Fire in the newsroom 1987

[DannyFox06]

Apparently, it's not dependent on Star Wars. Thanks for the heads up, Gorbachev!

[toresbe]

"Welcome to the BBC. Extinguishing this fire is very important to us. Please hold. For light entertainment, press BBC2."

[solojinglesradio1]

I think that one person in this youtube really liked the sentence "with some music"... guess it.

[Cookie67893]

LOL, a fire in the telivision Centre, then the news shows up FAKER!

[RCast]

During our delay, we will be playing the following... Fire Woman - The Cult Heaven's on Fire - Kiss Rooms On Fire - Stevie Nicks I'm On Fire - Bruce Springsteen We Didn't Start The Fire - Billy Joel Fire Down Below - Bob Seger Smoke From A Distant Fire - Sanford and Townsend Band Fire and Ice - Pat Benatar Fire and Rain - James Taylor Fire - Jimi Hendrix Fire - Ohio Players Fire Water Burn - The Bloodhound Gang Please enjoy while I run out of the building screaming in fear...

[BuddyFantastic]

@RCast Fire, by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown. The Heat is On (forgot the name of the band or singer).

[DarthJedi2005remixes]

Obviously they got the music from the same mysterious radio station you can only get in lifts...

[madmonkey4eva]

Oh no there's a fire in the building! Never mind, I'll just sit in the burning building and play some crappy music..and who spelt Songs of Praise wrong! Damn!

[danz451]

nice music...

[danz451]

nice music...

[TheAvengerofsouls]

Really I was quite surprised that they didn't tell everyone they were going to brew a cup of PG and get the digestives out while waiting for the fire engine to arrive... And I know..I'm British LOL

[geekgirltv2011]

he sounds like malloy govenor of connecticut.

[CouldSayImMad]

they should of left it on i wanted to watch the fire

[gibsosgerbil]

In April 2006, Wednesday's Match Of The Day went off air because of the thunderstorm, when lightning strikes and went BOOOOOOOOOMM! All The Power Went Off. So We Had A BBC ONE Breakdown. So We Tried And We Tried, But BBC ONE Changed To BBC News 24 for an Update before the Ten 'o clock news.

[DanZero77]

Terribly sorry, there is a fire and I'm burning to death but I must maintain my post and let you know that the great 70s cinematic classic CAR WASH IS GONNA BE ON BBC 1!

[IamTheBaron]

think its a shame the russains are not dependant on Star Wars 

[dalekdragonforever]

Would of loled if they played Mos Eisly Cantina music

[joeterry162]

#FAIL

[Jeet27]

Hello and welcome to what should be the BBC news in December 2012, we know the whole world is collapsing around us and meteors are crashing down on our heads, but don't worry, because we've got some lovely music to play for you! :D

[syncmaster710n14]

This is obviously before Health and Safety! I got told off for finish lunch when the fire alarm was going off.

[indiana1977]

1:13 David Icke: I'm telling you, it's all true. The Queen Mum is a 12-foot, blood-drinking, shape-shifting lizard.

Jan Leeming: Noooo, really?

David Icke: Yes, it's all true. I'm receiving signals from this turquoise coloured studio background.

[CreamedCheesed]

I used to get a little excited when something fucked up on TV

[tomsnowball]

It was the reptiles which started it, David. Really.

[doubledeckers]

@Identify597 I don't know. It could be. But it wouldn't surprise me if it was just a hand drawn animation in those days.

[TheGerkuman]

David Icke? Nooooo :0 This is before he went mad and started believing that the royal family and the president of the US were lizard creatures...

[Tuneman1984]

@themacbox That's just the kind of music you'd want to hear as flames are erupting all around you...

[binweevilsrocks]

FIRE he is some music

[DavidAndRhys]

PMSL

[axelsteel21]

we appologize for you not seeing the news right now as television centre is on fire.... (in his head) and i am inside the building

[chuffnobbler]

Jan Leeming. Wonderful. I met her at a friend's wedding, a few years ago. David Icke thought?! YIKES. Google him and be afraid!

[eltonator]

If you listen to the announcer, he's stuttering and stumbling and sounding nervous. What's going on? Has he spotted the fire outside his door, but can't leave because his boss said he has to finish the announcement first? I know it's a stupid comment but that's what it sounds like.

[BratzVideo1201]

it was 1984 what would you expect lol

[lokirat]

david icke!!!!!! :D

[rmgh123]

Not to worry, the female news reader has used her head as a fire beater and put it out.

[GusF]

How very British.

[shirleygibson]

BBC ONE Had A fire In The Newsroom we have To Continue Our Teenage Film, "Car Wash" (1977).

[sheffieldwednesday94]

1000 welsh male voices ????

