List of BBC television channels and radio stations

This is a list of local, regional, national and international television channels and radio stations owned by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in the United Kingdom and around the world.

List of television channels

In the UK, as well as on Freeview, satellite and cable services, the BBC's licence-funded television channels and their programmes can be watched live and on demand via BBC iPlayer. They can also be seen in Ireland and some parts of mainland Europe.

National

Name	Logo	Description	Airtime per day	HD Channel
BBC One		Flagship channel and broadcasts a variety of mainstream programming.	24 hours	BBC One HD
BBC Two		Secondary channel and broadcasts a range of alternative programming.		BBC Two HD
BBC Three		Broadcasts a variety of youth-orientated programming.	9 hours (19:00 to 04:00)	BBC Three HD
BBC Four		Broadcasts a range of serious programming.		BBC Four HD
BBC News		Rolling news and current affairs.	24 hours	BBC News HD
BBC Parliament		Parliamentary coverage.	Variable; normally broadcast whenever at least one of the Houses of the UK Parliament is sitting.
CBBC		Programming for children over the age of six.	12 hours (07:00 to 19:00)	CBBC HD
CBeebies		Programming for children under the age of six.	13 hours (06:00 to 19:00)	CBeebies HD

Regional

Name	HD Channel	Language
BBC One Northern Ireland	BBC One Northern Ireland HD	English
BBC One Scotland	BBC One Scotland HD	English
BBC One Wales	BBC One Wales HD	English
BBC Two Northern Ireland	BBC Two Northern Ireland HD	English
BBC Two Wales	BBC Two Wales HD	English
BBC Scotland	BBC Scotland HD	English
BBC Alba		Gàidhlig (Scottish Gaelic)
S4C	S4C HD	Cymraeg (Welsh)

Local (England)

Name	Sub-opt
BBC One East	East from Norwich and West from Cambridge
BBC One East Midlands
BBC One London
BBC One North East & Cumbria
BBC One North West
BBC One South	BBC Oxford for Oxford and the surrounding areas
BBC One South East
BBC One South West	BBC Channel Islands for the Channel Islands
BBC One West
BBC One West Midlands
BBC One Yorkshire & Lincolnshire
BBC One Yorkshire

List of UKTV channels

UKTV is a multichannel broadcaster run under BBC Studios, therefore, the channels are not funded by the television licence.

Name	Description	HD	+1	Package
Alibi	Crime drama	Alibi HD	Alibi +1	Pay
Dave	Comedy	Dave HD	Dave ja vu	Free-to-air
Drama	Drama		Drama +1
Eden	Nature	Eden HD	Eden +1	Pay
Gold	Classic comedy	Gold HD	Gold +1
W	Entertainment	W HD	W +1	Free-to-air
Yesterday	History		Yesterday +1

List of international television channels

Commercially funded BBC Studios and BBC Global News, as well as state-funded BBC World Service operate and distribute these linear television services around the world. These services are not to be confused with the domestic channels operated in the United Kingdom and accessible in the Republic of Ireland.

Name	Description
BBC World News	An international English language news network from BBC Global News available worldwide. Partially not available in the UK, mainly overnight via the BBC News Channel.
BBC Arabic Television	Arabic news channel available in the Arab World. Operated by BBC World Service.
BBC Persian	Iranian/Afghan news channel available in Europe, Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan. Operated by BBC World Service.
BBC America	United States, a mixture of comedy, drama and lifestyle programming. Joint venture between BBC Studios Channels with AMC Networks.
BBC Entertainment	Light entertainment programming.
BBC First	Comedy and drama programming.
BBC Brit	Factual entertainment programming.
BBC Earth	Premium factual programming and documentaries. Also identified as Sony BBC Earth in India owing to joint venture partnership.
BBC HD	High-definition television channel. Available on watercraft and about entirely defunct across national markets.
BBC Lifestyle	Lifestyle programming.
BBC UKTV	Australia, and New Zealand, best of British entertainment programming.
BBC Kids	Australia, and New Zealand, Programming for children over the age of six.
CBeebies	Programming for children under the age of six.

