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A number of new digital radio and television services were launched during the year, and any data included for these services is for the period 

since the launch date.The launch dates for the new television channels were: CBBC, 11 February 2002; CBeebies, 11 February 2002; and BBC 

Four, 2 March 2002 (BBC Knowledge ceased on 1 March 2002).The launch dates for the new radio stations were BBC Five Live Sports Extra, 

2 February 2002 and 6 Music, 11 March 2002. 

For an explanation of the terminology used throughout this section (eg BARB, RAJAR, reach etc) see the glossary on the inside back cover. 

Programmes and audiences 

BARB introduced a new audience panel in January 2002. Reach comparisons across the period should therefore be treated with caution 

as subsequent falls in reach may partly be due to methodological changes. 

Table 1 15-minute weekly reach by service and platform All homes Analogue terrestrial Digital homes 

2001/2002 2000/2001 2001/2002 2000/2001 2001/2002 2000/2001 

(55.3m*) (55.0m*) (27.4m*) (30.2m*) (24.5m*) (15.7m*) 

% % % % % % 

Total BBC Television and Radio reach 93.0 94.4 – – – – 

BBC Television 86.5 88.4 90.2 92.0 83.4 82.4 

BBC One 82.9 85.7 86.8 89.7 78.2 78.8 

BBC Two 66.0 69.1 75.9 78.4 53.7 53.9 

BBC Choice 5.4 2.6 – – 15.1 11.7 

BBC Four 1.1 – – – 2.7 – 

BBC News 24 2.9 2.0 – – 5.6 4.0 

CBBC 1.0 – – – 2.4 – 

CBeebies 3.1 – – – 7.7 – 

BBC Knowledge 0.8 0.4 – – 2.3 1.5 

ITV1 78.0 82.6 83.0 87.5 70.6 72.1 

ITV2 3.1 0.4 – – 7.7 1.6 

Channel 4 62.5 67.3 70.2 74.6 52.1 54.1 

E4 (launched 18 January 2001) 4.6 3.2 – – 12.2 11.2 

Channel 5 39.2 38.5 40.2 39.9 35.7 32.3 

All Sky channels 25.0 23.0 – – 58.6 63.0 

Sky One 14.3 14.0 – – 33.0 37.3 

Sky News 3.5 3.2 – – 8.0 7.7 

Discovery 3.3 3.0 – – 6.5 6.1 

Nickelodeon 4.8 4.9 – – 10.7 13.4 

Nick Junior 1.6 1.4 – – 4.5 6.5 

UK Gold 9.3 8.8 – – 20.1 23.1 

UKTV 14.2 12.1 – – 31.9 33.2 

Other channels (total)** 36.1 33.0 – – 80.5 84.3 

BBC Radio 63.4 60.9 

BBC Radio 1 23.5 23.5 

BBC Radio 2 22.9 19.5 

BBC Radio 3 3.7 3.6 

BBC Radio 4 17.7 16.8 

BBC Radio Five Live 11.2 10.6 

BBC Local Radio (including Nations) 19.9 19.1 

Virgin 5.7 5.8 

Classic 12.3 11.5 

TalkSport 4.5 4.1 

All local commercial radio 58.5 57.0 

Source: BARB, RAJAR, age 4+, average for the year. 

* People age 4+ as at March 2002, source: BARB. 

** Excludes BBC One, BBC Two, ITV1, Channel 4 and Channel 5. 

It is not possible to measure the reach of digital radio services.



