Why is it that so few recordings of archive programmes have their original opening announcements?
Part of the reason has been given already. Most of the recordings which survive are what are called transmission prints, prepared in advance on film; they would have been announced live at the time of transmission. They might also be repeated later, meaning that any recorded-in announcement might be inappropriate for a later occasion. Then, as we said, there is a separate kind of recording known as a Programme as Broadcast recording (P as B) which does include continuity announcements and on-screen idents, clocks and so on, but these are much less common because they were made for specific purposes only.
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