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The launch of BBC2 was PLANNED for April 20th 1964 but a fire at
Battersea Power Station blacked out large areas of west London -
including the Television Centre - shortly before BBC2 was due to start.
In fact BBC2 *did* launch on April 20th, from a news studio at Alexandra
Palace, I've seen the recording. Not suprisingly the headline news item was
the power cut!
I think I'll put this down to short term memory loss ...
The version of events I described is the one that has been quoted for
over 40 years but I only became aware of that bulletin a couple of
months ago ...
Was it a recording you saw - or a film made at the time?
It was rather a pathetic attempt which should be filed in the "it would
have been better if they hadn't bothered" category.
I don't know what the viewers (if there were any left!) made of it at
the time but, when I saw the film it generated some laughter - possibly
out of pity - from some of the audience.
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