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BBC Select – overnight programming for specialist audiences.
Video content
[00:00:00] PROGRAMME: the final couple of minutes of an edition of TV Edits, including an advertisement for Banesto.
At [00:02:21], a minute of black and silence. The datastream at the top of the picture is removed at [00:03:01].
[00:03:24] TEST CARD: the BBC One version of Test Card F, accompanied by tone.
At [00:10:00], the video signal is withdrawn, triggering the overnight shutdown of the transmitter network. A curious decision, as the transmitters would have to be switched on again in less than two hours.
At [00:20:30] the transmitter shuts down.
Our recording is an off-air from BBC One Scotland, so the timings here give an idea of the length of time it took for the domino effect of transmitter shutdowns to make it as far as the Scottish transmitters.
RELATED ARTICLE: you can view the junction that preceded this one here.
Acknowledgements
PICTURED: Test Card F. COPYRIGHT: BBC.
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