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BBC News at Six closing followed by BBC Newsline opening (5th March 2001)


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FROM THE ARCHIVE OF: The TV Room

The day after the bomb explosion at BBC Television Centre in London.

VIDEO: BBC News at Six closing followed by BBC Newsline opening. Presenters: Huw Edwards (BBC News at Six); David Braine (BBC News at Six weather); Noel Thompson (BBC Newsline); Rose Neill (BBC Newsline). TX DATE: 5th March 2001. COPYRIGHT: BBC.

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[00:00:00] PROGRAMME: the final minute-and-a-half of the BBC News at Six, presented by Huw Edwards. The clip includes the national weather outlook with David Braine.

The background imagery – usually a slightly delayed shot of the BBC newsroom – has been replaced due to damage to the newsroom, following the bomb explosion outside BBC Television Centre.

[00:01:40] PROGRAMME: Noel Thompson and Rose Neill with the opening headlines on BBC Newsline; followed by a preview of other items coming up on the programme, and the link into the lead story.

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PICTURED: Huw Edwards presents the BBC News at Six. COPYRIGHT: BBC.

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