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Channel Four Olympics 1988 Theme

(March 2016)

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Si-Co
Can anyone ID the music used by Channel Four for their Olympics coverage in 1988?

A long version of the theme is heard in this clip, used as a sustaining feed during the ad break:



Thanks.
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IndigoTucker
That's Simon May's "Olympic Track" - used for ITV and C4's coverage. Its on his album Doof Doof.
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Si-Co
Thanks very much!
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Interceptor
Was there still a lot of unsold slots even as late as 1988 then?
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Chris Hughes
In the middle of the night with BBC1 also providing live Olympic coverage, yes.

I was amazed when that video first appeared on YouTube - I vividly remember seeing it on the first morning of C4's coverage, when they filled out the hours after the opening ceremony with a phone-in and a repeat of a Daley Thompson documentary.
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A former member
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Si-Co
Was there still a lot of unsold slots even as late as 1988 then?


Certainly through the night there was, as quite a few regions didn't go 24 hours until late 1988. They tended to go with the C4 sustaining feed rather than employ someone to 'press play' or monitor the automation.

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