03-09-2022, 12:17 AM
(01-09-2022, 11:25 PM)James2001 Wrote: It was the first time I can remember the news being on channels 1-5 all at the same time, when that happens, you know it's something major. The only other times I can remember it happening was September 11th and July 7th as well as the deaths of the Queen Mother and Prince Philip. I guess it could have happened with events like Lockerbie and the Gulf War as well, though I would have been too young to be aware.
I can remember a couple of occasions that particularly stick out because they happened one day after another - London winning the Olympic bid, and Blair’s speech after the 7/7 attacks. On both occasions the BBC were running a News Special on BBC1 and the Daily Politics on BBC2. It seemed quite surprising all the commercial channels covered the Olympic announcement given London wasn’t expected to win, but I definitely remember it happening.
I’m not sure if all five channels covered 9/11 live? Although it is possible as BBC2 were supposed to be showing the TUC conference so could have broken away to show live pictures.