[shirleygibson]

"We were just joined On BBC 1. Er... I'm sorry that you're be able to be watching The News Which Is On At The Moment. Em The matter the fact is We Had A Fire In The Building and The News Has to be Abandoned. We will leave a look at Sunday Night On BBC 1 AND WE will leave you with some Music".

[sonicrowan]

this is bbc news WE HAVE A FIRE ABANDON NEWS AHHHHHHH (jumps out of window)

[acceptthis01]

Did he say Car Wash was coming on?

[HelmutVillam]

yay music!

[dawnhill1967]

did you skip on the music?

[NoFaceChannel]

00:32.00 SOUND FAIL

[thetalentedmrman]

is that THEE david icke???

[anonUK]

Yes, it's THAT David Icke!

Is Jan Leeming a lizard from outer space?

What about Moira Stewart? She's now on radio, but Leeming is nowhere to be seen- and neither (thank God) is Icke.

[thetalentedmrman]

is it really thee david icke??

[amrj700]

OMG I thought he can't mean THAT David Icke. BBC News reports in which everyone mentioned is dismissed as merely a lizard from outer space.

[Applemask]

@amrj700 This was shortly before he went crazy and claimed to be Jesus, I don't know if he'd decided everyone's a lizard yet.

[JacksonTVNerd]

That's pretty upbeat music considering the newsroom almost burned down...

[Jamie10004]

they don't apologise anymore - they just carry on as though nothing has ever happened - ignorant BBC

[jamboram]

LOL!

I love how he says the news has had to be abandend

lol

[heyarnoldsknee]

Before our late film "Car Wash"...

[mrgeo89]

That looked like a fun TV lineup I don't think!

[bus140808]

0:25 - TUNE!!!!

[gpo746]

Bollocks....it didnt look like there had been a fire in the studio at all . why wasnt her face and clothes blackened.. more like they couldnt get out of the broom cupboard after a quicky .....

[barnesfam]

That's an irrational comment. Maybe it wasn't a big fire. Maybe it was a very small fire.

[c0011y5383]

It was the first gibbering idiot that started the fire.

[NameNotaNumber]

Wow, I distinctly remember hearing that exact announcement and thinking "what the fuck is going on here?" I was 14 at the time.

Can't quite remember David Icke having presented the news though - I thought he went from being a footballer to a mystic nutjob with nothing in between. Ah well, time distorts the memory.

[hilarioph]

That one remind me PTV 4 here in the

philippines. When there is a war

going on in August 1986. When they

played the music when the PTV 4 logo was shown. I remember that time

[WeternExperess]

Reminds me of the time that the BBC in Bristol had a power failure for the 6.30pm bulletin. They had one camera for the two presenters, one outside broadcast unit somewhere in Bristol, one video tape and that was it. Their news was that they were surviving and still broadcasting. Apparently they were given the option of just having the London feed but refused and stoically carried on. Wish I had recorded it. Does anyone else have it?

[Meanmanmartin2007]

Hi.

Does anyone know what caused this fire?

[pix1123]

i sound like a airplane

[MrUnidyne]

Something similar happened to WNBC in New York City when there was a fire at 30 Rockefeller Plaza. Through satellite links, the local news crews did live remotes that were sent from WRC-TV, NBC's Washington DC affiliate. It was rather confusing.

[surfingthesea]

I'm not surprised that Americans get it too. xD

[MrUnidyne]

I remember the WNBC fire There was some sporting event, and then the picture suddenly went black. After several minutes the signal came back with a black and white western. Then a news crew with the Washington DC skyline in the background, explaining the New York station had been evacuated and the signal the signal we were watching was from Washington, then cutting to the local NY reporters as "live remotes". WNBC reportedly has a "back-up" studio in New Jersey in case this happens again.

[ldlmedia]

Returning to Jan Leeming... and David Icke! :)

[ianchard]

Bring back "That's Life"!

[maxiboy666]

Today it wouldn't be a bad idea to set fire to BBC would it.

[tvcreamguide]

Those wondering about the timings here, the news was supposed to be going out at 10.15, which is where the menu comes from, then in the end they plunged into Cagney and Lacey and the news that finally went out, before Car Wash, was at 11.20. There's a website somewhere which points out this was the only live programme on BBC1 all night, which didn't help the schedules.

This would only be a few weeks before Jan Leeming was mugged in TV Centre.

[dwarfer777]

Breaking News: WE HAVE A FIRE! HERE IS SOME MUSIC!

[MrUnidyne]

How stoically British. Our TV station is on fire, but we're going to play some music so you needn't be alarmed.

[animatetime]

Yes imagine that in Italy!

[crazyshedlife]

haha!

[visaman]

Carwash. Now there is a film to get burnt over.

