BBC Three - Launch Night - 9th February 2003 (BBC TWO broadcast)

Because BBC Three has came back as a channel I thought it would be a good time to upload the entire (well excluding Little Britain) 2003 launch party for BBC Three seeing no one else has. Now compare this to what we've got now. We've really came a long way

[@Musydid911]

Happy Birthday BBC Three! 🎉
Thank you for 20 years of greatness!

[@rogerdarthwell5393]

20 years ago today! Happy 20th Birthday BBC Three!

[@feroxade]

BBC Three is literally the only BBC channel to launch twice ngl

[@FA2012YT]

Thanks For Uploading This.. 😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@inactivechannel86]

BBC Three is now a fully grown legal adult (why does that make me feel old)

[@ThatJujuBinx]

also CBBC and CBeebies

[@tolagemeda8717]

The fact that BBC Three(well,the original) turns 20 next year is quite a nostalgia blast(that and the CBBC Channel).
Although, in one ident,the announcer for Three mentions BBC Choice, so that would be early days(from another CZcamsr)

[@brianhebert6152]

"This is the live launch of a free to air station dedicated to the very best in British talent"
The station goes on to air Family Guy and American Dad!, both American productions

[@judithbunting781]

Eventually, but not at the start when Stuart Murphy was controller. He launched Three Non Blondes and Little Britain (remember them?). Played Dom Jolly, & Paul and Pauline Calf on launch night (the real launch night - no idea what this video above is supposed to be). When he scheduled our wonderful documentary series Body Hit in the middle of all the comedy, we thought we'd tank. To everyone's surprise BH with John Marsden spiked a higher audience than Steve Coogan and the lovely Mr Jolly. We were hardly terribly pleased at all/. Just a tiny bit of triumphing. Anyway. All those acts were/are British.

[@matthall3077]

1:14:57 This Was Actually The First Showing Of The Ident When The BBC Three Channel On Freeview 7 Sky Digital 160 And Cable First Started At 19:00 Before We Join Johnny Vaughan

[@JennynTwi]

Three is a magic number.

[@MultiVince95]

Sunday 9th February 2003

[@meridian2000]

It was much better when the channel was named BBC Choice and had a mixture of BBC One and Two programming as well as original BBC Choice programming such as Liquid News and Come Fly With Me, and it was much better when the Children's BBC Brand was merged, not separated and when it was on BBC One and BBC Two, 1999 to 2001 was the best era of the BBC.

[@JoeNuttss]

Monkey Dust is so good, they seriously need to rerelease it all somehow

[@MediaCentUK]

I was looking for this!!!!!

[@SpongeDan]

1:34:12

[@jamesdaly611]

When to upload more Nickelodeon and Nicktoons continuity and adverts from 2006?

[@SuperChunwing]

i Because BBC FOUR - Launch Night - 2nd March 2002 (BBC TWO broadcast)

[@DZMMRadyoPatrol630]

“i Because BBC FOUR”💀