Greenwich Time Signal a station jingle during Jakki Brambles' early show and Simon Mayo's breakfast show. This was not strictly crashing the pips as they were not intended to be, or mistaken for, an accurate time signal. At 8 am on 17 September 2008, to the surprise of John Humphrys, the day's main presenter on the "Today" programme, and Johnnie Walker, who was standing in for Terry Wogan on Radio 2, the pips went adrift by 6 seconds, and broadcast seven pips rather than six. This was traced to a problem with the pip generator, which was 'repaired' by switching it off and
BBC Sound Effects No. 26: Sci-Fi Sound Effects BBC Sound Effects No. 26: Sci-Fi Sound Effects BBC Sound Effects No. 26: Sci-Fi Sound Effects is a 1981 compilation of sound effects and atmospheres created by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. It was the second in the BBC Sound Effects series to be credited to the Workshop. It featured sounds from popular television series "Doctor Who" (all from Season 18) and "Blake's 7", as well as effects for the first series of the radio versions of Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and James Follett's "Earthsearch". In 1991 it was re-released on CD as "Essential Science Fiction Sound