BBC Six O'clock News - April 1996

Anna Ford and Andrew Harvey present a BBC six o'clock news bulletin in April 1996. This came from a virtual studio, first seen in 1993. Almost everything on screen is computer generated. In reality, only a small desk and backdrop existed, but, together with the cut glass titles, were made to look huge.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• BBC1
• clock
• BBC News
• virtual era
• orchestral music
• six o'clock news
• 1996
• Anna Ford
• Andrew Harvey

[Tripp1993]

Get the 1993-1999 music back! The 1999-present music

is idiotic!

[BCJ1985]

Totally agree, the current music is hideous. Although one point I must argue, beep beep beep beep beep beep beep.

[19STU84]

Now that is what you call an epic theme

[tugwilsond8907]

Best news tune ever made! BBC News intros of the nineties were epic and i cant think of a bad one. Shame we are stuck with what we have now

[Hammadmossop1988]

I love this six 0 clock news tune its better than the silly beeps we have now

[AidanLunn]

What that screen is actually supposed to be is the BBC's coat of arms.

[oiefees]

She was 52 years in April 1996, turned 53 in October same year, but looks anyway a little bit younger.

[lelvish1]

I agree with that too. I remember watching the News with this theme as a child and it is soo much more dynamic than the modern "drumbeats".

[crawleygat37]

The new music is supposed to sound like jungle drums beating out the news to the nation. It is also part of the BBC political correctness policy. BBC news is crap now a days. They latch on to a nothing story and milk it to death. Sky news is far better..!! Make the BBC pay to view and do away with the poor value for money licence fee..!!

[crawleygat37]

The opener was mostly computer generated. Only the small area where the news readers were sitting was real.

[apft94]

What's that "screen" where the ident and the titles are coming. I don't get that. It's so confuse. Can someone tell me.

[crawleygat37]

You can imagine Mr Boring John Major saying, 'People who think we can leave the European Union are living in cloud cuckoo land.' Then pulling that stupid expression and getting that applause as if he's made some sort of really cool joke. The European union is rapidly becoming a dictatorship BUT in the current economic climate, we need a strong voice in the world rather than a few dozen countries with only a small voice.