[thelyniezian]

This must have been something of a small nuisance fire, and the music was only there while they were trying to wrestle with thre fire extinguisher...

[adultswim105]

yaydasb

[HeyArnoldsspleen]

It's not dependent on the power of the dark side!

[BillStanley2008]

Due to tech probs in place of the news we give you the next best thing:

Now on ONE it's "A moment live with Jade Goody"

NO!!..........................

BBC controller screams out loud at home

[chriswales19]

1000 Welsh Male Voices sounds great ! ... got to be better than that awesome BBC music haha

[falconlem]

I agree ZYGONS are responsible.

[charlieboy7t5]

A fire in the same room as David Icke the man who claimed to be a son of god, coincidence or what

[thirtymphs]

Jan Leeming always struck me as the kind of woman who'd host a dinner party and boast to anyone who'd listen about how many bathrooms her house has, like anyone would care. A first-class snob to be sure.

[warszawianka]

LOLOLOLOLOL How typical of Auntie Beeb. Keep that stiff upper lip!

"Next on BBC2: Me reading this announcement."

[shakeyphil]

"In the meantime, in place of our scheduled programming, here's 'The All New Pink Panther Show', or some other shit we've got on standby."

Icke looks concerned with Jan Leeming there - I wonder if he started telling it like it is and they cut him off with this 'fire' cover story?

[down with the nwo!]

[la4or]

whereas on ITV they'll use a half a Youve been framed show.

[gavinpow77]

Retro and crappy as the clip is, I saw a break in programmes on the BBC a few weeks ago, which simply had a red screen with the BBC one logo, a caption that said, "There is a fault. We will return to normal programming as soon as possible". And a VO ever 15 seconds that said, "There is a fault. We will return to normal programming as soon as possible." At least with the 80s-porn-style tune and a badly spelled list of the night's line-up, there was a modicum of hilarity there!

[fellamilad]

@gavinpow77 Yeah, I'm sure the first programme should be listed as 'Songs of Praise'? I should know - I used to watch it religiously...

[edshortridge]

uber comedy

[DudishDanny]

Lol thats some GREAT music going on there

[vashtijoy]

Car Wash? That sounds like a ... riveting movie.

And nice turquoise tie on David Icke there: a sign of things to come?

[badfex]

I'M DEPENDANT ON STAR WARS!!! :P

Lol, there's been a fire so here's some music.

[plane717]

Typical 1980's Hehe

[IGotNothingToLoose]

lol theres been a fire so we will leave you with some music hehe

[mistofoles]

Umm..if there was a fire, shouldn't the broadcaster have vacated the building with everybody else??

[LuthansaTerminal]

TV Centre is a big place, the news studio was on the other side of the building to presentation (who were always stayed there unless absolutely necessary. If you remember the bomb there a few years ago even all the channels stayed manned and on air throughout

[cwilliams1976]

On 23rd February 1994, if you rememeber, a small fire had meant that coverage of BBC2's Winter Olympiucs from Lillehammer and a Best Of British film clip show on BBC1 were stopped because of it. BBC1 had to show 1kHz tone with a coloured test pattern and BBC2 played Time Kode over a slide with some ice skates before 440Hz tone and then Winter Sun played over it until the channel properly closed down.

[RonicW]

Man...I'dve actually hated to be in that announcers position then....I'd be hauling ass out of there and running down the street. X-D

[jeffrey44]

Although it seems odd to even apply for an announcers job when you find it difficult to speak like this guy does.

[grodvin]

Was 'Song of Praise' like the popular BBC show 'Songs of Praise'? Maybe it only featured one very long hymn.

[AidanLunn]

Blimey, i just noticed that!

[theblue64]

okay, im being a little cruel..

but its true.

that is very annoying..very.

[theblue64]

I'm contacting BBC to remove this video because you're a fucking idiot for putting a giant DD onto your video..

Aw, how cute..

dont worry, doubledeckers..

no one is going to steal your wittle video..

aww..

its not like there's more of these on the internet without an annoying watermark..

dont worry. :)

[doubledeckers]

I contacted the BBC some years ago and they told me in no uncertain terms that they didn't want anything that was on VHS. Typical of the attitude that has led to the situation where vast quantities of stuff has been lost (look up TeleSnaps and what happened when the guy who did those died and his widow offered the archive of pictures to the Beeb).

[doubledeckers]

You're right about the BBC not being interested. I contacted them some years ago about missing programmes and they made it clear they had no interest in anything that was on VHS.

It beats me why anyone would be so bothered ('very' annoying???) about there being a logo on a YouTube video anyway? It's strange.

[AidanLunn]

If he gets "very" annoyed by this kind of thing on YouTube then he must turn into an absolute psycho when he turns on a satellite channel like Sky One and sees the Sky one logo constantly in the corner of the screen.

