Editing Timeline of the BBC (section)

==2010s==
*'''2010'''
**19 February – ''[[EastEnders]]'' celebrates 25 years with a special live edition, where the murderer of [[Archie Mitchell]] is revealed. Over 16 million viewers tuned in to find [[Stacey Slater]] to be the killer.
**31 March – [[BBC One Wales]]'s analogue system shuts down after 58 years.
**30 July – [[BBC Two]] broadcasts its final ''[[Working Lunch]]''.
**3 November – [[BBC One HD]]; a high-definition simulcast of a national version of BBC One is launched across all digital platforms.
** 18 December – [[BBC Switch]] is switched off.
** After 44 years, the final edition of ''[[The Money Programme]]'' is broadcast on BBC Two.

*'''2011'''
**27 March – Due to budget cuts, transmission of the [[BBC World Service]] on 648&nbsp;kHz MW ends. The transmissions, from the [[Orfordness transmitting station]] in [[Suffolk]], had been on air since 1982 and had provided coverage of the World Service to much of northern Europe. 
**2 April – BBC7 is relaunched as [[BBC Radio 4 Extra]].

*'''2012'''
**7 March – [[Brighton]] moves from South region, to South-East region, after the [[ITV Meridian|Meridian]] digital switch-over.
**May – [[BBC Somerset]] launches as a full-time station.
**12 July – The [[BBC World Service]] relocates to [[Broadcasting House]] after 70 years at [[Bush House]].
**27 July-12 August – The [[2012 Summer Olympics]] take place and with the exception of news programming [[BBC One]] is devoted entirely to live coverage of the Games and [[BBC Radio 5 Live]] operates a temporary station – ''5 Live Olympics Extra'' – to provide additional coverage of the Games.
**17 August – [[BBC Radio Kent]], [[BBC Radio Lincolnshire]], [[BBC Radio Merseyside]] and [[BBC Radio Nottingham]] stop broadcasting regular programmes on medium wave. It is part of a five-week trial to find out if listeners will miss or complain about the lack of AM services.<ref>[https://radiotoday.co.uk/2012/08/bbc-local-radio-starts-switching-off-am/ BBC local radio starts switching off AM]</ref> At the end of the trial, the BBC decides that BBC Radio Nottingham's MW transmitter and Radio Kent's relay at Rusthall near [[Tunbridge Wells]], will remain off-air.
**17 September – [[George Entwistle]] is appointed as Director-General.
**3 October – Broadcast of ''[[Exposure (British TV series)|Exposure]]: The Other Side of Jimmy Savile'' which uncovered allegations of sexual abuse by [[Jimmy Savile]].
**23 October – 
***The BBC's teletext service [[Ceefax]] is switched off following all regions switching to digital broadcasting. The very last ''[[Pages from Ceefax]]'' transmission had taken place two days earlier. 
***[[BBC One Northern Ireland]] commences broadcasting in HD.
**10 November – George Entwhistle resigns as Director-General, to be replaced temporarily by [[Tim Davie]]. Entwistle's 54-day tenure as Director-General is the shortest in the corporation's history.
**14 November – 90th anniversary broadcast at 17:33.
**22 November – [[Tony Hall, Baron Hall of Birkenhead|Tony Hall]] is announced as the new Director-General, taking the post in March 2013.
**21 December – Children's Programmes air on [[BBC One]] for the last time.
**At the end of 2012 the BBC loses the rights to show horse racing. This brings to an end a relationship between the BBC and televised horse racing which dates back to the 1950s.

