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| Broadcast area |  UK - National |
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| Frequency | DAB: 12B Freeview: 708 BSkyB: 0131 Tiscali TV: 633 Virgin Media: 910 UPC Ireland: 929 Live Stream Real/WM |
| First air date | 15 December 2002 |
| Format | Comedy, Drama, and Children's programming |
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| Owner | BBC |
| Website | www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7 |
BBC 7 is a national digital radio station broadcasting comedy, drama, and children's programming 24 hours a day. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages In the United Kingdom the roll-out of digital radio is proceeding since test transmissions were started by the BBC in 1990 This article is about radio broadcasting for other uses see Radio (disambiguation. Comedy (from the Greek κωμωδίαkomodia has a popular meaning (any discourse generally intended to amuse especially in Television, Film, and Drama is the specific mode of Fiction represented in Performance. It is the principal broadcasting outlet for the BBC's vast archive of spoken-word entertainment, and was established specifically to enable the contents of the BBC Sound Archives to be broadcast.
Programmes qualify for broadcast on BBC 7 if they are either three years old or more, or if they have previously been broadcast twice on their original station. However, even if a programme fulfils these criteria, there may be copyright issues preventing it from appearing on BBC 7. One exception to this rule is Tilt, a topical sketch show broadcast on Thursday at 23:30, which is exclusive to the station.
The schedule spans the decades, from 1950s classics like the Goon Show to recent Radio 4 shows such as Little Britain. The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive The Goon Show was a British Radio comedy programme originally produced and broadcast by the BBC Home Service from 1951 to 1960 Little Britain is a character-based comedy Sketch show first appearing on BBC radio and then television
The station aims for a less formal approach than other speech networks. The announcers who link the programmes are promoted as personalities in their own right and are associated with themed blocks of programming. This was taken one step further on 14th February 2005, when an hour long strand of comedy was introduced between 8am and 9am, presented by Richard Bacon. Richard Bacon (born in Mansfield England, 30 November 1975) is an English television and radio presenter
There is speculative fiction of various kinds, science fiction, fantasy or horror seven days a week in a regular slot called The 7th Dimension which is broadcast on BBC 7 twice a day, at 6pm and midnight (UK time). Speculative fiction is a term used as an inclusive descriptor covering a group of Fiction Genres that speculate about worlds that are unlike the real world in Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting Horror fiction is broadly Fiction in any medium intended to scare unsettle or horrify the audience Seventh Dimension is the BBC 's regular Radio slot for Science fiction, Fantasy and horror. In early 2007, this slot featured a series of original Doctor Who audio dramas, starring Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor. Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. Paul McGann (born 14 November 1959 in Liverpool, England, United Kingdom) is an English actor who made his name on the BBC serial
Paul Merton launched the station at 8pm on 15 December 2002 in a simulcast with Radio 4. Paul James Martin (born 9 July 1957) better known by the Stage name Paul Merton, is an English Actor, Wit Events 533 - Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Simulcast is a Portmanteau of " simul taneous broad' cast' " and refers to programs or events broadcast across more than one It was originally codenamed Network Z.
The station's licence requires it to carry children's programming, which, until 2007, came in the form of two daily shows: The Little Toe Radio Show which was aimed at younger children and consisted of short serials, stories and rhymes that ran from 7am - 8am and was repeated at 3pm - 4pm. Big names like Roger McGough were regular contributors; and The Big Toe Radio Show which aired from 4pm - 6pm and consisted of phone-ins, quizzes as well as stories intended for the 8+ age group. Roger Joseph McGough CBE (born 9 November 1937) is a well-known English Performance poet. The Big Toe Radio Show was a daily show (seven days a week for Children on the DAB radio station BBC 7 at breakfast time and from 4-6pm In February 2007 the schedule changed and Big Toe Books took over the 7am slot, but dropped the phone-ins and quizzes for children aged 8 and up while Cbeebies Radio replaced The Little Toe Show and now runs in a longer slot from 2pm - 5pm. These programmes almost entirely contain original material.
BBC 7 does broadcast some original programming. Spanking New on Seven is a stand-up comedy programme, and they annually broadcast the BBC New Comedy Competition, a competition for new stand up comedians. The Mitch Benn Music Show features comedy songs introduced by Mitch Benn. Mitch Benn (born Mitchell John Benn 20 January 1970) is a British Musician of Liverpudlian / Scottish descent and stand-up Colin and Fergus’ Digi Radio is a comedy sketch show on its second series as of 2006. Serious About Comedy is a weekly show presented by Robin Ince where comedians and comedy critics discuss comedy television, radio, DVDs, and films from the last week. Serious About Comedy was a British Comedy discussion show on the Digital radio station BBC7, hosted by Robin Ince. Robin Ince (born 1969 is an English Stand-up comedian, Actor and Writer. Tilt is a satirical sketch show which looks at the week's news of views other than the norm. Tilt is a topical sketch show written in the week before broadcast and recorded the night before
The flagship comedy section on BBC 7 is The Comedy Club, hosted by Alex Riley (Monday to Friday) and Penny Haslem (Sunday) . Pitched as "two hours of contemporary comedy", it is broadcast from 10pm to midnight Sunday to Friday
Comedy that has previously been commercially available as cassettes on the Laughing Stock label is also broadcast.
Two American series, Garrison Keillor's Radio Show and The Twilight Zone are also recent examples of BBC 7 output. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A Prairie Home Companion is a live Radio Variety show created and hosted by Garrison Keillor. The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas is a nationally syndicated radio adaptation of the classic television series The Twilight Zone, launched in October 2002
BBC 7 won the Sony Radio Academy Award for Station Sound in 2003, was nominated for the Promo Award in 2004, and in 2005 received a Silver for the Short-Form award, plus nominations in the Speech Award and Digital Terrestrial Station Of The Year Award.
The station can be heard worldwide on the Internet, across northern Europe via the Astra 2A satellite, and in the UK on DAB digital radio, cable television, IPTV and Freeview digital terrestrial television. The Internet is a global system of interconnected Computer networks This article is about artificial satellites For natural satellites also known as moons see Natural satellite. Digital Audio Broadcasting ( DAB) also known as Eureka 147, is a Digital radio technology for Broadcasting Radio stations used in IPTV ( Internet Protocol Television) is a system where a Digital television service is delivered using Internet Protocol over a network infrastructure which Freeview is an operator of free Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom, using the DVB-T standard Digital Terrestrial Television ( DTTV or DTT) is an implementation of digital technology to provide a greater number of channels and/or better quality of picture and
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External links
- BBC 7 at bbc.co.uk
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