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HTV Wales continuity including programme promotion for Spooner’s Patch followed by The Morecambe and Wise Show opening titles (1st October 1980)

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FROM THE ARCHIVE OF: TC4

The 8pm HTV Wales junction.

VIDEO: HTV Wales continuity including programme promotion for Spooner’s Patch followed by The Morecambe and Wise Show opening titles. Announcer: Margaret Pritchard. TX DATE: 1st October 1980. COPYRIGHT: ITV plc.

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[00:00:00] PROGRAMME PROMOTION: for Spooner’s Patch.

An unbranded programme slide is used at the start and end of the trail, which is voiced live by the continuity announcer.

Spooner’s Patch airs tomorrow at 7.30pm.

[00:01:00] IN-VISION CONTINUITY: announcer Margaret Pritchar tells us that the workers are called out on strike in Cowboys in half-an-hour. She then links into The Morecambe and Wise Show.

[00:01:16] PRE-PROGRAMME IDENT: a special version of the Thames Skyline ident, unique to The Morecambe and Wise Show.

[00:01:24] PROGRAMME: the opening titles for The Morecambe and Wise Show.

We also see the first portion of the opening segment.

Acknowledgements

EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTION:
With thanks to Twitter user UKPRES1 for confirming the TX date.
FEATURE IMAGE:
PICTURED: The Morecambe and Wise Show opening titles. COPYRIGHT: ITV plc.

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