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The end of the broadcasting day on Channel 4.
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[00:00:00] PROGRAMME GRAPHIC: for Obsession.
This graphic was used to punctuate the commercial breaks during the film.
[00:00:02] PROGRAMME: the closing seconds of the film Obsession.
[00:00:42] PROGRAMME GRAPHIC: standard Channel 4 template – for Naked City: Murder Is a Face I Know.
Tomorrow night’s film, at 11.45pm on Channel 4.
[00:00:51] IN-VISION CONTINUITY: the announcer previews some programmes coming up tomorrow before bidding us goodnight.
[00:02:34] IDENT: one of the standard Channel 4 idents (though this one was usually only seen at closedown) is played out announcerless.
We then have over a minute-and-a-half of black and silence before our recording terminates.
We’d assume the Channel 4 test card appeared eventually. To be followed 10 or 15 minutes later by the overnight shutdown of the transmitter network.
RELATED ARTICLE: you can view the junction that preceded this one here.
Acknowledgements
PICTURED: Channel 4 in-vision continuity: Olga Hubicka. COPYRIGHT: Channel 4 Television Corporation.
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