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

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FROM THE ARCHIVE OF: Dave Baldwin

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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FEATURE IMAGE:
PICTURED: BBC Evening News opening titles. COPYRIGHT: BBC.

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