DEF II

DEF II
Network	BBC Two
Launched	9 May 1988 ; 36 years ago
Closed	23 May 1994 ; 30 years ago
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Key people	Janet Street-Porter
Format	Programming to serve the teenage market
Original language(s)	English

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 [ edit ]

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:

Babylon II
DEF II: EXTRA!
Battlestar Galactica (Continued on BBC2 until 2001)
The Big Trip (1994?1996)
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (Continued on BBC2 until 1997)
Cyberzone ^[7]
Dance Energy
Degrassi Junior High (1988; Four episodes, three BBC1 refused to air previously and one repeat)
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air ^[8] (Continued on BBC2 until 2004)
Gimme 5 (presented by Jovanotti aka Gino Latino) ^[9]
Goggle Eyes
The Invaders (Continued on BBC2 until the late 1990s)
Les Lives!
Liquid Television
The Living Soap
Mission: Impossible (Continued on BBC2 until the late 1990s)
Open to Question
Rapido ^[10]
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 ^[11]
Snub TV
Wayne's World (not the films but the Saturday Night Live sketches. Approx 10-minute slots) ^[12]^[13]

References [ edit ]

^ "BBC Two England ? 9 May 1988" . BBC Programme Index . Retrieved 18 January 2023 .
^ "Cry Freedom ? BBC Two England ? 2 May 1994 ? BBC Genome" . BBC Programme Index. 2 May 1994 . Retrieved 18 January 2023 .
^ 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 .
^ Malik, Sarita (25 October 2001). Representing Black Britain: Black and Asian Images on Television . ISBN 9781412932844 .
^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | CYBERZONE" . Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013 . Retrieved 23 March 2014 .
^ "BBC - Comedy Guide - The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air" . 20 October 2004. Archived from the original on 20 October 2004.
^ "TVARK Media Player" . tvark.org .
^ Harris, John (7 January 2010). Hail! Hail! Rock'n'roll: The Ultimate Guide to the Music, the Myths and the Madness . ISBN 9780748114863 .
^ "A Football365 love letter to... Standing Room Only" . 15 July 2017.
^ "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" . Los Angeles Times . 11 September 1992.
^ "BBC - Comedy Guide - Saturday Night Live" . 6 April 2005. Archived from the original on 6 April 2005.

External links [ edit ]

Les Lives at BBC Online Comedy Guide ( Internet Archive )
DEF II Revisited on Off The Telly

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[1] "BBC Two England ? 9 May 1988" . BBC Programme Index . Retrieved 18 January 2023 .

[2] "Cry Freedom ? BBC Two England ? 2 May 1994 ? BBC Genome" . BBC Programme Index. 2 May 1994 . Retrieved 18 January 2023 .

[offthetelly-3] Ian Jones (1 October 2001). "Part One: "I Want To Subvert Mainstream TV" " . Off The Telly .

[4] "BFI Screenonline: Street-Porter, Janet (1946?) Biography" . Retrieved 10 April 2016 .

[5] "BFI Screenonline: Network 7 (1987?88)" . Retrieved 10 April 2016 .

[6] Malik, Sarita (25 October 2001). Representing Black Britain: Black and Asian Images on Television . ISBN 9781412932844 .

[7] "BFI | Film & TV Database | CYBERZONE" . Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013 . Retrieved 23 March 2014 .

[8] "BBC - Comedy Guide - The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air" . 20 October 2004. Archived from the original on 20 October 2004.

[9] "TVARK Media Player" . tvark.org .

[10] Harris, John (7 January 2010). Hail! Hail! Rock'n'roll: The Ultimate Guide to the Music, the Myths and the Madness . ISBN 9780748114863 .

[11] "A Football365 love letter to... Standing Room Only" . 15 July 2017.

[12] "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" . Los Angeles Times . 11 September 1992.

[13] "BBC - Comedy Guide - Saturday Night Live" . 6 April 2005. Archived from the original on 6 April 2005.

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