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SP
Spencer
Work of Artifice posted:
On Sunday's Points Of View , there was an item about the amount of "un-news" on Breakfast (e.g. reports about toast landing butter side down or not, etc).

As part of Eammon Holmes' intro on POV, he said something to the effect of "a lack of real news, in a programme with "News" in it's title"

Has the POV script-writer (or, indeed, the complainers) not noticed that the Breakfast programme actually doesn't have the word "News" in it's title, and hasn't had since about the start of this decade? Rolling Eyes So, presumably the Breakfast programme is officially handled as being "news-based", yet a certain amount of more "feature-y" stuff doesn't break its mission statement.

Taking the above into account, completely invalidates the entire POV item. I get the impression that things like POV, NewsWatch etc have to make a story out of nothing, to fill time.


Breakfast does, however have the word 'News' on its title s , so it's fair to expect a decent amount of news in the programme.

Personally, I find the mix about right, although I tend to watch between about 7 and 7.30 which is much more newsy than say, 8.30-9... although at that time you've got the option of News 24.
JW
JamesWorldNews
So, if Mishal Husain is leaving Breakfast and heading back to BBC World, does that open up a slot on Breakfast? How frequently (maternity leave aside) does Mishal appear on Breakfast, and who are the likely replacements?

James
MO
Moz
BBC WORLD posted:
So, if Mishal Husain is leaving Breakfast and heading back to BBC World, does that open up a slot on Breakfast? How frequently (maternity leave aside) does Mishal appear on Breakfast, and who are the likely replacements?

James

I thought Mishal was the main second presenter? Then again, just checked on the Breakfast website and she's disappeared from there. Instead it has no main second presenter listed, instead it lists Susannah Reid, Kate Silverton and Louise Minchin. So it seems like Louise has been added to the line up with Mishal leaving it.
NG
noggin Founding member
Spencer For Hire posted:
Work of Artifice posted:
On Sunday's Points Of View , there was an item about the amount of "un-news" on Breakfast (e.g. reports about toast landing butter side down or not, etc).

As part of Eammon Holmes' intro on POV, he said something to the effect of "a lack of real news, in a programme with "News" in it's title"

Has the POV script-writer (or, indeed, the complainers) not noticed that the Breakfast programme actually doesn't have the word "News" in it's title, and hasn't had since about the start of this decade? Rolling Eyes So, presumably the Breakfast programme is officially handled as being "news-based", yet a certain amount of more "feature-y" stuff doesn't break its mission statement.

Taking the above into account, completely invalidates the entire POV item. I get the impression that things like POV, NewsWatch etc have to make a story out of nothing, to fill time.


Breakfast does, however have the word 'News' on its title s , so it's fair to expect a decent amount of news in the programme.

Personally, I find the mix about right, although I tend to watch between about 7 and 7.30 which is much more newsy than say, 8.30-9... although at that time you've got the option of News 24.


To be fair - Liquid News also had "News" in its title, and was made by BBC News...
IT
itsrobert Founding member
Moz posted:
BBC WORLD posted:
So, if Mishal Husain is leaving Breakfast and heading back to BBC World, does that open up a slot on Breakfast? How frequently (maternity leave aside) does Mishal appear on Breakfast, and who are the likely replacements?

James

I thought Mishal was the main second presenter? Then again, just checked on the Breakfast website and she's disappeared from there. Instead it has no main second presenter listed, instead it lists Susannah Reid, Kate Silverton and Louise Minchin. So it seems like Louise has been added to the line up with Mishal leaving it.


I thought Sian was the main relief female presenter? Or am I behind the times?
JW
JamesWorldNews
Dunno Rob. I am just quoting someone over on the BBC World thread who stated that Mishal is the "old face" returning to the channel. (in January, though.)
SP
Steve in Pudsey
I thought Sian was the main presenter with Kaplinsky moving to the six
MB
Media Boy
Steve in Pudsey posted:
I thought Sian was the main presenter with Kaplinsky moving to the six


Dermot and Sian are main Presenters. Bill and Susanna are the weekend Presenters.

Kate is filling in for Sians maternity leave.

