Diana's accident: overnight coverage

News of the car crash which eventually claimed the life of Diana, Princess of Wales came in the early hours of Sunday morning, 31 August 1997. Here's some of what appeared on television - a time when BBC channels closed down overnight.

First is Martyn Lewis with a BBC One news report (which interrupted the film Borsalino & Co). Then he gives much the same news on BBC Two a few minutes later. A few minutes after that Tim Willcox appeared on ITV during a scheduled ad break in the film 'Night of the Hunter'. After the end of the film, BBC One joined BBC World News overnight instead of closing down: Nik Gowing is the presenter.

Although I've added captions to explain, this is presented fairly roughly as what I recorded on the night - not knowing when the news would appear. The BBC World coverage represents leaving the tape running while I went to sleep, and the tape only had an hour or so left on it, so there isn't any more.

Видео Diana's accident: overnight coverage канала David Boothroyd