[W. Knight]

Does anyone know the rough timeline of BBC One's overnight coverage?

Is there a continuity announcer announcing we're joining BBC World and did they cut short of a film for this?

Apart from that, it seems BBC One have opted out of BBC World and started its own domestic news report sometime in the early morning... does anyone remember what exact time is it, and how it happened? (e.g is there a continuity or just a crash?)

Also, am I right that the BBC did the formal death announcement and played the national anthem a couple of times throughout the morning?

I wasn't born by the time of her death (and not in the UK as well!), so I'm not too sure about the first-hand witnesses as well.

But, from what I gathered from this MHP article on the Princess's death (last updated in 2000!), this is probably what it looked like on One:


[*]1.15 Special News Report from Martyn Lewis (interrupting film twice)
[*]2.30 Final BBC 1 CA; BBC World coverage started (anchored by Nick Gowing)
[*]4.45 First hint of Diana's death (then on embargo) on World from Stephen Jessel
[*]5.10 Buckingham Palace confirmation; BBC1/2/World/Prime news simulcast; National Anthem first heard
[*]6.30 End of World coverage; joint BBC channel news programme (as "BBC Television from London"), anchored by ML


Judging by the wording the article used, the Anthem was played several times. Not too sure if the switch to Martyn at 6.30 used the Family ident and CA, or cut directly to the newsroom.