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20 years of the BBC News Channel (BBC News 24)

Thursday 9th November 2017 marks 20 years since it's launch (November 2017)

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AN
Andrew Founding member
dvboy posted:
Only 7 hours 45 mins a weekday on the News Channel is live and unique to the channel these days, the rest being simulcast with BBC One, BBC Two or BBC World, pre-recorded back half hours and the Newsnight repeat.


News 24 having its own breakfast service for 3 years just seems like a different world when these days they can barely run a daytime and evening schedule of their own.

Does anyone have more accurate dates of when the overnight service was dropped, breakfast was dropped and then BBC One simulcasts started (and did they just start simulcasting some rather than all BBC One bulletins at first?)
DA
Davidjb Founding member
Andrew posted:
dvboy posted:
Only 7 hours 45 mins a weekday on the News Channel is live and unique to the channel these days, the rest being simulcast with BBC One, BBC Two or BBC World, pre-recorded back half hours and the Newsnight repeat.


News 24 having its own breakfast service for 3 years just seems like a different world when these days they can barely run a daytime and evening schedule of their own.

Does anyone have more accurate dates of when the overnight service was dropped, breakfast was dropped and then BBC One simulcasts started (and did they just start simulcasting some rather than all BBC One bulletins at first?)


The overnight service started simulcasting around March 1998 I believe. News 24 Breakfast (or Breakfast 24 as it got nicknamed) ended after the Sydney Olympics in 2000 when BBC Breakfast rebranded & relaunched on both BBC One & BBC News 24. I think the main BBC One bulletins got phased in separately. I've got a vague recollection that the BBC News at One started on the channel a little ahead of the Six & Ten but not by much.
DA
Davidjb Founding member
Also, anyone remember Weekend 24 on a Saturday morning?
DV
dvboy
Andrew posted:
(and did they just start simulcasting some rather than all BBC One bulletins at first?)


From memory it was the 1 first (with signing), with the 6 and 10 joining later. No idea on dates though.
MB
Media Boy
Tony posted:
Hatton Cross posted:
Looks like a Pendelino.
So either Preston or Carlisle?


Its a Voyager and is defintely Newcastle


This is, without doubt, my fave post EVER.

Thanks for the love, we've certainly had some fun today, glad you approved.

Thanks for watching.

Here's to the next 20!

Happy Birthday.

C
DA
Davidjb Founding member
Media Boy posted:
Tony posted:
Hatton Cross posted:
Looks like a Pendelino.
So either Preston or Carlisle?


Its a Voyager and is defintely Newcastle


This is, without doubt, my fave post EVER.

Thanks for the love all, we've certainly had some fun today, glad you approved.

Thanks for watching.

Here's to the next 20!

Happy Birthday.

C


Thanks for marking the occasion. It's always great to look back on these things & see just how far things have changed. Also studio C looked just awesome! Great job.
DV
dvboy
Davidjb posted:
dvboy posted:
No classic countdown before the 10.


I think there is one at 22:59 though Wink

Same as at 6.
WO
Worzel
Media Boy posted:
Tony posted:
Hatton Cross posted:
Looks like a Pendelino.
So either Preston or Carlisle?


Its a Voyager and is defintely Newcastle


This is, without doubt, my fave post EVER.

Thanks for the love, we've certainly had some fun today, glad you approved.

Thanks for watching.

Here's to the next 20!

Happy Birthday.

C


How could we not approve? It's like Christmas come early. Very Happy
DV
dvboy
Would have liked to have seen a few more of the countdowns today, not just the titles montage and two countdowns we saw.
RN
Rolling News
dvboy posted:
Andrew posted:
(and did they just start simulcasting some rather than all BBC One bulletins at first?)


From memory it was the 1 first (with signing), with the 6 and 10 joining later. No idea on dates though.

The 10 was first in January 2006 creating 'The Ten O'Clock News Hour', the 1 and 6 came a few months later.
BU
buster
dvboy posted:
Andrew posted:
(and did they just start simulcasting some rather than all BBC One bulletins at first?)


From memory it was the 1 first (with signing), with the 6 and 10 joining later. No idea on dates though.


I think it was the 10 first, in Jan 2006, with the reasoning it was the flagship bulletin and there was less breaking news at that time of night. Then a few months later (at studio refresh perhaps?) 1 and 6 followed, rather cancelling out that argument. Of course it wasn't till two years later that they shared studios so they would frequently just carry on if a story was developing.
RT
Run_Telecine
Media Boy posted:
Tony posted:
Hatton Cross posted:
Looks like a Pendelino.
So either Preston or Carlisle?


Its a Voyager and is defintely Newcastle


This is, without doubt, my fave post EVER.

Thanks for the love, we've certainly had some fun today, glad you approved.

Thanks for watching.

Here's to the next 20!

Happy Birthday.

C


Nice to see the old Countdowns today, and the fun that was clearly being had in the studio/gallery.

Re the screengrab, certainly looks like Newcastle, except that it was Platform 9 when I was growing up! The ramp gives it away.

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