[Jon]

Wow. Even for that time period it looks like a spoof. Goodness. The music and the graphics are.....off. Seems like it was trying to emulate American local news. At least the tried....I guess.

I think that American style is so alien to the UK that it’s difficult to pull it off without it looking like a spoof. 

One thing is set does a least look somewhat comparable to the regional ITV operations of the time. Something that can’t be said for most of the local TV channels that would be set up nearly two decades later.