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BBC Four

Television channel operated by the BBC

Key facts

Country: United Kingdom
Broadcast area: United Kingdom Isle of Man Channel Islands
Network: BBC Television
Headquarters: London, England
Language: English
Picture format: 1080i / 1080p HDTV , (downscaled to 576i for the SDTV feed)
Owner: BBC
Sister channels: BBC One , BBC Two , BBC Three , BBC News , BBC Parliament , CBBC , CBeebies , BBC Scotland , BBC Alba
Launched: 2 March 2002 ; 24 years ago ( 2002-03-02 )
Replaced: BBC Knowledge
Website: bbc .co .uk /bbcfour
Freeview uk: Channel 9 (SD; 24 in Scot), Channel 106 (HD)

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BBC Four is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It was launched on 2 March 2002 and shows a wide variety of programmes including arts, documentaries, music, international film and drama, and current affairs. It is required by its licence to air at least 100 hours of new arts and music programmes, 110 hours of new factual programmes, and to premiere twenty foreign films each year. The channel broadcasts daily from 7:00 pm to 4:00 am, timesharing with CBeebies (which starts at 6:00 am).

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