One O'Clock News Christmas 1986 Part One

[matthamer]

"Haven't got any scripts Mike!" VT totally saved this show. What a shambles!

[lekkyb]

the countdown lady sounds kinda hot

[ShutThatDoor]

Philip Hayton was a great newsreader, too good for today's non-entities in TV!

[deselmes]

@ShutThatDoor He quit because of one particular non-entity, though...

[quincynufc]

Oh, sssssssssSOD IT!

[radiodj1520]

In This Clip, From 0:12 To 1:56, It Was BBC-TV's BBC News' The 1 O'Clock News Video Open From Thursday Afternoon, December 25, 1986.

[jbjindra]

I live in the USA but when I was a kid in the 80's and 90's I used my dad's shortwave radio. We used to pick up the BBC world service faintly and I remember that every hour there would be this really eerie music. It was the sound of a wood block being struck every second and it was just a repeated tone and the broadcaster would say......Welcome to the BBC world service. The time now is one o'clock. Does anybody remember that or know how to hear it again?

[Newsbunny]

@jbjindra Do you mean the BBC interval signal. Search on Google

[quincynufc]

Hayton does brilliantly here. I think I'd probably die of a massive heart attack the first time the director said "there is NO VT". Either that or run away. Or cry.

[dalekusa]

Where did you get this?

[Isthisthelongestname]

God having this for a job must be so stressful....you'd be dead before 35 hahaha!

Well done for the anchor for keeping his cool.

[dwarfer777]

"Oh Sod It" SUPER LOL!!

[urinnerchild87]

props to the anchor for going with all this.. true professional!

[Visonu]

The man who appears at 0.51 was on another BBC News clip which was also here

[mkennedy83]

A proven tactic: Yell until someone fixes it.

[DiegoJusticia]

"...Oh, sh...hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..." :D

[Time4YouRealityCheck]

I think people watching this clip were misinformed, like i was....the talkback deal, the newscaster cant hear everything thats going on behind the scenes.

From working in media myself, it looks like the newscaster is kinda ripping and reading, he has the stories and is just going with them...

its the people in the back that dont have their shit together. Im assuming there is someone else in his ear, because there is nobody alive that could read and listen to all that trash at once.

[davba2]

All newsreaders, whether they work for the BBC, ITN or any other UK broadcaster, hear everything that goes on in the gallery. They're on open talkback, not switched.

This is necessary so that they know what's going on without having to be spoken to directly. I've worked on BBC and ITV regional news and a rabble like that over talkback is very common.

In such situations, you have to take your own cues because the director is preoccupied with pulling the programme together.

[Time4YouRealityCheck]

Well then, i stand corrected.... "poor guy"

Lol!

[cyberjef28]

Was the recording of this edition with talkback kept because it was such a shambles? lol. was there an enquiry into why there were so many problems? Having sat in the gallery during news i know its alway pretty manic but this is baaaad! lol

[JamesWindle]

Poor Phil! Why are the animations called 'Quantel' and not 'Charisma' as in other BBC talkback clips on youtube from the same era?

[wuzzlevideos]

@JamesWindle Just different graphics systems.

[lozziecap]

Laugh or cry? I'll toss a coin.

[putthetellyon1]

haha! "i've got no scripts Mike for christ sake!"

[gottagothatsme]

My god I can barely make conversation in a crowded room! I just cannot imagine doing this job!

[carlw38uk]

And some people wonder why some newscasters are so highly paid!

[coppersparkfilm]

Agreed the newsreader handles it very well.

[ShaneB121]

It's kinda funny at the same time, haha !

[G7021361]

I could not cope with this! The guy doing most of the talking seems to be stressing out everyone more than anything else!

Lady talking seems more in control!

[djleekee]

it sounds like someone is playing a quizshow next door!

[Scottishgal78]

OMG How annoying is THIS for the newscaster!!!!!

[TopTellyFan]

Fuck me, if that was all buzzing in my ear I'd pull the damn earpiece out!

Massive thanks to Newsbunny for this upload. I'd no idea it was this bad for them!

[exlordlucan]

Sod this job for a game of soldiers.

[satesparg]

yes, me! what a mess...

[michaelwincott]

Anyone else feel a bit stressed watching this!?