BBC late news, 5 April 1997
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- Опубліковано 25 жов 2024
- Michael Buerk presents the late news at 10.25 pm on Saturday 5 April 1997. The Grand National had been postponed by IRA bomb warnings (no actual explosive device was found).
Jackie Rowley reports on the events at Aintree, including excerpts from the live coverage featuring Des Lynam (his interview with an emotional Jenny Pitman shows the impact of the evacuation). Kevin Geary then covers the difficulty of dealing with tens of thousands of people who have been evacuated and are unable to get to their cars. Ireland correspondent Denis Murray reports on IRA tactics.
On the election campaign, Robin Oakley reports on the issue of trust. Some local voices are calling for Neil Hamilton to stand down in Tatton. Jonathan Charles gives an update on the preparations for the single European currency. Peter Snow has some more polls to report.
Can’t believe it is 25 years since that fateful day
I'm glad this has been uploaded I missed this due to the fact I was out playing with my friends. Andy England 🇬🇧
The BBC can’t even spell the Chancellor of the Exchequer correctly.
Interesting use of the camera for the late news to a dark blue background away from that orange on the curtain behind Burke.
When I watched a Peter Sissons bulletin and he interviewed their political correspondent in the studio, the whole set looked like the map of the UK, was that simply a curved curtain over the main curved backdrop?
Jack, was BBC national news moved from N2 to N1 for the run up to the general election of 1997?
@@johnking5174 Think the 9 was having seen UA-cam, other bulletins remained in N2.
Back when the BBC news was credible professional not so sensationalist and actually worth watching.
"Thousands suffer the horror of being stranded in Liverpool overnight."
90's Liverpool was getting better, but it was still in a dire state
Camera?
I think we forget how bad the threat from the IRA was in 1997.
Wouldn't of been a threat if the British withdrew from Ireland
@@liverpoolmarxist6611 Why would they withdraw, when a majority prefer to be part of the UK?
@@liverpoolmarxist6611 Why? its not like its an illegal occupation condemned by the UN with sanctions imposed on the UK
The Poor Horses.
The IRA knew they would get maximum publicity here, not only happening at the world famous Grand National, but also right in the middle of the general election campaign. 1996-97 was an appalling year and a half, as the IRA ceasefire ended in Feb 1996, and it would not be reinstated until 20th July 1997.
Saturday 5th April 1997
Your head is made out of worms. Mind if I get a can opener?
"Don't tell me they care about horses" says the horse racing trainer
Apparently, she thought it was a protest against animal cruelty...That somehow makes it even more ironic
People in 97 look gormless
Where as people in 2021 really are gormless.