BBC One pre-1969 idents theme. Following the 1962 Pilkington Report that suggested that the third television station be awarded to the BBC, the BBC launched BBC2 on 20 April 1964. In preparation to this, all 'BBC TV' branding had to disappear from the presentation of the soon to be called BBC1. The Globe was made smaller, surrounded by a thich black circle and encompassed in a large white box on a grey background. There was also a slanted BBC logo in the bottom right corner. The lack of on screen branding is unusual, but as this ident began its life on BBC TV and
BBC Radio 2 move to London in April 2008. News bulletins on Radio 2 generally air on the hour every hour 24 hours a day from a studio in BBC Broadcasting House, with headline updates on the half hour from 05:30-08:30 weekdays during the early and main Breakfast Show. In addition to its regular and stand-in presenters, Radio 2 is often joined by guest presenters that host one-off documentaries or short series. Such guests have included David Mitchell, Kristian Bush, Suzi Quatro, Don Henley, Kylie Minogue, Carla Bruni, Ed Miliband, Bryan Adams, Sir Tim Rice, David Quantick, Hugh Laurie, Morgan Freeman and Michael