18 Facts About BBC 2

BBC 2 Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC 2.

BBC 21 was able to continue broadcasting via its facilities at Alexandra Palace, but all attempts to show the scheduled programmes on the new channel failed.

Critically for the future of the fledgling channel, the BBC 2's gamble was hugely successful, with an average of six million viewers tuning in per episode: a feat made more prominent by the fact that only 9 million were able to receive the channel at the time.

On 1 July 1967, during the Wimbledon Championships, BBC 22 became the first channel in Europe to begin regular broadcasts in colour, using the PAL system.

The ident, created in-house by BBC 2 engineers, lasted until March 1986 and heralded the start of computer-generated logos.

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High-definition simulcast of BBC 2 Two began broadcasting on 26 March 2013, replacing the standalone BBC 2 HD channel.

In January 2013, BBC 2 Two ceased to show children's programmes and replaced the weekday morning schedule with repeats of the previous BBC 2 One daytime schedule, children's programmes was returned in 2017 and 2022 in saturday morning.

In 2014, BBC 2 Two commissioned Britain's first transgender sitcom, Boy Meets Girl, which follows the developing relationship between Leo, a 26-year-old man, and Judy, a 40-year-old transgender woman.

BBC 2 Two is known for broadcasting some news and current affairs programmes.

The channel stopped broadcasting the show after the 2019 edition due to the fact that the BBC 2 opted for an internal selection in collaboration with BMG Rights Management.

At the time, BBC 2 Two became the first BBC 2 channel to feature a box logo.

In 2007, BBC 2 Two debuted the new theme, a "Window on the World", with the 2 numeral providing that view.

BBC 2 Two has regional variations in Wales and Northern Ireland, which occasionally opt out of the national BBC 2 Two feed to air programmes of local interest.

Northern Irish version of BBC 2 Two is widely available in the Republic of Ireland on satellite and cable, as well as being received directly in areas bordering Northern Ireland, or in coastal areas from Wales.

The networked version of BBC 2 Two is available on cable and IPTV in the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Monaco and Liechtenstein.

BBC 2 announced in May 2008 that it had achieved its aim for all programming to have subtitles for viewers with hearing difficulties.

BBC 2 offers audio description on some popular programmes for visually impaired-viewers as well as sign language interpretation on some of its programmes for deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers.

In October 2018, the BBC 2 announced that regional variants of BBC 2 Two HD in Wales and Northern Ireland would launch at the end of November that year on terrestrial, satellite and iPlayer.