*'''2013'''
**4 January – Children's Programmes air on [[BBC Two]] for the last time. 
**7 January – The debut of a national networked evening programme on [[BBC Local Radio]], hosted by former [[Classic FM (UK)|Classic FM]] presenter [[Mark Forrest (radio presenter)|Mark Forrest]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://radiotoday.co.uk/2012/10/mark-forrest-to-host-bbc-networked-show/ |title=Mark Forrest to host BBC networked show |publisher=Radio Today |date=4 October 2012 |access-date=13 October 2012}}</ref> The show, introduced as part of cost-cutting measures, replaces all local programming, apart from local sport coverage.
**14 January – [[BBC One Scotland]] commences broadcasts in HD.
**29 January – [[BBC One Wales]] commences broadcasts in HD.
**26 March – [[BBC Two]] commences broadcasting in HD following the closure of BBC HD.
**31 March – [[BBC Television Centre]] closes in [[Shepherd's Bush]] with the majority of TV services moved to [[Broadcasting House]] in central London.
**2 April – [[Tony Hall, Baron Hall of Birkenhead]] becomes the new Director-General.
**5 April – [[BBC Monitoring]] moves to Licence Fee funding.
**8 July – After eight years, [[BBC Local Radio]] returns to [[Dorset]] when a breakfast show for the county, as an opt-out from [[BBC Radio Solent]], is launched.
**25 October – The BBC hosts [[100 Women (BBC)|100 Women]], a day of debate and discussion across radio, television and online featuring a hundred women from around the world.
**10 December – HD broadcasts begin for [[BBC Three]], [[BBC Four]], [[BBC News (British TV channel)|BBC News]], [[CBBC (TV channel)|CBBC]] and [[CBeebies]].

*'''2014'''
**The BBC broadcasts the much praised "[[God Only Knows]]" corporate advertisement, featuring 21 artists singing lines of [[The Beach Boys]]' original. The song also became a fund-raising single and an advertisement for BBC Music for the first time since "[[Perfect Day (Lou Reed song)|Perfect Day]]" in 1997 for [[Children in Need]].
**6 March – The BBC announce that [[BBC Three]] will become internet-only from February 2016, in an effort to save £90m. Their plans were approved on 26 November 2015 
**30 August – [[Rona Fairhead]] becomes the first woman to be appointed as Chair of the [[BBC Trust]].

*'''2015'''
**6 October – After 27 years, the name [[BBC Radio London]] returns to the airwaves following a name change from BBC London 94.9.

*'''2016'''
**16 February – [[BBC Three]] closes as a linear channel and becomes an [[over-the-top content|over-the-top]] [[Internet television]] service although all of the long-form programmes commissioned for BBC Three are to be shown at a later date on BBC One.
**19 February – [[BBC Radio Bristol]] stops broadcasting on MW following the sale of the land on which the transmitter was located, to developers. 
**31 March – [[BBC Three]] fully closes down on all digital television platforms – it had carried promotional information regarding the [[BBC Three (online)|BBC Three internet service]] since 16 February.
**11 April – [[CBBC (TV channel)|CBBC]] extends its broadcast hours from 7{{nbsp}}pm to 9{{nbsp}}pm, using capacity which had previously been used by [[BBC Three]].

*'''2017'''
** 20 March – The final edition of ''[[Crimewatch]]'' is broadcast on BBC One. The programme ends as a monthly evening programme after nearly 33 years on air<ref name="genome.ch.bbc.co.uk"/> although it isn't until October that its cancellation is confirmed when it is announced that its daytime spin-off series ''Crimewatch Roadshow'' (now ''[[Crimewatch Live]]'') would continue to air.<ref>{{cite web |title=Crimewatch AXED after 33 years as revamp of BBC favourite fails to save ratings nosedive |date=17 October 2017 |url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/867372/Crimewatch-axed-33-years-revamp-BBC-show-fails-save-falling-ratings-Crimewatch-Roadshow |publisher=Daily Express}}</ref>
**2 April – The [[BBC Trust]] is closed at the expiry of the 2007 Royal Charter, which had a 10-year lifespan. The Trust is replaced by the [[BBC Board]].

