BBC Two to be launched (starting on 21 April 1964), and from 1 July 1967, Europe's first television channel to broadcast regularly in colour. It was envisaged as a home for less mainstream and more ambitious programming, and while this tendency has continued to date, most special-interest programmes of a kind previously broadcast on BBC Two, for example the BBC Proms, now tend to appear on BBC Four instead. British television at the time of BBC2's launch consisted of two channels: the BBC Television Service and the ITV network made up of smaller regional companies. Both channels had existed in a state
BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards Scottish Gaelic singer Julie Fowlis took over presenting the ceremony in 2013. In 2004 the awards were shown on television for the first time, on BBC Four. The event usually streams live in audio and video on the BBC Radio 2 website, the BBC iPlayer and/or the BBC Red Button TV service. The Young Folk Awards were added to the event in 2011, having previously been awarded in a separate ceremony. In 2016, Rhiannon Giddens became the first American (and first non-British) winner of the 'Folk Singer of the Year' award. The nominees in most categories are chosen by a