Thank you as before for this of course. It will soon in March be 40 years old ago too, but is still as great now as it was back then too! I would give it and the music too 10 out of 10 for sure definitely all round too! Well done.
It is amazing that by March this will be 40 years old and yet this is as wonderful now really as it was back then-thank you as before though too anyway!
Presumably of course Test Card G was shown instead here rather than Test Card F at the time. Of course, later than here in April 1983 was the last time really that the BBC showed these as such full time as from the May that year Pages from Ceefax really took over as what was shown during the closedown times too. Thank you!
Hi Bruce, the PM5544 was generally used by the regions (Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff and Glasgow) for opt-outs or when the network circuits were required for programme transfers etc. It generally was only used by London when the Testcard F slide scanner broke down - which used to happen fairly often until the digital version arrived in 1984. You might find this archived forum thread to be of interest... www.tvforum.co.uk/tvhome/really-interesting-nations-opts-network-43270
I remember hear in Australia 🇦🇺 the abc would have this test card on and off during the day for program’s for schools till 4 pm starting with play school followed by adventure island 😁
14 March 1983. Later that evening was Pot Black, part two of My Cousin Rachel, the Daphne Du Maurier adaptation, and an edition of Horizon on the tunnel between the River Derwent and a reservoir at Carsington. The children's programmes on BBC1 were Yogi Bear, Jackanory, Grandad and Blue Peter.
This is exactly 30 years and one day ago now since this was first shown on BBC2! The music is great and it is a joy to see Test Card G-or the Philips PM5544 as it was also known-on here. Thank you for the posting as before-and well done for the upload!
I believe the "Opus Orchestra" featured on the Tulsa tape was actually several groupings recorded in Czechoslovakia, connected with CSSR Radio. The groups were given the name "Opus Orchestra" by their British distributer. Either way, there are at least 4 different combos playing on "Tulsa", which is also my all time trade test selection!
I don't know whether this was the end of school programmes as I think they were still on BBC1 at the time here. Daytime on Two took over in September 1983 onwards on BBC2 as far as I know. Thank you!
@@flatcapman well aaaactually... while 1000 hz became the standard in many parts of the world, 440hz was the tone first used by the BBC in the very old days when there was just one channel. With the advent of BBC2 in 1964, it used 440hz and the now-named BBC1 used 1000hz, while regional centres tended to use 900hz. I know Aus used 440hz widely but 1000hz was plenty used too.
@GiggityGiggityGoo22 They was certainly the regulatory tone times in the days of BBC1 with test card D in the mid-to-late 1960s ... then again briefly in the mid-1970s with test card F.
I don't really remember the trade test transmissions that the BBC did do, I was 8 years old in 1983, at the time of broadcast on that date i would have been on my way home from school on the school bus, my parents did not have the TV on during the day so either played records or had the radio on
Yes, fantastic stuff indeed! Seeing as you are in NI, do you ever remember the Ceefax breaks of the early 1990s which used to be only shown in NI, during the Daytime on 2 programmes in the morning? I always saw them scheduled in the Radio Times, long after England stopped all Ceefax daytime transmissions.
4:47 "As you see this tone isn't Laurence R HARVEY..It's Me" the air goes thick in the room my face and throat goes flat then Me "DOOOOOOO" breather "DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" If he is BEEP that's my answer to him. My love for him.
Hi Chris Tsangari - I hope you see this... the track you refer to is called "Divny Pocit" by Miroslav Hanak. Prepare for a shock - you will either love or hate to know it was originally a vocal track performed by Helena Blehárová - but I've not yet managed to find the instrumental version that you (and I) enjoy so much. I can't post a link here, but if you check on amazon UK for "Divný pocit" you will hear it. Very strange feeling indeed after hearing the other version so many times!
Who was the continuity announcer? Memories of when I was a child and it just feels like this was Mr BBC in the 70's n 80's! I love the way you can hear him flicking switches! Music's awesome too... The opening number is kind of similar to 'The Odd Couple' theme at the begining... I'm just checking out the Test Card Circle for the first time too... I'm one of those guys that thought 'I was the only person that liked this!' Leominster, here I come!
The announcer here is David Allan. He gives us information about support material then a rundown of programmes that will be on later and then the clock appears with David informing us that Play School is currently on BBC1 whereas on BBC2 until the Open University programme about senior education ministers talking about the academic institution we're returned to the test card and some music.
@@marcuskelly2264 This pattern was normally used in the regional centres - Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow and (I believe) Cardiff. When it was seen on network, it was normally because Testcard F - which ran on a very expensive slide scanner requiring lots of maintenance - wasn't available.
What was the BBC doing with the licence payers money back then that they couldn't be bothered to find a show to run at 4 O'clock in the afternoon. They introduced breakfast television and as soon as that finished back we went to a test card and music. It's not now people should be questioning the licence fee, its how they conned people 35 years ago.
The BBC of today can't even sustain two hours of quality original broadcasting let alone a whole 24 hours they should be forced to closedown for long periods of test cards and tasteful music. In fact I'd be happier paying my licence fee if they filled all their channels with stuff like this much better then any of the rubbish they serve up today.
