[720p/50p] ITV Thames | closedown and transmitter shutdown | 25th March 1981

© FREMANTLE MEDIA/THAMES TELEVISION 1981
End of The Caine Mutiny
Adverts
Thames IVC (Philip Elsmore): Slouch Down And Ignore
Thames IVC with weather forecast and closing announcement
Thames optical slides: Thursday evening with "I Fall To Pieces" from Coal Miner's Daughter.
Thames clock (12:49am)
Switch off TV set warning
Black and silence
Loss of sync at 36:40
Transmitter shutdown at 40:20
Adverts:
Mazda 323
John Bullshit Bitter
ThinkElectric
Danish bacon
Bailey's
Bounty
Uncle Ben's

[@naysmith5272]

I think Bognor is on Talking Pictures TV these days. The "Sit up & Listen was poignant it took me by suprise" I not familiar with Sir Geoffrey Jackson 0 He was kidnapped for 8 months in 1971 according to Wikipedia.

[@kengeorgejones6855]

Thanks. Always enjoy seeing these closing talks from various inspirational figures.

[@howtoprod1]

Actually the clock was coming up to 12.51am, because when it fades to black, the minute hand moves when the second hand ticks to full minute.

[@stickytapenrust6869]

The minute hand moves but not a full minute’s distance, more like half a minute’s worth.

[@cashcrop70]

John Bull closed in Romford in 1993, ironically the year I was there.

[@agfagaevart]

Sometimes Hill Street Blues was shown much later, around 11:30pm.

[@markofsaltburn]

The cohhhhhl….. miner’s daughter.