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News at Ten 50th Birthday

(June 2017)

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A former member
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BR
Brekkie
The ITV News site getting a bit confused with its own history saying News at Ten returned with Julie Etchingham and Sir Trev in 2001 with the 2008 set.
IT
itsrobert Founding member
It might be worth tuning into the closing of tonight's News at Ten. I understand the Sound team might be treating us! Smile
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A former member
Don't forget the special report. Wink
VM
VMPhil
I do miss Sir Trev on News at Ten (and 10.30).
LL
London Lite Founding member
The closing bed still brings a shiver to my spine.
NI
Nicky
Lovely touch to have the original theme playing out there!

I do miss Sir Trev on News at Ten (and 10.30).


He got a lot of flack for being wooden in his presentation but I always found his delivery - like that of Burnet, Gall, Stewart, Barnes, Suchet etc etc - to be authoritative, trustworthy and full of gravitas. Even now if I hear Trevor McDonald's voice on a trailer for one of his ITV documentaries, I find myself immediately stopping what I'm doing and looking at the TV. Laughing
IT
itsrobert Founding member
Nicky posted:
Lovely touch to have the original theme playing out there!


It sounded brilliant considering it came from the 50-year old original 1/4" reel to reel master tape! Hasn't aged at all! Smile
SP
Steve in Pudsey
The problem with using the original theme on this kind of occasion is that it sounds so much better than the current one.
IT
itsrobert Founding member
The problem with using the original theme on this kind of occasion is that it sounds so much better than the current one.

It certainly sounded authoritative didn't it?! Still a brilliant piece of music all these years on.
SP
Steve in Pudsey
Nicky posted:
Lovely touch to have the original theme playing out there!


It sounded brilliant considering it came from the 50-year old original 1/4" reel to reel master tape! Hasn't aged at all! Smile

Did they play it live from the tape or transfer it to something digital? If they played it from the tape it's good to know they still have people around with the long lost skill of backtiming tape!
LL
London Lite Founding member
I'm all for modernising, but the iconic theme still works. Even the 1990s remix still has a sense of gravitas.

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