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.
The mechanics of the mirror globe symbol and mechanical clock as seen during 'Korkey's TV Gold'.
The third junction included a promo for Radio Wales over a retro slide and music, followed by the 1979-style striped '2' symbol.
A firm favourite from the 1990s with the Powder ident, preceded by a striped '2' slide.
To round off the evening, the hypnotic animated 'C' caption returned to announced the film that 'follows shortly'.
