The Newsroom

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

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

This site closed in March 2021 and is now a read-only archive
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Schwing
Who is that presenter?


Jackie Rowley. Formerly of Sky and BBC. Last time I knew she was in charge of comms (or similar) for the Lib Dems but that goes back a few years.
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VMPhil
I'm guessing this is what News 24 did at 10pm in it's early years - did they have special titles for it?
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y163/brekkieboy2001/n24.jpg

Do you know where this screenshot originally comes from?
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Brekkie
http://www.richardcarr.tv
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Stuart
Who is that presenter?

Someone who found out that her male co-presenter was getting paid more than her"?
Very Happy
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james-2001
Screenshot's quite interesting, as it's a 16:9 screenshot from a time when the channel was only available in 14:9, so must have been taken from the studio at the time or a master tape!
bkman1990, Stuart and DE88 gave kudos
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noggin Founding member
Who is that presenter?

Someone who found out that her male co-presenter was getting paid more than her"?
Very Happy


That shift was single-headed, so no co-presenter...

(After Jackie Rowley left the BBC I think she went to work for the late Charles Kennedy when he was Lib Dem leader)
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VMPhil
Screenshot's quite interesting, as it's a 16:9 screenshot from a time when the channel was only available in 14:9, so must have been taken from the studio at the time or a master tape!

That's why I was wondering where it came from. Very nice to have as it confirms that the clock background extended all the way to the edge (so my mock is correct!)
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noggin Founding member
Screenshot's quite interesting, as it's a 16:9 screenshot from a time when the channel was only available in 14:9, so must have been taken from the studio at the time or a master tape!


Given that the website it apparently came from includes a cv with "Launched BBC News 24"...
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all new Phil
Weren’t a lot of hours branded as “x o’clock News” at one point?
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noggin Founding member
Weren’t a lot of hours branded as “x o’clock News” at one point?


Yes - single headed shifts in the evening had that branding. Except from memory there wasn't a 9 O'Clock News - no doubt the BBC One bulletin weren't happy about that title being used elsewhere...

Kate Garraway (aka 'The Jennifer Aniston of News 24') and Matthew Amroliwala were the main presenters in that slot (not together)
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Brekkie
Weren’t a lot of hours branded as “x o’clock News” at one point?

No, just ten o'clock in the days of BBC News XXIV. Laughing

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