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 …
BBC One test card followed by Ceefax AM (full edition) (19th January 1988)
A chance to view an entire Ceefax AM broadcast from early January 1988 – including the test …
BBC One test card followed by Ceefax AM (full edition) (21st January 1988)
An entire Ceefax AM broadcast from early 1988 – including the pulse and bar and test card that …
Open University programme discusses test cards (1976)
In this excerpt from a 1976 Open University programme, some discussion about the uses of the …
Channel 4 pre-launch announcement (2nd November 1982)
It’s launch day for Channel 4 – the UK’s first new terrestrial TV channel since …
BBC Two test card new year wishes (1st January 1983)
NC2 overlays a new year message on the test card.
BBC Service Information (12th November 1982)
A very brief bulletin of BBC Service Information here from the final weeks of this programme.
BBC Two test card followed by BMTV opening (1989)
In the late-1980s, the BBC broadcast an overnight service called British Medical Television.
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.