BBC2 | continuity | 11th October 1991

© BBC TELEVISION 1991
End of Top Gear
BBC2 slide: The Power And The Glory
BBC RADIO 1 promo
BBC2 promo: Friday evening
BBC2 "copper cut-out" ident: Thunderbirds

[@naysmith5272]

lol - I remember that silliness about phoning in those top gear numbers for extra info.

[@naysmith5272]

The start of Thunderbirds is for the episode Sun Probe which I think would probably be the 3rd episode shown in the run.

[@naysmith5272]

I taped a lot of Thunderbirds from 1991 but I cut out all the continuity when I did so.

[@AndrewChapman]

If they were showing the episodes in production order rather than the original airing order, then Sun Probe would actually be the 4th episode in the run after City of Fire.

[@AndrewChapman]

Sun Probe and Operation Crash-Dive are actually the only two episodes from the Thunderbirds compilation films which I don't remember seeing in their original episode versions. I remember seeing the other episodes on BBC2 before the compilation films on VHS, but not those two.

[@naysmith5272]

@@AndrewChapman Stingray was similar: I believe ITV in 1987 showed in original ATV transmission order but I can't recall if BBC used the same order.

[@naysmith5272]

@Chapman I think you are correct(I just checked), Genome shows this is the 4th transmitted episode by the BBC in 1991. They re-started showing the episodes on 20th September 1991. I don't remember when episodes were re-mastered and people complained about the 'new' sound effects.