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Pages from Ceefax and BBC Two start-up (3rd January 2005)

Posted on 19th February 2022 by The Rewind Team
Last updated on 19th February 2022 Filed under Channel Presentation, Promotions, Teletext
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FROM THE ARCHIVE OF: The TV Room

Just over 55 minutes of in-vision Ceefax.

VIDEO: Pages from Ceefax and BBC Two start-up. Voiceover: TBC. TX DATE: 3rd January 2005. COPYRIGHT: BBC.

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[00:00:00] TELETEXT IN-VISION: the last 55 minutes or so of the overnight Pages from Ceefax broadcast.

We start with tracks from the BBC Two Ceefax tape Brazilian Beauty which was in use from 26th August 2004 until 6th January 2006:

[00:00:01] Ride into Town by Nick Haydn.

[00:02:58] African Township by Nick Haydn.

[00:06:18] Cool It by Nick Haydn.

[00:09:27] Exotic Waves by Nick Haydn.

[00:13:18] Wild Orchid by Nick Haydn.

[00:18:16] Magic Dancer by Nick Haydn.

[00:21:57] Deep Down by Nick Haydn.

[00:25:08] Soul Groove by Nick Haydn.

[00:29:46] Sensual City by Nick Haydn.

[00:33:19] LA Crusin’ by Nick Haydn.

[00:36:43] Dinner at Nine by Nick Haydn.

[00:40:33] Body Moves by Nick Haydn.

[00:43:23] Silence – albeit there’s an aborted attempt to introduce Soothsayer at [00:44:07].

We move on now to some tracks from the Soothsayer tape, which was in use from 30th August 2004 until 4th January 2005. So, this is its penultimate outing.

[00:44:12] Soothsayer by Robin Jap. Faded up some seconds after the track had started.

[00:47:27] Harbour Island by Robin Jap.

[00:49:33] Rainbow River by Robin Jap.

[00:53:39] Keeping Ahead by Robin Jap. Faded out at [00:55:59].

[00:56:07] PROGRAMME PROMOTION: for Dragons’ Den.

The programme airs at 8pm tomorrow on BBC Two.

[00:56:38] IDENT: one of the Christmas BBC Two idents – Ice Cube – is used to link into CBeebies programmes. Although the ident sound was dipped, the pre-recorded continuity announcement failed to kick in.

[00:56:49] IDENT: a brief snippet of one of the CBeebies idents.

RELATED ARTICLE: you can view the closedown link leading into this Pages from Ceefax transmission here.

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PICTURED: Pages from Ceefax. COPYRIGHT: BBC.

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Broadcaster/Channel: BBC, BBC Two
Broadcast Area: UK: National

OSP Category: Full Junction, Ident, Programme Promotion, Start-Up, Teletext In-Vision

OSP Package: BBC Two: November 2001 - February 2007

On Air Talent: Voiceover TBC

Programme Genre: Factual

Title: Ceefax, Dragons' Den

Decade: 2000s

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