it's the patronising GMTV style v/o for the phone numbers that gets me about those promts for the contact details.
I've only seen Talking Point once, following the Asain Tsuanami and was amazed at the number of prompts to call or email, I think in total there was 3 in under 25 minutes, not even Click Online manages that many!
it's the patronising GMTV style v/o for the phone numbers that gets me about those promts for the contact details.
I've only seen Talking Point once, following the Asain Tsuanami and was amazed at the number of prompts to call or email, I think in total there was 3 in under 25 minutes, not even Click Online manages that many!
Right back to the fish....
I think in Talking Point's defence - this is a worldwide programme and many people who are watching or listening (remember is goes out on World Service Radio) may not have English as a first language so writing down phone numbers etc is not as easy as it is for them hence the rather deliberate style on the voice over and the number of times it is repeated near the top of the show.
it's the patronising GMTV style v/o for the phone numbers that gets me about those promts for the contact details.
I've only seen Talking Point once, following the Asain Tsuanami and was amazed at the number of prompts to call or email, I think in total there was 3 in under 25 minutes, not even Click Online manages that many!
Right back to the fish....
I think in Talking Point's defence - this is a worldwide programme and many people who are watching or listening (remember is goes out on World Service Radio) may not have English as a first language so writing down phone numbers etc is not as easy as it is for them hence the rather deliberate style on the voice over and the number of times it is repeated near the top of the show.
Fair point. Out of interest, where does Talking Point usually come from?
In Talking Point's attack (for want of a better word) the people they have on do not have English as their first language and aer impossible to understand at times. I mean they aren't as bad as Arati on Central but they're close.
In Talking Point's attack (for want of a better word) the people they have on do not have English as their first language and aer impossible to understand at times. I mean they aren't as bad as Arati on Central but they're close.
She was a Yale College recently, near where I live and she does genuinly talk like that.
Robin, Robin, Robin. He's definatly a face for Radio....Mind he's excellent on The World Tonight on R4, every night with a cup of Horlick and a good book....
I personally think only Hardtalk should be allowed to use N6. Im aware of the cost involved with different studio, but like I said before, It is becoming the whore of the interviews.
Joel.
Why should a fully equiped and staffed studio sit idle? You're living in a dream world if you think that only 1 programme should use a studio. Get real.
Why should N6 sit doing nothing when the national news isn't preparing and on air? Those projectors make it an extremly versitile studio. And as dicsussion programmes need a table, and as there's a table in N6, why not use it.
Talking Point used to come from the studio N5, which is now closed. It was a very small studio that did daily forums for News Interactive TV. It wasn't built to do a programme like Talking Point, which is why the end result wasn't very good.
Before it went weekly on BBC World at the start of 2005, it sometimes came from TC11. The reason it didn't move to TC11 full time is because N6 had a full crew sitting idle at that time on a Sunday afternoon, while the TC11 crew don't arrive until 6ish.
There are 3 or 4 presenters for Talking Point. Robin Lustig, Bridget Kendell, Lyse Doucet and Roger Hearing share duties. This is an extra programme for these four, as they all have duties elsewhere. Robin presents The World Tonight on Radio 4 and Newshour on the World Service, Bridget reports, Lyse reports and presents for BBC World, and Roger presents The World Today on the World Service.
The contact details are only read out 5 or 6 times throughout the hour long programme. A sting is played 3 times with the details, and they're read out by the presenter another 2 or 3 times, with the most emphasis in the first 20 minutes.
As has already been mentioned, Talking Point is live on BBC World and all versions of the World Service. It has only been weekly on BBC World for about a year. Prior to that it was weekly on the World Service, with BBC World having a special once a month. It used to be called NewsTalk, and is probably one of the few BBC programmes that NickyS HASN'T worked on.
I think the contact details are more noticable than normal due to the GMTV factor. We should watch a similar show and count the mentions on there and see if the numbers are imilar.
We of course means someone else as I can't be arsed.
Without spreading rumours, I remember hearing somewhere a while ago that Andrew Marr may be retiring after the next election (i.e. the current one). At the time, Jon Sopel was suggested as a possible successor. I personally prefer him as a presenter, but what does everyone else think??
DavidJb: Why take a car when I can get there in more comfort, more cheaply, and in a more environmentally friendly way on a coach?
National Express are the most reliable means of public transport in this country. They are hardly ever late, and are about as comfortable as first class seating on a train.
They all have the traffic monitoring systems built into the coaches, so they don't get caught up in jams, it's quieter than a train.
Oh, I could go on.
Fair point. Im just a speed freak. When you own a car with nearly 200bhp, The bus just seems a bit slow.
