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RE: BBC News Pres: Nostalgia - VMPhil - 09-04-2023

Well that BBC clip is absolutely fascinating because I'm pretty sure that is in fact the very first announcement on BBC television that Kennedy had died. This article by Kif Bowden-Smith has a bit more detail of what happened before and after but the announcement is pretty much the same as the one he'd remembered.

For context - the newsreader was John Roberts, a relief newsreader from New Zealand who had a very brief career on BBC TV (June-November 1963) though this doesn't seem to have been because of any criticism of his approach, in fact this page contains a letter of high praise for his role on the night from the BBC TV news editor of the time. Roberts ended up presenting the coverage because all the high profile newsreaders and news staff were at the Society of Film & Television Arts Ball that evening.

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RE: BBC News Pres: Nostalgia - Newsroom - 10-04-2023

What with it being the anniversary of the Good Friday agreement I thought I'd hunt around for some coverage.

Would anyone have any idea what studio Peter Sissons is using in this clip.



https://youtu.be/5ESQSxoIsKI?t=2256 

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RE: BBC News Pres: Nostalgia - DTV - 10-04-2023

(10-04-2023, 10:24 AM)Newsroom Wrote:  Would anyone have any idea what studio Peter Sissons is using in this clip.

That's TC7's Breakfast News/Newsnight set with the skyline backdrops removed/blanked out.

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RE: BBC News Pres: Nostalgia - Newsroom - 10-04-2023

(10-04-2023, 10:40 AM)DTV Wrote:  

(10-04-2023, 10:24 AM)Newsroom Wrote:  Would anyone have any idea what studio Peter Sissons is using in this clip.

That's TC7's Breakfast News/Newsnight set with the skyline backdrops removed/blanked out.

Thanks! I'd never have got that. 

I'm assuming that's the Newsnight desk if Breakfast News used the one below?

https://youtu.be/JnIZVNJDGfg 

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RE: BBC News Pres: Nostalgia - DTV - 10-04-2023

(10-04-2023, 10:58 AM)Newsroom Wrote:  Thanks! I'd never have got that. 

I'm assuming that's the Newsnight desk if Breakfast News used the one below?

Yes, it's the Newsnight desk - must have been left over from the night before (of course, Breakfast News wouldn't've aired on a bank holiday in those days). You can see it towards the end of this Newsnight with Huw Edwards from July 1997. It was a nifty set that - changeable backdrops, window panes and furniture allowed parts of it to be shared by Breakfast News, Newsnight and Working Lunch - nearly a decade before the Barcos were introduced. Though, the sharing didn't last too long - Newsnight returned to having their own set in February 1999. Here's a clip back on the blue place (from itsrobert) of the first few minutes of the transformation of the set from Newsnight into Breakfast.

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RE: BBC News Pres: Nostalgia - Stuart - 11-04-2023

(10-04-2023, 10:58 AM)Newsroom Wrote:  

(10-04-2023, 10:40 AM)DTV Wrote:  That's TC7's Breakfast News/Newsnight set with the skyline backdrops removed/blanked out.

I'm assuming that's the Newsnight desk if Breakfast News used the one below?

It certainly was a vertitile set, which gave the impression of a great deal of space when used for Newsnight. Obviously they didn't need to use as much for BN.

I think they used the same physical desk at that end of the studio for both programmes, but with a lighter coloured top for Breakfast News. It was certainly my favourite set for BN, as were the titles of that era.
https://youtu.be/XiZoDaX1xio 
(Source: TVRoom)

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RE: BBC News Pres: Nostalgia - itsrobert - 11-04-2023

Here we go - a direct link to the video DTV mentioned above. It shows how they transformed the TC7 set after Newsnight to get it ready for Breakfast News the following morning:

https://up.metropol247.co.uk/itsrobert/TC7%202.mp4 

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(11-04-2023, 02:05 PM)Stuart Wrote:  

(10-04-2023, 10:58 AM)Newsroom Wrote:  I'm assuming that's the Newsnight desk if Breakfast News used the one below?

It certainly was a vertitile set, which gave the impression of a great deal of space when used for Newsnight. Obviously they didn't need to use as much for BN.

I think they used the same physical desk at that end of the studio for both programmes, but with a lighter coloured top for Breakfast News. It was certainly my favourite set for BN, as were the titles of that era.
https://youtu.be/XiZoDaX1xio 
(Source: TVRoom)

I agree, Stuart. I thought the pre-97 Breakfast News was too cold and austere for that time of the morning. And Breakfast from 2000 onwards was a bit too clinical, even though the titles were nice and warm. The 1997-2000 version of Breakfast News was my favourite too. I loved the titles and the music was great as well. I seem to recall it was composed by George Fenton. I used to like the opt to the regions as they used to give a good long blast of the headline vamp while showing the markets/currencies etc.

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harshy - harshy - 11-04-2023

(11-04-2023, 06:33 PM)itsrobert Wrote:  Here we go - a direct link to the video DTV mentioned above. It shows how they transformed the TC7 set after Newsnight to get it ready for Breakfast News the following morning:

https://up.metropol247.co.uk/itsrobert/TC7%202.mp4 

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(11-04-2023, 02:05 PM)Stuart Wrote:  It certainly was a vertitile set, which gave the impression of a great deal of space when used for Newsnight. Obviously they didn't need to use as much for BN.

I think they used the same physical desk at that end of the studio for both programmes, but with a lighter coloured top for Breakfast News. It was certainly my favourite set for BN, as were the titles of that era.
https://youtu.be/XiZoDaX1xio 
(Source: TVRoom)

I agree, Stuart. I thought the pre-97 Breakfast News was too cold and austere for that time of the morning. And Breakfast from 2000 onwards was a bit too clinical, even though the titles were nice and warm. The 1997-2000 version of Breakfast News was my favourite too. I loved the titles and the music was great as well. I seem to recall it was composed by George Fenton. I used to like the opt to the regions as they used to give a good long blast of the headline vamp while showing the markets/currencies etc.

Amazing I love watching feeds like this the magic of television been put together :-)

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RE: BBC News Pres: Nostalgia - AaronLancs - 12-04-2023

Don't know if this will work. This just came along on my Facebook feed and hunted out the postable link which happened to be a Twitter one. A little behind the scenes clip from Tomorrow's World - presented by Howard Stableford, reporter unknown - on the previewing the 1993 new virtual studio.

https://twitter.com/BBCArchive/status/1644652556176736257 

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RE: BBC News Pres: Nostalgia - Rob Francis - 13-04-2023

(12-04-2023, 11:56 PM)AaronLancs Wrote:  Don't know if this will work. This just came along on my Facebook feed and hunted out the postable link which happened to be a Twitter one. A little behind the scenes clip from Tomorrow's World - presented by Howard Stableford, reporter unknown - on the previewing the 1993 new virtual studio.

https://twitter.com/BBCArchive/status/1644652556176736257 

Already posted on the previous page.

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