Timeline of BBC Two (English Wikipedia)

""Live Aid makes millions for Africa" BBC On This Day". BBC News. 13 July 1985. Retrieved 17 April 2009.
"An evening with Bridget Jones". BBC News. 12 August 1998. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
"Here's one the BBC made 40 years earlier". BBC News. 10 October 1998. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
"Two's company for Root". BBC News. 17 December 1998. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
"BBC comedy in a different League". BBC News. 8 March 1999. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
"A night of Gracious comedy". BBC News. 23 July 1999. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
"Leading names present Newsnight Scotland". BBC News. 27 August 1999. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
"Newsnight Scotland". BBC News. 4 October 1999. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
Williams, Craig (25 January 2005). "Devolution and Newsnight Scotland". BBC News. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
"Unseen Lennon on screen". BBC News. 7 October 1999. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
"Looking back at race relations". BBC News. 24 October 1999. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
"Repeat treat for Dr Who fans". BBC News. 9 November 1999. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
"Spielberg epic loses prime slot". BBC News. 15 August 2001. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
"BBC's channel Four debuts". BBC News. 2 March 2002. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
"UK | The hunt for Britain's paedophiles". BBC News. 6 June 2002. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
"Transcript of Blair's Iraq interview". BBC News. 6 February 2003. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
"No third series of 24 on BBC Two". BBC News. 5 December 2003. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
"Rings triumphs in Big Read vote". BBC News. 14 December 2003. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
"BBC Two controller leaves for US". BBC News. 29 March 2004. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
Oakes, Keily (20 April 2004). "BBC Two's 40 years on air". BBC News. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
"BBC Four chief moves to BBC Two". BBC News. 14 May 2004. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
"Top of the Pops leaves BBC One". BBC News. 29 November 2004. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
"Protests as BBC screens Springer". BBC News. 10 January 2005. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
"Pupils hear of Holocaust horrors". BBC News. 27 January 2005. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
"TOTP announces Sunday move date". BBC News. 3 July 2005. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
"BBC calls time on Top of the Pops". BBC News. 20 June 2006. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
"BBC mulls Saturday morning switch". BBC News. 21 December 2005. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
"Curtain falls on Top of the Pops". BBC News. 26 July 2006. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
"Piper and Lucas top BBC Christmas". BBC News. 22 November 2006. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
"New role for BBC Two controller". BBC News. 22 July 2008. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
"Hadlow announced as BBC Two boss". BBC News. 1 October 2008. Retrieved 13 April 2014.

bbc.com

"The Likely Lads". History of the BBC. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
"History of the BBC: Civilisation, 23 February 1969". BBC. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
"History of the BBC: The Six Wives of Henry VIII". BBC. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
"First episode of I, Claudius, 20 September 1976". BBC. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
"Goodbye to the Daily Politics after 15 years". BBC News.
"Victoria Derbyshire Show to come off air". BBC News. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
"TV lookahead: 23 highlights to look out for in 2023". 26 December 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2023 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
"BBC's Newsnight to be cut back as part of savings plan". BBC News. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.

broadcastforschools.co.uk

"Scene". BroadcastForSchools.co.uk. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
"Scene/My Brother David". BroadcastForSchools.co.uk. Retrieved 13 January 2018.

broadcastnow.co.uk

Rogers, Jon (8 April 2009). "BBC2 suffers peaktime collapse". Broadcast. Archived from the original on 14 April 2009. Retrieved 11 April 2009.

coventrytelegraph.net

Gilbert, Simon (17 June 2015). "Labour leadership debate to be broadcast live from Nuneaton tonight on BBC2". Coventry Telegraph. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 17 June 2015.

digitalspy.co.uk

""24" gets Sunday evening slot". Digital Spy. 23 February 2002. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
"Slow ratings start for 'The Apprentice'". Digital Spy. 17 February 2005. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
Martin, Liam (28 December 2014). "Top Gear special peaks with 5.11 million on BBC Two". Digital Spy. Retrieved 31 December 2014.

