BBC Newsnight

Since The Review Show is moving to BBC Four (and only monthly ) Does this mean Newsnight on a Friday will be extended?

I had a wee look at the set when I was last at Pacific Quay - it sits opposite the Reporting Scotland set.

In other news, there was a Newsnight special on the 10th anniversary since the beginning of the Iraq war the other night, with a studio audience. Apparently it came from the BBC Radio theatre. It also featured some quite odd title graphics:

That set reminds me a little of the Film Four logo. http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=film+4+logo&id=160ED46BA04987C50019A2511E9B1F7BF749D41F&FORM=IQFRBA#view=detail&id=E10284ECB06917214016CE0F36149594FA190640&selectedIndex=2

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At a guess, given Newsnight are unlikely to be given more budget, probably not. I doubt being told to put out an extra 20 minutes a week on the same money because of a scheduling decision would go down well when The Review Show is (I presume) no longer anything to do with them.

Presumably not. However News are funded centrally rather than commissioned - so could be asked, and presumably expected, to fill the time somehow?

Thought it was the Culture Show moving to Four, not the Review Show?

No, it's the Review Show.

I think the most sensible thing would be to use the opportunity to bring Later with Jools Holland forward to the 11pm slot; since The Review Show has been running at its present length, Jools has been pushed back to the unfeasibly late time of close to midnight, and this would be an opportunity to show it in a more reasonable time slot.

Incidentally, I heard somewhere that The Review Show would still be getting a repeat on BBC2.

Finally, Paxman will be back Mon-Wed Next Week.

Stephanie Flanders seemed pleased about that too, at the end of tonight's edition!

"Well, that's all for tonight. Jeremy Paxman - no less - is back on Monday, after ages. Thank goodness for that. Good night."

So, who had "very sexy roundabout" on their Newsnight Live Correspondent Bingo card tonight?