31-08-2022, 05:50 PM
(29-08-2022, 08:55 PM)Clean Feed Wrote: A minor blip here but a nice insight into one aspect of the continuity announcer's role on BBC One/Two pre-June 1995.
Back then, the network announcer would often put slides and the channel ident/clock to air, via a dedicated desk in the continuity suite (they also cued the programmes outside of peak hours).
Network control looked after trails and programmes and put the continuity desk to air when the announcer had something to say.
When programme trails were running, the announcer would put up an appropriate programme slide on their desk, just in case the trail failed - Network Control could then quickly cut to the continuity desk output and let the announcer take over.
Right at the start of this clip, we see a trail for a film come to an end. The announcer has forgotten to put the clock up on the desk (to introduce the news). Instead, when the con desk is put to air by network control, we see a back-up slide for the film.
I'm sure I've seen an example of a trail falling off air and the announcer doing something over a slide. I want to say something to do with show jumping or maybe the Radio Times trail.
I guess having the slides on hand was convenient for the timings, a planned 30 second trail can become a 10 second slide to get things back on time.