BBC World continuity followed by BBC News reporting on BBC Television Centre bomb (4th March 2001)

The 2am BBC World junction and a report on the bomb explosion outside BBC Television Centre in west London.

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[00:00:00] PROGRAMME PROMOTION: for Hardtalk.

The programme airs Monday to Friday at the following times:

Berlin 8.30pm;
Delhi 8pm;
Hong Kong 8.30pm;
Sydney 11.30pm;
New York 7.30pm.

[00:00:39] PROGRAMME PROMOTION: for Europe Direct.

The programme airs in 30 minutes.

[00:01:09] COUNTDOWN: BBC World’s standard 10-second countdown.

[00:01:21] IDENT: one of the standard BBC World idents is used to link into the 2am news programme.

[00:01:39] PROGRAMME: the first seven minutes of the 2am BBC News programme.

The programme was forced to decamp from BBC Television Centre due to an explosion outside the front entrance of the building. The programme broadcast instead from the BBC’s Westminster studios.

The Westminster studio is that used by Dateline London and that programme’s branding is seen at points during the bulletin.

Our clip shows the portion of the news programme dedicated to the reporting of the explosion outside BBC Television Centre.

Our clip includes input from reporters Laurie Margolis and Andrew Clark.

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