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CabCon is back on YouTube
It's the day (most of) you have been waiting for! Cabinet of Continuities is back on YouTube after a 4 month hiatus! We begin with an exclusive...previously unseen footage from the CBBC Summer Social from 2017, filmed by 13 year old me. For those who enjoy this website, don't worry! I'll still be uploading new stuff here as well as on YouTube. I won't be uploading as often as I used to on YouTube for now and there won't be as many posts either. If you want something similar

Billy
3 days ago1 min read


VIDEO: TV Globo Internacional - 4th October 2026
Continuity from TV Globo Internacional on the day of the first round of the Brazilian presidential election.

Billy
4 days ago1 min read


VIDEO: BBC Radio 4 Extra - Continuity - 21st September 2026
Yes, Radio 4 Extra still exists, even though they were planning on closing it alongside BBC4 and CBBC last year. The "jingles" have remained unchanged since the station's launch in 2011.

Billy
Sep 261 min read


VIDEO: Korea Central Television - Closedown - 20th September 2026
An excerpt from a much longer video coming soon to the all new CabCon channel.

Billy
Sep 241 min read


VIDEO: BBC Red Button Fault - 19th September 2026
The long awaited Strictly relaunch doesn't quite go to plan... Stoooooooooooooop dancing!!

Billy
Sep 191 min read


VIDEO: NRK1 - Princess Astrid is dead - 11th September 2026
Yet another royal death in Norway, this time Princess Astrid who has died at the age of 94. She had attended the funeral of her younger brother just 2 days earlier. NRK1 was already on rolling news when the statement was published and switched to presenters wearing black. The other channels carried on with their usual schedules.

Billy
Sep 121 min read


VIDEO: NHK-WORLD JAPAN Continuity - 9th September 2026
More from the previously mentioned update to NHK international news. Note the banner text is in a different font, and the transitions between programmes are now longer than they were previously.

Billy
Sep 111 min read


VIDEO: Slow Scenes 24 Continuity - 8th May 2026
Today (5th September) marks exactly 1 year since the 50th Japan Week festival was held in Manchester. The six day event brought over 20,000 local visitors and several hundred organisations and exhibitors from across Japan into the city for a celebration of culture and shared heritage. The event also saw the signing of a landmark Sister City Agreement between Greater Manchester and Osaka, the details of which were finalised at Expo 2025. Slow Scenes UK (aka me!) was there to c

Billy
Sep 51 min read


Cabinet of Continuities to return to YouTube on 5th October
It's the moment you've been waiting for! CabCon will be back on YouTube next month! After a 135 day absence, your second favourite TV pres channel will return with all of your favourites plus exciting new stuff! This website will still be updated during the new channel, although there will be fewer community posts as there were before. The reason I'm waiting a month is so that I can get everything ready so there'll be minimal work in October. I don't want to have to rush last

Billy
Sep 11 min read


VIDEO: NRK1 - King Harald V is dead - 28th August 2026
Norway's King Harald V has died at the age of 89. NRK was set to obit mode almost immediately after the royal house announced the king's worsening condition the previous day. NRK2 and 3 joined following the death announcement, although NRK3 broke away for a period in the afternoon for children's programming (see that in a future video). The special edition of Dagsrevyen opened with the playing of the royal anthem of Norway, which you'll notice is set to the exact same tune is

Billy
Aug 291 min read


VIDEO: BBC THREE Fault - 27th August 2026
BBC3 enjoys the athletics a little too much... (Contains flashing images)

Billy
Aug 281 min read


VIDEO: BBC NEWS - Solar eclipse - 12th August 2026
Coverage on BBC News of the solar eclipse seen across most of Western Europe, including here in the UK.

Billy
Aug 131 min read


VIDEO: NHK News refresh - 9th/10th August 2026
NHK News has issued a surprise refresh for all of its studios. The graphics themselves remain unchanged, as is the 845 regional news. The refresh was presumably designed by NHK's in-house design agency. All of the major news shows on NHK have been given a new, near identical set design with a slightly re-orchestrated version of the existing music. While "News 7" has relatively minor changes, "Good Morning Japan" and "News Watch 9" have brand new colour schemes, swapping the

Billy
Aug 111 min read


VIDEO: NHK General - Earthquake alert - 29th July 2026
Another from last week's devasting earthquakes in Kumamoto prefecture. This is full coverage of an aftershock that occurred during a specially extended edition of "News Watch 9". FAIR USE for criticism, news reporting, teaching, research and historical purposes. Permission is not required.

Billy
Aug 41 min read


VIDEO: NHK AM - Earthquake alert - 28th July 2026
NHK AM from the moment the earthquake struck in Kumamoto, Japan which has killed at least 30 people and caused widespread damage.

Billy
Jul 311 min read


VIDEO: BBC ALBA - Startup and continuity - 27th July 2026
As previously mentioned, BBC Alba's schedule has been significantly adapted for its coverage of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Here's a startup during the Games with an early news bulletin plus a look at the sporting action to come.

Billy
Jul 281 min read


VIDEO: BBC Radio 5 Live - 1pm TOTH - 20th July 2026
TOTH from Radio 5 Live including the moment Manchester's own Andy Burnham became prime minister! Recorded on 693 mediumwave!

Billy
Jul 211 min read


VIDEO: TVE 24h - "Spain, champions of the world" - 20th July 2026
Spain has won the World Cup, beating Argentina 1-0. The halftime show might not have gone down particularly well, at least not outside the US, but Spain's victory certainly did. Here's the reaction from TVE's 24h news channel!

Billy
Jul 201 min read


VIDEO: Technical fault affects BBC Newsround - 16th July 2026
This video was submitted by Tiernan Lynch, who says: A technical fault with the VT of a ‘press pack’ interview with the stars of the new ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ film caused Newsround’s daily bulletin to go off schedule. The presenter for that morning, Nina Blissett attempted to showcase other stories to fill in the remaining runtime of the broadcast, before directing viewers to the Newsround website, for the abandoned item. Thanks Tiernan for sending this in! Have a video

Viewer Submission
Jul 161 min read


VIDEO: CBeebies Closedown/BBC FOUR Startup - 6th August 2023
You've waited so long... Here is the first CBeebies video on this new platform! Starting nice and simple with this closedown from summer 2023.

Billy
Jul 141 min read
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