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These have also made me miss BBC Three's 7 O'Clock News. It was pacey and didn't take itself too seriously - but still covered the day's main news, so you didn't come away feeling stupider than you did before you watched it, as I sometimes do with American news programmes.
(IMO it was at its peak when Eddie Mair presented - but there seems to be a dearth of clips online. Anyone else able to track one down?)
The 30 minute BBC Three Seven O'Clock News - originally with Eddie Mair, and then with Paddy O'Connell (as opposed to the 15 minute previous iteration) was a very distinct show. Not dumbed down, and editorially totally sound, but with a vey distinctive look and voice. The appalling DFS sofa-era was a sad ending. (The sofas were not anyone on the show's fault AIUI...)
A lot of the techniques used were quite pioneering for BBC TV News, and quickly filtered into other bulletins. Though it had near-zero level ratings, it was watched by a lot in the industry (though I'm sure they were concentrating on the high-brow C4 News at the same time
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I suspect there are almost no clips because it had such a tiny audience sadly.
It is the only TV vehicle I've seen for Eddie that came close to capturing the same incisive dry wit that he can express on PM at suitable moments. And to think he did PM 1700-1800 on Radio 4, and then BBC Three News 1900-1930 is quite impressive.
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These have also made me miss BBC Three's 7 O'Clock News. It was pacey and didn't take itself too seriously - but still covered the day's main news, so you didn't come away feeling stupider than you did before you watched it, as I sometimes do with American news programmes.
(IMO it was at its peak when Eddie Mair presented - but there seems to be a dearth of clips online. Anyone else able to track one down?)
The 30 minute BBC Three Seven O'Clock News - originally with Eddie Mair, and then with Paddy O'Connell (as opposed to the 15 minute previous iteration) was a very distinct show. Not dumbed down, and editorially totally sound, but with a vey distinctive look and voice. The appalling DFS sofa-era was a sad ending. (The sofas were not anyone on the show's fault AIUI...)
A lot of the techniques used were quite pioneering for BBC TV News, and quickly filtered into other bulletins. Though it had near-zero level ratings, it was watched by a lot in the industry (though I'm sure they were concentrating on the high-brow C4 News at the same time
)
I suspect there are almost no clips because it had such a tiny audience sadly.
It is the only TV vehicle I've seen for Eddie that came close to capturing the same incisive dry wit that he can express on PM at suitable moments. And to think he did PM 1700-1800 on Radio 4, and then BBC Three News 1900-1930 is quite impressive.
