OSP Package: BBC Two: March 1986 - February 1991
BBC Two continuity – ident animates on (11th December 1986)
The BBC Two ident animates into view for a link into a programme about the European team’s victory in the 1985 Ryder Cup golf championship.
Pages from Ceefax (BBC Two NI opt) and BBC Two continuity (17th February 1988)
With apologies for the less than desirable picture and audio quality on this recording. This is very rare footage of a 1980s BBC Northern Ireland opt-out, where the local teletext generator is used to provide Pages from Ceefax.
BBC Two closedown (3rd April 1986)
A closedown from the first week of the ‘TWO’ era OSP.
BBC Two/Open University continuity (1986)
A late-night Open University transmission comes to an end.
BBC Two North East continuity and First Look North bulletin titles (1986)
A brief snippet of regional continuity from BBC Two North East, and the opening of the afternoon regional news.
BBC Two start-up (9th October 1986)
BBC Two starts the day with programmes for schools and colleges in the Daytime on Two strand.
BBC Two North continuity and Look North News bulletin opening (1986)
A rare glimpse of BBC Two North continuity.
BBC Two daytime continuity (9th October 1986)
Linking into a schools programme in the Daytime on Two strand.
BBC Two Northern Ireland daytime continuity (1986)
A brief example of local continuity on BBC Two from 1986.
BBC Two/Open University continuity (1986)
A quick bit of OU continuity, demonstrating the OU logo form-up.
BBC Two/Open University continuity (1986)
A fairly typical Open University junction on BBC Two.
BBC Two test card and BMTV opening (1989)
In the late-1980s, the BBC broadcast an overnight service called British Medical Television.