DEF II

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DEF II was a programming strand on BBC2, which aired at 6pm on Mondays and Wednesdays from May 9, 1988 to May 23, 1994, 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. In fact, many of the presenters and staff on DEF II started their careers on Network 7 and had followed Street-Porter when she was "poached" by the BBC. It had an ident featuring a barcode which differed from the usual idents used on BBC2.

[edit] DEF II shows

Programmes included:

• Babylon II
• Battlestar Galactica
• Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
• Dance Energy
• The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air
• Gimme 5
• Les Lives!
• Liquid Television
• Mission: Impossible
• Rapido
• Reportage
• Rough Guides To The World
• Standing Room Only

[edit] Trivia

The popular expression "yoof TV" arose from this period of time, and was a mockery of Janet Street-Porter's pronunciation of the words "youth TV".

[edit] External links

• Les Lives at bbc.co.uk Comedy Guide
• DEF II Revisited on Off The Telly