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BBC Two
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BBC Two appears in Vinony's Peabody Award collection — one of 454 entries.
Vinony's link graph records 7,755 inbound references to BBC Two, and connects out to BBC One, BBC Three and Sky UK.
It is catalogued under topics including 1964 establishments in the United Kingdom, BBC nations and regions and BBC television channels in the United Kingdom.
Vinony links it to 48 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Broadcast area
- United Kingdom Ireland Isle of Man Channel Islands Belgium Netherlands Switzerland
- Network
- BBC Television
- Headquarters
- Broadcasting House , London, England
- Language
- English
- Picture format
- 1080i / 1080p HDTV (downscaled to 576i for the SDTV feed)
- Owner
- BBC
- Sister channels
- BBC One BBC Three BBC Four BBC News BBC Parliament CBBC CBeebies BBC Scotland BBC Alba
- Launched
- 21 April 1964 ; 62 years ago ( 1964-04-21 )
- Former names
- BBC2 (21 April 1964 – 4 October 1997)
- Webcast
- BBC Two on BBC iPlayer (UK only)
- Website
- bbc .co .uk /bbctwo
- Freeview
- Channel 2 (SD), Channel 102 (HD)
- Other providers
- See dedicated section
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- television station
- Award
- Peabody Awards
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Headquarters
- London
- Owned by
- BBC
- Parent organization
- BBC
- Official website
- www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo
- Significant event
- high-definition television
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- start time
- 1964-04-20
- streaming media URL
- www.bbc.co.uk/tv/bbctwo/live
- inception
- 1964-04-20
- topic's main category
- Category:BBC Two
- language used
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's second flagship channel, and it covers a wide range of subject matter, incorporating genres such as comedy, drama and documentaries. BBC Two has a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream and popular BBC One.
Like the BBC's other domestic TV and radio channels, it is funded by the television licence, and is therefore free of commercial advertising. It is a comparatively well-funded public-service channel, regularly attaining a much higher audience share than most public-service channels worldwide.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “BBC Two” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.