UK Today
About UK Today
UK Today was a BBC television news programme shown on most digital satellite and digital terrestrial versions of BBC One and BBC Two. It consisted of a round up of stories from the BBC's various local news programmes where it had not initially been possible to show regional variations.
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... He also questioned whether people were really suffering from poverty and hunger in the Uk Today, saying " This poverty nonsense, going back to when I was growing up in the 70s that was real poverty...
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... About 800 flights in total were scheduled to fly from the Uk Today...
Israel's Netanyahu to visit UK amid growing turmoil at home
... It was week 11 of mass anti-government protests, ahead of a trip to the Uk Today by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
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... " Those travelling into the Uk Today should keep up-to-date with the latest advice from operators to check how the strike action will affect their journey"...
Platinum Jubilee: Festivities to continue with Party at the Palace
... Members of the Royal Family are taking part in celebrations around the Uk Today, with visits to the nations...
Coronavirus: UK marks second anniversary of first national lockdown
...Events are being held across the Uk Today to mark the second anniversary of the first national Covid-19 lockdown...
BBC Three returns to TV with RuPaul special and regional focus
... " Our channel is all about a concentrated experience of how tough it is to be super young in the Uk Today and that show epitomises and embodies that tough emotion and feeling...
Morocco bans UK flights due to Covid cases rising
... The airline had two flights operating from Manchester and Gatwick to Marrakech, which it will operate as " ferry flights" for return customers due to travel back to the Uk Today...
BBC Three returns to TV with RuPaul special and regional focus
Bbc Three returns as a TV channel on Tuesday, with a RuPaul's Drag Race spin-off and hit shows like Fleabag.
RuPaul's Drag Race: UK Versus The World will see Drag Race alumni compete to be the Drag Race Superstar.
New shows Coming Soon include The Fast and the Farmer-ish featuring farmers from Northern Ireland racing tractors.
Bbc Three moved online in 2016. BBC research found in 2020 that there was a " strong case" for it to return as a TV channel, focusing on younger audiences.
The Returning TV channel's Opening Night will also include a new series of Eating with My Ex .
Other new shows set to arrive further down The Line include Peacock, a new gym-based comedy series about toxic masculinity from People Just Do Nothing's Allan 'Seapa' Mustafa.
Another is The Drop , a streetwear competition filmed in Manchester with Clara Amfo and singer Miguel.
Bbc Three controller Fiona Campbell described the new channel's style as " unfiltered, unapologetic and extraordinary".
" Our channel is all about a concentrated experience of how tough it is to be super young in the Uk Today and that show epitomises and embodies that tough emotion and feeling. "
Ahead of the relaunch, She Said that Bbc Three would provide " regional creative opportunities and a pipeline of experience for the future".
She added that they also hoped to develop a new Bbc Three soap opera set in a region such as Belfast, Aberdeen or Newcastle, to help emerging local actors and writers to establish themselves.
" That's where I'm trying to take this channel, because then you're relevant to people and important to them and you mean something to them, " Campbell explained.
" In terms of the UK, you can't be relevant to your audience unless you're making content that's very close to your audience, " Campbell said.
" I think people's mobility, in terms of geographic mobility, has obviously gone down in recent years [due to the pandemic] so the relevance of where they come from has gone up. "
Campbell stressed that in an Age Of on-demand streaming services, linear TV was still an important medium for creating " a moment" amongst viewers.
MP Julian Knight said The Move online showed The Bbc had " failed" those viewers, after The Plan was first announced in March Last Year .
" I question whether putting The Clock back five years is The Right way to win over 18-35s, " said Mr Knight, who chairs the select committee for The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.
But Bbc Three 's return to TV was given the Green Light by the broadcasting watchdog Ofcom in November, which said it would help The Bbc reach younger viewers, particularly those outside of London.
It stipulated that "75% of hours broadcast each year must be original programmes" commissioned by The Bbc .
It will air each night from 19:00 GMT, showing comedy, news, on Freeview, Sky, Virgin and Freesat and will also still be available on the iPlayer.
Bbc Three originally launched on TV in 2003 but was moved online to save money in 2016. Alongside the likes of Drag Race UK and Fleabag, its hits include Normal People and Gavin and Stacey .
Source of news: bbc.com
