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RTE2 TV overnight closedown sequence in 1985



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RTE2 TV overnight closedown sequence, on Wednesday the 28th August 1985. News headlines, Nightlight (a piece of religious reflection broadcast before closedown), a look at the following day's schedule, a presentation of Irish landscape scenes and two testcards are to be seen before recording ends


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no, 1985 is the ... ( 7 months ago by 3castle)
no, 1985 is the oldest I have.
Absolute class - ... ( 7 months ago by corkeire32)
Absolute class - the news is amazing - Redundancies at Golden Vale.........could be yesterdays news!! Thanks for posting this - great clip
Has anyone the ... ( 7 months ago by jexplink)
Has anyone the fifty fifty cashback ad? The bears were a dose, but that young one bopping 'round the house was a minx... :-)
Liked the bilingual ... ( 7 months ago by col2006ie)
Liked the bilingual in-vision link at closedown. Room Outside with Gerry Daly - that's a real blast from the past! My dad used to watch that.
Hi there, any ... ( 6 months ago by radharc05)
Hi there, any chance you have that ad where the grandad is sitting beside the river on a dech chair... and the small little boy asks 'Wheres Grandad' , as far as i can remember it was a fram safety ad, or water safety ad...Hope you have it, or you can help.
Thanks a million
No, I know the one ... ( 6 months ago by 3castle)
No, I know the one but I do not have it (water safety)
ITS ONLY HALF 11 ... ( 6 months ago by rtenewsontwo)
ITS ONLY HALF 11 FOR FECK SAKE!!!
omg da 80s must ... ( 4 months ago by strangeorwhat)
omg da 80s must have been sooooo boaring!!!!!!!!!!
Nice closedown ... ( 4 months ago by AnthonyUK)
Nice closedown music,BUT bit of a sombre ending to it!
Yeah, the "Where's ... ( 4 months ago by sawakatoome)
Yeah, the "Where's Grandad?" ad. would be great to see again. Hilarious stuff .. "Brian? .. Do you hear Brian?" ("Yeah, he's in this barrel screaming for his life, that's why I'm covering the top with mesh .. so he can't get out!?")
WOW! That reporters ... ( 3 months ago by Gaeilgeoir07)
WOW! That reporters accent is so weird...
I am curious as to ... ( 3 months ago by newschannel)
I am curious as to what the Night Light program entails. Is it a Catholic Religious program?
Night Light is a ... ( 3 months ago by AnthonyUK)
Night Light is a sort of late night religeous epilogue
I especially like ... ( 3 months ago by omalleyb75)
I especially like the crackle and pops... the sound track must have been added from vinyl!
Wow, that brings ... ( 3 months ago by robbiebonham)
Wow, that brings back some memories...
The closedown/ ... ( 3 months ago by AnthonyUK)
The closedown/nightlight music must have been off a production music/commercial music recording hence the scratchy noise;also the VCR this was taped off must have been a mono one hence the hiss and hum.
Ha - nothing ... ( 2 months ago by gearoiddom)
Ha - nothing different about the weather then!
good old Don ... ( 2 months ago by paddymigeenty)
good old Don Cockburn.legend.
those were ... ( 2 months ago by paddymigeenty)
those were brilliant adds.what about "if you were the only car in the world you could drive as you want.....but you're not and you can't.... complete with cool 70's graphics...ah Ireland in the 70's. i feel so old,34. yes ok i am old :)
Ha! Yes, the sombre ... ( 2 months ago by LullabyPie)
Ha! Yes, the sombre notes at the end of the closedown tune acted as a reminder to viewers that it's only half eleven and all they have to see them through the rest of the night is a bottle of gin and the thought that there will still be no work tomorrow.
Is the newscaster ... ( 2 months ago by raysoul45)
Is the newscaster dead
this was made 2 ... ( 1 month ago by beldarluke)
this was made 2 days before i was born
that is THE worst ... ( 2 weeks ago by njomahony)
that is THE worst set of programmes ever! although i do like the sound of a bit of mid-80's garda action at 11.10pm
it was RTE 2 that ... ( 4 days ago by martyconneely)
it was RTE 2 that time not RTE TWO



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