Editing BBC Knowledge (section)

===Launch===
The channel launched on 1 June 1999,<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/355646.stm BBC launches digital learning channel] BBC News, 30 May 1999</ref> broadcasting for six hours each day. The new channel had plans to be a new, multimedia channel, operating across television, [[BBC Online|online]] and on [[BBC Red Button|interactive television]], and showing educational and informative programming. The channel's original schedule style was initially a 'bright and breezy' approach to education, aimed at both adults and children, with viewers encouraged to get involved and contribute to the programming. Original programmes included a [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]] survival guide based upon the popular BBC series "[[BBC Bitesize|Bitesize]]", entitled "Bitesize Etc" and the technology series [[The Kit (BBC)|The Kit]], a technology and computing programme aimed at getting viewers online and embracing digital.