Newsroom (BBC programme) N2 at Television Centre. Various newsreaders presented "Newsroom" over the years, including John Timpson, Peter Woods (from the first night) and Robert Dougall. Newsroom (BBC programme) Newsroom was the BBC2 channel's main news programme during the 1960s and early 1970s. The programme began on the day BBC2 started transmission, 20 April 1964 and continued until 1973. The programme was initially broadcast late at night (after 10.30pm) but was moved to a 7.30 - 8.00pm time-slot in 1968. The schedule change was followed by a switch from monochrome to colour transmission; "Newsroom" was, in fact, the first British news programme to
BBC Three the first science fiction programme ever to have been commissioned by the channel, and its popularity led to it being broadcast on BBC Two for the second series, and on BBC One for subsequent series. In 2010, BBC Three began airing episodes of the fifth series of BBC drama series "Waterloo Road" after they had aired on BBC One as part of its 'catch-up' programming. From January 2015, BBC Three aired the remaining episodes of "Waterloo Road" before being repeated on BBC One later the same day. Among its original programming, the channel also gave viewers the comedy-drama "Pramface", which