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Table 2 Share by service and platform All homes Analogue terrestrial Digital homes 

2001/2002 2000/2001 2001/2002 2000/2001 2001/2002 2000/2001 

(55.3m*) (55.0m*) (27.4m*) (30.2m*) (24.5m*) (15.7m*) 

% % % % % % 

Total BBC Television and Radio share 43.8 43.1 – – – – 

BBC Television 38.4 38.2 48.5 46.3 27.2 25.4 

BBC One 26.5 26.8 34.1 32.1 18.9 18.2 

BBC Two 11.1 11.0 14.4 14.2 6.2 5.7 

BBC Choice 0.7 0.3 – – 1.5 1.0 

BBC Four 0.1 – – – 0.1 – 

BBC News 24 0.1 0.1 – – 0.5 0.3 

CBBC 0.0 – – – 0.1 – 

CBeebies 0.5 – – – 1.3 – 

BBC Knowledge 0.0 0.0 – – 0.1 0.1 

ITV1 25.7 28.9 31.4 33.8 18.3 19.0 

ITV2 0.2 0.0 – – 0.5 0.1 

Channel 4 9.9 10.3 12.1 12.6 6.2 6.0 

E4 (launched 18 January 2001) 0.4 0.1 – – 1.1 0.6 

Channel 5 5.9 5.7 7.4 6.8 3.7 2.9 

All Sky channels 6.1 5.4 – – 14.5 16.8 

Sky One 1.8 1.8 – – 4.0 4.4 

Sky News 0.4 0.3 – – 0.8 0.6 

Discovery 0.2 0.2 – – 0.4 0.3 

Nickelodeon 0.6 0.5 – – 1.1 1.2 

Nick Junior 0.2 0.1 – – 0.5 0.6 

UK Gold 1.0 1.1 – – 2.0 2.3 

All UKTV 1.9 1.6 – – 3.9 4.0 

Other channels (total)** 20.7 17.3 0.6 0.5 46.8 48.2 

BBC Radio 50.2 49.7 

BBC Radio 1 9.7 10.6 

BBC Radio 2 14.1 12.6 

BBC Radio 3 1.1 1.2 

BBC Radio 4 10.5 10.4 

BBC Radio Five Live 4.1 3.9 

BBC Local Radio (including Nations) 10.7 11.0 

Virgin 1.5 1.6 

Classic 4.2 4.2 

TalkSport 1.6 1.4 

All local commercial radio 39.9 40.4 

Source: BARB, RAJAR, age 4+, average for the year. 

* People age 4+ as at March 2002, source: BARB. 

** Excludes BBC One, BBC Two, ITV1, Channel 4 and Channel 5. 

It is not possible to measure the share of digital radio services.



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Table 3 Top ten programmes 2001/2002 

Audience 

BBC One Millions 

1 Only Fools and Horses 21.35 

2 EastEnders 20.05 

3 Match of the Day Live: England v Albania 11.64 

4 Ten O’Clock News 10.46 

5 Film: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 10.27 

6 Antiques Roadshow 10.18 

7 Film: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 10.13 

8 The Grand National 10.05 

9 Casualty 9.95 

10 The Blue Planet 9.70 

BBC Two 

1 Band of Brothers 5.62 

2 Horizon 5.14 

3 Dad’s Army 5.13 

4 The Weakest Link 5.10 

5 World Championship Snooker 4.86 

6 Conspiracy 4.56 

7 Shooting Stars 4.56 

8 How to be a Gardener 4.52 

9 Film: Meet Joe Black 4.48 

10 Olympic Grandstand 4.35 

Source: BARB. 

Note: For series, highest programme audience shown. 

Table 4 Monthly BBCi on the internet page impressions 

March 2002 March 2001 

Millions Millions 

News and sport 226.2 169.5 

Education 53.2 25.1 

Other BBCi 269.9 127.7 

Total BBCi on the internet (excluding beeb.com) 549.3 322.3 

BBC World Service, accessed via BBCi sites 26.2 12.2 

BBC World Service, accessed via key partners 2.7 2.9 

Total BBC World Service 28.9 15.1 

Source: Server logs. 

Note: Key partner websites host BBC World Service text and audio. 

Table 5 Monthly BBCi on the internet and interactive TV 

reach (millions of users) 

March 2002 March 2001 

Millions Millions 

BBCi on the internet* 5.7 4.9 

BBCi on interactive television** 3.7 – 

Total BBCi† 8.8 4.9 

Source: * Server logs. 

** Interactive TV tracking study (began July 2001), digital satellite and digital terrestrial only. 

† Total BBCi only counts an individual once for using BBCi services on both the internet and interactive TV. 

