Channel 4 Continuity - White Room Opening - 10th Feb 1996

Trailer for Boardstupid.
Slide For Divine Magic.
Channel 4 Ident.
Opening sequence to The White Room presented by Mark Radcliffe.

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Education

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• Channel
• Continuity
• UK
• TV
• 1996
• White
• Room
• Mark
• Radcliffe
• Boardstupid

[RobinCarmody]

This isn't from 20th January 1996. It's from 10th February 1996 (the same night BBC2 showed the last episode of 'Peter York's Eighties', which correctly asserted that the 90s were a continuation of the 80s and not the break from the 80s that they were widely believed to be at the time by Britpoppers and, risibly, Blairites ... at the time, York's assertion was almost blasphemous, but history has proved him right).

[SozLike]

The only source I had for this date was a Blur fan site so I accept your confident claim.

I was still a teenager at the start of the nineties and to me and my contemporaries Peter York's claim didn't reach far enough. If banality, selfishness and superficiality were the cultural traits the 80s are remembered for, I believe the 90s was an experiment in perfecting all three of these.

[RobinCarmody]

Ah - Blur *did* appear on The White Room on 20th January, but they appeared on 10th February as well. This can definitely only be 10th February.

Indeed, just as it would now be the consensus that Blairism was merely a continuation of Thatcherism, it would now be the consensus (I hope) that Oasis were in no way *inherently* morally or socially superior to, say, Living in a Box. Johnny Marr certainly said all that on BBC4 lately. But it was genuinely brave to say it in 1996.

[SozLike]

Yes, Oasis stuck in our craw more than most at the time and they received a very hostile (violent) reception at our local venue whilst trying to claim they were kings of the "underground". None of my friends thought they were filling a role higher than Beatles referencing minstrels. I agree York had it totally correct. In fact he was more down with the kids than anyone who uttered the word Britpop in earnest or thought Blur V Oasis meant anything to music-loving youths.

[jx866]

That slide at 0:08 is nice, in fact it just goes to show that the by now 14-year-old "blocks" look had plenty of life left in it. The circle idents that came along in October 96 were an altogether weaker package which became dated much more quickly.

[GCmediacourse]

When I was a little boy, I was facisinated and loved the channel 4 logo ident featured in this video used from 1982 to 1996. I remember seeing it on the channel when it was in use and I was facisinated by it and loved it. I once wanted to work for the channel and I drew the logo on the wall. I find it a bit silly that I wanted to work for Channel 4 because I was fasinated and loved their 1982 - 1996 logo ident. I feel life was exciting when that logo and logo ident were in use.

[Rexeljet]

What was the point in the first 4 smashing to bits just to make way for a completely identical one?

[AndrewJimScott]

Tranfer it to dvd.

[DimpleCheeks1982]

My god soooo many memories!!!! i LOVED the white room!!

How did you get it onto your pc if you dont mind me asking?

Ive got millions of tapes of the white room i'd love to upload them, do you know how??