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BBC TWO falls off air

(April 2005)

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Pete Founding member 18 April 2005 5:13pm

r2ro posted:

I was wondering if anyone had the moment it went off air

oh the exact moment it fell of air? I think it looked a bit like this
http://www.marksimpson.btinternet.co.uk/black.jpg

Dan Founding member 18 April 2005 6:31pm

James Vertigan posted:

Obviously another cockup on the new playout system (maybe in automation mode at this time?)

It's always in automation mode, but with someone there operating it. At the end of a live programme it would require them to push a button to run the junction. ITV or Sky would usually run the break automatically, whether the live programme had finished or not.