When you realize you're watching the weather report for 1997, interesting...
@jimbodjango8900
4 жыл бұрын
Take me back to 1997
@goldbullet50
4 жыл бұрын
When this video was uploaded, this was only 10 years ago... Now it's 23 years ago...
@trallere6813
4 жыл бұрын
how time passes
@jasonl5967
10 жыл бұрын
Great piece of music with the test card.
@MrThecarebear
4 жыл бұрын
@@lucasbarnaby1100 Channel 4 used it in 1982 on the lead up to it's launch.
@MizNelson
15 жыл бұрын
Wow, those are probably the oddest station IDs I've ever seen. The "blue dust" one at the beginning was my favorite.
@85percentnation
4 жыл бұрын
Ah, you mean Powder? The firecracker one is one of my personal favourites.
@Cheeseburgerandfries2006
2 жыл бұрын
The fluffy dog ident is my favourite bbc2 ident
@Desolator-fz5em
4 жыл бұрын
I imagine the station crew dancing in the jazzy music while tidying up the cables, cams and so forth. :)
@thickjackclott
15 жыл бұрын
As far as I remember, the anthem was only played on the "primary" service, so on TV BBC1. Similarly, on radio, only Radio 4 played it at closedown, as it was the descendant of the original BBC radio service.
@jackcrawford3921
2 ай бұрын
Radio 4 still plays it at closedown today.
@dillysgirl4ever
Ай бұрын
I wish American TV stations had this kind of sign off. A clock and a sincere sounding voice followed by really good music. Nice!
@goodmoaning3179
10 жыл бұрын
Most likely case for the BBC2 1983 test card at the final quarter of the video was that it was a multi generation recording.
@DannyFox06
11 жыл бұрын
I do miss the test card, and I remember the powertone as well, it was an almost deafening drone, it usually followed the music played. I remembered my family fell asleep during the last show of the evening before the news, was more than 16 years ago, mind you so I can't remember all of it, but the news would come on, I'd check the weather forecast (as I used to enjoy being outside as a kid) and then I'd wait for the test card music to play, I loved it, was always cool to listen to. -cont-
@louiskenzie8856
2 жыл бұрын
The test card is still in bbc but there is no music
@HIDLad001
Жыл бұрын
For anyone wondering, the music is Almost Together by Markku Johansson.
@joannegray5138
9 жыл бұрын
The test card music is the same as that used by Channel 4 in their early days. I remember dancing in front of my bedroom black and white portable waiting for Countdown to come on.
@brucedanton3669
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this of course. Nice to see Test Card F with music and the twin lined BBC2, even though it was 1997. I think the last time Test Card F was shown was around 1998 or 1999; after that it became the redone Test Cards J or W as far as I know. Also with that instead of either the BBC ONE or BBC TWO idents, it showed just BBC underneath it. I think this lasted until around 2009 when the test card was last shown overnights during engineering work at the time. Well done too!!
@heskeylator
2 жыл бұрын
This footage was 10 years old when it was uploaded to youtube in 2007. The upload itself in 2021, is now 14 years ago. How time flies.
@nowster
11 жыл бұрын
The testcard used in this clip is from the early 1980s, not from 1997. You can tell there's an edit because the noise bar from the VCR changes at that point. A BBC2 closedown of that time would end with tone (usually 440Hz GLITS) and black not with test card and music. The test card of this era had on it a BBC2 logo with the slanted underlined box /B/ /B/ /C/ and the same stylized 2 as the continuity symbol.
@marvy3022
5 жыл бұрын
No shit lol, we can tell from the logo.
@scottblack9213
Жыл бұрын
100%
@alexwiddowson3756
4 ай бұрын
Agreed.
@jackbudgen8858
8 жыл бұрын
I have smoked so much weed
@schamoleon
Жыл бұрын
Single best comment I've seen on any of these closedown videos. " Wooooah, the 2 is real... "
@MaxSolar-dd5wq
10 ай бұрын
U good bro
@mutezone
17 жыл бұрын
You have exactly the same views on modern telly as I do. I look forward to very few programs these days, and most are repeats of old shows or films. It is not about quality anymore, its quantity.
@brucedanton3669
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this of course as before too. Test Card F of old with very nice music too. What could be better indeed too? Not much surely too!
@brucedanton3669
Жыл бұрын
Also too I would give this 10 out of 10 for sure of course too-and why not indeed at that too really?
@anorak103
16 жыл бұрын
Well spotted... the Test Card shown from 4:46 was not from that same sign off sequence, but from the 80s!
@DannyFox06
11 жыл бұрын
The only other time I would hear any music like it was when the channel would experience technical difficulties.
