I Love 1980 - Alton Towers and travelling FairgroundsUKRetroChannel2011-04-16 | ...ITV Meridian junction/ads/promo trailers/continuity - Tuesday 2nd February 1993UKRetroChannel2021-04-05 | ITV Meridian junction from the evening of Tuesday 2nd February 1993. The junction between Emmerdale and Ambulance.Ambulance Series 1 Episode 5 The Care Bears (1992)UKRetroChannel2021-04-05 | Early 1990's series made for ITV Meridian following the staff of Portsmouth Maine Ambulance Station. This is series 1 episode 5 "The Care Bears".BBC1 Wales continuity - Saturday 12th November 1988UKRetroChannel2021-04-04 | A promo trailer(part of it anyway) for the Sunday evening line-up, followed by a BBC1 Wales continuity link into Allo Allo. From the evening of Saturday 12th November 1988.BBC1 Wales junction/continuity/promo trailer - Saturday 5th November 1988UKRetroChannel2021-04-04 | BBC1 Wales junction & continuity here from the evening of Saturday 5th November 1988. The junction between Bob's Full House and Allo Allo. The video starts at near the end of the credits to Bob's Full House as it's all I have of this episode anyway. I also tried to bring you only about 40 seconds of the opening of Allo Allo, but the BBC didn't allow it!BBC1 junction/continuity/prom trailer - Saturday 4th February 1989UKRetroChannel2021-04-03 | A very short BBC1 junction here from the evening of Saturday 4th February 1989. The junction between Bergerac and the BBC News.
I did try and include short footage of the last scene and the full credits to this episode of Bergerac, but the BBC won't allow it! Also note that I don't have any more footage of this BBC News bulletin, as the VHS recording cuts off just a second after the footage featured in this video.Ambulance - Series 1 Episode 4 Wine, women and Keith (1992)UKRetroChannel2021-03-27 | Ambulane Series 1 Episode 4, from 1992. Series made for ITV Meridian, following the staff of Portsmouth Maine Ambulance Station.ITV - Meridian junction/ads/promo trailers/continuity - Tuesday 26th January 1993UKRetroChannel2021-03-27 | A Meridian junction here from the evening of Tuesday 26th January 1993. The junction between Emmerdale and Ambulance. The continuity announcer is Keith Butler. This video includes just very short footage of Ambulance. Stay tuned in, as the video then flips forward to the end credits and a very short bit of further continuity announcing the next programme on Channel 4. At this point the VHS recording I have then cuts off.ITV - Meridian junction/ads/promo trailers/continuity - Tuesday 19th January 1993UKRetroChannel2021-03-25 | A Meridian junction here from the evening of Tuesday 19th January 1993. The junction between Emmerdale and Ambulance.Ambulance - Series 1 Episode 3 Goodbye Scoop and Run (1992)UKRetroChannel2021-03-24 | Ambulance Series 1 Episode 3 "Goodbye Scoop and Run". Series following the staff of the Portsmouth Maine Ambulance Station. This series was made back in 1992.
