BBC1 closedown - 04/05/1981 

Just as a neat curio: this was found at the end of a rental VHS copy of the Bollywood film Neel Kamal! There are cool things hidden in every corner :)

Patrick Troughton voicing the PIF. "You might as well set a mantrap!" Wonderful stuff.

The spinning globe of BBC1 always reminds me of the "programming news" sketches of Monty Python.

720p in 1981? Right congrats, you earnt a new subscriber

I used try and these Public information films before I go to bed

God save our gracious Queen Long live our noble Queen God Save the Queen Send her victorious Happy and glorious Long to reign over us God Save The Queen!

Your Announcer is Bruce Hamal

2:20 now part with Department of Health and Social Care (formerly Department of Health and Social Security)🙏🙏🙏🙏.

It shows how un PC things were on BBC 1 in 1981 when one of the highlights of the evening was a contest to find who would be a contestant in Miss Europe. Also if Benny Hill had a new show on ITV at 8.00, 20 million people would be roaring their heads off at him being chased by young women.

shouldnt laugh but when he says the man had only just come back from hospital i couldnt help myself

After watching that Public Information Film, the only logical conclusion to come to is that housework is dangerous and potentially deadly. Therefore, I will be avoiding it as much as possible. ⚠️⚠️⚠️💀💀💀

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Time 00:00 Date 4th may 1981 early hours of 5th may 1981

p.i.f A man putting the kettle on Aye right what are the odds on that? Will it fit him?

And to think you've only just come from the hospital

Well, at least it wasn't the baby

wonderful, what has happened to my beloved british isles?

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