Above: Used for many years on the BBC World Service
(formerly the General Overseas Service) before news bulletins Lilliburlero
is a traditional Irish tune.
Above right: The European Service signature tune, the Trumpet
Voluntary. Attributed to Purcell on the label, but now generally
thought to be by Jeremiah Clarke.
Right: The Call Sign for the Pacific, Eastern, Colonial and North
American Services. The original recording dates from 1948.
Above and right: An assortment of interval signals. Before the days
when any hole in the schedule could be filled with a trail for a later programme
these interval signals were used to fill the gaps.