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Something quite different, from the above, but again, forcing changes to programmes, was the day in November 1990, when Mrs Thatcher resigned as Prime Minister. In this video, you'll hear Nicholas Owen at ITV saying they would be staying on the air for the latest updates. This meant dropping "The Time The Place" and "This Morning", and I'm sure programmes were dropped on BBC1. I was watching Keynotes that morning (schools were off for an in service day), and during the ad break midway through Keynotes, came the first announcement. That's not shown here, but the ITV slide is, as it was used for the introduction to the coverage from ITN.

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