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'''BBC Three''' is a British [[free-to-air]] [[Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom|public broadcast]] [[television channel]] owned and operated by the [[BBC]]. It was first launched on 9 February 2003 with programmes
BBC Three is the BBC's youth-orientated television channel,<ref name=":2">{{cite web |author=Alex Ritman |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/bbc-tv-boss-youth-network-799109/ |title=BBC TV Boss on Youth Network Going Online: It's a "Risk" – The Hollywood Reporter |publisher=Hollywoodreporter.com |date=1 June 2015 |access-date=11 February 2022 |archive-date=3 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203013229/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/bbc-tv-boss-youth-network-799109/ |url-status=live }}</ref> its remit to provide "innovative programming" to a [[target audience]] of viewers between 16 and 34 years old, leveraging technology as well as new talent.<ref name="Service Licence">{{cite web |title=BBC Three Service Licence |url=https://downloads.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/pdf/regulatory_framework/service_licences/tv/2013/bbc_three_sep13.pdf |date=September 2013 |publisher=BBC Trust |access-date=16 November 2013 |archive-date=22 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222135319/http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/pdf/regulatory_framework/service_licences/tv/2013/bbc_three_sep13.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Unlike its commercial rivals, 90% of BBC Three's output originated from the United Kingdom. Notable exceptions were ''[[Family Guy]]'' and ''[[American Dad!|American Dad]]'' (both of them originating in the [[United States]]). It and sister channel [[BBC Four]] also carry occasional [[BBC Sport]] programming as an overflow for the BBC's other channels.
Following budget cuts at the BBC, the first iteration of BBC Three ceased operations on
==History==
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When the BBC revealed the full detail in December 2014, it admitted there was widespread opposition from BBC Three viewers<ref name="downloads.bbc.co.uk"/> but said there was support for the wider package of proposals. They believed the public welcomed a BBC One +1 as it admits "a vast majority of viewing still takes place on linear channels".<ref name="downloads.bbc.co.uk"/> The "Save BBC Three'" campaign pointed out this was a contradiction to what the BBC said about BBC Three.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web |url=https://downloads.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/pdf/review_report_research/service_changes/pva/public_consultation.pdf |title=BBC Trust Public Value Assessment Public Consultation Report |publisher=BBC |access-date=27 December 2015 |archive-date=5 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105083642/http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/pdf/review_report_research/service_changes/pva/public_consultation.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[BBC Trust]] began a 28-day public consultation regarding the plans on 20 January 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/news/press_releases/2015/bbc_three_proposals|title=Trust begins public consultation on BBC Three proposals|date=20 January 2015|publisher=BBC Trust|access-date=26 January 2022|archive-date=26 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126220538/https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/news/press_releases/2015/bbc_three_proposals|url-status=live}}</ref> and it ended with a protest outside [[Broadcasting House]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-31509042 |title=Save BBC Three petition delivered to BBC Trust |work=BBC News |date=17 February 2015 |access-date=27 December 2015 |archive-date=29 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129121259/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-31509042 |url-status=live }}</ref> As part of the consultation a letter of 750 names against the move from the creative industry was sent to the BBC Trust, and this had the backing of a number of celebrities including [[Daniel Radcliffe]], [[Aidan Turner]], [[Olivia Colman]] and [[Lena Headey]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Midgley |first=Neil |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jun/08/save-bbc3-petition-daniel-radcliffe-lena-headey |title=BBC stars and comics among hundreds calling on broadcaster to save BBC3 |work=The Guardian |date=8 June 2015 |access-date=27 December 2015 |archive-date=19 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151219073545/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jun/08/save-bbc3-petition-daniel-radcliffe-lena-headey |url-status=live }}</ref> The polling company [[ICM Research|ICM]] concluded a "large majority" of those that replied to the consultation were against the move,<ref name="ReferenceA"/> with respondents particularly concerned about those who cannot stream programming online, the effect of the content budget cuts, and the BBC's own admission the audience numbers would drop.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
