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Your right, Huw does seem to be spending less and less time presenting the news lately - rarely managing a whole week. With the Olympic next year, I wouldn't be surprise if he spents more time off preparing for the opening and closing ceremonies.
With nearly nine years at the Ten, I wonder how many more years he would want to continue presenting news bulletins.
Well his tenure has been even longer than that if you take into account his time on the Six O'Clock News. He did present the national news occasionally during the 1990s but he became one of the main faces in 1999. So, all in all he's done 12 years on the national news. Personally, I think his lack of news appearances recently has something to do with David Dimbleby's reduced role at major state events. I think we can expect to see less of Huw on the news in the coming years as he takes on programmes that would traditionally have fallen within Dimbleby's remit.
The next big state event is next year's Diamond Jubilee which I'm pretty sure Dimbleby would be covering. It would be a surprise if it is given to Huw considering Dimbleby fronted the BBC's coverage of the Golden Jubilee in 2002.
Your right, Huw does seem to be spending less and less time presenting the news lately - rarely managing a whole week. With the Olympic next year, I wouldn't be surprise if he spents more time off preparing for the opening and closing ceremonies.
With nearly nine years at the Ten, I wonder how many more years he would want to continue presenting news bulletins.
Well his tenure has been even longer than that if you take into account his time on the Six O'Clock News. He did present the national news occasionally during the 1990s but he became one of the main faces in 1999. So, all in all he's done 12 years on the national news. Personally, I think his lack of news appearances recently has something to do with David Dimbleby's reduced role at major state events. I think we can expect to see less of Huw on the news in the coming years as he takes on programmes that would traditionally have fallen within Dimbleby's remit.
The next big state event is next year's Diamond Jubilee which I'm pretty sure Dimbleby would be covering. It would be a surprise if it is given to Huw considering Dimbleby fronted the BBC's coverage of the Golden Jubilee in 2002.