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Steve in Pudsey 6 December 2018 7:50am

nwtv2003 posted:

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

A BBC News report on the launch of S4C in Wales and whether it would be successful. Also keep watching to the end as it also includes a continuity link from S4C’s first night.

The cockup at 4m10s is one that would never happen now!

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Whataday Founding member 6 December 2018 11:29am

nwtv2003 posted:

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

A BBC News report on the launch of S4C in Wales and whether it would be successful. Also keep watching to the end as it also includes a continuity link from S4C’s first night.

When you look at S4C's launch idents they are very much ahead of their time, using filmed footage with a neat logo placed bottom centre.

james-2001 posted:

I never liked that story Joe Pasquale gave about Bob while he was dying and was delerious talking about aliens and a Woolworth reciept. I'm not sure why either he thought it was appropriate to tell it.

Doesn't seem inappropriate to me as far as Bob's concerned. Bob had a very matter of fact outlook on his death. Also Pasquale was a close friend so presumably knows Bob wouldn't have minded that story being shared. I can understand how people that are uncomfortable about the thought of death would feel uneasy though.

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gottago 6 December 2018 8:46pm

Is there a full video of S4C’s launch online anywhere? I don’t think I’ve ever seen it.

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Night Thoughts 7 December 2018 12:23am

nwtv2003 posted:

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

A BBC News report on the launch of S4C in Wales and whether it would be successful. Also keep watching to the end as it also includes a continuity link from S4C’s first night.

It's striking how hostile that report is to the idea of Welsh language broadcasting, especially considering the BBC's internal politics around Wales today!

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A former member 7 December 2018 10:01am

Even the locals didnt want it. Just to ask, did the people in the south even get full ascess to ch4london back in the 80s?

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Inspector Sands 7 December 2018 10:54am

Night Thoughts posted:

It's striking how hostile that report is to the idea of Welsh language broadcasting, especially considering the BBC's internal politics around Wales today!

Yes, and it's surprising that acceptance of the language has grown even though the number of people who speak it hasn't increased by much since 1981

623058 posted:

Even the locals didnt want it. Just to ask, did the people in the south even get full ascess to ch4london back in the 80s?

Only from a transmitter in England. Last time I went to south Wales was in the 90's and we got HTV and S4C as well as Westcountry and C4 clear as anything. Unless it appeared on any cable services that was the only way to get C4 in Wales

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Steve Williams 7 December 2018 1:15pm

Inspector Sands posted:

Only from a transmitter in England. Last time I went to south Wales was in the 90's and we got HTV and S4C as well as Westcountry and C4 clear as anything. Unless it appeared on any cable services that was the only way to get C4 in Wales

Well, indeed, and in North Wales we all turned our aerials to Winter Hill to get Granada and C4 rather than HTV and S4C. Although S4C was always useful as a sort of Channel 4 +1, if you missed Brookside you could always catch it on S4C at ten.

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VMPhil 21 December 2018 3:19pm

It’ll Be Alright on Election Night. Shown before ITV’s 2001 general election coverage.

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A former member 22 December 2018 6:27pm

The poorest of all the Alright on the nights..

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james-2001 23 December 2018 12:39am

Until David Walliams.

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VMPhil 23 December 2018 3:32pm

It's been a year since Kaleidoscope reported they'd discovered a Bob Monkhouse recorded copy of the elusive 1978 BBC2 Christmas ident. One year later and The TV Museum has uploaded another!