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Do TV companies still have backup emergency broadcasts for their TV programmes? (November 2013)

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PE
Pete Founding member
s.forster posted:
I don't know what would happen if a nuclear bombing occurred right now; TV companies in the UK seem to not have planned or prepared for such emergencies.


There is a 4 min version of the BBC News Countdown in case of a nuclear apocalypse. Really epic remix from David Lowe on that one.
NE
Neil__
Pete posted:
s.forster posted:
I don't know what would happen if a nuclear bombing occurred right now; TV companies in the UK seem to not have planned or prepared for such emergencies.


There is a 4 min version of the BBC News Countdown in case of a nuclear apocalypse. Really epic remix from David Lowe on that one.


And I gather that Channel 4 has a special version of the video for Madonna/Justin Timberlake song '4 minutes'. It end with a slide which says 'Madonna failed.'
VM
VMPhil
Somebody (I think Pete?) linked to this 10 year old post by MrTomServo a while ago now in a similar thread. A fantasy story on what might happen in a nuclear emergency. Unfortunately the images don't work anymore which is a shame.

http://www.tvforum.co.uk/forums/post31083#post-31083
GE
thegeek Founding member
The images have survived on archive.org - https://web.archive.org/web/20040601051629/http://www.tvforum.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1795#31083

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