BBC, in real life

January 16, 2007

Maybe it’s just because I’m a raging BBC-ophile, but I love these ads for BBC World News. I like the idea of showing the quality of the BBC News by showing the proximity the reporters get to the action. What better source than those closest to the action, right?

Click on the images to see the full sized goods. The copy is typed out to the right.

BBC Cell Phone“Cameraman: Vaughan Smith, Serbia, 05.03.98
When filming the assault at Prekaz, Vaughan Smith was shot at by a sniper. The bullet passed through the contents of his pocket and fortunately lodged in his mobile phone.
Report Successfully filed at 20:49 GMT

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BBC BootsReporter: Clive Myrie, Mozambique, 28.02.00
Clive Myrie was the first international journalist on the scene of the Mozambique floods. He spent considerable amounts of time reporting from the water to get across the human suffering they were witnessing.
Report successfully filed 17:18 GMT

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BBC MosquitoReporter: Jeremy Cooke, Boa Esperanca, 14.03.05
Jeremy Cooke and his team fought through the Brazilian Amazon with an axe and their bare hands digging through mud to tell the story for the first time of a threatened Amazonian community. That struggle wasn’t their greatest discomfort.
Report successfully filed 22:00 GMT

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