Launch BBC One North

[Markymark]

BBC2 used to be regional. But they used to share playout with BBC1.

When the Philips test card G appeared on BBC2 in the afternoon in the 1979s it was in order to send news feeds down the line from the regional centres.

Even though BBC1 broadcast your regional news and had regional continuity the news reports aparently had to be sent over BBC2's local playout. It meant the network feed had to be switched to a regional test card with different music.

During this time regional news would be sent over the network but viewers never saw that  had there been no oot out you would have seen news reports played out for your local 1755 bulletins instead.

Sorry to go back to this post, but I’m a bit confused. The local news reports were being sent from where to where? If BBC NE&C filmed a report for their local news, why would they need to send it anywhere else? Or is this to do with sending the actual filmed report to the newsroom?

If the story was of national interest, then the footage would be sent down the line to the London newsroom. Just as it would be today, albeit a file