , a working-class Liverpudlian man ultimately driven to the edge by an uncaring welfare system, in Alan Bleasdale 's BBC Play for Today programme, The Black Stuff , and its series sequel, Boys from
952-495: The Pluto TV and Paramount+ Internet streaming services. Since 2012, additional local TV channels are available via Freeview channel 7 or 8. The channels are licensed by Ofcom, with 34 local TV channels licensed as of 2 July 2020. Nineteen of the licenses are held by That's TV, and eight are held by Made Television. The remainder are held independently. Each license contains the amount of local TV programming required. As an example,
1008-601: The Republic of Ireland can reach 71% of Northern Irish households from 3 transmitters. Local TV and radio is available to 54% of households from an additional multiplex via 44 transmitters, and an extra multiplex is available to 54% of households in Greater Manchester. Multiple vendors sell hybrid set-top-boxes or smart TVs which combine terrestrial channels with streamed (Internet TV) content. Internet-based TV apps such as BBC iPlayer , ITVX and Channel 4 are available via
1064-669: The United Kingdom began in 1932, however, regular broadcasts would only begin four years later. Television began as a public service which was free of advertising, which followed the first demonstration of a transmitted moving image in 1926. Currently, the United Kingdom has a collection of free-to-air , free-to-view and subscription services over a variety of distribution media, through which there are over 480 channels for consumers as well as on-demand content. There are six main channel owners who are responsible for most material viewed. There are 27,000 hours of domestic content produced
1120-494: The red button , and coverage across the UK. All providers make available the UK's five most-watched channels: BBC One , BBC Two , ITV ( ITV1 / STV ), Channel 4 and Channel 5 . Broadcast television is distributed as radio waves via terrestrial or satellite transmissions, or as electrical or light signals through ground-based cables. In the UK, these use the Digital Video Broadcasting standard. Most TVs sold in
1176-6792: The BBC moved its attention away from single dramas and concentrated production on series and serials instead. The last programme shown under the Screen Two name was Stephen Poliakoff 's The Tribe in June 1998. Cast: Sean Chapman , John Blundell , Ozzie Stevens, Jem Ahmet, Jason Cunliffe, Steve Fletcher, Graham Fletcher Cook, Gary Hailes , Chris Lee, Dennis Savage, Sam Smart, Steve Sweeney and James Mathews Cast: Alan Howard , Phoebe Nicholls , John McEnery , Richard Wilson , John Shrapnel , Jonathan Hyde , Norman Jones , Hilton McRae , Isla Blair , Tim Wylton , Kristin Milward, Martin Wyldeck , David Redgrave, Colin Rix, Susan Porrett, James Fagan and Paul Sirr Cast: Julie Walters , George Lapham, David Rappaport , Robert Kingswell, Bert Parnaby , Ken Campbell , Janet Henfrey , John Abineri , Christopher Ellison , Wolf Kahler , Malcolm Terris , Dave Lee Travis , Arnold Diamond , Henry Stamper , Charles Pemberton Cast: Derrick O'Connor , Leslie Grantham , Pauline Collins , Laurence Harrington , Eric Mason , Paddy Joyce , Stanley McGeagh, Roy Pattison, Hilary Sesta, David Webb , Derek Ware , Ryan Freedman , Maurice Bush Cast: Leslie Grantham, Pauline Collins, Laurence Harrington, Malcolm Terris , Frank Coda , Iain Rattray , Michael Barrington , Angus MacKay , Brenda Kempner Cast: Harry Andrews , Constance Chapman , Fabia Drake , David Langton and Graham McGrath Cast: Nicholas Clay , David Neal , James Gaddas , Antony Carrick Cast: Eileen Atkins , Bernard Hill , John Shrapnel , Geoffrey Chater , John Abineri , Frank Mills , Peter Benson , Jon Laurimore , Norman Jones , Peter Tuddenham , John Gleeson, Alan Mason Cast: Patricia Garwood , Gian Sammarco , Nigel Lambert Cast: Frank Finlay , Thorley Walters , Michael Byrne , Ronald Fraser , Ken Campbell , Natasha Richardson , Hilary Minster , Malcolm Terris , Geoffrey Chater , Tony Selby , Roger Brierley , Gorden Kaye , Roger Lloyd-Pack , Ivor Salter , Stephen Churchett , Pip Donaghy , Emma Relph Cast: