BBC World Launch / The World Today
Broadcast
26th January 1995
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The launch of BBC World plus its first programme onair – The World Today with former Newsnight anchor Donald McCormick and former Sky News presenter Nici Marx BBC World studio made use of the extended virtual sets, just like the BBC National news of the time, to make the studio appear much bigger than it actually was, especially on big wide shots. Right clip – programme close