Table 6* Combined BBC radio and television reach 

by genre 

2001 2000 

% % 

Arts and music 51 50 

Current affairs 22 22 

Documentaries/features 78 78 

Drama (non-soap) 62 59 

Drama (soap) 50 49 

Films 24 25 

Comedy 49 53 

Other entertainment 71 68 

Network news 54 53 

Regional news 44 39 

Sport 33 37 

Source: BARB Audience Reaction Service. 

Note: Based on respondents giving opinions on programmes. Reach based on at least one programme 

response in the course of a week. Excludes BBC Digital services. 

* The programme genre coding service was not available after December 2001.The figures shown are 

for the calendar year. 

Table 7 Range of peaktime UK-made programmes on 

network television 

Number of UK-produced genres averaging a half-hour slot during peak 

time in a typical week.This excludes all digital output. 

Network BBC BBC ITV/ 

BBC TV One Two C4/C5 ITV C4 C5 

Single plays/films * 

Drama series * * * * * 

UK originated serials * * * * 

Long-running serials * * * * * * 

Sitcom – UK originated * * * 

Other comedy * * * * 

Variety * * 

Quiz and panel games * * * * * * 

Family/people shows * * * * * 

Sport * * * * * * * 

Network news * * * * * * 

Nations and Regions news * * * * 

Current affairs * * * 

Consumer affairs * * 

Arts * * 

Hobbies and leisure pursuits* * * * * * 

Natural history * * * * * 

Science and medical * * * * * 

Human interest * * * * * * * 

Music – contemporary * * * * * * 

Music – classical * * * 

Religious * 

Total 2001/2002 21 15 12 17 10 10 8 

Total 2000/2001 19 13 14 16 10 7 6 

Source: BARB. 

Note: Peak time is 6pm to 10.30pm.



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Hours of output – television 

Table 8 Television On all platforms On digital platforms only 

BBC One BBC Two BBC Choice BBC Four BBC Knowledge 

Hours of output 2001/2002 2000/2001 2001/2002 2000/2001 2001/2002 2000/2001 2001/2002 2000/2001 2001/2002 2000/2001 

Factual 1,341 1,240 927 966 256 495 47 – 3,290 4,620 

Education for children 12 – 678 892 – – – – – – 

News and weather 2,792 2,675 381 371 22 225 27 – 57 4 

Current affairs 84 99 192 183 7 – – – – – 

Parliamentary 32 31 117 152 – – – – – – 

Entertainment 802 755 682 645 1,605 1,185 – – 3 1 

Sport 519 761 864 831 1 156 – – – – 

Children’s 533 593 494 378 3,012 3,275 – – 6 63 

Drama 561 528 62 112 310 352 13 – 203 31 

Music and arts 28 27 231 220 64 57 74 – 1,301 1,102 

Religion 102 107 18 14 4 – 1 – 54 27 

Open University – – 784 766 – – – – – – 

Learning Zone – – 601 494 – – – – – – 

Acquired programmes 1,511 1,523 2,121 2,160 1,192 1,357 43 – 652 317 

Continuity 246 233 272 270 242 278 8 – 168 238 

Total network 8,563 8,572 8,424 8,454 6,715 7,380 213 – 5,734 6,403 

CBBC CBeebies BBC News 24 BBC Parliament 

Hours of output – digital platforms only 2001/2002 2000/2001 2001/2002 2000/2001 2001/2002 2000/2001 2001/2002 2000/2001 

Children’s 327 – 431 – – – – – 

Education for children 72 – – – – – – – 

News and weather – – – – 8,760 8,760 – – 

Parliamentary – – – – – – 5,265 5,265 

Acquired programmes 146 – 133 – – – – – 

Continuity 38 – 66 – – – – – 

Total network 583 – 630 – 8,760 8,760 5,265 5,265 

Note: BBC One and BBC Two are broadcast on all platforms. Some programmes are broadcast on both BBC News 24 and BBC One or BBC Two, eg Breakfast and special events, and these are included under 

both channels. Acquired programmes are programmes not made or commissioned by the BBC, eg feature films. Continuity is all other output that is not programmes. 

