BBC Election 2024 - Transparent Theme - Arthur Theme [1080p50] 

It's been like that since 2019.

I love your use of the word anticipatory. Such a fine adjective to describe it!

2010 theme was better. Arthur is incredibly dated and sounds stuck in the past

That actually sounds amazing! 🔔

The best theme was 2010, this sounds incredibly dated and unfitting compared to the newer song they used in 2010.

@@ChanT3 I’m a sucker for Arthur so we can agree to disagree here.

The last theme was just a stock footage sandwich. I was worried they'd keep it corporate and stale forever, being too afraid to show the politicians' faces like in previous intros. This theme would've been perfect if they'd used better footage for Starmer, it's a bit weird how every other mainstream candidate had people holding signs indicating which party they supported but he didn't. Also, the clip where you slip the ballot paper into the box is literally the first thing that comes up when you search "UK voting" and looks a bit cheap.

@@mildlydispleased3221 also Reform didn’t have signs. I was more talking about the song itself rather than the visuals. But for me I think the visuals are an improvement too.

@MintiesPoopin I know Reform didn't have signs, and really it's a one-man party, so Iike the footage they used of Farage, even if I despise the man himself. I just find how it's a bit strange that they didn't use the mountain of footage with people holding Labour signs but did for every other "real" party. I think this is a massive improvement and the best election intro so far.

I've been watching election coverage since 2010 and in that time they've always had the chiming of Big Ben.

Not in 2019 however, that year they just played a recording of a single bong as Big Ben was under renovation at the time.

​@@MegacooltommydeeI sit on my toilet corrected.

Only thing I would say is caution yourself on the scale of the win. Turnout is down 11% compared to 1997. Also while Labour have a lot of MPs, a lot are based on slim majorities. They are ocean wide but pond deep. Labour need to be the govt we hope they can be to put any other option completely out of the window come 2028/29 election.

@@DazzaS83 oh yes my fear is what happened to Attlee in 1950 where his 146 seat majority was all but wiped out by a small swing back to the Conservatives.

@@DazzaS83the Tories will lurch to the right and fight amongst themselves at best they will win 160 seats in 2029. If they pick James Cleverly the best they can hope for is 200 seats they won’t taste power till at least 2034 or more likely 2039 . The more interesting question is how long sir Keir will be prime minister(?) I can’t see him doing ten years because of his age he do seven years max then hand over to the next generation.

​@@199019852007And if Keir Starmer doesn't act and put mass reforms especially on fundamental points to the left such as wealth inequality and the climate. He will be ousted as leader.

@@199019852007 This is assuming he's not cannibalised from within by defections to the Rubber Dinghy Rapids party over Palletline or to Catman over being "red Tories."

Absolutely. But I feel 2019 was a blip that needs to be forgotten about.

The way that the figures are put up on screen has an effect on the way the presenter presents them. During the Dimbleby era, they'd just give you a textual headline - no numbers ("Labour landslide", "Hung parliament"/"Conservatives largest party") for a few seconds, and THEN they'd give you a breakdown of figures. In 2019, for Huw's election, they gave the headline ("Conservative majority") and two biggest parties' figures simultaneously, before then showing other parties. And in 2024 they went all-in à la ITV and Sky. The arrangement of the reveal in Dimbleby's era makes for a more dramatic announcement at the expense of details.

I think I can hear a little tiny speed up just as the bells before the bongs are playing.

Pretty sure they timed everything -- and Big Ben's bells are pretty predictable. Of course, the actual intro segment on the results show is pre-recorded (up until 30 seconds before the exit polls).

@@nikobatallones may be? They subways used to be slightly erratic in their exact timing (the tune) maybe the refurb has sorted that out.

Subways lol. The tune. Subways?!?

Yeah I thought I'd have to wait years for someone to leak it. What a pleasant surprise it was officially released just a couple of days post-election!

Rick Wakefield definitely didn’t compose the cool parts. This song sounds incredibly old and dated. The parts from after the intro and on could definitely be argued as Lowes composition.

He fought BBC for years to stop using Arthur. It’s honestly too bad he gave up on that because BBC had a better theme commissioned in ‘10.

it took me so long to notice that it folded out into a 24... I dont know why they were so obsessed with triangles

"well let's just see, shall we?!" I loved that!

It feels very Succession

That's the 🚩 about it, it's an election, not the ten o'clock news!

But yeah brilliant modern version of it!

@@JMundy168 But it allows for brand recognition and integration. I quite like it.

His studio was the composer in association with the BBCs David Lowe

Truss didn’t last long unfortunately. The shortest tenure as PM in Conservative Party history!

Let’s hope that’s the case in November 24

In the context of British elections there is only 1 Arthur. Been in usage since 1979.

@@MrChrisalf2004 was just a bit of banter mate

You might just have to listen to Kay Burley having a moment, over and over.

I'm also looking for it

The Sky News Election night theme is so chill

That's what I like about it, the BBC beeps are pretty iconic and as a piece of music *for* BBC News it works well. I'd understand without if it was a single release 😂

But the outcome of the actual 2024 election was a vast improvement.😂