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FROM THE ARCHIVE OF: The TV Room

Featuring the 1pm BBC One junction.

VIDEO: Olympic Grandstand opening and closing (full theme tune), BBC One continuity including programme promotions for Brotherly Love and Holby City followed by EastEnders opening. Announcer: Peter Brook. Voiceover: TBC. Presenters: Sue Barker and Steve Rider. TX DATE: 1st October 2000. COPYRIGHT: BBC.

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[00:00:00] PROGRAMME: the opening titles for Olympic Grandstand, including the Olympic Grandstand sting. The programme is presented by Sue Barker and Steve Rider.

At [00:02:05] we jump to the final minutes of the programme.

Over the closing credits, we hear the full theme tune, composed by Michael Conn and performed by The BBC Concert Orchestra.

[00:07:06] PROGRAMME PROMOTION: for Brotherly Love.

The six-part comedy drama starring Gregor Fisher and James Fleet starts Friday at 8.30pm on BBC One.

[00:07:37] STING: one of the standard BBC One stings – Balloon/Edinburgh.

[00:07:39] PROGRAMME PROMOTION: for Holby City.

The new series of the hospital drama starts on Thursday at 8pm on BBC One.

[00:08:19] IDENT: one of the standard BBC One idents – Balloon/English 6 – is used to link into EastEnders.

[00:08:32] PROGRAMME: the opening titles from an episode of EastEnders. The clip also includes the opening portion of the first scene.

RELATED ARTICLE: another example of Olympic Grandstand presentation from the 2000 games.

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PICTURED: Olympic Grandstand sting. COPYRIGHT: BBC.

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