BBC Parliament

BBC Parliament

Logo used since 2022
Country	United Kingdom
Broadcast area	United Kingdom and elsewhere in Europe
Programming
Language(s)	English
Picture format	Most programming: 576i SDTV (upscaled to 1080i for the HDTV feed) Some programmes: 1080i HDTV[a] (downscaled to 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	BBC
Sister channels	BBC One BBC Two BBC Three BBC Four BBC News CBBC CBeebies BBC Scotland BBC Alba
History
Launched	23 September 1998; 25 years ago (23 September 1998)
Links
Website	bbc.co.uk/tv/bbcparliament
Availability
Terrestrial
Freeview	Channel 232 (SD)
Streaming media
BBC iPlayer	Watch live (UK only)

BBC Parliament is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel from the BBC that showcases parliamentary content from across the United Kingdom. It broadcasts live and recorded coverage of the House of Commons, House of Lords and Select Committees of the British Parliament, the Scottish Parliament, the London Assembly, the Northern Ireland Assembly and the Welsh Senedd. When none of these chambers are sitting, the channel does not broadcast, and its feed is given over to a simulcast of the BBC News channel.^[1]

As of January 2022, the channel had a typical weekly peak of approximately 120,000 viewers, during Prime Minister's Questions,^[2] representing a monthly reach of 5.41% of UK TV households and 0.06% overall share.^[3] When the channel is not broadcasting parliamentary content, it simulcasts the BBC News channel.^[4]

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