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RI
richardhall99
Does BBC1 news ever pool newsreaders from BBC World or is it just N24?
IT
itsrobert Founding member
richardhall99 posted:
Does BBC1 news ever pool newsreaders from BBC World or is it just N24?


No, they never use World presenters - there's no point, as it doesn't boost their profiles like it does for News 24 presenters, as they are broadcasting inside the UK anyway.
AN
Andrew Founding member
RTS posted:
Andrew posted:

Dermot Murnaghan is doing the BBC News on BBC ONE tonight!


Did anyone get any captures of this.


I'm sure someone will have

It was certainly weird seeing Dermot presenting a conventional news bulletin on the BBC!
RE
Re-it-er-ate
He needed a bit more practice really!! On the afternoon bulletin he spoke too quickly and the Headlines seemed to short. On the Late bulletin he paused before the first headline, and thus ran over the thunderclap.

Here is the video of the Intro to the Late Bulletin on BBC One:

BBC Weekend News - 22.40 - Intro & Titles

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RT
rts Founding member
Took a while for him to get in time with the thunder claps!

I'm a great fan of Dermot and it's great to see him on the Beeb.
AS
Aston
RTS posted:
Took a while for him to get in time with the thunder claps!

I'm a great fan of Dermot and it's great to see him on the Beeb.


Indeed, but there is something very strange about him presenting a main BBC bulletin. I really don't know why, perhaps it's subconcious...
MA
mark Founding member
Makes sense, really - not a lot different from seeing Trevor McDonald present on BBC News! When he moved to Breakfast from ITV News, it wasn't that odd as the two were very different types of presenting jobs.
RI
richardhall99
itsrobert posted:
richardhall99 posted:
Does BBC1 news ever pool newsreaders from BBC World or is it just N24?


No, they never use World presenters - there's no point, as it doesn't boost their profiles like it does for News 24 presenters, as they are broadcasting inside the UK anyway.


The whole point wouldnt be to boost their profiles but instead to give BBC1 news some extra presenters during big strories and keep Dermot Murghan on breakfast
SM
smw
richardhall99 posted:
itsrobert posted:
richardhall99 posted:
Does BBC1 news ever pool newsreaders from BBC World or is it just N24?


No, they never use World presenters - there's no point, as it doesn't boost their profiles like it does for News 24 presenters, as they are broadcasting inside the UK anyway.


The whole point wouldnt be to boost their profiles but instead to give BBC1 news some extra presenters during big strories and keep Dermot Murghan on breakfast


I don't think they used Dermot yesterday because there wasn't anyone else. I would have thought it would be to give him some experience on the national news and give viewers the chance to see him. With the implending war I think we may see more high profile presenters on News 24 so I would suspect that they are just raising the profile of all their presenters in the weeks leading up to it.

I also think that they do use News 24 presenters on BBC One to raise their profile. People are more likely to tune to News 24 if they recognise a face than if its a stranger. I think I'm right in saying that Jane Hill seemed to take the lead on Fri when News 24 was on BBC Two because she's probably more known to people than Matthew cos she's been doing the weekend and 1o'Clock news in the past few weeks.
IT
itsrobert Founding member
richardhall99 posted:
itsrobert posted:
richardhall99 posted:
Does BBC1 news ever pool newsreaders from BBC World or is it just N24?


No, they never use World presenters - there's no point, as it doesn't boost their profiles like it does for News 24 presenters, as they are broadcasting inside the UK anyway.


The whole point wouldnt be to boost their profiles but instead to give BBC1 news some extra presenters during big strories and keep Dermot Murghan on breakfast


Yes, but it would be no good cutting down some of BBC World's top presenters' shifts just so they can do some national work. This would mean relief presenters taking more shifts on World, and World would have lost its experienced presenters when something big breaks. You also have to take into account whether those presenters would want to do a national bulletin - it is very different to a news channel. When do you see breaking news on BBC 1's news programmes? Hardly ever.
RE
Re-it-er-ate
I agree with smw. Its unlikely that Maxine Mawhinney, Darren Jordan, Sian Williams & Jane Hill are all ill / doing other things. They most probably want to give all of their presenters on-air experience on National News, as one of them will need it when war breaks out. A very good idea too.

Dermot talking through the Thunderclaps reminds me of Nik Gowing on BBC World News. He doesn't pause for too long, but nearly always has too much to say in the 5 secs period!
RT
rts Founding member
Are there any reporters you'd like to see behind the desk?

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