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Steve in Pudsey
Steve Williams posted:


ITN used to make a point of deliberately alternating many of its personnel between presenting and reporting to illustrate to the audience that the newsreaders weren't just parroting off an autocue, so people like Michael Nicholson would spend time newsreading in between reporter postings, although I know Nicholson didn't much enjoy it.



As a point of difference with the BBC who were using people with acting or announcing backgrounds to read the news (Kenneth Kendall, Moira Stuart, Richard Baker etc)
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Markymark
Steve in Pudsey posted:
Steve Williams posted:


ITN used to make a point of deliberately alternating many of its personnel between presenting and reporting to illustrate to the audience that the newsreaders weren't just parroting off an autocue, so people like Michael Nicholson would spend time newsreading in between reporter postings, although I know Nicholson didn't much enjoy it.



As a point of difference with the BBC who were using people with acting or announcing backgrounds to read the news (Kenneth Kendall, Moira Stuart, Richard Baker etc)


There was a snippet of Peter Woods as a BBC reporter in 1963 in a documentary about the Profumo affair a couple of weeks ago. I'd always thought he was an 'actor' style BBC newsreader, but reading up on him, he was indeed a journalist. (And also as discovered quite recently, Justin Webb's father)
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Worzel
For those remotely interested, I'm chatting to Ben Ando (who recently departed BBC News) on my Saturday Breakfast show on Cambridge 105 Radio tomorrow from 9:30am. Feel free to dip in if you want to.
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ginnyfan
If , eventually, the time comes for News at 6 to have a new permanent presenter, the only natural choice would be Sophie Raworth. As for 1, they could use whoever's on News Channel, if I'm not wrong it's Joanna Gosling who's in that slot and she would be a great choice for lunchtime news.
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Mintbro
Wasn't Sophie Raworth the permanent presenter alongside George of the News at 6 in 2003?
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JF World News
ginnyfan posted:
If , eventually, the time comes for News at 6 to have a new permanent presenter, the only natural choice would be Sophie Raworth. As for 1, they could use whoever's on News Channel, if I'm not wrong it's Joanna Gosling who's in that slot and she would be a great choice for lunchtime news.


What I would do is pair the Nine & One, Five & Ten?
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Rolling News
Mintbro posted:
Wasn't Sophie Raworth the permanent presenter alongside George of the News at 6 in 2003?

She was, until 2005 when Natasha Kaplinsky took over when Sophie went on maternity leave and Sophie (after returning from maternity) moved to the One to replace the retiring Anna Ford.
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Rolling News
JF World News posted:
ginnyfan posted:
If , eventually, the time comes for News at 6 to have a new permanent presenter, the only natural choice would be Sophie Raworth. As for 1, they could use whoever's on News Channel, if I'm not wrong it's Joanna Gosling who's in that slot and she would be a great choice for lunchtime news.


What I would do is pair the Nine & One, Five & Ten?

Would make more sense to pair the One & Five/Six & Ten.
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m_in_m
Rolling News posted:
JF World News posted:
ginnyfan posted:
If , eventually, the time comes for News at 6 to have a new permanent presenter, the only natural choice would be Sophie Raworth. As for 1, they could use whoever's on News Channel, if I'm not wrong it's Joanna Gosling who's in that slot and she would be a great choice for lunchtime news.


What I would do is pair the Nine & One, Five & Ten?

Would make more sense to pair the One & Five/Six & Ten.

Programmes don't necessarily need pairing. You could achieve similar results with job sharing if staff wanted it.
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Worzel
For those who didn't catch it, I had Ben Ando on my radio show this morning talking about an array of stories he covered at BBC News and ITV News. We also touch upon the recent Alastair Stewart Twitter storm. You can listen to it here: https://cambridge105.co.uk/saturday-breakfast-with-matt-webb-ben-ando-080220/
Last edited by Worzel on 8 February 2020 1:39pm
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DavidWhitfield
Nicely done, Worzel. Good interview. I like that you seized the opportunity to ask him about Alastair since he has met him previously. Must say, I completely agree with his sentiments; the way it was handled by ITN was ham-fisted at best and a disgrace at worst.
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Worzel
DavidWhitfield posted:
Nicely done, Worzel. Good interview. I like that you seized the opportunity to ask him about Alastair since he has met him previously. Must say, I completely agree with his sentiments; the way it was handled by ITN was ham-fisted at best and a disgrace at worst.


Thanks. Just wait until you see who I have joining me next week. Wink

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