Nearly 10 years ago, at 09.15 on 31st December 1999, BBC1 started its television marathon with the programme 2000 Today. Ending at 13.30 the next day, the bits I viewed were absoloutely remarkable and it is the best programme I've ever seen.
Anyone remember, posses a copy of a part/parts of this broadcast? I've got a copy from (31/12/99) 09.15-12.15, 16.04-??, 22.06-01.06 and (01/01/00) 09.25-11.25 (approx).
I've got some of ITV's Countdown 2000 which basically seemed to be all situated within the ITV News studio..which at the time wasn't very adaptable and the CGI looked cheap.
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There are a few videos on YouTube. I personally like the news introductions, the way the simple vamp leads up to the headlines whilst panning across the studio. Lovely. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU088UQ51D0
It is also exactly 10 years since the BBC Manned Pebble Mill's pres suite overnight in fear of the Y2K Bug.
Mainly because the TVC Playout was computerised but the Mill's was a replugged edit suite.
It is also exactly 10 years since the BBC Manned Pebble Mill's pres suite overnight in fear of the Y2K Bug.
Mainly because the TVC Playout was computerised but the Mill's was a replugged edit suite.
Well yes, like so many organisations they backed up everything much more than was actually needed. Birmingham was a absolute last resort though... the old analogue TX area (also computerised but much more tried and tested) was fully ready as the first line of standby. Seems odd now that so many people really thought that everything would fall over at midnight
Nearly 10 years ago, at 09.15 on 31st December 1999, BBC1 started its television marathon with the programme 2000 Today. Ending at 13.30 the next day, the bits I viewed were absoloutely remarkable and it is the best programme I've ever seen.
Anyone remember, posses a copy of a part/parts of this broadcast? I've got a copy from (31/12/99) 09.15-12.15, 16.04-??, 22.06-01.06 and (01/01/00) 09.25-11.25 (approx).
I rather stupidly missed it, I think.
From what I've seen on youtube though it seems very impressive.
I was in Canada for new year 10 years ago, and saw some of CBC's 2000 Today. Theirs was presented by Peter Mansbridge, who appeared to be a slightly more Canadian version of Peter Snow.
The 2000 Today International stream from TV Centre (which was a pretty much continuous picture feed, co-ordinated by the BBC in London, for all other 2000 Today Consortium broadcasters to take (no studio, but still two galleries producing the stream) was amazing - and News 24 took quite a lot of it. There was a very early web-based running order system that allowed every broadcaster involved to keep up with what was being shown!
At 2300 GMT - the European Midnight wrap was stunning (each midnight around Europe was shown back-to-back with a variable delay, with a nice fire wipe between them) - and News 24 showed it. The BBC One show concentrated on Paris, and took a BBC single-camera feed rather than the better French feed ISTR.
