Channel 4 Opening 1982

From the 2nd November 1982 **Courtesy Of www.VintageBroadcasting.org.uk**

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Entertainment

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• Channel
• Four
• 4
• Opening
• Start
• up
• 1980
• 1982
• 82
• C4

[morgansifer82]

The music is also breathtaking! What a fantastic opeining for a new channel, these days we don't blink when a new digital channel is launched.

[Nurikane]

I've never seen a very sophisticated channel launch like this in my life. As a communications graduate, I'd rather see more stuff like that, this time in HD format. In the Philippines, most channel launch and rebranding programmes are repetitive 2-hour variety shows with tons of celebrities like we usually see every Sunday afternoon.

[wedgehedge444]

I remember this it was like; a new CHANNEL??? OMG!!!!!!

But today when create and craft randomly appears on the freeview EPG we don't give a shit. :)

[Nurikane]

@JFredUK Interesting story indeed! How's the UK TV these days? Sadly, we can only watch BBC World on satellite TV. :(

[JFredUK]

@Nurikane This was something very special for people in the UK. Back in 1982, before the advent of satellite TV, the beginning of Channel 4 was historical in the sense that nothing like it had happened on TV for 25 years! A new TV channel was, 'whoarrr!!!!' So, a big fuss was made of it. Even watching it now, after all these years, it's still impressive.

[58TweedDeluxe]

...then we all sat down and watched Brookside for the next 21 years...

[morgansifer]

This music is lovely. As Channel 4 turns 30 next year they should play this over a montage of all their highlights in those 30 years.

[Highlander542]

Have yet to hear a station ident anywhere in the world as beautiful as that of Channel Four!!

[alfonzothefonz]

In this multi media age it is easy to forget the groundbreaking impact the launch of the evolutionary C4 made in the early 80's. Unfortunately, it has somewhat tamed in recent years but in the 80's and 90's it changed the way we watched TV. It was the mainstream medium for the birth of 'alternative' comedy and showcased films seen to be far to controversial to be shown by the 'button down' BBC. C4 was the BBC2 of liberal socialists.

[cinneadboy2]

I was a 6 y.o. in Dublin, Ireland, when i remember seeing this, my parents were Guardian reader types. We love C4 it's diversity, bringing a fresh start to TV.

[cisco9x]

It was so boring back in the early eighties, so 2 dimensional, so racist, so monotone, so robotic, so mainstream, so tough, and then Channel 4 helped changed everything..I was 16

[fraserkatie]

@edie221 Paul Coia there , great! He made TV history!