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Thames Television's coverage of its own opening lunch

Thames day one in 1968

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A lovely little closedown from Central in 1982 with the fabulous Gary Terzza doing the honours from Central House.

Central closedown - Gary Terzza

Ulster Television closes for the night one Saturday in 1968.

Ulster Television closedown in 1968

ITN's News at Ten from 14 August 1967 devotes 10 minutes of its programme to the closure of the offshore stations and the forthcoming launch of BBC Radio One.

ITN's News At Ten on the closure of the offshore stations

A Southern Television ident into the opening (and closing) music of 'How!' in 1967

How! opening and closing

An ABC Weekend Television ident into 'Batman', then the closing titles and a quick word from David Hamilton.

Batman - an ABC Weekend presentation

It's 1968 and Endaf Emlyn gives us a run down of what's on later on Harlech.

Endaf Emlyn on Harlech Television 1968

Hankies at the ready: it's 29 September 1967 and David Dunhill is here to close down the BBC Home Service for the night... and forever.

BBC Home Service final closedown

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It's 4.50pm and Don Murray-Henderson welcomes us to another day of Granada TV, handing straight over to Granada in the North with Brian Trueman in the chair, and the ITN news headlines from Gordon Honeycombe in London.

Granada in the North

Originally recorded at the very start of the European Broadcasting Union, the full official ident of the Eurovision Network, taped off a Pope's Easter Message via ITV and RAI in 1967. This is from a gramophone record, it is not played live as used to happen on the Song Contest.

Official EBU/Eurovision ident

Jeff Wayne's Good Morning Britain theme - standard length as used on air.

Good Morning Britain theme (standard length)

It's 1964 and Southern Television is repeating Gerry Anderson's Fireball XL5.

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Southern Television presents Fireball XL5

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Thunderbirds

The theme tune to TWW's children's puppet show Tinker and Taylor.

Tinker and Taylor (The Happy Frog)

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