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Europe Direct closing, BBC World continuity including programme promotions for USA Direct and Science World Season followed by BBC News reporting on bomb explosion outside BBC Television Centre (4th March 2001)

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The 2.55am BBC World junction and a report on a bomb explosion at the front of BBC Television Centre.

VIDEO: Europe Direct closing, BBC World continuity including programme promotions for USA Direct and Science World Season followed by BBC News reporting on bomb explosion outside BBC Television Centre. Announcer: Adrian Finighan. Voiceover: TBC (USA Direct trail); TBC (Coming Up in March trail); Manju Malhi (BBC News trail). Presenter: Adrian Finighan. TX DATE: 4th March 2001. COPYRIGHT: BBC.

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[00:00:00] PROGRAMME: the full closing credits from an edition of Europe Direct.

[00:00:21] PROGRAMME PROMOTION: for USA Direct.

The programme airs next weekend on BBC World.

[00:00:31] PROGRAMME PROMOTION: a preview of programming coming up in March on BBC World.

  • Science World Season;
  • Top Gear.

[00:01:01] PROGRAMME PROMOTION: for BBC News.

The programme follows the commercial break, on BBC World.

[00:01:09] BREAK BUMPER: one of the standard BBC World break bumpers.

[00:01:12] BREAK FILLER: an automated text-based service, shown on the clean feed of the channel, at a point when various countries will see advertisements.

The filler comprises a summary of the latest news stories and details of some key events coming up in the next week in the world of business.

[00:02:14] BREAK BUMPER: one of the standard BBC World break bumpers.

[00:02:16] PROGRAMME PROMOTION: for the Science World Season:

  • Horizon: Ice Mummies;
  • QED;
  • Privacy: The Net Effect;
  • Rough Science.

Programmes air throughout March on BBC World.

[00:02:46] PROGRAMME PROMOTION: for Correspondent.

The programme airs in 30 minutes on BBC World.

[00:03:16] COUNTDOWN: BBC World’s standard 10-second countdown.

[00:03:28] IDENT: one of the standard BBC World idents is used to link into the 3am news programme.

[00:03:43] PROGRAMME: normal live news programming from BBC Television Centre resumed at 3am, with presenter Adrian Finighan back in the BBC World news studio. TVC had been evacuated due to a security alert at the front of the building.

The lead story was the bomb explosion outside BBC Television Centre.

Our clip includes a report on the incident at BBC Television Centre by Jane Bennett-Powell.

News editor, Laurie Margolis, provided his eye-witness account of the bomb explosion.

RELATED ARTICLE: you can view the junction that preceded this one here.

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FEATURE IMAGE:
PICTURED: Adrian Finighan presenting BBC World News. COPYRIGHT: BBC.

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