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VM
VMPhil
BillyH posted:
For anyone who remembers the annual RBS tests on the BBC when analogue transmitters would shut down once a year, I've uploaded BBC One and Two going into the January 2006 tests, plus BBC One into and out of the July 2001 test, the latter including the News 24 headlines with Martine Croxall. Interesting how different the two years are, in 2001 they opt out of the news completely and display a holding slide before/after the test card, while in 2006 we get an ident explaining what's about to happen, then a few seconds of the Learning Zone/News 24 before a sudden jolt into the card. The outros (not seen here) were just a brief black screen and then back into programming as if nothing happened.

(if you're using headphone, I'd be prepared for the high-pitched tone in the second two clips!)


Why do they have the speaking clock coming out of the right speaker?
IS
Inspector Sands
VMPhil posted:

Why do they have the speaking clock coming out of the right speaker?

Presumably so they knew what time it was on any recordings made of the tests. They'll know what time things happened and the recordings could be checked back to see what effect they had

Incidently there was an internal speaking clock source at TV Centre, they didn't just phone 123 and use that
JA
james-2001
Also a very easy way of knowing which audio channel you're listening to, even more so than the GLITS tones.
VM
VMPhil
Inspector Sands posted:
VMPhil posted:

Why do they have the speaking clock coming out of the right speaker?

Presumably so they knew what time it was on any recordings made of the tests. They'll know what time things happened and the recordings could be checked back to see what effect they had

Incidently there was an internal speaking clock source at TV Centre, they didn't just phone 123 and use that

Thanks, that was going to be my second question as it didn’t feature the usual ‘The time sponsored by Accurist will be…’*

*before the pedants appear, I know they don’t sponsor it anymore, but they did in 2006
LL
Larry the Loafer
Night Thoughts posted:
Enjoyed this Kaleidoscope find, which seems to be from Bob Monkhouse's archive - ads and break flashes from ATV London in 1968.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkyGE5moSGw


Sorry to drag this up again. Is there a reason why the sync and/or tracking seemed to go funny after each bumper? Also I can't remember where I read this but is there any truth to the design of the ITA break bumpers being designed with white flashes to recalibrate something on the screen after each advert?
JA
james-2001
VMPhil posted:
Thanks, that was going to be my second question as it didn’t feature the usual ‘The time sponsored by Accurist will be…’*


The fact it's a female voice is another giveaway, as Brian Cobby was still on 123 at that point in time.
DE
DE88
It's probably been posted before, but with TVF's imminent closure it seems very appropriate now: the third-last Engineering Announcements. (Indeed, TVF has had a 20-year run too.)

JA
james-2001
That's the sort of thing I would have dragged myself up to watch if I'd been old enough and known about its existence at the time... sadly this was only a few weeks after my 4th birthday, so no chance of me getting up and turning the TV on that early at that age without being scalded and sent back to bed (which did happen a fair few times when I was younger- would have been around this time I got sent back to bed watching an episode of Heathcliff that was shown before the Channel 4 Daily!).
JO
Jonwo
Does anyone remember You Can't Fire Me, I'm Famous? It was an interview series with Piers Morgan interviewing people who had hit by scandal, been publicly sacked or made headlines, The Donny Osmond interview was very good and revealing:
Last edited by Jonwo on 12 March 2021 10:37pm
WH
Whataday Founding member
Yes, the Julie Goodyear one was fascinating:

JO
Jon
It’s very clear to see the origins of Life Stories in this, even down to the chairs they’re sitting on, the positioning and framing of the shots. There was also one with Richard Bacon I recall.
NJ
Neil Jones Founding member
Some "Murrayisms" in light of the news today of the passing of Murray Walker at the age of 97:
harshy, DE88 and Hatton Cross gave kudos

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