Have to admit though that it's easier to tell that Nuala (and Sarah from BBC Sport) are Irish to most viewers, whereas Annita and Maxine have more of an English accent so can't really tell they're Irish straight away.
You have to be kidding me. Annita and Maxine have very distinctive Northern Irish accents - not remotely English.
Not kidding, i didn’t know they were irish until i read it up online, before that i could not tell they were. Not everyone can instantly tell where someone is from based on accent, especially for those who don’t travel that much in the world to know the difference.
Have to admit though that it's easier to tell that Nuala (and Sarah from BBC Sport) are Irish to most viewers, whereas Annita and Maxine have more of an English accent so can't really tell they're Irish straight away.
You have to be kidding me. Annita and Maxine have very distinctive Northern Irish accents - not remotely English.
Not kidding, i didn’t know they were irish until i read it up online, before that i could not tell they were. Not everyone can instantly tell where someone is from based on accent, especially for those who don’t travel that much in the world to know the difference.
I’ll just hope that you are from not from GB so.
Take it from me, saying to anyone from Ireland or Northern Ireland (or indeed Wales or Scotland) that they have an English accent is not likely to go down well at all!!
Given the level of news coverage that NI has received over the years (most of it sadly not positive), I would have said that the NI accent would be one of the more widely recognised.
So, the helicopters from the BBC (and Sky) were over the dam in Derbyshire today. Would they have been working a signal into a receive site in Salford? How many do news organisations have outside of London?
So, the helicopters from the BBC (and Sky) were over the dam in Derbyshire today. Would they have been working a signal into a receive site in Salford? How many do news organisations have outside of London?
Could be to a truck too I guess.
Something in the back of my mind says there's a helicopter Rx position on top of Manchester's Sunley Tower (the one used for some FM and DAB services?)
Karin Giannone has a regular fixed slot on a Sunday evening, as well as various others fixed midweek slots.
Philippa Thomas always works one weekend shift every month (Saturday and Sunday), as do two other senior presenters at World News (David Eades and Tim Willcox).
Philippa's weekend shift is always the middle one (12 noon onwards), whereas David's is generally the early slot (0600am onwards, same with Tim).
The other weekend slots are taken by Ben Bland, Samantha Simmonds, Krupa Padhay, Simon Pusay, Lewis Vaughan Jones, Duncan Golestani and Lucy Grey, although none of those are in fixed positions and will rotate between the 3 daily Saturday and Sunday shifts.
Duncan and Ben will also cover the overnights and Newsday.
The regular weekend overnight anchor is now Reged Ahmad.
Alpa Patel's return to BBC World News will probably mean a reduction in appearances of Simon Pusay.
But, hey, what do I know...............
Apla's return should mean a reduction in Duncan Golestani too, as he has filled her world shifts mostly
Karin Giannone has a regular fixed slot on a Sunday evening, as well as various others fixed midweek slots.
Philippa Thomas always works one weekend shift every month (Saturday and Sunday), as do two other senior presenters at World News (David Eades and Tim Willcox).
Philippa's weekend shift is always the middle one (12 noon onwards), whereas David's is generally the early slot (0600am onwards, same with Tim).
The other weekend slots are taken by Ben Bland, Samantha Simmonds, Krupa Padhay, Simon Pusay, Lewis Vaughan Jones, Duncan Golestani and Lucy Grey, although none of those are in fixed positions and will rotate between the 3 daily Saturday and Sunday shifts.
Duncan and Ben will also cover the overnights and Newsday.
The regular weekend overnight anchor is now Reged Ahmad.
Alpa Patel's return to BBC World News will probably mean a reduction in appearances of Simon Pusay.
But, hey, what do I know...............
Apla's return should mean a reduction in Duncan Golestani too, as he has filled her world shifts mostly
I expect that Alpa's main role will be returning to the breakfast bulletins on BBC London which are currently presented by just about anyone rather than any significant level of work on World, as this is mostly what she was doing for the 12-18 months before she went on leave.