[doubledeckers]

:-D True. As you can see, most of my vids don't have a logo. Fact is it was done on a whim.

[SgtAnnihilator]

The music and picture goes a bit weird during the first bit of music. Sounds like a dodgy tape lol!

[tvmadkid]

Just because there was a fire doesn't mean they had to show the news later. Notice how talkative David Icke is to Jan Lemming...

[gavinpow77]

Forget 'The search for Eldorado' they were plugging in the 10.05 slot. They found Eldorado in the 90s and then decided to lose it again - for good! What they should have been looking for was the missing 'S' in Songs of Praise!

[alphamone]

LOL

[doubledeckers]

Don't worry, the original recording doesn't have the 'dog'.

[filmnet]

Nice upload. Horrible 'DD' DOG! (Sorry!)

[divadebone]

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha - love he music and Jan's hair - did your mother ever give you a home perm?? Fab clip -where or where do you get them from?

[Chris2292]

lol i love the music they play lol

[RowanAthikson]

Jan Leeming is looks very old here.

And looks like a Holland-English woman.

[la4or]

ah. there you are! thought i lost this clips. very unique.

[ilah2001]

Jan Leeming must have been one of David Icke's earliest followers with that jumper!

Even back then British TV was considered the best in the world. Bloody hell! With that line up what was everybody else's like?

[shabbyroad]

That Sunday night line-up is, uh, thrilling.

[barbarossaUK]

The way David Icke looks at Jan Leeming, you can tell he really thinks she is an 8ft lizard from Mars. And the news is the lizard's method of mind control.

[PCJoejoe]

sound like that geezar needed some diazepam!

[VictorGolfCharles]

A fire in the newsroom has to really suck. Especially if it's late at night. I feel bad for the BBC.

[geraint0808]

Before David Icke lost his marbles!!

[anchorman87]

dont they have standby pograms in the uk?

in oz, if something goes wrong, they just replay something else.

[ogwen040]

I think Micheal Jackson burst into flame around this time as well. His hair gell spontaneously combusted during a take for a Pepsi ad.

[wolfschmidt11]

because they've abandoned saturday nights news because of a fire at the TV centre.

[wolfschmidt11]

I think you're right about that, it DOES caught by the storm,I think.

[92days]

As in broadcast equipent i meant the control room and technical stuff.

[wolfschmidt11]

no,because of the fire in the television centre.

[fanoftv2]

What I don't understand is how late was the late film as the late film 'car wash' that he said was coming up wasn't in the schedule that they aired, or how late were they working on the news in the 80's?

[92days]

it could be the broadcast equipment

[AidanLunn]

very unlikely, almost impossible in fact as they test their equipment about twice a week (and always have done) for this kind of thing.

anbd the BBC engineers are so highly skilled that they could spot a fault developing before that fault strikes.

The fire might have been started by general carelessness.

[cwilliams1976]

By the way, all broadcasters now have to have a back-up in case if things happened; for instance, if BBC Television in London had an incident, then the channels evacuate to BBC Mailbox in Birmingham; ITV would evacuate from London to possibly Gas Street in Birmingham or Yorkshire in Leeds; Channel 4 has a building in north London and S4C in Caernarfon. I'm unsure about what the back-up is for Channel 5 if anything happened.

[daveevans1000]

let's face it, if there was a nuclear attack, you wouldn't be rushing to watch Channel 5 and late night porn.

[angelicMisha]

Despite what Calvin Harris says, that big hair was DEFINATELY not acceptable in the 80's!

[FleetwoodTango]

Maybe thats what started the fire...lol

[doubledeckers]

Yes maybe Jan's hair rollers overheated?

[shirleygibson]

It is like the one when Grampian Television

had a fire in the tv centre in Aberdeen since

June 1994, when North Tonight News had a fire

in the building,13 years ago.

[Concreteowl]

It's obvious that the Illuminati are behind it.

They lizard men were out to get Icke even then.

[diamondh17786]

"Leave you with some music" LMAO...that's not music! Sounds like an auto track you get on a keyboard,lol. And "Gorbychev says it's not dependent on Starwars"...well I shouldn't think so! The BBC are funny...but then...it WAS the 80's! -x-

[wolfschmidt11]

was everyone okay at the Television centre?

[LBC973mad]

what it caused by the storm?

[tugsrule4]

sunday

[la4or]

imagine what the viewers must have been thinking at this time. "will the news come back?" has the bbc burnt down? i would have been scared, as a 2 year old, i mean i'd get concerned when the continueity was not what it should have been.

[RobinCarmody]

"Song of Praise"? Never heard of it! This is from Saturday 28th February 1987, for the record.

[hugalove]

Never heard of it? It's about as interesting as Big Brother. Give it a miss. Mike S.