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(April 2008)

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Bob Paisley
SomeRandomStuff posted:
bilky asko posted:
SomeRandomStuff posted:
JD 157 posted:
Wow, Tim was quick looking through the papers with Fiona. He almost never stopped for a breath. Another long day for him! Very Happy

Yes he always does that... i'm guessing he sees the pointless stupidity of the thing... on many occasions when Tim has been presenting they have skipped the handover altogether and just gone to an ident. Which IMHO is far better.


I think a minute of two of comment on the papers by the previous presenter with the upcoming one is much better than the robotic hand-overs eked out by some presenters, especially considering the change of pace and register. Pretending the other person isn't there is rather annoying.

I think we're in the wrong thread to start debating this.

Its blatently obvious that they only do it to kill time before the weather and the Headlines at 1030. Its ridiculous stupid lazy time wasting filler for no good reason. It adds nothing to the channel because they only gloss over the papers briefly and then say "oh well you've got to wait half an hour before we do this properly".

If they are going to do a handover it would be infinitely better to hand over to Sportsday immediately following the 10 then Weather (slightly late), News Summary, Business, Paper Review. Yes it wouldn't adhere to the "Headlines every 15 minutes" rule, but I don't see that is a problem, and I don't think Tim Willcox does either. Especially after the really long chunks of ROTA he does. (see what I did there)


It's also clunky and awkward. Clearly Huw Edwards just wants to get out of there and Chirs Eakin seems to like making him wait as he drones on about the papers. A quick 'Here's Chris...thanks Huw' and then move on would suffice.
DF
DrewF
Unusual that Maxine Mawhinney is filling in for Nicholas Owen this morning on the News Channel instead of doing her own 1pm-7pm shift. Wonder if she'll continue part into her normal shift, and someone else will do the 4pm-7pm bit, like on a Saturday.

And, of course, who will be doing the news on the Sunday Politics?
DS
Dan S
DrewF posted:
Unusual that Maxine Mawhinney is filling in for Nicholas Owen this morning on the News Channel instead of doing her own 1pm-7pm shift. Wonder if she'll continue part into her normal shift, and someone else will do the 4pm-7pm bit, like on a Saturday.

And, of course, who will be doing the news on the Sunday Politics?


Adam Parsons doing the news on the Sunday Politics!
WO
Worzel
Bob Paisley posted:
SomeRandomStuff posted:
bilky asko posted:
SomeRandomStuff posted:
JD 157 posted:
Wow, Tim was quick looking through the papers with Fiona. He almost never stopped for a breath. Another long day for him! Very Happy

Yes he always does that... i'm guessing he sees the pointless stupidity of the thing... on many occasions when Tim has been presenting they have skipped the handover altogether and just gone to an ident. Which IMHO is far better.


I think a minute of two of comment on the papers by the previous presenter with the upcoming one is much better than the robotic hand-overs eked out by some presenters, especially considering the change of pace and register. Pretending the other person isn't there is rather annoying.

I think we're in the wrong thread to start debating this.

Its blatently obvious that they only do it to kill time before the weather and the Headlines at 1030. Its ridiculous stupid lazy time wasting filler for no good reason. It adds nothing to the channel because they only gloss over the papers briefly and then say "oh well you've got to wait half an hour before we do this properly".

If they are going to do a handover it would be infinitely better to hand over to Sportsday immediately following the 10 then Weather (slightly late), News Summary, Business, Paper Review. Yes it wouldn't adhere to the "Headlines every 15 minutes" rule, but I don't see that is a problem, and I don't think Tim Willcox does either. Especially after the really long chunks of ROTA he does. (see what I did there)


It's also clunky and awkward. Clearly Huw Edwards just wants to get out of there and Chirs Eakin seems to like making him wait as he drones on about the papers. A quick 'Here's Chris...thanks Huw' and then move on would suffice.


Or god forbid, the BBC News at Ten is completed on the back half hour by Huw Edwards or whoever is doing the ten - and Chris Eakin starts at 11pm. I never understood why the presenter doing the news at Ten couldn't just stay on for the last half an hour on the news channel. The line to BBC One viewers could be 'The BBC News at Ten continues with myself on the BBC News channel next, but for now let's cross over to the news where you are, goodnight'.

