BSB test card: The Sports Channel (1990)
A snippet of one of the bespoke channel test cards used by British Satellite Broadcasting in 1990.
BBC One start-up (partial) (September 1982)
A lunchtime start-up for BBC One during its week of celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the …
BBC One test card (4th November 1984)
A brief burst of the test card and music from a Sunday morning in autumn 1984.
BSB test card: The Movie Channel (1990)
A very short recording of one of the bespoke channel test cards used by British Satellite …
BBC One test card (1991)
As a result of the refresh of the BBC One and BBC Two on-screen presentation packages in February …
BBC Two test card with Christmas greeting (25th December 1982)
A short clip featuring a Christmas greeting on the BBC Two test card.
BBC One start-up including special test card and VT clock followed by Now It’s Christmas opening titles (25th December 1988)
BBC One starting the day on Christmas morning 1988.
Galaxy closedown followed by Galaxy test card (24th September 1990)
A weekend of programming dedicated to Doctor Who comes to an end and Galaxy is closing down, with a …
BBC One test card: Comic Relief (13th March 1993)
Yes, someone went to the trouble of producing a special test card for Comic Relief.
BBC Two test card followed by Pages from Ceefax (partial) (24th December 1984)
A burst of Test Card F and music before Pages from Ceefax takes over at 9am.
BBC One test card followed by Ceefax AM (full edition) (4th January 1988)
The first non-public holiday weekday of the new year and BBC One starts its day with news and …