General information
If you have any VHS tapes that you no longer have any use for, that contain TV recordings from the 1970s, 1980s or 1990s - rather than binning them, send them to us!
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There are a number of items that we'd be particularly interested in acquiring. If you can provide footage of any of the material listed below, we'd like to hear from you.
BBC One regional news programmes
ALL REGIONS Any footage of news programmes pre-2002.
BBC One Scotland on BBC One Northern Ireland in the 1970s and 1980s
SUMMER CHILDREN'S PROGRAMMES During the summer months, schools in Scotland and Northern Ireland would take their summer break weeks ahead of schools in England and Wales. During July, BBC Scotland would broadcast an early-morning schedule of children's programming on BBC One, which was relayed to viewers in Northern Ireland, complete with BBC Scotland branding. We'd like to hear from anyone who has any recordings of these junctions.
BBC One/BBC Two Christmas continuity
NETWORK Any footage of festive continuity, featuring Christmas idents - particularly from the 1960s and 1970s.
SCOTLAND AND WALES During the 1970s and 1980s, BBC Scotland and BBC Wales had their own alternatives to the Network Christmas symbols. If you have any footage of these idents, we'd like to hear from you.
ITV regional news programmes
ALL REGIONS Any footage of news programmes pre-2002.
ITV regional continuity
ALL REGIONS Any footage of regional continuity from the 1950s to the early-2000s, particularly in-vision continuity. We're also on the lookout for station start-ups and closedowns - particularly from Ulster Television, TSW, TVS, Central, Thames and Tyne Tees.
Sky continuity/news programmes
SKY NEWS Any recordings of Sky News from 1989 to 2004.
SKY SPORTS Any footage of channel presentation from the 1990s and early-2000s.
OTHER SKY CHANNELS Recordings of continuity from the 1990s and early-2000s.
RTÉ One and RTÉ Two continuity/news programmes
NEWS Any recordings of news programmes from the 1960s to the late-1990s.
CONTINUITY Any footage of continuity/promotional trails from the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s or 1990s.
T na G/TG 4 continuity/news programmes
NEWS Any recordings of news programmes - particularly from the 1996 - 2000 period.
CONTINUITY Any footage of continuity/promotional trails from the 1990s and early-2000s.