21-08-2022, 01:22 PM
On a separate note, I managed to stumble across the 1999 Review of BBC News output on the web archive. It's quite interesting to see how many of the proposals were and weren't implemented.
web.archive.org
A lot of the smaller format changes happened, many as part of the 'cream and red' rebrand, but many of the new programmes didn't appear. I don't think that BBC Choice ever got its daily Sport bulletin, The Gallery (a late-night parliamentary review intended to replace The Midnight Hour and The Record) didn't materialise, nor did a BBC Two programme covering EU and European politics or a BBC Two programme focussing on policy analysis. Of course, BBC political output was subject to its own review a few years later (which had far less 'high-brow' intent than improved coverage of Europe or policy).
web.archive.org
A lot of the smaller format changes happened, many as part of the 'cream and red' rebrand, but many of the new programmes didn't appear. I don't think that BBC Choice ever got its daily Sport bulletin, The Gallery (a late-night parliamentary review intended to replace The Midnight Hour and The Record) didn't materialise, nor did a BBC Two programme covering EU and European politics or a BBC Two programme focussing on policy analysis. Of course, BBC political output was subject to its own review a few years later (which had far less 'high-brow' intent than improved coverage of Europe or policy).