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BBC Midlands
1968 The BBC in the Midlands from 1968

Click for larger image BBC1 Midlands Continuity
1978 Click for larger image A quick reminder of whats on BBC2 before linking into the news with Kenneth Kendal.

Click for larger image BBC1 Midlands Closedown
1979 A rare treat here from BBC1 Midlands.  In this clip, we see a young Alistair Yates reading a full local news bulletin, and then go through the motions of putting to bed, and tucking in, the days output from Pebble Mill.
 
(Clip recorded by Chris Howles)
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Click for larger image BBC1 Midlands
21.04.1981 Our second rare treat from BBC1 Midlands features a full regional link plus the full afternoon news bulletin. The clip includes 58 seconds of the BBC1 Midlands clock. BBC1 had been showing a programme in Welsh which is why we see the children's programme rundown ahead of the news bulletin, rather than test card F.
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BBC1 Midlands
1981 The classic mirror globe from 1981

BBC1 Midlands
1984 The revised BBC 1 font and a stylised Midlands from 1984.

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1985 Click for larger image The BBC 1 COW from the BBC in the Midlands.

BBC1 Midlands
1997 A computer generated example from 1997.

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1997 Click for larger image BBC One Balloon for the Midlands

BBC One Midlands
2001 The BBC ONE balloon, Midlands style.

BBC One Midlands (Christmas)
2002 The Christmas 2002 ident from BBC One in the Midlands.

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