Excellent. Bring back closedown so we can remind the population of Northern Ireland that they live in a part of the United Kingdom so are therefore British not Irish. That's why Her Majesty's image is on our currency. If we were Irish like some claim, we'd be spending Euros. God bless Ma'am.
OK I am confused Mum is Irish (born in Ulster) Dad was British.
Both Parents were in British Army and when they divorced Mum took me home to the Family in Ulster,
I class myself as Irish because I spent my whole childhood and later years there only moving to England 3 years ago.
I'm stuck because, My parents being now ex British Army, people class me as a Loyalist, where as in reality I am a Unionist lol, I would love nothing more than a Unified Ireland.
Not that I'm pro-European- I'm not really- but it's better than all the petty squabbling over who owns Ireland. (Who's to say the Northern Irish can't be any less "the British"? Not that they have to be, but I think it would have been fair just to have a referendum and be done with it.)
OMG I remember the TV closedowns! I also remember we used to be cut off early from the kids tv programme the broom cupboard on BBC. Does anyone remember what programme came on directly after Philip Schofield said bye bye to us Northern Ireland viewers? Was it the News?!
Difference is that Northern Irish protestants voted against terrorist supporting parties after the troubles, ie UDP and PUP, catholics voted for terrorists, ie SINN FEIN. Says a lot about the people in Northern Ireland. The prods try to avoid terrorism and the catholics try to cause as much as they can
Which was the biggest nationalist party in the north prior to the IRA ceasefire? The non-violent SDLP I believe. Unionist politicians of the DUP and UUP also aligned themselves with loyalist terrorists throughout the Troubles when it suited them.
Why would the protestant community have to vote for any party when they had the RUC doing their dirty work, and making sure that the Catholic community continually got victimised and marginalised! Your nickname on here clearly shows that you have no balance to your comments!
grow up folks - some people really need to get a life - still arguing over national anthems and idiot tribal politics - try buying an atlas and realising the world doesnt revolve around this we province!
Another wee Brit who obviously doesn't know anything about Ulster. The North of Ireland does not belong to you British. It should be reunited with the Republic. A 32-county state is the way forward!
i agree why on earth would they play the irish national anthem? i persume thats the irish anthem as i (like the whole of ireland) dont understand irish! ive lived in northern ireland all my life and couldnt tell you what the irish anthem sounded like but we all know and sing the words and tune to OUR national anthem "GOD SAVE THE QUEEN"!!
As we always say here in antrim..if you want to be irish and fly the iriSH FLAG ETC....MOVE TO THE REPUBLIC!!!
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it never ceases to amaze me how catholics think they are the only ones in Ulster. at the end of the day (sic) they agreed in 1921 that Ulster should remain British. OPEN YOUR EYES YOU IGNORANT people. why should the irish national anthem be played in a British state? DOH!!!
Why would they play Amhrán na bhFiann?! For the same reason they didn't play the French, Spanish, Chinese or Brailian national anthems- because they are foreign. Whether you like it or not, UTV is a regional British TV station and Northern Ireland is British. If you really want to listen to Amhrán na bhFiann, watch RTE.
Because Northern Ireland is part of the UK. However, I agree, it would have been nice for some kind of neutral alternative that highlighted our Irishness,without provoking people.
That's the Shankhill Butcher gang that she's talking about at the start of this - they kidnapped and murdered Joseph Donegan.
They were such an embarrassment to the Loyalists that the RA colluded with UVF to have their leader Lenny Murphy, taken out. So, you're Pete Tong - go and read Martin Dillon's book, muppet.
If they did regional closedowns on ITV nowadays, it would give me great pleasure to hear one say, "I'm sorry if you thought our weekend's programmes were shit. We'll they were, but hey. We're not going away, because we're a regional monopoly with a licence to print money, and it don't matter if there are only two of you watching me right now. Our status is guaranteed, so go fuck yourself. Arright? G'night." I'd lay good odds they'd announcing for Carlton.
The only other Ulster Television closedown I have seen is from 1988 - Julian Simmons reads the bedtime news (this was before he started the Corrie intros etc.), then closes down over a still picture, very similar to this, but he does give Downtown Radio a mention as they were broadcasting 24 hours a day by then.
I was too young to see a full Ulster closedown, did they tell us to switch off our set, Ive noticed from Aidan Lunns videos HTV didnt seem to. You got any more cool clips like Start-ups or more closedowns??
