Editing Timeline of the BBC (section)

== 2000s ==
[[File:BBC logo (1997-2021).svg|220px|right|BBC logo between 4 October 1997 and Future date in 2024 or 2025]]
* '''2000'''
** 14 February – [[BBC Thames Valley FM]] closes and [[BBC Radio Oxford]] and [[BBC Radio Berkshire]] relaunch as separate stations although Radio Berkshire operates as an opt-out service of Radio Oxford.
** 25 March – BBC GLR closes and is relaunched as [[BBC Radio London|BBC London Live 94.9]].
** 20 May – Due to the loss of many major sports rights in recent years, the BBC does not broadcast this week's edition of ''[[Grandstand (TV programme)|Grandstand]]'' – [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] was showing the [[FA Cup Final]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Mcleod |first=Maurice |title=Sport-free BBC shelves Grandstand on Cup final day |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/sportfree-bbc-shelves-grandstand-on-cup-final-day-279324.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/sportfree-bbc-shelves-grandstand-on-cup-final-day-279324.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=[[The Independent]] |location=London |date=17 May 2000 |access-date=24 May 2014}}</ref> Apart from when Christmas Day fell on a Saturday or a major national event taking place, this had been the first time that Grandstand had not been broadcast on a Saturday afternoon since the programme's inception in 1958.
** 15 September – Final edition of ''[[Breakfast News]]'' on BBC One and BBC News 24, the last conventional news broadcast in the morning.
** 2 October – The first edition of ''[[BBC Breakfast]]'' is broadcast, the new morning show on BBC One and News 24 from 6:00–9:30. (9:00 on BBC News 24).
** 13 October – Final edition of the ''[[BBC Nine O'Clock News]]'' on BBC One. 
** 16 October – The ''[[BBC News at Ten|BBC Ten O'Clock News]]'' launches on BBC One amid controversy, having been moved from 9{{nbsp}}pm to cash in on the axing of ITN's ''[[ITV News at Ten|News at Ten]]'' the previous year.
** 16 October – [[Oxfordshire]], once part of the South East, becomes part of ''[[South Today]]''.

* '''2001'''
** 3 March – A bomb explodes outside Television Centre. The blast was later attributed to dissident Irish Republican terrorists and it is suggested the BBC [[Panorama (TV series)|''Panorama'']] programme which named individuals as participants in the Omagh bomb was the motive.
** 30 March – The national variations of [[BBC Choice]] are discontinued in favour of introducing regional opt-outs on [[BBC Two]] to digital services, which are introduced later in the year.
** 3 September – As part of a major reorganisation of the BBC's south east region, [[Kent]] and [[Sussex]] get their own news programme, ''[[South East Today]]'', replacing ''[[Newsroom South East]]''.
** 1 October – ''[[BBC London News]]'' is launched as a [[London]]-only news programme.
** October – [[BBC Three Counties Radio]] launches opt-out programming for the county of [[Buckinghamshire]].
** 5 November – [[BBC 2W]] is launched, broadcasting on digital services in [[Wales]] on weekday evenings.
** 19 November – Last showing of the then-current [[BBC Two]] idents. These set of idents would have ended in 1997 with [[BBC One]]'s ident change but due to popularity the [[BBC Two 1991–2001 idents|1991 idents]] continued only with a new BBC logo and some newer ident sets. The new idents were [[BBC Two "Personality" idents|ivory 2's]], interacting in a yellow world, with the purple box logo, the first BBC channel to have one.
** November –  [[BBC Red Button|BBC Text]] is renamed BBCi which is conceived as being a cohesive [[cross-platform|multi-platform]] brand name for all the BBC's digital interactive services, encompassing the corporation's digital teletext, interactive television and website services.<ref name="bbcsnews0711">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1643259.stm|title=BBCi heralds new interactive era|date=7 November 2001|work=BBC News|access-date=2 October 2008}}</ref><ref name="whatisBBCi">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/home/whatisbbci/|title=What is BBCi?|date=15 December 2002|publisher=BBC|access-date=2 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011215000308/http://www.bbc.co.uk/home/whatisbbci/ |archive-date=15 December 2001}}</ref>

