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February 22, 2015

Election night TV: what we know so far

With just over 10 weeks to go until polling day, the two main broadcasters ought to have their plans for election night pretty much in place. There are still a…

January 15, 2015

‘With light music from Bernard Monshin and his Rio Tango Band’: how election results used to be broadcast

Among the delights to be found on the BBC’s Genome website are some cracking examples of how the corporation used to cover elections on the radio. In case you don’t know,…

July 06, 2014

2015 election night TV: what we know so far

You won’t be surprised that I think an election night results programme is one of the most thrilling events on British television. I’d like to suspect most of the country…

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The informed musings of an election obsessive, counting down to 7 May 2015 by poring over the latest forecasts, sizing up target seats and candidates, and riding a swingometer across polls past and present.

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