BBC News Channel: Presentation

Loving the Crimewatch/CSI look, which makes up for the normally dull and generic BBC News set they use in Bristol.

The presenters are Alex Lovell (ex Brainteaser) and Chris Vacher who is leaving PW to retire soon.

Closing shot and cheeky glimpse of Points West branding, which they seemed to be trying ridiculously hard to cover up throughout:

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That isn't Chris Vacher is it?

No, that is David Garmston.

The AWEFUL hand over at the end of the 10... ...STOP IT, STOP IT, STOP IT... its probably falling on deaf ears. Someone at the BBC hates Chris Eakin

What is wrong with it? Better than crashing into a sting and Chris reading out the headlines straight away. The way they do it now, wastes a bit of time so that Chris reads the headlines bang on 10:30 and we get to see the front pages with both presenters.

Its far better to just get on with it, than spend two or three minutes with Chris flapping, wasting a 'bit of time' on a half baked paper review that the News-at-10 presenter has VISIBLY no interest in.

Tim Willcox regularly just says "thanks Huw" and then launches into the headlines, and it feels far smoother, no Sting needed.

Why can't Huw just hand to the weather on both BBC One & the NC, then the NC returns with Chris, while BBC One goes straight to the local news?

News 24 did. They simulcast at least one Newsline Special from BBC Northern Ireland on the day of the Omagh bombing. (Though that would be a national simulcast rather than regional I guess)

I think they simulcast a look north leeds special.on flooding a few years ago

Couldn't agree with you more! Chris Eakin seems to have big problems connecting with the presenter of the Ten, regardless of who it is. Always seems so awkward, the banter is stiff, often fluffed up and really quite difficult to watch.

Confusion this afternoon when Greek pm announcement started, lots of background talk, people saing about switching feeds finally a translators voice popped up. At the end of the speech on sky news Kay must have been watching as she knew it had ended (it was promptly end with a test card) and made a brief comment. But BBC thought it was cut off mid flow later blaming the host broadcaster and thinking the pictures of the PM leaving was him entering, even on screen they covered the LIVE graphic once mentioned on air. Complete mess from BBC.