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BBC News (partial) and BBC One continuity followed by My Favourite Brunette opening/close (8th May 1983)


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Our clip includes the 1.55pm BBC One junction.

VIDEO: BBC News (partial) and BBC One continuity followed by My Favourite Brunette opening/close. Announcer: David Wheal. Presenter: Jan Leeming (BBC News). TX DATE: 8th May 1983. COPYRIGHT: BBC.

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[00:00:00] PROGRAMME: the final minute or so of the lunchtime BBC News.

Presenter: Jan Leeming.

Includes a package by Peter Gould.

[00:01:18] GRAPHIC: the announcer provides a verbal summary of the national weather forecast, accompanied by this basic summary graphic.

[00:01:43] PROGRAMME GRAPHIC: standard BBC Two cross-channel promotion template – for Sunday Grandstand.

The programme is on BBC Two now. Viewers in Northern Ireland join the programme from 2.35pm.

[00:01:54] PROGRAMME MENU GRAPHIC: a look ahead at afternoon and early evening programmes on BBC One.

[00:02:58] IDENT: the standard BBC One globe symbol is used to link into the next programme.

[00:03:06] PROGRAMME: the opening sequence and closing credits from the film My Favourite Brunette, starring Bob Hope.

Note the removal of colour burst in the transition between the BBC One ident and the film.

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

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