BBC Coverage: UK Election Night 2010 opening

US Election Night 15-hours length live coverage simulcated 6th of May 2010 on BBC1, BBC News 24 and BBC World News (and different election programme on BBC1 Scotland and BBC Alba).
Presenting from huge TC1 studio by David Dimbleby, Jeremy Paxman, Emily Maitlis, Fiona Bruce, John Sopel, Sian Williams, George Alagiah and others correspondents across the UK ..
(Programme replayed 8.5.2010 on BBC Parliament from 8.55 CET)
Recorded: 6 May 2010, 22.55pm (CET)
Source: DVB-S

[@eIucidate]

I'm happy to see so many other people are fans of the opening. What an awesome 5 minutes.

[@reallouisdickson]

The direction is just incredible. Whether that’s Andrew Neil walking and finishing on that table, or the move from Fiona to Nick to Emily. It just works SO well, and that music!

[@johnking5174]

This was the last BBC general election night to be broadcast from BBC Television Centre in London, in their Studio TC1. TC1 still exists and is in use today (2022) but general elections moved to BBC Elstree Studios for 2015 and 2017. And in 2019 moved to BBC Broadcasting House in London.

[@danmcardle3910]

i can’t believe this 14 year of misery is finally about to end

[@patrickburnsmusic]

Fantastic opening sequence and music. Outstanding, BBC!!

[@RabbidTheNabbit]

Miss this theme, and david dimblby presenting too.

[@johnnyballenatl]

The last election from Television Centre; next year, David Dimbleby will be anchoring from Broadcasting House in his last election.

[@Cnd1867]

O.K., this new theme isn't that bad! =D Wonderful coverage, I always found the BBC had one of, if not THE, best election coverage in the world

[@mad4mater]

Got to love the graphics the bbc uses :') paving stones!!!

[@holyholyholy40]

hope they can do that this year!

[@rileykernaghan]

This is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wish the Australian TV stations would go this fancy for our elections!

[@Cnd1867]

"Where there is discord, may we bring harmony..."

[@creynolds094]

Thursday 6th May 2010

[@marks1987]

@jimmyg00dtimes well spotted. Also, you can tell by looking at the fade from Emily Maitlis to the camera panning down to DD - the camera that was pointing at EM (and faded from) is now pointing at DD's seat.

[@BossySwan]

Superb coverage... The new theme was needed to replace the tired old one.

[@mwhite148]

I so wish they'd kept the old election night theme.

[@neverguessuk]

Thanks for sharing. Remember feeling sick with excitement a few seconds before 10pm as David told us about the exit poll. As it turned out, the poll for the Tories was spot on (307 seats).

[@altfactor]

The U.S. networks could use the "Swingometer" for the midterm elections (November, 2010) to show the balance of the two major parties in the House, Senate, and Governors.

[@matt1784]

that result was almost spot on for a change!

[@TheKonga88]

But I didn't see any dalmatians. 🐕🐕🐕🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐺🐺🐺🐩🐕🐶🐹

[@NessMencesal]

I like how they explain how the government works at the start. Also...I wish us Yanks had unbiased news reporting like BBC....no partisan bullshit, just reporting the damn facts.

[@altfactor]

Maybe the U.S,. should adopt a uniform poll closing time for the 2012 Presidential elections, so that Brian Williams, Katie Couric, and Diane Sawyer can come on five minutes before poll closing time and do a dramatic opening to their broadcasts much like the BBC's opening for the 2010 British elections.

[@ReverandCiderMan]

The exit poll was impressively close.

[@gitoe777]

And of course by the time the lavish (i.e. expensive) programme had finished, we were none the wiser on the result...... thanks auntie.

[@johankneijber]

Dimbleby is a hero

[@globeman8]

That looks like the 2000 today set

[@hignman]

That exit poll was pretty much dead on... wish I'd known that at the time so I didn't have to stay up all night!

[@jonnyk5614]

Shame to lose Arthur but the replacement is very good! BBC Concert Orchestra on fine form too

[@NessMencesal]

MSNBC at least admits it somewhat (their slogan is "Lean Forward").

[@TheIceman567]

@GusPlayer94 No he won because his brother was Governor of Florida at the time. That's why he won.

[@enganonpg6217]

What a depressing night

[@venmis137]

6 years ago... it got sooo much worse...

