TV World BBC Power Failure

EVENT'S BBC POWER FAILURE'S

On the 20th June 2000 , the BBC went off air for a short time due to a power failure in West London affecting national television output from the BBC television Centre , here is some footage of the evenings and following mornings interrupted output from some of the affected channels.

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REPORT OF THE EVENT
( LARGE FILE )

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BBC 1

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EXPLAINING THE EVENT

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END OF THE PROGRAMME

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UNUSUAL START

BBC 2 NEWSNIGHT
Newsnight on BBC 2 took over the BBC News studio with a few technical problems.

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A FEW TECHNICAL PROBLEMS

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A SILENT END

BBC NEWS 24 / WORLD
BBC News 24 and BBC World were also affected and News 24 carried the BBC World schedule with several changes.

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BROADCASING THE BBC NEWS

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A CHANGE TO THE SCHEDULE

BBC 1 BREAKFAST NEWS
Even by the following morning BBC1's Breakfast News was experiencing further problems.

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GOOD MORNING

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BBC POWER FAILURE 30/06/2001

The BBC suffered a major power failure resulting in a loss of service from all it's television channels on terrestrial and digital satellite on the 30th June 2001.

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