BBC One Power Failure 30th June 2001
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- The BBC suffered a major power failure around 9.20pm on Saturday 30th June 2001 which knocked all their channels off air. This is a recording from when BBC One came back from black until they rejoined the film that was interrupted, Red Corner.
*Music:*
1:00 and 8:55
Against The Clock - Murray Munro
3:55
The Hit - David Rogers and Paul Shaw
5:53
Reportage - Martin Lawrence
7:54
Inside Track - David Rogers and Paul Shaw (60 second version)
_Literally just found-out about this_
11:20
Inside Track - David Rogers and Paul Shaw (Full version, _although cut-off by the return to programming_ )
5:53 sounds like an news report opening
I was the Network director in BBC One Analogue that evening. Fun times.
lies
Get Reported Liar!
Likecomment Coolness He Is Clearly Lying.
@@titmouse-distribution How can you even tell lmao
I Agreed With GANG SOAK.
The switching was because output was routed to Birmingham while the systems were starting up at TVC. Birmingham could only output 4:3 across the network.
Even for a few secs the music stop,and the text changes...
@@BenceVass11 That "we are sorry for the break in this programme" usually indicates that output from Birmingham's control room is switched to TVC
For all you doubters out there Matt Phelps was the Network Director that night on BBC1 because I was the director on BBC2 !
We were in the NTA which was behind the south lifts in TVC, we both went to pres control to see the editor to find out what had happened as nothing worked, not even the U.P.S. so no emergency lights, someone had cut through the power in Wood Lane outside, The DTA upstairs eventually took over as it was white networking the channels but only had enough power to last about 10 minutes, as Matt said fun times !! TVC R.I.P. it really was the BBC at its best, now its just a shadow of its former self.
In a major outage such as this, how do you manage to put a breakdown slide to air whilst everything else remains kaput?
@@dal1189 There's probably a switcher or a graphics inserter upstream that is separate from all of the other systems - possibly.
I used to work in TV but do not any longer (in Australia, not the UK).
@@fivequackingzephyrs I think you’re correct. I recently saw a video from inside a pres suite that was doing a regional opt out. The breakdown slide was running on a loop as a separate feed in. My guess is that’s generated on something with far quicker start up and systems requirements than the rest of the play out structure allowing this to be put to air whilst everything else falls apart.
the fact that you say someone cut the line is horrifying
@@minihoot what?
im from the us I like the fact that they keep you updated as to progress we don't get that luckey here if theres any voice at all its just a constent loop if were experiencing technical difucalties please stand buy or a channel number slide depending how long it lasts
It would have been nice to hear the occasional "We apologize for the interruption in our programming. Our technical staff, which consists of interns we will not be bringing back next year, has decided to use the movie as a mock crime tape to relive some Law and Order episode. We have kicked the interns out of the controls room and are attempting to wind the film back on the reel. As soon as that is completed, we will resume the movie. Thank you for your patience."
I remember Channel 7 suffered the same problem about 10 years ago. I was watching a program and suddenly the picture went black and my digital TV box came up saying No Service. I decided to try the analogue TV service. The picture was just black. After almost 2 hours the 7 logo was up and you could here a person said We apologise for the inconvenience. The next morning it was all over the news saying Channel 7 Melbourne had suffered a major power outage and the backup system had failed.
The channel 7 and ABC outages always scared me as a child. Actually make that all of them. They were terrifying.
the bbc has so many buildings, that if one falls the others take control of the channel and just keep it on air and stuff till they hear from the im guessing head team of the bbc
Williamg209 You’re right, BBC have a back up network room in the midlands for such a reason.
id expect it to be media city or something but i guess this video was from the 2000s so maybe braodcasting house or if not maybe yeah the midlands
It was the Midlands, probably around Birmingham.
My mum lost all her tv up in the Northeast of England earlier on this week after the transmitter was hit by lightning. For anyone in the UK wondering it was the Bilsdale transmitter. It’s an independent transmitter but also carries BBC and radio.
Back when the BBC had a ton of power failures. 2001 especially.
Fraser Currie Noi italiani ci eravamo abituati...
