BBC News: Presenters & Rotas

Tim Willcox on The Hub again tonight.

This man is so annoying. He just takes every chance he gets to present every single news programme! I hate him.

Fridays are notoriously Willcox days.

I wouldn't go as far as hating him. Maybe because it's a bank holiday they're lower on presenters compared to usual, and if Tim's willing to present more programmes to cover staffing levels, then so be it!

It's not as though he's the only presenter who works at BBC News!

I know, but give someone else a chance. There are other people they can use. I don't see other newsreaders presenting hours of news every day

Guys, as I said, it's a normal Friday for Tim. He often does the morning on the NC, The Hub on World and often the 2230 on the NC as well.

The only difference is that he also did the One today.

LOL. Relax.

I suppose they are, but like I said above, why bring in more presenters if Willcox is more than happy to cover?! He seems like a nice enough guy, let him be on more!

Maybe they don't want to. Maybe they are on vacation with their families for Easter. Even some of the other relief presenters are notably absent this week.

Karin Giannone, for example, is in Washington.

I'm sure there's the amazing Suzanne Virdee who's currently looking for work after Midlands Today. Why not give her a chance? She could have doubled up with Sophie Long this afternoon or Julia this morning.

Haven't really seen Virdee in action. Taking a look at her on YouTube and she seems good enough. I think she would suit the news channel.

I would agree that Tim is used far too much. I've been watching BBC News 24 and BBC World since 2000 and I've never known another presenter to be on as much as Tim. In fact, in the early 2000s it was unheard of for a BBC World presenter to appear on News 24 and vice versa. It must have happened only a handful of times. And there was a pool of relief presenters on News 24 back then, all of whom were used regularly. I wouldn't mind, but I don't even think Tim is that good. I've never really bought into the Tim-fest that usually happens on here; I think he's fairly average at best. As he demonstrated this morning, his interviewing technique is frequently arrogant and aggressive and I don't think he has much chemistry with co-presenters either.

I completely agree with what you said. Just a normal average presenter. Although he doesn't present much with Julia so there would be a lack of chemistry. But I think he's quite good with Sophie.