BBC Two

ITV's success, however, led to the BBC losing much of its audience, as noted in the 1962 Pilkington Report, which decided to award an additional television station to the BBC on the basis that ITV was, by comparison, lacking in serious programming. In 1964, BBC2 was launched and BBC tv became BBC1.

British public service television service (April 20, 1964 – October 3, 1997)

The 1962 Pilkington Report noted that the BBC had lost much of its audience and decided to award an additional television station to the BBC on the basis that ITV was in comparison lacking in serious programming.

BBC2 launched on April 20, 1964.

BBC2 debuted the classic SciFi shows 1990, The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy, and Red Dwarf.

The channels adopted the full number spellings in their logos from October 4, 1997.

SciFi productions