BBC Prime

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This station was launched in 1987 as BBC TV Europe. It changed its identity to BBC World Service Television from 11 March 1991, then to BBC Prime from 26 January 1995. BBC Prime was replaced by BBC Entertainment from 11 November 2009.

Dr Who (Colin Baker) – BBC Prime, 4 April 1993

The station transmitted via the IntelSat satellite, broadcasting on frequency 601 27.5º west, at 10,995 and 11,155 gigahertz.

It was the BBC's first entertainment channel available via satellite and cable across Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa, broadcasting 24 hours a day.

BBC Prime aired a selection of BBC as well as ITV programming.


TRANSMISSION

We are not sure when Doctor Who started on this station. For a time episodes aired twice on Saturdays, with the following episode later the same day – e.g. an episode would air at 1.05am, then repeated at 10.00am, with the next episode on at 5.30pm the same day. Sometimes, the early morning episodes were not available in Africa.

It's unclear exactly when it was that the Doctor Who run ended on BBC Prime.

BBC Prime was available in the following countries, some of which also had previously aired Doctor Who on their own domestic stations:

(and no doubt many others….)