BBC Two continuity (25th December 1991)
The 7.25am BBC Two junction.
HTV Wales start-up (30th May 1984)
Sesame Street kicks off the morning line-up on HTV Wales.
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 …
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 …
RTÉ TV daily start-ups
Long after elaborate daily start-up routines were dispensed with on British TV, the tradition …
The BBC test card and in-vision teletext
TV Presentation has a cousin – trade test transmissions and in-vision teletext pages.
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 …