Sorry to be so offtopic but does anyone know of a way to log back into an instagram account..? I was dumb lost the account password. I love any help you can give me!
All this was part of the so called "winter of discontent" 1978/79. I remember people saying at the time that the UK needed a strong leader like Churchill. The people got Margaret Thatcher. Now, in the context of Brexit, I hear that the country wants a strong leader. Be careful what you wish for because you might get it.
@stephen noonan oh here we go; black woman bad etc. How can you possibly claim to be a bennite when you don't back candidates who are bennite almost to the letter?
@stephen noonan hey you're the one who jumped straight to abbott; without question the MP who's had the most racist abuse. Apologies for putting 2 and 2 together but surely you see the logic? Besides, until you come up with an actual tangible reason as to why you don't like Abbott I'll reserve the notion that you're a bit of a racist dick as a placeholder opinion :)
My god this is rare! It does make me wonder who would've been well off enough to have been able to afford a video recorder back in 1978 to record this, as it would take some time before videos would come down in price enough for everyone to be archiving stuff off the tv for the future!!
Because it mentions “matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs” as a “recent” hit which was a hit in 1978! Now fuck off you snotty little bastard and take your johnny know it all attitude with you you trolling fuck!!!!
@@mostspecialagent I used to work with Martin King, the reason I thought he was the voice of the mysterons etc., was because one day he mentioned he received a royalty cheque which he said was a nice surprise. When I asked him what for he said "oh, errr... voice of the mysterons or something"
The music at the end is from William Wallaces Maritana, and it is the overture. If anyone knows which version please message me as soon as possible. Thanks
the closest I could think of is from Veronica Dunne/Uel Deane/Eric Hinds/Orchestra/Havelock Nelson (Balfe: The Bohemian Girl; Wallace, Benedict; Irish Love Songs) released on 1968 since that is (I guess) a vhs(?) recording, some details from it are not found on the video.. and the keys were kinda pitched? I don't know ~ thebelovedmoon 🌙
Up until the start of 24 hour television. On certain I.T.V. Regions from 1985 on wards. The average close down time on the Nationally Networked B.B.C.1 and B.B.C..2. With certain Regional opt outs for the 12 English Regions and B.B.C.1 and 2 Scotland Wales and N.Ireland and I.T.V. [Which in those days was Regional Service] Meaning the programmes you got was dependent on the I.T.V. Region you lived in. Southern Television [1955 to 1981] T.V.S. Television South [1982 until 1992 and Meridian [1993 until 2007] Now part of I.T.V. P.L.C.That was my I.T.V. Regions was 12.30 a.m. Before the start of B.B.C. Breakfast Time and T.V.a.m. Television started was 9.25 a.m. In which the first three hours of programming Monday to Friday was Programmes for Schools and Colleges. They were considered so important that The 12 English Regional I.T.V. Companies and S.T.V. in Scotland H.T.V. Wales and Ulster Television had an education officer for each I.T.V. Region. You so much from those programmes. So much more then Jeremy Kyle or Loose Women.
On this occasion, it was industrial action that forced BBC2 to close down early. Depending on the listings, they'd be closing down as late as close on half past midnight otherwise...and this was the early 1970s!
The Government wouldn't allow it, they'd only just allowed daytime TV 5 years before this recording. Broadcasting hours were allocated by the Government.
In the stories I write strike action on a rival television station on the Monday meant a group of unscrupulous criminals got to watch their favourite programmes without the early cut offs on Sunday night.
No you are wrong. BBC were never off air for 5 weeks in 1979. BBC had wild cat strikes in November 1978 leading to the complete TV strike on 20th December, followed by the radio strike on 22nd December 1978. BBC Television and full radio service returned on 23rd December 1978 after a settlement was reached.
@Daniel Carter ITV were on strike from August until October 1979, with every ITV region apart from the Channel Islands off air for around 11 weeks. Channel TV in the Channel Islands had a separate union agreement, meaning they could remain on air during the strike, however they had no access to network programmes (because none was being transmitted from London) and had no full access to the ITV archive, so they had to fill 6 hours a day of home produced programmes, movies, imports, and whatever they could get their hands on to fill 5pm to 11pm each night.
@@johnking5174 there was a strike in 1977 affected the BBC crew of Eurovision 1977 that makes Eurovision 1977 got delayed to the month of May, but didn’t affect the broadcasting of other programs.
+volante8657 It's not ballet, it's "ballad", a kind of radio documentary that uses music and interviews instead of narration, about the life of LS Lowry.
