The Bits in Between...
Hear from the people behind the scenes at the BBC Archive
The Bits in Between Programmes
The Bits in Between...
An interview with Andrew Martin a BBC preservation expert
Andrew Martin, an expert from the BBC's archives, tells us why the bits in between television programmes aren't just the times you can nip out and make a cup of tea.
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- The Bits in Between...
- Announcers
- Providing Guidance
- Children's Announcers
- Interludes
- Filler Films
- Trailers
- Demonstration Films
- Public Information Films
- Idents
- Closedown
Transcript
Closedown
Closedown is one of these lost institutions. Classically on BBC One you would get a little bit of chat about 'Thank you for being with us today'.
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Then they would go to the globe and play the national anthem.
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The picture would fade out... you would get this annoying tone for five minutes or so and then everything was switched off.