It's alluded to by the presenters as 'and with the rest of the Ten O'clock News Hour' anyway.
Last edited by Worzel on 25 March 2012 5:38pm
DF
DrewF
I think the simple answer to that is, because they don't want to. It's not a huge deal on a channel with a small number of viewers anyway..
MI
m_in_m
Worzel posted:
Bob Paisley posted:
SomeRandomStuff posted:
bilky asko posted:
SomeRandomStuff posted:
JD 157 posted:
Wow, Tim was quick looking through the papers with Fiona. He almost never stopped for a breath. Another long day for him! Very Happy

Yes he always does that... i'm guessing he sees the pointless stupidity of the thing... on many occasions when Tim has been presenting they have skipped the handover altogether and just gone to an ident. Which IMHO is far better.


I think a minute of two of comment on the papers by the previous presenter with the upcoming one is much better than the robotic hand-overs eked out by some presenters, especially considering the change of pace and register. Pretending the other person isn't there is rather annoying.

I think we're in the wrong thread to start debating this.

Its blatently obvious that they only do it to kill time before the weather and the Headlines at 1030. Its ridiculous stupid lazy time wasting filler for no good reason. It adds nothing to the channel because they only gloss over the papers briefly and then say "oh well you've got to wait half an hour before we do this properly".

If they are going to do a handover it would be infinitely better to hand over to Sportsday immediately following the 10 then Weather (slightly late), News Summary, Business, Paper Review. Yes it wouldn't adhere to the "Headlines every 15 minutes" rule, but I don't see that is a problem, and I don't think Tim Willcox does either. Especially after the really long chunks of ROTA he does. (see what I did there)


It's also clunky and awkward. Clearly Huw Edwards just wants to get out of there and Chirs Eakin seems to like making him wait as he drones on about the papers. A quick 'Here's Chris...thanks Huw' and then move on would suffice.


Or god forbid, the BBC News at Ten is completed on the back half hour by Huw Edwards or whoever is doing the ten - and Chris Eakin starts at 11pm. I never understood why the presenter doing the news at Ten couldn't just stay on for the last half an hour on the news channel. The line to BBC One viewers could be 'The BBC News at Ten continues with myself on the BBC News channel next, but for now let's cross over to the news where you are, goodnight'.

It's alluded to by the presenters as 'and with the rest of the Ten O'clock News Hour' anyway.


Perhaps because Huw Edwards is lead presenter of the BBC News at Ten and also the BBC News at Five on the BBC News Channel. To add an additional half hour on air time (at the end of a shift) probably makes a significant difference.
CH
chris_rgu
m_in_m posted:
Worzel posted:
Bob Paisley posted:
SomeRandomStuff posted:
bilky asko posted:
SomeRandomStuff posted:
JD 157 posted:
Wow, Tim was quick looking through the papers with Fiona. He almost never stopped for a breath. Another long day for him! Very Happy

Yes he always does that... i'm guessing he sees the pointless stupidity of the thing... on many occasions when Tim has been presenting they have skipped the handover altogether and just gone to an ident. Which IMHO is far better.


I think a minute of two of comment on the papers by the previous presenter with the upcoming one is much better than the robotic hand-overs eked out by some presenters, especially considering the change of pace and register. Pretending the other person isn't there is rather annoying.

I think we're in the wrong thread to start debating this.

Its blatently obvious that they only do it to kill time before the weather and the Headlines at 1030. Its ridiculous stupid lazy time wasting filler for no good reason. It adds nothing to the channel because they only gloss over the papers briefly and then say "oh well you've got to wait half an hour before we do this properly".

If they are going to do a handover it would be infinitely better to hand over to Sportsday immediately following the 10 then Weather (slightly late), News Summary, Business, Paper Review. Yes it wouldn't adhere to the "Headlines every 15 minutes" rule, but I don't see that is a problem, and I don't think Tim Willcox does either. Especially after the really long chunks of ROTA he does. (see what I did there)


It's also clunky and awkward. Clearly Huw Edwards just wants to get out of there and Chirs Eakin seems to like making him wait as he drones on about the papers. A quick 'Here's Chris...thanks Huw' and then move on would suffice.


Or god forbid, the BBC News at Ten is completed on the back half hour by Huw Edwards or whoever is doing the ten - and Chris Eakin starts at 11pm. I never understood why the presenter doing the news at Ten couldn't just stay on for the last half an hour on the news channel. The line to BBC One viewers could be 'The BBC News at Ten continues with myself on the BBC News channel next, but for now let's cross over to the news where you are, goodnight'.