Charlie is relief and Louise is doing an excellent job covering for Susanna's leave.
LO
LONDON
Media Boy posted:
Steve in Pudsey posted:
I thought Sian was the main presenter with Kaplinsky moving to the six


Dermot and Sian are main Presenters. Bill and Susanna are the weekend Presenters.

Kate is filling in for Sians maternity leave.

Charlie is relief and Louise is doing an excellent job covering for Susanna's leave.


No Mishal is the second female presenter, she is currently on maternity leave. Susanna is only a tempoary replacement. To quote Susanna's breakfast profile "She's now back, while Mishal has time off with the twins!" This quote makes me believe Mishal will be returning to Breakfast. However once Sian returns, i would not be suprised if there is a full Breakfast reshuffle, regarding the female lineup which may see Kate become second presenter. Sian will not want to do 5 days a week, like she was when she was pregnant. I expect you will probably only see Sian on Breakfast Mondays to Wednesdays, with her on the 6 o'clock news on Friday.
AN
Andrew Founding member
There seems to be a high turnover of presenters on Breakfast lately, compared to the old days, how many people have actually presented Breakfast in the last year!

I'm surprised if viewers at home will be able to keep up
JA
jamej
LONDON posted:
Media Boy posted:
Steve in Pudsey posted:
I thought Sian was the main presenter with Kaplinsky moving to the six


Dermot and Sian are main Presenters. Bill and Susanna are the weekend Presenters.

Kate is filling in for Sians maternity leave.

Charlie is relief and Louise is doing an excellent job covering for Susanna's leave.


No Mishal is the second female presenter, she is currently on maternity leave. Susanna is only a tempoary replacement. To quote Susanna's breakfast profile "She's now back, while Mishal has time off with the twins!" This quote makes me believe Mishal will be returning to Breakfast. However once Sian returns, i would not be suprised if there is a full Breakfast reshuffle, regarding the female lineup which may see Kate become second presenter. Sian will not want to do 5 days a week, like she was when she was pregnant. I expect you will probably only see Sian on Breakfast Mondays to Wednesdays, with her on the 6 o'clock news on Friday.


No - Mishal is not returning to Breakfast - she's going back to World - she, like Susanna, was only cover anyway (Its just that due to all the pregnancies its been rather a long cover...)

And, why wouldn't Sian just do her usual Monday-Thursday slot on Breakfast? The Friday Six is now presented by Natasha with one from Dermot, Sian, Jane and Darren (who of course is now leaving).
LO
LONDON
jamej posted:
LONDON posted:
Media Boy posted:
Steve in Pudsey posted:
I thought Sian was the main presenter with Kaplinsky moving to the six


Dermot and Sian are main Presenters. Bill and Susanna are the weekend Presenters.

Kate is filling in for Sians maternity leave.

Charlie is relief and Louise is doing an excellent job covering for Susanna's leave.


No Mishal is the second female presenter, she is currently on maternity leave. Susanna is only a tempoary replacement. To quote Susanna's breakfast profile "She's now back, while Mishal has time off with the twins!" This quote makes me believe Mishal will be returning to Breakfast. However once Sian returns, i would not be suprised if there is a full Breakfast reshuffle, regarding the female lineup which may see Kate become second presenter. Sian will not want to do 5 days a week, like she was when she was pregnant. I expect you will probably only see Sian on Breakfast Mondays to Wednesdays, with her on the 6 o'clock news on Friday.


No - Mishal is not returning to Breakfast - she's going back to World - she, like Susanna, was only cover anyway (Its just that due to all the pregnancies its been rather a long cover...)

And, why wouldn't Sian just do her usual Monday-Thursday slot on Breakfast? The Friday Six is now presented by Natasha with one from Dermot, Sian, Jane and Darren (who of course is now leaving).


Natasha presenting on Fridays is only while Sian is on Maternity leave. She can not present every Friday hence why Jane Hill is standing in. If you look prior to when Sian went on Maternity leave, she was still presenting the six at least one day a week for most weeks, with Natasha on the other four days. As has been said already Jane will probably be the main stand in for the 1 o'clock news. Therefore once she returns from Maternity leave Natasha's days will be reduced and Sian will appear once a week. Jane will remain the third choice for the six.

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