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 [[File:BBC World Service Europe globe.png|thumb|right|250px|BBC World Service ident]]
-This cable and satellite channel was launched in '''1987''' as '''[[wikipedia:BBC TV Europe|BBC TV Europe]]''', serving most of western continental Europe, including the islands in the Mediterranean sea, such as [[Malta]].
+This cable and satellite channel was launched on '''4 June 1987''' as '''[[wikipedia:BBC TV Europe|BBC TV Europe]]''', serving most of western continental Europe, including the islands in the Mediterranean sea, such as [[Malta]].
-The station transmitted via the [http://wn.com/Intelsat_5 IntelSat] satellite, broadcasting on frequency '''601 27.5º west, at 10,995 and 11,155 gigahertz'''. The station broadcast a mixture of delayed programming originally shown on BBC1 and BBC2.
+The station transmitted via the [http://wn.com/Intelsat_5 IntelSat] satellite, broadcasting on frequency '''601 27.5º west, at 10,995 and 11,155 gigahertz'''. The station broadcast a mixture of live and delayed programming originally shown on '''BBC1''' and '''BBC2'''.
 (There was also a '''BBC World Service''' '''radio network'''; it was on this that the radio serial [[Slipback]] was heard in certain parts of the world.)
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 *[http://www.astra2sat.com/tv-radio-archives/bbc-world-service-tv/ History of BBC WORLD SERVICE TV]
 =='''DOCTOR WHO ON BBC WORLD SERVICE'''==
 [[File:BBCCable1993.JPG|right|thumb|500px|BBC World Service listing for 4 April 1993, with "Dr Who" (at 5.55pm) (this is Revelation of the Daleks BBC 2 repeat), from Times of Malta]]
 [[File:Prime 1993.JPG|right|thumb|200px|Same 4 April 1993 listing from a Spanish newspaper, albeit with some of the listings times printed incorrectly! - "Dr Who (Colin Baker)" at the incorrect time of 6.20pm]]
-The '''Doctor Who''' repeats that aired on BBC2 in '''1992, 1993''' and '''1994''' were delay broadcast a few days later on the satellite channel:
+The '''Doctor Who''' repeats that aired on '''BBC2''' in '''1992, 1993''' and '''1994''' were delay broadcast a few days later on the re-named satellite channel:
 *'''1992''':
 **[[The Time Meddler]]

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	The station transmitted via the [http://wn.com/Intelsat_5 IntelSat] satellite, broadcasting on frequency '''601 27.5º west, at 10,995 and 11,155 gigahertz'''. The station broadcast a mixture of delayed programming originally shown on BBC1 and BBC2.		The station transmitted via the [http://wn.com/Intelsat_5 IntelSat] satellite, broadcasting on frequency '''601 27.5º west, at 10,995 and 11,155 gigahertz'''. The station broadcast a mixture of delayed programming originally shown on BBC1 and BBC2.
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		+	(There was also a '''BBC World Service''' '''radio network'''; it was on this that the radio serial [[Slipback]] was heard in certain parts of the world.)

	From '''11 March 1991''', '''BBC TV Europe''' changed its identity to '''[[wikipedia:BBC World Service Television\|BBC World Service Television]]'''.		From '''11 March 1991''', '''BBC TV Europe''' changed its identity to '''[[wikipedia:BBC World Service Television\|BBC World Service Television]]'''.

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 **[[Pyramids of Mars]]
-For instance, in '''April 1993''', each episode of the BBC2 repeat of [[Revelation of the Daleks]] played two days later on BBC World Service, as demonstrated by these two April 1993 billings from [[Malta|Maltese]] and [[Spain|Spanish]] newspapers, which lists the episode simply as '''"Dr Who"''' and '''"Dr Who (Colin Baker)"'''
+For instance, in '''April 1993''', each episode of the BBC2 repeat of [[Revelation of the Daleks]] played two days later on BBC World Service, as demonstrated by these two April 1993 billings from [[Malta|Maltese]] and [[Spain|Spanish]] newspapers, which lists the episodes simply as '''"Dr Who"''' and '''"Dr Who (Colin Baker)"'''

