Threatened by this insurrection, the Government pushed through legislation to outlaw the pirates in the form of the Marine Offences Act, with the result that nearly all of them ceased broadcasting when the act became law on August 14 1967 (with the exception of Radio Caroline, which re-moored its ship off the Dutch coast and continued to broadcast as normal). The BBC responded to the listeners who had tired of many years of staid, safe programming by restructuring its three-tier radio channels. The Third Programme was renamed Radio 3 (classical and drama) and the Home Service was now Radio 4 (talks and documentaries), so in effect their programme content remained the same. However, the Light Programme, long a haven of easy listening entertainment, was split into two: Radio 1 (popular music