[TIGHazard]

Do you think the TOTP2 previews at the end of the programme will be left in when they start in September? They did leave the Live Aid plug on screen in when they reran 1985 and still showed competitions some 35-40 years after the closing date.

Yes because otherwise it would require remaking the credits, something they didn't do for an episode with a playout from The Doors (which they no longer have copyright to play).

I'm more interested in what they'll do with the 1996 (and 2003+ if we get that far) competitions. It's one thing to leave in addresses to television centre, but a complete other to leave in working phone numbers. I suppose BBC 4 Pres could simply put up a "do not call" message for the 1996 episodes if they can't edit the link, for the 2003 onwards ones they were already exporting it worldwide on BBC Prime and on some of the ex-VT copies online there are re-done links after the credits for this purpose so they could use those versions.

Speaking of things at the end of ex-VT copies, 23-04-04 has the title sequence for Lizzie McGuire after the TOTP end credits and a period of black. Not sure why that is, maybe it was so BBC 1 pres could show it on the screens for CBBC on One? Or was TC9 in control of that?