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/ BBC / 5 July 1954-70
Nightly news summary, the early news readers were
Kenneth Kendall, Robert Dougall and Richard Baker but until September of 1955
the newsreaders were not actually allowed in vision. Richard Baker was the first
to announce the news although John Snagge actually read the bulk of the
news items. Kenneth Kendall was the first in vision news reader; The
show ran for 22 minutes initially. By 14 September 1970 the news was re-badged
as the BBC Nine O'Clock News and run as one of the flagship primetime
shows.
See also BBC
One O'Clock News | BBC
Six O'Clock News | BBC
Nine O'Clock News | BBC
Ten O'Clock News | BBC
News 24 | BBC Regional News |
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