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BBC Two continuity including programme promotion for Gormenghast followed by 2000 Today (31st December 1999)


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Our clip includes the 11.50pm BBC Two junction.

VIDEO: BBC Two continuity including programme promotion for Gormenghast followed by 2000 Today. Announcer: Matthew Jackson. Voiceover: TBC (Gormenghast trail). Presenter: David Dimbleby (2000 Today). TX DATE: 31st December 1999. COPYRIGHT: BBC.

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[00:00:00] STING: for Nineties Night. The announcer quickly previews the next programme.

[00:00:06] PROGRAMME PROMOTION: for Gormenghast.

The drama begins on 17th January on BBC Two.

[00:01:06] PROGRAMME GRAPHIC: standard BBC Two slide design – for We Gotta Get Out of this Business: Fatboy Slim’s ’99.

The programme airs at 12.05am.

[00:01:14] IDENT: one of the standard BBC Two idents – Paint-Pot – is used to link into 2000 Today.

[00:01:28] STING: BBC Millennium sting.

[00:01:38] PROGRAMME: we join viewers of BBC One’s 2000 Today programme for the lead-up to Big Ben striking midnight, and the fireworks display that follows.

Presenter: David Dimbleby.

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

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

RELATED ARTICLE: you can view the 1am – 1.23am portion of 2000 Today here.

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PICTURED: BBC Two ident. COPYRIGHT: BBC.

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