General Election 1955
BBC General Election1955
We present the start (left clip) and finish (right clip) of the first recorded BBC election results programme. Sadly, only three of the seventeen hours of coverage is currently in the BBC archives and BBC Parliament showed all of the surviving footage in 2005 to mark the 50th anniversary of the vote.
General Election 1959
Election1959
The start and finish of the surviving overnight footage from the 1959 election results programme.
BBC Election1959 Shown for the first time in half a century, BBC Parliamenht showed the surviving overnight footage of BBC TV's coverage of the 1959 general election results on the 50th anniversary of the vote. TV Ark presents a two-minute clip featuring Bob McKenzie previewing his role in the results coverage.
General Election 1964
General Election 19641964
The 1964 results programme is the oldest results show to survive in the BBC archives fully in tact. It was to be Richard Dimbleby's final election night programme as he died the following year. It was also the first election night appearance of Richard's son David, who reported on the Exeter count. The left clip is the start of the programme and the right clip features Robin Day, also making his BBC election night debut, being told not to interrupt quite so often by the then deputy Labour Party leader George Brown.
General Election 1966
General Election1966
Just eighteen months after the last election, Cliff Michelmore took over the anchor role following the death of Richard Dimbleby. We present two clips - the start of the programme (left clip) and the start of the breakfast coverage (right clip).
General Election - Close1966
At the late hour of 3.40, Cliff Michelmore brings the overnight coverage of the 1966 election results to a close.
General Election 1970
General Election1970
1970 was the first colour election with Cliff Michelmore returning as presenter. The coverage began with a retrospect of the 1935 election, which the fledgling BBC covered only on the radio as BBC Television was still a year away from launch.
General Election 1974
BBC News and Campaign Report1974
Presented by Richard Baker and Peter Woods.
Fast forward to the next election, four years later. Richard Whitmore brings the latest from the hustings along with all the day's other news. A more substantial round-up has Richard Baker bringing the latest developments away from the election, while Peter Woods is at the Election Desk.
BBC Election 741974
Alistair Burnet was a freelancer in the mid 1970s so the BBC secured his services as anchor for both 1974 election results programmes. This clip features the final few moments of the overnight coverage of the February 1974 election results.
Election presentaion 1979
Decision 79 Promo1979
Promoting BBC TV's coverage of the results of the 1979 general election. The clip also gives a first play of the new BBC election results programme's theme music which was to be used in one version or another in a total of six different general election results programmes.
Decision '79 Breakfast Special1979
Live at 7am on the Friday Morning and the BBC are declaring Margaret Thatcher the winner. She, on the other hand, was not going to declare victory until she had passed the winning post. David Dimbleby is your host and Sue Lawley is on the news desk.
General Election 1983
Election 831983
Apart from David Dimbleby being the presenter, it was all change for BBC's coverage of the 1983 election. The 1979 theme tune was remixed, Peter Snow replaced Bob McKenzie as Bob had passed away in 1981 and the swingometer was replaced by a target board of hits and misses. We present both the overnight coverage and the daytime coverage, and note the very different titles sequence used in each clip.
Local Elections 1987
General Election 1987
Election 87 BBC1 Trail1987
As Britain prepares to go to the polls, BBC1 promises a comprehensive results service on the night. Ray Moore has the details.
The 1987 General Election was held on 11 June 1987.
Election 19871987
Early computer graphics here with a fly around the House of Commons.
The BBC's coverage was presented by David Dimbleby and Peter Snow
Local Elections 1989
Local Elections 1990
Sky News1990
Sky splashes out some money on some computer graphics for their first election coverage..Local Elections 1991
Sky News Local Elections1991
Adam Boulton presents Sky's local elections coverage from the Sky News CentreGeneral Election 1992
BBC 9 o'clock News1992
Martyn Lewis with the 9 o'clock news and campaign report from 1992, the set is adorned with a very glitzy looking logo made from neon.
Right clip - Jill Dando and Michael Buerk.
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.
Sky News Election 921992 Sky's first general election and a huge team of presenters are gathered in the studio including Selina Scott, Sir David Frost, Martin Stanford and Adam Boulton.
The right clip shows a promo used before the big night..
