BBC Two

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""BBC2"" (or ""BBC Two"" as it currently styles itself) was the second TV channel to be opened by the BBC. It started broadcasting in the mid 1960s and unlike the other channels available at that time (BBC1 and ITV) it was only broadcast on the 625 line UHF system, so was not available to viewers with 405 line VHF sets. This created a market for dual standard receivers which could switch between the two systems.

BBC2's programmes always had a "highbrow" image, compared to those on rival channels. This perception persists in today's multichannel world so that a programme that is moved from BBC2 to BBC1 will often get a much larger audience, even though no other change has been made.