@junescott5804
Жыл бұрын
When I was young in the 70s, my dad used to put the test card on, for the music, some of the tunes you could dance to, sometimes they played songs from the charts
@Matt571
7 жыл бұрын
I never realised the test card had music in the early hours, I always remember the music in the mornings, after about an hour of the tone (beeeeeeeeeep!)
The test card section of this video is from the Sweet Moods tape that was broadcast on BBC2 between June 1985 to June 1986. Which explains the ident being the old style stripy 2, rather than the stylised 2 from the 90's.
@alexwiddowson3756
4 ай бұрын
Maybe someone has recorded the 1997 closedown over BBC2's 1985 TCF.
@scottblack9213
Жыл бұрын
Have you ever noticed that the mid to late 1990s BBC continuity presenters had an almost "sexy" or "saucy" style of voice? Now in 2022 the continuity announcers are like teachers on Xanax talking to schoolchildren.
@b_e_p_i_s_m_a_n6212
2 жыл бұрын
that sign off music is way funkier than it has any right being
@mtc2300
17 жыл бұрын
In Denmark the testcard was showed from 6AM until appr. midnight on Denmarks Radio due to text-tv service (weather, news, traffic etc.).
@2012leatucker
11 жыл бұрын
Bring back BBC 2 test cards.
@essvee86
9 жыл бұрын
They were very quick to put up the test cards.
@Channel-kx1mz
8 жыл бұрын
That Test-card, was added afterwards, as it has the 70's / 80's BBC 2 symbol. If it was real, it would have had the '2' & the NEW (1988-1997) BBC Logo.
@rudyhighlan8542
6 жыл бұрын
They often air the older F test card with the older logo. Just the Bbc for ya.
@SailorCallie
8 жыл бұрын
Judging from the font on Test Card F, this has got to be from the 1980's.
@rueljefferies8556
8 жыл бұрын
The sign off itself is from the 1990's, but the test card is from circa 1979.
@hollinsheadfamily2377
7 жыл бұрын
Ruel Jefferies
@dalekusa
7 жыл бұрын
That's a bit bizarre, they updated Test Card F with the 1991 logos when they debuted.
@SpongeDan
Жыл бұрын
@@dalekusa It's most likely because the test card was missing on the original tape, but then the uploader found another video with the test card and then spilced it into the other source
@youkang8676
4 жыл бұрын
1997? wow that was my birth year
@Vance-Malone
17 жыл бұрын
Sorry for asking a silly question.. Why do stations leave the carrier on with a test pattern after sign off? In my market before most of the stations went 24/7 they would shut the transmitter down.. The local public tv station does. The rest of the stations run shopping channels during the overnight. Our local NBC station signs off at 3:05 and signs back on at 3:30 AM.
@nextg
16 жыл бұрын
Kind of surprising that BBC2 didn't update the logo on its test card, like BBC1 did.
@LGTheOneFreeMan
11 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of something someone would use in an album cover.
@fresagrus4490
5 жыл бұрын
Gorillaz did a parody of it in a video actually
@MarcoZ1ITA1
15 жыл бұрын
Nice VHS\Beta tape hiss and video noise, reminds me of VCR days :D
@jmvhsstudios381
6 жыл бұрын
I love the girl on when they sign off
@mathsart
14 жыл бұрын
i miss the testcards
@ControlledSprite144
4 жыл бұрын
That thing next to the girl looks like Baldi
@kargaroc386
2 жыл бұрын
Going from the melencholy 2 logo to the funky music (on what is clearly an earlier recording that was "under" the 1997 clip) is quite jarring.
@sylflare
6 жыл бұрын
That test card... It's M A G N I F I C A N T
@maisonenfant6119
6 жыл бұрын
Sylflare FireFox look like gorillaz
@Leo_Gaming.954
2 ай бұрын
On Test card F, MUSIC!
@uejsvalgb
3 жыл бұрын
MICHAEL FISH HITS DIFFERENT
@DannyFox06
13 жыл бұрын
@blueriderccx that shiny cueball off his is alluring.
@timonline2000
17 жыл бұрын
I think you have a point. I never the 80s "BBC2" lettering in the 90s. How often were the countdown numbers seen during that period?
@conradmeinecke5861
4 жыл бұрын
exactly 23 years ago today.
@Jimwoodward1212
16 жыл бұрын
BBC 2 Powder Ident Into The Weekend Weather with Michael Fish And Then Clock 02.17 And Then 23 Seconds Of The Firecracker Ident
@methylene5
9 жыл бұрын
Trackin' mate...lol, VCR memories !
@pauljr.harrington1905
4 жыл бұрын
They call it a closedown in the U.K..
@farisrayhanrabbani4713
6 жыл бұрын
So rare.