Pot luck where and when the unions decided to target. The unions decided it was BBC 2 turn that night and so hit it with a strike. A few nights later probably BBC 1 was hit. From late November 1978 wild cat strikes happened at the BBC leading to the all out strike on December 21st and 22nd.
So the song seems to have changed its name here then. Whereas it should be 'Matchstick' it now becomes 'Matchstalk'. Yet care and attention was taken for the rest of the announcement. Just saying!
The "recently released song" he's referring to definitely uses the term Matchstalk. The song is called "Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs (Lowry's Song)" by Brian and Michael.
They probably showed that caption for an hour, played tone for a few minutes then turned everything off. BBC2 used to go off air (no signal at all) when there were no broadcasts.
In Ireland, both RTE 1 and RTE 2 (the only two channels in late 1978) used to both close down around 11.30pm (and continued to do so well into the 1980s). The worst night for closing down on RTE 2 was usually Sunday nights, closing at 10.55pm or 11pm (having only broadcasting for just 5 hours). If you didn't have cable television / illegal deflector system or if you didn't live near the Northern Ireland border or along the east coast (Ireland was rolling out cable television since the late 60's to bring BBC and ITV transmissions from Northern Ireland or Wales), you would have very little choice. RTE 2 only began broadcasting in November 1978, so only having one channel before, it must have been luxury to be able to change the channel.
The BBC pay levels was considered by the unions in 1978 to have fallen way behind everyone else. BBC management were under instructions from the government to keep any pay rise settlements to 5%. Unions at the BBC wanted at least 15%. This led to wild cat strikes before all hell was laid on the BBC from December 21st and 22nd, with an all out television and radio strike which blacked out BBC One and Two channels and on December 22nd affected their radio stations. Hope this helps Abby?
@@solojinglesradio1 "We regret that we are unable to display published programs due to industry action over government payment policies" in Indonesian.
I can hear the continuity announcer pressing the buttons on the desk.
Was that what it was I always wanted to know what those noises where.
@Marianela Chalfin - fuck off with the spam bullshit
Sorry to be so offtopic but does anyone know of a way to log back into an instagram account..?
I was dumb lost the account password. I love any help you can give me!
@@caspiannoe4338 instacummer
I Love Those Buttons
All this was part of the so called "winter of discontent" 1978/79. I remember people saying at the time that the UK needed a strong leader like Churchill. The people got Margaret Thatcher. Now, in the context of Brexit, I hear that the country wants a strong leader. Be careful what you wish for because you might get it.
And we got Boris, breaking down when there's a severe threat to the country
@@Motscoud and all the people who said "corbyn will ruin this country" look pretty bloody stupid now haha
@stephen noonan but said people who made such statements voted for Boris. Yes they indeed look stupid.
@stephen noonan oh here we go; black woman bad etc.
How can you possibly claim to be a bennite when you don't back candidates who are bennite almost to the letter?
@stephen noonan hey you're the one who jumped straight to abbott; without question the MP who's had the most racist abuse. Apologies for putting 2 and 2 together but surely you see the logic?
Besides, until you come up with an actual tangible reason as to why you don't like Abbott I'll reserve the notion that you're a bit of a racist dick as a placeholder opinion :)
My god this is rare! It does make me wonder who would've been well off enough to have been able to afford a video recorder back in 1978 to record this, as it would take some time before videos would come down in price enough for everyone to be archiving stuff off the tv for the future!!
It could have been recorded by a BBC employee in the workplace.
You know this was 1978 because?
Because it mentions “matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs” as a “recent” hit which was a hit in 1978! Now fuck off you snotty little bastard and take your johnny know it all attitude with you you trolling fuck!!!!
.......Oh and the mention of Nordring festival 78 “whatever that is” but clearly indicates this is indeed 1978! Now piss off!!!!
@@twitchygiraffe4636 That could have been the year before or ten years before. I hear that shit all the time on Radio 2 or 1 or 6. Now get to fuck
The late, great Martin King announcing an early closedown.
Seven minutes to eleven for closedown? Fair enough, I'll pop off to bed with a book and a cup of tea. The rest will do me good.
Wow, the weather is presented so clearly and concise when compared to the long CGI based ramblings of today
I can deal with symbols.
No it's not.
I think this is the perfect place to say 'Ok Boomer'
@@mochasix677 perhaps....... if I actually was a 'Boomer'
@@adrianfox9431 Boomer is all about the ideology, not about age.
War has changed, so does definitions.
What a fabulous voice.