Charles Dance , Mark Rylance , Ann Todd , Anna Massey , Chris Langham , Francis Matthews , Roger Lloyd-Pack , Brian Glover , Jerry Stiller , Stephen Lewis , Phyllis Logan Cast: Tony Robinson , John Savident , Clyde Pollitt Cast: John Gielgud , Googie Withers , Helen Cherry , Brenda Bruce , Freddie Jones , Fiona Walker , George Baker Cast: Hywel Bennett , Diana Hardcastle , Amanda Donohoe , Shelagh Fraser , Norman Jones Cast: Derrick O'Connor , Adrian Edmondson , Gary Oldman , Richard E. Grant , Arabella Weir , Owen Brenman Cast: Rachel Bell , Nigel Terry Cast: Trevor Peacock , Alan MacNaughtan , Teddy Turner , Vivian Pickles , Tony Haygarth , Jim Broadbent , Daniel Day-Lewis , Richenda Carey , Geoffrey Palmer , Roger Hammond , Benjamin Whitrow , Oona Kirsch, Richard Kane Cast: Anna Massey , Denholm Elliott , Googie Withers , Julia McKenzie , Patricia Hodge , Irene Handl , Barry Foster , Geoffrey Chater , Jeffry Wickham , Patsy Byrne , Colette Gleeson Cast: Warren Clarke , Alan MacNaughtan , Patrick Malahide , Jerome Flynn , June Page , Iain Rattray , Eileen Helsby , Charles Pemberton Cast: Iain Glen , Andrew Keir , Nigel Stock , Michael Carter , Arabella Weir , Jon Croft Cast: Stephen Rea , Gary Waldhorn , Ian McElhinney , Dermot Crowley , Peter Caffrey Cast: Suzanne Burden , Tom Bell , Jack Shepherd , Michael Gough , Perry Benson , Denis Carey , Colette O'Neil , Gordon Salkilld , Sarah Berger Cast: Tommy Lee Jones , David Healy Cast: Lenny Henry , John Shea , Peter Vaughan , George Baker , Pete Postlethwaite , Cherie Lunghi , Al Matthews , Edward Peel , Neville Smith , Tony Haygarth Cast: Anthony Hopkins , Ian Richardson , Michael Williams , Geoffrey Chater , Albert Welling , Michael McStay, Christopher Denham Cast: Joanne Whalley , Tilly Vosburgh , Phil Daniels , Iain Glen , Beverley Sowden (aka Callard) , Richard Ireson Cast: Bob Peck , Miranda Richardson , Gary Waldhorn , Barry Foster , Derek Ware , John Gill Cast: Edward Rawle-Hicks, John Nettleton , Pat Heywood , Graham Crowden , Janine Duvitski , Timothy Bateson , Roger Brierley , Tip Tipping , Wayne Michaels , Oona Kirsch, Phyllida Hewat, June Ellis Cast: Sylvestra Le Touzel , Michael Maloney , Mick Ford , James Ellis , Eileen Way Cast: Katharine Schlesinger , Peter Firth , Robert Hardy , Googie Withers , Geoffrey Chater , Elvi Hale , Helen Fraser , Elaine Ives-Cameron Cast: John Standing , Michael Brandon , Nicola Pagett , Glynis Barber Cast: Torquil Campbell , Sarah Polley , Fiona Reid Cast: Charlotte Coleman , Anne Reid Cast: Nicholas Campbell , Milan Cheylov , Albert Schultz , Paul Maxwell , Clyde Pollitt Cast: Eleanor Bron , Edward Fox , Clive Francis , John Gielgud , Peter Jeffrey , Tessa Peake-Jones Cast: Phillip Jackson , Cathy Tyson , James Hazeldine , Peter Martin , Liz Smith Cast: Sheila Allen , Lynsey Baxter , Frederick Treves , Aimée Delamain , David Blake Kelly Cast: Simon Fox, John Bird , Avril Elgar , Peter Jones , Gary Raymond Cast: Eileen Atkins , Dirk Bogarde , Helena Bonham Carter , Lynda Bellingham , Alan Curtis , Bruce Boa , Bruce Montague , Lee Remick , Paul Maxwell Cast: Phil Davis , Nicholas Farrell , William Gaminara , Donald Douglas Cast: Liam Neeson , Miranda Richardson , Philip Bird , Philip McGough Cast: Lesley Dunlop , David Horovitch , Juliet Stevenson , Anton Lesser , Peter Birrel , Norman Jones , Roger Brierley , Wendy Gifford , Sarah Berger Cast: Edita Brychta , Daniel Hill , Norman Jones , Catherine Schell , Lynn Farleigh , Roy Evans , Hana Maria Pravda , Paul Humpoletz, Gordon Faith, Richard Ireson, Roy Pattison Cast: Stephen Bent , Linda Henry , Shaheen Khan , Paul Bhattacharjee , Lloyd McGuire , Tracey Wilkinson Cast: Billy Hartman , Jonathan Battersby Cast: John Hannah , Warren Clarke , Adrian Dunbar , William Thomas , Michael Melia , Colette O'Neil , Arthur Cox , Crawford Logan British television Television broadcasts in
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#17328588781761232-458: The BBC's commercial units. Originating in 1992 with UK Gold , UKTV expanded its channels from 1997 onwards, with the BBC taking full ownership in June 2019. Unlike the BBC's public service channels, the UKTV channels contain advertising. ITV, branded as ITV1 or STV, is the network of fourteen regional and one national commercial television franchise, founded in 1955 to provide competition to the BBC. ITV
