Why do I always find these interesting? I'm 15, but I love looking at what channels like BBC One used to look like. It always fascinates me

@julianhanc8272

5 жыл бұрын

And then it used the testcard for Belgian TV channel

Thanks for putting this on. I missed the close-down on that day, so it's good to catch up with what I missed. It also explains why I've been an hour out for the last 30- odd years.

The coloured bars with BBC 1 never seen that before The deafening tone as well.

@nowster

Жыл бұрын

Colour bars will have been from the Belgian cable distribution detecting loss of carrier or sync. BBC never used that style of colour bars but some ITV stations did, with the lower third usually being solid red, often with lettering overlaid (eg. GTV for Granada).

I love the impeccable skill of British continuity announcers to finish a complex script at the stroke of 12.

That high pitched monotone sound used to creep me right out. My sister used to fall asleep with the tv on downstairs and I had to wake my dad to go and turn it off as it never woke her up! So creepy!

A very interesting video from the golden era of broadcasting which brings back so many happy memories. I remember during the long hot summer of 1983, living on the far southern coast of England, that during times of anticyclonic weather, it would indeed be possible to tune in to Continental broadcasts and see French and Belgian test cards coming through quite clearly. Of course, all of that is in the past now, what with the advent of digital TV and 24-hour broadcasting. Many thanks for posting this super clip.

@joannegray5138

6 жыл бұрын

I live in the North East, on the coast, and can remember many summery and stormy days excitedly tuning in my telly to get testcards from Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands and West Germany in the late 80s. I could never get any sound, just the pictures and was fascinated to find out that the Danes had regional tv stations on their main networks and they showed Wheel of Fortune every weekday evening as well as some adverts that were also shown on UK tv Sadly, I didn't have a video recorder at the time so they are lost in the aether now. Unless some other DX enthusiasts were around at the same time?

@Rexowogamer

4 жыл бұрын

I think BBC1 also broadcasts on some Belgian/Dutch cable providers, hence this timeshare?

@julianhanc8272

4 жыл бұрын

And BBC2 also

@HBC101TVStudios

3 жыл бұрын

@@joannegray5138 There were some DXers around that time that have managed to record TV DX from Luxembourg, East/West Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland and even the Soviet Union. Those recordings are also available on KZread in various channels like EifelDX and 625line from Germany, AceBlaggard and Peter DX Channel from the UK and radioredcat from France - all five of them are well known DX enthusiasts on KZread.

@joannegray5138

3 жыл бұрын

@@HBC101TVStudios thanks, I'll check them out.

I remember late 80s early 90s when BBC closed down often got TV Norway in tropo weather it happened mostly summer when it was clear skies. Mind you my Transmitter was originally from Crystal Palace

Ah, The Cats and One Way Wind played in the style of lift music c 1974. This closedown is a weird trip, man....

I think the Belgian TV network received BBC via a series of microwave links to a main base somewhere in Belgium. They amplified it and relayed it back via their cable network at perfect quality. However, when the black screen of death appeared it was programmed by the tone to cut the link to the main base and therefore the signal appears how the link station receives it from the main Belgian site without amplification. Then, the amplification kicks back in as the change in station is registered from a local transmitter this time.

@cerinolancerinolan7148

2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting Are you from Belgium yourself Or do or did you work The BBC?

@zetametallic

2 жыл бұрын

@@cerinolancerinolan7148 Neither. I do love visiting Belgium though. I would have been only 8 when that transmission aired but my dad was a TV/radio broadcast engineer (not for the BBC) and I've been interested in DX-TV since I was 3. There are only a few female DX- ers on here.

@deldirk7123

Жыл бұрын

@@zetametallic I always wondered why the BBC colour test card 'F' needed a picture of a girl playing noughts and crosses whereas any continental TV channel colour test cards I have seen do not need a picture / photo in them. The test card that appeared on RTE was like the TV2 testcard in this video. That said, I visited the RTE HQ in 2008 and in the reception was a 'wide screen' with BBC colour Test card 'F' and the RTE channel caption on it

@zetametallic

Жыл бұрын

@@deldirk7123 The girl on test card F is named Carole and the clown that she still owns is named Bubbles (like my cat). The BBC used test card G (PM5544) in the 70's and 80's but it never seemed to catch on and was discontinued. I gave no idea why the UK had such an unusual test card. I suppose I would have been easier to identify during the days of DX TV when the airwaves still radiated a testcard. Identifying a PM5544 could be quite difficult with so many countries using it and a weak signal.

@deldirk7123

Жыл бұрын

@@zetametallic Ah I see, Just the information I was looking for, thanks. Carole Hersee of BBC Testcard 'F' and 'Bubbles' the clown. Theres some youtube interviews with her. She was on BBC2 'The Late Show' in 1989. That was an arts related programme after Newsnight. I did get a book about the unusual process of the development of colour tv in the UK as a Christmas present. Book is called 'not in front of the children - hidden histories in kids' tv. Author Greg Healey'. It may provide part of the explanation for the unusual colour test card of BBC and why they needed it

9:07 second testcard without sound 5:23 first testcard with BBC radio

@seancooke4506

4 жыл бұрын

That's Belgian TV. I wasn't expecting that.