* '''2002'''
** 2 February – [[BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra]] is launched.
** 11 February – The [[CBBC (TV channel)|CBBC]] and [[CBeebies]] channels begin broadcasting.
** 2 March – [[BBC Four]] is launched at 19:00 in a [[simulcast]] with [[BBC Two]]. It replaces [[BBC Knowledge]].
** 11 March – [[BBC 6 Music]] is launched.
** 29 March – [[BBC One]] rebrands with the controversial [[BBC One 'Rhythm & Movement' idents|Rhythm and Movement Idents]], including dancers in red dancing in different locations. The red box logo was also used for these idents. For the first time in 39 years, a globe is not included in the presentation.
** 16 August – [[BBC Radio 1Xtra]] is launched.
** 9 September – The BBC transfers its England regional current affairs programming from BBC Two to BBC One and launches a new programme called ''[[Inside Out (2002 TV programme)|Inside Out]]''. The series, which is broadcast for roughly half the year and in blocks spread across the year, focuses on stories from the local area of each [[BBC English Regions|BBC region]], It replaces a number of different titles previously used on [[BBC Two]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2002/08_august/30/insideout_yorkslincs.shtml|title= Regional current affairs move to BBC ONE – Inside Out launches on 9 September|date=30 August 2002|publisher=BBC Press Office|access-date=17 February 2010}}</ref>
** 28 October – [[BBC Asian Network]] launches as a national station.
** 30 October – [[BBC Parliament]] launches on [[digital terrestrial television]], having previously only been available as an audio-only service. However capacity limitations mean that the picture is squeezed into just one quarter of the screen.
** 11 November – 
*** The first edition of [[East Yorkshire]] and Lincolnshire edition of ''[[BBC Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)|BBC Look North]]'' is broadcast, while the Leeds-based ''[[BBC Look North (Yorkshire and North Midlands)|Look North]]'' programme now covers West, North and South Yorkshire and the North Midlands.
*** [[BBC Radio Swindon]] outputs from the renamed [[BBC Radio Wiltshire]] begin.
** 15 December – [[BBC Radio 4 Extra]] is launched as BBC7.

* '''2003'''
** 9 February – [[BBC Three]] is launched at 19:00 in a [[simulcast]] with [[BBC Two]]. It replaces [[BBC Choice]].
** 8 December – [[BBC News 24]] is relaunched with a new set and titles, as well as a new Breaking News sting. Networked news on BBC One and Two remains with the same titles though the set was redesigned in a similar style to that of News 24.

* '''2004'''
** 28 January – Publication of the [[Hutton Inquiry]], and subsequent resignation of the Chairman [[Gavyn Davies]].
** 30 January – Resignation of the Director General, [[Greg Dyke]]. [[Mark Byford]] takes over as acting Director General.
** 16 February – Network news titles are relaunched in the style of BBC News 24, introduced two months earlier.
** 6 May –  The BBC website is renamed [[BBC Online|bbc.co.uk]], after the main [[Uniform resource locator|URL]] used to access the site.<ref name="bbccouk">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/05_may/04/bbc_co_uk.shtml|title=BBC website gets new look and new name: bbc.co.uk|date=4 May 2004|publisher=BBC Press Office|access-date=30 September 2008}}</ref>
** 17 May – Appointment of [[Michael Grade]] as new chairman.
** 21 May – Appointment of [[Mark Thompson (television executive)|Mark Thompson]] as new Director General.
** June – The [[BBC North]] region is fully split to form the [[BBC Yorkshire]] and North Midlands region and the [[BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire]] region. 
** 1 October – BBC Technology, incorporating the BBC's Broadcast Engineering division, is sold to [[Siemens AG]] Business Services for approximately £200m, and a £2bn, 10-year outsourcing contract.

*'''2005'''
** 20 March – Mark Thompson announces staff of 27,000 to be cut by 3,780.
** 26 March – ''[[Doctor Who]]'' returns to the air, sixteen years after the last full series was broadcast.
** 23 May – Over one third of staff join strike in response to job cuts, [[n:BBC drops programmes as third of staff join strike|dropping programmes]].
** 1 August – BBC Broadcast, formerly Broadcasting & Presentation and responsible for the playout and branding of all BBC Channels, is sold to [[Creative Broadcast Services]], owned by the Macquarie Capital Alliance Group and [[Macquarie Bank]]. It is renamed Red Bee Media on 31 October.
** 3 November – [[BBC CWR]] returns as a stand-alone station.
** December – The Czech and Polish sections of the [[BBC World Service]] cease to exist. Eight other sections are to follow soon.

