100 Years of the BBC

[RDJ]

2022 marks the year the BBC marks it’s centenary.

A video and new website have just been released, the video which contains a bit of a remix of some familiar music.

https://twitter.com/BBCArchive/status/14...03331?s=20

The website goes into a lot of details on the BBC’s past with 100 objects, faces and voices along with a full year-by-year timeline.

Www.bbc.co.uk/100

And obviously as the year goes on there’ll be lots more regarding the centenary including what’s going to be used on air later in the year.

[Lyric W.]

That remix is the "Asia Promo Bed", for anyone curious.

[Spencer]

The use of the BBC News music on the promo would suggest they’re probably not going to be getting rid of it in the forthcoming rebrand.

[JetixFann450]

There's some insanely good quality footage of the BBC Three launch here too.

[dbl]

I don't think I've seen a Batwings era junction before
https://canvas-story.bbcrewind.co.uk/100...sttvident/

The junction pace is much slower (as expected) but interesting

[BillyH]

That's an interesting clip as it was says it done for internal use and not broadcast, to show executives an example of typical presentation on screen - presumably the reason it survives today. The rather nervous weatherman stuttering over his script (a real weatherman or just a random staff member filling in?) is amusing.

The boxing match and play mentioned by the announcer are both real and took place in August 1956, although on different days - though despite what the announcer states (presumably as a joke) former US president Harry Truman was not involved in it.

[Blubatt]

'Whips, Thongs, Fascist Imagery'

I get the last one, but clearly the man who reviewed the Bat's Wings has some very bizarre ideas on the world of kink. :o

[James2001]

That page says that the first Comic Relief was in 1991, which isn't true- that was the third red nose day, there'd been previous ones in 1988 and 89. Plus 86 if you count the pre-recorded theatre show that went out that year.

[VMPhil]

I don't think I've seen a Batwings era junction before
https://canvas-story.bbcrewind.co.uk/100...sttvident/

The junction pace is much slower (as expected) but interesting

That clip has been posted online before by the BBC, I'm certain - it used to say it was done because the launch of ITV had made them re-think how presentation should be done.

[Rick]

The 100 pages are interesting to say the least.

They use the upcoming logo for BBC 3 (which hasn't even debuted on screen yet!) instead of the logo for 2003 when it launched.

Programme description text for some shows have grammatical, spelling or factual errors and for one show it states information that comes across as replying to a viewer complaint rather than give information about the show.

Also, apparently nothing of note happened in 2014 apart form one TV show I've never heard of being the big comedy hit that made it stand out from all other BBC content that year. Fair enough...

[Worzel]

I hope we get to see the BBC Coat of Arms used in some form or another.

[VMPhil]

Also, apparently nothing of note happened in 2014 apart form one TV show I've never heard of being the big comedy hit that made it stand out from all other BBC content that year. Fair enough...

That would be Detectorists which won a BAFTA and a Rose d'Or? Not a big BBC Four viewer I assume.

[Inspector Sands]

I don't think I've seen a Batwings era junction before
https://canvas-story.bbcrewind.co.uk/100...sttvident/

The junction pace is much slower (as expected) but interesting

As mentioned that is a test recording to see how it looked.

I think I'm right in saying that the only example of it being used on air that exists is the famous clip of the warning for 'viewers of a nervous disposition' before an episode of Quatermass.

https://youtu.be/UTfjPM-Q4k8

IIRC the Bat's Wing symbols weren't used for very log at all

[Inspector Sands]

Also, apparently nothing of note happened in 2014 apart form one TV show I've never heard of being the big comedy hit that made it stand out from all other BBC content that year. Fair enough...

That would be Detectorists which won a BAFTA and a Rose d'Or? Not a big BBC Four viewer I assume.

It is an odd choice, but presumably some years have more happening in them than others.

[JAS84]

The 100 pages are interesting to say the least.

They use the upcoming logo for BBC 3 (which hasn't even debuted on screen yet!) instead of the logo for 2003 when it launched.

It has debuted on screen, on their post-News at Ten slot on BBC One.

It just looks odd because the version the BBC 100 site used is black instead of pink!