User:BlakeIsHere458/sandbox/BBC News Channel Countdowns

Credits

Background

BBC News (also known as the BBC News Channel) is a British television news channel. It was launched as BBC News 24 on 9 November 1997 at 5:30 pm as part of the BBC's foray into digital domestic television channels, becoming the first competitor to Sky News, which had been running since 1989. For a time, looped news, sport and weather bulletins were available to view via BBC Red Button.

BBC News 24 (9 November 1997-21 April 2008)

1st Countdown (9 November 1997-25 October 1999)

Nickname: "Flags"

Logo: TBA

Variants: TBA

FX/SFX: The flags moving.

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Very rare.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Countdown (25 October 1999-January 2003)

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Nicknames: "Pips", "Timer", "Top Of The Hour Timer", "Ivory Numbers", "Classic Timer", "1990s Timer"

Logo: TBA

Variants: Sometimes, they overlay a menu.

FX/SFX: The globe spinning and the numbers.

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Common.

Editor's Note: A favourite of many, this is a very popular and iconic countdown with its famous music, however, this logo has gained notoriety for its music and was often satirised and parodied in popular culture, perhaps most famously by comic Bill Bailey who likened the theme music to an "apocalyptic rave". [[Category:]]