I've said this numerous times now, the World bed is leagues ahead of News 24. And there it is, one more time.
I agree - the World headline bed is the best headline bed that BBC News has had in years. I love the version where the music doen't kick in straight away - the presenter introduces the bulletin and then at the first headline, the full music kicks in and its very dramatic. I can't understand why News 24 hasn't changed its headline bed in more than 2 and a half years. It was OK when the 2003-2005 countdown was in use but they should have changed it when the new countdown came in in 2005 - it just sounded so dull and slow and when the newest countdown came in in May it made the headline bed sound really crap. Its high time the revamped it - even if they started using World's it would be a help!
World's headline bed has always been better then News 24's for a long time now! but that's the only plus point for World!
Fantastic moment just then - Jane Hill and Ben Geoeghan introduced a short clip from the G8 summit - George Bush and Tony Blair having a 'private' chat in between proceedings- and the camera and mic clearly picking up George Bush telling Tony that we"have to stop Hezbulla doing this ****". Great stuff. (The clip was broadcast twice - I suspect the 'bleeping machine' may be deployed before too long...
He's not appeared on air yet, but Jon Sopel has also been dispatched to the G8 summit. They're very short of presenters this week, as Simon and Matthew are also not in.
The run up to 1300 on News 24 was rather unusual... rather than hand to the weather after a light and upbeat story (Gordon Brown's new son), Jane Hill suddenly turned incredibly serious and handed to someone live in the Amazon, before linking straight into the 1 O'Clock news, without a countdown or weather, or anything.
Any ideas why this happend? It'd be slightly odd if they can get a satellite feed all the way from the Amazon yet can't get the weather from next door!
They really should put Sissons onto a program with no breaking news, he always makes a right c**k-up of anything that's unscripted. Mabye a new, in-depth-headline analysis on BBC4? He tries hard, bless, but he just would be better on a 'sit around a coffee table on a sofa talking to people' program
