BBC Two start-up (9th October 1986)
BBC Two starts the day with programmes for schools and colleges in the Daytime on Two strand.
Border Television start-up (9th June 1985)
Listening to this start-up from Border, it’s crazy to think this was 1985.
BBC One Scotland closedown (23rd February 1985)
From the first week of BBC One’s new on-screen presentation, a closedown from BBC One …
Central closedown (30th September 1986)
A standard closedown from Central in the days before 24-hour programme schedules.
BBC Service Information (12th November 1982)
A very brief bulletin of BBC Service Information here from the final weeks of this programme.
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.
BBC One resorts to rolling news to cover 1991 Gulf War
A new discovery on YouTube is a reminder of the degree of disruption to BBC One which was brought …
No trade test on Sundays
Occasionally an old clip of what was once unremarkable everyday television provides a gateway into …
Archive find highlights poor technical quality of BBC NI 80s presentation
A rare find on YouTube highlights the poor technical quality of BBC One Northern Ireland continuity …
Engineering information for the TV and radio trade
Other than TV and radio tradesmen and engineers – and presentation enthusiasts – few …
BBC One closedown curiosities from the past
In the days before BBC News 24/BBC News Channel, BBC One closed down overnight. The BBC One …