TV Breakdown Appreciation Thread

swaggyboi128 · 06-04-2021, 03:04 AM

Steve in Pudsey post_id=2476 time=1617455288 user_id=942 Wrote:From a couple of weeks ago, BBC Red Button's cheap and cheerful single camera Rugby Leage OB from Featherstone falls off air. Luckily the commentators are in Salford so were able to play continuity announcer for a while before reading some viewer's tweets.

Interesting that the slate shown when the feed disappears is BBC News branded, although as it's never supposed to make it to air that's not a big deal.

https://youtu.be/C-REUXqWT2g

"We've lost-- We've lost pictures! OH NO!"
(Note: I had to hold back laughter at the "Oh no!")

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RefUMz6PRzY

I also feel like it would be a shame to not mention the Panorama breakdown, considering it lasted quite an amount of time and had an 11-page thread on TVF within hours of it occuring.

Lewis · 06-04-2021, 09:47 AM

swaggyboi128 post_id=3210 time=1617674653 user_id=1485 Wrote:I also feel like it would be a shame to not mention the Panorama breakdown, considering it lasted quite an amount of time and had an 11-page thread on TVF within hours of it occuring.

Did anybody work out what caused this mess?

swaggyboi128 · 06-04-2021, 11:55 AM

Lewis post_id=3236 time=1617698870 user_id=1064 Wrote:
swaggyboi128 post_id=3210 time=1617674653 user_id=1485 Wrote:I also feel like it would be a shame to not mention the Panorama breakdown, considering it lasted quite an amount of time and had an 11-page thread on TVF within hours of it occuring.

Did anybody work out what caused this mess?

As far as I know, no. I think at one point they were speculating about something on BBC NIs end (because the VT clock at the start), but there really isn't any proof there.

TVenthusiasm · 06-04-2021, 12:55 PM

itvblocks post_id=3103 time=1617641260 user_id=888 Wrote:Not a breakdown as such. But this one is just, odd.

A computer (running Windows NT 4.0 in this clip) was playing the closedown slides for S4C and the machine itself was being "closed down"

What would have caused this to occur?

Was somebody powering off all the systems for the night and they accidentally switched off the very computer that was on air?

(Also, turn down your volume at the end.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5ab4UMG2Tc

Wow, I've never seen that ever! :o

I'm just wondering, was that the only time something like that happened, or did it happen with other channels too?

**commseng** · 06-04-2021, 01:22 PM

swaggyboi128 post_id=3270 time=1617706556 user_id=1485 Wrote:
Lewis post_id=3236 time=1617698870 user_id=1064 Wrote:
swaggyboi128 post_id=3210 time=1617674653 user_id=1485 Wrote:I also feel like it would be a shame to not mention the Panorama breakdown, considering it lasted quite an amount of time and had an 11-page thread on TVF within hours of it occuring.
Did anybody work out what caused this mess?
As far as I know, no. I think at one point they were speculating about something on BBC NIs end (because the VT clock at the start), but there really isn't any proof there.

I'm fairly sure in the other place the conclusion was it was down to a late edit in Belfast, and the file was transfered to playout with a corrupted time code that upset the playout systems.

Steve in Pudsey · 06-04-2021, 03:51 PM

itvblocks post_id=3103 time=1617641260 user_id=888 Wrote:Not a breakdown as such. But this one is just, odd.

A computer (running Windows NT 4.0 in this clip) was playing the closedown slides for S4C and the machine itself was being "closed down"

I call shennanigans. NT4 never rebooted that quickly.

Benriggers · 07-04-2021, 08:30 PM

Breakdown during the Chart Show.
https://youtu.be/JNSjmNycync?t=116

08-04-2021, 10:14 AM

Interesting that the breakdown music was an instrumental version of Central's "Let's Get Together" image promotion from that era.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJpnUVvOCUU

James2001 · 08-04-2021, 10:30 AM

Never seen that caption before, I'm assuming that came from whatever ITV company that was recorded from rather than Video Visuals.

Larry the Loafer · 08-04-2021, 12:14 PM

Wasn't it around 1996 when The Chart Show was played out "live"? I wouldn't have thought they'd have control over breakdown captions during that era.

Steve in Pudsey · 08-04-2021, 03:09 PM

I remember Yorkshire playing the extended instrumental of the 1989 ident "Get Ready for ITV" during a breakdown.

swaggyboi128 · 08-04-2021, 03:25 PM

Steve in Pudsey post_id=3794 time=1617890998 user_id=942 Wrote:I remember Yorkshire playing the extended instrumental of the 1989 ident "Get Ready for ITV" during a breakdown.

Makes sense, considering YTV took or adapted pretty much every part of generic pres until 1994

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUKqpIQoTsU
BBC 1 has a bit of trouble here and the movie will just have to wait.

Bennyboy84 · 08-04-2021, 03:37 PM

https://youtu.be/msBrszqKfec

In this one the weather computer decided it would like to be upgraded to Windows 10! Smile

**thegeek** · 08-04-2021, 06:24 PM

Lewis post_id=2628 time=1617483873 user_id=1064 Wrote:
Mateus Honrado post_id=2625 time=1617483790 user_id=992 Wrote:Back in October 27, 2008, an episode of The Paul O'Grady Show on Channel 4+1 was affected by a technical fault.
https://youtu.be/4YWLsEVTSRM

Did someone mess up the booking again?

the Monday after the last Sunday in October? It's a fairly safe bet that this was a clock change issue. Looks like they tried to cover it up on +1 but something went a bit wrong with that too.

reworP wehttaM · 08-04-2021, 11:58 PM

Nini post_id=3736 time=1617873273 user_id=1140 Wrote:Interesting that the breakdown music was an instrumental version of Central's "Let's Get Together" image promotion from that era.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJpnUVvOCUU

Managed to find a breakdown long enough o play the full (instrumental) version: https://youtu.be/lNzAVn3z-6A

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