Tag: Continuity

Welcome to our section looking at miscellaneous content used on BBC 2 between 1964 and 1967. BBC 2 TESTCARD (1960s) This was the first BBC 2 Testcard, a modified version of the BBC testcard C with BBC 2 625 lines on the bottom

This was how the channel launched, a day late, in April 1964 until the introduction of colour programmes in 1967. BBC 2 AFTERNOON STARTUP (21st APRIL 1964) This was the channel’s afternoon startup from the 21st April 1964. You may wonder why the presenter has a candlestick? Well, that was because the launch of the […]

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