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BBC Three launched in 2003, but the channel launched in 1998 as BBC Choice, but you wouldn't say that BBC Three is going to be 20 next year just because the channel was launched in 1998 under a different name.
That's an interesting one because the original BBC Choice effectively died in 2000/2001 when Stuart Murphy took over and the early, more ramshackle stuff like The RDA and Backstage ended, and shows that were intended for BBC Three like 60 Seconds and Liquid News began. If you want an exact date you could look to 3 April 2000 when both Choice and Knowledge got radically revamped schedules, though stuff like The RDA still lasted through to 2001.
Off-topic but it's incredible to think that when digital television started, national variations of BBC Two were, at least initially, forgone in favour of national variations of BBC Choice.
BBC Three launched in 2003, but the channel launched in 1998 as BBC Choice, but you wouldn't say that BBC Three is going to be 20 next year just because the channel was launched in 1998 under a different name.
That's an interesting one because the original BBC Choice effectively died in 2000/2001 when Stuart Murphy took over and the early, more ramshackle stuff like The RDA and Backstage ended, and shows that were intended for BBC Three like 60 Seconds and Liquid News began. If you want an exact date you could look to 3 April 2000 when both Choice and Knowledge got radically revamped schedules, though stuff like The RDA still lasted through to 2001.
Off-topic but it's incredible to think that when digital television started, national variations of BBC Two were, at least initially, forgone in favour of national variations of BBC Choice.