News Nugget – BBC HD channel transmission start imminent

The Beeb’s HD channel will start broadcasting in less than two weeks, on November 3.

With an opening night line-up including The One Show, Nigel Slater’s Simple Suppers, Film 2010 and The Apprentice, it will finally answer all your question about Slater’s fingernail hygeine and Alan Sugar’s nasal hair.

And the BBC’s moany cockney soap Eastenders will also be coming in gritty HD detail – as a Christmas present to its legions of fans, its Christmas Day episode will be shown on the channel.

Sports tournaments, charity events and more singing, dancing and cooking competitions than you’ll ever admit you watch are all being scheduled for the new channel, called BBC HD.

Transmission starts on November 3 at 7pm on Freesat 108, Freeview 50, Sky 143 and Virgin Media 108.

Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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