Am I right in thinking that Ulster and Grampian were the only two ITV regions that signed off each night with regional news headlines? BTW, strange to see that 'closing picture' instead of Joanne Woods staying on camera as well as the clock.
Incredibly grim
Jarren202 4 months ago
she could read me a book at bedtime any day
rolfharrisable 8 months ago
Repeating last weeks schools programmes because its half term???
Put some bloody cartoons on you miserable sods!
I actualyl do remember them doing that, and it used to annoy the hell out of me
JoeScaramanga 9 months ago in playlist 1980s TV 3
I can't believe they did that, half the populattion didnt consider themselves as British.
Feisty1967 10 months ago
Bloody right, GutWorm68, and Northern Irish money is indeed much prettier than the money issued in England,Scotland and Wales.
spencer19731 1 year ago
@spencer19731 not really we dont have the queen on it
ukuk2012ukukuk2012uk 1 year ago
Excellent. Bring back closedown so we can remind the population of Northern Ireland that they live in a part of the United Kingdom so are therefore British not Irish. That's why Her Majesty's image is on our currency. If we were Irish like some claim, we'd be spending Euros. God bless Ma'am.
GuTWorm68 1 year ago
Taig
007bondspy 1 year ago
hun bastards, as far as i can remember, the countrys national anthem was played on tv closedowns, not the national anthem of a neighbouring country?
95Redsman 1 year ago
The National Anthem? That must have really pissed off the Catholics!
Feisty1967 1 year ago 3
Cool closedown!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
pancakeman22 2 years ago
OK I am confused Mum is Irish (born in Ulster) Dad was British.
Both Parents were in British Army and when they divorced Mum took me home to the Family in Ulster,
I class myself as Irish because I spent my whole childhood and later years there only moving to England 3 years ago.
I'm stuck because, My parents being now ex British Army, people class me as a Loyalist, where as in reality I am a Unionist lol, I would love nothing more than a Unified Ireland.
Let the Irish Decide!
king2102b 2 years ago 2
@king2102b LMAO you made me laugh so much there,really,thank you.
lubeydoobie 1 year ago
That's a disgrace to the word ULSTER. LOL.
LexDollar 2 years ago 2
what happened to the last minutes of the news at bedtime?
yotoboes 2 years ago
Not that I'm pro-European- I'm not really- but it's better than all the petty squabbling over who owns Ireland. (Who's to say the Northern Irish can't be any less "the British"? Not that they have to be, but I think it would have been fair just to have a referendum and be done with it.)
thelyniezian 2 years ago
If anyone wants to argue about which anthem they should have used, why not go with Ode to Joy, which is the EU anthem?
thelyniezian 2 years ago
OMG I remember the TV closedowns! I also remember we used to be cut off early from the kids tv programme the broom cupboard on BBC. Does anyone remember what programme came on directly after Philip Schofield said bye bye to us Northern Ireland viewers? Was it the News?!
1blockhead1 2 years ago
@1blockhead1 Yep. BBC Northern Ireland had their local news (''Inside Ulster'') at 5:35pm rather than 6:30pm in other regions.
treffynnon19 1 year ago
Bring back the closedown, Northern Ireland is still part of the U.K after all.
separatesix 2 years ago
Yes and if you love England so much - move there!
0FindGlory 3 years ago 3
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Difference is that Northern Irish protestants voted against terrorist supporting parties after the troubles, ie UDP and PUP, catholics voted for terrorists, ie SINN FEIN. Says a lot about the people in Northern Ireland. The prods try to avoid terrorism and the catholics try to cause as much as they can
Ihateprovos 3 years ago
Which was the biggest nationalist party in the north prior to the IRA ceasefire? The non-violent SDLP I believe. Unionist politicians of the DUP and UUP also aligned themselves with loyalist terrorists throughout the Troubles when it suited them.
shakeystevensVIII 3 years ago
Why would the protestant community have to vote for any party when they had the RUC doing their dirty work, and making sure that the Catholic community continually got victimised and marginalised! Your nickname on here clearly shows that you have no balance to your comments!
macliam8 3 years ago
This is the way Northern Ireland still should be I totally agree!
eastbann 3 years ago
Liked the ending to this. How it should be.
