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Former PM Lord Jim Callaghan dies

(March 2005)

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Newsroom
Dan posted:
Indeed, and only very few people qualify for an obit these days.

News reports have never been introduced with static symbol slides although the one from BBC ONE's "white bar" look did have blurred capoeira dancers in the background, as did many of the slides.

When the Queen Mother died it was introduced not as a news report but an "official announcement" as the Palace had confirmed that she'd died.


I think you'll find most News Reports on the BBC start with a Static slide.

Here are a few, courtesy of TVARK.

BBC News Report 1984

http://www.tv-ark.org.uk/bbcnews/news/bbcnewsreport1984.jpg

BBC News Report 1987

http://www.tv-ark.org.uk/bbcnews/news/bbcnewsreport1987.jpg

BBC News Report 1989

http://www.tv-ark.org.uk/bbcnews/news/bbcnewsreport1989.jpg

BBC News Report 1992

http://www.tv-ark.org.uk/bbcnews/news/bbcnewsreport1992.jpg
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Ben Founding member
Newsroom posted:
Dan posted:
Indeed, and only very few people qualify for an obit these days.

News reports have never been introduced with static symbol slides although the one from BBC ONE's "white bar" look did have blurred capoeira dancers in the background, as did many of the slides.

When the Queen Mother died it was introduced not as a news report but an "official announcement" as the Palace had confirmed that she'd died.


I think you'll find most News Reports on the BBC start with a Static slide...


Yeah but Dan is talking about a static symbol slide, in other words a still of the ident.
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Dan Founding member
Ben posted:
Yeah but Dan is talking about a static symbol slide, in other words a still of the ident.


Quite - and that is what would be used to introduce an obit.
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dvboy
r2ro posted:
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its me posted:
News Report on BBC2 earlier on at around 6.15pm just before Flog It , again with Darren Jordan.

Yeah interesting that there were a couple of junctions that they could have done the News Report on BBC One but I assume it wasn't felt big enough to interupt the two big new Saturday night BBC One shows - gives the audience a chance to flick channels - especially a younger audience who probably don't know who Callaghan is.

Remember Easter Saturday a few years ago, when a big heavilly promoted schedule had to be torn up


Why was that?


I'm not sure if you're joking but the Queen Mother died on 30th March 2002, the second day into the BBC ONE new look.


Yep, that was Easter Saturday.
SC
scottishender
James Hall posted:
Speaking of ties, a certain Liverpudlian newsreader came under fire for inappropriate neckwear that day....


Who was that
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itsrobert Founding member
scottishender posted:
James Hall posted:
Speaking of ties, a certain Liverpudlian newsreader came under fire for inappropriate neckwear that day....


Who was that


Peter Sissons.

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