Welcome to our section looking at BBC Two
BBC Two is the British Broadcasting Corporation’s second channel. It launched on the 20th April 1964, BBC Two tends to show programming that are less popular than that on the BBC’s flagship channel, BBC One.
The launch of the channel would be a disaster due to a power cut affecting Television Centre. Therefore the launch consisted of news reports from the newsroom at Alexander Palace before being effectively cancelled. The first programme shown on the channel would be Play School, which aired the following day
This section will take a look at the history of BBC Two and the presentation on the channel over the years
To make this section easier to navigate, we have split it down into sections. To view a section, just click on its picture.
