BBC News Channel: Presentation

I thought they struggled with a presenter and 4 guests around that desk because of the gap required next to Jon Sopel to frame the down-the-line inserts.

One guest (Liam Fox) couldn't get his legs under the desk and so looked as though he was rather uncomfortable 'out on a limb' in the wideshots. On the opposite side of the desk there was a 'hot seat' with the incumbent regularly swapped.

I really hate that desk that the BBC News channel uses, its bland, unlit and does nothing really, the previous one was so much better.

What do you expect a desk to do?

What is that red lit panel on the front then?

I like the desk, it looks better than the anaemic looking on in TC7!

I don't want it to do anything, but at least it should attractive, the previous one did and World's looks better, but look at BBC Arabic they have a proper desk and it promotes the BBC Arabic brand by placing a BBC logo over the Arabic graphics.

How is Arabics a proper desk? Whats considered 'proper'? a desk is a desk and personally I think BBC Arabics is ugly.

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That desk is naff. It's just a block, and the guest looks stupid sitting at the end.

Each to their own, but it looks nice even if its a block!

Well where should they sit then? On top or at the front?

I see Film 24 still keeping the old News 24 branding going, are they any other shows still using 24 in its name?

E24 I think.

They look silly because it is a block. They could always (as stupid as this notion is) sit next to the presenter. At least on a round desk the corner of a desk doesn't separate the presenter and the guest.