BBC Cymru Wales at 50
Sunday 9th February 2014 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the launch of BBC Cymru Wales' television service. To celebrate the occasion, BBC TWO Wales broadcast an evening of special programming on Saturday 8th February, all linked with classic presentation - with re-creations by Dave Jeffery.
Sunday 9th February 2014 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the launch of BBC Cymru Wales' television service. To celebrate the occasion, BBC TWO Wales broadcast an evening of special programming on Saturday 8th February, all linked with classic presentation - with re-creations by Dave Jeffery.
As can be seen from the menu, the evening began at 8.30pm with 'Tom Jones at 70'. The BBC Cymru Wales crystal symbol (and all the other symbols and idents shown during the evening) was followed by a special 50th anniversary version of the current BBC Cymru Wales sting.
  | 61sec | 797 Views | Add a comment | Crystal symbol |
The second junction featured the 'C' symbol from the early 1970s.
| | 61sec | 461 Views | Add a comment | C symbol |
The third junction included a promo for Radio Wales over a retro slide and music, followed by the 1979-style striped '2' symbol.
| | 83sec | 484 Views | Add a comment | =2= symbol |
A firm favourite from the 1990s with the Powder ident, preceded by a striped '2' slide.
| | 51sec | 910 Views | Add a comment | Powder ident |
To round off the evening, the hypnotic animated 'C' caption returned to announced the film that 'follows shortly'.
| | 66sec | 390 Views | Add a comment | Follows shortly... |
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