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Maxine Mawhinney to present the Ten O'clock News?

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IM
its me
Maxine M seems an odd choice. I can only remember her presenting an weekday bulletin agessss ago.

If Dermot and George don't do the Ten if both Huw and Fiona are away, wouldn't Darren Jordan normally step in. I can remember him doing it a few times before.
MA
Matrix
its me posted:
Maxine M seems an odd choice. I can only remember her presenting an weekday bulletin agessss ago.

If Dermot and George don't do the Ten if both Huw and Fiona are away, wouldn't Darren Jordan normally step in. I can remember him doing it a few times before.


Thats the usual set-up, although some would say this is a testing time, using different presenters and seeing how they cope. Ala Dermot and the six
JO
johnnybegood
Matrix posted:
its me posted:
Maxine M seems an odd choice. I can only remember her presenting an weekday bulletin agessss ago.

If Dermot and George don't do the Ten if both Huw and Fiona are away, wouldn't Darren Jordan normally step in. I can remember him doing it a few times before.


Thats the usual set-up, although some would say this is a testing time, using different presenters and seeing how they cope. Ala Dermot and the six


Maybe..but then again maybe using Maxine is because no-one can do it. The readers do have personal lives so maybe doing something that night, hence getting someone in from News 24 to do it who would be more than willing to.
JW
JamesWorldNews
Maxine is OK, actually. Why shouldn't she be given a shot at it? Good to see some fresh, yet capable, faces on the bulletins. Keeps us all interested and talking about it, after all.

I agree though that people like Sissons and Jordon seem a more logical choice.

Has Witchell given up newscasting altogether? He would also be a good choice, IMO. I know some of you don't like him, but I am sure he would make a refreshing face change a couple of times a month, would he not?

James
NE
Newsreader
BBC WORLD posted:
Maxine is OK, actually. Why shouldn't she be given a shot at it? Good to see some fresh, yet capable, faces on the bulletins. Keeps us all interested and talking about it, after all.

I agree though that people like Sissons and Jordon seem a more logical choice.

Has Witchell given up newscasting altogether? He would also be a good choice, IMO. I know some of you don't like him, but I am sure he would make a refreshing face change a couple of times a month, would he not?

James


I agree, although Maxine is a surprising choice; I would have thought that Sian or Jane with their experience on the One and the Six would have been more obvious choices (Sian has co-presented the Ten once before, with Huw at Westminster), I think that Maxine will be good, perhaps they're testing her with a view to her joining the team, not necessarily on the Ten like Emily on Newsnight . Also, non-one's down for Mon-Wed, perhaps Nick Witchell will do it then, although it seems unlikely. He did present the Six and Bank Holiday Bulletins in the 1999-2001 era.
JA
jamesmd
Don't forget Thursday and Friday are both important nights for Children in Need.... rehearsals on Thurs and show on Fri might mean that most presenters will in fact be unavailable. Sophie and Fiona were very rushed last year.
JJ
Juicy Joe Founding member
Quote:
Maxine Mawhinney to present the Ten O'clock News?


Who? Laughing
EB
exquisite burden
"Who?" indeed. This has got to be a joke.............hasn't it?
NE
Newsreader
exquisite burden posted:
"Who?" indeed. This has got to be a joke.............hasn't it?


Well unless the Radio Times is in on the joke, it's unlikely
JA
jamej
James Hall posted:
Don't forget Thursday and Friday are both important nights for Children in Need.... rehearsals on Thurs and show on Fri might mean that most presenters will in fact be unavailable. Sophie and Fiona were very rushed last year.


But Children In Need is the week after...
JA
jamesmd
jamej posted:
James Hall posted:
Don't forget Thursday and Friday are both important nights for Children in Need.... rehearsals on Thurs and show on Fri might mean that most presenters will in fact be unavailable. Sophie and Fiona were very rushed last year.


But Children In Need is the week after...


Indeed, it is, so I'm talking rubbish
MC
mccanmat
How About a Nightmare Kinda lineup???

What about........ Mon-Thu One O'Clock News Jake Lynch Fri Emily Maitlis (Something to put you to sleep early in the day)
Six O'Clock News Mon-Fri Natasha Kaplinsky And Stephen Cole (Imagine that they would be preening themselves and trying to battle over who gets most camera time)
Ten O'Clock News Mon-Fri Phillip Hayton And Nick Witchell (Arguing that they dont like each other) Laughing

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