Editing BBC Choice (section)

==Programming==
Initially, the main attractions of BBC Choice were multi-broadcast TV shows, with the option to choose which programme you viewed. The first broadcast by the [[BBC]] with this option was two months after the launch of the channel, showing ''[[Stressed Eric]]'', with ''[[Naked Video]]'' as the [[Digital teletext#Digital teletext|Digital Teletext]] option. In addition, BBC Choice also aired new episodes of some series, such as ''[[Robot Wars (TV series)|Robot Wars]]'', before their first broadcast on the terrestrial BBC channels.

Its single-show programming was mainly concerned with celebrities, including documentary profiles and the nightly entertainment magazine ''[[Liquid News]]''. ''[[EastEnders Revealed]]'' was the only show from the original 1998 channel lineup to survive and outlive the entire life of the channel itself, transferring to its successor, BBC Three.

===Regional variations===
BBC Choice had regional variations for [[Wales]], [[BBC Choice Scotland|Scotland]] and [[BBC Choice Northern Ireland|Northern Ireland]] which were broadcast in place of the network BBC Choice service in their respective areas from 10:30{{nbsp}}pm (following the ''[[EastEnders]]'' replay) to circa midnight nightly. At the time the BBC's digital offering included the national variants of BBC One (England, Scotland, Wales, NI) and a single nationwide BBC Two.

The regional variations of Choice were discontinued in 2001 in favour of introducing regional opt-outs on [[BBC Two]] to digital services; in some cases, such as [[BBC 2W]] in Wales, analogue and digital versions of BBC Two were separately scheduled, but by 2010 all differences between the analogue and digital variants of BBC Two had ceased, and there is now one version of the channel in each area, broadcasting on analogue (until switchoff) and digital platforms. The English regional variants of [[BBC One]] were made available digitally from 2003.<ref>{{cite press release
 | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2002/01_january/10/satellitenews.shtml
 | title = English Regions launch first phase of digital satellite news service
 | publisher = BBC
 | date = 10 January 2002
 | access-date = 22 March 2010
}}
</ref>

Since the cessation of the BBC Choice splits, all BBC digital TV channels (including Choice's successor [[BBC Three]]) have operated as UK-wide services with no regional opt-out functionality.