Table 9 Subtitling output on BBC television 

BBC One/Two BBC Choice BBC Four BBC News 24 CBBC CBeebies BBC Knowledge 

2001/2002 2000/2001 2001/2002 2000/2001 2001/2002 2000/2001 2001/2002 2000/2001 2001/2002 2000/2001 2001/2002 2000/2001 2001/2002 2000/2001 

Subtitled hours 17,396 15,916 4,331 2,800 1,061 – 2,327 1,380 311 – 560 – 3,923 3,762 

Target for year 72% 66% 35% 30% 30% – 30% 20% 30% – 30% – 30% 20% 

Actual for year 73.7% 72.4%* 64.4% 48.5%* 53.5% – 26.6% 20.3%* 55.6% – 92.7% – 68.2% 55.6%* 

* Actual figures for 2000/2001 show the final quarter percentage only. Note: A target has been set for 100% of programming output to be subtitled by 2008/2009. 

Table 10 Audio description 

Average hours Target for year Actual for year 

Average hours per week 2001/2002 2000/2001 2001/2002 2000/2001 2001/2002 2000/2001 

BBC One 6.9 3.9 2.8% 2.0% 4.2% 2.3% 

BBC Two 5.1 3.5 2.8% 2.0% 3.2% 2.1% 

BBC Choice 6.0 3.5 2.8% 2.0% 4.7% 2.4% 

BBC Four 1.5 – 4.0% 2.0% 3.0% – 

CBBC 0.4 – 4.0% – 0.5% – 

CBeebies 1.9 – 4.0% – 2.2% – 

BBC Knowledge 8.3 7.8 2.8% 2.0% 6.9% 6.3% 

Total average audio hours per week 30.1 18.7 2.8% 2.0% 3.5% 2.0% 

Note:Targets have been set for 10% of programming output to be audio described by 2008/2009. Audio description was launched 15 May 2000.



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Table 12 Television hours of output by origin 

Programmes made in 

England 

(excluding Northern Total Total 

London London) Ireland Scotland Wales 2001/2002 2000/2001 

First transmission: 