1288-976: The Blackstuff (1982), the latter earning him a nomination for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor . He received an additional nomination for his role as David Blunkett in the drama A Very Social Secretary (2005), for which he was also nominated for an International Emmy Award for Best Performance by an Actor . He also appeared on television in I, Claudius (1976), the BBC Television Shakespeare productions of Henry VI, Part 1 , 2 , and 3 , and Richard III (all 1983), Great Expectations (1999), and Wolf Hall (2015). Hill gained international recognition for his film roles as Captain Edward Smith in Titanic (1997) and Théoden , King of Rohan , in
1344-452: The Blackstuff . His character's much-repeated phrase Gizza job (" Give us a job ") became popular with protesters against Margaret Thatcher 's Conservative government, because of the high unemployment of the time. Hill then appeared as Sergeant Putnam in Gandhi (1982), directed by Richard Attenborough . Next for him was Roger Donaldson 's The Bounty (1984), a fourth dramatisation of
1400-674: The Bridge . Hill appeared in Shirley Valentine (1989), as Joe Bradshaw the husband of Liverpool housewife ( Pauline Collins ), a former anti-establishment rebel who engages in an extramarital affair. Hill added more prominent films to his resume, including Mountains of the Moon (1990), Skallagrigg (1994) and Madagascar Skin (1995). In the mid-1990s, Hill began appearing in films more regularly. His first major role came in The Ghost and
1456-560: The British gangster movie North v South . Hill had a daughter from a relationship with Sue Allen, and a son from a relationship with Annabel Turner. Hill was a longtime supporter of Manchester United . In 2019, he received an honorary degree from the University of East Anglia . Hill, who was living in Reydon , Suffolk, died on 5 May 2024, aged 79. Tributes were paid to him by his Lord of
1512-615: The Darkness (1996), True Crime (1999), Valkyrie (2008), and ParaNorman (2012). Bernard Hill was born in Blackley , Manchester , on 17 December 1944. He was brought up in a Catholic family of miners. After attending Xaverian College in Rusholme , Hill initially started training to be a teacher. However, a classmate, Mike Leigh , who would later become a renowned writer and director, persuaded him to pursue acting. Hill enrolled at
1568-714: The Darkness (1996), starring Val Kilmer and Michael Douglas . Hill then portrayed Captain Edward J. Smith in Titanic (1997), by James Cameron . He then played Luther Plunkitt, the Warden of San Quentin Prison , in the Clint Eastwood film True Crime (1999). Hill played Philos in The Scorpion King (2002), starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson , Michael Clarke Duncan and Kelly Hu . Hill played King Théoden of Rohan in
1624-480: The Internet. In the article, Ofcom responded that the licensing scheme was inherited from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport . In April 2018, BBC News reported that "many of the stations have been ridiculed for the poor quality of their output or have been reported to Ofcom for breaching broadcasting rules". The local TV companies receive a subsidy from the BBC of £147.50 per local news story, funded by
1680-569: The Republic of Ireland are available, including RTÉ One , RTÉ2 and the Irish-language TG4 . British television differs from other countries, such as the United States , in as much that programmes produced in the United Kingdom do not generally have a long season run of around 20 weeks. Instead, they are produced in a series, a set of episodes varying in length, usually aired over a period of
1736-499: The UK (as well as much of the rest of Europe) come with a DVB-T (terrestrial) tuner. Set-top boxes are generally used to receive channels from other providers. All of the traditional services have integrated their broadcast TV with streamed channels or on-demand programmes when connected to the Internet . Since 2022, broadcast-like TV services can be wholly-received via Internet-connected devices, which don't require an aerial, satellite or