digitalspy.com

"Adele's Glastonbury set broke BBC most-watched records". Digital Spy. 29 June 2016.

examiner.co.uk

Bains, Raj (12 June 2017). "A year on, Jo Cox: Death Of An MP sheds new light on both the murdered mother-of-two and her killer". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 16 June 2017.

gaycelluloid.com

"Two of Us gay drama". Retrieved 6 July 2016.

ghostarchive.org

"Tabloid TV". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. 15 February 1993. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
Burston, Paul (20 June 1995). "Gay TV: as in lively, bright, playful, merry". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
Macdonald, Marianne (15 January 1997). "BBC triumphant in ratings battle". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
Coonan, Clifford (14 March 2012). "Dead show walking: China's death row interviews series faces axe". The Independent. Independent Print Ltd. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
Wyatt, Daisy (29 December 2014). "Top Gear Patagonia Special: Twitter reacts to 'controversial' ending". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
Denham, Jess (22 January 2015). "Wolf Hall: Lighting sparks Twitter complaints while others praise atmospheric use of candles". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2015.

heraldscotland.com

Miller, Phil (6 February 2014). "Newsnight Scotland to be axed ahead of referendum". The Herald. Retrieved 5 December 2015.

independent.co.uk

"Tabloid TV". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. 15 February 1993. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
Burston, Paul (20 June 1995). "Gay TV: as in lively, bright, playful, merry". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
Macdonald, Marianne (15 January 1997). "BBC triumphant in ratings battle". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
Rimella, Chiara; Cooper, Charlie (20 April 2014). "BBC2 at 50: The 50 facts you might not know". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
Coonan, Clifford (14 March 2012). "Dead show walking: China's death row interviews series faces axe". The Independent. Independent Print Ltd. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
Rimella, Chiara; Cooper, Charlie (20 April 2014). "BBC2 at 50: The 50 facts you might not know". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
Wyatt, Daisy (29 December 2014). "Top Gear Patagonia Special: Twitter reacts to 'controversial' ending". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
Denham, Jess (22 January 2015). "Wolf Hall: Lighting sparks Twitter complaints while others praise atmospheric use of candles". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2015.

jstor.org

"The BBC, the State and Cold War Culture: The Case of Television's The War Game (1965)". English Historical Review vol. CXXI No. 494. Oxford University Press. 2006. JSTOR 4493713.
Lewis, Caroline (1995). "Welsh soap: "Pobol Y Cwm" and Welsh national identity". Critical Survey. 7 (2). Berghahn Books: 152–157. JSTOR 41555909.

manchestereveningnews.co.uk

"'Locals' relive comedy capers in popular village". Manchester Evening News. Trinity Mirror. 4 March 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
Sansome, Jessica (9 April 2021). "Coronation Street, Eastenders and Emmerdale cancelled tonight". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 9 April 2021.

metro.co.uk

Kelly, Emma (9 April 2021). "The One Show cancelled following death of Prince Philip". Retrieved 9 April 2021.

mirror.co.uk

Simon, Jane (4 August 2014). "World War One Remembered: BBC runs a day of special programming to commemorate 100th anniversary". Daily Mirror. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
Methven, Nicola (21 February 2022). "BBC soap Doctors goes prime time as hit day show gets push for new audience". Daily Mirror. (Reach plc). Retrieved 21 February 2022.

newstatesman.com

Andrew Billen "Flagship sails on", New Statesman, 7 February 2000

offthetelly.co.uk

"When Michael Portillo Became a Single Mum". Off The Telly. Retrieved 13 January 2018.

open.ac.uk

www3.open.ac.uk

"Open University marks 40th anniversary of first broadcast on the BBC". www3.open.ac.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
"End of a cultural era – but OU on TV evolution continues". www3.open.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 February 2019.

ox.ac.uk

medsci.ox.ac.uk

"Antibiotics win Greatest British Invention in live TV broadcast". University of Oxford, Medical Sciences Division. University of Oxford. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2017.

