BBC Two Live

BBC Two is the second flagship channel of the BBC, the UK's public broadcaster. Its remit is to broadcast "programmes of depth and substance", and its schedule mixes documentaries, drama and comedy, with a less mainstream tone than BBC One.

Like the BBC's other domestic channels, it is funded by the television licence and carries no commercial advertising. In the UK it sits on Freeview channel 102 in HD, and its programmes are also on BBC iPlayer for viewers in the country.

The channel launched as BBC2 on 21 April 1964, a day late after a power cut hit Television Centre, and the first programme shown was the children's series Play School. To build its identity, the BBC invested in ambitious productions such as The Forsyte Saga in 1967. The current name, BBC Two, has been used since 1997.