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BBC National News: Presentation

(April 2008)

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BA
bilky asko
chris posted:
lobster posted:
What is the point of having the weather presenter outside on a mini balcony? I'm not a ****, I can look outside if I want to know what the weather is doing.

But worse still, the poor women just now was almost unable to present it because it was so windy and the light in her face was way too bright. It's almost like somebody was shining a torch in her face.


I agree. I don't see any benefit from having the weather there. If anything it's a hindrance because they are unable to point at the graphics.


Of course it could be argued that there is no need for the presenter to point at the map.
CH
chris
bilky asko posted:
chris posted:
lobster posted:
What is the point of having the weather presenter outside on a mini balcony? I'm not a ****, I can look outside if I want to know what the weather is doing.

But worse still, the poor women just now was almost unable to present it because it was so windy and the light in her face was way too bright. It's almost like somebody was shining a torch in her face.


I agree. I don't see any benefit from having the weather there. If anything it's a hindrance because they are unable to point at the graphics.


Of course it could be argued that there is no need for the presenter to point at the map.


Well then why bother having a weather studio at all? Why not have them sitting on a chair in an office?

I don't think there's a great benefit having a presenter in front of the map, but I think moving the weather forecasters to the Olympic Park is unnecessary.
DV
DVB Cornwall
Hopefully someone captured George's encounter with the huge insect flying across the camera line at the start of the SIX tonight.
HJ
Harry James
DVB Cornwall posted:
Hopefully someone captured George's encounter with the huge insect flying across the camera line at the start of the SIX tonight.


I don't know how to film TV online, so not a video but a cap though
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VM
VMPhil
Video

WO
Worzel
VirginMediaPhil posted:
Video



Always wondered why George says 'The BBC's News at 6'. Every other presenter says 'The BBC News at 6'. Wink
WE
Westy2
A little something for 'OddBox' then?
IT
itsrobert Founding member
Well, when they first started referring to bulletins in those terms in 1999, I think Anna and George always used to say "Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC's News at One O'clock" or something to that effect. But Fiona and Huw used to say "Welcome to the BBC News at Six". I guess it just depends on personal preference.
VM
VMPhil
They've never been able to have one name for the bulletins... people always refer to them in different ways, Six O'Clock News, News at Six O'Clock, News at Six, unlike with ITV's bulletins.
IT
itsrobert Founding member
VirginMediaPhil posted:
They've never been able to have one name for the bulletins... people always refer to them in different ways, Six O'Clock News, News at Six O'Clock, News at Six, unlike with ITV's bulletins.


That's very true. It's somewhat ironic that since 1999 (and re-enforced in 2008) they've tried to have a cohesive brand like ITV News, but it's actually been less consistent than it was before 1999! It was always the X O'Clock News on the BBC; and News at X on ITV (later becoming The X News). But when the BBC messed around with it, nobody knew what to call anything. I still hear people refer to Breakfast News - or worse still, Breakfast Time!! - rather than Breakfast. Yet, even though ITV have changed programme names over the years, people always seem to manage to keep up with the changes... well, until 2009. I still can't get used to saying the "ITV News at 6:30"; it's still the Evening News somehow. Anyway, the BBC made things even worse with the whole News 24/News Channel debacle, and it's now even more confused than when it was "News 24". Even if ITV's programme names have become less memorable of late, at least the presenters are consistent on air.
DK
DanielK
The whole ITV News at X thing didn't work for them, CA's announce it as the Early Morning/Lunchtime/Early Evening/News at Ten/Late News and the presenters say ' From everyone here on the X team...' , only time they refer to it is to say who and what is on the next bulliten.
KN
knack
itsrobert posted:
VirginMediaPhil posted:
They've never been able to have one name for the bulletins... people always refer to them in different ways, Six O'Clock News, News at Six O'Clock, News at Six, unlike with ITV's bulletins.


That's very true. It's somewhat ironic that since 1999 (and re-enforced in 2008) they've tried to have a cohesive brand like ITV News, but it's actually been less consistent than it was before 1999! It was always the X O'Clock News on the BBC; and News at X on ITV (later becoming The X News). But when the BBC messed around with it, nobody knew what to call anything. I still hear people refer to Breakfast News - or worse still, Breakfast Time!! - rather than Breakfast. Yet, even though ITV have changed programme names over the years, people always seem to manage to keep up with the changes... well, until 2009. I still can't get used to saying the "ITV News at 6:30"; it's still the Evening News somehow. Anyway, the BBC made things even worse with the whole News 24/News Channel debacle, and it's now even more confused than when it was "News 24". Even if ITV's programme names have become less memorable of late, at least the presenters are consistent on air.


I didn't realise they changed it in 1999 to "BBC News at #", thought it came about in 2008 when they decided the BBC News brand needed to be stronger. Though at the same time they weakened it with the News 24 renaming debacle as you mention. The "# o'clock news" is a much better name IMO - for example can you imagine Sue Barker saying, during Wimbledon, "we have to leave BBC One just now for the BBC's News at Six but coverage of continues on BBC Two". I can't. As for calling Breakfast, Breakfast Time: Jackie Bird recently went through a phase of saying that's when the next Reporting Scotland bulletin was. Of course she could have been referring to the time that people have breakfast but I don't think so.

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