@cwilliams1976 There are no tapes. A testcard is made by an testcard-generator. The tone (music or beeps) comes from band,later from CD or even Radio. They are used to test and calibrate television, audio and video equipment, not for relaxing reasons ;)
Commodore Pet I think? Cost several months' wages at the time and was already obsolete by the time it made it onto this slide. Not sure why they didn't feature the BBC Micro here, which had been around for a year or two by then and was a much more advanced piece of kit.
Yes it was at the time, although these sort of closedowns ended on the 19th September 1983 when Daytime on Two started on BBC2, showing schools series that had previously been shown on BBC1. Along with this, Ceefax pages and music would mostly be shown rather than Test Cards F or G that the BBC had shown before up until then. Thank you!!
In that time most of European tv used to have midday break for broadcasting....and in 1983 only few countries had private/ commercial tv stations(TheUK,Finland,Monaco,Luxembourg,Italy and in 1984 in West Germany)...most countries had only two or three Channels,where mostly only First Channel had morning broadcasting and Second usualy started in late afternoon
Thank you as before for this of course. It will soon in March be 40 years old ago too, but is still as great now as it was back then too! I would give it and the music too 10 out of 10 for sure definitely all round too! Well done.
It is amazing that by March this will be 40 years old and yet this is as wonderful now really as it was back then-thank you as before though too anyway!
Most enjoyable music and then tone with the test card-could not be better really. Thank you of course as before too!!
Presumably of course Test Card G was shown instead here rather than Test Card F at the time. Of course, later than here in April 1983 was the last time really that the BBC showed these as such full time as from the May that year Pages from Ceefax really took over as what was shown during the closedown times too. Thank you!
Hi Bruce, the PM5544 was generally used by the regions (Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff and Glasgow) for opt-outs or when the network circuits were required for programme transfers etc. It generally was only used by London when the Testcard F slide scanner broke down - which used to happen fairly often until the digital version arrived in 1984.
You might find this archived forum thread to be of interest...
www.tvforum.co.uk/tvhome/really-interesting-nations-opts-network-43270
@@PresentationGuru Thank you so much there of course then too for that and your reply as well, which is most interesting too.
@@PresentationGuru And yes that is of interest too and thank you there too!
This has to be one of the best video uploads on here that there are-and the music is alright too of course!
I remember hear in Australia 🇦🇺 the abc would have this test card on and off during the day for program’s for schools till 4 pm starting with play school followed by adventure island 😁
Indeed this was 40 years ago old on the 14th March so then too. But this is still such a great upload though then as so too!
Trade test transmissions on BBC2 ended on Thursday 28th April 1983.
14 March 1983. Later that evening was Pot Black, part two of My Cousin Rachel, the Daphne Du Maurier adaptation, and an edition of Horizon on the tunnel between the River Derwent and a reservoir at Carsington.
The children's programmes on BBC1 were Yogi Bear, Jackanory, Grandad and Blue Peter.
Really great to see authentic recordings on TH-cam from these glory days of broadcasting, thank you very much for posting this, Presentation Guru !
I could not agree more-thank you of course!!
I too miss the test card-it is such a shame we don't have anything like it today.
Thanks for a great posting all the same!
This is most wonderful-as before really too. Thank you!!
This is exactly 30 years and one day ago now since this was first shown on BBC2!
The music is great and it is a joy to see Test Card G-or the Philips PM5544 as it was also known-on here.
Thank you for the posting as before-and well done for the upload!
As before!!
As before but this is now more than 41 years ago old then but still just as great so then too. Thank you too.
I believe the "Opus Orchestra" featured on the Tulsa tape was actually several groupings recorded in Czechoslovakia, connected with CSSR Radio. The groups were given the name "Opus Orchestra" by their British distributer. Either way, there are at least 4 different combos playing on "Tulsa", which is also my all time trade test selection!
I don't know whether this was the end of school programmes as I think they were still on BBC1 at the time here.
Daytime on Two took over in September 1983 onwards on BBC2 as far as I know. Thank you!
It is actually Monday 14th March 1983. Great to see this. Tone as usual at 16.00
16:00 Not just any tone. This isn't the English 1000hz Its the Aussie 440HZ
@@flatcapman well aaaactually... while 1000 hz became the standard in many parts of the world, 440hz was the tone first used by the BBC in the very old days when there was just one channel. With the advent of BBC2 in 1964, it used 440hz and the now-named BBC1 used 1000hz, while regional centres tended to use 900hz. I know Aus used 440hz widely but 1000hz was plenty used too.
The tape is called TULSA, performed by the "Opus Orchestra", although it is a different Opus Orchestra from the one featured on BBC Radfioplay LPs.
How I wish there were these sorts of closedowns today-sadly not of course!
Thank you for the posting though-it is brilliant-well done!
As before!!
@GiggityGiggityGoo22 They was certainly the regulatory tone times in the days of BBC1 with test card D in the mid-to-late 1960s ... then again briefly in the mid-1970s with test card F.
I remember that (irsh television) would play classical music over their testcards
I don't really remember the trade test transmissions that the BBC did do, I was 8 years old in 1983, at the time of broadcast on that date i would have been on my way home from school on the school bus, my parents did not have the TV on during the day so either played records or had the radio on
Thanks for that!
