and other times its the other way around with the NC dipping into the event that's being covered in full on BBC1 (such as sport - an example I can think of is when Andy Murray won Wimbledon the NC took it live too).
The death of Diana is also surely the last breaking news event that would be covered that way, what with News 24 launching soon afterward. I wonder if it was, say, a few months later we would have gotten News 24 overnight rather than World. Imagine the complaints when Diana's death is announced by someone wearing a colourful shirt with no jacket!
The death of Diana is also surely the last breaking news event that would be covered that way, what with News 24 launching soon afterward. I wonder if it was, say, a few months later we would have gotten News 24 overnight rather than World. Imagine the complaints when Diana's death is announced by someone wearing a colourful shirt with no jacket!
As I recall, there was a news report for the death of Mother Teresa shortly after Diana's death. There may well have also been a news report for Operation Desert Fox, the bombing of Iraq in 1998. I know ITN had a news report for that one so I assume the BBC did too. I don't think either of those involved News 24. The first one to do so as I recall was the September 11th attacks on the USA in 2001.
The death of Diana is also surely the last breaking news event that would be covered that way, what with News 24 launching soon afterward. I wonder if it was, say, a few months later we would have gotten News 24 overnight rather than World. Imagine the complaints when Diana's death is announced by someone wearing a colourful shirt with no jacket!
As I recall, there was a news report for the death of Mother Teresa shortly after Diana's death. There may well have also been a news report for Operation Desert Fox, the bombing of Iraq in 1998. I know ITN had a news report for that one so I assume the BBC did too. I don't think either of those involved News 24. The first one to do so as I recall was the September 11th attacks on the USA in 2001.
Well yes, they still had separate proper BBC news reports that came from the main studio used for the BBC One bulletins for years, such as the Queen Mother. What I meant was the use of BBC World overnight when Diana died, if it was a few months later would it have been News 24 instead before Martyn Lewis came on in the morning.
The death of Diana is also surely the last breaking news event that would be covered that way, what with News 24 launching soon afterward. I wonder if it was, say, a few months later we would have gotten News 24 overnight rather than World. Imagine the complaints when Diana's death is announced by someone wearing a colourful shirt with no jacket!
A colleague of mine was working at TVC on the technical fit out of the soon to launch BBC News 24. He said the Monday morning following Diana's death there was a lot of concern and chit chat from BBC staff and management that the set and tone might be a little too 'colourful and jolly' to deliver such news
I'd argue their break on 9/11 was a decent example - besides choosing to wait till the end of Neighbours of course. But it was a calm fade into a News Report slide and then switched to News 24 where the reporter announced "we are interrupting normal programmes" over a shot of the towers. Granted it would've sounded a bit jolting for News 24 viewers to be told their programmes had been interrupted long after they were.
Although they didn't rejoin the film at the point where they left it. But in terms of the handling the news it was spot on.
Yes, that was the only glitch. Although hearing that news at the time would have been so shocking, I doubt any viewers paid too much attention to the film after it returned anyway. Rather spookily, the movie was set in Paris !
The way the Mandela announcement was handled was appalling.
I understand why BBC One missed the announcement, as no one was 100% sure what Zuma was going to say, but given Huw Edwards was just 20 minutes away from presenting the Ten O'Clock News why couldn't he have broken the news to BBC One viewers.
The other appalling thing was the Ten O'clock News then did nothing but Mandela, on the day massive storms were hitting the UK and the public spending review having just happened. Do the story justice and then let the News Channel take on the rolling coverage.
Regarding Mandela, a strap as used on some channels during 9/11 would have been more appropriate during Mrs Brown's Boys, which was less than 10 mins from finishing on BBC One.
The script used by the CA was appalling, some viewers would have had no idea who President Zuma is.