Official timings of the Switch Over last night for the Whitehaven relay.
02:00 – BBC2 switched off after the snooker had finished.
02:10 – ITV switched off
02:17 – ITV back on previous BBC2 channel
02:37 – First digital Mux came up delivering five channels on the old BBC2 analogue frequency.
Each of the other two relays Eskdale Green and Gosforth followed step by step in quick succession, synchronised via mobile phone.