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Election 1983 - BBC Parliament

Friday 30th May 2008 (May 2008)

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BBC Parliament

The BBC's 1983 election night programme, presented by David Dimbleby with Peter Snow and Tony King, commentary from John Cole, and interviews by Robin Day, from Thursday 9 June 1983.
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dvboy
Starts at 9am...

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POLITICAL: 1983 General Election
On: BBC Parliament (81 504)
Date: Friday 30th May 2008 (starting in 2 days)
Time: 9:00 to 20:10 (11 hours and 10 minutes long)

Twenty-five years on, a chance to see the BBC's 1983 election night programme, presented by David Dimbleby, with results analysis by Peter Snow and Tony King, commentary from the BBC's Political Editor John Cole, and interviews by Robin Day. Thursday 9 June 1983.
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Steve in Pudsey
dvboy posted:
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Rolling Eyes
:-(
A former member
I believe this is the second time there are showing this?
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Spencer
Steve in Pudsey posted:
dvboy posted:
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Rolling Eyes


They usually show the Election programmes in 4:3, but in a 16:9 frame, so big black bars at the side which means thankfully there's no cropping.

ISTR someone saying once that this is because BBC Parliament can't do ARC switching.
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Inspector Sands
Spencer For Hire posted:

They usually show the Election programmes in 4:3, but in a 16:9 frame, so big black bars at the side which means thankfully there's no cropping.

ISTR someone saying once that this is because BBC Parliament can't do ARC switching.


Yep, just like the BBC News channel it cannot switch the transmission aspect ratio as there's no real need to. Any 4:3 programmes like the elections and ABC World News Tonight are ARCed to 16:9 full screen with pillars instead of the normal way due to the graphics which would get cut off
NG
noggin Founding member
Inspector Sands posted:
Spencer For Hire posted:

They usually show the Election programmes in 4:3, but in a 16:9 frame, so big black bars at the side which means thankfully there's no cropping.

ISTR someone saying once that this is because BBC Parliament can't do ARC switching.


Yep, just like the BBC News channel it cannot switch the transmission aspect ratio as there's no real need to. Any 4:3 programmes like the elections and ABC World News Tonight are ARCed to 16:9 full screen with pillars instead of the normal way due to the graphics which would get cut off


Yep - though C-SPAN is often ARCed to 14P16 rather than 12P16 on BBC Parliament - I guess because the graphics are 14:9 safe?
MW
Mike W
Is it just the SE regional opts on the programme?

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