Despite significant public opposition, the proposal was provisionally approved by the BBC Trust in June 2015,<ref name="Trustapproval">{{cite news|title=BBC Three online move approved by BBC Trust|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-33328907|access-date=5 July 2015|work=BBC News|date=30 June 2015|archive-date=3 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703194321/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-33328907|url-status=live}}</ref> and nonetheless the BBC Trust issued its final decision to approve the transition in November 2015, citing the fact that younger audiences have increasingly migrated to online television content as opposed to linear television channels, and the BBC's ability to "deliver more distinctive content online, while bearing down on costs". Conditions were imposed on other BBC properties to complement the changes; BBC One and Two will be required to develop "distinctive programmes designed for younger audiences", as well as air encores of all full-length programmes that originally premiere on the BBC Three online service. The Trust also approved related proposals to allow first-run and third-party content on iPlayer, as well
BBC Three ended regular programming during the
From March 2019, programmes from the new service were carried by BBC One from Monday to Wednesday after the ''[[BBC News at Ten]]'' under the name ''BBC Three on BBC One''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvbeurope.com/content/bbc-three-programming-returns-to-linear-tv|title=BBC Three programming returns to linear TV|date=11 February 2019|website=TVBEurope|language=en-GB|access-date=3 October 2019|archive-date=11 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611135747/https://www.tvbeurope.com/content/bbc-three-programming-returns-to-linear-tv|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/feb/14/anger-over-bbc-plan-to-cut-news-at-ten-by-10-minutes|title=Anger over BBC plan to cut News at Ten by 10 minutes|last=Waterson|first=Jim|date=14 February 2019|work=The Guardian|access-date=3 October 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=28 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190828061044/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/feb/14/anger-over-bbc-plan-to-cut-news-at-ten-by-10-minutes|url-status=live}}</ref>
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* ''[[That Mitchell and Webb Look]]'' (2006–2010)
* ''[[Giving You Everything]]'' (2008)
* ''[[Wallace
* ''[[The Voice UK]]'' (2012–2015)
* ''[[Live at the Apollo (TV series)|Live at the Apollo]]'' (2015–2016)
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* ''[[Love, Victor]]'' (2023)<ref>{{cite web|last=Darvill|first=Josh|title=All seasons of Love, Victor come to BBC Three and iPlayer|url=https://tellymix.co.uk/tv/671290-all-seasons-of-love-victor-come-to-bbc-three-and-iplayer.html|website=TellyMix|date=22 September 2023}}</ref>
* ''[[Crazy Fun Park]]'' (2023)<ref name=":2" />{{efn|Originally set to be broadcast on CBBC, but was reclassified before broadcast as a BBC Three programme.}}
* ''[[Gremlins
=== Most watched programmes ===
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==Criticism==
The channel came in for criticism from several corners, the most prominent of which came from some of the BBC's long-standing presenters. These included [[John Humphrys]], who argued that BBC Three and BBC Four should be shut down in the face of budget cuts to [[BBC Radio 4]]'s ''[[Today (BBC Radio 4)|Today programme]]'', which he presents, as well as [[Jeremy Paxman]].<ref name="jhumphrys">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/humphrys-bbc-costcutters-should-axe-new-channels-401269.html|title=Humphrys: BBC cost-cutters should axe new channels|first=Ian|last=Burrell|access-date=8 May 2008|newspaper=The Independent|date=3 September 2007|archive-date=27 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110227012015/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/humphrys-bbc-costcutters-should-axe-new-channels-401269.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="times">{{cite news|url=https://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/camilla_cavendish/article2028767.ece|title=BBC Three and Four, your number's up |last=Cavendish |first=Camilla |access-date=8 May 2008 |newspaper=The Times |date=5 July 2007 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080708200946/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/camilla_cavendish/article2028767.ece| archive-date= 8 July 2008 | url-status=
In July 2010 a UK music magazine printed a letter from the pressure group Friends of Radio 3 that criticised BBC Three for having 'comedies, game shows, films and documentaries, but no arts programming at all'.<ref>Letter from Sarah Spilsbury, ''Musical Opinion'', July–August 2010, p. 56</ref> In a later issue another correspondent endorsed this assessment on the basis of a search through issues of the ''[[Radio Times]]'', and cast doubt on the BBC's claim (in the document ''Performance Against Public Commitments 2009/10'') that the channel broadcast '54 hours of new music and arts programming' in that year.<ref>Letter from Mark Doran, ''Musical Opinion'', November–December 2010, p. 3</ref> Two months later the same correspondent wrote in to inform readers that the BBC had refused his '[[Freedom of Information Act 2000|Freedom of Information]]' request concerning the titles of the programmes used in calculating the '54 hours' total.<ref>Letter from Mark Doran, ''Musical Opinion'', January–February 2011, p. 4</ref>
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