BBC News: Presenters, correspondent & rotas

Apologies is if this has already been covered, but just how many hours are BBC World and BBC News simulcasting a day at the moment? At every TOTH I’ve seen they’ve welcomed World viewers....

Weekdays: every hour apart from 0600-1000, 1300-1900, 2200-2230

Weekends: every hour apart from 0600-1000 (Sat) 0600-0900 (Sun)

Also think different back halfs on the weekend

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Ros Atkins and Ben Bland returning to NBH today after weeks working from home.

I'm guessing this means we are about to see more people (and most of the branded progamming) return to our screens as the weeks progress.

All they need now is to bring back the News at Nine, Newsroom Live, Afternoon Live, (BBC News at Five post press conference) era, Beyond 100 days (or whatever it’s being called) and then all is fine !

In all seriousness I don’t see the point in branding the mornings anymore with VD scrapped, just have the Nine as a sort of special adapted news hour (as VD is currently doing it at the moment and personally I feel works very very well). But they dare scrap afternoon live.

In terms of what has worked well - is there actually a need for the evening shift? Don’t get me wrong I love the papers when it’s done properly in E but since it’s now whoever’s on and not Clive or Martine anymore, and the fact that 7-8 and 9-10 are simulcast.

The one question I have now is how long until the update is scrapped - or becomes weekly. And, whether the Five will return. As we now see it is possible to use E up until 18:00, although not ideal.

Re Afternoon Live-They could shorten it to 4:30 if the Press Briefings are still going.

I would imagine the briefings will be cut to once or twice a week first before they're scrapped entirely.

As we come out of lockdown, it'll be interesting to see what (or sadly whom) gets cut back in the postponed redundancies. I can see some of the changes made in lockdown continue on after restrictions are fully lifted, such as only 2 presenters between 1-6pm rather than 3.

Points West is triple-headed from different places in Bristol on location, one at the harbour, one by statue of Colson one in studio

I didn't realise BBC Bristol had a submarine?