Funny / The BBC

• DVD releases from BBC America start with the following message, voiced by John Oliver, no less:
  John: Hello and welcome to this DVD from BBC America which you have either bought, borrowed, or stolen. Although if you stole this DVD, let's pause for a moment and think about what you've done.
• For the last programme to air in BBC One Northern Ireland's analogue broadcastings, the BBC handed over to Julian Simmons from UTV to do the honours, who is really confused on what channel he's meant to be speaking for. Some of the crew on board seem to be a bit amused, with some quiet laughter being heard in the background at one point.
  "Hello, and good evening from BBC One here in Northern Ireland, where as I hope you know by now, analogue television transmissions will be coming to an end in just over an hour's time. As it's obviously a special occasion, we thought we'd allow one of our colleagues from the other side to introduce our next programme. So Julian, it's over to you!
  Julian Simmons: Coming up next on UTV is The Magic Box! ...'ere, hold on a minute. It's on the BBC! No no, listen, I'm UTV! BBC... It's awful awful confusing. Anyway, sit back and enjoy this spectacular UTV/BBC simul... simul... simulcast! What in the name of heavens is a simulcast? Emonn?... EMONN?!
• When they were still signing off for the night, in October 11, 1997, Dan Austin closes with this line:
  Dan Austin: Here a BBC One, if we have to stay on past 3 o'clock in the morning, we'll get paid a huge amount of overtime, so we've been told to make sure that we don't, and to just say goodnight instead. Goodnight.
  • What's funnier is how defeated he sounds when saying that they won't get paid overtime, and how quickly he said the whole thing, too.
• When the BBC came back after World War II in 1946, continuity announcer Jasmine Bligh said:
  Jasmine Bligh: Good afternoon everybody. How are you? Do you remember me?
  • Bonus points for rebroadcasting the last programme it put out before it had to close, Mickey's Gala Premiere.