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Getting people vaccinated. thank you very much indeed. and before we go tonight, we want to wish a happy birthday — to ourselves. bbc tv is 85 years old. at 3pm local time on 2 november 1936, the bbc launched its first regular tv service from north london. there was a newsreel, a variety show, music, including the first—ever performance by the bbc tv 0rchestra. viewers were called �*lookers in�*, and there weren't many of them. only about 400 on the first day. then — as now — our mission was to inform, educate and entertain. great pictures there.

Of the country during the 1917 revolution are going up for auction next week in geneva. like this pink diamond weighing more than 25 carats — expected to fetch up to six—million dollars. the royal set was taken by a british diplomat to london for safekeeping all those years ago. and now, they are looking for a new owner. if you have many millions to spare. and before we go tonight, we want to wish a happy birthday — to ourselves. bbc tv is 85 years old. at 3pm local time on november second 1936 — the bbc launched its first regular tv service from north london. there was a newsreel, a v...