Not sure if this has been posted in the thread yet:
DOCUMENTARY: Sixty Years of Swing
On: BBC Parliament (131)
Date: Sunday 3rd May 2015 (starting in 1 day)
Time: 21:00 to 22:00 (1 hour long)
As the BBC gears up for the 2015 General Election results programme on 7th May, Peter Snow, the unchallenged Master of the Swingometer over the last 20 years, whisks us on a journey through ballot boxes and exit polls, town hall counts and studio swingometers. Sixty Years of Swing looks back over BBC election night coverage since 1955, highlighting electoral triumphs and disasters along the way.
(Widescreen)
And as I think has been mentioned ITV have their equivalent on Wednesday night, which will also feature BBC footage.
DOCUMENTARY: Unforgettable Election Moments: 60 Years on
On: itv Granada (3)
Date: Wednesday 6th May 2015 (starting in 5 days)
Time: 22:40 to 23:40 (1 hour long)
On the eve of the 2015 general election, this documentary takes a look back at some key, unforgettable election moments marking 60 years of TV coverage. From the dissolution of parliament to the campaign trail and election night, this retrospective includes rare footage from ITV's first election broadcast in 1959. The programme shows Harold Wilson skilfully handling hecklers before the 1966 general election, while John Prescott's famous fisticuffs with an egg-throwing protester at Rhyl during the 2001 campaign has passed into folklore. Michael Portillo's shock defeat at Enfield Southgate in 1997 is still talked about, and a victorious George Galloway was famously grilled by Jeremy Paxman after his historic win in Bethnal Green and Bow in 2005. On a lighter note, there is also footage of how giant chickens, seven-foot drag queens, party conference streakers and yogic flying wrote their way into the TV general election history books.
(Stereo, Widescreen, Subtitles)
Also slightly related, for satirical purposes: Charlie Brooker's Election Wipe, Wed 6th May, BBC 2, 9pm. "At a time of great political uncertainty it'll be an honour to bring some much-needed confusion to the national debate.
"Since our show transmits in the run-up to the election, it will have to adhere to strict impartiality rules - which means it will, by law, be equally disparaging to all parts of the political spectrum.""
Not sure if this has been posted in the thread yet:
DOCUMENTARY: Sixty Years of Swing
On: BBC Parliament (131)
Date: Sunday 3rd May 2015 (starting in 1 day)
Time: 21:00 to 22:00 (1 hour long)
As the BBC gears up for the 2015 General Election results programme on 7th May, Peter Snow, the unchallenged Master of the Swingometer over the last 20 years, whisks us on a journey through ballot boxes and exit polls, town hall counts and studio swingometers. Sixty Years of Swing looks back over BBC election night coverage since 1955, highlighting electoral triumphs and disasters along the way.
(Widescreen)
Election theme tune fans might be happy with the opening...
Lovely stuff! Always a highlight of the election period. Given the pictures of the set, it's looking like a recycling of the 2010 set, isn't it? I don't mind that as it was a great set, IMO, and harked back to the 97 set. It really hasn't dated, either, whereas the 2005 set had dated a bit by 2010.
Looking forward to staying up all night with it this time around...
I'm not sure I'd describe that as a formatting error though?
It's quite common for 'Liberal Democrats' to be abbreviated to Lib Dems, LD or Lib just as the Conservative and Labour parties are shortened to Con and Lab - especially when it comes to these kinds of graphics.
Plus the colour looks correct to me - it's certainly pretty close to what ITV News is using:
