BBC 1 Strike announcement 09.05.1994

Yes it can still happen! Following the bitter dispute at TV-am in the late 1980s, the Tory government all but deunionised the broadcast industry. However, the unions can still disrupt schedules and that's what happened on May 9th 1994, when BECTU and the NUJ staged a 24-hour stoppage. There was no danger of blank screens but news programmes were blacked out; announcer Roger Maude explains why there's no Business Breakfast today.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• BBC
• Strike
• Announcement

[Glamking1]

I remember seeing Toby Anstis announcing there was no Newsround on that day due to a one-day walkout and instead it had to be replaced by Cry Wolf.

[Visonu]

Thanks for this

[theljd90]

who even recorded this?

[pikuorguk]

Translation: "Due to a strike, we've handed the BBC over to the work experience lads for the morning. They had a rummage through the "rejects" bin and came up with something to keep you entertained"

[abhudson14]

stay on strike sponging all this money off us (tv licence fee) for no qulaity

[phillper0906]

@Glamking1

I love cry Wolf, one of my favourite all time a-ha songs........ :-)

[filmnet]

@abhudson14 it maybe true, but still people watch. After all most channels these days are repeats and second rate programmes.

[abhudson14]

@filmnet actullaly repeats all day on this channel and second rate news and live events

[filmnet]

@Abhudson, actually many people watch BBC1 morning programmes... it's nighttime programmes (i.e. between midnight and 6am) that don't get much of an audience these days, so are repeats.

[faithoffaith]

lol so they put on a film about the iceage

[seangenegenie]

probally got lent a copy of a tour of ireland by rte they were so desperate!

[abhudson14]

I dont why this channel comes on air that this time of day no body waches the channel till teatime