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 BBC Two.
DEF II Shows
Programes included:- Buck Rogers;
- Dance Energy;
- Gimme 5;
- Liquid Television;
- Rapido;
- Reportage;
- Rough Guides To The World.
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'.
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