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1964: BBC TWO will START SHORTLY | BBC News Special | Iconic Moments | BBC Archive
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7:02Now PlayingA major power cut across large parts of London meant that the launch of new channel BBC Two (or BBC2 as it was then styled) didn’t go quite as planned.
Presenter Gerald Priestland bravely took to the air, reading (and re-reading) a news bulletin from the BBC Two studio at Alexandra Palace. This was the only programme broadcast on the channel that day, with 'normal' transmissions beginning in earnest the morning after.
Clip taken from BBC News Special, originally broadcast on BBC Two, Monday 20 April, 1964
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