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They used to play it at the end of BBC 1 programming at about 2am. Always surprising if you'd nodded off in front of the telly and it woke you up.
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There was an instance on BBC NI back in the early 80s, iirc, when the guys who manually started the anthem every night failed to do it correctly. They instead broadcast a few minutes of 'Have you pressed the fucking button?', 'Yes of course I pressed the fucking button!' to a few half-awake viewers. Lost their jobs, poor sods.
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Hoping we all have to stand at our front doors for the daily salute, so we can quickly identify the enemies of the people.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/jan/07/bbc-god-save-the-queen-every-day-ministers