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(March 2009)

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RO
roo
I would like someone to explain why I inexplicably find Charlie Stayt so awful.

Perhaps only you or your therapist can find the answer to your dichotemy. Wink


If this was anything close to a dichotomy, I would be staggered by your wit. STAGGERED.
ST
Stuart
I would like someone to explain why I inexplicably find Charlie Stayt so awful.

Perhaps only you or your therapist can find the answer to your dichotemy. Wink

If this was anything close to a dichotomy, I would be staggered by your wit. STAGGERED.

I've highlighted your problem.
PE
Pete Founding member
I think it's his hair, it annoys me as if it's being snooty by itself without any action from the person underneath.
NR
Norma
But compared to Jon Kay he's a pro.
CH
chris_rgu
He's nothing like Bill but he's not too bad and works well with Susanna.
AP
aprilj
If I'm being honest I fell the current line up is not best it could be but it the job. Sian should move to News at Six and Charlie to the News Channel. Bill should just go somewhere else perhaps also the News Channel. Susanna should then go to weekday and be joined by someone new (perhaps Nicholas Owen or Jon Sopel) and then add Simon and Carrie to the weekend team.
AC
aconnell
If I'm being honest I fell the current line up is not best it could be but it the job. Sian should move to News at Six and Charlie to the News Channel. Bill should just go somewhere else perhaps also the News Channel. Susanna should then go to weekday and be joined by someone new (perhaps Nicholas Owen or Jon Sopel) and then add Simon and Carrie to the weekend team.


I think it wouldn't be a bad idea at all to have a refresh in the line-up. I also find Charlie Stayt to be incredibly surly and very serious at times; he's not ready to take a joke, and seems quite condescending.

Moving Sian up would be a good idea. I've always found her good on the Nationals, but she works extremely well on Breakfast as well. Her relationship with Bill is a great one as well. I wouldn't like to split them up.

Susanna is a very capable, and very professional presenter, so I feel she definitely needs more work with the BBC.

Simon & Carrie. What can I say? My favourite two anchors of the News Channel. They are exciting, engaging and really great to watch. It's great to see their mix between journalism and light banter early in the morning. Promoting them to the BBC Breakfast weekend team would be a very good idea. They deserve the credit for their excellent work. I've always thought Carrie Gracie should be used more.

All in all, Breakfast doesn't need to put up much of a fight with the new ITV show. Just mostly subtle changes should do it. I do think that when they move into the Broadcasting House, the studios will (hopefully) be more useable and less boring than the Barco boxes that are N6 and TC7, which are incredibly uninspiring. The breakfast set is inarguably the most boring it has ever been, but I realise not much can be done, given time constraints. But a little more effort to spruce up the studio slightly, include more exciting, engaging content, as well as a slightly lighter approach would do wonders to the show. For one, get rid of Charlie 'moody' Stayt.

I'd be interested to hear what other improvements or thoughts you have for the programme.

*stream of consciousness over*
ST
Stuart
I quite like the current line-up on BBC Breakfast. Charlie Stayt took some getting used to, when he first arrived, but he's actually no better or worse than Dermot Murnaghan, who (in my mind) he replaced when Bill Turnbull moved up to be a main presenter (I'm not sure whether that's really the case or not, I may have missed one or two).

They are all 'BBC News presenters' to me, so I would recognise them, even if I wasn't sure which programme I'd seen them on before.

I only watch for 20-30 mins each day. They are all very professional and provide exactly what I want at that time of the morning. I normally get to see a 'regional opt' thrown in, which is equally well produced and presented.

I've ocassionally seen the later 'fluffy' part of the programme from 08:30-09.15. It's not bad, certainly not the sort of competition/cooking/fashion/snivel-fest that GMTV seem to do.

I'm sure I'll rubberneck on ITV1 after 6th September for a day or two, but I can't see them offering anything I want that isn't already catered for either by the BBC or Sky.
HO
House
Don't know if anyone else has seen this?

Digital Spy - BBC One to air new live religious show

Does this mean she'll miss Sunday Breakfasts?
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aprilj
House posted:
Don't know if anyone else has seen this?

Digital Spy - BBC One to air new live religious show

Does this mean she'll miss Sunday Breakfasts?


I think Louise will cover as it will be filmed in Belfast
SP
Steve in Pudsey
Just mostly subtle changes should do it. I do think that when they move into the Broadcasting House, the studios will (hopefully) be more useable and less boring than the Barco boxes that are N6 and TC7, which are incredibly uninspiring. The breakfast set is inarguably the most boring it has ever been, but I realise not much can be done, given time constraints. But a little more effort to spruce up the studio slightly


It wouldn't take that much time or effort to put a few pillars in front of the screens to break it up like on the Andrew Marr show, would it?
JO
Joshua
Just mostly subtle changes should do it. I do think that when they move into the Broadcasting House, the studios will (hopefully) be more useable and less boring than the Barco boxes that are N6 and TC7, which are incredibly uninspiring. The breakfast set is inarguably the most boring it has ever been, but I realise not much can be done, given time constraints. But a little more effort to spruce up the studio slightly


It wouldn't take that much time or effort to put a few pillars in front of the screens to break it up like on the Andrew Marr show, would it?


That's right - I think Breakfast should go down the Andrew Marr Show route of adding pillars, it looks more homely and less warehouse/industrial...

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