It's alluded to by the presenters as 'and with the rest of the Ten O'clock News Hour' anyway.


Perhaps because Huw Edwards is lead presenter of the BBC News at Ten and also the BBC News at Five on the BBC News Channel. To add an additional half hour on air time (at the end of a shift) probably makes a significant difference.


Yes, and remember Huw doesn't just drive up to TVC at 9.30pm in time for 10pm - he'll have to do all his prep during the day and go to the editorial meetings etc.
BA
bilky asko
Bob Paisley posted:
SomeRandomStuff posted:
bilky asko posted:
SomeRandomStuff posted:
JD 157 posted:
Wow, Tim was quick looking through the papers with Fiona. He almost never stopped for a breath. Another long day for him! Very Happy

Yes he always does that... i'm guessing he sees the pointless stupidity of the thing... on many occasions when Tim has been presenting they have skipped the handover altogether and just gone to an ident. Which IMHO is far better.


I think a minute of two of comment on the papers by the previous presenter with the upcoming one is much better than the robotic hand-overs eked out by some presenters, especially considering the change of pace and register. Pretending the other person isn't there is rather annoying.

I think we're in the wrong thread to start debating this.

Its blatently obvious that they only do it to kill time before the weather and the Headlines at 1030. Its ridiculous stupid lazy time wasting filler for no good reason. It adds nothing to the channel because they only gloss over the papers briefly and then say "oh well you've got to wait half an hour before we do this properly".

If they are going to do a handover it would be infinitely better to hand over to Sportsday immediately following the 10 then Weather (slightly late), News Summary, Business, Paper Review. Yes it wouldn't adhere to the "Headlines every 15 minutes" rule, but I don't see that is a problem, and I don't think Tim Willcox does either. Especially after the really long chunks of ROTA he does. (see what I did there)


It's also clunky and awkward. Clearly Huw Edwards just wants to get out of there and Chirs Eakin seems to like making him wait as he drones on about the papers. A quick 'Here's Chris...thanks Huw' and then move on would suffice.


I think Huw likes sticking his nose in on Chris looking at the papers - he always seems to give his opinion.
JW
JamesWorldNews
Ladies and Gentlemen, a slightly offbeat - yet genuine - question: remember the clip on Youtube a few years ago where BBC Newscaster James Dagwell made reference to "everyone at the BBC News loves a wet pussy" at the end of a news report?

Was this a genuine and real comment that James did make on a live news broadcast, or was it something that was mashed-up for a bloopers programme or for a sitcom, or whatever?

Due to local restrictions on certain terms, I am unable to access said link from here, as it will invariably be detected by the local regulator as a sex enquiry, as opposed to a news program.
BP
Bob Paisley
BBC WORLD posted:
Ladies and Gentlemen, a slightly offbeat - yet genuine - question: remember the clip on Youtube a few years ago where BBC Newscaster James Dagwell made reference to "everyone at the BBC News loves a wet pussy" at the end of a news report?

Was this a genuine and real comment that James did make on a live news broadcast, or was it something that was mashed-up for a bloopers programme or for a sitcom, or whatever?

Due to local restrictions on certain terms, I am unable to access said link from here, as it will invariably be detected by the local regulator as a sex enquiry, as opposed to a news program.


Although I've never seen the clip myself, I am reliably informed that it was a genuine and real comment made on the airwaves of her majesty's BBC News.
SA
samwsmith1
BBC WORLD posted:
Ladies and Gentlemen, a slightly offbeat - yet genuine - question: remember the clip on Youtube a few years ago where BBC Newscaster James Dagwell made reference to "everyone at the BBC News loves a wet pussy" at the end of a news report?

Was this a genuine and real comment that James did make on a live news broadcast, or was it something that was mashed-up for a bloopers programme or for a sitcom, or whatever?

Due to local restrictions on certain terms, I am unable to access said link from here, as it will invariably be detected by the local regulator as a sex enquiry, as opposed to a news program.


Couldn't find a clip but found a link about it - http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/mediamonkeyblog/2009/feb/17/wet-cat-media-monkey
GI
ginnyfan
Amanda Davies is joining CNN!!! Great news.

http://cnnobservations.blogspot.com/2012/03/amanda-davies-joining-cnn.html?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed

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