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The Andrew Marr show

(April 2019)

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MI
m_in_m
The programme hasn't made it to air due to technical difficulties. BBC 1 has crossed to the news channel though with tikjng slightly off they didn't catch the full headline sequence at 0900.
MI
m_in_m
Made it to air about 10 minutes late but using the other side of the studio- the area Sunday Politics used. Problem with the news. They crossed to Chris Mason in Salford but it seems there was an issue with him having no autocue feed - and perhaps the bulletin doesn't have a paper backup script.
RE
Reece24
Considering viewers had 10 minutes of the BBC News channel, couldn't they have dropped the Marr Show bulletin, and potentially paper review to save time?
MI
m_in_m
Considering viewers had 10 minutes of the BBC News channel, couldn't they have dropped the Marr Show bulletin, and potentially paper review to save time?

The news bulletin would have covered a wider range of stories than was covered by the short period on the news channel. It probably is also used to get guests in position for the next interview.

The paper review was curtailed and they've probably ended up back in time now.
WM
WMD
Also, the symbol into Marr at 9:10ish had no CA.
MI
m_in_m
WMD posted:
Also, the symbol into Marr at 9:10ish had no CA.

The news channel also didn't pause to allow a cleaner opt although they trailed BBC 1 crossing to Marr.
MI
m_in_m
Jo Swinson on Twitter has said they were due to be in Studio A (green studio) but due to last minute technical problems they swapped to B but on the opposite side to normal.

Galleries for the two studios are in different locations and I think A used robotic cameras while B are far more manual though can be remotely controlled to some degree?
MI
m_in_m
The programme has run without probably anyone noticing anything since the news bulletin was abandoned.

I imagine the Marr show can be a relatively simple programme from a technical perspective - a small number of VT's, very few outside sources (weather and one interview from Salford) and then minimal astons and manual cutting between cameras.
CH
chris_rgu
there's an article about it on the BBC News website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48082991
bit of an overkill i think!!!
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IT
itsrobert Founding member
there's an article about it on the BBC News website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48082991
bit of an overkill i think!!!

I thought that too. It’s a main headline! Amazing how self important some of these media organisations can be.
MI
m_in_m
The programme producer posted a photo taken at 0851 of them all set to go from studio A so it really was a last minute hitch.

https://twitter.com/Jason_Keen/status/1122408801313939456?s=19
RE
Reece24
I notice the pre-recorded interview with [Insert names of celebrities Andrew interviewed here] was dropped from the programme today.

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