Its because of WTC, dust goes into the power network and broke it
@@RMSLusitania how the hell can a building destruction many thousands of kilometres away affect it?
@@scythal cuz, wind, but sometimes only
And other reason is.... Since the dust/smoke while wtc is collapsing is big, a dust could make a cloud formation, then fall in the distance.
R.M.S Lusitania it’s actually very unlikely, especially as what happened with the world trade centre took place in September, this power cut happened months before
Well I heard that the Digital Transmission area was taken offline and the analogue one (At the time two separate services) sent either audio or the caption+audio up to Pebble Mill which then transmitted that over network, as was the case for network redundancy.
The change in text certainly indicates Pebble Mill's gallery putting something out, as TVC had these premade and standardised. The washed out colour change as well indicates older equipment.
Digital Satellite actually remained functional. Digital Terrestrial, on the other hand, was blanked-out.
I'm told in this specific power cut it was switching between analogue and digital albeit being routed from TVC's continuity suites via Pebble Mill's gallery B and back out to transmission...
I Like the first tune (, too bad they don't play music like that in technical problems anymore, nowadays, it's just no music or a tune that has "creepy" sounds in the background and that dosn't stop until the problem is over. (I actually like that non-stop nowadays tune, but music that was used in them days are better)
Love the bit at 11:15. It's great how it ties in everything from the first 11 minutes.
This video mainly has 2 red corners and 2 yellow corners.
Coincidence! The movie that was playing was Red Corner!
At least you got good music whilst you waited!
I Love that tune. I'm just disapointed that they don't play it anymore
I'll give them this they have some great music.
For some reason... this breakdowns used to scare me! They didn't happen much but when they did, I was terrified! :s
Hannah S fair enough
not for me because in the tv station i watch there are colourful pictures in the background
I’m in the U.S. Breakdowns or technical difficulties, one of our names for it, used to frighten me something wicked. Even now my normal being goes into “Red Alert! Shields Up!” mode when something goes awry. I won’t go into what I experience when there’s suddenly dead air - no audio, (TV) no video. I expect our Emergency Alert System to come on with news of the most ominous type. “We interrupt our normal program at the request of the White House to participate in the Emergency Alert System”. Pray if you have them, friends. The outlook for the immediate and long term 12:20 is decidedly somewhat less than encouraging.
The BBC suffered a mayor power failure around 9.20pm on Saturday 30th June 2001 which knocked all their channels off air. This is a recording from when BBC One came back from black until they rejoined the film that was interrupted, Red Corner. in the electricity if u play the model play near the electric pylons u will get killed by the wires
That is correct.
Ah, so thats what happened in those 10 minutes of downtime!! In North East and Cumbria at least (thus the 2 minute clip I have), we were out cold for the majority of it and only kicked back in around the 10 minute mark (where the second 16:9 switch above is)
oooh... i live from the NE&C, by any chance do you have a copy of this
Is there always some guy announcing things on standby at BBC? Cool!
Nah mate, it's pre-recorded
+Game Assasin Nah mate, it was live, not prerecorded.
Nah mate, how can you be so sure?
The announcer clearly said the exact situation that was going on and also what programme was on. Who would pre record that?
:I maybe you're right
The song at 5:54 gives me Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games vibes
amongst the best tv of all time
Is there any recordings anywhere of the beginning of the report when the outage happened? All I’ve seen is the news report
I miss these breakdowns, they don't make breakdowns like they use to
tf is that supposed to mean?
i mean there was that power failiure thing last year that knocked out a bunch of channels but generally i think they have better backup systems in place now
Does anyone else think some of the music sounds like it should be on a news programme?
Diane Butler yes
Yes
Especially the one around the 7:00 mark.
Actually would be good for mall music.
Murray Munro's "Against The Clock" if you didn't already know :)
Output from TVC? So you're saying a pre-made card was sent from TVC by fibre channel encoder to Birmingham in 16:9 and Birmingham was the relay point to all other transmitting points and could only encode in 4:3. Is that correct?
Yep. That's correct
Before MediaCityUK, Birmingham must have been the other TVC.
What a lot of people watching a video about a power failure.
