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Post by Gene Hunt on Apr 25, 2015 20:08:00 GMT
No time to slot these little gems in between modern crap TV programs.
These were the days..... An all time classic from the retro years.
BART by Ruby.
More to come later...
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Post by Del Boy on Apr 27, 2015 9:37:08 GMT
Nice one Gene Bart is the best ever track in my view from those days of testcards, interval cards and ceefax. Its so funny looking back at the way things were done then. There seemed to be all the time in the world on television back in the seventies and eighties. I can remember asking my mum in the seventies why don't we put the t.v on during the day ? and she would put it on to prove there was nowt on. It was really bloody annoying as an impatient kid waiting for a programme to start, our world was filled with Dots, clocks, slides and test card bloody F!!!!!! Still i look back with fondness at this rather eccentric British way of doing things, and for the large part these continuity junctions always made sure that the programme schedule was on time. It always runs late now, my recordings are often chopped !!! Bart was one of the tracks I didn't mind whilst waiting back in the days, in fact it would encourage many a kid to play air guitar to the annoyance of the teachers if you were waiting for a schools programme. I found this reconstruction on you tube, its very faithful to how things were back then.
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Post by Gene Hunt on Apr 27, 2015 17:12:06 GMT
Yes Del, some of those mock clips are very well done.
This is another track that was used for continuity links between TV shows in the 60s & 70s. Maybe you'll recognise it ?
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Post by Del Boy on Apr 27, 2015 19:14:25 GMT
It sounds familiar and was definitely the kind of fare that was on offer from my many hours enduring test card f.
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Post by Gene Hunt on Apr 27, 2015 19:19:07 GMT
It sounds familiar and was definitely the kind of fare that was on offer from my many hours enduring test card f. There was a continuity testcard in the 70's in the form of a slideshow of photos taken in an American junkyard. Always fascinated me but can't find any trace of it on youtube. I just know this was the song that accompanied it. Gene.
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Post by Superclassic on Apr 27, 2015 20:36:05 GMT
Does anyone remember the episode of 'The Young Ones' where they all sit down on the settee to watch something important (it may be in the episode 'Bomb')and the test card is on all three channels?Now the tune that is playing on the TV I do remember-the test card picture is the little girl with the pigtails and the rag doll,I think she's drawing on a chalkboard.Ring any bells?
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Post by Gene Hunt on Apr 27, 2015 21:05:49 GMT
Does anyone remember the episode of 'The Young Ones' where they all sit down on the settee to watch something important (it may be in the episode 'Bomb')and the test card is on all three channels?Now the tune that is playing on the TV I do remember-the test card picture is the little girl with the pigtails and the rag doll,I think she's drawing on a chalkboard.Ring any bells? Gene.
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Post by Del Boy on Apr 27, 2015 21:42:17 GMT
Nice and easy does it Super and Gene This smooth style easy listening was why so many people used to have the telly on for a bit of background music. Heres' a link to a BBC archive page with some good videos explaining Test Cards. Test Card's explained
The excerpt below is from an Telegraph article regarding Test Card F's comeback after a 10 year hiatus in 2009. Test Card F has been broadcast for an estimated 70,000 hours since it was first shown on BBC 2 in 1967, and Miss Hersee, who was paid around £100 by the BBC when the image first appeared, is thought to hold the record for the most TV appearances by a single person. Miss Hersee was speaking to the Telegraph regarding Test Card F's comeback. It was brought back to help people tune their HD sets on BBC HD channel. Test Card F makes a comeback
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Post by Superclassic on Apr 28, 2015 19:15:22 GMT
That's the one Gene!!Great stuff mate.
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Post by Windy Miller on Apr 29, 2015 21:14:42 GMT
Test Card F has been broadcast for an estimated 70,000 hours since it was first shown on BBC 2 in 1967 That's a very long time for someone to take their turn playing noughts and crosses. Did anyone see the final episode where we find out who won ?
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