BBC2 closedown - 1979

More footage recovered from a Philips VCR-LP LVC180 videotape. NOT the full closedown unfortunately, but after a double bill of Saturday night science fiction films (It Came From Outer Space followed by Quatermass And The Pit), we have a holding slide for the following nights film of the week (Sleeper), into the analogue BBC=2= clock (compare this with my next upload containing the digital version), which, according to the wonderful TV Ark, makes this from pre-September 6th 1980. ANY AND ALL COPYRIGHTS DUTIFULLY ACKNOWLEDGED.

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[victorialucas38]

I love this stuff! Makes me feel all warm inside. I think it's the combination of the rich BBC voice that inverted snobbery in broadcasting has eliminated, coupled with the soothing sight of an analogue clock. Do we really need BBCs 1& 2 to hand over to News 24? I'd much prefer this anyday. At least Radio 4 still has a proper closedown!

[robster773]

ITV would have been into a couple of days into their 11 week strike so there only would be the choice of the two BBC Channels, Channel 4 was another 3 years away

[cwilliams1976]

@victorialucas38 Clive Roslin was the announcer here.

[pancakeman22]

Excellent video of a closedown!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DELTIC1976]

Ash, especially with the speed of the tape running in an N15xx series machine, the quality should be even better than with the N17xx series, although the problem is then that N15xx VCR recordings are more than likely to be older than N17xx VCR-LP recordings. But as with any old tape, if it's been stored well...

[NedoflandersArchives]

25th August 1979 - early hours of the 26th.

[RobinCarmody]

This is from Saturday 25th August 1979.

[lewie80]

Hi i've just checked on the BFI database site and it says that this closedown is from 25 August 1979 judging by the Quatermass film and the Film of the Week: Sleeper from 26 August. Hope this helps!!