BBC Nine O'Clock News1973 Presented by Robert Dougall and Richard Whitmore.
The main evening bulletin against a backdrop of the BBC newsroom. Not a PC in sight! Note the similarity between the title graphic and that used around 1987.
BBC2 News Extra Close1973
Newsnight on BBC2 was seven years away in 1973. But the second channel's late news tradition was already well-established, with the late bulletin known as News Extra.
We don't have any titles for News Extra, but here you can see David Holmes close an edition from Summer 1973. And yes, the sound is out of sync with the pictures for some reason.
BBC Nine O'Clock News1974 Kenneth Kendall is your newscaster for this edition.
And a certain football legend hasn't been on his Best behaviour!
BBC Nine O'Clock News1978 Four years later, and the main bulletin switches to a one-presenter format. Angela Rippon brings us the headlines - Jim Callaghan's government decides to plod on despite losing his majority.
BBC Nine O'Clock News1978
Presented by Richard Whitmore.
The Nobel prize for Northern Ireland peace campaigners, and Mrs Thatcher is having second thoughts about outlawing the closed shop (she did in the end of course). Note the pre-programme continuity - the voice is that of Paul Harris from BBC South, who's speaking over the network clock.
News on 21978 Before Newsnight BBC2 screened a conventional news bulletin; broadcast times varied from mid-evening to late night. No special presenters, just the usual BBC news team - in this case Angela Rippon.
News on 21979 After the 1979 rebrand, News on 2 continued with one minor alteration! Your newsreader is Richard Whitmore.
BBC News Late Headlines1979 Almost time for bed, but not before Peter Woods updates us on the condition of Yugoslavia's President Tito.
BBC Nine O'Clock News1981
Back to BBC1 now, and a change of colour for the twin globes in 1981. Things aren't going to plan in our first offering; Jan Leeming appears flummoxed as captions appear where they shouldn't be. Eventually we cross to Christopher Morris with news of Prince Charles' engagement to Lady Diana Spencer. No such problems in our later bulletin (29.06.1981) read by Richard Baker.
BBC Nine O'Clock News1981 BBC news programmes got a radical makeover in Autumn 1981. The heralding music of the last ten years made way for a new theme; the stripes era had arrived! Here's the first new-look main bulletin; instead of the usual circle the stripes form a distinctive figure 9.
Newsnight1982 Presented by John Tusa.
1982 and the second set of titles for Newsnight. The main talking point - more misery on the railways as the train drivers are out on strike again.
Newsnight1983 Peter Snow presents BBC2's late night analysis with Joan Bakewell in Summer 1983. Not a swingometer in sight! Watch out for the BBC VT clock in the monitor behind Peter.
BBC Nine O'Clock News1984 Presented by John Humphrys.
Another update on the Miner's Strike; Arthur Scargill rules out a national ballot while miners who want to work are being intimidated by pickets.
BBC Late News1984 Jan Leeming has the top stories in this weekend edition. The miners' strike continues to dominate the headlines.
BBC Nine O'Clock News1988 The BBC decided it wasn't good to have all their news looking the same come 1986. So each bulletin got its own unique look; the revamped Nine O'Clock News boasted the latest computer graphics from Martin Lambie-Nairn. And it was back to two presenters.
BBC Late Newsfrom 31.10.1988 Presented by Michael Buerk.
Martin Lambie-Nairn worked his magic on BBC News from 31 October 1988, introducing a common look and the transmitter mast icon across BBC's evening and late bulletins. The aim was to redefine the BBC's news image. However, the new look was panned by viewers, who likened it to a Nazi symbol, and BBC unions, who sought assurances such a major rebranding project would never again be outsourced. How times change... Breakfast News and the One would retain their own identities for the time being.
Newsnight - The Verdict10.04.1992 Against all the odds, John Major was returned as Prime Minister in 1992. Here Jeremy Paxman presents a Newsnight election analysis special. Meanwhile the IRA responds to the poll result as only they know how.
BBC News at Nine O'Clock1999 Presented by Peter Sissons.
Things look a little more familiar, with a major facelift for BBC News in May 1999. From now on, the regions would insert their headlines in the title sequence. However, this clip was recorded from Sky Digital which at the time did not carry the English regions, so the insert here is from UK Today.
BBC News at Ten O'Clock11.09.2001 After 30 years, the BBC decided to move its main bulletin to 10pm to cash in on the loss of ITV's News At Ten. The first Ten O'Clock News was broadcast on 2nd October 2000. This bulletin is from 11 September 2001 and only one story dominates the headlines - the terrorist attacks in New York.
Newsnight2002 Corporate looks have come and gone but Newsnight has always managed to keep its own identity. And the latest makeover is no exception - Jeremy Paxman unveiled the new set on 24th June.
BBC News At Ten O'Clock20.03.2003 Presented by Huw Edwards.
Latest reports from the Gulf on the first day of the Iraq War, which would finally bring to an end Saddam Hussein's brutal regime.
Newsnight - Iraq War20.03.2003
Kirsty Wark presents an alternative view of the hostilities in Iraq, suggesting this was a conflict nobody wanted.
BBC News at Ten O'Clock2004
Presented by Huw Edwards.
Time for a change and the News 24 look came to the Ten on 16 February. The new sequence, featuring a large red globe, is interactive and allows one of the white text bands to carry a major headline instead of the default "BBC News". As yet we haven't seen this, but it won't be long...
DEATH OF POPE JOHN PAUL II
BBC News at Ten O'Clock03.04.2005
Presented by Dermot Murnaghan in the Vatican and Darren Jordan in London.
After a long illness, the Pope lost his battle to live on 02 April 2005. An extended bulletin, with further reaction to his passing. Nine days of mourning have now been declared and millions of followers have arrived in Vatican City to pay their last respects.
2005 GENERAL ELECTION
BBC News at Ten O'Clock2005 Presented by Huw Edwards.
The "election edition" title sequence for the 10pm bulletin, with Huw Edwards bringing the latest news from the hustings.
BBC Late News2005 Presented by Darren Jordan.
Blink and you'll miss it - during the campaign for the 2005 General Election, BBC News inserted the election "X" logo into the titles of main news bulletins.
BBC News at Ten O'Clock02.05.2006 Presented by Huw Edwards.
The brand-new, all-virtual Ten launches after the Spring bank holiday with the latest on the foreign prisoners scandal. And tonight there's a further twist - one of the unsupervised ex-convicts may have been responsible for the murder of WPC Sharon Beshinivsky...
BBC News At Ten21.04.2008
Presented by Huw Edwards.
Coming just 14 months after the previous BBC News makeover, a more radical rebrand of the entire BBC News operation saw a new opening for the lunchtime bulletin plus some tweaks to the set. The bulletins were also renamed "BBC News At...(Time)", meaning the late bulletin now had almost the same name as its ITV rival which was relaunched at the start of the year. Gill Sans was returned as the typeface for on-screen captions.
BBC Late News21.06.2008
Presented by Nicholas Owen.
A Saturday night late bulletin, with the globe devoid of any hour. Where possible, the late bulletin now starts at 10pm seven days a week on BBC1, though this is not always possible due to fluctuating schedule commitments.
