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BBC News: Presenters & Rotas

(April 2008)

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JW
JamesWorldNews
aprilj posted:
Jaxford posted:
Emily Maitlis on the Six tonight. Having seen this for a long time.


I did think she would because she disappeared from the NC early and Clive continued onto the Five. Presumably she was originally scheduled to continue onto the Five and the Six presenter has been sent to the Vatican?


Good guess!

Twitter is suggesting Emily is dressed as a nun?
JA
Jaxford
aprilj posted:
Jaxford posted:
Emily Maitlis on the Six tonight. Having seen this for a long time.


I did think she would because she disappeared from the NC early and Clive continued onto the Five. Presumably she was originally scheduled to continue onto the Five and the Six presenter has been sent to the Vatican?


Seems most likely. She hasn't presented a weekday Six since Tuesday 9th November 2010.
NE
Newsroom
Hmmm, there was no stand up segment half way through the Six. I am wondering if it was noted Emily was perhaps dressed in what some deemed as 'accidentally inappropriate' attire and scrapped it. The area was definitely in place and lit or at least the wide shot showed.
MI
m_in_m
Newsroom posted:
Hmmm, there was no stand up segment half way through the Six. I am wondering if it was noted Emily was perhaps dressed in what some deemed as 'accidentally inappropriate' attire and scrapped it. The area was definitely in place and lit or at least the wide shot showed.


I thought it strange for a second but then wondered if perhaps the story after the 6.15 headlines was considered inappropriate.

I'd imagine the studio is now left struck and lit for the Six now. Nothing else comes from there does it now?
WA
watchingtv
I wondered whether the running order had been changed while the programme started, meaning it was easier to stay sat at the desk for updates and keeping to time. If Emily left half way through the 5? Then there was no time for rehearsal either
AP
aprilj
watchingtv posted:
I wondered whether the running order had been changed while the programme started, meaning it was easier to stay sat at the desk for updates and keeping to time. If Emily left half way through the 5? Then there was no time for rehearsal either


Emily left the NC Channel at 4:30, Clive continued onto the Five.
FL
flaziola
Interesting that they didn't use Kate Silverton as she had covered George's GMT shift at midday.
WA
watchingtv
aprilj posted:
watchingtv posted:
I wondered whether the running order had been changed while the programme started, meaning it was easier to stay sat at the desk for updates and keeping to time. If Emily left half way through the 5? Then there was no time for rehearsal either


Emily left the NC Channel at 4:30, Clive continued onto the Five.


When would rehearsals normally start for the SIX?
BA
bazinga
Emily left before the 4:15 headlines on the news channel maybe for a break before 6 rehearsals ?
DK
DanielK
Why does a network bulletin need a rehearsal if a NC bulletin doesn't (and that is essentially double the length of a network bulletin)?
BA
bazinga
DanielK posted:
Why does a network bulletin need a rehearsal if a NC bulletin doesn't (and that is essentially double the length of a network bulletin)?


BBC one has much more viewers! the news channel is a 24 hour news operation and there would be no time for rehearsals? Smile
IT
itsrobert Founding member
watchingtv posted:
aprilj posted:
watchingtv posted:
I wondered whether the running order had been changed while the programme started, meaning it was easier to stay sat at the desk for updates and keeping to time. If Emily left half way through the 5? Then there was no time for rehearsal either


Emily left the NC Channel at 4:30, Clive continued onto the Five.


When would rehearsals normally start for the SIX?

Normally around about 17:15 I think, although I think various crew members are on standby from around 16:00ish.

DanielK posted:
Why does a network bulletin need a rehearsal if a NC bulletin doesn't (and that is essentially double the length of a network bulletin)?

The headline sequences for the Six and Ten are far more complex than those of the NC with frequently many more SOTs, not to mention opts. Coupled with the much larger potential audience - why not rehearse if you can? It can't hurt can it? Unless you'd be happy with a service that's not very polished. After all, you only have to look at the ITV News at 6:30 in recent times to see what an impact no rehearsals can have. When London Tonight was in PCR2/St4, the national news always had a clean start because they would record the opening bongs. Since LT started using PCR1 like the national news, I have seen several sloppy starts at 18:30.

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