This Week Back Then

The programme looks back at the appearance of historic news bulletins, showing how they were presented. The GREAT! network transports viewers to the past, revisiting stories from the same week many years ago.

The programme is an episode that revisits the look and feel of historic news bulletins. It’s presented under the generic title and falls within the news‑retro genre, offering a brief yet focused glimpse into how broadcast news once appeared on television. In this instalment, the GREAT! network acts as a guide, transporting viewers back to a previous era. It reconstructs the week’s headlines as they were reported at the time, allowing the audience to recall the stories that filled the news cycle back then. The segment highlights the visual and stylistic conventions of older bulletins, from the on‑screen graphics to the pacing of the presenters. By showcasing these elements, the episode gives a clear picture of the production values and reporting style that characterised that period’s news output. Overall, the show provides a nostalgic window into past broadcasting, inviting viewers to compare the former format with today’s news presentations. It serves as a reminder of how the medium has evolved while preserving the original flavour of the week’s historic stories.