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EastEnders close, BBC One continuity followed by Hancock’s Half Hour opening/close (6th January 1987)


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FROM THE ARCHIVE OF: The TV Room

Our clip includes the 8pm BBC One junction.

VIDEO: EastEnders close, BBC One continuity followed by Hancock’s Half Hour opening/close. Announcer: Lorna Stevens. TX DATE: 6th January 1987. COPYRIGHT: BBC.

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[00:00:00] PROGRAMME: a portion of the closing credits from tonight’s edition of EastEnders.

[00:00:35] PROGRAMME GRAPHIC: standard BBC One slide design – for Tom O’Connor.

The programme follows at 8.30pm.

[00:00:47] IDENT: the standard BBC One symbol is used to link into Hancock’s Half Hour.

[00:00:52] PROGRAMME: the opening titles and closing credits for an episode of Hancock’s Half Hour, titled The Emigrant.

We also see a snippet of the opening and closing scenes.

Note at [00:00:58] the colour burst is switched off, to eliminate colour noise.

The text overlays during the opening and closing sequences seem to be part of a 1986 re-edit of the programme.

Acknowledgements

FEATURE IMAGE:
PICTURED: Tony Hancock as seen in the opening sequence of Hancock's Half Hour. COPYRIGHT: BBC.

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