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Est 1999. Broadcast news, opinion, bloopers, insider info, archive clips, talent profiles, graphic design, marketing, studios, transmitters, playout and teletext. Website: thetvroom.com Forum: pres.cafe Member: tvpres.com

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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 29/09/2026
🟦 CLEAN FEED | Mocks 1/2 | Martin Anderson has produced an evolution of the existing BBC News globe branding. >> CLIP: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zd1...
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BBC News 2026 Refresh mock - Titles examples
YouTube video by Martin Anderson
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 28/09/2026
Carly responded to a Bluesky post two years ago when I was in a panic and needed someone to do some really basic photoshop. Instead she came up with illustrations that shaped how the publication looked. Do send her more work if you need actual talented human illustration.
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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 27/09/2026
🟫 We're saddened to learn of the death of broadcast historian and former STV and BBC Scotland TV announcer, Tony Currie. Tony died on 26th September at his home on the Isle of Lismore.
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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 26/09/2026
🟦 CLEAN FEED | Gradually becoming a regular occurrence. Earlier bedtimes for BBC One. But in an age of on-demand and a wealth of other options - not to mention, reduced BBC funding - this seems a sensible direction of travel.
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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 26/09/2026
🟪 TX | Weather | The Met Office is predicting strong winds on Tue/Wed next week as a result of an extremely deep Low in the Atlantic. Track of the Low still uncertain but the worst of the winds currently expected out at sea. Possible disruption to mast-based TV/radio services.
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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 25/09/2026
🟦 CLEAN FEED | @TheGNShow is back for a new season... ...and so are the opening titles and set. Granted there have been some tweaks to both since the first show in 2007...but still...what a run! @jumpdesign.bsky.social
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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 24/09/2026
🟦 CLEAN FEED | A snippet from tonight's Shipping Forecast...complete with insuppressible yawn. 😂
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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 25/09/2026
🟦 CLEAN FEED | Some BBC TV channels and radio stations 'may well' have to close, director general says. BBC DG: "The tight financial situation means that we're having to look at some of those decisions a bit sooner than we might like." >> Via BBC News: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Some BBC channels and radio stations 'may well' have to close, director general says
The BBC's financial situation "may well mean" some channels and stations close, Matt Brittin says.
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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 25/09/2026
🟥 REWIND | YT Clip | The evening news on BBC Two from September 1978, the presentation of which looks like something more at home on North Korean TV. >> CLIP: www.youtube.com/watch?v=srLc...
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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 24/09/2026
🟦 CLEAN FEED | Edging ever closer to BBC Radio 5 Live London, BBC Radio 5 Live Manchester etc etc...
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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 24/09/2026
🟦 CLEAN FEED | BBC Wales cuts 1/2: - 45 jobs to go, inc 20 from News (2 compulsory redundancies) - 20 fewer hours of commissioned TV - Radio Wales: Lynn Bowles and live weather forecasts axed - Radio Cymru: Dros Ginio, Ar y Marc, Dros Frecwast (Saturday) axed
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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 24/09/2026
🟦 CLEAN FEED | Play School: "The iconic and ground-breaking pre-school show that helped define children's television is set to return for a new generation as BBC Children's & Education invites producers to pitch for a reboot on CBeebies." >> BBC Press: www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...
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CBeebies launches Parenting Promise as Play School returns for a new generation
CBeebies strengthens its support for families with a new commitment to trusted, high-quality children’s content
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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 24/09/2026
🟦 CLEAN FEED | 5 to launch dedicated drama channel - 5Drama. >> Via Paramount Press: www.paramount-mediahub.co.uk/press-releas...
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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 24/09/2026
🟦 CLEAN FEED | A snippet from tonight's Shipping Forecast...complete with insuppressible yawn. 😂
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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 23/09/2026
🟩 TELETEXT | #NationalTeletextDay 3/3 | A reminder that teletext lives. A huge archive of pages from Ceefax, Oracle, Teletext (Ltd), 4-Tel and a variety of international services. - THE TELETEXT ARCHIVE: teletextarchive.com
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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 23/09/2026
🟩 TELETEXT | #NationalTeletextDay 2/3 | A reminder that teletext lives. There's also: - NMS CEEFAX: webfax.thetvroom.com/teletext-vie... - CHUNKYTEXT: webfax.thetvroom.com/teletext-vie... - TEEFAX: webfax.thetvroom.com/teletext-vie...
