BBC One

**BBC One** is a British television channel owned and operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation, operating as a public television service. It is the corporation's primary network, broadcasting mainstream programming, and is partially financed by a licence fee. It does not rely on advertising for financial support.

It began as the BBC Television Service in 1936, renamed as BBC TV in 1960, becoming BBC 1 in 1964 with the advent of BBC 2. 'BBC One' is the current accepted spelling.

The channel also includes a regional network, including BBC Wales, Scotland, Midlands etc. and also streams programmes on-line in the UK via the iPlayer.

## Links to Janice

Even before joining BBC Radio 1 , Janice made a debut BBC One appearance on *Multi-Coloured Swap Shop* with her brother Keith Chegwin who was a regular presenter on the show for the "Swaporama" feature. It was this appearance that apparently led to her being selected as one of the presenters of the children's sports programme *Stopwatch* in 1981, then in its fifth series.

Janice is not recorded as making any other appearances on BBC One, on children's TV or otherwise, before beginning as a presenter of the flagship weekly music show *Top of the Pops*, when she had begun her regular show on Radio 1.

During January and February 1984 she featured as host of the *Young Enterprise Show (YES)* broadcast on BBC One North West. In September of the same year she appeared as guest contestant on the comedy game show *Blankety Blank*, then hosted by Les Dawson.

In 1985 Janice was one of the hosts for Live Aid for Africa, one of the biggest outside broadcasts in the history of BBC One.

In February 1986 she re-appeared on *Blankety Blank*, and a week later was special guest on *Saturday Superstore*, a re-branded version of 'Swap Shop' which was still co-hosted by brother Keith. In 1986 she appeared in the *Saturday Picture Show* which each week had a Radio 1 DJ in to present new pop records and videos, and in one episode of children's show *Lift Off!*. In late 86 and early 1987 she appeared as a regular co-host of *Open Air* together with Alan Titchmarsh, Bob Wellings and Eamon Holmes. As her *Top of the Pops* presenter duties continued, occasional appearances on BBC One programmes in 1987 include *Secrets Out*, *Blankety Blank* and *Wogan*, the latter for a special edition on Radio 1's 20th birthday celebrations. Janice presented her final edition of *Top of the Pops* alongside Mark Goodier on 04 August 1988.

In February 1989 she returned to BBC One firstly in a news programme showing Janice, "returning to her first job as an air hostess" and shortly after wards on *The BBC Diet Programme* (her son, Fred, would have been one year old). In January 1990 she became a regular presenter on the Monday afternoon magazine show *Bazaar [1]* (with a further appearance on *Blankety Blank* to promote her new job!).

After *Bazaar* ended in the summer of 1990, Janice's appearances on BBC One in the 1990s were sporadic, save for her job as host of *The Great British Quiz* from January - April 1994. She also made appearances on "the verbal communication game" *A Word In Your Ear* during the same year.