The excellent Martin King.
I'm sorry to report that Martin is sadly no longer with us.
@@robalexander8065 He was also the Voice of the Mysterons and the Voice of Captain Black in some episodes of Captain Scarlet
@@alijanlondon That was Donald Gray, although Martin King did provide additional character voices for both the Captain Scarlet and Joe 90 series.
@@mostspecialagent I used to work with Martin King, the reason I thought he was the voice of the mysterons etc., was because one day he mentioned he received a royalty cheque which he said was a nice surprise. When I asked him what for he said "oh, errr... voice of the mysterons or something"
This is sunday 17th december 1978.
I remember these captions! I was probably two or three.
Workers at London Weekend TV showed a handwritten notice saying"LWT has threatened to sack us so we are going on strike good night".
Music At 2:06
The music at the end is from William Wallaces Maritana, and it is the overture. If anyone knows which version please message me as soon as possible. Thanks
the closest I could think of is from Veronica Dunne/Uel Deane/Eric Hinds/Orchestra/Havelock Nelson (Balfe: The Bohemian Girl; Wallace, Benedict; Irish Love Songs) released on 1968
since that is (I guess) a vhs(?) recording, some details from it are not found on the video.. and the keys were kinda pitched? I don't know
~ thebelovedmoon 🌙
@@TheMoon_Follow any chance of a discogs link?
Music is the Overture to the Opera Martiana played by the Raphaele Concert Orchestra
Most interesting, but why did you feel the need to autograph the image like that?
And in 1974 Govt had restricted broadcasts too
Indeed. I recall a couple of Saturday's nights with Match of the Day going out at half nine and BBC1 closing down at 10.20.
Music is the Overture to the Opera Martiana played by the Raphaele Concert Orchestra
I can't believe that BBC Two closed down for the night at seven minutes to eleven.
Up until the start of 24 hour television. On certain I.T.V. Regions from 1985 on wards. The average close down time on the Nationally Networked B.B.C.1 and B.B.C..2. With certain Regional opt outs for the 12 English Regions and B.B.C.1 and 2 Scotland Wales and N.Ireland and I.T.V. [Which in those days was Regional Service] Meaning the programmes you got was dependent on the I.T.V. Region you lived in. Southern Television [1955 to 1981] T.V.S. Television South [1982 until 1992 and Meridian [1993 until 2007] Now part of I.T.V. P.L.C.That was my I.T.V. Regions was 12.30 a.m. Before the start of B.B.C. Breakfast Time and T.V.a.m. Television started was 9.25 a.m. In which the first three hours of programming Monday to Friday was Programmes for Schools and Colleges. They were considered so important that The 12 English Regional I.T.V. Companies and S.T.V. in Scotland H.T.V. Wales and Ulster Television had an education officer for each I.T.V. Region. You so much from those programmes. So much more then Jeremy Kyle or Loose Women.
On this occasion, it was industrial action that forced BBC2 to close down early. Depending on the listings, they'd be closing down as late as close on half past midnight otherwise...and this was the early 1970s!
Very True. The Unions [Who ran the country in those days] Would not allow T.V. past Midnight 30 due to over time rules.
The Government wouldn't allow it, they'd only just allowed daytime TV 5 years before this recording. Broadcasting hours were allocated by the Government.
In the stories I write strike action on a rival television station on the Monday meant a group of unscrupulous criminals got to watch their favourite programmes without the early cut offs on Sunday night.
Yes, BBC was on strike back in 1979. 5 weeks without programing. Black.
No you are wrong. BBC were never off air for 5 weeks in 1979. BBC had wild cat strikes in November 1978 leading to the complete TV strike on 20th December, followed by the radio strike on 22nd December 1978. BBC Television and full radio service returned on 23rd December 1978 after a settlement was reached.
@Daniel Carter ITV were on strike from August until October 1979, with every ITV region apart from the Channel Islands off air for around 11 weeks. Channel TV in the Channel Islands had a separate union agreement, meaning they could remain on air during the strike, however they had no access to network programmes (because none was being transmitted from London) and had no full access to the ITV archive, so they had to fill 6 hours a day of home produced programmes, movies, imports, and whatever they could get their hands on to fill 5pm to 11pm each night.
I've heard of the 1979 BBC2 Strike.
No, there was no BBC 2 strike in 1979. There was the December 1978 BBC strike which affected all of television and radio from 20th to 23rd Dec 1978.
