The launch night that never was
The launch night that never was has a link to a video (Real Player sadly) featuring Gerald Priestland trying to cope with the blackout at the start of BBC2.
Key things to look out for (apart from the lack of sound for the first two and a half minutes) are the rasist bus driver report, how little sensationalism was involved in reporting the blackout (note the “if you are wondering why your husband isn’t home from work yet” comment) and the very amusing telephone interuptions, which was exactly the sort of thing Monty Python would parody on BBC2 later on.