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Channel 4 continuity including programme promotion for Soap Fiction followed by Compact opening (2 clips) (2nd December 1995)

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FROM THE ARCHIVE OF: The TV Room

The 4.25pm Channel 4 junction.

VIDEO: Channel 4 continuity including programme promotion for Soap Fiction followed by Compact opening. Announcer: TBC. Voiceover: TBC. TX DATE: 2nd December 1995. COPYRIGHT: Channel 4 Television Corporation/BBC.

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[00:00:00] STING: for Soap Weekend. Actor Geoffrey Hughes (Eddie Yeats in Coronation Street) tells us: “You’re watching Soap Weekend on Channel 4″.

[00:00:04] PROGRAMME PROMOTION: for Soap Weekend’s Soap Fiction.

Featuring EastEnders and Brookside.

The programme airs tonight at 8pm on Channel 4.

[00:00:35] PROGRAMME: a short programme called Soap Memories.

In this edition Sue Johnston speaks about her love of soaps.

[00:01:35] PROGRAMME GRAPHIC: a special Soap Weekend graphic for Compact. The show follows the break.

[00:01:45] BREAK BUMPER: the standard Channel 4 break bumper.

We’ve excluded the commercials from our clip.

[00:01:47] IDENT: one of the special Soap Weekend idents.

[00:02:02] PROGRAMME: the opening titles from an episode of Compact.

We also see a portion of the first scene.

VIDEO: Channel 4 continuity followed by Compact closing. TX DATE: 2nd December 1995. COPYRIGHT: Channel 4 Television Corporation/BBC.

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[00:00:00] PROGRAMME GRAPHIC: a special Soap Weekend graphic for Compact. This was used to punctuate the commercial break during the programme.

[00:00:04] PROGRAMME: the final moments of the final scene from an episode of Compact.

We also see the full closing credits.

RELATED ARTICLE: you can view the junction that preceded this one here.

RELATED ARTICLE: you can view the junction that followed this one here.

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PICTURED: Channel 4 programme graphic. COPYRIGHT: Channel 4 Television Corporation.

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