Note: You will notice a flip of the video at 5m 06s. This is when I had to omit just 2 seconds from this episode due to short picture interference on the VHS recording.Ambulance - Series 1 Episode 1 You Stick With Us. Youll Be Alright (1992)UKRetroChannel2021-03-20 | Ambulance Series 1 Episode 1 " You Stick With Us. You'll Be Alright" from 1992. Ambulance was a series made by ITV Meridian about the staff of the Portsmouth Maine Ambulance Station
Note: You will notice a flip of the video at 20m05s. This is due to me having to omit 34 seconds from this episode due to some minor picture interference on the VHS recording and it causing a problem to rip to MP4 file.Ambulance - Series 1 Episode 2 Saturday Saturday (1992)UKRetroChannel2021-03-19 | Ambulance. Series from ITV Meridian made back in 1992, following the staff of the Portsmouth Maine Ambulance Station. This is Series 1 Episode 2 "Saturday Saturday".ITV1 Carlton ads/promo trailers/continuity - Boxing Day 2001UKRetroChannel2021-03-16 | From Boxing Day 2001, some adverts, a couple of promo trailers, and continuity into Back To The Future Part 2. The film before this was One Of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing. A shame I don't have the end of that film and the continuity just after that, to make this video a bit better.ITV - Thames adverts during Dr No - Wednesday 19th October 1988(Part 3 of 3)UKRetroChannel2021-03-15 | From the evening of Wednesday 19th October 1988, a block of Thames adverts during the screening of the 007 Dr No film in the 8pm-10pm slot. This is the third and final commercial break during this film.ITV - Thames adverts during Dr No - Wednesday 19th October 1988(Part 2 of 3)UKRetroChannel2021-03-15 | From the evening of Wednesday 19th October 1988, a block of Thames adverts during the screening of the 007 Dr No film in the 8pm-10pm slot. This is the second of three commercial breaks during this film.ITV - Thames adverts during Dr No - Wednesday 19th October 1988(Part 1 of 3)UKRetroChannel2021-03-15 | From the evening of Wednesday 19th October 1988, a block of Thames adverts during the screening of the 007 Dr No film in the 8pm-10pm slot. This is the first of three commercial breaks during this film.ITV - Thames adverts during Minder - Monday 2nd January 1989(part 2)UKRetroChannel2021-03-15 | From Monday 2nd January 1989, a block of Thames adverts during the 8:30pm screening of Minder. This is the second commercial break during this programme.ITV - Thames adverts during Minder - Monday 2nd January 1989 (part 1 of 2)UKRetroChannel2021-03-14 | From the night of Monday 2nd January 1989, a block of Thames adverts during an episode of Minder. This is the first commercial break during this episode.ITV - HTV (West & Wales) junction/ads/promos/continuity - Sunday 25th January 1998 (part 3 of 3)UKRetroChannel2021-03-14 | ...ITV - HTV (West & Wales) junction/ads/promos/continuity - Sunday 25th January 1998(part 2 of 3)UKRetroChannel2021-03-14 | This follows on from my previous video of a junction from the early hours of Sunday 25th January 1998. This is the video between Baywatch and Seaquest 2032. Features two different announcers on pre-recorded continuity links. The first is Dan Lewis into the ITN News Summary. The second announcer into Seaquest 2032 is Bruce Hammal. Also features a short ITN News Summary, which is duplicated in a separate video of this bulletin I uploaded.
I did try to bring you the short opening scene and the full opening titles of Seaquest 2032 in this video. But unfortunately it caused the whole video to get blocked! So have had to redo this video with the short intended Seaquest 2032 footage cut out.ITV - HTV (West & Wales) junction/ads/promos/continuity - Sunday 25th January 1998(Part 1 of 3)UKRetroChannel2021-03-13 | An HTV junction from the early hours of Sunday 25th January 1998. The junction between the film American Grafitti and an episode of Baywatch. The pre-recorded voiceover continuity simply saying "You're watching HTV" accompanying the HTV idents is by Bruce Hammal. This period was when HTV had opted out of the ITV Night Time programming, and gone for their own overnight programming and pre-recorded continuity links, networked across the HTV West and HTV Wales network.
Note: The ITN News Summary featured in this video is duplicated in the separate video I have of this bulletin.ITN News Summary - Richard Swallow - Sunday 25th January 1998(Version 3)UKRetroChannel2021-03-13 | A short ITN News Summary with Richard Swallow, from the night of Saturday 24th January/early hours of Sunday 25th January 1998. This is version 3 which was originally transmitted about 55 minutes later than the version 2 bulletin which I also uploaded. This bulletin differs just slightly from the version 2 bulletin.ITN News Summary - Richard Swallow - Sunday 25th January 1998(Version 2)UKRetroChannel2021-03-13 | A short ITN News Summary with Richard Swallow, from the night of Saturday 24th January/early hours of Sunday 25th January 1998. This is version 2 which was originally transmitted about 55 minutes later than the version 1 bulletin which I also uploaded. This differs a little from the earlier bulletin.ITN News Summary - Richard Swallow - Sunday 25th January 1998(Version 1)UKRetroChannel2021-03-13 | A short ITN News Summary with Richard Swallow, from the night of Saturday 24th January/early hours of Sunday 25th January 1998.BBC Points West News late bulletin - August 2006UKRetroChannel2021-03-13 | A BBC Points West News late bulletin with Chris Vacher, from late August 2006. Not sure of the exact date, but it will be within the Monday 21st-Friday 25th August range.(ITV) Central junction/ads/in-vision continuity - Sunday 14th September 1986 (Part 2 of 2)UKRetroChannel2021-03-08 | This follows on from my previous video of a Central junction from the afternoon Sunday 14th September 1986. This here is the junction between Mind Your Language and The Campbells. Includes adverts, promo trailers and another in-vision continuity link with Hilary Holden.(ITV) Central junction/ads/in-vision continuity - Sunday 14th September 1986(part 1 of 2)UKRetroChannel2021-03-08 | From the afternoon of Sunday 14th September 1986, a Central junction between the film Battle of Britain and a repeat showing of the sitcom Mind Your Language. Features adverts, promo trailers, and an in-vision continuity link with Hilary Holden.
