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Channel 4 start-up (partial) (2 clips) (26th December 1982)


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FROM THE ARCHIVE OF: Dave Baldwin

Christmas is a simple affair for Channel 4 in 1982.

VIDEO: Channel 4 start-up. Announcer: TBC. TX DATE: 126th December 1982. COPYRIGHT: Channel 4 Television Corporation.

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[00:00:00] IDENT: a Christmas bauble behind the ‘4’ logo – that’s as much as we got in 1982. The still version of the ident (below) was more basic still.

[00:00:14] PROGRAMME MENU GRAPHIC: only a slight modification to the standard menu board for Christmas.

VIDEO: Channel 4 continuity. Announcer: TBC. TX DATE: 126th December 1982. COPYRIGHT: Channel 4 Television Corporation.

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[00:00:00] IDENT: this is the still version of the 1982 Christmas ident. Some snow lying on the familiar Channel 4 blocks.

This is the first programme link of the day on Christmas Sunday – into Los Villancicos.

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FEATURE IMAGE:
PICTURED: Channel 4 ident. COPYRIGHT: Channel 4 Television Corporation.

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