Yes, fantastic stuff indeed! Seeing as you are in NI, do you ever remember the Ceefax breaks of the early 1990s which used to be only shown in NI, during the Daytime on 2 programmes in the morning? I always saw them scheduled in the Radio Times, long after England stopped all Ceefax daytime transmissions.
4:47 "As you see this tone isn't Laurence R HARVEY..It's Me" the air goes thick in the room my face and throat goes flat then Me "DOOOOOOO" breather "DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" If he is BEEP that's my answer to him. My love for him.
Hi Chris Tsangari - I hope you see this... the track you refer to is called "Divny Pocit" by Miroslav Hanak.
Prepare for a shock - you will either love or hate to know it was originally a vocal track performed by Helena Blehárová - but I've not yet managed to find the instrumental version that you (and I) enjoy so much.
I can't post a link here, but if you check on amazon UK for "Divný pocit" you will hear it. Very strange feeling indeed after hearing the other version so many times!
Hey it's been nine years, and so here you go. th-cam.com/video/MA1hl1w1BvQ/w-d-xo.html
Dixieland Parade 3 was 68 minutes, Victorian Drawing Room was about 65.
I intend to write a story about music being played over the test card with breaks for the tone at 25 and 55 minutes for the regulation tone
The testcard would be much better during the day now than the rubbish shown on all the channels.
@Simon G With the right Amount of music and Tone(Yes that's MY TONE at the end) it would work
Definitely somehow too-if only!!
not even selected pages from CEEFAX sheesh!
Who was the continuity announcer? Memories of when I was a child and it just feels like this was Mr BBC in the 70's n 80's! I love the way you can hear him flicking switches! Music's awesome too... The opening number is kind of similar to 'The Odd Couple' theme at the begining... I'm just checking out the Test Card Circle for the first time too... I'm one of those guys that thought 'I was the only person that liked this!' Leominster, here I come!
very cool stuff here. I love watching old broadcasts! TV used to be somewhat classy, don't you think?
LOL Commodore PET model 2001. Already quite an old computer in 1983
14th March 1983.
The announcer here is David Allan. He gives us information about support material then a rundown of programmes that will be on later and then the clock appears with David informing us that Play School is currently on BBC1 whereas on BBC2 until the Open University programme about senior education ministers talking about the academic institution we're returned to the test card and some music.
Test card f not shown
Test card f not in use
Gone for maitance
@@marcuskelly2264 This pattern was normally used in the regional centres - Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow and (I believe) Cardiff. When it was seen on network, it was normally because Testcard F - which ran on a very expensive slide scanner requiring lots of maintenance - wasn't available.
I think so too, but I'm wondering what it's called, as it doesn't appear to be on cwilliams's videos of trade test sequences.
What was the BBC doing with the licence payers money back then that they couldn't be bothered to find a show to run at 4 O'clock in the afternoon. They introduced breakfast television and as soon as that finished back we went to a test card and music. It's not now people should be questioning the licence fee, its how they conned people 35 years ago.
The BBC of today can't even sustain two hours of quality original broadcasting let alone a whole 24 hours they should be forced to closedown for long periods of test cards and tasteful music. In fact I'd be happier paying my licence fee if they filled all their channels with stuff like this much better then any of the rubbish they serve up today.
Hear hear!😊
You are so right too-if only!!
@cwilliams1976
There are no tapes. A testcard is made by an testcard-generator. The tone (music or beeps) comes from band,later from CD or even Radio. They are used to test and calibrate television, audio and video equipment, not for relaxing reasons ;)
depends on how you view the tone. Its like listioning to myself. I find it Hypnotic
i had that computer ! wow memories :''')
Commodore Pet I think? Cost several months' wages at the time and was already obsolete by the time it made it onto this slide. Not sure why they didn't feature the BBC Micro here, which had been around for a year or two by then and was a much more advanced piece of kit.
Not a single rerun to show for one hour? Shocking.
The music is good, but the video does make us think how broadcasting has changed in Britain in the last 41+ years.
Monday, 11th April 1983.
No it is not-this was Monday 14th March 1983 for sure!
What playlist does the test card music come from? Any trade test fans know?
Can anyone identify the tune from 01:40?
phone sound 5:01
"Thank YOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"
Was afternoon programming restricted in those days?
Yes it was at the time, although these sort of closedowns ended on the 19th September 1983 when Daytime on Two started on BBC2, showing schools series that had previously been shown on BBC1.
Along with this, Ceefax pages and music would mostly be shown rather than Test Cards F or G that the BBC had shown before up until then. Thank you!!
why did bbc2 close during the day?????
In that time most of European tv used to have midday break for broadcasting....and in 1983 only few countries had private/ commercial tv stations(TheUK,Finland,Monaco,Luxembourg,Italy and in 1984 in West Germany)...most countries had only two or three Channels,where mostly only First Channel had morning broadcasting and Second usualy started in late afternoon
The worst type of lift music
not as god awful as the kids songs they played on the ABC In Australia. They were not only torture but also an insult to Laurence and Me