This is Part 1 of a set of two junctions from that afternoon. Part 2 is the junction between Mind Your Language and The Campbells.(ITV) Central junction/ads/continuity - Wednesday 4th September 1991UKRetroChannel2021-03-08 | From Wednesday 4th September 1991, a Central junction, ads and continuity. The junction between the film Big Trouble In Little China and ITN News at Ten.(ITV) Central ads/promo trailers/continuity - Tuesday 3rd September 1991UKRetroChannel2021-03-06 | From the evening of Tuesday 3rd September 1991, some Central ads, promo trailers and continuity into the film Big Trouble In Little China.(ITV) TVS Coast to Coast News 6pm programme(partial) - Monday 8th August 1988UKRetroChannel2021-03-06 | From Monday 8th August 1988, the first 15 minutes of TVS Coast to Coast News 6pm programme, with Fred Dineage and Liz Wickham. This is all the footage I have of this edition before the VHS recording cuts off.ITN News at Ten - Alastair Stewart & Trevor McDonald - Wednesday 4th September 1991UKRetroChannel2021-03-06 | The ITN News at Ten with Alastair Stewart and Trevor McDonald, from Wednesday 4th September 1991. Followed by a commercial break and the ITV National Weather with Sian Lloyd.(ITV)TVS continuity(incomplete) & promo trailer - Saturday 1st April 1989UKRetroChannel2021-03-05 | From the night of Saturday 1st April 1989, a TVS promo trailer for The Heroes, then continuity into the film The Karate Kid, followed by a very short section of the end credits(it's all I have on the tape) which is curtailed short, then just a few seconds of continuity before the VHS recording cuts off! The continuity in this video isn't as complete as I'd like it to be, but it's better than nothing!(ITV) Central News late bulletin - Bob Warman - Tuesday 3rd September 1991UKRetroChannel2021-03-05 | A Central News late bulletin with Bob Warman. Plus at the end of the bulletin, the Central Weather with Charlie Neil. From Tuesday 3rd September 1991.Neighbours - The Kidnapping of Helen Daniels (1986)UKRetroChannel2021-03-03 | Here is a triple length episode of Neighbours from 1986 about the kidnapping of Helen Daniels. I edited/recorded this together, which is formed of episodes 402, 403, 404, and just a few minutes of episode 405(after the main story has concluded). It would have been better if I also included episode 401 to make the story more complete, but unfortunately I was unable to record that episode as we didn't get a video recorder until the day after that episode!BBC1 junction/continuity - Friday 21st June 1996UKRetroChannel2021-02-28 | A BBC1 junction & continuity from the evening of Friday 21st June 1996. The junction between Future Fantastic and Big Break.BBC Points of View - Wednesday 19th October 1994UKRetroChannel2021-02-27 | BBC Points of View with Anne Robinson, from Wednesday 19th October 1994.HTV Wales continuity & ads - Wednesday 25th January 1989UKRetroChannel2021-02-27 | A short bit of HTV Wales continuity followed by a few minutes of adverts, from the evening of Wednesday 25th January. The end of Coronation Street, followed by Hywel James announcing Inspector Morse is on next accompanied by an HTV Inspector Morse slide. Then a few minutes of adverts. The VHS recording I have then cuts off.Coronation Street episode 2904 - Wednesday 25th January 1989UKRetroChannel2021-02-26 | Coronation Street episode 2904, from Wednesday 25th January 1989. This is the full episode, though just the titles missing(you can just about hear the end of the title music as this video begins!).The Cardigans - Your New Cuckoo - Hotel Babylon(1997)UKRetroChannel2021-02-23 | The Cardigans performing their single Your New Cuckoo on the British TV series Hotel Babylon. From 1997.Louise Nurding - TFI Friday - Friday 26th September 1997UKRetroChannel2021-02-23 | Louise Nurding talking to Chris Evans on TFI Friday, from Friday 26th September 1997.