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It was definitely one of those shows that people watched not really for the format but for the personality, as highlighted by its lower ratings after he died.
I don't know if Zero 30 was axed or if it was because the BBC digital channels were being reformatted at that time around the millennium. BBC News 24 moved away from showing appointment-to-view programmes (with a few exceptions like Click Online and Dateline London) to becoming a pure rolling news channel, Stuart Murphy took over BBC Choice to position it as a youth station instead of the original catch-up/showcase format, and BBC Knowledge became a serious documentary channel instead of the interactive education and learning based format it started with.
Viewed in this context it makes sense that Zero 30 was retooled and relaunched as a BBC Choice programme.
I don't know if Zero 30 was axed or if it was because the BBC digital channels were being reformatted at that time around the millennium. BBC News 24 moved away from showing appointment-to-view programmes (with a few exceptions like Click Online and Dateline London) to becoming a pure rolling news channel, Stuart Murphy took over BBC Choice to position it as a youth station instead of the original catch-up/showcase format, and BBC Knowledge became a serious documentary channel instead of the interactive education and learning based format it started with.
Viewed in this context it makes sense that Zero 30 was retooled and relaunched as a BBC Choice programme.