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1792-775: The UK, offering a combination of subscription, rental and purchase options for viewing online TV. Most are available via any Internet connection, however some require a specific broadband connection. Some services sell 3rd party services, such as Amazon's Prime Video. BARB tracks the number of households subscribing to Netflix, Prime Video and Now, referred to as SVOD households. Their statistics for Q1 2020 show that 53% of households subscribe to at least one of these, and 24% to at least two. Netflix has 13.01 million subscribers, Prime Video (Amazon) has 7.86 million, and Now has 1.62 million, according to BARB's figures for Q1 2020. BARB's equivalent figures for broadcast TV show that 56% of households subscribe. The table following summarises some of
1848-472: The UK. As of 2 January 2022, the average daily viewing time per home was 3 hours 8 minutes (of BARB-reported channels, includes broadcast and Internet viewings). 15 channels have a 4-week share of ≥ 1.0%. As of 2 January 2022 , there are 10 broadcaster groups with a four week share of ≥ 1.0% (although BARB reports sub-groups of BBC and Paramount individually, and it's unclear what the 'ITV' group refers to). The British Broadcasting Corporation ( BBC )
1904-534: The ability to view recordings on other devices, remote operation via the Internet to add recordings, and on-demand content via the satellite-receiver's broadband connection of both Sky and third-party TV. The Sky subscription also includes access to Sky Go , which allows mobile devices and computers to access subscription content via the Internet. Freesat is a free satellite service operated by Everyone TV, who also operate Freeview. Like Sky, it provides high-definition content, digital recording and video-on-demand via
1960-821: The available Internet TV services in the UK. For brevity, it does not include catch-up-only or amateur-only services, individual channels, distributors of illegal or adult content, services which solely redistribute free broadcast channels, portals, or services which don't target the UK. 'Free' refers to free at the point of consumption, not including fees for Internet connectivity or a TV licence. Other international streaming services with pricing in GBP include: Acorn TV, Arrow, BKTV, Crunchyroll, Dekkoo, Demand Africa, Docsville, Funimation Now, GuideDoc, Hayu, Hoichoi, Hotstar, iQiyi, iWantTFC, Mubi, NewsPlayer+, Revry, Shudder, Starz, True Story, WOW Presents Plus and ZEE5. The Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (BARB) measures television ratings in
2016-496: The average viewership achieved by each broadcast during its run-time and do not include peak viewership. Notes : Bernard Hill Bernard Hill (17 December 1944 – 5 May 2024) was an English actor. He was known for his versatile roles in both television and film, and his career spanned over fifty years. Hill first gained prominence as the troubled hard man Yosser Hughes in Alan Bleasdale 's Play for Today drama The Black Stuff (1980) and its sequel serial Boys from
2072-513: The broadband connection of Freeview Play and Netgem devices. These also support optional subscription services such as Netflix and Prime Video. EE TV and TalkTalk TV offer additional subscription services for their respective broadband customers using Netgem or YouView devices. Saorview , the terrestrial TV service in the Republic of Ireland which launched in 2011, can be received in parts of Northern Ireland via overspill transmissions. Many regional companies developed cable-television services in
2128-460: The broadband connection. Freesat and Sky TV transmit from SES Astra satellites at 28.2° east ( Astra 2E / 2F / 2G ). As the satellites are in geostationary orbit , they are positioned above the earth 's equator ( 0°00′N 28°12′E / 0°N 28.2°E / 0; 28.2 ( Satellites transmitting Sky TV and Freesat to the UK and Ireland ) ) approximately 35,786 km above sea level ; this places them above
