25-02-2023, 07:56 PM
My earliest memories of News 24 were the overnight simulcasts on BBC1 at launch. I was at university and often worked late into the early hours of the morning. At that time distribution was quite limited and there was controversy over News 24 replacing Sky News on analogue cable.
News 24 was quite separate from the rest of BBC News, in a different department for continuous news with Five Live and facing some well documented internal opposition.
I remember the second set of the flags era being dubbed something along the lines of a car crash in a shower.
I think the 1999 relaunch set and graphics - before the breaking news straps became obtrusive - were one of the best.
Aside from its ignominious closure, the low points were probably when the BBC was obsessed with reporting on itself, like interviewing Matt Wells from Media Guardian in a corridor of TV Centre on Crowngate trailer, giving a running tally of complaints about the Ross/Brand Andrew Sachs interview and live presentation from outside NBH after Savile.
News 24 was quite separate from the rest of BBC News, in a different department for continuous news with Five Live and facing some well documented internal opposition.
I remember the second set of the flags era being dubbed something along the lines of a car crash in a shower.
I think the 1999 relaunch set and graphics - before the breaking news straps became obtrusive - were one of the best.
Aside from its ignominious closure, the low points were probably when the BBC was obsessed with reporting on itself, like interviewing Matt Wells from Media Guardian in a corridor of TV Centre on Crowngate trailer, giving a running tally of complaints about the Ross/Brand Andrew Sachs interview and live presentation from outside NBH after Savile.