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BBC Breakfast

(March 2009)

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ST
Stuart
Christmas Eve is Sophie Raworth.
Christmas Day is Jane Hill.
I think Boxing Day is Fiona.

I think it's quite good that the BBC still bothers to produce Breakfast even over Christmas. They could quite easily just provide a simulcast of BBC WN, or a hybrid service for both to save money.


It might save money but would end up with a bulletin that isn't fit for purpose on any channel.

They aren't producing 'Breakfast' anyway, they are basically airing a simulcast of the BBC News Channel branded as Breakfast with a few Breakfasty bits. If you suggest that they shouldn't bother doing Breakfast at Christmas because hardly anyone is watching, maybe they should close the News Channel for 48 hours as well?!

Agreed, but I quite like the variation at weekends. I still watch it, as quite often I go into work on Saturdays to do overtime.

I wonder whether it will follow the same format at weekends when the programme moves to Salford. They'll still be on the sofa, of course, rather than behind the desk in N6.
EX
excel99
If you suggest that they shouldn't bother doing Breakfast at Christmas because hardly anyone is watching, maybe they should close the News Channel for 48 hours as well?!

Some of the news channel's highest ratings are at the weekend Wink

As an example Barb figures for the week ending 4th December

000's
1 BREAKFAST (SUN 0800) 625
2 BBC NEWS (SUN 0900) 383
3 BBC NEWS AT FIVE O'CLOCK (TUE 1700) 331
4 BBC NEWS AT FIVE O'CLOCK (WED 1700) 308
5 BBC NEWS (WED 0900) 266
6 BBC NEWS (SAT 1800) 247
7 BBC NEWS (WED 1600) 244
8 BBC NEWS (SUN 1000) 220
9 BBC NEWS (WED 1000) 219
10 SIX O'CLOCK NEWS (TUE 1800) 218
SP
Steve in Pudsey
Surely the Boxing Day Tsunami of 2006 shows the need for a news service over Christmas, and I suspect that if you stand the channel down for 48 hours, getting it back up and running if something big breaks would be difficult. If you're going to ruin people's Christmas by putting them on standby to work if needed you might as well bring them in to work.
AN
Andrew Founding member
I meant 48 hours as in Christmas Day & Boxing Day, not every weekend!
CH
chris
Surely the Boxing Day Tsunami of 2006 shows the need for a news service over Christmas, and I suspect that if you stand the channel down for 48 hours, getting it back up and running if something big breaks would be difficult. If you're going to ruin people's Christmas by putting them on standby to work if needed you might as well bring them in to work.


The Tsunami was 2004 wasn't it, or am I going mad? I seem to recall outrage when 'bouncing puddings' was the ident used on BBC One for a programme about the disaster.
:-(
A former member
It was 2004, early Boxing Day morning. Just because it is Christmas doesn't stop bad news and therefore news and news programmes should continue as normal. Was it not last Christmas Day or the one before with the pants bomber?
HO
House
It was also the 27th of December that Benazir Bhutto died. The only difference news wise at Christmas is there isn't a lot of planned news, such as press conferences and announcements. Breaking news can and does still happen.
AN
Andrew Founding member
I know it's the festive season, but was it really necessary to air the Bake Off feature during the NC simulcast?


This morning it was shown during the bit that was exclusive to the News Channel!
SP
Steve in Pudsey
chris posted:
The Tsunami was 2004 wasn't it, or am I going mad? I seem to recall outrage when 'bouncing puddings' was the ident used on BBC One for a programme about the disaster.


Quite right - I misread the Wiki page for December 26th, 2006 was the Taiwan earthquake.
MI
m_in_m
I know it's the festive season, but was it really necessary to air the Bake Off feature during the NC simulcast?


This morning it was shown during the bit that was exclusive to the News Channel!


It was also shown at 08:45 so that it played out on BBC1 followed by a round up of performances they've had on the show this week.
EX
excel99
I meant 48 hours as in Christmas Day & Boxing Day, not every weekend!

Last years Top 10 with Christmas Day on Sat and Boxing Day on Sun

BBC News
w/e 26 Dec 2010
000's
1 BBC NEWS AT FIVE O'CLOCK (MON 1700) 532
2 BBC NEWS (SUN 1000) 511
3 BBC NEWS (SUN 0900) 511
4 SIX O'CLOCK NEWS (FRI 1800) 463
5 BBC NEWS AT FIVE O'CLOCK (TUE 1700) 389
6 BBC NEWS (SAT 0900) 389
7 GROWING UP IN A WAR ZONE (SUN 1030) 376
8 BBC NEWS (MON 1600) 362
9 BBC NEWS (SUN 1100) 346
10 BBC NEWS (FRI 1000) 342

Obviously boosted to an extent by a major news story but the news channel got some of it's best ratings that week on Christmas and Boxing Day
WA
watchingtv
I know it's the festive season, but was it really necessary to air the Bake Off feature during the NC simulcast?


This morning it was shown during the bit that was exclusive to the News Channel!


It was also shown at 08:45 so that it played out on BBC1 followed by a round up of performances they've had on the show this week.


It was also on before 7 and at 7 was mentioned as coming up in the next hour, I assumed it was replacing click and other fillers

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