DjQuick2008 3 years ago
They should still do the closedown, rather than give in to the bigotted Irish nationalists!
eastbann 3 years ago
'News at Bedtime'... how quaint!
LuthansaTerminal 3 years ago 10
grow up folks - some people really need to get a life - still arguing over national anthems and idiot tribal politics - try buying an atlas and realising the world doesnt revolve around this we province!
wrchead 3 years ago 8
Another wee Brit who obviously doesn't know anything about Ulster. The North of Ireland does not belong to you British. It should be reunited with the Republic. A 32-county state is the way forward!
rfitzhen 3 years ago
I thought they'd have used both? Given that 3 of Ulster's counties are in the Irish Republic?
udley 3 years ago
i agree why on earth would they play the irish national anthem? i persume thats the irish anthem as i (like the whole of ireland) dont understand irish! ive lived in northern ireland all my life and couldnt tell you what the irish anthem sounded like but we all know and sing the words and tune to OUR national anthem "GOD SAVE THE QUEEN"!!
As we always say here in antrim..if you want to be irish and fly the iriSH FLAG ETC....MOVE TO THE REPUBLIC!!!
northirishstud 3 years ago
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it never ceases to amaze me how catholics think they are the only ones in Ulster. at the end of the day (sic) they agreed in 1921 that Ulster should remain British. OPEN YOUR EYES YOU IGNORANT people. why should the irish national anthem be played in a British state? DOH!!!
drewinulster 4 years ago
Why would they play Amhrán na bhFiann?! For the same reason they didn't play the French, Spanish, Chinese or Brailian national anthems- because they are foreign. Whether you like it or not, UTV is a regional British TV station and Northern Ireland is British. If you really want to listen to Amhrán na bhFiann, watch RTE.
themann82 4 years ago
Why was Amhrán na bhFiann not used to sign out?
rocon86 4 years ago
I think that would offend the protestant community of Northern Ireland
dublinbrazilianblue 4 years ago
Because Northern Ireland is part of the UK. However, I agree, it would have been nice for some kind of neutral alternative that highlighted our Irishness,without provoking people.
cultoftv 4 years ago
Totally agree cultoftv.
rocon86 4 years ago
Cochrane was shot in the head by IRA and Donegan was released by loyalists
Ihateprovos 4 years ago
nonsence
peggymummy 4 years ago 3
That's the Shankhill Butcher gang that she's talking about at the start of this - they kidnapped and murdered Joseph Donegan.
They were such an embarrassment to the Loyalists that the RA colluded with UVF to have their leader Lenny Murphy, taken out. So, you're Pete Tong - go and read Martin Dillon's book, muppet.
gyugug 3 years ago
They should have used Amhrán na bhFiann for sign off
rfitzhen 4 years ago
I thought they would have used O Donnel Abu-the irish national anthem to sign off with!
AnthonyUK 4 years ago
Good video, thanks for uploading. Have you anymore news bulletins etc from early'80s?
moonunit77 4 years ago
If they did regional closedowns on ITV nowadays, it would give me great pleasure to hear one say, "I'm sorry if you thought our weekend's programmes were shit. We'll they were, but hey. We're not going away, because we're a regional monopoly with a licence to print money, and it don't matter if there are only two of you watching me right now. Our status is guaranteed, so go fuck yourself. Arright? G'night." I'd lay good odds they'd announcing for Carlton.
crazyclive 5 years ago 3
UTV never did the switch off your set business.
The only other Ulster Television closedown I have seen is from 1988 - Julian Simmons reads the bedtime news (this was before he started the Corrie intros etc.), then closes down over a still picture, very similar to this, but he does give Downtown Radio a mention as they were broadcasting 24 hours a day by then.
col2006ie 5 years ago
I was too young to see a full Ulster closedown, did they tell us to switch off our set, Ive noticed from Aidan Lunns videos HTV didnt seem to. You got any more cool clips like Start-ups or more closedowns??
dublinbrazilianblue 5 years ago
I think that Border signed off with their local news as well.
AidanLunn 5 years ago
Am I right in thinking that Ulster and Grampian were the only two ITV regions that signed off each night with regional news headlines? BTW, strange to see that 'closing picture' instead of Joanne Woods staying on camera as well as the clock.
treffynnon19 5 years ago
Oh ok.Ill edit it
AlanMcB 5 years ago
24th October 1982 - that was the date written on the tape where I copied this :)
col2006ie 5 years ago