Obviously Sian will fill in for Sophie, but she cant do months of 5 days alone. Perhaps Jane Hill will get to do the Six?? I cant see them moving Anna Ford. Or maybe Fiona Bruce will do a few?? Any other ideas??
Yeah seems likely that LNN presenters will go to the News Channel. Someone said that Lucy Alexander was seen presenting on there. I do hope Anna Maria Ashe will play a part in the new look London News???
I wonder if they could poach someone from the BBC - the ITV News presentation team seems particularly weak, I wonder if there really is anyone there who is "the right person for the job"?
I'd say it was the BBC team which was weak, since Michael and Peter left the 10 its all gone wrong with presenters doing bulletins they shouldn't be doing, such as Fiona Bruce on the 10 and the dodgy combination of George and Sophie on the 6, one seems too heavyweight and the other too lightweight for a bulletin like the 6!
If they were to poach someone it should be Dermot Murnaghan as he was much more suited to the ITV Evening News that the Breakfast fiasco
You do potentially have a point there - people are not in the right places. BUT as a whole the team is better IMHO.
BBC1 News could be improved with shift patterns like this:
Breakfast: Bill Turnbull and Sian Williams (Mon - Thu), Simon McCoy and Natasha Kaplinsky (Fri - Sun)
1:00 News: Anna Ford / Sophie Raworth
6:00 News: Dermot Murnaghan and Fiona Bruce (Mon - Thu), Jon Sopel and Jane Hill (Fri)
10:00 News: George Alagiah / Huw Edwards
Weekend Bulletins: Darren Jordon / Jon Sopel / Jane Hill
Basically, both Huw Edwards and George Alagiah can pull off the 10 on the BBC very well (but I agree about Fiona Bruce). But where is ITV's equivalent of this person? I don't see one myself. Dermot may well be their best bet, and it may indeed be that the BBC would be keen to get rid of him.
I have to agree with you about the pres team on ITV, it is very weak!!!
Appointing Mark Austin who lets face it had very little presenting experience to anchor the evening news was a joke. And although the programme does well and he is a fave with the ladies, he is not suitable for News At 10.30. Katie Derham is a definate no no. Mary Nightingale could be a contender and she is a firm fave both with viewers and with ITV bosses. It is unlikely she would want the job having openly said her child and family are more important than any job. Nicholas Owen - Yeah he's good but is an old face and not really suited to the later bulletins. John Sucher the same. He's been around forever and has surely passed his sell by date as a contender. Kirsty Young could be wooed back, she has everything ,in my opinion and proved herself beyond any doubt that she is more than capable after her performance on 9/11. Trevror McDonald.........whatever! Move on and let someone else have a go.
Poaching someone from the BBC could be an option. They had shown interest in Huw Edwards before he got the 10. I guess it would have to be a pretty big offer to lure him away from the BBC. It appears they are grroming him to be the next David Dimbleby!!! He'd hardly want to leave now would he. Maybe they'll try their luck with Fiona Bruce. She's female and we all know how much ITV bosses like attractive ladies to present their news. Specualtion, speculation......
Love the astons. The green is really growing on me. Makes a change to the reds, yellows and blues normally used for news programmes.
The music has been tweaked.
I am loving it. If they are still using the space they used previously, it looks as though they have got rid of the sport area, unless they've moved it away while 'The World' is broadcast. It looks much larger.
WOW - Philip Hayton on BBC ONE! This must be the first time he has presented a scheduled bulletin on BBC One since he left for News 24. I wonder why Jane Hill didn't do it. Who is the duty news reader on One today? Is it Jane Hill??
Phillip presented a midday summary on one Sunday a few months back now - so its not the first time hes been on. Plus the many occasions he was on with BBC News Specials for the Iraq War.
Is Jane the only presenter on on the BBC Two Special?
War Specials are not the normal 'scheduled' bulletins I am referring to. I wasn't aware he had presented a lunchtime bulletin before on One. Thanks for poiting it out.
WOW - Philip Hayton on BBC ONE! This must be the first time he has presented a scheduled bulletin on BBC One since he left for News 24. I wonder why Jane Hill didn't do it. Who is the duty news reader on One today? Is it Jane Hill??
Breakfast: Bill Turnbull and Sian Williams (Mon - Thu), Simon McCoy and Natasha Kaplinsky (Fri - Sun)