Thames News reporting on the Holborn Tube crash. I wonder if the studio setup with the presenters in front of a keyed background was the inspiration for the news bulletins in Not The Nine O'Clock News.
Facinating-Thanks for sharing!I was only twelve-years-old at the time so I wasn't interested in local news but I do watch both channels now.Also the adverts for the programmes,especially that film Baby Love.I don't think they would show that film on ITV now because the age of the character of the girl in the bed is meant to be fifteen!!!!!!!
The tv graphics state of the art at the time my kids thought they were drawn by hand and laughed at it ...also did anyone notice how smokey and cloudy the race car garage was and the advert for the lorry turning left and the mini going under it there was actually a driver in the mini health and safety today would be gabbing there chests shouting oh my god stopp filming instantly theres to many bloody leaves around what good memories even though i was only 8yrs old thanks for reminding me that im now old and crusty as my children say !!!!!thanks for the upload im now going to watch the others
“The 13.17 train from Liverpool Street to White City (T10) was standing in the westbound platform at Holborn while the motorman and guard closed a set of faulty doors and returned to their positions. Just as they reached them, the 12.49 train from Hainault to Ealing Broadway (T66) which had passed two signals at Danger and had been tripped resulting in an emergency brake application, entered the station at about 12 mile/h and collided heavily with the rear of T10. The emergency services were called at 13.32 and arrived at the scene of the accident between 13.39 and 13.48. The motorman of T66 and 20 passengers were evacuated to hospital with minor injuries although only the motorman and one passenger were detained for one night."
Wow, this is a real find. Just for the record, the crash was caused by the driver of the Central Line train passing signals at danger while being distracted - but the emergency braking system did operate and greatly reduce the speed of the train up to the point of collision.
I turned 17 on this date in 1980 and was a messenger in the Post Office at Finsbury Circus but I don't remember the train crash at all the only one I remember was at Moorgate but think that was in the 70's
the presenter, RITA CARTER, used to get together with her sometime co-host Andrew Gardner and BULLY, without mercy, the new and rather camp weather man...FRANCIS WILSON!. IT was both (shamefully)funny to watch and AGONISING to see him belittled by them. I think he went on to Sky many years later.Whatever happened to Rita...I've no idea.
BOTH Carter AND Gardner would regularly mock his mannerisms and rather camp presentation. It was BLATENT!. I admit part of me sniggered but at the same time it was rather cruel.True, in this particular clip, Rita is polite but her baiting of him occurred in several episodes.I seem to remember a mimic (Rory Bremner?) who would also ape Wilson's seemingly camp/laid back approach to the forecast after he moved to sky.In reality, I learn he is HIGHLY respected and quite a master of his subject!.
