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Baroness Thatcher has died

Funeral coverage - Dimbleby for BBC, Stewart, Schofield and Willoughby for ITV (April 2013)

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EM
EastMediaWatcher
Sky Coverage:
http://skynews.skypressoffice.co.uk/press-releases/items/2013-04/3122/sky-news-announces-coverage-baroness-thatcher%E2%80%99s-funeral

Anna Botting returns.
DK
DanielK
I have a feeling that Anna may be returning for this only, as she probably wont go back to her late slot.
EM
EastMediaWatcher
Rumour has it that there is going to be a reshuffle in May/June.
DK
DanielK
A reshuffle can be that major, as I can't see Jeremy Thompson giving up his slot, and nobody else sort of suits it. Eamonn and Charlotte wont give up Sunrise, which mean Charlotte stays at 9, and the overnight & late slots are okay at the moment.
NJ
news junkie
No ad breaks for sky between 10 & 12 on wednesday for the funeral.
JO
Jon
A reshuffle can be that major, as I can't see Jeremy Thompson giving up his slot, and nobody else sort of suits it. Eamonn and Charlotte wont give up Sunrise, which mean Charlotte stays at 9, and the overnight & late slots are okay at the moment.

Do you understand how television works?
DK
DanielK
Jon posted:
A reshuffle can be that major, as I can't see Jeremy Thompson giving up his slot, and nobody else sort of suits it. Eamonn and Charlotte wont give up Sunrise, which mean Charlotte stays at 9, and the overnight & late slots are okay at the moment.

Do you understand how television works?


I do, but some presenters have obviously signed up to Sky with a specific slot in their contract, whilst others haven't
CH
chris_rgu
Charlie Stayt at St Paul's for Breakfast
EM
EastMediaWatcher
Very rough open to the 9am start on Sky News, reminds me of JT's US election opening which was just as rough.

Voiceover was "Sky News, with Dermot Murnaghan and Anna Botting" first part sounded very ropy, like Sky News was super-enforced on rather than the usual "This is Sky News" wording. Couple of hesitant pauses and a complete lack of graphics which the presenter seem to be waiting for.
GH
George Hill
Radio4's coverage has been very good so far. Julian worricker and Jane Garvey among the people along the route with Sian Williams in the studio. Tv with Dimbleby though - well lets not go there...
RA
radiolistener
Have Sky News got the 'coffin-cam'?
NW
nwtv2003
ITV now on funeral coverage, This Morning came on air sponsorless, Alastair Stewart presenting but Philip and Holly are in the studio, not really too sure if they're going back to studio today by the looks of it.

EDIT: they are back in the studio talking about it now, like the normal news paper review, so it appears they are going dip in and out of the coverage.
Last edited by nwtv2003 on 17 April 2013 10:42am

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