david price's posts

I agree that Alastair is good... but his style is rather old fashioned. I find his delivery and manner that of a regional presenter in the mid 1980s. As for Martine.. she always looks like she's just woken up. Most of the time, she looks bored. I agree with you that Jonathan is a bit school-masterish. And this is the fundamnetal problem with World's presenters... there's nothing wrong with any of them... all highly competent and watchable journalists.... but it's getting the MIX right of old school and new talent / young blood which maintains the channel's authority but doesn't make it look paternalistic and hectoring. Martine, Alastair, Nick Gowing, Nisha Pilau, Peter Dobbie... they've all been there virtually since the channel opened in the late 80s (?). Styles change and viewers change and have different expectations... I don't think World has grasped that to a sufficient degree.

I agree. I don't enjoy the news 5am programme as much as TWT. The current set-up seems a bit disjointed and I never ever understood the concept of having the biz anchor at the intro and then she disappears for thirty minutes before reappearing (OK - I know she pops up for one minute early in the programme too). I agree that two news anchors, supplemented by biz presenter and sports presenter would add some substance to the presentation.

OTOH, it also depends on who is presenting, for example, I could watch Martine Dennis or Alistair Yates for hours on end, but would struggle if Thin Willcox or Jono Charles was there every day.

We all have different tastes, I guess.

The person who reads the 21:30 GMT headlines will be whoever is presenting on the BBC News Channel in the UK, as they move into the BBC World News studio at 21:30 while the BBC News at 10 rehearsals take place in the normal BBC News Channel studio. The bulletin is also simulcast in the UK on the BBC News Channel

Is anybody able to take BBC World News' James Dagwell seriously? He's such a light weight. He just doesn't seem to have any authority about him to me apart from the ability to tie a knot in a nice tie!

Rather ironic that you have asked that question, because today's usual three shifts have been changed into just two presenting shifts. A very long marathon one for Owen Thomas (twelve bulletins so far starting at 6am and he's still on air for the 5pm London time bulletin) and - one assumes - the next anchor will take over at 6pm London time. Peter Dobbie seems to be missing today. Perhaps celebrating with the Irish the fact that they won the Grand Slam (we Scot's will use any excuse for a party). Owen - being a Welsh boy - may have lost the sweepstake in the newsroom and has to do all of today's bulletins as a punishment. LOL.

Rather ironic that you have asked that question, because today's usual three shifts have been changed into just two presenting shifts. A very long marathon one for Owen Thomas (twelve bulletins so far starting at 6am and he's still on air for the 5pm London time bulletin) and - one assumes - the next anchor will take over at 6pm London time. Peter Dobbie seems to be missing today. Perhaps celebrating with the Irish the fact that they won the Grand Slam (we Scot's will use any excuse for a party). Owen - being a Welsh boy - may have lost the sweepstake in the newsroom and has to do all of today's bulletins as a punishment. LOL.