*'''2018'''
**15 January – The MW transmissions of BBC Radios Sussex, Surrey, Humberside, Wiltshire, Nottingham, Kent and Lincolnshire end and MW coverage for BBC Devon, Lancashire and Essex is reduced. Altogether a total of 13 MW transmitters are switched off.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/aboutthebbc/entries/46b21269-723b-4cfd-b8f3-fc735d09d0a3 Clifton, Keiran, 'About the BBC', 2017-08-10]</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.a516digital.com/2017/08/bbc-starts-medium-wave-switch-off.html |title=BBC Starts MW Switch-off |publisher=a516digital.com |date=12 August 2017 |access-date=22 September 2017}}</ref><ref>[https://radiotoday.co.uk/2018/01/bbc-confirms-local-radio-medium-wave-closures/ BBC confirms local radio MW switch-offs]</ref>
** 28 January – After nearly 78 years on air, ''[[The Sunday Hour]]'' is broadcast on [[BBC Radio 2]] for the final time.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2017/r2-good-morning-sunday BBC Press Release: A new look for Sunday mornings on Radio 2]</ref>
** 29 January – [[BBC Radio Cymru]] 2 began broadcasting at 6:30&nbsp;am on 29 January 2018.<ref>{{Cite press release|title=The countdown begins – BBC Radio Cymru 2 takes to the airwaves in January 2018|date=2017-11-27|work=BBC Media Centre|publisher=[[BBC]]|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2017/bbc-radio-cymru-2-2018|quote=A brand-new breakfast show will take to the airwaves every morning of the week – including Saturday and Sunday – offering a choice for Welsh speakers across the country on DAB, website, BBC iPlayer Radio and TV.}}</ref> It airs as an opt-out service from 7 to 9&nbsp;am on Mondays–Saturdays and from 7 to 10&nbsp;am on Sundays.
** 8 May – Another long-running [[BBC Radio 2]] programme ends when, ahead of schedule changes, ''[[The Organist Entertains]]'' is broadcast for the final time after 49 years on air.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p00fzl8v/2018/05/08|title=BBC Radio 2 schedule 8 May 2018|website=BBC Radio 2}}</ref>
** 24 October – The FM frequency of [[BBC Radio 3]] at more than 30 relay transmitters in Wales is reallocated to [[BBC Radio Wales]]. Consequently, the reach of Radio Wales on FM increases from 79% to 91% but Radio 3's FM availability in Wales falls to 92%.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2018/radio-wales-fm Major FM boost for BBC Radio Wales]</ref>
** 1 November – [[BBC Sounds]] is launched. 
** 29 November – HD versions of BBC Two Wales and BBC Two Northern Ireland start broadcasting.<ref>[https://www.a516digital.com/2018/10/bbc-confirms-arrangements-for-new-hd.html BBC confirms arrangements for new HD channels]</ref>

*'''2019'''
**17 February – Ahead of the launch of [[BBC Scotland (TV channel)|BBC Scotland]], [[BBC Two Scotland]] closes.
**19 February – [[Virgin Media]] becomes the first platform to stop broadcasting some BBC channels in standard definition when it removes the standard definition feeds of [[BBC Four]], [[BBC News (British TV channel)|BBC News]], [[CBBC (TV channel)|CBBC]] and [[CBeebies]].<ref>[https://www.a516digital.com/2019/02/virgin-media-to-move-bbc-hd-channels-to.html Virgin Media to move BBC HD channels to prime EPG slots]</ref>
**24 February – [[BBC Scotland (TV channel)|BBC Scotland]] launches. It broadcasts between 7:00&nbsp;p.m. and midnight and includes an hour-long 9:00&nbsp;p.m. newscast called ''[[The Nine (BBC Scotland)|The Nine]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=BBC to launch Scottish TV channel with hour-long news programme|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/feb/22/bbc-to-launch-scottish-tv-channel-with-hour-long-news-programme|website=The Guardian|date=22 February 2017 |access-date=23 February 2017}}</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-44126219 February 2019 date for new BBC Scotland television channel]</ref> Between noon and 7:00&nbsp;p.m., the channel simulcasts BBC Two but with BBC Scotland continuity, thereby accommodating the daytime sport and politics programming opt-outs which had been displaced following the closure of BBC Two Scotland.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16683725.bbc-faces-strict-quotas-to-ensure-it-delivers-on-promises-on-scottish-content-on-new-channel/|title=BBC faces strict quotas to ensure it delivers on promises on Scottish content on new channel|website=Herald Scotland|date=3 September 2018 |language=en|access-date=2019-02-12}}</ref>