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Close of play for BBC Two.
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[00:00:00] PROGRAMME: the closing seconds of the late Weatherview.
Presenter: Bill Giles.
[00:00:05] PROGRAMME GRAPHIC: standard BBC One template – for BBC News 24 simulcast.
The announcer flags the overnight simulcast of BBC News 24 on BBC One.
[00:00:12] CLOCK: the appearance of the BBC Two clock signals the end of the broadcasting day.
The announcer signs off.
[00:00:27] STING: one of the standard BBC Two stings.
After the fade to black, our clip ends.
There would’ve been a period of black and silence here – in the region of 30 seconds – followed by around two minutes of black and GLITS/test tone. The overnight shutdown of the BBC Two transmitter network would then have been triggered.
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PICTURED: BBC Two clock. COPYRIGHT: BBC.
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