BBC Two

BBC Two
Logo used since 2021
CountryUnited Kingdom
Broadcast area
NetworkBBC Television
HeadquartersBroadcasting House
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture format
Ownership
OwnerBBC
Sister channels
History
Launched21 April 1964 (1964-04-21)
Former namesBBC2 (21 April 1964 – 4 October 1997)
Links
WebsiteBBC Two
Availability
Terrestrial
Freeview
  • Channel 2 (SD)
  • Channel 102 (HD)
Streaming media
BBC iPlayerWatch live (UK only)

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.

Originally styled BBC2, it was the third British television station to be launched (starting on 21 April 1964), and from 1 July 1967, Europe's first television channel to broadcast regularly in colour. It was envisaged as a home for less mainstream and more ambitious programming, and while this tendency has continued to date, most special-interest programmes of a kind previously broadcast on BBC Two, for example the BBC Proms, now tend to appear on BBC Four instead.
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