Drama and tension... A historic night... Love how the media try and big up what essentially was one of the most boring and predictable post war elections
A VHS video of it was released, DVD's were available but it went to video, probably low sales were predicted but why even make a video? Richard Bacon was mocking it on The Big Breakfast.
The most boring and pointless election of all time, with hardly any seats changing hands. This election was probably even worse for the Tories than the 1997 election. 166 seats (43 less than Labour in 1983 under Michael Foot) after 4 years in opposition was a disaster, and meant that 1997-2001 was 4 wasted years for them, as Ken Clarke said. They geared their election campaign towards Europe and saving the pound, which most people just didn't care about at the time, instead of the real issues such as health and education. And then to top it off, they didn't learn their lesson after a second successive election disaster, and then voted for a right-wing Euro-sceptic Iain Duncan Smith as their next leader. At that point I couldn't imagine them every getting back in power.
Abs the irony of this is that Boris Johnson was elected via the most right-wing eurosceptic package ever offered in our lifetime. With a thumping majority!
2:07 - A very clever use of CSO here, as Dermot was not in the ITN atrium but in ITN's virtual green screen studio in the basement of ITN. Using a standard high view point shot here probably pre-recorded a few minutes before hand, before cutting into the live shot in the green screen studio. For 2001 this was very good green screen usage I have to admit.
Depending on how high they had a ceiling in the green screen they didn't have to necessarily pre record it. Dermot could have been I think just "put in the atrium" live from the green screen.
@@moramento22 ITV seemed to took a shine to green screen VR as from 2004 onward all of their news sets have been VR. i wonder why they went down that path?
The atrium at ITN was the only real way ITV could match the size and scale of their election studio and the BBC's massive studio in TC1 at the BBC TV Centre. The atrium and its area provided some good space, as ITN's main news studios measures very small indeed, even in 2001. REPLY
05:25 "And a result which makes Tony Blair the first Prime Minister to have the chance of serving two full terms in office" Hmm... I guess he missed off the word "Labour" there.
Wilson got two terms. Elected in 1964, re-elected in 1966 served his full term until a defeat in 1970. I mean his first term was short, but still a full term
I'm beginning to think that if all United States polling places on Presidential Election Nights would close at 10 P.M. Eastern time (except for Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, which would continue to be able to close polls and report results as soon as every registered voter in that village casts their ballots), network coverage could have a dramatic start. As 10 P.M. Eastern time comes, George Stephanepolous, Jeff Glor, or Lester Holt (depending on the network) could dramatically announce "On the screen behind me is the current Eastern Standard Time. In a few seconds, it will be 10 O'Clock Eastern time, at which time, we will be able to announce our projection as to who will win this election.......unless it's too close to call. Here we go......It's 10 P.M. Eastern time, all the polls across the 50 States have closed, and (network name) News can project that Peter Politician will beat Fred Filibuster and win the Presidency by a margin of 56 percent to 44 percent in the popular vote, and by a projected margin of 310 to 228 in Electoral Votes".
Patryk Wieczorek Also, we may or may not have a winner after the polls in California close at 11:00 pm Eastern Time (which is 8:00 pm there) with several states still too close to call and a winner finally declared at 1:00, 2:00, or maybe 3:00 am. In the case of the 2020 election, and with millions more voting by mail rather then in person due to the coronavirus, it may be till Thursday or Friday when we do have a winner (network programming will no doubt be preempted)! *UPDATE:* It took until Saturday morning at around 11:30 am Eastern Time to finally declare Joe Biden the winner in 2020.
As a Labour supporter, I'm watching this through the eyes of a Tory supporter in 2001 and feeling the disappointment they must have had, plus wndering if and when they'd ever get back into government.
But Labour has to decide which party they want to be like: Do they want to be an "election-winning-machine" like the Blair-New Labour, or do they want to keep a left heart and mind - but then they will have no chance to win elections or at least to govern very long. Blairs victories were based on massive hope, but he disappointed many of his voters. Maybe this is something Labour never will be able to repair.
@olehomer1988 for sure, but the problem is a Tony Blair style election campaign wouldn't work in the current political climate everything is to polarised now. Starmer needs to find a way of not looking too extreme for people in the centre while also looking radical enough to keep the left wing urban vote who are a far bigger part of the labour coalition and aren't as loyal to one party as they where in the 2000s.
@@cymraegpunk1420Plus the urban vote are in danger of being convinced by the far right more now, so much so that they only put candidates in those areas.
This must have been slightly weird for the viewers to have one Dimbleby brother present the night on BBC and the other on ITV
Happened in 1997 and 2005 also
Drama and tension... A historic night... Love how the media try and big up what essentially was one of the most boring and predictable post war elections
A VHS video of it was released, DVD's were available but it went to video, probably low sales were predicted but why even make a video? Richard Bacon was mocking it on The Big Breakfast.
rip Charles Kennedy
3 months later the world changed forever.....
And it ruined Tony Blair
The world isnt America
@@adorabasilwinterpock6035yeah but 9/11 literally changed the world
The most boring and pointless election of all time, with hardly any seats changing hands.
