BBC2 Continuity 1970s

BBC2 opening up for the day against the clock, into the start of Play School

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[troublemaker1973]

I remember sitting impatiently waiting for Play School to come... just sitting listening to the silence on the TV (Play School was always the first regular BBC2 programme of the day -- apart from Open University). Strange to think that a TV channel didn't start regular transmissions until 11am... and then went off again until the evening. How time's have changed. It was much better then. 24-hour TV was the death knell of quality TV.

[Rillington2000]

Abbolutely. Play School on BBC2 is my first TV memory and I recall seieng Test Card F with a little countdown clock. Also, at 11.25 we had the service Information before BBC2 closed down again. TV was so much more interesting in those days.

[matelot95]

Any of you guru's know the name of the music at the beginning?

[RobinCarmody]

Having wondered for years what the date of this clip is, I have finally worked it out - Tuesday 28th November 1978. This was one of only three weeks when Delia Morgan & Don Spencer co-presented Play School, at least during the lifetime of this BBC2 look, and a clip of the first half of this junction from the same morning - coming out of Working for Safety - has been doing the rounds for years.

Needless to say, the Play School itself is wiped - I wonder how much of it was ever recorded?

[Lytton333]

This is more entertaining than just about all contemporary television.

[brucedanton]

Thank you for the posting-I well appreciate it!

I agree with all that's been said here-so well done!

I too remember Test Card F at 11.25, after Play School had ended. Then, at 11.30, BBC2 was switched off until about 4.00pm when it returned-those were the days, eh what?!

[JHollowayNetwork]

The BBC2 Clock was in use from 1972.

[JFredUK]

@troublemaker1973 Yup, quality rather than quantity. Even a little programme such as play school was, it was still presented by assomplished actors who, (despite pretending to be trees and bowls of jelly, etc.), did a brilliant job of conveying things to the under 5's.

[yz25098uk]

@troublemaker1973

agree 3 million percent, at least.

[thisismikehunt2009]

Through one of the windows today, we're going to watch a family throw their television set away. Which window shall we look through? Through the .. The Square Window.

[thisismikehunt2009]

From 1978 to 1983, the Service Information was an unofficial program broadcast at 10:30am (except Wednesday mornings), followed by a testcard until 11:00, before Play School. But before 1978 (particularly around the time of the advent of colour broadcasting), it was broadcast two or three times during the weekdays.

[69waveydavey]

Am I right in guessing this was recorded on a Philips VS2000? did you have one at your school? silver thing about the size of a washing machine with 2 analogue clocks on the front for start and stop recording. happy days.