2184-425: The broadcast TV providers have integrated their set-top-boxes with Internet video to provide a hybrid broadcast and online service. Since 2006, UK channel owners and content producers have been creating Internet services to access their programmes. Often, these are available for a window after the broadcast schedule. These services generally block users outside of the UK. There are numerous online services targeting
2240-470: The channel name of STV for its two franchises in Scotland. ITV plc names the channel UTV in Northern Ireland, and ITV1 for the remaining regions, although UTV has used ITV or ITV1 branding since April 2020. The national breakfast-time franchise is held by ITV plc, which appears as an indistinguishable programming block across the network. Legally, the network has been known as Channel 3 since 1990, which
2296-448: The frequency used by Channel 5's new broadcasts. Channel 5 was the first terrestrial channel to also broadcast via satellite. From 2006 onwards, Channel 5 launched new digital channels and an Internet on-demand service. After changing ownership several times, in May 2014 Channel 5 and its sister channels were acquired by Viacom, an American media conglomerate , known as Paramount since 2022. By
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2352-504: The government and the BBC. Its first analogue terrestrial channel was launched by the BBC Television Service in 1936. It rebranded to BBC1 in 1964 following the launch of BBC2 , the UK's third analogue terrestrial channel after ITV. BBC News 24 launched as an analogue cable channel in 1997, later rebranding to BBC News in 2008. BBC Parliament , which was originally an analogue cable channel known as The Parliamentary Channel,
2408-668: The late 1980s and 1990s as licences for cable television were awarded on a city-by-city basis. The mid-1990s saw the companies start to merge and the turn of the century only three big companies remained. In 2007 Telewest and NTL merged, resulting in the formation of Virgin Media , which is available to 55% of households. Cable TV is a subscription service normally bundled with a phone line and broadband. There are two distinctly-marketed direct-broadcast satellite (DBS) services (also known as direct-to-home (DTH), to be distinguished from satellite signals intended for non-consumer reception). Sky TV
2464-448: The launch of digital TV. Sky make their channels available via rival cable and Internet services as well as their own satellite service and Now. Channel 5 was the fifth analogue terrestrial channel to launch, in March 1997. Due to constraints with the available UHF frequencies at the time, many households had to retune their video recorders , which shared the frequency on their RF output with
2520-546: The license fee, paid whether the BBC uses the content or not. A June 2018 article on BuzzFeed claimed that That's TV was created "primarily to extract money from the BBC whilst delivering little content of useful value". BBC One, BBC Two and the ITV network (comprising ITV1 and STV) are split into regions in which regional news and other programming is broadcast. ITV1/STV is split into fourteen geographic licencees , with several of these split into two or three sub-regions, resulting in
2576-460: The license for Scarborough, which is held by That's TV, requires seven hours of local programming per week (one hour per day on average). Thirteen additional licenses were originally intended, but Ofcom decided not to advertise these in June 2018. The way Ofcom structured local television – being dependent on terrestrial transmission – was criticised in a Guardian article in 2015 for being "years behind in its thinking", as it does not account for
2632-458: The most successful British programmes of the 20th century. The top 10 programmes are: 100 Greatest TV Moments was a list compiled by Channel 4 in 1999. The top 10 entries are: The majority of special events attracting large audiences are often carried on more than one channel. The most-watched programme of all time on a single channel is the 1973 wedding ceremony of The Princess Anne , shown only on BBC1. The figures in these tables represent
