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THE LAST 'PAGES FROM CEEFAX'

Dean Lydiate announces the penultimate Pages from Ceefax on BBC2, 20-Oct-2012.

The first 30 minutes of the penultimate PFC, headed up by the classic Bart (which gets faded out prematurely) and featuring a special one-off compilation of Ceefax tunes. At around 4am, the Ceefax generator regained its marbles and Wednesday 17th October's pages were replaced with up-to-date content.

The music tracks were as follows:
BART, Nature's Shadow Lounge, Autumn Chill,
Heaven Makes You Happy, Stretching, S­lide Rule, Fast Driver, Summer High, Wild Wind, Secret Crystal

Thanks to jx866 and ceefaxfeak09 on YouTube

The last 50 minutes of the penultimate Pages From Ceefax broadcast, complete with some very nice, rarely-played music; namely a compilation called "The Incredible Journey" by Nick Haydn

Thanks to jx866 on YouTube

The last Pages from Ceefax sequence was broadcast on BBC2 in the early hours of Monday morning, 22-Oct-2012, from 0445-0559.Here is the sequence in full. The broadcast was marked by special opening and closing moments:

Ceefax goes out in style. Topped and tailed by announcements from Dean Lydiate and featuring the final appearance of BART

Thanks to jx866 on YouTube

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