(ITV) Thames Television junction/ads/continuity - Wednesday 19th October 1988UKRetroChannel2021-02-22 | A Thames Television junction from the night of Wednesday 19th October 1988. The junction between the James Bond film Dr No, and the ITN News at Ten. Included within this junction is a 5 minute Party Political Broadcast with the Social and Liberal Democrats Party with the late Paddy Ashdown.North Sea Hijack(1980) end credits & BBC1 continuity Saturday 10th December 1988UKRetroChannel2021-02-21 | The end credits to the film North Sea Hijack, followed by a short bit of BBC1 continuity from the night of Saturday 10th December 1988. The VHS recording I have unfortunately then cuts off just before it goes into the BBC 10 O'Clock News.Neighbours - complete episode 801 from 1988UKRetroChannel2021-02-21 | A complete episode of Neighbours from 1988 here. This would have been screened on Australian TV around June/July 1988, and on British TV in December 1988.ITN News at Ten segment - Sandy Gall & Carol Barnes - Wednesday 19th October 1988.UKRetroChannel2021-02-21 | The first 18 minutes of the ITN News at Ten from Wednesday 19th October 1988, with Sandy Gall and Carol Barnes.BBC1 junction/continuity - Christmas Eve 1993 (part 1 of 2)UKRetroChannel2021-02-21 | A BBC1 junction & continuity here from the afternoon of Christmas Eve 1993. The junction between Stay Tooned! and the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.(ITV) Thames Television continuity & promo trailer Monday 2nd January 1989UKRetroChannel2021-02-21 | From the night of Monday 2nd January 1989, some Thames Television continuity with Peter Marshall into and out of an episode of Minder. Plus a promo trailer for the sitcom After Henry.(ITV) LWT continuity & Carlton promo trailer - New Years Day 1995UKRetroChannel2021-02-21 | From New Years Day 1995, after the end of Hercule Poirot's Christmas, some LWT continuity and a Carlton promo trailer. The continuity announcer is Ruth Anders.ITN Saturday News and Sports Results segment - 7th January 1995UKRetroChannel2021-02-20 | The first 6 minutes of the ITN Saturday News and Sports Results from the late afternoon of 7th January 1995. With Dennis Touhy and Graham Miller(although you only see Graham briefly at the start in this video, due to not getting as far as the sports results/reports).(ITV) LWT junction/ads/continuity - Saturday 7th January 1995UKRetroChannel2021-02-20 | An LWT junction from the early evening of Saturday 7th January 1995. The junction between the film Bon Voyage! and the Saturday Evening News and Sports Results. The continuity announcer is Ruth Anders.(ITV) Thames Television junction/ads/continuity - Christmas Day 1986UKRetroChannel2021-02-20 | This follows on from my previous video. This is the full Thames Television junction between Never Say Never Again and A Duty Free Christmas. From Christmas Day 1986.
I note that there appears to be no continuity announcer on duty on this evening. Did Thames announcers not work on Christmas Day back in those days?(ITV) Thames Televison continuity & promo trailer - Christmas Day 1986UKRetroChannel2021-02-20 | From Christmas Day 1986, a Thames Television promo trailer with highlight's of next week's line-up, followed by the Thames Television ident into the film Never Say Never Again(of which I've included the full opening titles in this video).
The next video I will have on my channel, follows on from this video as it will feature the full junction, ads & continuity between Never Say Never Again and A Duty Free Christmas.