Originated programmes 

Network BBC One and Two 

Factual 870 627 1 48 4 1,550 1,642 

Education for children 36 3 1 6 1 47 127 

News and weather 3,168 – – 1 – 3,169 3,046 

Current affairs 203 59 – 3 – 265 260 

Parliamentary 148 – – – – 148 181 

Entertainment 723 145 4 13 – 885 856 

Sport 1,341 – – – – 1,341 1,471 

Children’s 258 84 – 111 – 453 480 

Drama 278 125 16 23 6 448 381 

Music and arts 161 8 12 11 16 208 212 

Religion 10 101 1 3 – 115 120 

Subtotal 7,196 1,152 35 219 27 8,629 8,776 

Nations and Regions 

Factual and learning – – 57 84 42 183 176 

Education for children – – 2 7 9 18 30 

News and weather 186 3,004 337 375 304 4,206 3,828 

Current affairs 5 101 23 31 13 173 220 

Parliamentary 16 128 80 109 111 444 393 

Entertainment – – 67 49 37 153 93 

Sport – – 107 235 227 569 513 

Children’s – – 7 21 – 28 11 

Drama – – – 4 10 14 8 

Music and arts – – 5 29 22 56 43 

Religion – – – – – – 8 

Subtotal 207 3,233 685 944 775 5,844 5,323 

Acquired programmes 869 10 – 5 3 887 953 

Total first transmissions* 8,272 4,395 720 1,168 805 15,360 15,052 

Repeats 

Network 4,691 774 12 64 28 5,569 5,534 

Nations and Regions – 1 76 124 35 236 231 

Continuity 519 20 99 114 123 875 846 

Open University 784 – – – – 784 766 

Learning Zone 590 8 1 1 1 601 495 

Total hours of broadcasting 14,856 5,198 908 1,471 992 23,425 22,924 

*of which independents 

Network 950 434 32 63 4 1,483 1,557 

Nations and Regions – 11 81 112 89 293 260 

Table 13 Network television hours 

of output, repeats only 

BBC One 

General programmes 2001/2002 2000/2001 

Factual and learning 339 206 

Education for children – – 

News and weather – – 

Current affairs 5 20 

Parliamentary – – 

Entertainment 273 255 

Sport 25 96 

Children’s 142 151 

Drama 160 193 

Music and arts 2 3 

Religion 5 2 

Open University – – 

Learning Zone – – 

Acquired programmes 1,075 1,031 

Continuity – – 

Total 2,026 1,957 

Of which narrative 

repeats 448 438 

Repeats as 

a % of total output 24% 23% 

BBC Two 

General programmes 2001/2002 2000/2001 

Factual and learning 379 358 

Education for children 643 766 

News and weather – – 

Current affairs 11 1 

Parliamentary 1 2 

Entertainment 326 289 

Sport 17 25 

Children’s 432 339 

Drama 14 68 

Music and arts 50 31 

Religion – – 

Open University 727 691 

Learning Zone 561 435 

Acquired programmes 1,670 1,698 

Continuity – – 

Total 4,831 4,703 

Of which narrative 

repeats 274 303 

Repeats as 

a % of total output 57% 56% 

Table 11 Signing 

Average hours Target for year Actual for year 

2001/2002 2000/2001 2001/2002 2000/2001 2001/2002 2000/2001 

Average hours of signing per week 12.4 9.6 1.4% 1.0% 1.6% 1.3% 

Note:Targets have been set for 5% of programming output to be signed by 2008/2009. Signing was launched 29 May 2000.



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Hours of output – radio 

Table 14 BBC Network radio hours of output 

On all platforms 

Radio 1 Radio 2 Radio 3 Radio 4 Radio Five Live 

2001/2002 2000/2001 2001/2002 2000/2001 2001/2002 2000/2001 2001/2002 2000/2001 2001/2002 2000/2001 

Music 8,472 8,437 7,422 7,434 8,126 8,112 – – – – 

News and weather 272 276 420 427 18 19 2,563 2,701 5,817 5,957 

Sport 33 33 – – – – 696 453 2,239 2,161 

Knowledge – – 86 85 17 10 1,736 1,573 27 – 

National debate 25 25 165 184 – – 765 714 469 480 

Drama – – 13 13 102 112 1,075 1,063 – – 

Arts – – 118 96 167 180 340 362 – – 

Comedy and entertainment – 6 79 105 – – 416 459 31 33 

Religion – – 193 189 63 64 180 176 – – 

Schools/continuing education 15 15 – – 208 197 44 46 – 15 

Leisure 69 63 85 46 – – 62 70 37 – 

Presentations and trailing 145 149 179 181 59 66 55 65 140 114 

Total 9,031 9,004* 8,760 8,760 8,760 8,760 7,932 7,682 8,760 8,760 

* Radio 1 operates Nations’ opt-outs from The Evening Session on weekday evenings. 

On digital platforms only 

Five Live 

Sports Extra 6 Music Total network radio 

2001/2002 2000/2001 2001/2002 2000/2001 2001/2002 2000/2001 

Music – n/a 504 n/a 24,524 23,983 

News and weather – n/a – n/a 9,090 9,380 

Sport 200 n/a – n/a 3,168 2,647 

Knowledge – n/a – n/a 1,866 1,668 

National debate – n/a – n/a 1,424 1,403 

Drama – n/a – n/a 1,190 1,188 

Arts – n/a – n/a 625 638 

Comedy and entertainment – n/a – n/a 526 603 

Religion – n/a – n/a 436 429 

Schools/continuing education – n/a – n/a 267 273 

Leisure – n/a – n/a 253 179 

Presentations and trailing – n/a – n/a 578 575 

Total 200 n/a 504 n/a 43,947 42,966 

Note: Digital radio – all networks are broadcast via DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting), Dsat (Digital Satellite) and are streamed online. 