I heard many times that Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham would shoulder the network in case Television Centre lost power...
No, that was where programming got routed to Birmingham and Birmingham didn't have the capability to broadcast widescreen.
the card changing and the music stopping was because Birmingham was being handed control
BBC One Power Failure 30th June 2001
James Pipe why did you comment the vid title
The BBC One balloon from 1997 is dead, and I hope they revive it.
TV Forum, can you please tell me the titles of the soundtracks in this video?
peel p50 Against the Clock by Murray Munro and The Hit by David Rogers and Paul Shaw are a couple. I dunno the others.
at least there's music...
the second announcer isn't andy taylor, it's delroy haynes!
0:59 I love against the clock it reminds me of Martin Lomax. Yes Parking attendant's music
Am I the only one who comes here for the awesome music
BBC had a lot of breakdowns even during CBBC but at least if CBBC can't return to a programme then stand by programmes will be shown this happened once during Dick and Dom in da Bungalow the show was on BBC1 and the CBBC Channel it was taken off the air just before Creamy Muck Muck this resulted in the programme not being rebroadcast between 1pm until 4pm so stand by programmes had to be shown to fill up the time
I was born that evening. Fun times.
Happy 20th Birthday!
@@rogerdarthwell5393 Thank you !
@@mariusbera76 No worries, I hope you had a good one
2:27 aspect ratio change
If I remember correctly, this is because broadcasting was transferred to the Birmingham studios while waiting for systems at TVC to power up. At the time, the Birmingham studio could only transmit in 4:3.
Correct.
@@Electrex8 and I'm guessing the Birmingham studio had different text for the breakdown screen.
4:40 what's the song
Wow, many thanks.
delroy haynes. wasn't he the guy who told us about the Lambing Live breakdown in 2011
Kenneth McCrindle Possibly
Interesting piece of history
No, it was a switch between 4th floor DTA and 2nd floor NTA outputs. Analogue and Digital
May I please ask, TV Forum, who does the voice-over in this video?
Your first announcer is Dan Austin.
The second announcer is Delroy Haynes.
Correct
Hi everyone, wondering who the continuity announcers are, sounds like the first one could be Phil Vowels or Dan Austin, no idea on the second one
Their voices are quite similar, but it is Dan Austin.
First announcer *Digital* : Phil Vowels
Second announcer *Analog* : Delroy Haynes
Whats the first bit of music? Library music?
3:55 also reminds me of a CBBC show music. but what is it called?
newsround ?
Ah. I think I know what you're talking about. You're talking about the gameshow '50:50'.
The music is called 'The hit' by David Rogers and Paul Shaw.
Alex might be right, it does sound 50/50ish
What's the 1st song playing?
Update its Against the clock.
Thanks, I already figured that out.
Against the clock
9 years before I was born I am not joking
I was only 6 years old when it happened I was asleep. Where were you when it happened and do you remember watching Red Corner before it went off
Against The Clock - Murray Munro.
I think in the present day the pre-made card could now be made in London rather than Birmingham, especially in 2022.
Uploaded on Mar 31, 2016
James Pipe wow really?
yep, thanks for letting us know.
It wasn't lmao, it was uploaded on Apr 7, 2011
Against The Clock - Murray Munro
I miss your website 😢
I like the music also.
I remember the third theme from a CBBC show but what was it?
Red Corner starred Richard Gere
Can someone tell me what the music is please?
Whats the music from 3:58 ?
The old BBC One had a no signal due to a power failure or a Severe high windsAnd the music keeps going on
i want to see the bbc knowledge breakdown
It is unknown if such a slide existed.
What’s with the switch from 16:9 to 4:3 earlier in the video?
Abraham Ybañez
I believe that the 16:9 part is recorded from the digital feed, when the recording ended, the video switched to the analog feed which is 4:3.
I wish I could see all the stuff onscreen you're all talking about. Anyone want to put up text of what happens when? help a curious blind girl out? It's Nice to hear those continuity announcers too. Good memories.
@SquidSurge👾 Thanks very much Squid, very helpful.
