BBC Two of competition since ITV's launch in 1955, and both had aimed for a populist approach in response. The 1962 Pilkington Report on the future of broadcasting noticed this, and that ITV lacked any serious programming. It therefore decided that Britain's third television station should be awarded to the BBC. Prior to its launch, the new BBC2 was promoted on the BBC Television Service: the soon to be renamed BBC1. The animated adverts featured the campaign mascots "Hullabaloo", a mother kangaroo, and "Custard", her joey. Prior to, and several years after, the channel's formal launch, the channel broadcast "Trade Test Transmissions",
Launch 5 she was named after, Patrolman Henry Walburger, who was killed in the line of duty in 1964. The vessel goes by both names - "Patrolman Walburger" and "Launch 5". All NYPD Harbor Unit patrol launches are given a numbered designation welded to the outside of the wheelhouse. "Patrolman Walburger" was assigned N 5. She is fifty two feet in length, powered by twin diesel engines and weighs 25 tons. While there are many stories to tell regarding Launch N 5's voyage through time, what follows are some highlights in her history. At 6:45 a.m. on July 27, 1964, Patrolman Henry