BBC Entertainment

BBC Entertainment

Launched	1 October 2006
Closed	1 January 2016 (Central and Eastern Europe only) 2015 (Malaysia) 2016 (Hong Kong (Except Cable TV Hong Kong) and Singapore)
Owned by	BBC Worldwide
Picture format	576i (SDTV)
Country	United Kingdom
Broadcast area	Africa, Asia, Europe, Caribbean and Latin America
Formerly called	BBC Prime (1995–2009)
Sister channel(s)	CBeebies CBBC BBC World News BBC Lifestyle BBC Earth BBC HD BBC First BBC Brit
Website	www.bbcentertainment.com
Availability
Terrestrial
GO (Malta)	Channel 302
Televarpið (Faroe Islands)	Channel 7
RiksTV (Norway)	Channel 22
Satellite
Cyfra+ (Poland)	Channel 64
n (Poland)	Channel 135
Orange TV (Poland)	Channel 141
Skylife (South Korea)	Channel 334
Tata Sky (India)	Channel 205
SKY México	Channel 203
DStv	Channel 120
Digiturk	Channel 115
yes	Channel 32
ZON Multimédia(Portugal)	Channel 230
TrueVisions (Thailand)	Channel 354 (SD)
Cable
Cable TV Hong Kong	Channel 130
UNE EPM Telecomunicaciones (Colombia)	Channel 63
Kabel Deutschland (Germany)	Check local listings
HOT (Digital)	Channel 42
Cabovisão (Portugal)	Channel 130
ZON Multimédia (Portugal)	Channel 230
MC Cable (Monaco)	Channel 232
UPC Romania	Channel 701
Com Hem	Channel 43
Numericable (France)	Channel 81
Numericable (Belgium)	Channel 65
Numericable (Luxembourg)	Channel 86
Telenet	Channel 552
Naxoo	Channel 212
Ziggo (The Netherlands)	Channel 65
UPC Poland	Channel 111
CJ Hellovision (South Korea)	Channel 427
IPTV
now TV	Channel 503 (December 31, 2016 off the air)
SK Broadband	Channel 251
MEO (Portugal)	Channel 226
Free (France)	Channel 526
CytaVision	Channel 70
PrimeTel	Channel 70
Mine TV	Channel 504
AonTV (Austria)	Channel 59
UNE EPM Telecomunicaciones (Colombia)	Channel 69
Open IPTV (Serbia)	Channel 600
Telia (Sweden)	Channel 34
CHT MOD (Taiwan)	Channel 77
Proximus TV (Belgium)	Channel 222 Brussels Channel 27 Flanders Channel 247 Wallonia
Streaming media
Telenet Yelo TV	Live TV

BBC Entertainment is an international television channel broadcasting comedy, drama, light entertainment, reality and children's programming (some regions only) from the BBC, Channel 4 and other UK production houses. The channel broadcasts regional versions to suit local demands and replaces BBC Prime. It is wholly owned by BBC Worldwide.

Launch dates

The channel was launched in October 2006, replacing BBC Prime in Asian markets such as Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand and South Korea. On 28 December 2006, it was launched on the Astro platform in Malaysia. The channel was launched in India in May 2007 on the Tata Sky platform and on India online Broadband Public Limited, but ceased broadcasting at the end of November 2012 due to "commercial considerations".^[1]

The channel was launched in Poland, on Cyfrowy Polsat, in December 2007, and replaced BBC Prime on DStv in South Africa on 1 September 2008. It was launched together with its sister channels (BBC Knowledge, BBC Lifestyle and BBC HD) in the Nordic countries in November 2008, when it replaced BBC Prime on Canal Digital, Com Hem, Telia Digital-TV and FastTV. The Nordic countries get a separate feed of the channel which differs from that in the rest of Europe. It was also launched in Mexico on the SKY México digital satellite platform in August 2008 in a deal with Televisa, and it has since extended to other Central and South American countries.

The channel replaced BBC Prime in Europe and the Middle East & North Africa in November 2009. In Belgium, the Netherlands and Switzerland, BBC Entertainment is carried alongside BBC One and BBC Two, on the Telenet, Ziggo, and Naxoo cable networks.

On 1 December 2009, Astro dropped the channel and replaced it with ITV Granada. On 1 March 2010 in Italy Sky Italia also dropped the channel. In 2010 Kabel Deutschland (Germany) made it a pay-TV channel.

RCS&RDS launched the channel in Romania in November 2012. In August 2012, UniFi picked up the channel, thus making the channel available in Malaysia once more after a 3-year hiatus. However UniFi dropped the channel in December 2015.

