BBC Six O'Clock News - December 1988

[Applemask]

I just liked it when every news programme had its own titles.

[poundlane1]

Great Video!!! And with the South Today 'Flying Fridge' Credits, Even Better. Just the Way news should be not watered down with this virtual studio stuff. Do you have the full opening for South Today which would have followed, That would just be superb!!! Well done

[superleofilm]

me gusto

[jsam93]

If this is December 29, then why are the national and regional news bulletins both on at the usual times and for the standard half hour?

[tvcreamguide]

Because it was a normal working day and so the Beeb decided to run them for the normal length - they also had full belletins at 1pm and 9pm. However this was the last Christmas when they did a full half-hour Six O'Clock News in Christmas week.

[abercrombieToronto]

they had high mortgage rates in 1988, this is so upsettinnnng :(

[Runrome]

Look at the bbc 's presentation today no anticipation no the news all looks the same now theres is no effort made like their was back in the day

I would rather watch these on you tube then whats on current telly

[theeddielang]

Martin Stanford LOL

[oiefees]

It sounds guite funny when Philip says "American airlanes".

[oiefees]

Sorry. Lines, not lanes

[citadelofchaos]

Dog with a pacemaker ,, fuckin' kiwi fruit ,, bogart ,, WTF!!!!!!!

Sounds like news these days , credit crunch, war , job losses, terrorism ,, but no on the fuckin' front page of the daily mirror the other day was "Posh gets a pixie hair cut" WTF ????????

[MattWindsor91]

Got to love the insanely 80s South Today theme

[AidanLunn]

are you sure this is 1988? Im sure that BBC logo at the top of the screen at 0:21 wasn't used then . . .

[filmnet]

Please see my reply below: "That version of the BBC symbol dates from 1988. But the idents and titles of most programmes were not changed until later." In fact, South Today added the new symbol during late 1988.

[1218174]

Now it would be rare to see two male presenters wouldn't it? I don't see why television companies don't do it more often.

[deselmes]

Hard to believe how much younger Martin Stanford looked twenty years ago. Nowadays, he looks just that bit like Andrew Harvey.

[Visonu]

How come this was shown during the christmas holidays?

[KevCityboy]

That BBC news opener has got to be the best ever. The music and colour is brilliant

[deselmes]

I don't disagree. They watered it down a bit when the virtual news studio was introduced in 1993.

[AidanLunn]

@KevCityboy oh I don't know - the Nine O'Clock news titles of the time were even better :)

[shirleygibson]

When the president of the United States came

to Peru in February 1991, there was a bomb

in the Andes Mountains. That's not nice!

[luke458794]

Everything about the BBC was so well presented back then with announcers that you can understabd etc, not all the accents we have today. The BBC really has been dumbed down.

[Jamie10004]

What is that scrawney pathetic logo doing there? (projected onto the wall near close of programme)

[Magnificent2007]

Yes, because BBC launched the new logo in 1986, although it wasn't shown until 1991.

[RobinCarmody]

To be precise, the first sightings of that logo were in 1988, but it was only phased in gradually - even in 1990, some programmes ended with the old logo. It appears halfway through series 2 of A Bit of Fry and Laurie, shown in March/April 1990.

[videonut33]

check OUT the 1991 version of the BBC logo-- in '88?!

[filmnet]

That version of the BBC symbol dates from 1988. But the idents and titles of most programmes were not changed until later.

[videonut33]

After two years, I've just noticed this. Thanks!

[mason642]

very good news clip from 1988. also enjoyed the continuity trailer. keep the clips up.