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 From '''11 March 1991''', '''BBC TV Europe''' changed its identity to '''[[wikipedia:BBC World Service Television|BBC World Service Television]]'''.
-From '''November 1991''' it expanded its coverage to parts of [[:Category:Australasia/Asia|Asia]], which received different programming from that seen in Europe; for example, although the station was available in [[India]] in 1993 and 1994, the repeats of '''Doctor Who''' were not shown.
+From '''November 1991''' it expanded its coverage to parts of [[:Category:Australasia/Asia|Asia]], which received different programming from that seen in Europe; for example, although the station was available in [[India]] in 1993 and 1994, the repeats of '''Doctor Who''' were '''not''' shown.
 On '''26 January 1995''', the channel split into '''BBC World''' (for news) and '''[[BBC Prime|BBC Prime (for entertainment) -- see our dedicated page to that re-branded channel]]'''.
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 [[File:BBCCable1993.JPG|right|thumb|500px|BBC World Service listing for 4 April 1993, with "Dr Who" (at 5.55pm) (this is Revelation of the Daleks BBC 2 repeat), from Times of Malta]]
 [[File:Prime 1993.JPG|right|thumb|200px|Same 4 April 1993 listing from a Spanish newspaper, albeit with some of the listings times printed incorrectly! - "Dr Who (Colin Baker)" at the incorrect time of 6.20pm]]
-The '''Doctor Who''' repeats that aired on BBC2 in '''1992, 1993''' and '''1994''' were delay broadcast a few days later on the satellite channel -- see our [[Airdates in the UK (BBC repeats)|BBC 2 repeats]] page for the stories that were repeated.
+The '''Doctor Who''' repeats that aired on BBC2 in '''1992, 1993''' and '''1994''' were delay broadcast a few days later on the satellite channel:
-*For instance, in '''April 1993''', each episode of the BBC2 repeat of [[Revelation of the Daleks]] played two days later on BBC World Service, as demonstrated by these two April 1993 billings from [[Malta|Maltese]] and [[Spain|Spanish]] newspapers, which lists the episode simply as '''"Dr Who"''' and '''"Dr Who (Colin Baker)"'''
+*'''1992''':
 {{YouTube table |4HcEPZr6boI|BBC World Service intro plus start of Genesis of the Daleks ep2 (January 1993)
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 From '''11 March 1991''', '''BBC TV Europe''' changed its identity to '''[[wikipedia:BBC World Service Television|BBC World Service Television]]'''.
-From '''November 1991''' it expanded its coverage to parts of [[:Category:Australasia/Asia|Asia]], which received different programming from that seen in Europe; for example, although the station was available in [[India]] in 1993 and 1994, the repeats of '''Doctor Who''' were not part of the schedule.
+From '''November 1991''' it expanded its coverage to parts of [[:Category:Australasia/Asia|Asia]], which received different programming from that seen in Europe; for example, although the station was available in [[India]] in 1993 and 1994, the repeats of '''Doctor Who''' were not shown.
 On '''26 January 1995''', the channel split into '''BBC World''' (for news) and '''[[BBC Prime|BBC Prime (for entertainment) -- see our dedicated page to that re-branded channel]]'''.

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 *For instance, in '''April 1993''', each episode of the BBC2 repeat of [[Revelation of the Daleks]] played two days later on BBC World Service, as demonstrated by these two April 1993 billings from [[Malta|Maltese]] and [[Spain|Spanish]] newspapers, which lists the episode simply as '''"Dr Who"''' and '''"Dr Who (Colin Baker)"'''
 '''Some key dates''':
 *'''January 1992 to December 1993''': The run of Friday repeats of '''Doctor Who''' on BBC2 are delay-broadcast on Sundays, times differ slightly, but usually around 6:15-6:45pm.
 *'''January 1994 to March 1994''': The run of Sunday repeats of '''Doctor Who''' on BBC2 are delay-broadcast on Mondays, usually around 5:35-6:00pm.
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