[AaronLancs]

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.

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Already posted on the previous page.

Spotted it. Apologies for duplication.

[Roger Darthwell]

30 years ago today, BBC News introduced it's virtual studio set, it was used until 1997 (for Breakfast News) and until 1999 (for the other bulletins)
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Here is the intro to the first ever Nine O'Clock News in the virtual studio
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This is when BBC News was at it's very best!

[VMPhil]

I still think the Nine set in particular looks great. Really authoritative looking yet classy in that 90s BBC way. I love the 1993 version of the Six theme too.

[Spencer]

Were there any occasions when the camera tracking with the laserdisc cut glass titles failed?

I don’t ever recall seeing any problems with what seemed like a fairly technologically advanced setup for the time.

When you consider how 30 years on, the robot cameras in NBH studio E are far from foolproof, the 90s technology seemed pretty robust.

[jay14]

Were there any occasions when the camera tracking with the laserdisc cut glass titles failed?

I don’t ever recall seeing any problems with what seemed like a fairly technologically advanced setup for the time.

When you consider how 30 years on, the robot cameras in NBH studio E are far from foolproof, the 90s technology seemed pretty robust.

I remember seeing a few errors - the zoom of the presenters being wrong (too big or too small) and once the presenters appearing upside down!  I don't think there was any camera tracking involved - the movement was through a DVE (Charisma?) and a travelling matte on a second, slaved laser disc - there was a detailed BBC Engineering article around about it.

[AaronLancs]

30 years ago today, BBC News introduced it's virtual studio set, it was used until 1997 (for Breakfast News) and until 1999 (for the other bulletins)
www.youtube.com 
Here is the intro to the first ever Nine O'Clock News in the virtual studio
www.youtube.com 
This is when BBC News was at it's very best!

Also one thing to note with the line up in the two videos you have showcased.

The finest talent that BBC News ever had and quite a hard act to follow one would say:
Justin Webb
Andrew Harvey
John Humphrys - Quite surprised to see him doing television as I most associated him with BBC Radio 4's Today Programme.
Anna Ford
BIG MOIRA
Nicholas Witchell - Didn't know he did presenting duties at some point.
Martyn Lewis

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When you consider how 30 years on, the robot cameras in NBH studio E are far from foolproof, the 90s technology seemed pretty robust.

I would say the problems or gremlins that hijack the cameras in Studio E are down to going "off script" and not realising that once you set a sequence off, it needs to play out in full before you can take over manually.

[Roger Darthwell]

30 years ago today, BBC News introduced it's virtual studio set, it was used until 1997 (for Breakfast News) and until 1999 (for the other bulletins)
www.youtube.com 
Here is the intro to the first ever Nine O'Clock News in the virtual studio
www.youtube.com 
This is when BBC News was at it's very best!

Also one thing to note with the line up in the two videos you have showcased.

The finest talent that BBC News ever had and quite a hard act to follow one would say:
Justin Webb
Andrew Harvey
John Humphrys - Quite surprised to see him doing television as I most associated him with BBC Radio 4's Today Programme.
Anna Ford
BIG MOIRA
Nicholas Witchell - Didn't know he did presenting duties at some point.
Martyn Lewis

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When you consider how 30 years on, the robot cameras in NBH studio E are far from foolproof, the 90s technology seemed pretty robust.

I would say the problems or gremlins that hijack the cameras in Studio E are down to going "off script" and not realising that once you set a sequence off, it needs to play out in full before you can take over manually.

And also Peter Sissons, Michael Buerk, Chris Lowe, etc.......

[VMPhil]

Yes John Humphrys was still a relief newscaster in the 90s. He did the news when it was announced Blur and Oasis were releasing singles on the same day in 1995, a clip which has been repeated in every Britpop documentary ever since

[steve]

It's funny how everyone now associates Nick with the Royal beat, but in the 80s and 90s he was one of the most prolific presenters across BBC News. The Six with Sue Lawley, Breakfast News, the Nine, etc.

[bilky asko]

Courtesy of the ever-fruitful YouTube account of Cllr. David Boothroyd, there's the News & Campaign Report version of the Nine O'Clock News. Spot the slicing off of Peter Sissons's hair after the title sequence:

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Which reminds me of the 1992 News & Campaign Report - the BBC's most bombastic news theme with their most bombastic voiceover. What a combination! This one from VHS Gold:

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