NEWS: BBC News Reith Launch – Around the Regions
On this page, an at-a-glance guide to the rollout of the BBC Reith font in the BBC News English regions and nations. The initial signs...
NEWS: BBC News Reith Launch
BBC News has updated its on-screen graphics/title sequences, adopting the new, bespoke font, BBC Reith: “We’ve changed the design of our on-screen graphics to make...
BLOOPER: Technical Glitch Puts Temporary Freeze on Wimbledon Coverage
BBC One’s Wimbledon 2019 coverage was interrupted by a technical fault for a short time this afternoon. At 2.09pm, the action came to halt when...
OPINION: BBC Weather Adopts BBC Reith Font
BBC Weather today unveiled an updated TV graphics package. Nothing major – just a change of font, from Helvetica to BBC Reith. The bespoke BBC...
BBC News at Six: Augmented Reality on Location
The BBC used their augmented reality kit on location tonight, during the BBC News at Six. The segment – fronted by Vicki Young, chief political...
THE VAULT: 2005 BBC Strike
BBC staff went on strike from midnight on Monday 23rd May 2005 for 24 hours. They were protesting at plans to cut 3,780 jobs and...
THE VAULT: Here Are the Headlines: Thunderclap
On 10th May 1999, the BBC’s television news service was relaunched. But unlike previous revamps, this would be a more substantial upheaval – an attempt...
THE VAULT: BBC News Virtual Era Ends
On Sunday 9th May 1999, the BBC News “virtual set” was aired for the final time. First introduced in April 1993, the set revolutionised the...
Rugby: Six Nations – BBC Won Wales
To celebrate their win in the Rugby Six Nations championship, BBC One Wales ran this short promotional piece during junctions on Saturday 16th March 2019.
NEWS: New BBC Breakfast Titles for Update to Reith
BBC graphic designer James Mobbs confirmed on Saturday evening that new titles will soon be filmed for BBC Breakfast ahead of the programme’s switch to...
OUTSIDE SOURCE: In the Papers
The Sunday Times The BBC News at Ten is to be cut by ten minutes – by trimming the main programme, the regional news and...
BLOOPER: Spot the Typo on Pointless Celebrities
In spite of the graphic being on screen for quite some time – and Alexander Armstrong reading through each of the questions twice – a...