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

Will they use the virtual newsroom to recreate the original News 24 newsroom complete with graphics and headline beds from the time? Will Chris Eakin dye his hair brown?? These are all questions that will be answered at 5.30pm tonight!

Those flags still looked pretty good in upscaled HD.

I love the way they just slotted back in seamlessly.

Love to see them mention the BBC News Dancer from 2016

I still think the biggest cock up was this gem....

Still my favourite BBC News 24/Channel blooper in history.

Happy 20th birthday @BBCNewsChannel from all of us on the launch team who cut our teeth there x @gavinesler @JaneHillNews @maxinemawhinney pic.twitter.com/p9iJMbEphS

— Sian Williams (@sianwilliams100) November 9, 2017

Happy Birthday BBC News!

I notice from the clips they're showing that the on-screen clock was a 12 hour one when it first launched? When did it change to a 24 hour one? I don't think it was long, within the first year.

On a more serious note, the preface countdown played and when it hit 17:30, flags played away. A montage of the opening minutes and Huw interviewed the BBC Director-General (the man who then thought of the idea), Lord Tony Hall.

The studio with flags era visuals looks amazing!