Portillo grilled by Paxmanpublished at 09:22 British Summer Time 4 September 2017
Conservative MP Michael Portillo is grilled by Jeremy Paxman in the BBC studio.
We may be seeing him again later...
Summary
BBC Parliament showing 1997 general election
Results coverage presented by David Dimbleby
Analysis by Peter Snow with his computer battleground and swingometer and interviews by Jeremy Paxman
Portillo grilled by Paxmanpublished at 09:22 British Summer Time 4 September 2017
Caution urged on exit pollpublished at 09:18 British Summer Time 4 September 2017
Conservative Brian Mawhinney urges caution on the exit poll, and Labour's John Prescott is also guarded but says it looks as though his party will win in "very good fashion indeed".
He denies that it was unnecessary for Labour to undergo radical reforms in order to achieve victory.
That exit poll: the detailspublished at 09:10 British Summer Time 4 September 2017
Historic figures banded around for that exit poll - veteran broadcaster Peter Snow shows viewers the likely outcome.
Exit poll predicts Tony Blair will be PMpublished at 09:10 British Summer Time 4 September 2017
The exit poll predicts a Labour landslide victory and Tony Blair will be prime minister - Peter Snow notes it would have to be pretty drastically wrong for a different outcome.
Watching avidlypublished at 09:03 British Summer Time 4 September 2017
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End of twitter post 2Familiar facespublished at 09:01 British Summer Time 4 September 2017
David Dimbleby presented the BBC’s 14-hour Election 97 results programme from Thursday 1 May 1997.
Also on the team: BBC political editor Robin Oakley, political scientist Professor Anthony King and pollster Peter Kellner.
Former BBC Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman interviews leading political figures; and election stalwart Peter Snow features with the familiar computer battleground and swingometer.
Jeremy Paxman’s interviewees include: Labour’s defeated Prime Minister from 1979 James Callaghan; Deputy Prime Minister Michael Heseltine; former Labour leader Neil Kinnock; Defence Secretary Michael Portillo; former Conservative Prime Minister Edward Heath; Welsh Secretary William Hague; and Conservative backbencher and Maastricht rebel Iain Duncan Smith.
Good morningpublished at 08:53 British Summer Time 4 September 2017
And welcome to the BBC's coverage of the 1997 general election.
BBC Parliament is giving viewers a chance to re-live the 1997 general election which swept Labour leader Tony Blair to power.
For the rest of the day, we'll be showing the archive broadcast of the BBC’s original live coverage...