BBC2/C4/BBC1 cNov 1997, inc final BBC1 closedown

Another selection of pres from BBCs 2 and 1, with some C4 sandwiched in between. The date of the final BBC1 closedown is the night of 8th November 1997 (the morning of the 9th,) with News 24 trailed to start the following night/morning... I assume the BBC2 bits are from around the same era... ish. (Series 3 of Craptson Villas on C4 began on Fri 7th Nov.) Whenever they're from, enjoy. Recorded in Norwich from Tacolneston, hence the snippet of Look East.

[@jamesmitchell8922]

Apparently, the closedown was meant to be before 3am on BBC1. It was due to the Royal Festival of Rembrance that caused programmes to run late. The continuity announcer would given overtime pay as a result.

[@kataka64]

Thanks. The BBC Radio documentary was broadcast Friday 7th November.

[@RatzaChewy]

Seeing the old regional sets with the Gill BBC logo is quite jarring - so much of the presentation changed at once that I always remembered the news changing at the same time

[@AntarcticaTelevision]

Bring back the closedown and the testcard!

[@nurulfatinnajwabintiazhar961]

That's final closedown and testcard

[@georgejeaton]

The month just before my birth on the 27th.

[@DoctorVision]

And I followed five days after you. Quite gutted to miss out on the era of traditional TV closedowns by just under a month.

[@IsaaMation]

I presume that's Phil Vowels for the first few BBC2 continuities.

[@alexwiddowson3756]

Jane Westrop closing down BBC One for the last time in the early hours of 9th November 1997 (she usually closed down BBC Two during that era).

[@carlainyonga7009]

Switches over to Channel 4 at 3:42.

[@eddielasowsky7777]

You could see the quality slipping even then.

[@user-oe9be6ch5k]

How nice to see TV when it was not full of woke crap