"BBC 2" redirects here. For the BBC radio station, see BBC Radio 2.
Broadcast area
Nationwide. Also widely available in Belgium, Ireland and the Netherlands.
Picture format
1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Sister channels
Former names
BBC2 (21 April 1964 – 4 October 1997)
Channel 102 (HD)
Digitenne
Channel 20 (HD)
Virgin Media (UK and Ireland)
Channel 102 (HD; UK)
Channel 109 (SD; ROI)
Channel 852, 865 (network variation)
Channel 62 (HD; England)
Channel 953 (SD; England)
(SD: NI; HD: Eng/Scot/Wal)
(HD: NI)
(SD: Eng)
(SD: Wal)
(SD: Scot)
Channels 968, 969, 971, 979
(regional variations)
(SD: ROI)
(SD: Eng/Scot/Wal
Channels 969, 971, 972, 980 (regional variations)
Astra 2E (28.2°E)
10773 H 22000 5/6
10788 V 22000 5/6
10847 V 23000 2/3 (HD)
Channel 12 (delayed)
Watch live (UK only)
BBC Two is a television channel in the United Kingdom and The Second BBC Channel in the Franchise. It was released on 20 April, 1964, and was the third television channel in the United Kingdom. The channel was published by BBC. BBC Two was channel of the year in 2007. BBC Two Was Also the first ever channel in the whole of Europe to go Colour In 1967.
Controllers[change | change source]
This is a list of the controllers of BBC Two.
1964–1965: Michael Peacock
1965–1969: Sir David Attenborough
1969–1974: Robin Scott
1974–1978: Aubrey Singer
1978–1982: Brian Wenham
1982–1987: Graeme MacDonald
1987–1992: Alan Yentob
1992–1996: Michael Jackson
1996–1999: Mark Thompson
1999–2004: Jane Root
2004–2008: Roly Keating
2008–2014: Janice Hadlow
2014–2016: Kim Shillinglaw
As of August 2008, the controller of BBC Two was Roly Keating. He took up the post in June 2004. Keating was formerly the controller of BBC Four. He became controller after Jane Root departed in May 2004 to become the executive vice president and general manager of the US-based Discovery Channel. Jane Root was appointed in 1999 and was the first woman to be appointed controller of a BBC television channel.
On 20 January 2016, Kim Shillinglaw announced that she was leaving the BBC and her job as Controller of BBC Two and BBC Four. As a result of a reorganisation, the position was closed, but it was reopened just over a year later. [1]
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