This election was probably even worse for the Tories than the 1997 election. 166 seats (43 less than Labour in 1983 under Michael Foot) after 4 years in opposition was a disaster, and meant that 1997-2001 was 4 wasted years for them, as Ken Clarke said.
They geared their election campaign towards Europe and saving the pound, which most people just didn't care about at the time, instead of the real issues such as health and education.
And then to top it off, they didn't learn their lesson after a second successive election disaster, and then voted for a right-wing Euro-sceptic Iain Duncan Smith as their next leader. At that point I couldn't imagine them every getting back in power.
@olehomer1988 But only people interested in what the EU was doing and EU issues voted in Euro elections, its why turnout is always so low in them
Abs the irony of this is that Boris Johnson was elected via the most right-wing eurosceptic package ever offered in our lifetime. With a thumping majority!
Hague's main achievement was getting one MP back into Scotland which ended the complete tory wipeout there in 1997 but that was it.
2:07 - A very clever use of CSO here, as Dermot was not in the ITN atrium but in ITN's virtual green screen studio in the basement of ITN. Using a standard high view point shot here probably pre-recorded a few minutes before hand, before cutting into the live shot in the green screen studio. For 2001 this was very good green screen usage I have to admit.
Depending on how high they had a ceiling in the green screen they didn't have to necessarily pre record it. Dermot could have been I think just "put in the atrium" live from the green screen.
@@moramento22 Very good piece of work though for 2001 right?
@@johnking5174 Yeah I must admit, even though I don't like the usage of green screen personally, it is very well done for 2001 yeah
@@moramento22 ITV seemed to took a shine to green screen VR as from 2004 onward all of their news sets have been VR. i wonder why they went down that path?
@@johnking5174 I guess it might be cost, having a green screen studio is much cheaper than having a normal one
The atrium at ITN was the only real way ITV could match the size and scale of their election studio and the BBC's massive studio in TC1 at the BBC TV Centre. The atrium and its area provided some good space, as ITN's main news studios measures very small indeed, even in 2001.
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Great video
05:25 "And a result which makes Tony Blair the first Prime Minister to have the chance of serving two full terms in office"
Hmm... I guess he missed off the word "Labour" there.
Wilson got two terms. Elected in 1964, re-elected in 1966 served his full term until a defeat in 1970. I mean his first term was short, but still a full term
@@michaelheeheejackson7255 A full term is 4 years+
The "Quiet" Landslide
Drama and tension.... only three red seats turned blue I think? Hardly worth staying up for!
23 years ago!
I'm beginning to think that if all United States polling places on Presidential Election Nights would close at 10 P.M. Eastern time (except for Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, which would continue to be able to close polls and report results as soon as every registered voter in that village casts their ballots), network coverage could have a dramatic start.
As 10 P.M. Eastern time comes, George Stephanepolous, Jeff Glor, or Lester Holt (depending on the network) could dramatically announce "On the screen behind me is the current Eastern Standard Time. In a few seconds, it will be 10 O'Clock Eastern time, at which time, we will be able to announce our projection as to who will win this election.......unless it's too close to call. Here we go......It's 10 P.M. Eastern time, all the polls across the 50 States have closed, and (network name) News can project that Peter Politician will beat Fred Filibuster and win the Presidency by a margin of 56 percent to 44 percent in the popular vote, and by a projected margin of 310 to 228 in Electoral Votes".
I think the fact that US has the different timezones to deal with adds extra character to the election nights
Patryk Wieczorek Also, we may or may not have a winner after the polls in California close at 11:00 pm Eastern Time (which is 8:00 pm there) with several states still too close to call and a winner finally declared at 1:00, 2:00, or maybe 3:00 am.
In the case of the 2020 election, and with millions more voting by mail rather then in person due to the coronavirus, it may be till Thursday or Friday when we do have a winner (network programming will no doubt be preempted)!
*UPDATE:* It took until Saturday morning at around 11:30 am Eastern Time to finally declare Joe Biden the winner in 2020.
16:58 [Kennedy will] be here, monster permitting...
As a Labour supporter, I'm watching this through the eyes of a Tory supporter in 2001 and feeling the disappointment they must have had, plus wndering if and when they'd ever get back into government.
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I wish we could go back to those times labour government everyone reasonably happy and no bloody Brexit!
But Labour has to decide which party they want to be like: Do they want to be an "election-winning-machine" like the Blair-New Labour, or do they want to keep a left heart and mind - but then they will have no chance to win elections or at least to govern very long.
Blairs victories were based on massive hope, but he disappointed many of his voters.
Maybe this is something Labour never will be able to repair.
@olehomer1988 for sure, but the problem is a Tony Blair style election campaign wouldn't work in the current political climate everything is to polarised now. Starmer needs to find a way of not looking too extreme for people in the centre while also looking radical enough to keep the left wing urban vote who are a far bigger part of the labour coalition and aren't as loyal to one party as they where in the 2000s.
hywel dda he’s doing a good job I think
sore loser
@@cymraegpunk1420Plus the urban vote are in danger of being convinced by the far right more now, so much so that they only put candidates in those areas.
and Then, Tony Blair
Lasted 3 terms and seats
First past the post (UK)
Dumfries, 50 yr old
Male and stale