ITV Thames | closedown and transmitter shutdown | 10th September 1985

© THAMES TELEVISION/FREMANTLE MEDIA 1985
Recovered from that technologically advanced but totally unreliable format, Video 2000.
End of a film
Thames trailer: Mike Hammer
Adverts
IVC (Philip Elsmore): Night Thoughts
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End of Night Thoughts
Thames weather
IVC (Philip Elsmore): closing announcement
Thames slides: Wednesday evening over Spanish guitar music
Thames clock (12:51am) over Spanish guitar music
TV set safety warning
Black and silence
Black and tone
transmitter shutdown
Adverts:
Bird's Mousse
Open Top Cars and Girls and T-Shirts
Maxwell House Maxpax
Galaxy bar
Computacar (read by Tom Edwards)

[@garyhunt8067]

Watched this before I go to bed.

[@robertcomer2767]

You can't ever complain about digital television when you suffered that awful ghosting on analogue. It looks like Thames were broadcasting two clocks. Unless it was an atmospheric thing and it was obtained from outside of London.

[@barbaraannecortina7899]

so is THAT why the picture quality's shite on this?

[@robertcomer2767]

@@barbaraannecortina7899 Either that or it was atmospheric conditions that took the signal out of London and was recorded from three.

[@ColmORourke1981]

Nice you mention the TV Live Forum, as someone's given you a shout-out there... 😏

[@stickytapenrust6869]

I hope it’s complimentary 🙂

[@anthonyperkins7556]

I like the restful closedown music

[@AntarcticaTelevision]

It rained until September... and then the summer started.

[@marioalexanderski9598]

8:08 For those with headphones, there's a very quiet tone for 3-4 seconds before the actual loud tone appeared, due to magnetic pre-echo.

[@dt08-old]

i can also hear it at 9:30 and at 9:43

[@DanielMullins-c4s1]

When one friendly reminder to switch off the set isn't enough, why not try 3 (including 2 muffled ones).

[@stickytapenrust6869]

I think that’s audio bleed-through from when the tape has been rolled up on its reel. The magnetic field from one part of the tape can slightly magnetise the parts of tape immediately adjacent to it when rolled up.