- 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