what freeview channel is bbc three?
BBC Three
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 The adaptation was originally planned to be broadcast on BBC One on Boxing Day , but was later moved to a Sunday night slot on 28 December . It was simulcast in high @-@ definition on BBC HD . 

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 Three series , each consisting of three episodes , have been produced . The first series was initially broadcast in July and August 2010 on the BBC , later premiering on Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS ) in the United States in October 2010 . A second series of three episodes was first broadcast in the UK in January 2012 , and then in the U.S. during May 2012 . The third series premiered in the UK on 1 January 2014 and in the US on 19 January 2014 . The series has been sold to over 200 territories . A special episode premiered on 1 January 2016 , on BBC One and PBS , marking the first time the series has aired on the same day in the UK and U.S. 

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 Although cinema , theatre , dance and live music are popular , the favourite pastime of the British is watching television . Public broadcast television in the United Kingdom began in 1936 , with the launch of the BBC Television Service ( now BBC One ) . In the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies , one must have a television licence to legally receive any broadcast television service , from any source . This includes the commercial channels , cable and satellite transmissions , and the Internet . Revenue generated from the television licence is used to provide radio , television and Internet content for the British Broadcasting Corporation , and Welsh language television programmes for S4C . The BBC , the common abbreviation of the British Broadcasting Corporation , is the world 's largest broadcaster . Unlike other broadcasters in the UK , it is a public service based , quasi @-@ autonomous , statutory corporation run by the BBC Trust . Free @-@ to @-@ air terrestrial television channels available on a national basis are BBC One , BBC Two , ITV , Channel 4 ( S4C in Wales ) , and Five . 

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 The BBC later launched BBC Radio 1 , Radio 2 , Radio 3 and Radio 4 FM on multiplex A on 14 February 2003 . These channels later moved to Multiplex 1 on 3 October 2007 . 

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 " The Power of Three " was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One and BBC One HD on 22 September 2012 . Overnight ratings showed that it was watched by an audience of 5 @.@ 49 million live . The final consolidated rating rose to 7 @.@ 67 million viewers , making it the thirteenth most @-@ watched programme of the week on British television , and the fifth highest rated on BBC One . The episode also received 1 @.@ 3 million requests on BBC 's online iPlayer , placing it fourth for the month on the site behind the first three episodes of the series . It also received an Appreciation Index of 87 , considered " excellent " . 
