ITN Archive's Alternative Election Night (1959–1997)

Video Description

Welcome to ITN Archive’s Alternative Election Night, a spectacular mashup of every ITN overnight election programme from 1959 to 1997. Over seven hours, we bring you the most iconic moments from British electoral history, as well as the most characterful ITN election night programming from over the years. 00:00:00 Introduction - Opening themes 00:02:55 Presenter intros and exit polls 00:04:55 Introducing broadcast teams, computers, and studio setups (1959 – 1997) 00:16:26 Reporting from Trafalgar Square and party headquarters (1959) 00:21:36 First result - Billericay (1959) 00:26:29 Khrushchev out / First result - Salford (1964) 00:28:49 ITV 500 intro (1997) 00:32:29 Trafalgar Square - angry lady and young boy (1959) 00:35:29 Polling day (1979) 00:42:15 Edward Heath and Harold Wilson live interviews (1979) 00:47:24 John Prescott and Michael Heseltine live interview (1997) 00:51:07 ITV 500 (1997) 00:53:31 Trafalgar Square (1959) 00:56:23 Expert panel discussion (1959) 01:01:05 Deuce the computer refuses to speak (1959) 01:02:15 Margaret Thatcher leaves her house / Lord Carrington, Jo Grimond and Shirley Williams studio discussion (1979) 01:07:51 Tony Blair leaves house / George Robertson and Gordon Brown live interview (1997) 01:11:55 Exit poll interviews (1983) 01:15:06 Michael Foot leaves house (1983) 01:16:15 Neville Clarke interviews Hugh Gaitskell (1959) 01:20:38 Jeremy Thorpe interview (Oct 1974) 01:22:20 KDF-9 / panel predictions inc. William Rees-Mogg (1964) 01:25:06 David Steel re-elected and speech / Neil Kinnock arrives at count (1987) 01:28:48 The Beatles live interview (1964) 01:31:43 Panel discussion / students go wild in Trafalgar Square (1959) 01:34:36 Tony Blair arrives at count (1997) 01:37:23 Enoch Powell elected and heckled during speech (1970) 01:42:45 David Mellor loses seat and live interview / Paddy Ashdown re-elected (1997) 01:50:48 Trafalgar Square (1959) 01:51:34 David Owen live interview (1987) 01:57:54 Harold Wilson re-elected in Huyton / Scenes in Trafalgar Square / Edward Heath re-elected in Bexley (1966) 02:09:47 Edward Heath live interview (1970) 02:15:59 Lord Carrington interview / Edward Heath at count / Harold Wilson arrives at count / Ron Hayward interview / Tony Benn interview / Jeremy Thorpe at count / Harold Wilson re-elected (Feb 1974) 02:29:23 Sir Ian Gilmour, Neil Kinnock, and Leonard Parkin studio discussion / Sir Geoffrey Howe live interview (1979) 02:34:50 Tony Blair re-elected in Sedgefield / Peter Mandelson interview (1997) 02:44:00 Margaret Thatcher re-elected in Finchley (1979) 02:49:13 Tory and Liberal HQs / Trafalgar Square scenes (1959) 02:53:41 Hugh Gaitskell concedes in live interview with Neville Clarke (1959) 02:58:08 Trafalgar Square scenes / Lord Hailsham and Frank Byers interviews (1959) 03:03:08 Frank Byers interview (1964) 03:04:41 Trafalgar Square scenes (1970) 03:07:42 Diane Abbott becomes UK’s first black female MP (1987) 03:13:10 James Callaghan leaves count / Harold Wilson interview (1979) 03:16:56 Margaret Thatcher re-elected in Finchley / Bernie Grant elected in Tottenham / David Steel interview (1987) 03:27:19 Margaret Thatcher and Eric Lubbock studio discussion / Denis Healey interview (1970) 03:49:28 Margaret Thatcher interview at Finchley count (1987) 03:53:20 Sir Ian Gilmour, Neil Kinnock and Leonard Parkin studio discussion (1979) 04:07:52 Neil Kinnock re-elected in Islwyn (1992) 04:15:04 Harold Macmillan interview (1959) 04:16:42 Neil Kinnock leaves count / Peter Mandelson interview (1992) 04:23:13 James Callaghan speaks to the press (1979) 04:25:48 Michael Foot concedes (1983) 04:37:55 Conservative victory official / Neil Kinnock studio interview (1983) 04:44:29 Neil Kinnock concession speech (1992) 04:52:05 Tony Blair addresses Sedgefield Labour club / John Major arrives at count / Blair flies to London (1997) 05:07:06 The Portillo Moment - Michael Portillo loses seat (1997) 05:09:51 Trafalgar Square / Clement Attlee interview (1964) 05:14:44 Labour victory official / ITV 500 (1997) 05:23:40 Labour victory song and street reaction (1964) 05:27:38 Labour HQ party / John Major count speech / Tony Blair “New Dawn” speech (1997) 05:48:05 Margaret Thatcher leaves home / James Callaghan leaves Downing Street for Buckingham Palace (1979) 05:56:01 John Major leaves Downing Street and speech (1997) 06:01:52 James Callaghan resignation press conference (1979) 06:18:21 Tony Blair at Buckingham Palace (1997) 06:21:42 Margaret Thatcher at Buckingham Palace (1979) 06:23:26 Tony Blair leaves Buckingham Palace (1997) 06:24:51 Tony Blair discusses Labour defeat and leadership (1992) 06:26:39 Tony Blair arrives at Downing Street (1997) 06:29:52 Margaret Thatcher arrives at Downing Street / live interview with Jon Snow (1979) 06:36:22 Tony Blair addresses the nation outside Number 10 (1997) 06:49:26 Last thoughts from the studio / Margaret Thatcher congratulates Tony Blair (1997) 06:54:25 Studio sign offs (1959-1997) 06:56:22 Outro title sequence