[Bluecortina]

Makes me wonder how it wasn't spotted, the fact it wasn't suggests to me that the programme was complete on the tape, just with an outtake left in. Possibly no one actually watched the whole thing through until it went to air like that?

I know in those days VT machines and edit suites were limited resources so it wasn't as easy as now to watch a programme through. Probably one for Bluecortina... what sort of QC or tech review process did programmes go through back then?


One other thing to point out is that the slide for the next programme is a Yorkshire slide for a Yorkshire programme, I assumed that the companies made up their own

Apologies for the late response although I'm afraid I can't really add anything to this. From memory completed programmes were signed off by the producer/director and editor. Viewing what we have here of the original transmission it would seem a simple case of the wrong tape information being supplied and promulgated through the 'system' or a simple mix up or swapping of tapes at some stage. The VT area itself would only have been supplied with the supposed tx copy on the morning of transmission and I can't think of any reason the original studio tape would have been in the area (apart from having inadvertently being put out as a result of a paperwork mixup or inadvertent tape swap). This would have been a fairly simple studio recording and edited in a day some time later in one of the edit suites - then most likely sent off for a sound dub so at what stage it was signed off as a complete tx copy I could not guess. No doubt a complete TX copy did exist - but where was it?

Not sure I understand your last point? As I see it the slide was not branded as a Yorkshire slide and almost certainly a local LWT slide. Even though it has no LWT branding on it, all the transmission areas I worked in had cover slides or captions locally available for all programmes due for transmission and they were supplied at the beginning of each day or weekend.