Programming

Main article: List of television programmes broadcast by the BBC

This table is not complete

Progamme name	Format / Genre	First broadcast	Broadcast region(s)*	First seen on BBC Entertainment
2 Point 4 Children	Sitcom	1991–1999	Europe	March 2013
After You've Gone	Sitcom	2007–2008	Europe	April 2013
Alan Carr: Chatty Man	Comedy chat show	2009-	Europe, Nordic	March 2013
As Time Goes By	Sitcom	1992–2005	Europe	March 2013
Bedlam	Supernatural drama	2011–2012	Europe
Being Erica	Comedy drama	2009–2011	Europe, Latin America, Nordic	May 2013 **
Big Barn Farm	Children's TV	2008-
Blue Peter	Children's TV	1958-	Europe, Nordic	April 2016
Casualty	Medical drama	1986-	Europe	April 2013
Coast	Travel		Europe	December 2012
Come Dine with Me	Cooking	2005-	Nordic
Doctors	Soap opera	2000-	Europe	March 2013
Doctor Who	Sci-fi drama	1963-89 2005-	Europe, Nordic	February 2013
Dragons Den	Entrepreneurial reality TV	2005-
EastEnders	Soap opera	1985-	Europe, Nordic	February 2013
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition	Reality TV	2003–2012
Fawlty Towers	Sitcom	1975-1979	Europe, Nordic	May 2015
Full Circle Michael Palin	Travel documentary	1997	Europe	March 2013
The Graham Norton Show	Comedy	2007-	Europe, Nordic	October 2016
Grandpa in My Pocket	Children's TV comedy	2009-
Holby City	Medical drama	1999-
Humf	Children's TV	2009-11
Hustle	Drama	2004–2012	Europe	May 2013
Ideal	Comedy drama	2005–2011	Europe	March 2013
Lark Rise to Candleford	Period drama	2008–2011	Europe, Nordic	April 2013
Lead balloon	comedy	2007–2011	Europe	March 2013
Live at the Apollo	Standup comedy	2004-	Europe, Nordic	March 2013
Luther	Psychological crime drama	2010–2011	Europe, Nordic	March 2013
Masterchef (UK)	Cooking	2005-	Europe, Nordic	March 2013
Merlin	drama	2008-2012	Europe	September 2014
Monarch of the Glen	Drama	2000–2005	Europe, Nordic	March 2013
Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work	Documentary	2007
My Family	Sitcom	2000–2004	Europe, Nordic	February 2013
New Tricks	Crime drama	2003-	Europe, Nordic	March 2013
Ocean Giants	Natural history	2011
One Foot in the Grave	Sitcom	1990–2000	Europe	November 2012
Penelope K, by the way	Children's TV	2010–2012
Sahara with Michael Palin	Travel documentary	2005	Europe	May 2013
Secret Millionaire, The	Reality TV	2006-	Europe	May 2013
Silk	Legal crime drama	2011-	Europe	May 2013
Smart sharks	Natural history	2003
South Pacific	Nature documentary	2009
Spooks	Drama	2002–2011	Europe	May 2013
Strictly Come Dancing	Talent show	2004-	Europe	October 2016
Top Gear	Motoring/Entertainment	2002-	Nordic
Twenty Twelve	Comedy	2011–2012	Europe	November 2012
Ty's Great British Adventure	Reality TV	2008–2010
Underground, The	Sketch comedy	2006
The Voice UK	Talent show	2012-	Europe	May 2016
Waking the Dead	Police procedural drama	2000–2011	Europe	February 2013
Walking with Dinosaurs	Documentary	1999
Walk on the Wild Side	Comedy	2009-	Europe	April 2013
Waybuloo	Children's TV	2009-
Weakest Link	game show	2000–2007	Europe, Nordic	January 2013
Would I Lie to You?	Comedy	2007-	Europe	October 2016
The Wonderful World of Disney	Anthology series	1960–1983	Middle East	January 2013
Yes Minister	Political satire	1980–1984
CBeebies	(TV Channel) Repeat broadcast In the morning		Middle East
CBBC	(TV Channel) Repeat broadcast In the morning		North America, Middle East

* Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe and Latin America
** Date is for Europe only

References

↑ Davies, Will (2012-11-02). "BBC Pulls Plug on Two India Channels - India Real Time - WSJ". Blogs.wsj.com. Retrieved 2013-06-27.

