BBC2/C4/BBC1 cNov 1997, inc final BBC1 closedown

[@kataka64]

Thanks. The BBC Radio documentary was broadcast Friday 7th November.

[@jamesmitchell8922]

Apparently, the closedown was meant to be before 3am on BBC1. It was due to the Royal Festival of Rembrance that caused programmes to run late. The continuity announcer would given overtime pay as a result.

[@RatzaChewy]

Seeing the old regional sets with the Gill BBC logo is quite jarring - so much of the presentation changed at once that I always remembered the news changing at the same time

[@AntarcticaTelevision]

Bring back the closedown and the testcard!

[@nurulfatinnajwabintiazhar961]

That's final closedown and testcard

[@IsaaMation]

I presume that's Phil Vowels for the first few BBC2 continuities.

[@georgejeaton]

The month just before my birth on the 27th.

[@DoctorVision]

And I followed five days after you. Quite gutted to miss out on the era of traditional TV closedowns by just under a month.

[@matthewpayton]

The next day 12 AM BBC NEWS 24 on BBC1 started.

[@alexwiddowson3756]

Jane Westrop closing down BBC One for the last time in the early hours of 9th November 1997 (she usually closed down BBC Two during that era).

[@eddielasowsky7777]

You could see the quality slipping even then.

[@carlainyonga7009]

Switches over to Channel 4 at 3:42.

[@devinttrobloxforroblox2242]

10:18 test

[@andrewreynolds-q3y]

How nice to see TV when it was not full of woke crap