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The
Arts on BBC Television - BBC FOUR
BBC
FOUR is an outward-looking and enriching digital channel for viewers
looking for something different from the mainstream.
It
is a culture channel in the broadest sense, with news, science,
history and current affairs in the mix, alongside arts programmes
and performance.
It
takes a topical approach to culture, exposing viewers to the arts
as they happen in the UK.
Arts
coverage on BBC FOUR enhances terrestrial arts output, providing
even more range and depth.
BBC
FOUR co-commissions major series with BBC TWO, such as Robert Hughes's
recent architecture series Visions Of Space.
New
for 2003 is Art Safari, where acclaimed film maker
and ordinary arts enthusiast Ben Lewis goes hunting for modern masterpieces.
BBC
FOUR broadcasts from key events of the year like the BBC
Proms and the Edinburgh Festival, making
the BBC's coverage more extensive than ever.
It
features ballet, opera, contemporary dance and recitals from venues
all over the UK.
With
the launch of BBC FOUR, the BBC's commitment to opera
has increased, with broadcasts from the Royal Opera House, English
National Opera, Welsh National Opera, Scottish Opera and the Birmingham
Opera Company, including Graham Vick's extraordinary production
of Fidelio.
BBC
FOUR brings the best of London's West End to the small screen in
stage performances filmed for television.
Recent
productions included the critically acclaimed productions The
Mysteries and Vincent In Brixton.
BBC
FOUR also broadcasts jazz, world, folk and roots from big festivals
like WOMAD and Cambridge, as well
as its own specially recorded sessions.
BBC
FOUR sponsors the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction,
is the home of world cinema on British television, and puts the
spotlight on literature in its regular Readers And Writers
Roadshow.
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All the
BBC's digital services are now available on Freeview,
the new free-to-view digital terrestrial television service, as well
as on satellite and cable.
Freeview
offers the BBC's eight television channels, interactive services
from BBCi, as well as 11 BBC radio networks.
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