TVP1

### Broadcast area

Nationally (also available in Belarus, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Lithuania, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden and Ukraine)

## Ownership

### Sister channels

TVP2
TVP3
TVP Info
TVP Kultura
TVP Polonia
TVP Sport
TVP Historia
TVP HD
TVP Seriale
TVP Rozrywka
TVP ABC
TVP Dokument
TVP Kobieta
TVP Nauka
Belsat
TVP World

## Programming

### Picture format

1080i HDTV
576i SDTV (cable only)

## History

### Former names

Eksperymentalna Stacja Telewizyjna IŁ (1952-1954)
Doświadczalny Ośrodek Telewizyjny (1954-1956)
Warszawski Ośrodek Telewizyjny (1956-1958)
Telewizja Polska (1958-1970)
TVP1 (1970-1976)
TP1 (1976-1992)

## Availability

### Terrestial

**DTT**: Channel 1 (HD), MUX3
**Canal+**: Channel 11, 211
**Polsat Box**: Channel 3, 113

**TVP1** ("TVP Jeden") is the first channel of Polish Public Television (TVP) focused mainly on news, current affairs, movies, series, documentaries, light entertainment and major live events (inc. sport).

## Description

TVP1 is a general and versatile program addressed to a wide audience. Thanks to this, it can best serve the participation of citizens in social and public life, and contribute to building social cohesion, striving to integrate society around the most important issues in the Polish present, but also history, culture and tradition. It gives the opportunity to experience events together (including national, anniversary, religious, cultural and sports events). It is characterized by a large share of own production, addressed to various social groups, including the elderly, in various forms and program genres.

## History

### Pre-1952

In 1935, in Warsaw at National Telecommunications Institute (PIT) and the Polish Radio (PR) work on launching a television station in Poland had begun. In 1937, an experimental television station began operating on the 16th floor of the Prudential skyscraper in Warsaw (nowadays Hotel Warszawa). Władysław Cetner became the manager of the station.

In 1937, an audio transmitter was installed, and in early 1938, a video transmitter. In addition, in 1938, a 16 m (19 yd 2 ft) high tower structure was built on the roof of the "skyscraper", on which a tubular mast for an 11 m high transmitting antenna was mounted. The antenna was therefore 87 m (95 ft) above the ground, which ensured the reception of the video signal at a distance of 20 km (12.4 mi) and the audio signal at a distance of 30 km (18.6 mi) from the transmitting antenna.

On Wednesday, 5 October 1938, the first trial television broadcast was carried out featuring Mieczysław Fogg performance and pre-war film "Barbara Radziwiłłówna". Next trial television broadcast carried out between 14:00 and 22:00 on Saturday, 26 August 1939 as part of 2nd Annual Radio Exhibition in Warsaw featuring repeats from 5 October 1938 but also Irena Zaleska performance as well as Polish Radio propaganda movie but has been interrupted on 1 September 1939 due to Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland which also became the cause World War II outbreak, thus leading to the loss of the development of research work on television, which was very advanced with the planned launch of regular broadcasting of the program in 1940.

After World War II, works on Polish Television has been returned in 1947 at National Telecommunications Institute (later renamed to Institute of Communications (IŁ)) and were led by Janusz Groszkowski and Lesław Kędzierski. On Saturday, 15 December 1951 the exhibition *Radio in the Struggle for Peace and Progress* organised in Warsaw at Polish Teachers' Union (ZNP) headquarter was opened and was open daily from 10:00 to 21:00 until Sunday, 20 January 1952. Trial TV broadcasting with artistic performances (including famous *Radio z lufcikiem* (*Radio with a Pipe*) by Stefan "Wiech" Wiechecki) were shown from 16:30-21:00 on weekdays and 10:30-12:30 on Sunday.

## Services

### Teletext

In early 1980s launched experimental teletext service (called as *Telegazeta*) provided by OBRTT (Research and Development Centre of Television Technology). Regular teletext service has been launched at the turn of 1988 and 1989 and shared with TVP2 until 15 June 1997, when *Telegazeta* has been splitted into two separate teletext services for respective TV channels.

### Accessibilities

Subtitle addressed mainly to deaf people is broadcast on page 777 or 778 on *Telegazeta* service or through DVB subtitles. For a list of programmes with subtitles, see page 335 of *Telegazeta* or the website. Subtitles are marked as **N** on TV guides (both in teletext and in some websites) and promos.

Audio Description on TVP channels is broadcast as additional audio and available on DTT as well as on Pay-TV providers. For a list of programmes with audio description, can be found on the website. Audio description is marked as **AD** on TV guides (both in teletext and in some websites) and promos.

## Programs

### News and Current Affairs

* *Agrobiznes* (1994-) - agricultural information service on weekdays at 12:10
* *Alarm!* (2018-) - intervention magazine
* *Kwadrans polityczny* (2016-) - morning political talk show
* *Magazyn śledczy Anity Gargas* (2016-)
* *Między ziemią a niebem* (2004-) - Catholic magazine
* *Sprawa dla reportera* (1983-)
* *Teleexpress* (1986-) - 15-minutes news at 17:00
* *Tydzień* (ca. 1981-) - weekly agricultural magazine on Sunday at 8:00
* *Wiadomości* (1989-) - flagship news at 19:30 with 10-minutes bulletins on weekdays at 8:00, 12:00 and 15:00

### Entertainment and Reality Show

* *Gra słow. Krzyżówka* (2019-) - original format
* *Jaka to melodia?* (1997-) - based on format *Name That Tune*
* *Jeden z dziesięciu* (1994-) - based on format *Fifteen to One*, moved from TVP2 in 2018
* *Rolnik szuka żony* (2014-) - based on format *Farmer Wants a Wife*
* *Sanatorium miłości* (2019-) - original format
* *Wielki Test* (2008-)
* *Wiesz czy nie wiesz* (2023-) - based on format *Who Knew?*

### National Series

* *Klan* (1997-)
* *Komisarz Alex* (2012-) - based on German-Austrian *Inspector Rex* and Italian *Il commissario Rex*
* *Korona Królów. Jagiellonowie* (2022-)
* *Leśniczówka* (2018-)
* *Ojciec Mateusz* (2008-) - based on Italian *Don Matteo*
* *Ranczo* (2006-2016)

### International Series

* *Caliphate* (2020) - Swedish series by SVT
* *Emanet* (2020-) - Turkish series by Kanal 7
* *Muhteşem Yüzyıl* (2012-2014) - Turkish series by Star TV
* *Velvet* (2014-2016) - Spanish series by Antena 3

### Former

* *Dziennik Telewizyjny* (1958-1989) - former flagship news
* *Miliard w rozumie* (1993-2004)
* *Plebania* (2000-2012)
* *Śmiechu warte* (1994-2009) - produced by TVP Szczecin, based on Japanese *Kato-chan Ken-chan Gokigen TV*
* *Wieczorynka* (1962-2013) - early evening children's programming block (moved to TVP Kultura, then to TVP ABC)
* *Wielka gra* (1962-2006) - based on Italian game show *Lascia o raddoppia?*, moved to TVP2 in 1975