DEF II
DEF II was a programming strand on BBC2, which aired at 6 pm on Mondays and Wednesdays from 9 May 1988 to 23 May 1994, to serve the teenage market. It was produced by Janet Street-Porter, and followed on from her influential show Network 7 on Channel 4.[1] Many of the presenters and staff on DEF II started their careers on Network 7[2] and had followed Street-Porter when she was "poached" by the BBC.[3] It had an ident featuring a barcode which differed from the usual idents used on BBC2.
DEF II shows[]
Programmes shown as part of DEF II included both original content, such as Reportage, as well as those from other sources, such as American sitcoms and programmes from Europe (as seen in Jovanotti's Gimme 5). These included:
- Battlestar Galactica (Continued on BBC2 until 2001)
- The Big Trip (1994–1996)
- Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (Continued on BBC2 until 1997)
- Cyberzone[4]
- Degrassi Junior High (1988; Four episodes, three BBC1 refused to air previously and one repeat)
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (Continued on BBC2 until 2004)
- Gimme 5 (presented by Jovanotti aka Gino Latino)[5]
- Goggle Eyes
- The Invaders (Continued on BBC2 until the late 1990s)
- Liquid Television
- Mission: Impossible (Continued on BBC2 until the late 1990s)
- Open to Question
- Rapido
- The Real McCoy (Continued on BBC2 until 1996)
- The Ren and Stimpy Show (Continued on BBC2 until 1999)
- Reportage
- Rough Guides to the World
- Standing Room Only
- Snub TV
- Wayne's World (not the films but the Saturday Night Live sketches. Approx 10-minute slots)
References[]
- ^ Ian Jones (1 October 2001). "Part One: "I Want To Subvert Mainstream TV"". Off The Telly.
- ^ "BFI Screenonline: Street-Porter, Janet (1946–) Biography". Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- ^ "BFI Screenonline: Network 7 (1987–88)". Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | CYBERZONE". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
- ^ "TVARK Media Player". tvark.org.
External links[]
- Les Lives at BBC Online Comedy Guide (Internet Archive)
- DEF II Revisited on Off The Telly
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