BBC Two

**BBC Two** is British television network owned by British Broadcasting Corporation. The channel broadcasts news, entertainment, culture, documentaries, movies, series, lifestyle and talk-shows programmings.

## History

**BBC Two** was launched on 20th April 1964 as **BBC 2**. Launch of the broadcast for news, entertainment and culture.

On 2nd July 1967, **BBC 2** was rebranded with the new logo and ident were changed, broadcasts in full color programmings.

On 15th February 1970, **BBC 2** was rebranded with the new ident was changed.

On 28th December 1974, **BBC 2** was rebranded with the new logo and ident were changed.

On 23rd June 1979, **BBC 2** was rebranded with the new logo and ident were changed.

On 30th March 1986, **BBC 2** is renamed as **BBC Two**.

On 16th February 1991, **BBC Two** is renamed back as **BBC 2** and the new idents created by Lambie-Nairn.

On 4th October 1997, **BBC 2** is renamed as **BBC Two** as part of British Broadcasting Corporation's rebranding effort.

On 1st October 1998, **BBC Two** switched to 16:9 image format during new programmings.

On 19th November 2001, **BBC Two** was rebranded with the new idents were changed.

On 29th March 2002, **BBC Two** was changed the new logo.

On 18th February 2007, **BBC Two** was rebranded with the new logo and idents were changed.

On 26th March 2013, **BBC Two** stopped its 4:3 image format then became a full 16:9 image format and was launched in high-definition version.

On 9th July 2014, **BBC Two** was rebranded and the "2s" idents were changed.

On 27th September 2018, **BBC Two** was rebranded with the new idents were changed.

On 20th October 2021, **BBC Two** was rebranded with the new logo was changed.

## Programmings

### Information

* ***BBC News***
* ***BBC News at Nine***
* ***BBC Newsroom Live***
* ***Newsnight***
* ***BBC Weather***
* ***Question Time***
* ***The Week in Parliament***
* ***Politics Live***

### Current affairs and talk-shows

* ***Panorama***
* ***Victoria Derbyshire***
* ***The Andrew Neil Show***
* ***Countryfile***

### Entertainment

* ***Mastermind***
* ***University Challenge***
* ***Ready Steady Cook***
* ***QI***
* ***Top Gear***
* ***Bargain Hunt***
* ***Dragons' Den***
* ***Escape to the Country***
* ***Only Connect***
* ***Richard Osman's House of Games***
* ***Race Across the World***
* ***Stand Up u Apolo Tetru***
* ***Hardball***
* ***Vic and Bob's Big Night Out***
* ***Dom Does America***
* ***The £100K House: Tricks of the Trade***
* ***Saved on Camera***

### Lifestyle

* ***Money for Nothing***
* ***Best Home Cook***
* ***The Beechgrove Garden***
* ***The Great Interior Design Challenge***
* ***Best House in Town***
* ***Royal Recipes***
* ***Saturday Kitchen Best Bites***
* ***Terry and Mason's Great Food Trip***
* ***Miriam's Big Fat Adventure***
* ***The Farmers' Country Showdown***
* ***Back in Time for the Corner Shop***
* ***Yorkshire Walks***
* ***Grand Tours of Scotland's Lochs***
* ***Universal Credit: Inside the Welfare State***
* ***Lose Weight and Get Fit with Tom Kerridge***
* ***Rick Stein's Secret France***
* ***Rick Stein from Venice to Istanbul***
* ***The Secret of Your Food***
* ***Hairy Bikers' Best of British***
* ***The Hairy Bikers' Comfort Food***
* ***The Instant Gardener***
* ***The A to Z of TV Cooking***

### Documentaries

* ***Horizon***
* ***Natural World***
* ***Great British Railway Journeys***
* ***Spy in the Wild***
* ***Island Medics***
* ***Holiday of My Lifetime***
* ***Murder, Mystery and My Family***
* ***Portillo's State Secrets***
* ***Coastal Path***
* ***Secrets of the Museum***
* ***Win the Wilderness***
* ***Saving Lives at Sea***
* ***Villages by the Sea***
* ***Nightmare Pets SOS***
* ***Spy in the Snow***
* ***Hugh's Wild West***
* ***Wild Ireland: The Edge of the World***

### Series

#### Original programmings

* ***Flog It!***
* ***Inside no. 9***
* ***Murder***
* ***Red Rock***
* ***Hospital***
* ***Trust Me, I'm a Doctor***
* ***Trigonometry***
* ***Fraud Squad NHS***

### Sports

* ***The Super League Show***
* ***MOTDx***
* ***Extreme Wales with Richard Parks***
* ***Sport Relief***
* **Six Nations Championship**
* **Women's Six Nations Championship**

### Children's programmings (branded as Saturday Mash-Up)

* ***Deadly 60***
* ***Blue Peter***
* ***The Dog ate My Homework***
* ***The Degineers***

## Logos

First logo (1964 to 1967)Second logo (1967 to 1974)Third logo (1974 to 1979)Fourth logo (1979 to 1986)Fifth logo (1986 to 1991)Sixth logo (1991 to 1997)Seventh logo (1997 to 2002)Eighth logo (2002 to 2007)Ninth logo (2007 to 2021)HD logo (2013 to 2021)Current logo (2021 to present)