List of national radio stations

Main article: List of BBC radio stations

Name	Logo	Description	FM	AM	DAB & Digital TV	BBC Sounds
BBC Radio 1		Youth-orientated music, dance and rock.	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
BBC Radio 1Xtra		Black music, hip hop, R&B and dancehall.	No
BBC Radio 1 Dance		Classic, current and future electronic dance music, with mixes and archives.			No
BBC Radio 1 Relax		Meditation music with a selection of relaxation and well-being focused shows.
BBC Radio 2		Adult-orientated music, country, jazz, soul and funk.	Yes		Yes
BBC Radio 3		Classical music, jazz, world music, arts, culture and drama.
BBC Radio 4		Spoken-word programming, news, current affairs, drama and philosophy.	Yes
BBC Radio 4 Extra		Archive programming.	No	No	Yes
BBC Radio 5 Live		News, current affairs, discussion and sport.		Yes
BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra		Additional sports coverage.		No	Yes
BBC Radio 6 Music		Alternative music, rock, reggae and other minor genres.
BBC Asian Network		Station for the British Asian community.		In some areas
BBC World Service		International radio station for current affairs.		No

List of regional radio stations

Scotland

• BBC Radio Scotland – A radio station for all things Scotland.
• BBC Radio nan Gàidheal – A Scottish Gaelic language radio station.
• BBC Radio Orkney – A part-time radio station for Orkney which opts out of Radio Scotland.
• BBC Radio Shetland – A part-time radio station for Shetland which opts out of Radio Scotland.

Wales

• BBC Radio Wales – A radio station for all things Wales.
• BBC Radio Cymru – A Welsh language radio station.
• BBC Radio Cymru 2 – A part-time Welsh language radio station which opts out at breakfast time from Radio Cymru.

Northern Ireland

• BBC Radio Ulster – A radio station for all things Northern Ireland.
• BBC Radio Foyle – A part-time station covering Derry which opts out of Radio Ulster.

List of local radio stations

 

BBC Local Radio logo used since 2021

East

• BBC Essex
• BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
• BBC Radio Norfolk
• BBC Radio Northampton – Northamptonshire
• BBC Radio Suffolk
• BBC Three Counties Radio – Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire

East Midlands

• BBC Radio Derby – all but the northern part of Derbyshire and eastern Staffordshire
• BBC Radio Leicester – Leicestershire and Rutland
• BBC Radio Nottingham – Nottinghamshire

London

• BBC Radio London – Greater London

North East and Cumbria

• BBC Radio Newcastle – Tyne and Wear, Northumberland and the northern part of County Durham
• BBC Radio Tees – Teesside and the southern part of County Durham
• BBC Radio Cumbria

North West

• BBC Radio Lancashire
• BBC Radio Manchester – Greater Manchester, north east Cheshire and north west Derbyshire
• BBC Radio Merseyside – Merseyside and north and west Cheshire

South

• BBC Radio Berkshire – Berkshire and north Hampshire
• BBC Radio Oxford – Oxfordshire
• BBC Radio Solent – mid and south Hampshire, Dorset and the Isle of Wight

South East

• BBC Radio Kent
• BBC Radio Surrey – Surrey, northern West Sussex and north east Hampshire
• BBC Radio Sussex – East and West Sussex

South West

• BBC Radio Cornwall – Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
• BBC Radio Devon
• BBC Radio Guernsey – Guernsey, Alderney, Herm and Sark
• BBC Radio Jersey

West

• BBC Radio Bristol – Bristol, Bath, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire
• BBC Radio Gloucestershire
• BBC Radio Somerset
• BBC Radio Wiltshire

West Midlands

• BBC CWR – Coventry and Warwickshire
• BBC Hereford & Worcester
• BBC Radio Shropshire
• BBC Radio Stoke – north and mid Staffordshire, north east Shropshire and south Cheshire
• BBC Radio WM – Birmingham, the West Midlands and southern Staffordshire

Yorkshire

• BBC Radio Leeds – Leeds, Bradford and West Yorkshire
• BBC Radio Sheffield – Sheffield, South Yorkshire and north east Derbyshire
• BBC Radio York – North Yorkshire

Yorkshire and Lincolnshire

• BBC Radio Humberside – Kingston-upon-Hull, the East Riding of Yorkshire and north Lincolnshire
• BBC Radio Lincolnshire

List of former TV channels and radio stations

Television

• BBC Two Scotland
• BBC 2W
• BBC Choice
• BBC Knowledge
• BBC HD
• BBC World Service Television
• BBC Prime
• BBC TV Europe
• BBC Japan
• BBC Food
• BBC Knowledge (international)
• BBC Kids
• BBC Canada

Radio

National stations

• BBC Home Service
• BBC National Programme
• BBC Light Programme
• BBC Regional Programme
• BBC Third Programme
• BBC Radio 5 (former)
• Radio 4 News FM

Regional stations

• BBC Radio Clwyd
• BBC Radio Gwent

Local stations

• BBC Dorset FM
• BBC Radio Durham
• BBC Radio Furness
• BBC Radio Swindon
• BBC Southern Counties Radio
• BBC Thames Valley FM