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NG
noggin Founding member
davidhorman posted:
Is someone rolling that autocue or is it automatic? I suppose they can't afford a speech recognition cock-up although I found it very reliable when I tested a system 10+ years ago.


There is an Autocue operator for the News Channel and BBC One main bulletins. When there were short daytime summaries on BBC One and Sixty Seconds bulletins on BBC Three from NBH the presenters had the option of either a hand controller or foot pedal to control it themselves.
DV
DVB Cornwall
Ahhh...



IT
itsrobert Founding member
An 'and finally' report on the first ever Red Nose Day in 1988 - stay tuned to the end for some ITN frivolity!

UN
Universal_r
I’m not sure if this was an ...and finally but certainly has the potential. And of course it’s Simon McCoy, who doesn’t love him.


JO
Jonwo
It is bad that I like good news stories and funny moments in news programmes. The news can be very gloomy at times and something like Simon McCoy in despair about a trivial story always makes me chuckle.

Not really a witticism but Mike Bushell falling into the pool at the Commonwealth Games:
AndrewPSSP, Roger Darthwell and DE88 gave kudos
SP
Steve in Pudsey
That for me is Simon McCoy's great skill, that he can gear change so well between handling serious stories with requisite gravitas to giving trivial stories the treatment that they deserve.
JO
Jonwo
It seems ITV has been reading this thread as they have a documentary called ....And Finally
https://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep1week1/and-finally-trevor-mcdonald

Sadly I think we're unlikely to see Simon McCoy's best moments as it would make the programme 4 hour long!
RN
Rolling News
How on Earth did we miss this one??



GH
Ghost
Rolling News posted:
How on Earth did we miss this one??




We didn’t miss it, it was just in a different thread Wink

Worzel posted:
Didn't know where to post this, but Simon McCoy's been caught sitting down on the job again... Laughing

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BR
Brekkie
Jonwo posted:
It seems ITV has been reading this thread as they have a documentary called ....And Finally
https://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep1week1/and-finally-trevor-mcdonald

"Britain's greatest ever newsreader" is a bold claim.
JO
Jonwo
Brekkie posted:
Jonwo posted:
It seems ITV has been reading this thread as they have a documentary called ....And Finally
https://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep1week1/and-finally-trevor-mcdonald

"Britain's greatest ever newsreader" is a bold claim.

That honour belongs to Simon McCoy.....
MO
Mouseboy33
WGN News Chicago usually doesnt disappoint.


Not really unscripted but still really funny.... "Im Tom Freaking SKilling!"

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