Just a thought but it does now mean that all content on the news channel will be branded with the exception of 8 and 11pm. So, we have: Business Live; BBC News @ 9; Victoria Derbyshire; Newsroom Live; News @ 1; Afternoon Live; News @ 5; News @ 6; Sportday; Beyond 100 Days; Outside Source; and News @10 on a weekday basis.
Almost seems a shame they don't get their own titles as well...
Just a thought but it does now mean that all content on the news channel will be branded with the exception of 8 and 11pm. So, we have: Business Live; BBC News @ 9; Victoria Derbyshire; Newsroom Live; News @ 1; Afternoon Live; News @ 5; News @ 6; Sportday; Beyond 100 Days; Outside Source; and News @10 on a weekday basis.
Almost seems a shame they don't get their own titles as well...
I suspect the 11pm hour will be branded 'Newsnight' before long...
Just a thought but it does now mean that all content on the news channel will be branded with the exception of 8 and 11pm. So, we have: Business Live; BBC News @ 9; Victoria Derbyshire; Newsroom Live; News @ 1; Afternoon Live; News @ 5; News @ 6; Sportday; Beyond 100 Days; Outside Source; and News @10 on a weekday basis.
Almost seems a shame they don't get their own titles as well...
FWIW the website schedule also has 1330-1400 and 1850-1900 branded as just 'BBC News'.
I suspect the 11pm hour will be branded 'Newsnight' before long...
If Newsnight were ever to become a BBC Two & BBC News Channel simulcast starting at 11pm, at least that would mean it would *have* to actually start at its billed time of 23:00 exactly!
Newsnight seems to have *always* (or at least for as long as I care to remember) started a couple of minutes or so later than the billed time of 10:30pm.
BBC Two seemingly deliberately makes timings slip as the evening progresses (e.g. by showing too many promos between each programme, or whatever), to make Newsnight start late.
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I suspect the 11pm hour will be branded 'Newsnight' before long...
If Newsnight were ever to become a BBC Two & BBC News Channel simulcast starting at 11pm, at least that would mean it would *have* to actually start at its billed time of 23:00 exactly!
Newsnight seems to have *always*
(or at least for as long as I care to remember) started a couple of minutes or so later than the billed time of 10:30pm.
BBC Two seemingly deliberately makes timings slip as the evening progresses (e.g. by showing too many promos between each programme, or whatever), to make Newsnight start late.
The late start of Newsnight was historically based on waiting for the 10 o'clock News to finish, so that viewers could switch over without missing much.
Back in the days when the regions handed back to the 10 o'clock News when they finished, the network presenter would then say something along the lines of "Newsnight's getting underway over on BBC2" before the programme ended.
The 10 o'clock News now finishes later, but viewers can still switch over to watch the beginning of Newsnight if they don't want to watch the regional news.
The 10 should be a full hour as should the 6. News :00-:26 Weather - :29 then :30 local news or newschannel news summary & cross to sport. :45 all back for a paper review and news summary.
