01-01-2024, 06:56 PM
(01-01-2024, 04:17 PM)nwtv2003 Wrote: I believe it was Thames only, the clip predates ITN’s presence on night time TV which didn’t begin until February in 1988.Only Thames, the only other company doing overnight at that time was Anglia and they disliked the news. There was also ITN world news but it seem there couldn't be brother on new years day.
(01-01-2024, 04:17 PM)nwtv2003 Wrote: What strikes me more about that clip and a couple of others that Sticky Tape and Rust/Aidan has recently uploaded is that Tom Edwards was working the night shift outright rather than the usual duty night time announcers of that era.
Tom was a regular on the night shift during 1987 into 1988. Also a few of the night-time laddies ended up doing daytime Friday shift