THE BIOGRAPHY CHANNEL


'The Biography Channel' (or 'bio.') is an American digital cable television channel owned by A&E and based on the television series of the same name. A version of the channel also airs on Sky Digital and cable television in the United Kingdom, a version of the channel also broadcasts in Canada owned by Rogers Media. It is a digital cable, category 1 television channel in Canada. It also has a version in Australia which soon will change its name to simply ''Bio''. In 2007 a German version of the Biography Channel was launched within the Cable Digital Home Package and Biography Channel FBiH
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The Biography Channel began programming in 1999. In addition to biographical shows, the network has been airing fictional, non-biographical programming previously seen on A&E, including ''Murder, She Wrote'' and ''The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes''.
As of August 2006, 'The Biography Channel' became the exclusive home for the ''Biography'' series, which was also dropped by A&E.
On Monday, July 16, 2007, The Biography Channel unveiled a new logo, a new tagline ("True Story") and revamped its on-air look and feel. Although the channel will refer to itself as ''Bio'' in much of its branding, the ''Biography Channel'' name is still in use as a subheading within the channel logo and for other network business. [2]

Contents
Series
Fiction-Based Series
See also
External links

Series



★ ''Biography''

★ ''Enigma''

★ ''Mysteries of the Bible''

★ ''Notorious''

★ ''Screen Goddesses''

★ ''The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes''

★ ''The Unexplained''

★ ''In the Mind of...''

★ ''Midsomer Murders''

Fiction-Based Series




★ ''Agatha Christie's Poirot''

★ ''The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes''

★ ''Murder, She Wrote''

See also



List of Canadian television channels

The Biography Channel Canada

The Biography Channel Australia

The Biography Channel UK

List of DirecTV channels

List of Dish Network channels

List of United States cable and satellite television networks

External links



Official Site - Search BIOs, videos, and TV schedule and program information.

The Biography Channel Australia

The Biography Channel Canada

The Biography Channel UK

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