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'''DEF II''' was a [[Programming block|programming strand]] on [[BBC2]], which aired at 6 pm on Mondays and Wednesdays from 9 May 1988<ref>{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1988-05-09 |title=BBC Two England – 9 May 1988 |publisher=BBC Programme Index |access-date=18 January 2023}}</ref> to 23 May 1994,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/e482320e3ee648b9b9b3a1b68a663b64 |title=Cry Freedom – BBC Two England – 2 May 1994 – BBC Genome |date=2 May 1994 |publisher=BBC Programme Index|access-date=18 January 2023}}</ref> to serve the [[teenage]] market. It was produced by [[Janet Street-Porter]], and followed on from her influential youth TV show ''[[Network 7 (TV series)|Network 7]]'' on [[Channel 4]].<ref name=offthetelly>{{cite web|url=http://www.offthetelly.co.uk/oldott/www.offthetelly.co.uk/indexd083.html?page_id=588|title=Part One: "I Want To Subvert Mainstream TV"|website=Off The Telly|author=Ian Jones|date=1 October 2001}}</ref>
'''DEF II''' was a [[Programming block|programming strand]] on [[BBC2]], which aired at 6 pm on Mondays and Wednesdays from 9 May 1988<ref>{{cite web |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1988-05-09 |title=BBC Two England – 9 May 1988 |publisher=BBC Programme Index |access-date=18 January 2023 |archive-date=1 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201140111/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1988-05-09 |url-status=live }}</ref> to 23 May 1994,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/e482320e3ee648b9b9b3a1b68a663b64 |title=Cry Freedom – BBC Two England – 2 May 1994 – BBC Genome |date=2 May 1994 |publisher=BBC Programme Index |access-date=18 January 2023 |archive-date=31 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831205038/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/e482320e3ee648b9b9b3a1b68a663b64 |url-status=live }}</ref> to serve the [[teenage]] market. It was produced by [[Janet Street-Porter]], and followed on from her influential youth TV show ''[[Network 7 (TV series)|Network 7]]'' on [[Channel 4]].<ref name=offthetelly>{{cite web|url=http://www.offthetelly.co.uk/oldott/www.offthetelly.co.uk/indexd083.html?page_id=588|title=Part One: "I Want To Subvert Mainstream TV"|website=Off The Telly|author=Ian Jones|date=1 October 2001|access-date=14 May 2019|archive-date=16 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116034401/http://www.offthetelly.co.uk/oldott/www.offthetelly.co.uk/indexd083.html?page_id=588|url-status=live}}</ref>


