BBC News - General

Nice to have the Fish Miester

IMO, George is the ideal anchor for the Six - he's a very good newsreader (if you forget the overstressing of the syllables "B-B-C") and the Six should become a lot more watchable now we don't have him uncomfortably tossing headlines between a female colleague and himself.

I don't think this has been linked to but it's a clip of a few bits of continuity from the day - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mDt1cYkoc4 including Nicholas Witchell and John Ketley presenting from a cupboard and Ian McCaskill getting a battering the following day.

So will he leave his BBC WORLD NEWS TODAY job on BBC WORLD. I am show he will be really busy now.

Paxman looked quite miffed during Breakfast Time .

And it was amusing seeing the Fish-meister doing the weather from his computer's crummy little monitor

and why does Ian McCaskill look like he's been out in the storm himself wet through

Not according to Digital Spy

Apparently he had done the Night shift on that night and then stayed on to do the Day shift as nearly no-one turned into work at the Met Office on that day.

Well this is yet more bad news about news in my opinion.

I think that George is too bland to hold a programme himself. I would have preferred Sian or Fiona to present this programme as a solo anchor.

Sky, ITV, BBC network and BBC Scotland have been riddled with bad news and decisions lately. While stv are planning another news programme - I aint sure it will be more than fluff and fillers.

News programmes are doomed either with weak presenters or weak agendas and reportage.

Ananova is the way to go!!!

I think the BBC needs to clean its studio for the news. At the start of the ten o clock tonight its looked disgusting, with all the black marks on the floor and the mini stage where the news desk sits looks very worn round the edges. I would hate to think what this looks like if we all were watching HD.

I think it is more than the studio that needs a clean. I would be for some of those BBC News gurus to clean out as well! I think Mr Sheen and Mrs Dyson are not the answer to the problems at dear old auntie - sadly!

Well, with all the cuts cleaning will probably be written into George's new contract.

It be interesting to know if he'll be getting a pay-rise to host the programme solo - though of course this being the BBC, we're not privy to the information telling us how our money is spent!