04-07-2021, 04:39 PM
Si-Co post_id=25719 time= user_id=1388 Wrote:Markymark post_id=25676 time= user_id=1078 Wrote:How did you deduce the apparent line switch was at 09:15:35, back timing from the schools clock starting at 09:29:00?
Yes - working backwards from there, Engineering Announcements also started at precisely 09:17.
Markymark post_id=25676 time= user_id=1078 Wrote:That's not to say the 09:25 switch didn't ever go wrong!
https://youtu.be/AJExDkOJC0g
There’s been a bit of debate as to whether that recording is genuine. Normally the Granada “ident” would wipe to/reveal a still Granada caption, which didn’t happen here, hence a premature cut to Colin Weston. That’s enough to leave Colin looking surprised, and his joke “It’s me, you see!” would still make sense. What we don’t know is whether someone played around and added the TVS audio onto it later - and we never will know. Why would TVS (in sound or vision) be fed to Quay Street? There were no TVS programmes scheduled that morning (and possibly none at all that day).
I obviously don’t know anything about the veracity of this clip but GPO/BT circuits were switched as required for a forthcoming event not to get rid of previous events. Is it possible TVS was incoming to Granada from a previous booking and was simply left there - even perhaps from the day before? A large company like Granada would likely have a number of incoming circuits available at any given time, one perhaps that Anthony David might be able to give more info about?
Each circuit switch was chargeable so the IBA/ITV companies tried to limit the number of switches throughout the day to keep costs down.