BBC1 Power Failure - 30/6/2001

The most serious of the problems so far(In fact it made it to the national newspapers the following day). On Saturday the 30th June, at 9.22, the BBC effectively ceased all broadcasting for a short time. A power cut at Television centre in London knocked out all BBC television broadcasts for around 20 minutes. Here is the file showing what happened when BBC1 came back on.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• BBC1
• Power
• Failure

[missingno390]

Is "power cut" British for "blackout"?

Also, is "blackout" American for "power cut"?

[573W1E6R1FF1N]

Brilliant, the first piece music!

[Niosasa]

@missingno390 - Yep.

[gibsosgerbil]

BBC ONE HAD A Power Cut During The Loss Of Our Movie, "Red Cornor."

BBC TWO Had A Power Cut During The Loss Of "I Love 1975."

[Dendiol]

Can't believe this is almost 10 years old!

[indiana1977]

First piece of music is 'Against the Clock' Version 1 by Murray Munro.  Full version available elsewhere on YT, in great quality.

[tosspot86]

how come the announcer was able to broadcast through the power cut?

[tardiskeeper6]

@missingno390 Basically, it's when something goes wrong with the electrical power supply so there is no power. Suppose it may be the same as a blackout.

[victorprosa]

The music is Swing Relations by Klaus Wunderlich

Indetified by Shazam...

[shirleygibson]

BBC ONE Had A Breakdown during The Loss Of Our Clint Eastwood Film "Kelly's Heroes" and it was recorded In 1992.

[shirleygibson]

BBC Television Centre Had A Power Cut In June 2001, But There Was No Power Cut In 2002.

[shortcrossrulezz]

@missingno390 in the day it is usually a powercut cause you can still see where to turn it back on but a blackout is a powercut at night