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🟦 CLEAN FEED | Death announced of Angela Beeching.
December 19, 2025 at 11:44 AM
🟦 CLEAN FEED | Death announced of Angela Beeching.
🟦 CLEAN FEED | Blooper | Another ITV News at Ten preview earlier that didn't go to plan.
December 18, 2025 at 12:54 AM
🟦 CLEAN FEED | Blooper | Another ITV News at Ten preview earlier that didn't go to plan.
🟦 CLEAN FEED | A curious bit of scheduling on BBC Three tonight. Wouldn't have thought this was the cup of tea of that channel's demographic.
December 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
🟦 CLEAN FEED | A curious bit of scheduling on BBC Three tonight. Wouldn't have thought this was the cup of tea of that channel's demographic.
🟦 CLEAN FEED | The BBC News Christmas trees are up.
December 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🟦 CLEAN FEED | The BBC News Christmas trees are up.
🟥 REWIND | YT Clip | Today's clip from Kaleidoscope showing another example of the early version of the '2' logo design. And the UK map variation of the channel ident in general use rather than relating specifically to the Open Space programme.
>> CLIP: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nysO...
>> CLIP: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nysO...
December 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
🟥 REWIND | YT Clip | Today's clip from Kaleidoscope showing another example of the early version of the '2' logo design. And the UK map variation of the channel ident in general use rather than relating specifically to the Open Space programme.
>> CLIP: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nysO...
>> CLIP: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nysO...
🟦 CLEAN FEED | That's TV and That's TV 2 on Freeview have been replaced by a static caption reading "This service is currently not available".
As we understand it, the channels disappeared on 8th December, without explanation.
As we understand it, the channels disappeared on 8th December, without explanation.
December 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
🟦 CLEAN FEED | That's TV and That's TV 2 on Freeview have been replaced by a static caption reading "This service is currently not available".
As we understand it, the channels disappeared on 8th December, without explanation.
As we understand it, the channels disappeared on 8th December, without explanation.
🟦 CLEAN FEED | What Martin Compston says 👇
(Via The One Show/BBC).
(Via The One Show/BBC).
December 9, 2025 at 9:57 PM
🟦 CLEAN FEED | What Martin Compston says 👇
(Via The One Show/BBC).
(Via The One Show/BBC).
🟦 CLEAN FEED | ITV Lunchtime News has been based in the small studio since last week, as updates to the main studio continue ahead of January's on air changes.
Currently:
- No voiceover intro at start.
- Restrictions on wide shots.
- No theme tune at end.
Currently:
- No voiceover intro at start.
- Restrictions on wide shots.
- No theme tune at end.
December 4, 2025 at 3:36 PM
🟦 CLEAN FEED | ITV Lunchtime News has been based in the small studio since last week, as updates to the main studio continue ahead of January's on air changes.
Currently:
- No voiceover intro at start.
- Restrictions on wide shots.
- No theme tune at end.
Currently:
- No voiceover intro at start.
- Restrictions on wide shots.
- No theme tune at end.
🟦 CLEAN FEED | 1/2 The Culture, Media and Sport Committee Chair, Dame Caroline Dinenage MP has written to BBC Chairman Dr Samir Shah with a series of follow-up questions, after his appearance before the Committee last week.
>> LETTER IN FULL:
committees.parliament.uk/publications...
>> LETTER IN FULL:
committees.parliament.uk/publications...
December 1, 2025 at 6:57 PM
🟦 CLEAN FEED | 1/2 The Culture, Media and Sport Committee Chair, Dame Caroline Dinenage MP has written to BBC Chairman Dr Samir Shah with a series of follow-up questions, after his appearance before the Committee last week.
>> LETTER IN FULL:
committees.parliament.uk/publications...
>> LETTER IN FULL:
committees.parliament.uk/publications...
🟦 CLEAN FEED | Update | BBC Scotland TV news bulletins resumed at 9.15am.
December 1, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🟦 CLEAN FEED | Update | BBC Scotland TV news bulletins resumed at 9.15am.
🟦 CLEAN FEED | Disruption to BBC Scotland TV and radio services mentioned on BBC Breakfast.
December 1, 2025 at 8:45 AM
🟦 CLEAN FEED | Disruption to BBC Scotland TV and radio services mentioned on BBC Breakfast.
🟦 CLEAN FEED | A fire has broken out in a plant room at BBC Scotland's Pacific Quay HQ.
The fire alarm sounded at c. 6.30am and the building was evacuated.
BBC Radio Scotland is broadcasting BBC Radio 5 Live and Scottish breakfast TV news bulletins have been suspended.
The fire alarm sounded at c. 6.30am and the building was evacuated.
BBC Radio Scotland is broadcasting BBC Radio 5 Live and Scottish breakfast TV news bulletins have been suspended.
December 1, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🟦 CLEAN FEED | A fire has broken out in a plant room at BBC Scotland's Pacific Quay HQ.
The fire alarm sounded at c. 6.30am and the building was evacuated.
BBC Radio Scotland is broadcasting BBC Radio 5 Live and Scottish breakfast TV news bulletins have been suspended.
The fire alarm sounded at c. 6.30am and the building was evacuated.
BBC Radio Scotland is broadcasting BBC Radio 5 Live and Scottish breakfast TV news bulletins have been suspended.
🟦 CLEAN FEED | Not content with using its (linear) TV channels to relentlessly promote iPlayer between programmes, look at this non-intrusive little beauty they've introduced at the end of programmes...immediately followed by an end-credit promo for something else on iPlayer.