External links

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UK channels	BBC One (in Northern Ireland Scotland Wales) BBC Two (in Northern Ireland Scotland Wales) BBC Four BBC News BBC Parliament CBBC CBeebies

Joint ventures and international channels	BBC Alba BBC America BBC Arabic Television BBC Brit BBC Canada BBC Earth BBC Entertainment BBC First (in Australia) BBC HD (international) BBC Kids BBC Knowledge (international) BBC Lifestyle BBC Persian Television BBC UKTV (Australia and New Zealand) BBC World News Community Channel UKTV (UK and Ireland)

Services and programming blocks	BBC iPlayer BBC Learning Zone BBC News BBC Schools BBC Sport BBC Three BBC Weather CBBC CBeebies

UK Nations/regions	Scotland Wales Northern Ireland North East and Cumbria North West Yorkshire Yorkshire and Lincolnshire West West Midlands East Midlands East London South West South South East

Defunct channels	BBC Choice (in Northern Ireland) BBC Food BBC HD (UK) BBC Japan BBC Knowledge (UK) BBC Prime BBC Select BBC Three (television channel) BBC TV Europe BBC World Service Television BBC 2W

Category

Television in the Netherlands

NPO	NPO 1 NPO 2 NPO 3 NPO 101 NPO Best NPO Cultura NPO Nieuws NPO Politiek NPO Sport NPO Zapp Xtra BVN^{[gl 1]}

RTL Nederland	RTL 4 RTL 5 RTL 7 RTL 8 RTL Z RTL Crime RTL Lounge RTL Telekids

SBS	NET 5 SBS 6 Veronica SBS 9

Fox	24Kitchen BabyTV^{[gl 2]} Fox^{[gl 3]} Fox Sports Eredivisie^{[gl 3]} Fox Sports International^{[gl 3]} National Geographic Channel Nat Geo Wild Sky News^{[gl 2]}

Viacom	Comedy Central Comedy Central Family^{[gl 4]} Comedy Central Extra MTV MTV Brand New MTV Live HD MTV Music 24 Nickelodeon Nick Jr. Nick Toons Nick Hits Spike VH1 Europe VH1 Classic Europe

Discovery	Animal Planet Discovery Channel Discovery Science Discovery World Eurosport 1 Eurosport 2 Investigation Discovery TLC

Disney-ABC	Crime & Investigation Network^{[gl 5]} Disney XD Disney Channel Disney Junior History^{[gl 5]}

AMC	AMC CBS Reality^{[gl 6]} Extreme Sports Channel JimJam Outdoor Channel^{[gl 7]} ShortsTV^{[gl 8]}

Turner	Boomerang Cartoon Network CNN International

Ziggo	Ziggo Sport Ziggo Sport Totaal Ziggo Sport Select Ziggo Sport Voetbal Ziggo Sport Golf Ziggo Sport Racing Ziggo Sport Extra 1 and 2 Ziggo TV

Universal	CNBC Europe E!

Sony	Film1 Premiere Film1 Action Film1 Family Film1 Drama Film1 Sundance Channel

Stingray Digital	Stingray Brava Stingray Brava HD Stingray Djazz Stingray Lite TV

Scripps	Fine Living Food Network Travel Channel

BBC Worldwide	BBC Entertainment BBC First BBC World News

Other	100% NL TV 192TV DanceTrippin TV Family 7 FashionTV Motors TV ONS OutTV Pebble TV SchlagerTV Slam!TV TV 538 TV Oranje Xite Music

International channels	Al Jazeera English Arte BBC One BBC Two BBC Four CBBC Cbeebies CCTV News Das Erste Euronews Mediaset Italia Mezzo TV NDR Fernsehen RTL Sat.1 TRT Türk TV5MONDE TVE Internacional VRT één VRT Canvas VRT Ketnet WDR Fernsehen ZDF

Defunct	13th Street Universal Adventure One The Box The Box Comedy Canal+ Consumenten 24 Discovery Travel & Living ESPN America ESPN Classic Euro 7 Family 24 Filmnet Fox 8 Fox Kids Fox Life Geschiedenis 24 Het Gesprek Hallmark Channel HBO 1/2/3 Jetix Kindernet MGM Channel NBC Super Channel NostalgieNet NPO Doc NPO Humor TV RTL-Véronique Spirit 24 Sport1 Sport 7 Sterren 24 SuperSport Syfy TCM/TNT Classic Movies TMF TMF Dance TMF NL TMF Pure TNT Talpa/Tien TV10 TV10 Gold V8 Vesta TV Weer en Verkeer Yorin Zone Club Zone Horror Zone Reality

↑ a joint venture with VRT 1 2 distributed by Fox Networks Group Europe 1 2 3 through Eredivisie Media & Marketing CV, a joint venture with Eredivisie CV, Endemol and KNVB ↑ a joint venture with Endemol 1 2 through A+E Networks UK, a joint venture with Sky plc ↑ a joint venture with CBS ↑ a joint venture with Outdoor Channel Holdings Inc. ↑ a joint venture with Shorts International

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BBC Entertainment

Launch dates

Programming

See also

References

External links