Table 15 Network radio hours of output by origin 

Nations 

Radio Five Live Total and Local Total Total 

Radio 1 Radio 2 Radio 3 Radio 4 Five Live Sports Extra 6 Music Network Radio* 2001/2002 2000/2001 

Programmes produced in London 8,349 5,784 6,617 6,220 8,472 200 504 36,146 8,736 44,882 44,487 

Programmes produced 

outside London 

England excluding London 412 2,837 1,219 1,434 283 – – 6,185 213,577 219,762 216,998 

Northern Ireland 90 15 99 44 5 – – 253 8,754 9,007 9,057 

Scotland 90 120 367 163 – – – 740 10,394 11,134 10,787 

Wales 90 4 458 71 – – – 623 13,570 14,193 14,043 

Subtotal 682 2,976 2,143 1,712 288 – – 7,801 246,295 254,096 250,885 

Total hours of broadcasting 9,031 8,760 8,760 7,932 8,760 200 504 43,947 255,031 298,978 295,372 

* Including BBC Asian Network.



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Table 16 Nations’ and Local Radio hours of output 

Population* Total Total 

Nations Radio Age 15+ (000s) 2001/2002 2000/2001 

Northern Ireland: 

BBC Radio Ulster 1,306 6,119 6,158 

BBC Radio Foyle 114 2,635 2,666 

Scotland 

BBC Radio Scotland 

(including BBC Radios Orkney and Shetland) 4,176 8,326 8,309 

BBC Radio nan Gaidheal 4,176 2,068 1,856 

Wales: 

BBC Radio Wales 2,383 6,810 6,741 

BBC Radio Cymru 2,383 6,760 6,723 

Subtotal 32,718 32,453 

Population* Total Total 

Local Radio Age 15+ (000s) 2001/2002 2000/2001 

1 Berkshire 784 3,329 3,290 

2 Bristol (incl. Somerset Sound opt) 1,227 7,550 7,402 

3 Cambridgeshire 603 5,710 5,437 

4 Cleveland 700 5,093 4,973 

5 Cornwall 411 5,493 5,686 

6 Cumbria 381 5,666 5,283 

7 Derby 583 5,130 5,150 

8 Devon (incl. Plymouth opt) 912 6,367 5,834 

9 Essex 1,163 5,269 5,023 

10 Gloucestershire 460 5,291 5,231 

11 GMR 2,073 6,705 6,779 

12 Guernsey 49 4,179 4,007 

13 Hereford & Worcester 487 5,287 5,341 

14 Humberside 724 5,459 5,347 

15 Jersey 71 4,228 4,212 

16 Kent 1,284 5,535 5,542 

17 Lancashire 1,126 5,865 5,970 

18 Leeds 1,495 6,266 6,188 

19 Leicester 751 5,069 5,060 

20 Lincolnshire 484 5,311 5,118 

21 London 94.9 (formerly London Live) 10,292 8,736 8,736 

22 Merseyside 1,616 6,107 5,792 

23 Newcastle 1,355 5,858 5,845 

24 Norfolk 676 6,229 6,208 

25 Northampton 435 5,089 5,112 

26 Nottingham 730 5,753 5,676 

27 Oxford 498 5,469 5,389 

28 Sheffield 1,220 5,654 5,564 

29 Shropshire 357 5,251 5,292 

30 Solent (incl. Dorset opt) 1,458 7,364 7,376 

31 Southern Counties Radio 

(incl. Brighton, Sussex and Surrey opts) 2,365 6,735 6,327 

32 Stoke 599 5,127 5,095 

33 Suffolk 418 5,140 5,107 

34 Three Counties Radio 947 6,699 6,303 

35 Wiltshire Sound 498 7,002 7,964 

36 WM (incl. Coventry & Warks. opt) 2,756 8,815 8,607 

37 York 462 5,548 5,156 

Local Radio 215,378 212,422 

BBC Asian Network 4,941 6,935 7,530 

Total hours 255,031 252,405 

* Based on Total Survey Area (the area over which the radio stations’ audience is measured 

for research purposes), age 15+, for RAJAR reporting. 