@@johnking5174 there was a strike in 1977 affected the BBC crew of Eurovision 1977 that makes Eurovision 1977 got delayed to the month of May, but didn’t affect the broadcasting of other programs.
Odd bit of closedown music right at the end. It was almost as if a member of the royal family had died and normal programmes had been suspended!
Closedown early? Nooooooooooooooo!!
Did the testcard come on during this period or was it just that apology caption and music all night?
The caption was probably shown for a few hours and then the testcard until transmitter shutoff.
1:41 this was almost a blooper!
sorry if I've mistaken, but how do you show ballet and paintings on radio?
Karlo Nolasco I spoke English but it just isn't my mother tongue, sorry
+volante8657 It's not ballet, it's "ballad", a kind of radio documentary that uses music and interviews instead of narration, about the life of LS Lowry.
That's brilliant any idea what date this was...
@Tomleç It looks like 1978 👍🏻
Why was BBC 1 still broadcasting when BBC 2 went off the air?
search me. Had I been the announcer, I'd have probably muttered, "Lucky bastards!" under my breath...and probably got sacked for that too!
Pot luck where and when the unions decided to target. The unions decided it was BBC 2 turn that night and so hit it with a strike. A few nights later probably BBC 1 was hit. From late November 1978 wild cat strikes happened at the BBC leading to the all out strike on December 21st and 22nd.
@@johnking5174 ... and in good time i managed to get away to Anglia Television and elsewhere,
@@keithmartin2334 not for long tho
So the song seems to have changed its name here then. Whereas it should be 'Matchstick' it now becomes 'Matchstalk'. Yet care and attention was taken for the rest of the announcement. Just saying!
The "recently released song" he's referring to definitely uses the term Matchstalk.
The song is called "Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs (Lowry's Song)" by Brian and Michael.
I bet the testcard didn’t come on that night.
They probably showed that caption for an hour, played tone for a few minutes then turned everything off. BBC2 used to go off air (no signal at all) when there were no broadcasts.
music used?
Well.
Did you record this using Ceefax?
Was the clock just an actual physical clock in the dark?
In those days, yes. The electronic clock came in during 1979
The last time I checked, BBC2 normally did not close at 11PM.
In Ireland, both RTE 1 and RTE 2 (the only two channels in late 1978) used to both close down around 11.30pm (and continued to do so well into the 1980s). The worst night for closing down on RTE 2 was usually Sunday nights, closing at 10.55pm or 11pm (having only broadcasting for just 5 hours). If you didn't have cable television / illegal deflector system or if you didn't live near the Northern Ireland border or along the east coast (Ireland was rolling out cable television since the late 60's to bring BBC and ITV transmissions from Northern Ireland or Wales), you would have very little choice. RTE 2 only began broadcasting in November 1978, so only having one channel before, it must have been luxury to be able to change the channel.
Clock 10:53pm.
Bbc2 closedown December 17 1978
Gudnäit
music?
Wallace: Maritana - Overture
Hey guys wants your search further information
I'm confused: was this a protest? I'm from america so I'm not sure of british history.
Industrial action is equal to a worker's strike. According to the date above, this is during the UK's Winter of Discontent.
They really should call it industrial inaction.
The BBC pay levels was considered by the unions in 1978 to have fallen way behind everyone else. BBC management were under instructions from the government to keep any pay rise settlements to 5%. Unions at the BBC wanted at least 15%. This led to wild cat strikes before all hell was laid on the BBC from December 21st and 22nd, with an all out television and radio strike which blacked out BBC One and Two channels and on December 22nd affected their radio stations. Hope this helps Abby?
@@johnking5174 Thanks! Sorry for the WAY late reply.
@@abbycollins No worries, if you want to know anything else, just ask
10:53pm
Ik
Better days
What?
it's real?
Claro que si, haber vivido en esa epoca
the good old days when unions could turn off programmes to get a decent pay deal. Can't get that with the scabs these days.
Well Match of The Day last week was an exception to the rule...
if you are going to strike, do so when noone is using your services anyway.. That is how it should be.
Ridol abaut et
102 users you are all grounded grounded for a BBC strike apologies unacceptable for nothing. That’s so faking it! I will never see you again goodbye!
That's not enough to stop the strike boomer
sheesh why the overdramatic music
Kami menyesal bahwa kami tidak dapat menampilkan program yang diterbitkan karena aksi industri atas kebijakan pembayaran pemerintah
wtf
@@solojinglesradio1 "We regret that we are unable to display published programs due to industry action over government payment policies" in Indonesian.
I'm rather disappointed that this wasn't a parody.