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Inspector Sands 7 September 2020 3:10pm

Duncan Newmarch on what continuity announcers do all day....

Over the weekend, somebody asked me what continuity announcers do all day. This is what’s keeping me busy at the moment- writing @BBCOne menus that could be read by the announcer during a technical breakdown. Giving the director a bit of time to fix things. pic.twitter.com/Ebv1O5Z2X7
— Duncan Newmarch (@DuncanNewmarch) September 7, 2020

Through the afternoon, I’m now live on @BBCOne reading scripts written by the early announcer Ash. I’m also watching tomorrow’s shows and writing my own scripts for then. Join in with this, start talking when there are 11 seconds left on the ident pic.twitter.com/wuvoWFhWqc
— Duncan Newmarch (@DuncanNewmarch) September 7, 2020

Colm Anglia (West) Look East (West sub-opt) 7 September 2020 3:11pm

An excellent and informative thread from Duncan today.

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MMcG198 UTV Newsline 10 September 2020 11:47pm

Over the last few days over on the Clean Feed Twitter account, we've been posting recreations of the clocks used by NI and Scotland on BBC Two during the 86 - 91 era. The tweets prompted this contribution - the real mccoy from Wales:

Thanks for digging out this tape Andy. So, there was a BBC Two Wales clock after all! And another odd colour scheme. Could I possibly push my luck and request a video posting of that junction when you get a chance Andy - even a video recording on your phone? https://t.co/OhZBxwc3Gl
— Clean Feed @ The TV Room (@cleanfeed_ttvr) September 10, 2020

nwtv2003 Granada North West Today 12 September 2020 6:55am

Video of which, has now been added:

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TIGHazard Tyne Tees Look North (North East) 19 September 2020 11:01am

This article was posted on Reddit today.

https://www.bettingdoctor.co.uk/blog/how-eastenders-helped-one-lucky-punter-win-194000/

Quote:

“A 40-year-old night-shift worker from Newport in South Wales walked into his local betting shop on December 30th 1989 and staked £30 on an accumulator, which banked on a series of happenings before the turn of the millennium."

“The punter’s prayers were with Cliff Richard (4-1) being knighted, U2 (3-1) remaining a pop group, Eastenders (5-1) still being around as a BBC soap opera, and both Neighbours (5-1) and Home Away (8-1) remaining on our British television screens."

“Remarkably, all his prayers were answered, and two days into the new millennium he walked back into the shop and asked for his winnings, which amounted to £194,400."

“Nobody had passed on the bet to head office, but after a couple of days it was confirmed as a bona fide transaction, and the punter was duly paid out, his 6,479-1 accumulator still being the largest novelty killing in the history of bookmaking."

If the Channel 5 poaches Home and Away deal happened a year earlier, he would have lost.

As the show was off air for 12 months and it needed to still be on British screens around the 1st January 2000.