radiotimes.com

Delgado, Kasia (3 July 2015). "Women's World Cup: Where can I watch England v Germany? BBC3". Radio Times. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
"Life After Brexit: A Newsnight Special". Radio Times. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
Doran, Sarah (17 June 2017). "London fire: BBC reschedule new series of Pitch Battle following Grenfell Tower tragedy". Radio Times. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
"Horizon: Being Transgender – S2017". Radio Times.
Peters, Sam (28 October 2018). "How will Inside No 9's live Halloween episode work – and what happens if they forget their lines?". Radio Times. Retrieved 28 October 2018.

radiotoday.co.uk

"Nicky Campbell's BBC Radio 5 Live show to be simulcast on TV". 14 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.

rxtvinfo.com

"Nicky Campbell TV simulcast to start this month". rxtvinfo.com. 6 April 2023.
BBC brings back ex News channel presenters

screenonline.org.uk

Moat, Janet (2003–2014). "Talking to a Stranger (1966)". BFI Screenonline. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
Clark, Anthony (2003–2014). "Alistair Cooke's America (1972-73)". BBC. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
Clark, Anthony (2003–2014). "Ascent of Man, The (1973)". BFI Screenonline. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
Brooke, Michael (2003–2014). "Ripping Yarns (1976-79)". BFI Screenonline. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
Wambu, Onyekachi. "Empire Road (1978-79)". BFI Screenonline. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
Sinyard, Neil (2003–2014). "Dickens on Television". BFI Screenonline. Retrieved 20 April 2021.

scunthorpetelegraph.co.uk

Ringwood, Shaun (14 September 2014). "The Invictus Games – Closing Concert on BBC Two tonight featuring Foo Fighters, Kaiser Chiefs, Ellie Goulding & Diversity". Scunthorpe Telegraph. Local World. Archived from the original on 17 September 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.

sport-onthebox.com

Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics live on the BBC

standard.co.uk

Paine, Andre= (15 September 2014). "Invictus Games Closing Concert, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park – music review: Foo Fighters singer Dave Grohl dedicated My Hero to 'all the heroes'". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
Travis, Ben (15 February 2016). "The People vs OJ Simpson, BBC2: four things you need to know about American Crime Story". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
Grafton-Green, Patrick (17 June 2017). "BBC pulls documentary featuring Grenfell Tower fire victim". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 17 June 2017.

telegraph.co.uk

"Michael Peacock, Head of BBC Two and then BBC One whose shows included Match of the Day and The Likely Lads – obituary". The Telegraph. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
"Philip Saville, television director – obituary". The Telegraph. 17 February 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
Gee, Catherine (13 June 2011). "Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die, BBC Two, review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
"Amateur stargazers discover new planet". The Daily Telegraph. 20 January 2012. Archived from the original on 21 January 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
Kendall, Paul (5 February 2014). "Inside No9, BBC Two, review". The Telegraph. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
McCormick, Neil (15 September 2014). "Invictus Games closing concert, Olympic Park, review: 'heroic endeavour'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
O'Donovan, Gerard (1 October 2014). "This World: Rwanda's Untold Story, BBC Two, review – 'intense'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
Hall, James (8 January 2017). "David Bowie: The Last Five Years was a treat and a treatise on music's departed genius – review". The Telegraph. Retrieved 8 January 2017.

