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: presenter: Richard Baker. Examples of graphics and astons [middle and right].
'News Review' - a round-up of the week's news, with in-vision subtitles. The programme went out on Sunday evenings.
Above: 'News Review' opening titles. This example is from 1982.
Above: presenter: Jan Leeming.
Above: examples of captions, generated using the 'Anchor' electronic-captioning system.

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