[Newsroom]

"C4 News 2015 2 Min End"

...My curiosity is peaked. 

Extended closing titles for news are so interesting - great for those who love listening to them, but virtually redundant as, even if you have planned bits fail or the running order changes, you can usually fill any gaps with a few 20 second stories. BBC World News have always insisted on having long close mixes ready, but almost always end up running so close that the presenter has to rush to finish up - at least a few years ago it wasn't uncommon for the gallery to simply fade out the presenter.

Ha! You are so correct! However, and thinking back to my days working at LNN, BBC and Sky when a long outro would literally save the show. At LNN - my god, we had several shows when almost everything that could fail - did fail and a long outro was one way of filling time. With such incredible music we were able to do just that. With live shots all over the capital it became almost a 'go to' for a pres to say 'we'll leave you tonight with some wonderful shots of London' 

Long live the extended close!