theguardian.com

Belam, Martin (1 September 2018). "Bring me sunshine: Morecambe and Wise anniversary – in pictures". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
Sandhu, Sukhdev (7 September 2012). "Ways of Seeing opened our eyes to visual culture". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
Ellis-Petersen, Hannah (16 June 2016). "BBC to stream 1974 show with first lesbian kiss on UK television". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
"Everyone's gone to the moon". The Guardian. 19 April 1999. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
Hall, Sarah (5 February 2000). "How BBC made a crisis out of drama". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
Deans, Jason (14 November 2001). "BBC2 gives its on-screen logo a new look". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
Deans, Jason (23 December 2004). "BBC appoints new head of newsgathering". The Guardian. London.
Cozens, Claire; Deans, Jason (20 September 2002). "The BBC: A new manifesto for viewers". The Guardian. London.
Deans, Jason (2 December 2004). "BBC2 to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
Vasagar, Jeevan (1 November 2006). "Madonna on BBC2 to defend adoption". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
Sullivan, Caroline (23 November 2007). "Caroline Sullivan meets Adele". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
Moody, Paul (6 November 2008). "Paul Moody: Jeremy Paxman should have shown Dizzee Rascal more respect". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
Smith, Eliot (8 November 2008). "When Jeremy Paxman met Dizzee Rascal". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
Reynolds, John (2 May 2014). "The Guardian's Nick Hopkins joins Newsnight". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
Deans, Jason (29 December 2014). "Top Gear Patagonia episode attracts nearly 5m viewers". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
Plunkett, John (8 July 2014). "5 Live's Victoria Derbyshire to join BBC News Channel". The Guardian.
Plunkett, John (11 May 2015). "Police investigation of DJ sex offender Ray Teret shown in BBC2 documentary". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
Sweney, Mark (3 November 2015). "Nigella Lawson's BBC return draws 2.3m viewers – but baffles Only Connect fans". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
Sweney, Mark; Plunkett, John (1 July 2016). "Great British Bake Off boss tasked with reinvigorating BBC2". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
"Gabby Logan to host BBC2 midweek Premier League show". The Guardian. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
Wollaston, Sam (5 June 2017). "Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution with Howard Goodall review – what I knew didn't even scratch the surface". The Guardian.
"Tuesday's best TV: The Flu That Killed 50 Million". The Guardian. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
Waterson, Jim (10 April 2021). "BBC flooded with complaints over Prince Philip coverage". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 April 2021.

thenational.scot

McDowall, Julie (23 September 2017). "Weekend TV Preview: Front Row, Strictly Come Dancing, The Child In Time, and Electric Dreams". The National. Herald and Times Group. Retrieved 23 September 2017.

thetimes.co.uk

"BBC Prepares for Second Programme: New Appointments". The Times. 15 January 1963. p. 4. Retrieved 20 June 2021. (subscription required)
"Mr. David Attenborough is New B,B.C.-2 Head". The Times. 5 March 1965. p. 6. Retrieved 20 June 2021. (subscription required)
"Horsing about with Morecambe and Wise". The Times. 1 September 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2021. (subscription required)
"What's on TV and radio tonight: Friday, April 9". Retrieved 9 April 2021 – via www.thetimes.co.uk.

thetvroom.com

cleanfeed.thetvroom.com

tvwhirl.co.uk

"TV Whirl - BBC Ceefax". www.tvwhirl.co.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2021.

tvzoneuk.com

Newsnight: New format to launch later this month.

walesonline.co.uk

McCrum, Kirstie (10 October 2014). "40 Pobol y Cwm facts to mark 40 years of the S4C and BBC soap". The Western Mail. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 15 January 2016.

web.archive.org

Ketchum, Mike. "The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute Concert, Wembley Stadium, London, 11 June 1988". African National Congress. Archived from the original on 3 April 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
"Iran and the West: Saddam offered to "eliminate" Ayatollah". BBC. 6 February 2009. Archived from the original on 13 February 2009. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
Rogers, Jon (8 April 2009). "BBC2 suffers peaktime collapse". Broadcast. Archived from the original on 14 April 2009. Retrieved 11 April 2009.
Robinson, Nick (23 June 2010). "Cameron and Clegg face the audience". BBC News. Archived from the original on 25 June 2010. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
"Amateur stargazers discover new planet". The Daily Telegraph. 20 January 2012. Archived from the original on 21 January 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
Ringwood, Shaun (14 September 2014). "The Invictus Games – Closing Concert on BBC Two tonight featuring Foo Fighters, Kaiser Chiefs, Ellie Goulding & Diversity". Scunthorpe Telegraph. Local World. Archived from the original on 17 September 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.