[Bluecortina]

I know I was talking about the music accompanying the Test Card F rather than the music played alongside Ceefax, but having spoken to my wife again she confirms there was only one quarter inch tape machine. This would reinforce why they had to keep within the one minute max ‘rule’ when changing tapes, this has also been confirmed to me by another ex-BBC POA of the same era. She left the BBC in 1984.

All the ITV Pres control areas I was involved in had a single quarter inch tape deck, a professional EMT turntable and Sonifex audio cart machines. I moved away from that ‘sort of thing’ in the early 90’s so I don’t know what followed.