@julianhanc8272

4 жыл бұрын

When this testcard was from TV2

7:17 The black screen squeaks again

BRT TV1 (Now VRT Eén) VRT is the Flemish Dutch speaking Belgian Broadcasting

@julianhanc8272

4 жыл бұрын

It's TV2!

@charliecatsantos8412

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry nowadays is VRT Canvas (Formerly BRT TV2)

@julianhanc8272

2 жыл бұрын

And was Ketnet

That wasn't the full sign-off broadcast. Just after God Save The Queen finishes playing, a palace guard is supposed to appear and sternly say "go to bed, spotty"!

This is an oddity-why would a BBC1 closedown then have the Phillips PM5544 test card from Belgian television after it I wonder? Thank you for the posting though-well done!

@aidanlunn7441

10 жыл бұрын

I believe these were recorded from Belgian cable television, which has carried BBC1 for many years now.

@DeeJayPT

10 жыл бұрын

Bruce Danton Aidan Lunn I think the cause of this oddity has to be searched due to "special weather (thus receiving) conditions" ---- this is not my first & only recording I found with disturbance by so named "spooking channels" in it ---

@aidanlunn7441

10 жыл бұрын

DeeJay PT Then why the foregin testcard with "BBC1" on it. No, the uploader has mentioned months ago that his BBC1 clips were recorded off Belgian cable TV. I have been to Belgium and can confirm that they do have BBC1 and 2 on cable TV there, and have done so for many years now.

@DeeJayPT

10 жыл бұрын

the testcard doesn't say "BBC1" but "BRT (above) and TV2 (under)"

@aidanlunn7441

10 жыл бұрын

DeeJay PT The one at 8:51 . . .

BRT TV2 (Nowadays VRT Canvas)

Who is The singer in french Songs on minute 4:21? I don't get it on Shazam.

@DeeJayPT

4 жыл бұрын

5:38 Isabelle Aubret "La Tendresse"

@imransyah

4 жыл бұрын

@@DeeJayPT Thank you :)

BSOD Goodtimes?

It’s like the bbc wear having transmitter problems.

Zat de BRT indertijd op dezelfde frequentie als BBC1 ? Gezien je na de zendersluiting het beeld van TV2 ziet ?

@DeeJayPT

10 жыл бұрын

ik begrijp mij hier zelf niet zo goed aan; ik heb dat stukje er maar bij mee opgenomen omdat het idd destijds zo "uitgezonden" moet geweest zijn. Ik heb al nog vaker dergelijke speciale storingen tegengekomen - heb er eind vorig jaar ook al eens zo eentje geupload op mijn kanaal brtradio89 - en het moet gaan om storingen die plaatsvinden door "bijzondere" weersomstandigheden waardoor er plots een (eerder uitgezonden) signaal van een andere zender tussenkomt op de frequentie van een ander

3:06 Why the black screen squeaks

@jessiecator1740

4 жыл бұрын

To wake you up if you fell asleep watching TV.

@Userbrandonlooneytunesfan2000

2 жыл бұрын

Black screen of death

@csx777

Жыл бұрын

in the Netherlands (Nederland 1) and Spain (TVE1) the same will happen with the black screen with tone in 1980s

Why were the colour bars shown instead of the test card?

@AlexYapTheGreat

5 жыл бұрын

Most likely this particular test card is from the Belgian cable TV provider that the OP recorded from.

What was that barge doing on the course of The Boat Race?

what radio station was playing over the Phillips card? I was enjoying that music

@marioalexanderski9598

7 жыл бұрын

BRT means *Belgian Radio Television*, so it is both radio and television

@erickpaolod.santos3719

4 жыл бұрын

Now VRT Eén The Flemish Dutch Belgian Radio and Television

@julianhanc8272

4 жыл бұрын

BRT TV1

Because you

Black Screen of Death?

@marioalexanderski9598

7 жыл бұрын

Goodtimes version, the one with 1000Hz. Yes VHS testpattern can broadcast in TV too. I've never seen THAT before. It's like using PAL Test Pattern at the end of the VHS tape.

@marioalexanderski9598

7 жыл бұрын

+Antonio Padilla Search NHK Closedown and see that WSOD is common in Japanese TV

@AlexYapTheGreat

5 жыл бұрын

@@marioalexanderski9598 Finland as well

@csx777

Жыл бұрын

@@marioalexanderski9598 In also Spain and the Netherlands the same thing happened as BBC the black screen with tone

1:21

Those coloured bars not the type you can have drink in.

Television are Used no signal when anthena which is a blurd signal of BRT TV1 (Now VRT Een

@julianhanc8272

5 жыл бұрын

BBC 1/2 in Belgium was used testcard from BRT TV1/TV2

@Autistaz

4 жыл бұрын

Currently TV2

@julianhanc8272

4 жыл бұрын

TV2 but now as Canvas in Belgium

Announcer please

RTBF is the French Speaking Belgian Broadcasting

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