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Test Cards

BBC Two start-up (24th May 1981)

1st January 2021 in Pres, Test Cards

Peter Bolgar welcomes BBC Two viewers to a Sunday afternoon of sporting action, courtesy of Sunday …

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BBC Two test card new year wishes (1st January 1983)

1st January 2021 in Test Cards

NC2 overlays a new year message on the test card.

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Granada TV closedown (1985)

1st January 2021 in Pres, Test Cards

Graham James closes down Granada for the night in 1985. Granada followed the same closedown routine …

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BBC One start-up (partial) (September 1982)

1st January 2021 in Pres, Test Cards

We join BBC One just ahead of a lunchtime opening.

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BBC Two test card followed by BMTV opening (1989)

1st January 2021 in Programmes, Test Cards

In the late-1980s, the BBC broadcast an overnight service called British Medical Television.

Read MoreBBC Two test card followed by BMTV opening (1989)
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