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BBC Two

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BBC Two is an organization founded on April 20, 1964 . Its headquarters are located in London . The entity operates under the British Broadcasting Corporation as its parent organization .

BBC Two

Summary

BBC Two is a television station[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of television_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,409 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • BBC Two received the Peabody Awards[3].
  • BBC Two is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • BBC Two's instance of is recorded as television station[5].
  • BBC Two is owned by British Broadcasting Corporation[6].
  • BBC Two's headquarters location is recorded as London[7].
  • April 20, 1964 marks the founding of BBC Two[8].
  • BBC Two began on April 20, 1964[9].
  • BBC Two's parent organization or unit is recorded as British Broadcasting Corporation[10].
  • BBC Two's significant event is recorded as high-definition television[11].
  • BBC Two's official website is recorded as https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/[12].
  • BBC Two's topic's main category is recorded as Category:BBC Two[13].
  • BBC Two's streaming media URL is recorded as https://www.bbc.co.uk/tv/bbctwo/live[14].
  • BBC Two's language used is recorded as English[15].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

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  • Began / founded: 1964-04-21[16]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 74fd045f-a592-4951-9d5e-af7f052f72a6[17]

Body

Founding

April 20, 1964 marks the founding of BBC Two[8].

Operations

BBC Two's headquarters location is recorded as London[7]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as British Broadcasting Corporation[10].

Ownership

BBC Two is owned by British Broadcasting Corporation[6].

Recognition

BBC Two received the Peabody Awards[3].

Why It Matters

BBC Two ranks in the top 1% of television_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,409 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

FAQs

What awards did BBC Two receive?

Honors received include Peabody Awards[3].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Rémi sim · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent organization or unit → British Broadcasting Corporation
    Language used → English
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    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P3979]]: 81169, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/78333648|BBC2 - British Broadcasting Corporation (#78333648)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/2"
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