Note: An opt-out radio service broadcasts some of its own programmes for its local area, ‘opting out’ 

of the main service. 

Note: Details of BBC radio frequencies are available on www.bbc.co.uk/radio or by calling 

08700 100 123. 

The number on the map indicates the local radio station listed above.The map is representative 

only and does not indicate coverage. 

Radio Scotland 

Radio nan Gaidheal 

Radio Ulster 

Radio Foyle 

Radio Wales 

Radio Cymru 

23 

6 4

37 

28 11 

7 26 20 32 

29 

36 25 3 33 

9 34

21 

16 31 

27 10 

1 35 

30 2 

8 

12 

15 

5 

24 

13 

19 

22 

17 18 14



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Financial statistics 

Table 17 Spend outside London 2001/2002 2000/2001 

£m £m 

Cost of Nations and Regions television originations 

England 75 70 

Scotland 47 32 

Wales 31 23 

Northern Ireland 27 23 

180 148 

Cost of regional BBC and independent productions 

for network television 229 218 

Total cost of television originations in the 

Nations and Regions 409 366 

Cost of Nations and Local Radio originations 

England – Local Radio 79 71 

Scotland 19 19 

Wales 18 17 

Northern Ireland 10 9 

126 116 

Cost of regional BBC and independent productions 

For network radio 35 32 

Total cost of radio originations in the Nations 

and Regions 161 148 

Other programme costs incurred outside London 51 48 

Other costs, including transmission 86 104 

Total spend in the Nations and Regions 707 666 

Table 18 Distribution costs 2001/2002 2000/2001 

£m £m 

Analogue 75 74 

Digital 52 42 

Total distribution costs 127 116 

Table 19 Comparative cost per household of 

viewing/listening per hour 2001/2002 2000/2001 

pence pence 

BBC 4.6 4.5 

Sky multichannels (family package) 27.0 22.8 

All pay television 19.7 19.4 

Video hire 65.6 63.6 

Source: BARB, RAJAR, BBC Strategy estimates.This table shows how the licence fee compares with other 

forms of entertainment for each hour of viewing or listening. 

Table 20 Creative spend 2001/2002 2000/2001 

£m £m 

Independent programme productions transmitted 257 203 

Acquired programmes transmitted 96 76 

Artists, contributors and copyright 260 259 

In-house orchestras 25 25 

638 563 

Table 21 Cost per hour of originated programmes 

2001/2002 2000/2001 

£000 £000 

Television channels 

BBC One 146.1 132.3 

BBC Two 98.2 91.4 

BBC Choice* 107.6 52.4 

BBC Four 98.5 – 

BBC News 24 5.3 5.1 

BBC Parliament 0.5 0.5 

CBBC 19.6 – 

CBeebies 42.2 – 

BBC Knowledge 72.0 62.7 

Radio stations 

BBC Radio 1 2.7 3.1 

BBC Radio 2 4.0 3.3 

BBC Radio 3 3.8 4.0 

BBC Radio 4 10.7 9.6 

BBC Radio Five Live 7.4 6.2 

BBC Five Live Sports Extra 1.7 – 

BBC 6 Music 0.4 – 

Nations and Regions 

Television (BBC One/BBC Two/BBC Choice) 28.5 27.8 

Radio (Local Radio/Nations) 0.5 0.5 

* BBC Choice included a branded block of children’s programmes shown between 6am and 6pm. 

