Editing BBC Two (section)

{{Short description|Television channel operated by the BBC}}
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{{Infobox television channel
| name = BBC Two
| logo = BBC Two logo 2021.svg
| logo_size = 215px
| logo_caption = Logo used since 2021
| image = 
| launch_date = {{start date and age|df=yes|1964|4|21}}
| headquarters = [[Broadcasting House]]
| area = {{plainlist|
* United Kingdom
* [[Isle of Man]]
* [[Channel Islands]]
  }}
| network = [[BBC Television]]
| language = [[English language|English]]
| picture_format = {{plainlist|
* [[1080i]]/[[1080p]]{{efn|1080p25 sometimes on [[Freeview (UK)|Freeview]] only}} [[HDTV]]
* (downscaled to [[576i]] for the [[SDTV]] feed)
  }}
| owner = [[BBC]]
| caption = 
| country = [[United Kingdom]]
| former_names = '''BBC2''' (21 April 1964 – 4 October 1997)
| sister_channels = {{plainlist|
* [[BBC One]]
* [[BBC Three]]
* [[BBC Four]]
* [[BBC News (UK TV channel)|BBC News]]
* [[BBC Parliament]]
* [[CBBC]]
* [[CBeebies]]
* [[BBC Scotland (TV channel)|BBC Scotland]]
* [[BBC Alba]]
  }}
| website = {{URL|https://bbc.co.uk/bbctwo}}
| terr_serv_1 = [[Freeview (UK)|Freeview]]
| terr_chan_1 = Channel 2 (SD)<br />Channel 102 (HD)
| terr_serv_2 = Other providers
| terr_chan_2 = [[#Availability|See dedicated section]]
| webcast = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/live/bbctwo BBC Two] on [[BBC iPlayer]] (UK only)
}}
'''BBC Two''' is a British [[free-to-air]] [[Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom|public broadcast]] television channel owned and operated by the [[BBC]]. It is the corporation's second flagship channel, and it covers a wide range of subject matter, incorporating genres such as comedy, drama and documentaries. BBC Two has a remit "to broadcast [[highbrow|programmes of depth and substance]]" in contrast to the more mainstream and popular [[BBC One]].

Like the BBC's other domestic TV and radio channels, it is funded by the [[television licence]], and is therefore free of commercial advertising. It is a comparatively well-funded [[Public broadcasting|public-service]] channel, regularly attaining a much higher audience share than most public-service channels worldwide.

Originally styled '''BBC2''', it was the third British television station to be launched (starting on 21 April 1964), and from 1 July 1967, Europe's first television channel to broadcast regularly in colour. It was envisaged as a home for less mainstream and more ambitious programming, and while this tendency has continued to date, most special-interest programmes of a kind previously broadcast on BBC Two, for example the [[BBC Proms]], now tend to appear on [[BBC Four]] instead.