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BBC One North continuity followed by BBC Evening News opening titles (23rd April 1981)

Posted on 25th February 2021
By The Rewind Team
Last updated on 1st August 2021
Filed under Channel Presentation

The 5.40pm BBC One junction.

VIDEO: BBC One North continuity followed by BBC Evening News opening titles. Announcer: Brian Baines. TX DATE: 23rd April 1981. COPYRIGHT: BBC.

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[00:00:00] CLOCK: an incomplete BBC One North link into the BBC Evening News.

[00:00:02] PROGRAMME: the familiar blue globe opening titles.

The main story is that Ronnie Biggs is freed in Barbados. The High Court there quashed the order that would’ve returned him to jail in Britain.

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Broadcaster/Channel: BBC, BBC One, BBC One North
Broadcast Area: UK: National, UK: Northern England

OSP Category: Clock, Partial Junction, Standard Presentation

OSP Package: BBC One: December 1974 - September 1981

News Presentation Era: BBC National News: 1980 - 1989

On Air Talent: Brian Baines, Peter Woods

Programme Genre: News

Title: BBC Evening News

Decade: 1980s

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