2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum

BBC, ITV and Sky News coverage of the EU referendum results, June 23–24, 2016 A results night with no seats to win and no swingometer, so the broadcasters had to improvise. The BBC leaned on its graphics, ITV brought out a probability graph, and one critic judged Sky News's coverage the most illuminating of the night. Sunderland's usual race to declare first came early, and once the BBC had the numbers to call it, at around 4:40 a.m., David Dimbleby delivered the line that summed up the night: "The British people have spoken, and the answer is, we're out." Watch it to see how differently three newsrooms read the same trickle of local counts.