DEF II was a programming strand on

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, which aired at 6 pm on Mondays and Wednesdays from 9 May 1988 to 23 May 1994, to serve the

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market. It was produced by

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, and followed on from her influential youth TV show ''

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'' on

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. 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

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which differed from the usual idents used on BBC2.

DEF II shows

Programmes shown as part of DEF II included both original content, such as ''Reportage'', as well as those from other sources, such as American sitcoms and programmes from Europe (as seen in ''Jovanotti's Gimme 5''.). These included:

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)
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DEF II shows

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