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The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures close and BBC Two continuity including programme promotion for Arena Special followed by Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives opening (27th December 1989)


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VIDEO: The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures close and BBC Two continuity including programme promotion for Arena Special followed by Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives opening. Announcer: Jayne Constantinis. Voiceover: Jayne Constantinis (Arena Special trail). TX DATE: 27th December 1989. COPYRIGHT: BBC.

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[00:00:00] PROGRAMME: the close of today’s edition of The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures.

Presented by Professor Charles Taylor.

[00:01:08] PROGRAMME GRAPHIC: standard BBC Two slide design – for The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures.

Tomorrow’s programme airs at 4.20pm on BBC Two.

[00:01:20] PROGRAMME PROMOTION: for Arena Special: The Rolling Stones.

The programme airs tonight at 10.30pm on BBC Two (later than billed in Radio Times).

[00:02:13] PROGRAMME MENU GRAPHIC: Christmas 1989 design.

Listing programmes for early and late evening, highlighting new times for certain programmes, due to the addition of a Newsnight Special at 10pm.

[00:02:28] PROGRAMME GRAPHIC: standard BBC Two slide design – for Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind.

The programme airs in 40 minutes on BBC Two.

[00:02:46] IDENT: the standard BBC Two symbol is used to link into Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives.

Note that it was back to the standard ident and programme graphics today. Festive versions aired for the final time for 1989 yesterday. Though festive promo and menu graphics continued.

[00:02:57] PROGRAMME: the opening titles from an edition of Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives.

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PICTURED: BBC Two programme menu graphic. COPYRIGHT: BBC.

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