Scottish TV Closedown, circa summer 1987

A Thames endcap leads us onto a Bertie Basset-era Scottish TV closedown, including a sarcastic Liz Kristiansen, an offer of free tickets for some accented nonentity's televisual vehicle they're filming in Edinburgh, a look at Monday's schedule, a ILR update (including a reminder about Radio Clyde's new VHF frequency), a quickie national anthem and the standard "don't forget to switch off your set" fare. Ah... simpler times. Right, kids?

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• bertie
• basset
• edinburgh
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• clyde
• VHF

[Dreamweaverjack]

Why did they have to play the national anthem at the end of each day's broadcast??

[The12499s]

I don't think it was a requirement, but I know BBC1 invariably closed with it. BBC2, I don't think did, and the ITV regions played it by ear. I think most countries' tv stations signed off with an anthem. Certainly US network affiliates did, in the days before night-time infomercials.

[GeorgeASFTHM]

The closedown music sounds like the This Morning theme tune!

[RobinCarmody]

This is from the night of Sunday 5th July 1987, with the schedule previewed being that for Monday 6th.

The new Radio Clyde FM frequency was probably connected to a reshuffle of the FM band around this time so as to separate BBC and commercial stations.

[phillper0906]

Where they get that awful condensed version of the anthem?

[phillper0906]

@The12499s

BBC2 never played the anthem, in the days of Thames & LWT - LWT did, but Thames never.

[allen1jeremy]

@The12499s BBC2 did sometimes close down with a musical montage in the 1970s and 80s.

[gullivera]

YAY! Airwolf!

[HelmutVillam]

that final voice telling me to switch off the TV is so soothing...

[tommyshona]

The STV channel rundown music was called just that..."Channel Rundown" by Dave Pringle. It was composed especially for STV's closedown and start up programme menus.

[martybhoy72]

I never realised they played god save the queen at closedown. I agree with you, it was scottish televison after all

[gabbysbuddy]

I think it's the demo from a Yamaha keyboard!

[elahneb]

It's very a like the original This Morning theme tune, some people have refereed to it as the 'B side' so I'd imagine the This Morning theme was born out of this.

[LadyMezzo]

The music that's playing over the programme listings is bugging me. I know it from somwhere - definitely heard it before (and it's not just because I live in the STV region). It was used for a tv programme around this time or slightly later. Can someone put me out of my misery? Pleeeeeeeeeeze??!!!