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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 23/09/2026
🟩 TELETEXT | #NationalTeletextDay 1/3 | A reminder that teletext lives: The TV Room's own teletext services - Webfax 1 and Webfax 2 - updated throughout the day: - WEBFAX 1: webfax.thetvroom.com/teletext-vie... - WEBFAX 2: webfax.thetvroom.com/teletext-vie...
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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 23/09/2026
🟦 CLEAN FEED | BBC Sport cuts: - BBC News channel: remaining sports bulletins to be cancelled. - Compulsory redundancies required as voluntary programme did not meet numbers required. More cuts announcements are expected across other depts in the coming days.
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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 21/09/2026
🟦 No idea where that Wikipedia image has come from - presumably some mocked up nonsense. You're right - the 'BBC RADIO' element should not be laid out like that. The official version for this year's event:
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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 21/09/2026
🟦 CLEAN FEED | CNN, MS NOW and Politico file lawsuit against Trump's White House ban. >> Via BBC News: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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CNN, MS NOW and Politico file lawsuit against Trump's White House ban
Major US networks later suspended White House TV coverage of Trump as he heads to New York for the UN summit.
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Nathan Dane @nmsni.co.uk · 20/09/2026
The channel move is all well & good, but they've dropped the quality of most channels on that multiplex to make them fit. Is this the beginning of a DAB style "race to the bottom" with the bitrate? And anyway, why are +1 channels still a thing, shouldn't they be the first to sod off...
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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 20/09/2026
🟪 TX | On This Day 1988 | The BBC launches Radio Data System from a number of transmitter sites. Radio receivers equipped with RDS capability could: - Display the radio station name; - Retune to a transmitter with a stronger signal; - Autotune to traffic bulletins; - Display accurate time/date.
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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 20/09/2026
🟦 CLEAN FEED | Opinion | Has Burnham poured cold water on 2034 Freeview switch-off plan?. >> ARTICLE: cleanfeed.thetvroom.com/24254/opinio...
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Has Burnham poured cold water on 2034 Freeview switch-off plan? - Clean Feed
Is the prospect of Freeview being switched off in 2034 receding?
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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 20/09/2026
🟦 CLEAN FEED | Opinion | Has Burnham poured cold water on 2034 Freeview switch-off plan?. >> ARTICLE: cleanfeed.thetvroom.com/24254/opinio...
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Has Burnham poured cold water on 2034 Freeview switch-off plan? - Clean Feed
Is the prospect of Freeview being switched off in 2034 receding?
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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 19/09/2026
🟦 CLEAN FEED | When you create a new version of your logo that to most people looks much like your old logo... ...and you have no brand governance... ...this will keep happening. 1997 - 2021 BBC logo still appearing on new productions.
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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 19/09/2026
🟩 CEEFAX | On This Day 1988 | Ceefax begins testing extra teletext lines in the VBI. Ultimately, this additional capacity would help accommodate the expanded service which would launch in November the following year. > ARCHIVE TELETEXT: teletextarchive.com
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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 19/09/2026
🟦 CLEAN FEED | In the latest edition of BBC Newswatch, Director of Live and Daily News, John McAndrew responds to criticism about Newsnight's move to a 7pm slot on Fridays. >> PROGRAMME LINK: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 18/09/2026
🟩 TELETEXT | On This Day 1995 | Aertel reports that a consortium with plans to create a third national Irish TV channel will meet with the IRTC to discuss further. The venture would be a partnership with UTV. > Recovery: Adrian Burke > teletextarchive.com
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Mr Benn @thebowlerhatman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Here is the full packaging for the upcoming Mr Benn dvd release. All the cartoons have been restored & look Fabulous. There are loads of extras, including a cd of Mr Benn - The Music. We hope you love it!! Please pass the word...
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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 16/09/2026
🟦 CLEAN FEED | Looks as though ITV 2+1, ITV 4+1, E4 Extra and Film4+1 have quietly moved to the D3/4 multiplex meaning these channels are now available on Freeview Light. Though no mention of it in the official list of updates on the Freeview site.
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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 16/09/2026
🟦 CLEAN FEED | Looks as though ITV 2+1, ITV 4+1, E4 Extra and Film4+1 have quietly moved to the D3/4 multiplex meaning these channels are now available on Freeview Light. Though no mention of it in the official list of updates on the Freeview site.
