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Countdown closing and Channel 4 continuity including Interlude and programme promotion for Equinox followed by Sesame Street opening (5th October 2000)

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FROM THE ARCHIVE OF: The TV Room

The 6am Channel 4 junction.

VIDEO: Countdown closing and Channel 4 continuity including Interlude and programme promotion for Equinox followed by Sesame Street opening. Voiceover: TBC. Presenter: Richard Whiteley (Countdown). TX DATE: 5th October 2000. COPYRIGHT: Channel 4 Television Corporation.

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[00:00:00] PROGRAMME: the final minute or so of an early morning repeat of Countdown. Presented by Richard Whiteley, with Carol Vorderman. And in Dictionary Corner, Keith Barron.

Includes at [00:01:06] PRODUCTION ENDBOARD: Yorkshire Television Production for Channel 4.

[00:01:10] PROGRAMME PROMOTION: for Equinox.

This edition – titled Full Throttle – airs at 9pm on Monday on Channel 4.

[00:01:52] PROGRAMME MENU GRAPHIC: before the next programme – Sesame Street – Channel 4 pauses for a few minutes, leaving us with a static menu and music.

The menu shows programmes coming up later in the day:

8pm Hitler’s Search for the Holy Grail.

9.30pm The Science of Secrecy.

10pm The Mobo Awards.

[00:04:54] IDENT: one of the standard Channel 4 idents – Countdown/Sesame Street A – is used to transition into Sesame Street.

[00:05:09] PROGRAMME: the opening minute-and-a-half of an edition of Sesame Street, including the opening titles.

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

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FEATURE IMAGE:
PICTURED: Channel 4 programme menu graphic. COPYRIGHT: Channel 4 Television Corporation.

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