It's odd how Thames shoved its epilogue programme out after the station closed down, its almost as if they don't like it but are obliged to put it out.
I do like the way it's called 'Close' as that's what TV listings used to say for the end of a channels programmes.
There seems to be a lot of 70s continuity appearing at the moment, usually very rare
Anyone know what survives continuity-wise of the first BBC1 mirror globe? The only clips I know outside of the usual Monty Python sources are from that black & white telerecording of the first weeknight in colour - I'm not sure if there's anything other than that. Earliest one from the colour era I can find on Youtube is from January 1972 with the slanted typeface.
There's probably some seeing as live shows tended to be recorded from the network feed rather than the studio feed in that era. Quite likely it's on the tapes of many Blue Peters, seeing as that show is largely complete in the archives from that era.
Does anyone know exactly what the link was between The Late Show and The Late Show with Clive James? Clive's Late Show started a month earlier than the Late Show proper and the first listing for the latter says it's only on four nights a week, yet Clive's Late Show was in its slot on a Friday. Some sources online say it was the Friday edition of the Late Show and others say it was an entirely separate being.
Wasn't it the BBC version of 'The Late Clive James' which was either on LWT or Channel 4, and just moved across to the Beeb with him?
Having a show called 'The Late Show' and the previously entitled CJ show over on the other side, helped to name the show more easier. But apart from the dark Late Show studio (and what looks to be the same font as The Late Show in the title card) I'm not sure there really was any other link. It was just Clive doing a discussion and not cracking gags for an audience.
I think the best moment of the BBC show was on Comic Relief night, when Lenny Henry decided to gatecrash the programme a couple of minutes before the end, and sat down around the table, said nothing, but Clive still gave him a contributers thank you credit at the end of the show - which must have baffled some viewers thinking they must have missed part of the programme where Len was interviewed and joined in the discussion.
Anyone know what survives continuity-wise of the first BBC1 mirror globe? The only clips I know outside of the usual Monty Python sources are from that black & white telerecording of the first weeknight in colour - I'm not sure if there's anything other than that. Earliest one from the colour era I can find on Youtube is from January 1972 with the slanted typeface.
There’s this on TVARK (which might be from the first weeknight, but it’s in colour)
There's probably some seeing as live shows tended to be recorded from the network feed rather than the studio feed in that era. Quite likely it's on the tapes of many Blue Peters, seeing as that show is largely complete in the archives from that era.
Yes - on the CBBC 30th anniversary show virtually all the (non-VHS quality) early broom cupboard clips came from Phil introducing Blue Peter.
The pace of this reminds you of what a great programme Grandstand was in its day. And what an absolutely fantastic presenter Des Lynam was in his prime. Best sports presenter the UK has ever had.
A YouTube comment sent me to an album distributed by Warner Chappell Music, called Science Sound Design & Dones, containing short bits of music and sound design, including that of Tony and Gaynor Sadler, the composers behind the 1991-2001 BBC Two idents, one of these included the full soundtrack to Wave Day/Night, listed as 42 - Living Water:
https://www.nslibrary.nichion.co.jp/albums/3070-CAR392_1
(Heads up: it's a Japanese website, so get the translator ready)
Here’s an interesting one, the first few minutes would suggest a normal day at TV-am, however after 5 minutes into this clip, Jayne Irving appears out of nowhere to explain that they couldn’t bring a normal service due to an industrial dispute, and that it would be normal again. With the mention of the Caring Christmas campaign, this clip could possibly be from the first day of the infamous Strike.