BBC News Channel: Presentation

Wasn't there a shortage of chairs at TVC, as reported by an insider a few weeks ago? I'm sure we were told it was due to the fact they were being transferred to NBH.

He could of always stood up to present.

With regards to voice overs at the start of programmes, Sky News use them to great effect.

Can't imagine BBC News with voiceover, wouldn't fit imo. BBC always goes for a more simple and low-key effect instead of dramatic and over the top. Not that I mind a good voice over (Sky) but it wouldn't work for BBC.

As for chairs, I always loved their grey chairs, hopefully they keep them in BH.

The ticker (which I seem to have developed a disturbing fascination with) has been saying:



For at least the last 15 minutes - looks like a dodgy copy-and-paste happened somewhere along the way, going through something that doesn't understand Unicode (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode).

This passes for entertainment for me...

Sport headlines seem to be the first sentences of stories on the website. Often the top story is "Live text commentary of..." without any information on where to actually see it.

During the election they had the tickers generated in TC1 and they were awash with special symbols etc! People cutting and pasting all day long!

I don't think it recognised the code for (TM).

I doubt it was a TM symbol. More likely an apostrophe.

and before the female voiceover, BBC World's continuity used to be provided by Adrian Finighan.


Yes, we're all sitting on the floor now.

I saw something similar on the big scrolling LED matrix display in TVC's main reception last week - I suspect it uses the same source.

Looks like we've just accidentally cut to BBC World temporarily. It happened for about 45 seconds. We went from the News at One to Anita McVeigh, and she was cut off just after the first headline. She then returned midway through a later headline. Oops!

Something just went slightly wrong on the News Channel . . .

After the One O'Clock News, the feed cut to World News . . . but the News Channel graphics continued with the NC ticker and the animating headline straps.

Then the feed abruptly crashed back to the News Channel joining Annita McVeigh reading those headlines. Nothing mentioned about the blip.

I was slightly confused when I flicked over and saw Lucy Hockings talking about the US elections with a domestic headline strap showing 'ABUSE ALLEGATIONS' and so on.

You must have a short memory then! Was perfectly normal on the One, Six and Nine O'Clock News until the beige/red relaunch in 1998/1999ish.

Pres would introduce the News generically, then there would be a presenter intro voice over during the opening of the programme.

I don't recall voiceovers post-1993, not post-1999.