[@dominicchallis2928]

@@venmis137Yep. Every time I think of the 2010 election it always seems like the most quintessential, somewhat hopeful UK election. Scotland was still ruled by Labour, the Tories had no majority at first, Wales had hardly any Tories, the Lib Dems were on a fairly good footing, and it was a three horse race. Then every election after 2015 has been full of upsets and Lib Dem annihilations and Scottish Labour extinctions and the red wall being dismantled by conniving deceitful Conservatives.

[@venmis137]

@@dominicchallis2928 For what it's worth, that era seems like it might be gone now. Labour are likely to win a majority of seats in Scotland, England, and Wales. Lib Dems might get more than 15 seats again. The Tories have no shot in the Red Wall. Still remains to be seen exactly what the new era will bring though. I choose to remain hopeful.

[@dominicchallis2928]

@@venmis137 I feel exactly the same way, it looks like things are getting back to normal.

[@GTA5Player1]

And then the Lib Dems actually dropped 5 seats 😂

[@ronanmurphy98]

4 years ago to the hour....bring on 2015!!!! Cameron for the win!!!

[@alexanderpbyron]

Unlikely!

[@ronanmurphy98]

***** ...to see Labour win? After all, didn't you hear the rant from one of Milliband's shadow cabinet members - ''Looks weird, talks weird, is weird". The Tory vote will accelerate from a UKIP exodus...first-past-the-post ensures the spoiler effect. UKIP is a European party, not a Westminster one and their voters want a referendum on Europe now. The fear of a 'Vote UKIP Get Labour' is too prevalent and regardless off those opinion polls, the UKIP electorate almost certainly will return to the Tories for the 2015 general election, and David Cameron knows that. But anyhow, it's exiting to know how it will turn out...can't wait!

[@DFandV]

Ronan Murphy Than you're naive. Most people I have spoken to said that they will vote UKIP even if that means Labour get in power. They have more certain voters than Labour and Tories combined.

[@DFandV]

***** and by the way I am not even UKIP I don't like them at all lol

[@ronanmurphy98]

And now with only a few weeks until re the election, the SNP destroying Labour in Scotland and the Tories and with 6 percent over Labour? The Conservatives only need about 2 more percent from the opinion polls from UKIP to secure a majority, and that will probably happen naturally anyways on Election Day when the sudden realisation that your voting for a Prime Minister as well as an MP dawns upon you - just like 1992!

[@SRKProductionsUK]

"US election" what the hell it is the UK election, how can you make such a big mistake!

[@BossySwan]

@GordonTheWanker No, just David Dimbleby.

[@TheDukeOfWaltham]

@hpd929 I agree, though it bothered me more that the interior of 10 Downing Street looks nothing like that in reality (especially that awful generic painting).

[@painfulsweetness]

its a very sophisticated work. better than japanese one

[@Tokyorosebiz]

See what has happened to our Great Country watch THE PARTY OF SLEAZE by TOKYO ROSE

[@pjwils]

@mgmt54 They changed the theme in 2001 as well, but brought it back for 2005.. hopefully next election we'll get it back (and get back Labour too).

[@00MrBlob]

That exit poll was nearly right

[@Dim4323]

I prefer the 2005 theme.

[@arwelp]

I wish they'd bring back the "Arthur" theme they used between about 1987 and 2001.

[@hpd929]

That paving thing is pretty ridiculous. "He opens the door and goes in"? It looks like The Sims. As an American, I can't act all smug, though, because we started the precedent of doing this silly stuff. It's just an attempt to milk as much coverage as possible out of every non-story.

[@mgmt54]

Dropping the Arthur theme tune was a big mistake. The programme itself was also pretty dross. Peter Snow and Tony King were badly missed. The election coverage on ITV and SKY was better. The Royal Wedding was also another disaster for the tax on TV viewing brigade with ITV winning all the plaudits.

[@jamiesworld1690]

Hype up eoection I can do thus job easily

[@Rutter350]

@soxdownsouth Vietnam. That is all.

[@electrogeek77]

@H4554nX0rZ Hey! At least we managed to have ill-working touchscreens and interviews with holograms! (I'm not joking, CNN really did this. You could tell that the anchors thought that it was the cheesiest thing ever.)

[@GoalTable]

what song name

[@jonnyk5614]

18 actually haha

[@NessMencesal]

Well, compared to American news, it's not biased at all lol. We have freakin' Faux News, which has to be one of the most biased tv stations in the world, at least the most biased in the Americas lol

[@djriki0]

@eo227 :D

[@Barsider75]

@soxdownsouth you clearly have no grasp of the Monarchy or the British political system.

[@Funnybriton]

Disasterous

[@TheSuperPsychoKiller]

BBC has shitty graphics.