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ELECTION TELEVISION

From the party political broadcast to the swingometer, politics has a chequered televisual history when it comes to election time. OTT charts the developments over the years and brings us a blow-by-blow account of election night 2005 and 2001 as seen on BBC1 and ITV.
 

"A FIVE-TIMES-A-NIGHT PRIME MINISTER?"
BBC1 and ITV's election night 2005 by Ian Jones, Jack Kibble-White and Steve Williams
Part One: 9.55pm to Midnight
Part Two: Midnight to 3am
Part Three: 3am to 1pm

"IN CASE YOU MISSED IT, LABOUR WON"
BBC1 and ITV's election night 2001 by Ian Jones, Jack Kibble-White and Steve Williams
Part One: 9.55pm to Midnight
Part Two: Midnight to 3am
Part Three: 3am to 1pm

GOOD MORNING PRIME MINISTER
Robin Carmody on UK General Election coverage

"THIS IS AN EXPERIMENT"
Jack Kibble-White and Ian Jones present a brief history of party election broadcasts