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Test Cards

Timeline: 2022 Week 19

10th May 2022 in Timeline By The Clean Feed Team

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Timeline: 2022 Week 3

17th January 2022 in Timeline By The Clean Feed Team

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Test card and tone – a window into the bleak world of the 70s

28th February 2021 in Opinion By Andrew Nairn

Occasionally inconsequential things offer a window into another world and another time. Last year I …

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1982 BBC business programme provides useful insights into the launch of Channel 4

8th February 2021 in Opinion By Andrew Nairn

A report from BBC Two’s financial series The Money Programme provides a great insight into the …

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Too much nostalgia can be a bad thing

12th August 2020 in Opinion By Andrew Nairn

History is the story of who we are and how we became who we are. Nostalgia is simply the yearning …

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No trade test on Sundays

10th June 2020 in PresWatch By Andrew Nairn

Occasionally an old clip of what was once unremarkable everyday television provides a gateway into …

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How did TCF become such an iconic BBC image?

26th May 2020 in Features By Andrew Nairn

It is an iconic BBC image – part of the brand heritage and as much a statement of the BBC …

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The history of the BBC trade test transmission (part 1/4)

24th May 2020 in Features By The Clean Feed Team

This page contains examples of the various tuning signals and test cards used on BBC Television …

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The history of the BBC trade test transmission (part 2/4)

24th May 2020 in Features By The Clean Feed Team

Our history of the BBC trade test transmission continues.

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The history of the BBC trade test transmission (part 3/4)

24th May 2020 in Features By The Clean Feed Team

Our history of the BBC trade test transmission continues.

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The history of the BBC trade test transmission (part 4/4)

24th May 2020 in Features By The Clean Feed Team

Our history of the BBC trade test transmission concludes.

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Early in-vision teletext in Ireland

10th May 2020 in Features By The Clean Feed Team

Until the late-1980s, the test card filled most of the daytime hours on RTÉ One and RTÉ Two. Until …

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