Happy New Year 2024

UKTV were mixed in their continuity mentions of the New Year for the 2023/2024 crossover. Drama once again pretended the event didn't exist, whereas most of the other channels made occasional references. Dave was back as the most common to reference the occasion once again, after their dropout last year. Building up in the 9pm junction here on New Year's Eve.

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Leading in to the 10pm New Year's Eve junction on Dave.

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The build up continues over the last ident played out for 2023 on Dave.

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With a junction straddling midnight this time round, Dave were able to play out the end credit promotion with a 'pre' new year message over the previous programme just before midnight and the ident with a 'post' message just after midnight. First the ECP, aired just before midnight on December 31st.

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Moments later, and the first announcement of 2024 followed from Dave over the next programme ident.

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Well clear of midnight now, and Dave briefly continued their mention of the New Year in the 12.40am junction.

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After being the channel with the most announcements at the end of 2022, for the end of 2023 W were back to making few references to the occasion. With a schedule filled mostly of comedy repeats and fairly generic announcements to match. However the 10.40 junction did get a brief reference to the year change included in the announcement

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For thr 2023 to 2024 crossover, most junctions on Yesterday were fairly standard without reference to the New Year, however it wasn't completely ignored on the channel. Here the 11pm junction features an ever-so-subtle reference in the script.

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Although the midnight ident itself was nothing special, the end credit announcement from the very last moments of 2023 included a brief mention of the New Year.

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Channel 4 followed their traditional schedule of end of year comedy and films, meaning long shows with very few continuity junctions. The second to last shown here from 9pm on New Year's Eve referenced the occasion, though the final link at 11pm made no further reference.

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With the lack of anything special in the final 2023 junction at 11pm, the next announcement to mention the occasion fell on the other side of midnight. Welcome Channel 4 viewers to 2024 in the 12.55am junction.

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E4 saw plenty of mentions for the New Year for the 2023 to 2024 crossover. The build up is under way here in the 9pm junction on New Year's Eve.

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The 10.30pm junction on New Year's Eve from E4, and their last for 2023.

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With a long film spanning midnight, the first junction from E4 was around 12.25am welcoming viewers in to 2024 with some high brow programming.

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E4 continues their classy party into the night with more tailored New Year continuity into more high brow programming in the 1.30am junction on the channel.

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Over the course of 2023, E4 Extra had finally gained more tailored continuity announcements to bring it more in line with the other channels in the Channel 4 family, as opposed to the generic links that had previously been used as part of the carryover from the old Box Music setup. This meant that for the New Year, they were also able to put out tailored New Year continuity for the first time. The 9pm junction on the channel.

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Getting close to midnight with the final link of 2023 from E4 Extra.

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The first link of 2024 on E4 Extra aired around 12.15am, welcoming viewers into the New Year on the channel.

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Being a channel dedicated to airing lots of long films, Film4 never has much of an opportunity for junctions to mention the New Year. However they made the best use of those they had. The 9pm junction on the channel.

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Film4's last junction of 2024 was aired at 11.15pm on New Year's Eve.

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With the film spanning the year crossover being a long one, it wasn't until gone 2am that Film4 finally got to join in with the welcomes to the New Year. Before continuing introducing their very chirpy sounding next feature.

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More4 seemed a little left out of the New Year party compared to previous years, with few mentions of the occasion in the build up to midnight. However Channel 4 do like to include every one of their channels to some degree, and true to form a message was included with their first junction after midnight on January 1st.

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S4C's final junction of 2023 aired at 10.30pm, welcoming everyone as usual to their extended Heno New Year show.

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Just past midnight on S4C, their first continuity for 2024 was over a next slide for the channel. With apologies for some reception issues on the clip.

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Moments after the next slide, the first full ident link of 2024 aired on S4C.

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Things were on their usual pattern at Channel 5 towers too. An evening of filler music party programming, and very little acknowledgement of the occasion on the announcements on the main channel (with even less on their offshoot channels). There was one mention of the occasion allowed in the 8pm junction on New Year's Eve though.

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Network ITV1 have traditionally filled New Year's Eve with a movie before cutting to ITV News shortly before midnight, and the end of 2023 was to be no exception. With no acknowledgement of the occasion into the Bond movie immediately prior to the news, it was left to last junction of the year at 11.40pm to really get into the New Year spirit.

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Also sticking to tradition on the other side, ITV1 had their first announcement of 2024 to welcome people into the New Year at 12.10am. Then it was straight back to regular programming for the rest of the night. No point dwelling on these things!

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Following the yearly tradition within the ITV network, remaining independent STV ran their own heavily opted out schedule for the Hogmanay celebrations North of the border with a lot more mention made of the occasion as a result. The 10pm junction on the channel here.

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In their last junction of 2023 at 11.15pm, and another which didn't exist in England, STV continued their build up to midnight with their own programme spanning midnight and incorporating the Scottish celebrations. From just after midnight, the channel largely rejoined the same programming as network ITV1.

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Welcoming viewers to New Year's Day again on STV, just ahead of ITV Breakfast's hours at 6am. ITV1 made no such mention in this junction themselves.

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The other offshoot channels from ITV ignored the New Year occasion throughout the evening, and once again it appeared as though ITV2 were going to join them. However in their last 2023 link less than half an hour midnight, continuity links finally started acknowledging it.

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The first announcement from ITV2 for 2024 aired shortly after midnight to welcome viewers into the new year.

