"What these clever little robots mustn't do of course is to get their wires crossed. Neither must they mow down or exterminate any humans who might happen to be on the studio floor." 🤖 4:48
Interesting fact firstly the Lunchtime News actually used the same opening theme as the Morning News from January 1996, while the Early Evening News had its Big Ben titles dropped in July 1997 both I think were to allow for more News correct me if I'm wrong. Noe the alternate Morning News titles which were in use between March 1999 - September 2000.
Excellent compilation, well done. Unlike today’s wimpy BBC news beeps, proper sobering signature tunes, rather as if the music was saying SIT UP AND LISTEN because THIS AFFECTS YOU! Does anyone else think the sequence at 0:28 is reminiscent of Fourscore ?
Unsure about foreshore. I found this article online: Instead of managing files and folders, forScore lets you search, sort, and browse through your collection using metadata like composer, genre, and key.
To me as someone who grew up with the pips, these themes just sound like any news station anywhere. Adding the pips from the radio into the news intro, and the electronic instruments and slow build up for the extended version for the News 24 countdown on digital, is just iconic, and given it's referencing BBC radio with the pips, there's no other station that theme could work on.
The technology of the era was incredible and put to great effect. It was a classy and sophisticated look. That cut glass coat of arms with the spinning globe was sublime. The complete rebranding of BBC News in 1999 was comparatively unambitious and disappointing. They did away with virtual reality in the studio and the title sequence became messy and indistinct.
29:45 I've Been On The Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway In Kent Near Dover In England Back In September 2022 And It Was Super Awesome. Thanks Mate. X❤
As a person born in the 1990s, who grew up watching the Six O'Clock and Nine O'Clock news intros during my early childhood, it's a real privilege to be able to track down this nostalgic featurette (after seeing it several times before).
I remember as a child watching him go through the different colour tapes and thinking "blood coloured, fair enough, paddling pool coloured, fair enough, potassium permangenate, wtf is potassium permangenate?!"😄😄😄
I was always told that the 93 set was fake but I never understood How it was faked. Glad to say this provided the answer. It really is impressive how much this studio broadcasted every day is able to trick your eyes into thinking everything your looking at is real.
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