British Satellite Broadcasting
Satellite station British Satellite Broadcasting (BSB) was established in April 1986.
A small selection of black and white William Hartnell serials aired on BSB's Galaxy Channel, starting from Sunday, 1 April 1990 at 5:30pm, with each Sunday episode repeated the following Saturday at 1:30pm.
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Galaxy's regular "31 West" programme was renamed "31 Who" for a special Doctor Who Weekend, which aired Saturday to Sunday, 22-23 September 1990. It was hosted by 31 West's regular presenters Debbie Flint and Shyama Perera, with ex-Doctor Who producer John Nathan-Turner as guest host.
The weekend-long schedule featured screenings of several complete Doctor Who stories, plus some of the rare "orphan" episodes, the two Peter Cushing Dalek movies, along with documentaries and a fan quiz (featuring one of the editors of this very website!).
There were also many specially-filmed in-studio interviews with cast and crew: Sylvester McCoy, Carole Ann Ford, Elisabeth Sladen, Peter Purves, Wendy Padbury, Terrance Dicks, Bob Baker & Dave Martin, Barry Newbery, Raymond Cusick, Pat Godfrey, Peter Hawkins, Mervyn Haisman, Nicholas Courtney, William Russell, Jennie Linden, John Freeman (of DWM) and Waris Hussein. Pre-recorded interviews with Jon Pertwee, Frazer Hines and Deborah Watling also featured.
There was also a visit to a US Doctor Who convention, with interviews conducted at the 11-12 August 1990 "Unicon 90" event in Concord, San Francisco.
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On 2 November 1990, BSB merged with SKY, and was rebranded as BSkyB. As a result, the ongoing schedule of further Doctor Who episodes was brought to an abrupt end on Saturday, 1 December 1990, midway through a repeat of The Daleks.
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