What BBC1 and 2 could have looked like in 1991

All the information contained in the announcements is enough to indicate that these are not recreations.

- A live read for On The Record in primetime seems unlikely, even in 1990. And it wasn't being broadcast at 1.30pm back then.

- The episode of EastEnders is described as lasting "just over half an hour".

- Highlights of test match cricket and US Open tennis at 8pm after EastEnders?

- The BBC has never broadcast Hong Kong Masters snooker, an event which appears to have been held just once in 1987.

All of which indicates the audio recording for the video is also not contemporaneous with the 1990/1991 ident rebranding period.

On The Record didn't start until 1988 though.

I'm still on the fence. This took me no longer than five minutes to create in Adobe Premiere, but I just want to show how easy it is to take audio from another piece of continuity and pair it up with something else.

Its seems were being mocked about thinking this is a mock. Ie with the original post.

If anyone has any more evidence of these tests, please post them here, even if it's from MHP.

The problem is how rare that footage is, the quality of it, the modern timecode, and the level of skill mockers can reach nowadays. It's all making some of us suspicious.

As I've said, if there's more evidence, I'll happily be put in my place.

Other notes:

Rajiv Gandhi was the Indian Prime Minister from 31 October 1984 – 2 December 1989.

There was an episode of Holiday Outings in India shown in both 1988 and 1989.

The Hong Kong masters did indeed take place in 1987, but considering the other mistakes made by the announcers in the video ("Flushing Meadow", "Holiday Outing"), they could very well be referring to the Hong Kong Challenge in 1990.

I'm on the fence with this video. Nothing really sticks out, but some of the style of it (namely the BBC Two captions) don't seem contemporary.

Worth remembering a test ident is just that - the information around it doesn't need to be factually accurate as they are just for illustrative purposes.

You're probably correct. Also note the announcers were actually working at the BBC at the time.

Perhaps the time code was burned in after it was discovered on a tape somewhere and captured into Premiere?

i think it's clearly a mock, there are a few talented people making things like that,

this was posted on here a while a go - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_tZJGniorA

similar process seemed to have been used to create it.