BBC Switch
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| Industry | Media |
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| Genre | Youth |
| Founded | 20 October 2007 |
| Defunct | 18 December 2010 |
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Area served
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United Kingdom |
| Services | Programming block on BBC Two Programming block on BBC Radio 1 Online Portal |
| Owner | BBC |
| Website | www |
BBC Switch was the brand for BBC content aimed at UK teenagers. The brand launched on Saturday 20 October 2007 on BBC Two and ceased broadcasting on 18 December 2010. It included a block of television programmes on BBC Two, an online portal, and programming on the BBC's youth radio station, BBC Radio 1. It was BBC Two's second programming block aimed at teenagers, following on from DEF II.
Four programmes were originally shown as part of BBC Switch on Saturday afternoons on BBC Two. Sound was a weekly music entertainment and chat show presented by Annie Mac and Nick Grimshaw. Falcon Beach was an imported Canadian coming-of-age drama about teenagers, their passions, relationships, friends, families and enemies. Them was a documentary series that explored the different teenage tribes that exist in Britain today. The Surgery presented by Jeff Leach was a chat show for BBC Switch, which effectively replaced The Sunday Surgery presented by Kelly Osbourne, aimed to help teenagers with everyday problems.
On 17 May 2008, three new shows were launched under the BBC Switch brand: Kyle XY, a sci-fi drama, Class of 2008, a documentary series which followed six friends in London, and Revealed..., a new journalism show which looked at the lives of teens in the UK, presented by Charlotte Ashton and Anthony Baxter. The ABC Family show Greek was also shown.
Since 2008, continuity links for BBC Switch on BBC Two were presented by Tom Deacon and AJ Odudu either at an outdoor location in various parts of the UK or indoors in The 5:19 Show studio. Previously it was presented by 'Flash Louis'.
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