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Along with the coldest winter in 40 years it was an extraordinary year weather wise.

The good old days. News was news in those days and not guess work amd speculation and opinion!!! Now every Tom Dick amd Harry thinks he is a news broadcaster.

That is BRILLIANT SIR...i am a child of the 70s...teenager of the 80s....and a Television historian of sorts.... and i remember EVERY ONE of these title sequences...I even made a cardboard version of the Nationwide WHEEL LOGO , in art, in the junior school...which was displayed for months....and EVERYONE recognised it from the TV opening credits...Happy days....!!!

Pity policing wasn't like this now country would be a good place

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Old school entertainer, when the emphasis was on ENTERTAINING. I grew up watching Max on TV; and it was a privilege.

I bet all that equipment was smashed up and dumbed in a skip when they upgraded 😢😢😢

Brings a lump to the throat l was 18. Today l often watch films from 60, 70s.

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You probably meant 8th July 1968… the 7th was a Sunday.

Loving this new perspective on how the BBC produced and presented their Olympics coverage

It takes me back to my childhood, when great Britain was great, sadly not great anymore, a certain faith is taking over our country and prime minister is all for it shame on him and this labour government.

Christmas 1982 was so underrated

a few intros from the 1977 titles has emerged from this user www.youtube.com/@jimproby

The halcyon days of BBC Athletics was in the early 1980’s with the wonderful commentary team of David Coleman, Ron Pickering and Stuart Storey. The big meetings such as Zurich, Oslo etc would be shown live on BBC1 and we would tune in to watch Steve Ovett or Seb Coe break another world record…

1984. A sweet era. That BBC ident was certainly on its last legs, though!

Rest in Peace Freddie and Montserrat

Times have changed unfortunately it's all amination now them older intros bring back such happy memories, like when the bbc had the rights it's a chat show now 🙄

I wish they would still use Vangelis for the theme. Mind you I wish there was still a Des and a Steve and a David and a Barry and a Ron and a Harry around as well. The closest we have to the old school is Hazel who still has that smooth, relaxed, laid back, authoritative presenting style. What she is doing at the moment with her 2024 presenting duties is like an old style Grandstand.

1996: “Tara’s Theme” and “Dixie.” The 90s were a much different time back then. 😂

That Barcelona 92 theme...oh my 😢 Good times

Shame it couldn’t be closed down forever

Bbc missed bdiarras heat 1996 Olympic mebs 100 meters

Wait, WHAAAT!!!!!? The Signoff stage with the globe ball is actually at the studio and it still airs!!!!!???!!!😮😮😮😮😮

The days when it was just about the sport and nothing else

Pop Looks Bach, or the Winter Olympics Theme, or Ski Sunday.

Of course back then the BBC actually showed live action, as opposed to having a few people sitting around on cosy sofas talking about it.

I notice that the BBC was already sucking up to the Americans back in the day.

My favorite is “Barcelona” as played out by the illuminated fountain which is iconic to Barcelona and I saw it in 1973 some nineteen years before. They (The Council) could then operate it for one hour on three nights each week as it was too expensive. By the time the games came around the council had collected TV money from the Games and could operate it for four hours every night. The song “Barcelona” was written as part of an opera called “Exercises in Free Love”; the opera was never completed and was performed by Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Cabal.

That's So Raven

Al Punto Con Jorge Ramos

Fabrica De Risas

I remember the music to the olympics in 1984 was ‘Gold’ by Spandau ballet 3:03

Thanks for this. A person can quite like _Pop Goes Bach_ and then suddenly go off it through repeated exposure. Thank you, BBC!

Many thanks for the compilation. I would have thought the BBC would be using Chariots Of Fire for their Olympic theme until time immemorial, especially for the 2024 games. I think they made a good choice with using an Edith Piaf standard for their coverage.

The good old teleprinter. Remember it like yesterday!

R.I.P Grandstand (1958-2007)

Thanks very much everybody, Thank you bt 13 goodbye.

oh my freaking gosh never expected the headquaters bro...this is idk how rare

2:25 I wonder how that tune ever became virtually the official world anthem of slow motion running? I mean, it is absolutely unrivalled as the go to piece for slow-mo running sequences. Why? How? What made everyone just universally agree that it was slow motion running in music form?

If I recall correctly, the fountains was more a montage / interlude thing. Though could have been used for the credits for all I know.

Nationwide was full of trivial crap

I remember the '83 & 84 Wimbledons when John McEnroe won and '82 when he lost to Jimmy Connors in an epic 5 set final when I was 12. 1983 & 84 were great summers with plenty of hot weather but summers in the 80's were generally crap with a lot of rain and cool temperatures dominated. After '84, I don't think we had another hot summer until 1989 not long after I started my first job.

Back when Billy Connolly seemed to be genuinely likeable before he disappeared up his own arse.

Awesome theme tune… memories

Welling up at Barcelona

Guy, is closedown. This clock from end and starting the tone bad

Climate Change '85!

Please tell me NBC also used the BBC Olympic theme from 1964 that year.

Nothing from Ch4 though