BBC News 24 - Continuity, Industrial action, May 1998

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  • čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
  • The BBC was hit with a one day strike sometime in 1998, this meant that Live programming was rather scarce on this day. Breakfast News wasn't shown at all, it was replaced with News 24 and repeats of Call My Bluff. This clip shows News 24 later in the day, presented by Sian Williams, it was also simulcast on BBC World, hence why the TOTH is slightly different. The BBC didn't go on strike again until May 2005, when again there was no Breakfast and News 24 & World were simulcasting for the duration of the industrial action.

Komentáře • 29

  • @ZuluRomeo
    @ZuluRomeo Před 13 lety +43

    The old Flags music was badass.

  • @jacksugden8190
    @jacksugden8190 Před 4 lety +17

    Always thought of that theme music was something to do with sports events rather than the news.

  • @catholicwood
    @catholicwood Před 14 lety +9

    Sian Williams was an editor on BBC News 24 then, but she also quite often presented the news together with Gavin Estler in the afternoon prime-time. She was asked once to replace one of the potential presenters before the channel was launched, and she performed so well that she was offered also to present the news. At least that's what I read on Wikipedia.

  • @AntonY-yb7dn
    @AntonY-yb7dn Před 2 lety +1

    When this video was uploaded it was more closer to time it was recorded(10yrs) than to now(13yrs)

  • @slavaukraini1991
    @slavaukraini1991 Před 11 lety +16

    would be great if they brought back the flags theme - way better than anythign since

  • @ITVWeatherFans
    @ITVWeatherFans Před 12 lety +6

    Call My Bluff on News 24?! "And now, strike - is it... something you do to a match, a description of an attack or is it a common occurrence on News 24? Sandi"!

  • @justinhu8
    @justinhu8 Před 6 lety +7

    Judging from the headline sequence, this strike was on June 4, 1998. Not May.

    • @geolykt
      @geolykt Před 2 lety

      Hey, exactly 24 years ago!
      But yeah, that high speed crash is likely the Eschede derailment which would point it to somewhere after June 3.
      Furthermore searching about a ticket scandal in 1998 results in an article published on June 5. So June 4 would be plausible considering
      that there is an old online BBC article describing a strike on that day (and another on Oct 20?) - but either way there are no reported strikes that occured in May.
      I am not sure how the uploader got the date wrong, but perhaps the search algorithms were worse in 2008 than I wish to acknowledge

  • @SkytreeTV1
    @SkytreeTV1 Před 15 lety +20

    why the hell did the BBC change their theme?
    this was perfectly fine and it has a global theme to it too!

    • @anicetune
      @anicetune Před 4 lety +7

      Standardisation. It's human nature to want to make everything the same - erase individuality.

  • @mezykin
    @mezykin Před 12 lety +7

    hell yeah! i remember watching bbc world with my grandpa and i'd just watch it for the flags music!

  • @iheartchubbybellies
    @iheartchubbybellies Před 3 lety +2

    Boy, that bird at 1:10 sure does look like the Jayhawk from the University of Kansas...

  • @AlexanderEdoh2013
    @AlexanderEdoh2013 Před 5 lety +3

    This is from 4th June 1998.

  • @Blubatt
    @Blubatt Před 4 lety +4

    Is that a phone ringing in the background?

  • @TVRomanceFan1993
    @TVRomanceFan1993 Před 9 měsíci

    Also used the BBC News 24 on BBC One.

  • @ITVWeatherFans
    @ITVWeatherFans Před 12 lety +3

    Oh, I'm sorry - no, it's my fault, I misread the text, I see now - Breakfast News wasn't on AT ALL - got it now! Still, would've been funny to see it on News 24!

  • @courtneygrimshaw4713
    @courtneygrimshaw4713 Před 11 lety +6

    I Like the flags music

  • @remixchild
    @remixchild Před 3 měsíci

    0:17 What flag was that supposed to represent?

  • @573W1E6R1FF1N
    @573W1E6R1FF1N Před 16 lety +2

    Wasn't this clip removed from CZcams awhile ago?

  • @tomdissonance
    @tomdissonance Před 9 lety +1

    June 4, 1998

  • @imrustyokay
    @imrustyokay Před 7 lety +4

    I wonder who got the giant Catalan flag?

  • @michaelfortheloss292
    @michaelfortheloss292 Před rokem

    Call..My..Bluff...on News 24...
    *I don't wanna live on this planet anymore*

  • @theancientsancients1769
    @theancientsancients1769 Před 3 lety +6

    When the BBC uses be credible and not biased

  • @SPTSuperSprinter156
    @SPTSuperSprinter156 Před 14 lety +2

    @BillStanley2008
    How is it lame working when everyone else is on strike? The strikers are the lame ones mate.

  • @573W1E6R1FF1N
    @573W1E6R1FF1N Před 16 lety +4

    ITV sucks in quite a few ways except from You've Been framed! that rules :D

  • @SprinterPlayz
    @SprinterPlayz Před 2 lety

    Doo do do da do do DUN DUN