This episode looks at how British television handled the early hours of Sunday 31 August 1997, when the first reports of the Paris car crash involving Diana, Princess of Wales began to emerge. It follows the BBC’s overnight coverage, ITV’s delayed response, and the moment when every major channel shifted into a single day of rolling news.

Rob Francis reflects on watching events unfold as a twelve-year-old who expected a morning of children’s programmes but instead witnessed one of the most significant broadcast moments of the era.

Audio clips from http://www.meldrum.co.uk/mhp/continuity/diana.html and telly.site/diana/