November 23, 2025 at 7:43 PM
🟦 CLEAN FEED | Not content with using its (linear) TV channels to relentlessly promote iPlayer between programmes, look at this non-intrusive little beauty they've introduced at the end of programmes...immediately followed by an end-credit promo for something else on iPlayer.
🟦 CLEAN FEED | Preswatch | We have iPlayer Christmas trails already but BBC TV on-screen presentation will take on its Christmas look next Saturday evening.
November 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
🟦 CLEAN FEED | Preswatch | We have iPlayer Christmas trails already but BBC TV on-screen presentation will take on its Christmas look next Saturday evening.
🟩 CEEFAX | On This Day 1989 | A correction to one of our social media entries a few days ago.
It was today 36 years ago that Ceefax fully ditched all the fun and features and went for "hard news".
The new service structure:
It was today 36 years ago that Ceefax fully ditched all the fun and features and went for "hard news".
The new service structure:
November 20, 2025 at 1:04 AM
🟩 CEEFAX | On This Day 1989 | A correction to one of our social media entries a few days ago.
It was today 36 years ago that Ceefax fully ditched all the fun and features and went for "hard news".
The new service structure:
It was today 36 years ago that Ceefax fully ditched all the fun and features and went for "hard news".
The new service structure:
🟥 REWIND | On This Day 2001 | BBC Two's on-screen presentation is refreshed.
Controller, Jane Root: "The new idents, which are a contemporary evolution of the wonderful '2's that have helped define the channel over the past 10 years, introduce a cleaner and more modern look to the channel."
Controller, Jane Root: "The new idents, which are a contemporary evolution of the wonderful '2's that have helped define the channel over the past 10 years, introduce a cleaner and more modern look to the channel."
November 19, 2025 at 12:42 AM
🟥 REWIND | On This Day 2001 | BBC Two's on-screen presentation is refreshed.
Controller, Jane Root: "The new idents, which are a contemporary evolution of the wonderful '2's that have helped define the channel over the past 10 years, introduce a cleaner and more modern look to the channel."
Controller, Jane Root: "The new idents, which are a contemporary evolution of the wonderful '2's that have helped define the channel over the past 10 years, introduce a cleaner and more modern look to the channel."
🟦 CLEAN FEED | Newsnight doing a bit of time travelling with their copyright date.
November 18, 2025 at 11:05 PM
🟦 CLEAN FEED | Newsnight doing a bit of time travelling with their copyright date.
November 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
☕ PRES CAFE FORUM | A global outage at Cloudflare is continuing to impact the forum.
November 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
☕ PRES CAFE FORUM | A global outage at Cloudflare is continuing to impact the forum.
The Newsreel front page (below, from a Pres slide) used a different version of the logo and I think this version eventually made it on to P100.
The 'Newsreel' lettering here (and the 'News' lettering on P100 initially) was wrong. They fixed up 'News' on P100 later (though still not perfect).
The 'Newsreel' lettering here (and the 'News' lettering on P100 initially) was wrong. They fixed up 'News' on P100 later (though still not perfect).
November 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The Newsreel front page (below, from a Pres slide) used a different version of the logo and I think this version eventually made it on to P100.
The 'Newsreel' lettering here (and the 'News' lettering on P100 initially) was wrong. They fixed up 'News' on P100 later (though still not perfect).
The 'Newsreel' lettering here (and the 'News' lettering on P100 initially) was wrong. They fixed up 'News' on P100 later (though still not perfect).
🟩 CEEFAX | On This Day in 1992 | The BBC's teletext service makes some changes.
The page design is slightly more colourful than the regime introduced in Nov 1989 but the editorial structure remains much the same, with a continued emphasis on hard news.
The page design is slightly more colourful than the regime introduced in Nov 1989 but the editorial structure remains much the same, with a continued emphasis on hard news.
November 16, 2025 at 2:59 AM
🟩 CEEFAX | On This Day in 1992 | The BBC's teletext service makes some changes.
The page design is slightly more colourful than the regime introduced in Nov 1989 but the editorial structure remains much the same, with a continued emphasis on hard news.
The page design is slightly more colourful than the regime introduced in Nov 1989 but the editorial structure remains much the same, with a continued emphasis on hard news.
🟩 CEEFAX | On This Day in 1989 | The BBC's teletext service ditches all the fun stuff and features, and goes with an expanded news, finance, sport, travel and TV/radio listings/support service.
November 16, 2025 at 2:55 AM
🟩 CEEFAX | On This Day in 1989 | The BBC's teletext service ditches all the fun stuff and features, and goes with an expanded news, finance, sport, travel and TV/radio listings/support service.
🟦 CLEAN FEED | Some info re this morning's BBC News meeting with Tim Davie and Samir Shah via Jon Sopel on X:
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
🟦 CLEAN FEED | Some info re this morning's BBC News meeting with Tim Davie and Samir Shah via Jon Sopel on X:
🟦 CLEAN FEED | Robert Peston reporting (on X) that the BBC's legal advice is that Trump was not meaningfully damaged by the Panorama edit and is therefore likely to resist his demand to be "appropriately compensated".
November 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
🟦 CLEAN FEED | Robert Peston reporting (on X) that the BBC's legal advice is that Trump was not meaningfully damaged by the Panorama edit and is therefore likely to resist his demand to be "appropriately compensated".
🟩 CEEFAX | On This Day in 1986 | Some things never change, eh.
>> LINK: www.teletextarchive.com/Pages/Detail...
>> LINK: www.teletextarchive.com/Pages/Detail...
November 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
🟩 CEEFAX | On This Day in 1986 | Some things never change, eh.
>> LINK: www.teletextarchive.com/Pages/Detail...
>> LINK: www.teletextarchive.com/Pages/Detail...