The video starts with a black screen, with occasional flickers of analogue noise, before fading on to a breakdown slide. The background is orange and yellow - alluding to the BBC One branding of the time, which featured a hot air balloon that looked like an orange and yellow globe. Black bars letterbox the slide, as it is in 16:9 aspect ratio. The slide caption reads “We apologize for the interruption and hope to restore the programme as soon as possible.”
At 2:29, the screen flickers, and the aspect ratio changes to 4:3 with the same background design. The caption now reads “We are sorry for the break in this programme and are trying to correct the fault.”
While the average viewer wouldn’t know it, this slight change indicates that network playout has been changed from Television Centre in London to Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham, which was designed to backup TVC in an emergency like this one. Pebble Mill was a major studio in its own right, but could only output 4:3 video to the network - ironic, as the studios were also host to the BBC’s first fully digital 16:9 studio.
At 9:30, the output switches to the first 16:9 slide, meaning output has returned to Television Center, before switching back to the 4:3 slide for the rest of the video. Its unclear if the switch back was in fact a switch back to Birmingham for playout, or merely a switch within Television Center from using the 16:9 digital playout for analog playout as well before going to seperate analog/digital playout formats as was usual.
@@kilodeltaeight when the 1st breakdown slide appears it’s in 16:9 which is significant because when the image switches back to 4:3 from 16:9, in the 2nd aspect ratio switch, not only does the text change again but when red corner returns, the movie is 16:9 widescreen yet it is also cropped to 4:3 instead of it being letterboxed in a 4:3 frame, which most likely indicates that control was passed back to Birmingham while everything fell apart at TVC
The first announcer on this breakdown is Phil Vowels.
+Tristans Krums Actually I think that was Dan Austin
20 years ago today
before it's 16:9 but then it turns into 4:3
@superzamo the 2nd announcer is Andy Taylor
Is there some 1 who is warched that Red Corner movie? It was good or poor?
What's the second track? Funky!
The Hit, its from a game show called 50:50
What is the name of the first song?
Murray Mureno: against the clock
I can imagine Squidward dancing to this from Spongebob 😂😂😂
Eurosport's Grand Prix Weekend Ending Theme Tune 07:54 - 08:54
5:54 Martin Lawrence - Reportage
Just imagine what those schlemiels who bet on the race went through when the technical glitch happened. 😲
música from 05:52 what is the name of the song
Against the Clock
Martin Lawrence - Reportage
The Movie Is Red Corner.
I think Red Corner is a great film.
20 years on…
Want to make the video 16:9 widescreen just edit video and put yt:crop=16:9
Put it in tags
Or put yt:stretch=16:9 they both work just crop cuts out sometimes but stretch well basically what it says just put that in the tags and job done
I Thought DSR Would Use This.
5:08 for some early 90's cheese!!! brilliant!!!
Why is the first part in Widescreen
Because some output facilities didn't have the capacity to broadcast in 16:9 at the time. According to the comments here the output is coming from Birmingham when it's in 4:3 full screen, with old equipment.
Taken From Family Guy: Fore Father (August 1st, 2000) In May 2003 On BBC One.
2:28
9:28
9:55
Funny when BBC1 is off the air this early at night, London time!!!
1:02
at least they tries to entertain us
7:16 9:03 10:24 12:03
The announcement at the end of the movie:
ruclips.net/video/ZPlbVro8N6s/видео.html
Going from terrestrial to Digital maybe?
Nope. 16:9 (London) to 4:3 (Birmingham).
Classic analogue TV 😂😂
That's the same as 2000
Yeah. But this time it happened during a film. The film featured is 'Red Corner'.
Alexander Edoh
The Fault Slide is, but 2000 was during the BBC News. 2001 was during a film, Red Corner to be exact
any video
thats bbc
What tracks are played in this?
killer tracks.
ok
8:26 Those string synths sound a bit like the ones in Zelda on the SNES.
Negli anni '90 France 2 poteva ancora trasmettere in chiaro in Italia e una volta ci fu un black out come questo e dovettero riprendere le trasmissioni col gruppo elettrogeno... ruclips.net/video/Ge1wTprfKhU/видео.html