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PIF followed by BBC Two continuity including promotion for Radio 2 and programme promotions for Home Front and Andes to Amazon (28th October 2000)


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The 3pm BBC Two junction.

VIDEO: PIF followed by BBC Two continuity including promotion for Radio 2 and programme promotions for Home Front and Andes to Amazon. Announcer: TBC. Voiceovers: TBC (PIF), TBC (Home Front trail) and TBC (Andes to Amazon trail). TX DATE: 28th October 2000. COPYRIGHT: BBC.

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[00:00:00] PUBLIC INFORMATION FILM: Spice Girl Emma Bunton stars in this short PIF: Fireworks and Alcohol: An Explosive Combination.

[00:00:10] SERVICE PROMOTION: Radio 2 stars come together to promote the station.

Featuring in the promotion:

  • Jonathan Ross.
  • Steve Wright.
  • Terry Wogan.

[00:00:40] PROGRAMME PROMOTION: for Home Front.

The programme airs on Tuesday at 8pm on BBC Two.

[00:01:10] PROGRAMME PROMOTION: for Andes to Amazon.

The series starts on Monday 6th November on BBC Two.

This trail is a good demonstration of the issues with encoding techniques used by broadcasters in the early years of digital TV. There’s a lot of pixellation here – particularly in the final frames of the trail.

[00:01:41] IDENT: the BBC Two Optic ident is used to link into an episode of Star Trek.

The appearance of the ident causes a switch in the aspect ratio to 4:3, as the next programme was produced in that format.

In the early years of digital TV, if a programme was produced in 4:3, the BBC usually switched to 4:3 for the ident event leading into the programme.

[00:01:51] PROGRAMME: the opening seconds of an episode of Star Trek.

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PICTURED: BBC Radio 2 promotion. COPYRIGHT: BBC.

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