Late-1970s - Mid-1980s
Miscellaneous
BBC Two National News
'News 2' was BBC Two's main late-night news programme prior to the launch of 'Newsnight'. However, the 'News 2' title remained for some time following the introduction of 'Newsnight', as the clip below demonstrates. Can anyone confirm when 'News 2' finally bowed out?
Above: 'News 2' opening titles/headline. This example dates from June 13 1981.
Above: images from 'News 2'. Presenter: Richard Baker.
Above: examples of graphics/astons.
Above: late-night news opening titles [December 1981].
Above: images from late-night news [1]. Presenter: John Humphrys.
Above: examples of astons [1].
Above: examples of astons [2].
Above: examples of graphics [1].
Above: examples of graphics [2].
Above: close of the programme.
Above: the weather forecast that followed the news programme above [late-1981]. This was voiced live by the continuity announcer.
'News Review' - a round-up of the week's news with in-vision subtitles.
Above: 'News Review' opening titles. This example is from 1982.
Above: images from 'News Review'. Presenter: Jan Leeming.
Above: examples of captions, generated using the 'Anchor' electronic-captioning system.
Above: an early-evening weekday news summary [1984]. Presenter: Ian Smith.
