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At the time ''The Dæmons'' was produced, only two BBC television channels were in operation, the existence of a BBC 3 was intended to suggest a future timeframe (see [[UNIT dating controversy]]). | At the time ''The Dæmons'' was produced, only two BBC television channels were in operation, the existence of a BBC 3 was intended to suggest a future timeframe (see [[UNIT dating controversy]]). | ||
In the real world 1970s plans did exist for a third BBC analogue network, but were ultimately shelved in favour of the IBA's second network [[Channel 4]]. | In the winter of 1964-1965, there was a satirical programme entitled ''BBC-3'', a successor to satirical shows ''That Was The Week That Was'' and ''Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life'' (which had David Frost as host), notable for being the programme where during a debate on censorship, theatre critic Kenneth Tynan became the first person to say the f-word on British television.<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/bbc3/</ref> In the real world, 1970s plans did exist for a third BBC analogue network, but were ultimately shelved in favour of the IBA's second network [[Channel 4]]. In the 1980s, there was a children's programme, ''[[Roland Rat: The Series]]'', which was ostensibly set on BBC3.<ref>http://www.ratfans.com/roland_rat_the_series.htm</ref> | ||
In the script for the ultimately unproduced [[1993 (releases)|1993]] film ''[[The Dark Dimension (TV story)|The Dark Dimension]]'', a BBC3 news reporter named [[Tony McCabe]] is said to have been killed at [[Oxford Circus]]. | In the script for the ultimately unproduced [[1993 (releases)|1993]] film ''[[The Dark Dimension (TV story)|The Dark Dimension]]'', a BBC3 news reporter named [[Tony McCabe]] is said to have been killed at [[Oxford Circus]]. | ||
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BBC3 was launched in 1969, with its initial broadcast showing the British Rocket Group and Mars Probe 7. (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy) Dame Emily Shaw saw her daughter Liz Shaw over John Wakefield's shoulder immediately before the launch of the Recovery 7 several days later. (AUDIO: The Last Post)
It broadcast a documentary on Devil's End, (TV: The Dæmons) enitled The Passing Parade: Live from Devil's End, (PROSE: "BBC 3 Schedule") prior to the uncovering of the Devil's Hump. (TV: The Dæmons) The show was presented by Alastair Fergus, and he was joined on air by Professor Gilbert Horner. (PROSE: "BBC 3 Schedule")
James Stevens contacted BBC3 to expose the secrets of the Glasshouse, and they sent a camera crew to where it was located. However, the Glasshouse was abandoned when they arrived. (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy)
Jo Grant later watched a documentary about a cult in Utah on BBC3, which "gave [her] the creeps." (AUDIO: The Many Deaths of Jo Grant)
On the Inferno Earth BBC3 broadcast the documentary series Occult Secrets of the Nazis. (PROSE: Still Lives)
On 25 December 2010, BBC Three broadcast John Fuchas' film adaptation of The True History of Planets. (PROSE: Mad Dogs and Englishmen)
Behind the scenes
At the time The Dæmons was produced, only two BBC television channels were in operation, the existence of a BBC 3 was intended to suggest a future timeframe (see UNIT dating controversy).
In the winter of 1964-1965, there was a satirical programme entitled BBC-3, a successor to satirical shows That Was The Week That Was and Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life (which had David Frost as host), notable for being the programme where during a debate on censorship, theatre critic Kenneth Tynan became the first person to say the f-word on British television.[1] In the real world, 1970s plans did exist for a third BBC analogue network, but were ultimately shelved in favour of the IBA's second network Channel 4. In the 1980s, there was a children's programme, Roland Rat: The Series, which was ostensibly set on BBC3.[2]
In the script for the ultimately unproduced 1993 film The Dark Dimension, a BBC3 news reporter named Tony McCabe is said to have been killed at Oxford Circus.
