[Stooky Bill]

wondering what that EU 16:9 slide was about. I know Ch4 was using PALplus in the 90s and that was one of its tricks, but when would the slide have been used?

I assume it wasn't anything to do with the preceding film - doubt the EU paid for it to be rescanned!

It was an initiative to encourage the transition to 16:9. Details here:
eur-lex.europa.eu 

Television in the 16:9 screen format
Television in the 16:9 screen format 1) OBJECTIVE To ensure the accelerated deve…
  Source: eur-lex.europa.eu

The caption was shown after 16:9 content, going by the way there was an incorrect caption immediately before it I assume that was a mistake too. Looks like it was meant to go straight to the caption for the back anno about the film

Mod edit - snipped out content meant for another thread.

[Transmission]

As well as all that, there's also an example of something that used to occasionally happen from time to time - the chief exec of a company introducing their all the ads from their new campaign.