Articles about BBC-2

From the vaults: BBC-2 transmitters in service and planned in 1968

ITV-2 is coming soon, says the Daily Telegraph in 1971. But what will it look like?

Han Cooper takes her time machine back to 1964 to watch the output of the brand new BBC-2

CHRISTMAS IS CANCELLED – almost. Gary Rodger takes us through the industrial dispute that almost closed the BBC at Christmas in 1978

Pete Singleton remembers his personal 1964

The end came for the BBC Two 2s last night

HE Cooper takes a time machine back to 14-20 April 1964 for a look at what was on the telly

A look at what was on BBC Television and S4C on Friday 25 April 1986

David Attenborough looks back at a year of BBC-2 in colour

The Daily Express is outraged in 1966 when the government announces there will be no colour on BBC-1 and ITV

BBC-2 transmitters in service and planned in 1968

Sir Hugh Carleton Greene’s valedictory message to the BBC and the audience after he was pushed out as Director-General in late 1968

A look at what was on television on Christmas Day 1997

A look at what was on BBCtv on Saturday 1 November 1986

BBC-2 is on its way to the north of England. This 1965 leaflet tells you all you need to know about receiving it

A look at what was on BBCtv on Friday 17 May 1968

A 1963 guide to the options available for 625 lines, colour and ITV-2

Ludovic Kennedy on the botched launched of BBC-2

John Walters goes to the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television in 1986

BBC Newsnight on the Peacock Report in 1986, which recommends ITV franchises go to the highest bidder and BBC Radios 1 and 2 are sold

A look at what was on the BBC on Thursday 15 February 1968

There’s a power cut in central London

A look at what was on television on Tuesday 16 November 1999

A look at what was on the BBC on Sunday 2 November 1986

A look at what was on television on 17 June 1967

A look at what was on television on 30 December 1966

The man who made BBC2

The BBC encourages us to tune our sets correctly for BBC-2 and colour in 1968

BBC-2 News for Spring 1968 brings you all the 625 and colour information you need