Thames Television Closedown

A Thames Television closedown with Peter Marshall from 04/02/1980*. Preceded by a full epilogue with Robert Rietty.
*The actual date is 05 Feb but the "TV day" would be the 4th

[@garrysimpson1395]

Thank You! As someone living in the South of England Peter Marshall also did counitty for Southern TV I beleve inthe mid-1970s before joining Thames. Thanks again, GOD BLESS!

[@johnking5174]

Peter Marshall is from my home city of Derry in Northern Ireland. Would you think he has a strong Northern Irish accent? I don't hear it.

[@garrysimpson1395]

No he never did. He used to make jokes about his Mother-in-Law in between programmes on Southern Television. That would never happen today!. What is the latest on the sale of U.T.V. to I.T.V. P.L.C.? Has the I.V.C. announcers gone yet? From the New Forest. A former disabled carer for my late and lovely Mum. From the New Forest GOD BLESS!

[@paulcharmer4694]

You are right, he arrived in the mid 1970s at the wonderful Southern Television, and was replaced around 1976 by Adrian Edwards

[@garrysimpson1395]

@@paulcharmer4694 Yes. Southern Television, South and Merdian the sights and sounds of my life. Wonderful compaines. Happy Days!

[@mark1968]

Great memories. I was 11 at the time this went out. I can remember during these years, always flicking over to the BBC to see if they were still on. Thank you for posting this RAX118G.

[@thatsthequestion]

Look at that Thursday schedule at the end, almost everything from it has been released commercially! Great clip, thanks.

[@RobinCarmody]

@TheGerkuman It's no "Take That Look Off Your Face" though.

[@Metalman8713]

very creepy when the annoucer tells you to turn off your television set after the screen fades to black on the hand great song before the screen faded to black

[@RobinCarmody]

Of the stuff that hasn't been, a selection of 'After Noon Plus' on DVD might be surprisingly interesting, certainly more so than any comparable show since. I wouldn't be surprised if 'Three Little Words' has been junked, knowing HTV - but by an amazing coincidence, the edition of 'Magpie' trailed here has survived, whereas the vast majority of shows even from its later years are gone. It isn't on the DVD, though.

[@chrishenniker5944]

Video think Peter Marshall is still working, running his own production company or PR firm.

[@johnking5174]

Peter is from my home city of Derry in Northern Ireland

[@cornishchris8404]

2:21 where can i find this song?

[@garrysimpson1395]

1981?

[@garrysimpson1395]

1980?

[@TheGerkuman]

@col2006ie Shame. It's a good song.

[@garrysimpson1395]

No National Anthem.

[@garrysimpson1395]

No National Anthem.

[@MarkFoster321789]

Thames never played out with the NA at the end of the day's programming as part of their closedown sequence unlike LWT which they did (and I speak as a Londoner).