BBC One Schools and Colleges continuity followed by Merry-Go-Round opening titles (late-1970s TBC)

A BBC One Schools and Colleges junction. We’re not sure of the date for this one.

VIDEO: BBC One Schools and Colleges continuity. Announcer: Michael Stirrup. TX DATE: late-1970s TBC. COPYRIGHT: BBC.

[00:00:00] PROGRAMME: the closing seconds of an edition of Maths Topics.

[00:00:19] CLOCK: the announcer tells us that the next programme – Merry-Go-Round – follows in six minutes.

[00:01:09] PROGRAMME GRAPHIC: standard BBC One slide for Merry-Go-Round – ‘Follows Shortly’ version.

The music track playing here is an Abba Medley.

Unfortunately, someone taped over a small portion of the original recording. The remainder of the junction can be viewed in the second clip below.

VIDEO: BBC One Schools and Colleges continuity followed by Merry-Go-Round opening titles. Presenter: TBC. TX DATE: late-1970s TBC. COPYRIGHT: BBC.

[00:00:00] PROGRAMME GRAPHIC: standard BBC One slide for Merry-Go-Round – ‘Follows Shortly’ version.

[00:01:47] COUNTDOWN: the 60-second countdown to the programme.

[00:02:47] PROGRAMME: the opening titles for Merry-Go-Round.

Can you identify the presenter?

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