ITV Strike Caption Amendment and Testcard (1st September 1979)
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Thames strike caption (27th August 1984)by cwilliams19768,907 views- 10:44
Channel 4 apology caption (C. August 1979)by cwilliams197610,999 views
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TV-am Outro into Thames Strike Announcement (2nd November 1984)by cwilliams19762,244 views
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Thames Strike Caption (August 27th 1984)by cwilliams1976356 views
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ITV strike begins (6th August 1979)by cwilliams19769,081 views
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ITV Testcard and Caption (25th October 1979)by cwilliams1976777 views
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Channel Television start-up (August 1979)by cwilliams19762,333 views
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Thames strike caption (c. 1984)by cwilliams1976907 views
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Channel 4 junction (14th August 1979)by cwilliams19767,089 views
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Thames Testcard Junction into Larry The Lamb Interval Junction (1980)by cwilliams1976708 views
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ITV Testcard Junction into Open University (c. 1977)by cwilliams19761,912 views
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ITV Testcard Junction into IBA Engineering Announcements (August 14th 1979)by cwilliams1976761 views
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News at 545 with Leonard Parkin (1979) Part 1by michtyme332,096 views
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Jumpin' Jupiter (BBC2 1988-1989)by cwilliams19764,944 views
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ITV Schools interval into Look Around (c. 1977)by cwilliams19765,243 views
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ATV Testcard and Schools Interval Junction (c.1980)by cwilliams1976544 views
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Thames Testcard/Interval Junction into Wattoo Wattoo (c. 1979)by cwilliams1976541 views
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ITV Strike 1979by robertclark100022,215 views
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ITV returns after the 1979 strikeby RAX118G6,652 views
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cwilliams1976 3 months ago
@cwilliams1976 Yes this makes sense now. Thank you :)
themeekwanderer 3 months ago
@themeekwanderer By the way how would the caption have been transmitting into people's living rooms anyway if the engineers wouldn't have bothered turning up for work? This too wouldn't have made an ounce of sense.
cwilliams1976 3 months ago
@themeekwanderer The IBA had responsibility of the transmitters and so were able to show the Engineering Announcements programme as usual on ITV during the strike, either side of the testcard's appearance. The time that ITV should have been on the air was shown at the time when the testcard faded to a black screen, followed 58 seconds later by the apology caption. If music was added, then this would be more watchable rather than the deathly silence.
cwilliams1976 3 months ago
@cwilliams1976 During the strike or the day the strike ended? I can't see the engineers would bother turning up for work just to run technical information, that doesn't make sense. On the day the strike ends that I can believe. I say all this as I was 12 at the time and a friend of mine hated the BBC and just had this on his TV all day (he was 12 also) and he would have done back flips if there was a change to that apology caption. I live in ITV Anglia region.
themeekwanderer 3 months ago
@themeekwanderer ITV did show the testcard as usual as soon as the transmitters came online. However, Engineering Announcements were transmitted on Tuesday mornings at 9.10am.
cwilliams1976 3 months ago
There was no music at all as I remember, not even the test card. Just weeks of silence.
themeekwanderer 3 months ago