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2015 Election and the Leaders Debates

For discussion of the Leaders Interviews and Debates on the BBC, ITV, Sky News/Channel 4. (October 2014)

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A former member
It really is a gameshow,
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A former member
There is a nice up or down graphic on BBC news, nothing on sky BAR the infor line at the bottom.
SP
Steve in Pudsey
Shame nobody spotted that Natalie Bennett's jacket is strobing.
RD
rdd Founding member
It really is a gameshow,


I thought Fifteen to One during the opening titles for some reason.

The BBC worm is an interesting idea.
JC
JCB
It was controversial and led to the closure of beloved TV Centre but.....Media City looks great on camera.
BA
bilky asko
Interesting that the theme music is the same as last time round, especially as it wasn't used for anything else. I suppose it's a case of "if it's not broken..."
LL
London Lite Founding member


ITV certainly making up for their entirely un branded debate last time, with massive ITV logos on every surface. Carefully chopped out of shot on the News at Five on BBC News but fully in shot on the ITV Evening News.


Newsround had ITV logos all over the place!
NJ
Neil Jones Founding member
Sky News lost the feed of the debate at about 8:30 for about five seconds. Did any other outlet lose the feed?
On the return the sound was much "fuller" for want of a better description, and I suspect it's a clean feed as I haven't seen any graphics at all on this for the last 15 minutes or so.
RD
rdd Founding member
Didn't see it disappear on the BBC News Channel, but it may have.

On the subject of logos, I notice there are little STV and UTV logos alongside the ITV logo on each podium.
RD
rdd Founding member
I also hadn't realised it, but RTE showed the first hour (only) of the debate on RTE News Now, and are streaming the second hour online.
WH
Whataday Founding member
It's essentially The Weakest Link isn't it.

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TC
TCOTV
I know it's bad but i'm not really watching this for the debate. lol Also very wired watching ITV on BBC. The worm is a good idea shame it's so big.

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