BBC World Service Television

1991-1994


BBC World Service Television was from the BBC's subscription-funded entertainment service, which replaced BBC TV Europe on 11 March 1991 at 19:00 GMT. Like BBC TV Europe, it was a mix of BBC1 and BBC2 but showed specially commissioned BBC World Service News Europe bulletins in place of the BBC's domestic ones. The BBC World Service News Europe studio looked like the BBC's domestic news, though with different graphics and on-screen logo.

On 16 January 1995 at 19:00 GMT, BBC World Service Television split into two stations: BBC World – is a 24-hours international news and information channel was launched on 26 January 1995 at 20:00 GMT the channel's slogan and motto tagline coat of arms names revamp us This is BBC World, BBC Television International News Television Channel and BBC Prime which was later phased out to become BBC Entertainment – is a 24-hours cultural, arts, variety and entertainment channel was launched on 30 January 1995 at 20:00 GMT. The channel's slogan and motto tagline This is BBC Prime, BBC Television International Entertainment Television Channel was launched on the same day. Since 1995, the service has gone through several branding changes. From 1995 to 1997, the channel used relatively few graphics to display the name of the channel, with the actual news studio modelled on that used for BBC News in United Kingdom.