BBC One/Open University continuity – odd ident (spring 1985)
BBC One has to resort to Ceefax for an ident for its early morning Open University transmission.
BBC Two closedown including Christmas programme promotion and strike caption (17th December 1978)
BBC Two goes to bed a little earlier than planned due to an industrial dispute.
BBC One continuity (mid-1960s)
A rare surviving example of BBC One continuity from the mid-1960s.
ATV promotion for the new Oxford colour transmitter (1970)
A colour ITV service is coming to Oxford.
BBC News After Noon reports on the launch of BBC Breakfast Time (17th January 1983)
A few hours after the first edition of BBC Breakfast Time came off the air, BBC News After Noon reports on this important milestone in UK broadcasting.
BBC News After Noon opening titles (17th January 1983)
The start of an edition of BBC News After Noon on the day that the BBC began a regular breakfast TV service.
Nationwide reports on the launch of BBC Breakfast Time (17th January 1983)
Nationwide goes behind-the-scenes on the launch day of BBC Breakfast Time.
BBC Mid-day News opening titles/presentation (9th December 1980)
The first television news of the day, reporting on the shock news of the murder of John Lennon.
BBC One continuity and BBC One o’Clock News opening titles/presentation (31st August 1994)
The BBC One o’Clock News reports on the IRA ceasefire announcement in 1994.
BBC One continuity and Six o’Clock News opening titles (November 1986)
The long-running titles for the Six o’Clock News.