Channel 4
Channel Four Mistake1984
The blocks disappear and then we have a few seconds of blank before a recovery is made using a holding slide.
Channel Four Mistake1989
This mistake comes 50 seconds after the end of transmission and 10 seconds before the testcard was due to appear. They brought in the test card early to recover from the fault rather than keeping the VT clock onscreen to give us all a countdown until the nightly closedown appearance of ETP-1.
Channel Four News1989
Listen to this clip through headphones, turn the volume up and you'll hear the gallery say at the beginning of the clip "small problem" and "ok Sally we have some issues". Listen again at 1:18 and you'll hear "and cue..." as our announcer tells us that we'll be joining C4 News "in about 2 minutes". In the mean time, lets listen to the variation of the Channel 4 tune.
Temporary Fault2003
That Graham Norton, always causing trouble! Here, a more informative announcer apologises for the fault.