BBC1 Closedown - Mon 10th March 1997

[97vikrid]

OMG, THAT'S MY BIRTHDAY

[AidanLunn]

That PIF - "nice to know you're safe" - yeah, a metal sheet is going to stop a fire from spreading, is it?

Nice to know you're safe that a metal cage and what might turn out to be a faulty smoke alarm may turn your house into a raging inferno.

[joannedj1]

BBC1 stopped closing down for the night in the autumn of 1997 - they started handing over to BBC News 24 for the wee small hours! Nice to see a Public Information Film - didn't realise they'd been showing those again in the 90s, but I do remember BBC1 showing PIFs before closedowns in the late 80s!

[MrDischargeandi]

have my lass here and cant believe we just spent, the last 5 mins, looking at this..... superb. got any more?

[dalbsterlcfc]

that was on my birthday, I was officially 5 years old wen this clip was taken :P

[Feisty1967]

God! I used to really fancy Jon Kettley when he had the beard! I was 18 at the time, I was really disappointed when he shaved it off.

[SHUPEEKRABANATZ]

What is the point of this?

[ewandougie]

its nice to know that the British nanny state was around 13 years ago..... Who really turns off all the plugs before they go to bed??

[thegoodcocklife]

wow I was alive when BBC1 used to close down?

fascinating!

[amazingrapist]

@thegoodcocklife I thought exactly the same thing. I was 9 when this used to happen - I thought it only happened in the 70's.

[fuckercuntemilyosmen]

i think through it was 1997 you can tell they was a few old American stereotypes that they use today left of what they say we are like in Britain about are posh theme and them old suits and mustaches like john ketty but i think we can safely safe by now it is all gone

[W3bbo2]

Can anyone recognise the music track from 00:25 to 00:40? It sounds a bit like Blur.

[SozLike]

She's Electric - Oasis

[segazip]

@W3bbo2 It is Shes Electric by Oasis

[1912carson]

god save the queen.

[1912carson]

god save the queen.

[Stevieman101]

i like smoky the cat ad as it reminds me of my youth in the nineties

[Stevieman101]

i like the smokey the cat ad cos it reminds me of my youth.classic

[Stevieman101]

i remember think bubble t the shopping mall

[Jimbo1357924680]

Those were the days. Agreed?

[strontiumdog19]

Without doubt mate. D'you remember the old song from ITV about the Bedtime Routine?.

My Grandad used to stand ramrod straight for the National Anthem - As did anyone else watching tellybox with him..

[JAYROX1969]

Yes, bring back the Closedown!

[bellybasher]

Look at the isobars in the Atlantic!

[TURBODORK2]

so many memories of that year

[PlavOciZena]

he's handsome

[marklandt07]

5 star but i cant rate

[ITVWeatherFans]

The way I read the description, I thought it said 'Aardman animation style clock'... I;d hoped BBC One had used a one off claymation clock or something! Alas, no.

[jonnyhendrixson]

john kettley is the guy who got repetetive strain injury from pointing at the weather map.lol.can u imagine if he had to work all day on a production line with his arm going like a fiddlers elbow???

[Jimwoodward1212]

His Voice Is A Bit Muffled

[thekeyring]

i wonder if bbc will ever end the one, two three and four thing and go with channel names like: BBC Homes, BBC Food etc etc

[kevnewton]

they already have under the name uktv gold uktv history etc on digital tv

[AidanLunn]

. . . but UKTV is shared with ITV (well, they show the Bill)

[Tomj2110]

Annoucing here is Peter Offer.

[themalloys]

Is he still with the BBC?

[kamilek]

BBC1 End programmes on 10.3.97

[SozLike]

Yes, Mr Carmody established that last week.

See below.

[AidanLunn]

Kamilek, you're like a sonic boom - you always arrive after the main event.

[RobinCarmody]

This will be Monday *10th* March 1997 - or, if you prefer, the early hours of Tuesday 11th.

[SozLike]

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