BBC Two is the second major terrestrial television channel of the
BBC. It was the second
British television station to be launched by the BBC and Europe's first television channel to broadcast regularly in colour, from 1967, envisaged as a home for less mainstream and more ambitious programming. At 2am on Wednesday 17th October 2007 the
terrestrial signal for BBC Two was turned off in the
Whitehaven and
Copeland area, which covers about 60,000 people. On November 14 2007 it will be followed by
BBC One,
ITV and
Channel 4. BBC Two has been replaced with five digital services and 15 services will take the place of the other three channels.
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