* '''2006'''
** 3 April – BBC GMR changes its name back to [[BBC Radio Manchester]].
** 23 April – The "[[Radio 4 UK Theme]]" is used for the final time. It is replaced by a news bulletin.
** 27 May – The BBC's first scheduled [[HDTV]] broadcast on [[BBC HD]]
** 14 August – ''[[The One Show]]'' is first broadcast on [[BBC One]], initially as a four-week trial. It is seen as a modern-day version of highly popular series ''[[Nationwide (TV programme)|Nationwide]]'' with the programme resulting in popular journalism returning to [[BBC One]]'s early evening schedule. The programme returned on a permanent basis the following July.
** 1 September – [[BBC Entertainment]] replaces BBC Prime in global markets.
** 7 October – [[BBC One]] rebrands from the [[BBC One 'Rhythm & Movement' idents|Rhythm and Movement]] idents to the [[BBC One 'Circle' idents|"Circle" Idents]], which acts as a link to the classic globe icon used for almost 40 years and as a symbol of unity.
**13 November – [[BBC Parliament]] broadcasts in full screen format for the first time on the [[Freeview (UK)|Freeview]] service, having previously only been available in quarter screen format.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/bbc_parliament/6144072.stm|title=BBC Parliament goes full screen|access-date=1 May 2009 | date=13 November 2006|work=BBC News}}</ref> The [[BBC]] eventually found the [[bandwidth (signal processing)|bandwidth]] to make the channel full-screen after receiving "thousands of angry and perplexed e-mails and letters",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2006/10/resizing_parliament.html|title=BBC NEWS – The Editors|access-date=1 May 2009}}</ref> not to mention questions asked by MPs in the Houses of Parliament itself
** 28 November – Resignation of Chairman Michael Grade, to join ITV.
** 16 December – After more than 35 years, BBC Two airs the final [[Open University]] course-related television broadcast. With Open University course content now available through media such as [[podcast]]s and [[DVD]]s it is deemed no longer necessary for the programmes to be aired on television. However, the Open University continues to make programming for a broader audience, with series including ''[[Coast (TV series)|Coast]]'' and ''[[Child of Our Time]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www3.open.ac.uk/media/fullstory.aspx?id=9898|title=End of a cultural era – but OU on TV evolution continues|website=www3.open.ac.uk|access-date=22 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/2609c15ac27b49f594dae26638c89d76|title=BBC Learning Zone: Open University/General Interest|date=16 December 2006|publisher=BBC|work=BBC Genome|access-date=22 February 2019}}</ref>
** 31 December – The BBC's then-current [[Royal Charter]] and Agreement expires.

* '''2007'''
** 22 January – [[BBC News 24]] is relaunched with new titles and new Astons.
** 28 January – The final edition of ''[[Grandstand (TV series)|Grandstand]]'' is broadcast.
** 18 February – [[BBC Two]] rebrands from the [[BBC Two 'Personality' idents|yellow 2's]], to the [[BBC Two 'Window on the World' idents|Window on the World 2's]].
** July – [[BBC Knowledge (Worldwide)|BBC Knowledge]] launched as a global channel by BBC Worldwide.
** 11 August – BBC Radio Cleveland is rebranded as [[BBC Tees]] due to its broadcasting area no longer being associated with the name Cleveland. 
** 3 September – [[CBBC (TV channel)|CBBC]] identity relaunched, with its third marketing campaign since the launch of the [[CBBC Channel]].
** 20 October – [[BBC Switch]], a teenage block of shows is launched to cater for the under-served 12- to 16-year-olds, launches.
** 1 December – [[BBC HD|BBC HD channel]] is officially launched after around eighteen months of trial broadcasts.
** 3 December – BBC Somerset Sound is rebranded as [[BBC Somerset]] and becomes available on FM for the first time.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/somerset/content/articles/2007/11/20/radiosomerset_fm_feature.shtml, BBC Somerset goes FM, 2007-11-20]</ref>
** 25 December – [[BBC iPlayer]], an online service for watching previously aired shows, is launched.

* '''2008'''
** 12 February – [[BBC Three]] has its identity relaunched, showcasing new shows such as ''[[Lily Allen and Friends]]''.
** 11 March – [[BBC Arabic Television]] launches.
** 21 April – [[BBC News 24]] and [[BBC World]] are renamed [[BBC News (British TV channel)|BBC News]] and [[BBC World News]] respectfully.
** 19 September – [[BBC Alba]], a Scottish Gaelic language digital television channel, launched through a partnership between BBC and [[MG Alba]].
** The BBC gradually drops the BBCi name from its digital interactive TV services also, replacing it with the name [[BBC Red Button]].

* '''2009'''
** 2 January – [[BBC 2W]] closes.
** 14 January – The BBC's [[BBC Persian Television|Persian language TV channel]] is launched.
** 30 March – [[BBC Southern Counties Radio]] closes resulting in the return of [[BBC Surrey]] and [[BBC Sussex]] as stand-alone separate stations.
** 4 April – [[BBC Radio Swindon]], which had opted out of BBC Radio Wiltshire, is closed. The two stations are merged as [[BBC Wiltshire]].