Category: Test Cards
From the days when gaps in the programme schedule were filled by the test card and music.
BBC One test card – logoless (24th November 1985)
The channel logo goes AWOL.
BBC One test card (1st May 1985)
A brief burst of test card and music, a few months into the BBC One COW (Computer-Originated World) era.
BSkyB test card – The Power Station (1990)
Three of the original British Satellite Broadcast channels survived the merger with Sky in November 1990 (initially at least): The Sports Channel; The Movie Channel; The Power Station. They retained their respective test cards for a number of months –...
BSkyB test card – The Sports Channel (1990)
Three of the original British Satellite Broadcast channels survived the merger with Sky in November 1990 (initially at least): The Sports Channel; The Movie Channel; The Power Station. They retained their respective test cards for a number of months –...
BSkyB test card – The Movie Channel (1990)
Three of the original British Satellite Broadcast channels survived the merger with Sky in November 1990 (initially at least): The Sports Channel; The Movie Channel; The Power Station. They retained their respective test cards for a number of months –...
BSB test card – Now (1990)
A snippet of one of the bespoke channel test cards used by British Satellite Broadcasting in 1990.
BSB test card – The Power Station (1990)
A snippet of one of the bespoke channel test cards used by British Satellite Broadcasting in 1990.
BSB test card – Galaxy (1990)
A snippet of one of the bespoke channel test cards used by British Satellite Broadcasting in 1990.
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.
BBC One test card (4th November 1984)
A brief burst of the test card and music from a Sunday morning in autumn 1984.
BBC One start-up (partial) (22nd December 1984)
A Saturday morning start-up on BBC One just ahead of Christmas in 1984.