BBC One Northern Ireland continuity followed by BBC News at Ten reporting on the bomb explosion outside BBC Television Centre (4th March 2001)
The 10pm BBC One Northern Ireland junction and the opening minutes of the BBC News at Ten.
Until the 1990s, many channels/stations made use of on-screen clocks to introduce certain programmes (mainly news and live event programmes). Until the 1980s, the clocks were mechanical devices. In 1980, the BBC was the first UK broadcaster to introduce an electronically generated clock (on BBC Two). Other channels/stations soon followed the BBC’s lead. Many broadcasters phased out the use of on-screen clocks during the 1990s. The BBC discontinued the use of on-air clocks in 2002. S4C was one of the last UK channels to drop the clock device – at the end of 2006.
The clock device should not be confused with the countdown device used within Schools continuity on BBC One, ITV and Channel 4/S4C.
The 10pm BBC One Northern Ireland junction and the opening minutes of the BBC News at Ten.
The 6pm BBC One Northern Ireland junction.
Our clip includes the 4pm and 4.03pm RTÉ One junctions.
The 2.15pm and 2.20pm RTÉ One junctions.
The 9pm BBC One Northern Ireland junction followed by a full edition of the BBC News at Nine, …
The 5.15pm BBC One Northern Ireland junction.
The 2.30am BBC Two junction.