London Weekend Television/VT Clocks

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1st Clock (1968-1981)

Visuals: We see a blackboard with labels on the right, each in boxes separated by lines:

TITLE (episode title)
VTR REC & TAPE N°. (Production code)
DATE REC (date of recording) TAKE (#)

A serifed vertical line separates the labels in the center and angular borders on each corner surround the interface. A large darkroom clock can be seen on the bottom left counting clockwise.

Variants:

'PROD. N°.' would be used in place of 'VTR REC & TAPE N°.' starting in 1969.
1968-1973: On color programs, the clock is beige with a white clockface and hollow legs. The legs would be removed in the early 1970's.
1970-1973: The clock and clockface are black with silver mechanics.
1973-1979:
1975-1981:

Technique: Live-action.

Audio: When the clock hand reaches 35, a Stage Manager or Voice-Over reads the slate.

Availability: TBA

2nd Clock (1969)

Visuals: On a black background we see a white dashed outline with a print logo, LONDON WEEKEND TELEVISION, on the top left corner. A VT Clock is in white lines on the lower left corner with the numbers 35, 30, 25, 20, 15, 10, and 5, along with a spoke segment between 25 and 15 indicating the sound ident and an arrow pointing indicating the fade at the 3 second line. A solid box layout on the right labels the program information:

PROD. N°. (production code)
TITLE (episode title)
REC. DATE (date of recording)
PART (#) TAKE (#)
TX DATE (air date)

Technique: Live-action.

Audio: Two beeps of a buzzer.

Availability: Seen on the first episode of The Complete and Utter History of Britain.