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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 16/09/2026
🟦 Lazy construction of metadata in online tools/platforms certainly has not helped. On-demand services such as BBCiPlayer - where you have, for example, Newsnight and daily BBC One news programmes referenced as "episodes".
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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 16/09/2026
🟦 "Episodes"?!? Does Newsnight have a plotline? Is it a story, broken up into units of narrative??? It's a live, reactive, current affairs programme. And each programme is an "edition".
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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 15/09/2026
🟦 CLEAN FEED | And this is the initial update we referenced (launched at 8.30am). A new sting and audio bed for the headline sequences, with accompanying visual on the screen in the newsroom behind Studio E.
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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 14/09/2026
🟦 CLEAN FEED | Implementation of further presentation changes will be fragmented. A small update may follow this week.
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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 13/09/2026
🟥 REWIND | Feature | Past BBC cuts: the demise of English regional continuity. >> ARTICLE: rewind.thetvroom.com/53308/featur...
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Past BBC cuts: the demise of English regional continuity - Rewind
While all of us who care about the BBC worry about its current problems, this week provides a chance to reflect on a previous round of cuts.
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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 13/09/2026
🟥 REWIND | Feature | Past BBC cuts: the demise of English regional continuity. >> ARTICLE: rewind.thetvroom.com/53308/featur...
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Past BBC cuts: the demise of English regional continuity - Rewind
While all of us who care about the BBC worry about its current problems, this week provides a chance to reflect on a previous round of cuts.
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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 12/09/2026
🟦 CLEAN FEED | Some viewer feedback about recent BBC Breakfast graphics changes on this week's Newswatch (now available on iPlayer - link below). A "BBC spokesperson" provided this response regarding viewer feedback:
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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 11/09/2026
🟩 TELETEXT | On This Day 2001 | From @iancarterim.bsky.social's X account:
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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 11/09/2026
🟫 SHOWREEL | On This Day 1988 | Presenters Sarah Greene and Mike Smith recovering in hospital after a helicopter accident. >> ARCHIVE TELETEXT: teletextarchive.com
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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 10/09/2026
🟥 REWIND | YT Clip | Rare footage of early 1980s BBC One Northern Ireland continuity featuring Linda Wray on announcing duties. Courtesy of Kaleidoscope. >> CLIP: www.youtube.com/watch?v=X03Z...
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10 09 1981 BBC1 The Defence of the United States Nine O' Clock News
YouTube video by Kaleidoscope's Presentation Vault
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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 09/09/2026
🟦 CLEAN FEED | Speaking to BBC Radio 4's The Media Show, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy says a new funding deal for the BBC is coming - but doesn't confirm funding model - and the upcoming charter renewal will be the last of its kind. >> PROG IN FULL: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 09/09/2026
🟦 CLEAN FEED | Channel 4 to cut 340 roles (28% of workforce) by year end. >> Via C4 Press: www.channel4.com/press/news/c...
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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 08/09/2026
🟦 CLEAN FEED | BBC director-general Matt Brittin confirms broadcast unions have rejected a new average pay increase of 2.1% (improved from 1%). No official comment yet from broadcast unions.
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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 08/09/2026
🟦 CLEAN FEED | Frank Spencer back freelancing for BBC News...
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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 07/09/2026
🟩 TELETEXT | Somehow, BBC Wales wangled a regional news service on Ceefax from c. spring 1988 (exact date yet to be determined). Northern Ireland, Scotland and the English regions would have to wait until *1997*, by which time the internet was lurking and waiting to zap the life out of teletext.
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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 07/09/2026
🟦 CLEAN FEED | Further playout issues on 5 tonight. We've been contacted by a number of people saying the edition of Police Interceptors scheduled for 8pm has been restarted a number of times.
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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 07/09/2026
🟦 CLEAN FEED | The film United 93 was apparently stopped and started from the beginning at around 11.15pm. This seemed to be about to happen just as our recording ended. But thanks to @philipmartin21 for the update on this.
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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 07/09/2026
🟦 CLEAN FEED | Yet more playout issues around live snooker on 5. Snooker overran. Coverage ended 11.10pm, stuck on the endboard for over a minute before crashing into their film, United 93 - which was already in progress. Did they start it in the background at 11.05pm anyway?
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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 06/09/2026
🟩 TELETEXT | On This Day 1986 | Introducing the BBC Master Compact. Ceefax reports on a new low-price version of the BBC Master Microcomputer. >> ARCHIVE TELETEXT: teletextarchive.com
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