In its October 1997 relaunch, BBC2 preserved the original charm of the ‘2’ emblem, a creation of Martin Lambie-Nairn and Daniel Barber. While some of the channel’s original idents were maintained and updated with the new BBC logo, a fresh set of five idents – also designed by Lambie-Nairn – were introduced. Additional idents were conceived and executed by BBC Broadcast.
Following this update, the channel refrained from introducing new ‘2’ idents for an extended period. However, the advent of digital TV in October 1998 marked a milestone: for the first time, viewers could experience these idents in widescreen format.
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1997
Views: 865
Likes: 1
Format: 16:9
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1997
Views: 666
Likes: 0
Format: 16:9
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1997
Views: 803
Likes: 2
Format: 16:9
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1997
Views: 804
Likes: 2
Format: 16:9
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1997
Views: 684
Likes: 1
Format: 16:9
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1997
Views: 712
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1997
Views: 758
Likes: 2
Format: 16:9
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
circa 1997
Views: 771
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
3rd October 1997
Views: 1172
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
3rd October 1997
Views: 1070
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
4th October 1997
Views: 712
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
4th October 1997
Views: 765
Likes: 10
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
4th October 1997
Views: 971
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
8th November 1997
Views: 505
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
24th December 1997
Views: 608
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
26th December 1997
Views: 410
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
26th December 1997
Views: 323
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: LQ
26th December 1997
Views: 593
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
28th December 1997
Views: 539
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
28th December 1997
Views: 607
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
2nd January 1998
Views: 577
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
2nd January 1998
Views: 571
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
2nd January 1998
Views: 664
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
7th March 1998
Views: 561
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
9th October 1998
Views: 575
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
9th October 1998
Views: 659
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
9th October 1998
Views: 529
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
7th November 1998
Views: 577
Likes: 0
Format: 16:9
New, it's not
Quality: ST
7th November 1998
Views: 529
Likes: 1
Format: 16:9
New, it's not
Quality: LQ
29th November 1998
Views: 658
Likes: 2
Format: 16:9
New, it's not
Quality: ST
24th December 1998
Views: 546
Likes: 2
Format: 16:9
New, it's not
Quality: ST
24th December 1998
Views: 418
Likes: 2
Format: 16:9
New, it's not
Quality: ST
24th December 1998
Views: 507
Likes: 4
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
28th December 1998
Views: 605
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
1999
Views: 849
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
15th March 1999
Views: 682
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
23rd April 1999
Views: 645
Likes: 2
Format: 16:9
New, it's not
Quality: LQ
1999
Views: 574
Likes: 2
Format: 16:9
New, it's not
Quality: ST
25th December 1999
Views: 575
Likes: 3
Format: 16:9
BBC Two Refresh – 2000
By 2000 the idents had been updated to include the BBC website URL.
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
2000
Views: 642
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
2000
Views: 906
Likes: 3
Format: 16:9
New, it's not
Quality: ST
2000
Views: 663
Likes: 3
Format: 16:9
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
2000
Views: 791
Likes: 8
Format: 16:9
New, it's not
Quality: ST
2000
Views: 470
Likes: 1
Format: 16:9
New, it's not
Quality: LQ
2000
Views: 765
Likes: 6
Format: 16:9
New, it's not
Quality: ST
30th January 2000
Views: 490
Likes: 1
Format: 16:9
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
5th February 2000
Views: 480
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
5th February 2000
Views: 389
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
24th August 2000
Views: 565
Likes: 1
Format: 16:9
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1st September 2000
Views: 242
Likes: 2
Format: 16:9
New, it's not
Quality: ST
22nd September 2000
Views: 290
Likes: 2
Format: 16:9
New, it's not
Quality: ST
8th December 2000
Views: 386
Likes: 1
Format: 16:9
New, it's not
Quality: ST
2000
Views: 473
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: LQ
26th December 2000
Views: 528
Likes: 5
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
2001
Views: 414
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
2001
Views: 363
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
11th January 2001
Views: 437
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
11th January 2001
Views: 502
Likes: 9
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
11th January 2001
Views: 562
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
11th January 2001
Views: 488
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
11th January 2001
Views: 382
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
11th January 2001
Views: 639
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
11th September 2001
Views: 1118
Likes: 4
Format: 4:3
BBC Two Special Idents
New, it's not
Quality: ST
14th February 1998
Views: 224
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
14th February 1998
Views: 146
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
14th February 1998
Views: 171
Likes: 9
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
14th February 1998
Views: 218
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
27th March 1998
Views: 380
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1999
Views: 467
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
8th February 2000
Views: 322
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
8th February 2000
Views: 217
Likes: 4
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
22nd June 2000
Views: 359
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
22nd June 2000
Views: 400
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
22nd June 2000
Views: 345
Likes: 8
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
20th January 2001
Views: 273
Likes: 1
Format: 16:9
New, it's not
Quality: ST
3rd March 2001
Views: 240
Likes: 1
Format: 16:9
New, it's not
Quality: ST
15th September 2001
Views: 359
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
Date unknown
Views: 259
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
Date unknown
Views: 178
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
Date unknown
Views: 270
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
Date unknown
Views: 105
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
Date unknown
Views: 71
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
Date unknown
Views: 63
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
1997
Views: 212
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
1997
Views: 214
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1997
Views: 341
Likes: 1
Format: 16:9
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
1997
Views: 90
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
7th January 1997
Views: 46
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
7th January 1997
Views: 50
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
10th May 1997
Views: 27
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
8th November 1997
Views: 115
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
8th November 1997
Views: 103
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
5th December 1997
Views: 56
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1998
Views: 245
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: LQ
1998
Views: 314
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1998
Views: 219
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1998
Views: 273
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1998
Views: 219
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1998
Views: 185
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
14th April 1998
Views: 204
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
11th August 1998
Views: 73
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
30th October 1998
Views: 41
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
31st December 1999
Views: 73
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
31st December 1999
Views: 32
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
31st December 1999
Views: 35
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
31st December 1999
Views: 38
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
2000
Views: 253
Likes: 3
Format: 16:9
New, it's not
Quality: ST
2000
Views: 241
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
2000
Views: 219
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
8th February 2000
Views: 221
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
8th May 2000
Views: 74
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
3rd October 2000
Views: 87
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
3rd October 2000
Views: 113
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
18th October 2000
Views: 116
Likes: 0
Format: 16:9
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
25th December 2000
Views: 140
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
2001
Views: 162
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
2001
Views: 121
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
11th January 2001
Views: 113
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
5th August 2001
Views: 79
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
BBC Two Holding Slides
The Mummy
Monty Python’s Flying Circus
The Lost Children Of Berlin
Tribe
Garth Brooks Live In Central Park
Big Ideas
First Man Into Space
Back To The Floor Again
Ruby
The Simpsons
The Air Show
Despatch Box
Snooker
CAF
Gypsy
Arna
Harvey An American In Paris
Grace Under Fire
Looking Good
The Nazis: A Warning From History
Decisive Moments
Funny Women
The Female Jungle
Reputations
Bye Bye Love
Gaytime TV
Great Railway Journeys