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Junctions beyond midnight on ITV2 continued to make reference to the New Year, with this one airing at 12.30am.

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Getting right into the early hours on ITV2 and still acknowledging the occasion in the 1.30am junction on the channel. Though the programme content may have swayed that decision slightly.

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As usual, BBC One Scotland were heavily opted out of the network schedule to run their own Hogmanay programming instead. This also meant a lot of junctions to mark the occasion. The build up is already under way in the 8.15pm junction here.

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Getting closer to midnight on BBC One Scotland with the 10pm junction. Apologies for a few reception issues due to poor weather on the evening.

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The final junction from BBC One Scotland for 2023 was aired at 11.30pm into their Hogmanay programme.

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BBC One Scotland's first junction of 2024 aired at 12.30am, welcoming people into 2024.

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In keeping with the usual practice North of the border, BBC One Scotland continued their own continuity throughout the night to accommodate their opted out schedule. The 1.30am junction keeps the New Year party going.

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BBC One Scotland finally began to wrap up their night around 2.30am, airing the usual late night weather forecast.

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A few minutes later, BBC One Scotland finally wrapped up their celebratory night and handed over to the BBC News Channel simulcast.

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With the BBC One Scotland team having been up so late, the 6am junction before BBC Breakfast later on New Year's Day was left taking the network continuity. However the nation were back up again by the 9am junction, welcoming people to 2024.

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Poor weather conditions in my local area limited the amount of junctions captured for the BBC Scotland channel for the 2023/2024 buildup. However not to be left out completely, here is the final junction from the channel for the night aired at 12.30am immediately after the conclusion of the Hogmanay programme that as usual was simulcast on both the BBC Scotland channel and BBC One Scotland.

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The 8.25pm junction from BBC One Network and the build up to the New Year is under way. Well, after a long movie first!

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Unlike BBC One Scotland, for the 2023/2024 crossover the other nations were following the same schedule as network. The 8.25pm New Year's Eve junction here from BBC One Northern Ireland.

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The 8.25pm junction as it appeared on BBC One Wales for New Year's Eve.

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Following a brief interlude for the news, the 10.25pm junction on BBC One Network continued the build up to the New Year Party.

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BBC One Northern Ireland's version of the 10.25pm New Year's Eve junction.

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The 10.25pm junction as it aired on BBC One Wales.

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The final junction for 2023 on BBC One aired at 11.30pm. This would also mark the last junction to use the festive presentation for that year.

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The final junction from BBC One Northern Ireland also aired at the same time of 11.30pm. The nation chose to use a different ident to that of the others in order to match with their continuity script.

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BBC One Wales presented their final link of 2023 at 11.30pm on New Year's Eve too.

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On the other side of midnight, BBC One welcomed viewers to 2024 in the 12.40am junction. The other nations did their own announcements.

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A few hours later, and another welcome to the New Year was made at 6am for anyone up early on New Year's Day. The network junction into BBC Breakfast was also taken by Scotland and Northern Ireland.

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BBC One Wales was the only nation to provide their own link into BBC Breakfast at 6am on New Year's Day.

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By the time BBC Breakfast had finished at 9am, all of the nations were back providing their own continuity, and welcoming viewers once again to 2024. The network junction here.

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The 9am New Year's Day junction from BBC One Northern Ireland.

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BBC One Wales welcomes viewers to 2024 again in their version of the 9am junction.

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The build up on BBC Two is starting in the 9.25pm junction on New Year's Eve.

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The 9.25pm junction as it aired on BBC Two Northern Ireland.

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BBC Two Wales' 9.25pm junction on New Year's Eve.

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The 10.30pm New Year's Eve junction from BBC Two Network.

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BBC Two Northern Ireland's version of the 10.30pm New Year's Eve junction.

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Finally the 10.30pm junction as it appeared in the Welsh nation version of BBC Two.

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The final BBC Two Network junction of 2023 aired around 11.30pm leading into the usual Jools Holland Hootenanny show.

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BBC Two Northern Ireland's final junction of 2023 wished viewers a Happy New Year from everyone at BBC Northern Ireland. Unfortunately poor weather conditions hammering the satellite reception mean we're unable to bring the junction from Wales too, however there Mark James included a name check and wished everyone a Happy New Year from Central Square, Cardiff.

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The first junction of 2024 from BBC Two aired at 1.30am, welcoming viewers into the fresh new year, and also saw the return of the non-festive presentation as per the normal routine at the BBC.

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BBC Three made various references to the New Year throughout the evening, starting with their very first opening junction at 7pm on New Year's Eve.

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The final junction from BBC Three for 2023 aired at 11.45pm with continuity highlighting how close the year end was.

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On the other side of midnight, the first junction from BBC Three for 2024 aired at 12.15am welcoming viewers to the new year.

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The 12.45am junction for BBC Three on New Year's Day continued marking the occasion.

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With BBC Four's ever decreasing budget and changed remit as a 'repeats' channel, the continuity links for the new year were somewhat more subdued too compared to BBC Three. The evening saw a mix of both generic announcements, and some tailored to the different programming for New Year's Eve/Day but scripted in such a way that they could be used for multiple showings of the same show. The first junction for 2024 however was into a film which was not being repeated, allowing for a more bespoke message to be put out in that junction welcoming viewers to the new year.

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The 1.45am junction on BBC Four made a mention of the new year, however it was scripted very carefully as this was an example of a recording which had been used for both an earlier showing of the show on New Year's Eve and this repeat in the early hours of New Year's Day.

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