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Chances are that it started at 89. After all if it's a 90 second countdown and the 0 is seen before the top of the hour cut then it must start at 89?
looks like 90 to me
2m 14s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRJGBdrBxSI
That countdown is so much better than anything we've had since. Don't get me wrong, the current countdown is good but nothing matches up to the 1999 original. Even the bbc1 balloon ident which precedes it in that video is so much better than the current idents. There was just something so special about early 2000s presentation on the Bbc that nothing has ever really matched up to it since.
The holy grail was always to catch the full 90 second countdown - which you were more likely to see on BBC1 at the crossover point to News 24. Despite numerous attempts, however, the most I ever got was 89 seconds!
Chances are that it started at 89. After all if it's a 90 second countdown and the 0 is seen before the top of the hour cut then it must start at 89?
looks like 90 to me
2m 14s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRJGBdrBxSI
That countdown is so much better than anything we've had since. Don't get me wrong, the current countdown is good but nothing matches up to the 1999 original. Even the bbc1 balloon ident which precedes it in that video is so much better than the current idents. There was just something so special about early 2000s presentation on the Bbc that nothing has ever really matched up to it since.