Many of the presenters and staff on ''DEF II'' started their careers on ''Network 7''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/1052094/|title=BFI Screenonline: Street-Porter, Janet (1946–) Biography|accessdate=10 April 2016}}</ref> and had followed Street-Porter when she was "poached" by the BBC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/1331427/|title=BFI Screenonline: Network 7 (1987–88)|accessdate=10 April 2016}}</ref> It had an [[Television ident|ident]] featuring a [[barcode]] which differed from the usual idents used on BBC2.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HTiM8g1Jnx0C&dq=def+ii+janet+street+porter&pg=PA117 | title=Representing Black Britain: Black and Asian Images on Television | isbn=9781412932844 | last1=Malik | first1=Sarita | date=25 October 2001 }}</ref>
Many of the presenters and staff on ''DEF II'' started their careers on ''Network 7''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/1052094/|title=BFI Screenonline: Street-Porter, Janet (1946–) Biography|accessdate=10 April 2016}}</ref> and had followed Street-Porter when she was "poached" by the BBC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/1331427/|title=BFI Screenonline: Network 7 (1987–88)|accessdate=10 April 2016}}</ref> It had an [[Television ident|ident]] featuring a [[barcode]] which differed from the usual idents used on BBC2.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HTiM8g1Jnx0C&dq=def+ii+janet+street+porter&pg=PA117 | title=Representing Black Britain: Black and Asian Images on Television | isbn=9781412932844 | last1=Malik | first1=Sarita | date=25 October 2001 }}</ref>
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* ''[[Degrassi Junior High]]'' (1988; Four episodes, three BBC1 refused to air previously and one repeat)
* ''[[Degrassi Junior High]]'' (1988; Four episodes, three BBC1 refused to air previously and one repeat)
* ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]]''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/f/freshprinceofbel_7772755.shtml |title=BBC - Comedy Guide - The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air |date=20 October 2004 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041020075754/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/f/freshprinceofbel_7772755.shtml |archive-date=20 October 2004 |url-status=dead}}</ref> (Continued on BBC2 until 2004)
* ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]]''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/f/freshprinceofbel_7772755.shtml |title=BBC - Comedy Guide - The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air |date=20 October 2004 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041020075754/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/f/freshprinceofbel_7772755.shtml |archive-date=20 October 2004 |url-status=dead}}</ref> (Continued on BBC2 until 2004)
* ''[[Jovanotti|Gimme 5]]'' (presented by [[Jovanotti]] aka Gino Latino)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvark.org/?page=media&mediaid=50325|title=TVARK Media Player|website=tvark.org}}</ref>
* ''[[Jovanotti|Gimme 5]]'' (presented by [[Jovanotti]] aka Gino Latino)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvark.org/?page=media&mediaid=50325|title=TVARK Media Player|website=tvark.org|access-date=15 August 2020|archive-date=24 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024211812/https://www.tvark.org/?page=media&mediaid=50325|url-status=live}}</ref>
* ''[[Goggle-Eyes#Television adaptation|Goggle Eyes]]''
* ''[[Goggle-Eyes#Television adaptation|Goggle Eyes]]''
* ''[[The Invaders]]'' (Continued on BBC2 until the late 1990s)
* ''[[The Invaders]]'' (Continued on BBC2 until the late 1990s)
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* ''Reportage''
* ''Reportage''
* ''[[Rough Guide|Rough Guides to the World]]''
* ''[[Rough Guide|Rough Guides to the World]]''
* ''[[Standing Room Only (1991 TV programme)|Standing Room Only]]''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.football365.com/news/a-football365-love-letter-to-standing-room-only | title=A Football365 love letter to... Standing Room Only | date=15 July 2017 }}</ref>
* ''[[Standing Room Only (1991 TV programme)|Standing Room Only]]''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.football365.com/news/a-football365-love-letter-to-standing-room-only | title=A Football365 love letter to... Standing Room Only | date=15 July 2017 | access-date=2 June 2022 | archive-date=14 April 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414213140/https://www.football365.com/news/a-football365-love-letter-to-standing-room-only | url-status=live }}</ref>
* ''[[Snub TV]]''
* ''[[Snub TV]]''
* ''[[Wayne's World]]'' (not the films but the ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' sketches. Approx 10-minute slots)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tempest |first=Rone |date=1992-09-11 |title=COLUMN ONE : Wayne Takes on Europe : When 'Wayne's World' enters the Old World, how do you translate 'babe alert' and 'hurl'? Successfully, it turns out, with help from mock dictionaries, young comics and 250,000 pizza boxes. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-09-11-mn-255-story.html |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/s/saturdaynightliv_1299003553.shtml|title=BBC - Comedy Guide - Saturday Night Live|date=April 6, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050406112428/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/s/saturdaynightliv_1299003553.shtml|archive-date=2005-04-06}}</ref>
* ''[[Wayne's World]]'' (not the films but the ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' sketches. Approx 10-minute slots)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tempest |first=Rone |date=1992-09-11 |title=COLUMN ONE : Wayne Takes on Europe : When 'Wayne's World' enters the Old World, how do you translate 'babe alert' and 'hurl'? Successfully, it turns out, with help from mock dictionaries, young comics and 250,000 pizza boxes. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-09-11-mn-255-story.html |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |language=en-US |archive-date=2 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602204949/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-09-11-mn-255-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/s/saturdaynightliv_1299003553.shtml|title=BBC - Comedy Guide - Saturday Night Live|date=April 6, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050406112428/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/s/saturdaynightliv_1299003553.shtml|archive-date=2005-04-06}}</ref>
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DEF II was a programming strand on BBC2, which aired at 6 pm on Mondays and Wednesdays from 9 May 1988[1] to 23 May 1994,[2] to serve the teenage market. It was produced by Janet Street-Porter, and followed on from her influential youth TV show Network 7 on Channel 4.[3]

Many of the presenters and staff on DEF II started their careers on Network 7[4] and had followed Street-Porter when she was "poached" by the BBC.[5] It had an ident featuring a barcode which differed from the usual idents used on BBC2.[6]

DEF II shows

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See also

  • BBC Switch, BBC Two's second programming block aimed at teenagers

References

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