BBC Two

BBC Two

Programming

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In 2020, it was reported that the programme ''Victoria Derbyshire'' would end, owing to the BBC's £80m cuts.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-51214425 |title=Derbyshire tells viewers 'we don't give up' |date=23 January 2020 |work=BBC News |access-date=16 April 2020}} Since the beginning of the [[Coronavirus pandemic]], [[Victoria Derbyshire]] has been presenting the first hour of BBC News, which continues until 13:00.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}
In 2020, it was reported that the programme ''Victoria Derbyshire'' would end, owing to the BBC's £80m cuts.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-51214425 |title=Derbyshire tells viewers 'we don't give up' |date=23 January 2020 |work=BBC News |access-date=16 April 2020}} Since the beginning of the [[Coronavirus pandemic]], [[Victoria Derbyshire]] has been presenting the first hour of BBC News, which continues until 13:00.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}


BBC Two is also known for broadcasting some BBC One programmes in a change to the schedules when that channel is broadcasting a BBC News Special. For example; during the Coronavirus pandemic, BBC1 aired [[press conferences]] from the [[Government of the United Kingdom|UK government]] about major developments from the pandemic and the scheduled BBC One programming during those News Specials was broadcast on BBC Two. However, on 9 April 2021 – the day of the [[death and funeral of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|death]] of [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]] – BBC Two and BBC One both simulcast BBC News for the whole day. The same would happen on both 8 and 19 September 2022, following the [[death and state funeral of Elizabeth II|death and state funeral respectively]] of [[Elizabeth II]].
BBC Two is also known for broadcasting some BBC One programmes in a change to the schedules when BBC One broadcasts breaking BBC News reports. For example, during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], BBC One aired [[press conferences]] from the [[Government of the United Kingdom|UK government]] about major developments from the pandemic. However, on 9 April 2021 – the day of the [[death and funeral of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|death]] of [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]] – BBC Two and BBC One both simulcast BBC News for the whole day. The same would happen on both 8 and 19 September 2022, following the [[death and state funeral of Elizabeth II|death and state funeral respectively]] of [[Elizabeth II]].


==Ratings and reception==
==Ratings and reception==