Table 22 Cost per hour of originated programmes by genre 

2001/2002 2000/2001 

£000 £000 

Analogue television programmes 

Factual and learning 104.2 92.8 

Education for children 85.2 86.4 

News and weather 51.7 54.0 

Current affairs 117.5 118.2 

Parliamentary 73.0 46.7 

Entertainment 176.9 183.0 

Sport 127.8 101.7 

Children’s 100.1 89.9 

Drama 518.0 486.3 

Music and arts 111.9 109.7 

Religion 107.6 102.0 

Digital television programmes 

Factual and learning 109.4 78.2 

Education for children – – 

News and weather 5.4 5.3 

Current affairs 74.1 – 

Parliamentary 0.7 0.5 

Entertainment 98.2 78.3 

Sport – 52.0 

Children’s 25.0 5.3 

Drama 267.5 93.7 

Music and arts 52.9 47.8 

Religion 59.5 –



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Or you can write to the Broadcasting 

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and the English Regional and Local 

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Corporation.You can write to them 

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The Secretary 

Broadcasting Council for Scotland 

Room 3152 

Broadcasting House 

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The Secretary 

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Broadcasting House 

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Head of Public Affairs and Secretary 

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Ireland 

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The Secretary 

English Regions 

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BBC Broadcasting House 

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television shows 

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Ring: 020 8576 1227 

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Text phone: 020 8225 8090 

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Ring: BBC Products and Sales 

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Contributing to programmes 

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of potential contributors to help BBC 

programme makers find new faces 

and voices, and to reflect better the 

full diversity of UK society.We are 

particularly interested in hearing from 

disabled people, people from ethnic 

minority backgrounds and older 

people. For an application form: 

Write to: 

Diversity Database Project 

Administrator 

Room 7021 

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London W12 7RJ 

Ring: 020 8576 4807 

Email: diversity.database@bbc.co.uk 

Fax: 020 8742 9066 

Working at the BBC 

To find out about getting work 

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Write to: 

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Ring: 020 8225 9883 

Website: 

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Email: work.experience@bbc.co.uk 

Ceefax: page 696 

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Email: recruitment@bbc.co.uk 

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Explanation of technical terms 

and abbreviations used in this 

Report 

BARB Broadcasters’ Audience 

Research Board. A joint industry 

committee, funded by television 

companies and advertising agencies, 

which produces audience measurement 

and audience reaction data for the 

television industry. Data is published 

monthly. Since 1 January 2002 there 

have been modifications to the way 

BARB collects viewing figures.This 

means figures for 2001 and 2002 

are not strictly comparable. 

DCMS Department for Culture, Media 

and Sport.The Government 

department responsible for 

broadcasting. 

Narrative repeats Programmes that 

appear twice in a weekly schedule. 

Network programmes The term used 

by the BBC to mean programmes 

transmitted to at least 11 of our 14 

Nations and Regions. 

Originated programmes Originated 

programmes/originations are the 

first showing of programmes directly 

produced or commissioned by 

the BBC. 

Page impressions Page impressions 

(PIs) measure the total number of 

visits to our website pages. 

RAJAR Radio Joint Audience 

Research Limited is jointly owned by 

the Association of Independent Radio 

Companies and the BBC. RAJAR 

operates an audience measurement 

system for the radio industry. Data is 

published quarterly. 

Reach The percentage of people 

viewing or listening to output for a 

defined period.The standard television 

definition (BARB) is three minutes 

consecutively, while that for radio 

(RAJAR) is 15 minutes consecutively. 

Usually measured daily or weekly. 

Online reach is the number or 

percentage of adult internet users 

(15 years +) who state they have 

used the BBCi website in the past 

month. 

Share The amount of viewing of/ 

listening to a given station or service 

– expressed as a percentage of all 

viewing/listening – during a defined 

timeband. 

Designed and produced by C&FD. 

Printed in England by Hyway. 

The following photographs have been 

reproduced courtesy of: 

Topham, page 6 (Township Opera) 

HBO, page 22 (Band of Brothers) 

P Victor/MaxPP, page 23 

(The Tragedy of Hamlet) 

Aureo De Freitas Junior, page 28 

(Music from the Rainforest) 

Simon Rix, pages 42, 43, 45 and 46 

(audience pictures) 

David Graeme-Baker, page 51 

(girl at a computer) 

stuarthollis.co.uk, page 53 

(BBC Asian Network) 

John Downer Productions, inside 

back cover (Weird Nature) 

Also: 

P.A Photo’s 

AP/Associated Press 

Above:Weird Nature, natural history 

on BBC One.



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