2688-566: The mutiny on HMS Bounty . He had previously taken smaller parts in a number of British television dramas, appearing in I, Claudius , in 1976, as the character Gratus . In 1985 he played the lead role in a TV dramatisation of John Lennon 's life, A Journey in the Life . In addition to TV roles, Hill appeared on stage in The Cherry Orchard , and the title roles in Macbeth and A View from
2744-630: The second and third films of The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2002–2003). His appearances in Titanic and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), two of only three films to receive 11 Academy Awards , make him the only actor to appear in more than one film which holds that record. His other film roles include Gandhi (1982), The Bounty (1984), Shirley Valentine (1989), The Ghost and
2800-462: The second and third installments of Peter Jackson 's epic trilogy, The Lord of the Rings , which were released in 2002 and 2003 respectively. Hill played a minor role in the 2008 film Valkyrie , as the commanding general of the 10th Panzer Division of the German Afrika Korps , and was a voice actor for the character Sir Walter Beck in the video game Fable III (2010). Hill was
2856-500: The six digital terrestrial multiplexes with ITV as Digital 3&4 . Since the advent of digital television, Channel 4 is now also broadcast in Wales across all digital platforms. Channel 4 was the first British channel not to carry regional variations for programming, however it does have six set advertising regions. Sky is a European broadcaster owned by global American media conglomerate Comcast . Sky Television launched in 1989, with
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#17328588781762912-459: The subscription service named ONdigital or ITV Digital, which ran from 1998 to 2002. Digital terrestrial television was itself the replacement for analogue terrestrial TV , which ran from 1936 to 2012. As of March 2021 , Freeview provides over seventy TV and radio channels, which are received via an aerial. It is operated by Everyone TV and DTV Services Ltd., joint ventures between the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5. The transmitter network
2968-485: The time it acquired Channel 5, Paramount already operated a large number of subscription channels in the UK, including the MTV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central channels, which are available via Sky TV, Virgin Media and Now. In terms of viewing share, the combined viewing across Paramount's channels make the group the UK's fifth largest broadcaster, according to BARB's viewing figures for 1 March 2020. Paramount additionally operates
3024-489: The voice of The Judge in the American stop motion animated comedy horror film ParaNorman in 2012. He played Samuel Cotton, who ran a sweet factory with his son in the 2014 three-part BBC drama series about Manchester From There to Here . Hill appeared as Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk , in the 2015 six-part BBC adaptation of Hilary Mantel 's novels, Wolf Hall . Later in 2015, he starred as John Claridge in
3080-447: Was acquired by the BBC in 1998. From 1998 onwards the BBC started digital TV transmissions, launching new channels and broadcasting via satellite in addition to terrestrial and cable. The BBC's Internet-based service iPlayer contains content from the BBC's TV channels, the Welsh-language public-service broadcaster S4C, as well as videos created from BBC radio programmes. UKTV is a commercial broadcaster owned by BBC Studios , one of
3136-437: Was the country's first commercial television provider funded by advertisements . Each region was originally independent and used its own on-air identity . Through a series of mergers following relaxation of regulation in 1990, thirteen of the franchises are now held by ITV plc , and the remaining two by STV Group . Since 2012, ITV plc produces the network nationally, with STV Group acting as an affiliate . STV Group uses
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