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Test Cards

From the days when gaps in the programme schedule were filled by the test card and music.

Channel 4 test card (1982)

10th Jun 2025 11.16pm
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TV Edits close and BBC One closedown (7th October 1992)

23rd May 2025 1.15am
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BBC One test card and BBC Select continuity (7th October 1992)

22nd May 2025 2.08am
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Casablanca close and BBC One Scotland closedown including programme promotion for Reporting Scotland (6th October 1992)

17th May 2025 2.40am
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Channel 4 closedown including programme promotion for My Left Foot (20th March 1992)

11th May 2025 6.25pm
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BBC Two closedown including programme promotions for The Mushroom Picker and Horizon (15th February 1993)

2nd May 2025 12.01am
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Teledata In-Vision and SABC TV 1 test card (16th December 1986)

8th Apr 2025 12.01am
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Pulse and bar (early 1990s)

20th Mar 2025 7.13pm
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BBC Two test card (early 1990s)

20th Mar 2025 7.06pm
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BBC Two closedown (26th December 1996)

4th Dec 2023 11.50am
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BBC One closedown including programme promotion for Heartburn (24th March 1993)

21st Nov 2023 6.50pm
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BBC trade test colour films

28th Aug 2023 2.13pm
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BBC Two continuity, test card and Pages from Ceefax (14th July 2001)

2nd Apr 2023 1.30pm
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BBC One/BBC One Northern Ireland continuity including programme promotions for Beverly Hills Cop III and Glasgow Kiss followed by Pages from Ceefax and Test Card J (6th August 2000)

26th Feb 2022 1.14am
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BBC Weatherview and BBC Two closedown including programme promotions for The X-Files, Cuba Night and Gimme Gimme Gimme followed by BBC test card (2nd January 1999)

29th Oct 2021 8.00pm
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Teilifís na Gaeilge pre-launch engineering tests and test transmission (1996)

4th Oct 2021 9.00am
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Channel 4 test card (1984)

12th Sep 2021 2.14am
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Alliance Building Society advertisement (1983)

30th Aug 2021 5.45pm
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Galaxy start-up (30th November 1990)

12th Aug 2021 12.24am
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BBC One/Open University start-up: first on air appearance of new BBC One logo (16th February 1991)

11th Aug 2021 2.53pm
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RTÉ Network 2 closedown including programme promotion for Monday and technical fault (September 1995)

10th Aug 2021 11.26pm
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RTÉ One closedown including programme promotions for Time to Talk and Monday (September 1995)

9th Aug 2021 9.48pm
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RTÉ Network 2 start-up (partial) (1994)

19th Jul 2021 7.50pm
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BBC One test card followed by BBC Select ident and The Social Agenda opening titles (1994)

19th Jul 2021 6.36pm
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RTÉ Network 2 closedown including programme promotion for Sunday (10th April 1994)

17th Jul 2021 1.37pm
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RTÉ One closedown including programme promotion for Daughter of Darkness (13th March 1994)

15th Jul 2021 1.23pm
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BBC One continuity and closedown including programme promotions for Boxing Day and Billy Connolly: A Scot in the Arctic (26th December 1995)

3rd Jul 2021 10.30am
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Pages from Ceefax followed by the test card (24th December 1981)

26th May 2021 9.21pm
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BBC One Schools and Colleges continuity followed by trade test transmission (2nd October 1978)

10th May 2021 5.39pm
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BBC Two daytime closedown (26th February 1980)

5th May 2021 1.34am
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Black and white pulse and bar followed by test card – and reinstatement of colour burst (4th November 1984)

26th Feb 2021 3.04pm
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ITV Digital test card on Granada Men & Motors (2002)

26th Feb 2021 1.06am
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BBC Two Test Card G (BBC Scotland generator) (1980s)

25th Feb 2021 4.51pm
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BBC One test card: logoless (24th November 1985)

25th Feb 2021 1.11am
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BBC One test card (1st May 1985)

25th Feb 2021 1.00am
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BSkyB test card: The Power Station (1990)

12th Feb 2021 12.36am
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BSkyB test card: The Sports Channel (1990)

12th Feb 2021 12.32am
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BSkyB test card: The Movie Channel (1990)

12th Feb 2021 12.24am
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BSB test card: Now (1990)

11th Feb 2021 11.43pm
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BSB test card: The Power Station (1990)

11th Feb 2021 11.39pm
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BSB test card: Galaxy (1990)

11th Feb 2021 10.24pm
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BSB test card: The Sports Channel (1990)

11th Feb 2021 10.15pm
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BBC One start-up (partial) (3rd September 1982)

6th Feb 2021 10.57pm
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BBC One test card (4th November 1984)

6th Feb 2021 10.23pm
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BBC One start-up (partial) (22nd December 1984)

31st Jan 2021 11.00am
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BSB test card: The Movie Channel (1990)

31st Jan 2021 12.37am
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BBC One test card (1991)

31st Jan 2021 12.17am
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BBC Two test card with Christmas greeting (25th December 1982)

30th Jan 2021 12.40am
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BBC One start-up including the BBC One test card and ’60 Years’ ident (September 1982)

29th Jan 2021 12.56pm
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BBC One start-up including special test card and VT clock followed by Now It’s Christmas opening titles (25th December 1988)

28th Jan 2021 8.13pm
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Galaxy closedown followed by Galaxy test card (24th September 1990)

25th Jan 2021 10.31pm
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BBC One test card: Comic Relief (13th March 1993)

25th Jan 2021 10.17pm
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