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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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crownprince
BBC News channel at 2 had no titles whatsoever.
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buster
Imagine if this has happened at the same time on Monday three weeks ago....!

Probably the worse nightmare of those planning the move from TVC to NBH.
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Jaxford
BBC News at 1 has finished now.
Emily Maitlis on NC with Matthew

Emily's wearing black.
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Silver Nemesis
BBC One Wales has gone to a Wales Today bulletin instead of Doctors, with their own Wales-centric Thatcher obit package, and announcing the news as if there hadn't been a whole hour of it immediately before. Bizarre.
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Steve in Pudsey
Scotland are doing their news too.
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nodnirG kraM
It's all to do with Wales being so far behind the rest of the Union you see.



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George Hill
World Service toth news bulletin devoting almost all of five mins to Thatcher. Newshour continues with Razia Iqbal. World News still simulcasting news channel.
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George Hill
Interesting all our chat has been about bbc coverage with a breif comment about itv. What are sky, al jazeera etc up to?
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crownprince
Interesting all our chat has been about bbc coverage with a breif comment about itv. What are sky, al jazeera etc up to?


Nobody's watching them Razz
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flaziola
Northern Ireland went to Doctors.
For BBC World News viewers, aside from Dateine London, Welcome to studio E
CNN is rolling with Becky Anderson in London, Kristie had started Newsstream and anchored the news for 1/2 an hour before Becky.
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George Hill
Al Jazeera rolling with Thatcher as well. Currently getting reaction from James Bays at UN.
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George Hill
Interesting all our chat has been about bbc coverage with a breif comment about itv. What are sky, al jazeera etc up to?


Nobody's watching them Razz


That's what is so interesting - national 'crisis' or 'tragedy' and we all turn to BBC.

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