Sky News Election 921992
Bob Friend and Linda Duberley announce the news the following day on John Major's victory.Local Elections 1996
General Election 1997
Election 971997
The last and most dramatic election of the century, which was to trounce the Tories from power after 18 years. As always David Dimbleby presented, with Peter Snow presiding over his graphic displays.
Swing Time1997
A few days before the 1997 general election, BBC2 broadcast a programme looking at the history of election broadcasting.
ITV Election 971997 ITN's coverage comes from the lobby of the their building with Jonathan Dimbleby
Sky News Election '971997
Sky's Anchors Lawrie Mayer and Kay Burley present in the studio, with Martin Stanford in the virtual set of graphics..
Local Elections 2000
General Election 2001
Vote 2001 Promo2001
David Dimbleby promises that the BBC will get the answers you want in the run-up to the 2001 election.
BBC Vote 20012001
Four years on from their historic victory, Labour secured a second term. This was the first election night to be covered in widescreen. Top politicians dropped in as they awaited their fate.
A live action fly around the United Kindgom, these titles were produced not by the BBC instead created by graphics company 422 South.
ITV Election 2001 Promo2001
ITV promises viewers the fastest and most entertaining coverage of the results of the 2001 election. However, the BBC still got more viewers as it invariably does when ITV and the BBC go head-to-head for a big event
Sky News Vote 20012001
A virtual set for Sky News in 2001, presented by Jeremy Thompson and Adam Boulton.
General Election 2005
Election Night2005 Presented by David Dimbleby, with Andrew Marr and Jeremy Paxman. The nation decides and BBC News promises its biggest and best election coverage ever. With more than 80 OB units at its disposal, the BBC was true to its word. David Dimbleby anchors as usual, with Andrew Marr providing analysis and Jeremy Paxman interrogating defending MPs as only he can. The music is the first track to Rick Wakeman's "Myths and Legends of King Arthur".
Right clip - Election 2005 BBC One Promo
Election 20052005 Jonathan Dimbleby fronts ITV's coverage, with Alastair Stewart fronting their graphics and Nicholas Owen as their roving correspondent.
Right clip - ITV Election Promo
Vote 052005 Sky's coverage began first at 9pm hosted by Julie Etchingham and Adam Boulton. Also an interactive first - 16 screens of constituencys at the push of the red button. The coverage was also simulcast on Five.
Left clip - Election Night Opening Right clip - Vote 05 Promo
General Election 2010
The First Election Debate2010
ITV made history by hosting the first ever party leader's television debate in the UK. Alistair Stewart was the host of the first of the three debates filmed at ITV Granada's Quay Street studios.
The Sky News Leaders' Debate2010
The second televised leaders debate was on Sky News, it was also simulcast on the BBC News Channel and Sky3
The Sky News HD Leaders Debate Promo2010
The second leaders debate was hosted by Sky News and they trialled their HD service ahead of the launch of Sky News HD on election night.
BBC Leaders Debate2010
David Dimbleby hosted the final debate, held exactly one week before polling day.
ITV News Election 2010 Promo2010
A promo outlining ITV's election coverage giving you "clean analysis on this general election."
Sky News HD Decision Time Promo2010
A promo to mark the launch of Sky News' high definition channel on election results night.
GMTV Election Promo2010
John Stapleton and Lorraine Kelly brought ITV's breakfast viewers GMTV's last ever election coverage - GMTV was taken off the air a few months later.
Election 20102010 David Dimbleby presents his eighth election night programme. The familiar election results music, first used when David anchored his first results programme 31 years earlier, is dropped for 2010. We present the full five minute introduction and the clip concludes with the result of the exit poll.
Large touch screens for manipulating data and producing line graphs, aswell as Jeremy Vine in virtual sets was used.
Election 20102010 As with our BBC clip, we present the full five minute introduction to ITV's coverage.
ITV News used an interactive holographic wall that alternated between a three-way swingometer, a 3D House of Commons, a battleground of key seats and a "hung parliament" graphic.
Decision 20102010 Sky News' election results programme started at 9pm, one hour before the polls closed. It was also the moment when Sky News HD launched. Jeremy Thompson kicked off the coverage, which would later be hosted by Sky News' political editor Adam Boulton.
