It looks like there were two versions of the 1983 Christmas closedown clock. The blue one and the black one... I've had a go at the black one, not sure it's quite there yet, though... (Real one from @tvark)

WEBSITE UPDATE: Here's the 1984 electronic clock that was adapted for the festive season... https://t.co/JP0YQPl8vl. It may be this was reserved for closedowns only. And the white 'snow' shadow appeared in a slightly different position every night!

#OnThisDay 15 October 1986 SQUARE EYED BRITAIN GETS ALL-DAY TV Telly-mad Britain will get all-day viewing when the BBC launch a new non-stop service. Out go cosy old favourites like the Breakfast Time sofa and Frank Bough's sweaters. A sharper, newsy look will spearhead . . .

Oct. 4th 1997 was also the first day of the main network's new name: "BBC ONE". (A similar update befell BBC2.) Here's the main network clock...

WEBSITE UPDATE: On this day in 1997, the balloon idents launched, on which the BBC showed off its new corporate logo. To celebrate, here's the balloon-era clock from Northern Ireland re-created. Thanks to Nathan Dane for the background image.

Early Oracle from 1973, with monochrome display, 2-digit page numbers, all caps and no graphics. Up to 50 "displays" were available in this "new service from ITN". (Ignore the colour graphics page, that's from a different year!)

@russty_russ Here’s how the BBC were explaining RDS to everyone in by the early 90s…

🟥 REWIND | Over on Bluesky, news of BBC Northern Ireland's old GNAT clock being restored to working order - by Nathan Dane.

If anyone cares, the correct typefaces for Crossroads and General Hospital

If you add in the widescreen version broadcast on the station's last day on air... https://t.co/iO3DV0zGeI and the MOCK of the Christmas-themed logo here https://t.co/2jwF5hF0sS, I think that makes 32 different versions you can view! Happy 55 years, London Weekend stripy logo!

There was also apparently a version where the lettering didn't appear. I did that one too... https://t.co/QGcJdmzyhg...

On this day in 1970, London Weekend began using a new logo on screen, with a flowing blue, white and orange stripe. There was also a version with the orange and blue reversed, which introduced S1E7 of Don't Drink the Water. To celebrate, I re-created it:  https://t.co/H4dNzBVcBS.

Into 89 and ITV were asking "don't go changing" however it fell of on Deaf ears, and 1991 bonkers franchise act took place.

WEBSITE UPDATE: The ITV/C4 re-creations now number one hundred! The eight new additions include ATV and Central production captions, clocks from Ulster and Scottish, a classic ITV schools interval slide and an animated Associated-Rediffusion ident. https://t.co/KlV7524mAd

WEBSITE UPDATE: Finally revised the page about the BBC 1 'COW' following the 40th anniversary of EastEnders. The lovely folk at BBC Wales, who resurrected their device for live presentation duties, kindly sent me some photos, so we can look inside the box!

"Cooler", surely, Google? #TeamPixel

HAPPY 40th anniversary to "888" #onthisday a new new number was created for Subtitles. The change happened on all BBC and ITV

WEBSITE UPDATE: Re-creations of regional ITV identities... There's a clock from Ulster Television, colour and black-and-white versions of Southern's animated The Station That Serves The South ident and a Schools caption from Westward!

David Williams's digital Christmas card from 2021, I think it was one of the last complete BBC BASIC programs he wrote before 'retiring'; an amazing talent, much missed. You can run it in your own browser at this link: https://t.co/3cTd4C49JI #bbcbasic

WEBSITE UPDATE: BBC clocks from the past re-created, including the BBC 1 Christmas clock from 1976. No Wallace & Gromit in sight :-)