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BBC News: Presenters & Rotas

(April 2008)

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excel99
SomeRandomStuff posted:
IMHO if Mike Embley will move to Washington, he will get it, especially considering he is already established to PBS audiences, and it's a better gig than the aweful one he's had for the last few years presenting 2 bulletins on World.

That 'awful' gig is now the same two timeslots BBC World News America airs in Wink A bit higher profile now done from Washington, but all WNA is, is 2 30 minute bulletins that go out on some PBS stations as well as BBC World News. It's not that special or high profile. So I would certainly agree that a top presenting name is unlikely. And Matt Frei when he started WNA wasn't a high profile presenter, rather a high profile correspondent getting his first presenting job
JW
JamesWorldNews
Jamie Coomarasamy on World at the moment, filling-in for the absent Mr. Dobbie.
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ginofish
excel99 posted:
SomeRandomStuff posted:
IMHO if Mike Embley will move to Washington, he will get it, especially considering he is already established to PBS audiences, and it's a better gig than the aweful one he's had for the last few years presenting 2 bulletins on World.

That 'awful' gig is now the same two timeslots BBC World News America airs in Wink A bit higher profile now done from Washington, but all WNA is, is 2 30 minute bulletins that go out on some PBS stations as well as BBC World News. It's not that special or high profile. So I would certainly agree that a top presenting name is unlikely. And Matt Frei when he started WNA wasn't a high profile presenter, rather a high profile correspondent getting his first presenting job


I know it would not be his first presenting job but Mark Mardell?
JW
JamesWorldNews
Unusual line-up on BBC World today: Karin Giannone, James Coomarasamay and now Madeleine Morris.

Hmmmmm. Thank goodness for Karin Giannone.
DF
DrewF
A rather angry looking Huw Edwards at the BAFTAs tonight as Mark Austin at ITV News won an award that BBC News At Ten was nominated for Laughing
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Jarda
Annita McVeigh is reporting from Dublin Castle this afternoon.
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Worzel
DrewF posted:
A rather angry looking Huw Edwards at the BAFTAs tonight as Mark Austin at ITV News won an award that BBC News At Ten was nominated for Laughing


Not really been a good year for BBC News and Awards, first RTS and now the BAFTAs!
DF
DrewF
Ben Brown solo in the studio on the NC - with Sue Thearle doing the sport! She was presenting alongside him yesterday.
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aprilj
DrewF posted:
Ben Brown solo in the studio on the NC - with Sue Thearle doing the sport! She was presenting alongside him yesterday.


Who was 8:30-11, was someone solo then too?
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itsrobert Founding member
bbbnbbb posted:
DrewF posted:
Ben Brown solo in the studio on the NC - with Sue Thearle doing the sport! She was presenting alongside him yesterday.


Who was 8:30-11, was someone solo then too?


Simon McCoy and Carrie Gracie. I imagine the reason why Ben Brown was on his own is because Emily Maitliss was presenting a considerable chunk of each hour from outside Buckingham Palace due to the Obama state visit. Hardly worth having two presenters in the studio as well.
DS
Dan S
Jane Hill at Buckingham Palace as well

DrewF posted:
Ben Brown solo in the studio on the NC - with Sue Thearle doing the sport! She was presenting alongside him yesterday.


Not sure she was, I think Martine Croxall was presenting alongside Ben yesterday 11-2, with Sue on in the evening with Matthew Amroliwala

Could be wrong though, the vast majority of the female presenters on the NC all do look very similar!
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DrewF
Correct. My mistake! I'm getting mixed up with all the different presenters. All the same it is unusual to see Sue Thearle doing the sport - she quit that three years ago when she left Breakfast, supposedly.

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