@DesElmes
16 жыл бұрын
Powder ident at the start of the weather and Firecracker ident following the clock.
@alexwiddowson3756
4 ай бұрын
Same goes for the early hours of 5th January 1997. The early hours of 29th June 1997 still has "Firecracker" being used after the clock, but has "Water Reflection" going into Weatherview. Which other closedowns have you seen with that "Firecracker" ident being used after the clock at closedown?
@leafyiskinky4196
4 жыл бұрын
4:46 does anyone know about a urban legend about this sign off
@karlthestingray6615
4 жыл бұрын
no
@annoyedwithsignup
16 жыл бұрын
And have either of you found that there's more interesting stuff up HERE on KZitem? I have. :)
@user-os1bx2wm8k
4 жыл бұрын
2:15am is clock
@kierangray8211
7 жыл бұрын
Digging that music tho
@simonphillips8751
7 жыл бұрын
hey the BBC have nicked that music off Channel 4 as it was on their testcard back in the early 1980s
@dvidclapperton
5 жыл бұрын
No it wasn't. The track Almost Together was on 3 test csrd tapes (2 on channel 4 and 1 on the BBC). There was a test card tape on channel 4 in the 1980's that included a trsck that was on one of the BBC test card tapes in the 1970's. The tail end of one of the channel 4 mainly classical tapes had 2 tracks that was on a BBC tape. Many of the tracks we've heard down the years have appeared on multiple tapes and between TV organisations. But nothing has been nicked. This is clearly a made up video. Combined from 2 different times. The track was actually the second track on the BBC2 tape of the time the 1980's.
@user-os1bx2wm8k
4 жыл бұрын
announcer is Lucy Bolger
@krisstarring
8 жыл бұрын
What's that music over Test Card F?
@liammustapha6643
8 жыл бұрын
Almost together - Markku Johansson
@emdicadrian
4 жыл бұрын
Before new idents were introduced as well as new logo
@x1224
9 жыл бұрын
The doctor who fan show edited the last picture...
@x1224
7 жыл бұрын
***** I honestly don't remember. This is an old comment, anyway.
@Volvoman90
15 жыл бұрын
the first one is almost together by markku johansson - i have the song if you would like me to send it
@MeowCockadoodledoo
2 жыл бұрын
uh huh...ah hah....yeahhh....*dancing to the testcard music...😂
@youkang8676
2 жыл бұрын
my birth year
@Zawmbbeh
8 жыл бұрын
4:46 what is this track? I love it!
@liammustapha6643
7 жыл бұрын
Zawmbbeh It's called 'Almost Together' by Markuu Johansson! Enjoy! : -)
@Zawmbbeh
7 жыл бұрын
Liam Mustapha Even though I already had found it, I still thank you.
@pgmeagle3026
9 жыл бұрын
Michael Fish!!
@unlevelledheterarchy
3 жыл бұрын
Frost in April... Don't get that anymore.
@406kal
4 жыл бұрын
4:50 creepy
@wx4newengland
13 жыл бұрын
so all uk tv stations are uhf? do the tv sets over in the uk display the rf ch numbers or do they use a 1,2,3,4, b, like I have seen on line.
@TheLazyReuploaderStealer
7 жыл бұрын
Ha, the BBC 2 logo got destroyed!
@bluetennant1998
6 жыл бұрын
That was the Firecracker ident you're talking about.
@TheLazyReuploaderStealer
5 жыл бұрын
Most of the random things I said back then was pointless....
@noahkelly492
Жыл бұрын
Why did they play music? Couldn't they have used the bleeps that they do now?
@BENZYTbenzmcpe
7 жыл бұрын
dafaq is michael fish?
@keithleeuwen877
8 жыл бұрын
KOOL !
@TURBODORK2
15 жыл бұрын
they were still shuttin down the bbc in 97?
@oteletampis7513
5 жыл бұрын
Yeah seems pretty weird
@johnmiller8338
4 жыл бұрын
jolly-good weather for the weekend friday saturday & sunday plenty of sun jolly-good weather Don't you say.
@adamswapitshop
15 жыл бұрын
Yep testcard was added cause at that time the testcard was broadcast with the 440khz tone not music...
@lanileuma6441
Жыл бұрын
4:47 wait how is that familiar to E4?
@bartekzurek
8 жыл бұрын
warsaw lol poland is my contry
@thomaslopez8045
6 жыл бұрын
Only reason I'm here is for 4:46.
@johnmiller8338
4 жыл бұрын
Long live king george the 3rd.
@sovereignity
13 жыл бұрын
ABS CBN NOW BBC 2 NO IS NOT
@lancevincentdelarosa7481
2 жыл бұрын
To be clear, this is BBC london (British broadcast company)
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