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 *Belarus
 *[[Belgium]]
-*Bulgaria
+*[[Bulgaria]]
 *[[Croatia]]
 *[[Cyprus]]
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 *[[Switzerland]]
 *[[Turkey]]
-*Ukraine
+*[[Ukraine]]
 *[[United Kingdom]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 02:40, 22 March 2023
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−	'''~~SOUTH~~ AFRICA''' (from 1999)	+	'''SOUTHERN AFRICA''' (from 1999)
		+	*[[Mozambique]]
	*[[South Africa]]		*[[South Africa]]

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 '''ASIA''' (from 2004)
 *[[Hong Kong]]
-*Indonesia
+*[[Indonesia]]
 *[[Malaysia]]
 *[[Nepal]]?

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 [[File:ZygonsBBCPrime.JPG|thumb|right|350px|BBC Prime listing in Icelandic newspaper; "Terror of the Zygons" is on at 09.05am, November 1997]]
 [[File:DaleksBBCPrime.JPG|thumb|right|350px|BBC Prime listing in Icelandic newspaper; "Remembrance of the Daleks, May 2002]]
-[[File:BBCPrime96.JPG|thumb|right|300px|BBC Prime listing in Swedish newspaper; "Dr Who" is on at 10.35am and 18.00pm]]
+[[File:BBCPrime96.JPG|thumb|right|250px|BBC Prime listing in Swedish newspaper; "Dr Who" is on at 10.35am and 18.00pm]]
+[[File:BBCPrimePoland1996.JPG|right|thumb|300px|BBC Prime was available in Poland in 1996; from Dziennik Baltycki 30 March 1996]]
 '''EUROPE'''
 *[[Austria]]
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 =='''DOCTOR WHO ON BBC PRIME'''==
 '''Doctor Who''' commenced on '''BBC Prime''' on Saturday, '''28 January 1995''', at 5:30pm (only two days after the channel was launched). The first story was [[Spearhead from Space]]. (None of the black and white William Hartnell stories aired; only one Patrick Troughton serial was shown, as a late night '''Doctor Who Special'''.)

← Older revision		Revision as of 20:22, 29 August 2021
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	The screening schedule meant that episodes aired four times per week - initially on the Saturday, at 5:30pm, with a repeat on Sunday at 3:15pm, then again on the Thursday evening at 6:30 or 7:30pm, with the last repeat on Friday morning (usually 1:00am). Sometimes, the early morning Friday episodes were not available in North Africa. As screenings progressed, the days on which the repeats occurred changed, sometimes Mondays (at 10:30pm), Wednesday, Thursdays, Fridays or twice on the Saturday.		The screening schedule meant that episodes aired four times per week - initially on the Saturday, at 5:30pm, with a repeat on Sunday at 3:15pm, then again on the Thursday evening at 6:30 or 7:30pm, with the last repeat on Friday morning (usually 1:00am). Sometimes, the early morning Friday episodes were not available in North Africa. As screenings progressed, the days on which the repeats occurred changed, sometimes Mondays (at 10:30pm), Wednesday, Thursdays, Fridays or twice on the Saturday.

		+	{{YouTube table\|ckRYCwNPD4A\|BBC Prime trailer (from German TV) with clips from Jon Pertwee stories}}
		+	{{clear}}

	'''GENERAL TRANSMISSION NOTES'''		'''GENERAL TRANSMISSION NOTES'''

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 *[[Yugoslavia|Serbia]]
 *[[Slovakia]]
-*Slovenia
+*[[Slovenia]]
 *[[Spain]]
 *[[Sweden]]

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 *As part of a 1960s-themed evening of programmes, [[The Tomb of the Cybermen]] was screened on '''8 November 1996'''; billed as a '''Doctor Who Special''', this was the only Troughton serial that BBC Prime aired
 *[[The Ambassadors of Death]] part one played in colour and the re-colourised episode five was aired for the very first time anywhere.
-*[[Colony in Space]] appears to have been skipped.
+*[[Colony in Space]] appears to have been skipped from the Saturday cycle - but it did air on the Sunday cycle.
 *The [[Tom Baker stories]] screened from '''June 1997'''.
 *On '''3 and 7 May 1999''', the [[30 Years in the TARDIS]] special aired.

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 [[File:BBCPrimeLogo.jpg|right|frameless]]
 [[File:BBCPrimeLaunch.JPG|thumb|250px|right|BBC Prime launched, 26 January 1995]]
 This cable and satellite channel was launched in 1987 as '''[[wikipedia:BBC TV Europe|BBC TV Europe]]''', serving continental Europe, and was rebranded as '''[[wikipedia:BBC World Service Television|BBC World Service Television]]''' from '''11 March 1991'''. (See our dedicated page -- [[BBC World Service Television Europe]].)
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 *[[Russia]]
 *[[Yugoslavia|Serbia]]
-*Slovakia
+*[[Slovakia]]
 *Slovenia
 *[[Spain]]
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-'''MIDDLE EAST / NORTH AFRICA (MENA)'''
+'''MIDDLE EAST  / NORTH AFRICA (MENA)'''
 *Afghanistan
 *[[Algeria]]
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 *[[Taiwan]]
 *[[Thailand]]
 (NOTE: the run of classic episodes had ended by the time Asia joined the network.)
+For [[Arabic]] countries in the [[:Category:Middle East|Middle East]] and [[:Category:Africa|North Africa]] (aka MENA) where the service was available, the signal was beamed via the Orbit Network, so the signal reach was wide and not country-specific.
 In some regions, such as [[South Africa]] and Asia, the programming was different to that seen in Europe due to rights issues, so it's possible that '''Doctor Who''' was not part of the scheduling in some of the countries and regions listed above.
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 =='''DOCTOR WHO ON BBC PRIME'''==
-'''Doctor Who''' commenced on '''BBC Prime''' on Saturday, '''28 January 1995''', at 5:30pm (only two days after the channel was launched). The first story was [[Spearhead from Space]]. (None of the black and white William Hartnell or Patrick Troughton stories aired.)
+[[File:BBCPrimeNov96.JPG|right|thumb|250px|The Tomb of the Cybermen was the only second Doctor serial shown on BBC Prime; 8 November 1996]]
 The screening schedule meant that episodes aired four times per week - initially on the Saturday, at 5:30pm, with a repeat on Sunday at 3:15pm, then again on the Thursday evening at 6:30 or 7:30pm, with the last repeat on Friday morning (usually 1:00am). Sometimes, the early morning Friday episodes were not available in North Africa. As screenings progressed, the days on which the repeats occurred changed, sometimes Mondays (at 10:30pm), Wednesday, Thursdays, Fridays or twice on the Saturday.
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 '''GENERAL TRANSMISSION NOTES'''
 *[[The Ambassadors of Death]] part one played in colour and the re-colourised episode five was aired for the very first time anywhere.
 *[[Colony in Space]] appears to have been skipped.

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-'''NORTH AFRICA/MIDDLE EAST'''
+'''MIDDLE EAST / NORTH AFRICA (MENA)'''
 *Afghanistan
 *[[Algeria]]
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 *Chad
 *Djibouti
-*Egypt
+*[[Egypt]]
 *[[Iran]]
 *[[Iraq]]
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 *Somalia
 *Sudan
-*Syria
+*[[Syria]]
 *[[Tunisia]]
 *[[United Arab Emirates]]