BBC3 to make linear return in 2022
The BBC has confirmed it will re-launch online network BBC3 as a linear broadcast channel in January 2022.
Fiona Campbell
The youth-skewing channel will broadcast between 19.00 and 04.00 each day in the same EPG slot as kids channel CBBC, which will adjust its hours to close at 19.00 each day as a result.
Between 19.00 and the 21.00 watershed, BBC3, which generally targets a 16-34 audience, will show content suitable for a 13-plus age group.
BBC3 initially launched in 2003 as an edgy, youth-skewing channel focused on comedy and reality, commissioning break-out hits such as Monkey Dust, Gavin & Stacey and Don’t Tell the Bride.
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BBC Three announced to be returning to TV screens
The channel is coming back to television in 2022. 02/03/2021
BBC Three will be making a comeback to our TV screens in January 2022 after a six-year absence, the BBC has announced.
BBC Three was first launched as a TV channel in 2003 before being moved entirely online in February 2016, but next year will see the channel return to TV.
With BBC Three content including dramas such as
Fleabag and
Stacey Dooley Investigates and
Jesy Nelson: Odd One Out, many of its shows have been popular with both critics and audiences.