Season 1 of BBC Young Musician premiered on February 7, 1978.

Season 2 of BBC Young Musician premiered on April 8, 1980.

Season 3 of BBC Young Musician premiered on April 13, 1982.

Season 4 of BBC Young Musician premiered on April 12, 1984.

Season 5 of BBC Young Musician premiered on April 14, 1986.

Season 6 of BBC Young Musician premiered on April 18, 1988.

Season 7 of BBC Young Musician premiered on February 19, 1990.

Season 8 of BBC Young Musician premiered on February 15, 1992.

Season 9 of BBC Young Musician premiered on February 28, 1994.

Season 10 of BBC Young Musician premiered on March 24, 1996.

Season 11 of BBC Young Musician premiered on March 20, 1998.

Season 12 of BBC Young Musician premiered on May 22, 2000.

Season 13 of BBC Young Musician premiered on May 19, 2002.

Season 14 of BBC Young Musician premiered on April 26, 2004.

Season 15 of BBC Young Musician premiered on May 13, 2006.

Season 16 of BBC Young Musician premiered on May 4, 2008.

Season 17 of BBC Young Musician premiered on April 16, 2010.

Season 18 of BBC Young Musician premiered on April 14, 2012.

Season 19 of BBC Young Musician premiered on April 18, 2014.

Season 20 of BBC Young Musician premiered on April 8, 2016.

Season 21 of BBC Young Musician premiered on April 3, 2018.

Season 22 of BBC Young Musician premiered on May 4, 2020.

Season 23 of BBC Young Musician premiered on October 2, 2022.

BBC Young Musician is a televised national music competition broadcast biennially on BBC Television and BBC Radio 3.