BBC Two test card followed by BMTV opening (1989)
In the late-1980s, the BBC broadcast an overnight service called British Medical Television.
BBC Two/Open University continuity (1984)
The main BBC Two schedule has come to an end and there’s some time in hand before Open …
Branding the daytime schedule
The BBC’s new weekday daytime schedule arrived in October 1986.
BBC One Scotland clock in BBC Two colours
A really obscure bit of BBC presentation trivia now. For a period in 1985, a small glitch in the BBC …
1987 BBC One Scotland closedown observations
A 1987 BBC One Scotland closedown has caught our eye.
Branding anomaly in 1981 BBC Two news summaries
When BBC News radically relaunched its TV news presentation in September 1981, one of the changes …
1980s BBC One Scotland identity crisis
One of the strangest chapters in the story of BBC One branding in the nations runs from the autumn …
All change for BBC News in 1981
For Pres fans, the first week of September 1981 was significant. The modification of the BBC One …
How did TCF become such an iconic BBC image?
It is an iconic BBC image – part of the brand heritage and as much a statement of the BBC …
The history of the BBC trade test transmission (part 4/4)
Our history of the BBC trade test transmission concludes.
The history of the BBC trade test transmission (part 3/4)
Our history of the BBC trade test transmission continues.