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The 70s

In April 2012, BBC TWO aired a season looking back at life in the 1970s, including a special evening of comedies, film and documentaries on 21st April hosted on the network by the iconic voice of BBC continuity David Allan.

An early 70s symbol returns for the season. The videos here are those shown during the 70s Evening on Saturday 21st April.

16sec70s Season symbol (1)

18sec70s Season symbol (2)

16sec70s Season symbol (3)

19sec70s Season symbol (4)

17sec70s Season symbol (5)

21sec70s Season symbol (6)

70s Evening menus.

39sec70s Evening menu (1)

24sec70s Evening menu (2)

Stylised programme slides.

14sec70s Evening Dad's Army slide

18sec70s Evening One Flew Over... slide

21sec70s Evening Sounds of the 70s slide

Promo for 'The 70s' on BBC TWO, in April 2012.

31secThe 70s promo

David Allan signs 70s Evening off with this final announcemnent.

32sec70s Evening 'Closedown'

On 30th April 2012, the 1974 BBC 2 symbol made a widescreen reappearance before the third part of 'The 70s' documentary which focussed on the years 1975 to 1977.

20sec70s Season 1974 symbol

For the final episode of 'The 70s', BBC TWO's first electronically generated symbol from 1979 was recreated.

23sec70s Season 1979 symbol

Regional Variations

Viewers in Scotland were treated to the network's output with David Allan's continuity, Northern Ireland followed the scripts but were announced locally, whilst viewers in Wales had the pleasure of Celebrity Antiques Road Trip, Great British Menu, Mastermind, Gardeners' World and Third Star. They did, however, see the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

BBC TWO Northern Ireland continuity.

28sec70s Evening junction (NI) (2)

38sec70s Evening junction (NI) (3)

32sec70s Evening junction (NI) (4)