BBC News (TV channel)


 * History of BBC television idents
 * TV Ark

1997-2008


The BBC launched their rolling news channel BBC News 24 on November 9, 1997. The channel used the new BBC logo that had been introduced slightly more than a month earlier with the words "News 24" written on the side.

A major ingredient in Lambie-Nairn's 1997 rebrand of the BBC was that all departments and services would use single colour logos that consisted of the BBC logo with the name written on the right side in Gill Sans. The personality of the services would instead be established through ident and graphics.

As idents and graphics for the new service, Lambie-Nairn continued on the flag theme that they had previously developed for BBC World and the BBC World Service. While the earlier incarnation of the flag idents had used computer-animated flags, this one would use actual flags. BBC World used the same idents.

Two years later, in October 1999, all of the BBC's news output was given a new common look by Lambie-Nairn. BBC News 24 followed suit. This time, the graphics were more traditional and featured maps and globes.

Lambie-Nairn gave a new look to the BBC News services once again in 2003 and 2007.

2008-2013


On April 21, 2008, all BBC News services were rebranded once again. As part of this change, BBC News 24 shortened its name to BBC News.