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BBC2 AT 40

40 years ago, BBC2 first fell onto our television screens. Blighted with the most unfortunate of all debuts, the channel has since gone on to produce some of the most distinctive and thought-provoking programmes on British TV.

 

INTRODUCTION
by Ian Jones

FORTY FROM TWO
1964 - 1973
1974 - 1983
1984 - 1993
1994 - 2003
by Ian Jones, Steve Williams and TJ Worthington

"I DON'T WANT THAT APPEARING IN PRIVATE EYE"
A history of BBC2 Controllers by Ian Jones

TEN INTO TWO
Steve Williams on 10 days that shook BBC2